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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1954
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Massachusetts
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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1954
The Barre Publishing Co., Inc. Barre, Massachusetts
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ANNUAL REPORT
To the Citizens of Oakham
The Board of Selectmen respectfully submits to the citizens of Oakham a report of the activities and finances of the various departments, committees and offices of the town for the year ending December 31, 1954.
The Board takes this opportunity to thank all town officers and members of all committees and departments for their interest and co-operation during the year.
JOHN P. O'DONNELL ROGER H. LONERGAN WALTER W. NELSON
Board of Selectmen
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1954
Town Clerk
DOROTHY P. DAY
Term expires 1955
Selectmen
JOHN P. O'DONNELL
Term expires 1955
ROGER H. LONERGAN, Chairman
Term expires 1956
WALTER W. NELSON
Term expires 1957
Assessors
LUDWICK SZCZUKA Term expires 1955
W. FRANCIS BRENNAN Term expires 1956
CHESTER M. ROOD, Chairman
Term expires 1957
Board of Public Welfare
MARGUERITE M. TROY
Term expires 1955
WALTER G. CHAPMAN, Clerk
Term expires 1956
DONALD C. AGAR, Chairman
Term expires 1957
School Committee
MARY H. PARSONS, Clerk Term expires 1955
PHILIP E. DWELLY Term expires 1956
WILLARD C. RUTHERFORD, Chairm'n Term expires 1957
Library Trustees
PHILIP B. BURGESS
Term expires 1955
WINIFRED B. LANE, Chairman
Term expires 1956
RAYMOND H. FIELD, Clerk
Term expires 1957
Cemetery Committee
MINNIED F. WHITE
Term expires 1955
FREDERICK G. STONE
ARTHUR WEBB, Chairman
Term expires 1956 Term expires 1957
ANNUAL REPORT ONE-YEAR TERMS
Moderator LEROY C. SPINNEY
Tax Collector WALTER G. CHAPMAN
Treasurer WALTER G. CHAPMAN
Auditor O. HAROLD ERICKSON
Tree Warden WILLIAM ZUKUS
Fence Viewers
ALFRED B. MORSE ELMER V. NEWTON J. FRED ALLEN
Constables
STEPHEN L. BARR JOSEPH R. GALLANT
HAROLD E. BLACK, JR. LEONARD A. HARDY
WALTER E. COLE GEORGE H. PARKMAN
Measurers of Wood and Bark
ALFRED B. MORSE WALTER A. WOODIS CHARLES R. DEAN
Measurers of Lumber
ALFRED B. MORSE WALTER A. WOODIS CHARLES R. DEAN
Field Drivers
J. FRED ALLEN JEROME MURPHY FREDERICK G. STONE
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Report of the TOWN CLERK
VITAL RECORDS OF 1954
BIRTHS
January
4-Diana Lee Crawford, daughter of H. Roscoe and Cecile A. (Courteau) Crawford.
5-Patricia Ann Bullard, daughter of Ralph C. and Doris E. (Strange) Bullard.
April
10-Alan Richard Anderson, son of Herbert F. and Julia (Budreau) Anderson.
30-Matthew Mark Russ, son of Valentine F. and Catherine M. (Fairlee) Russ.
August
14- Coy, son of Forrest and Rita (Bliss) Coy.
28 -- Clinton, son of William R. and Carol J. (Otterson) Clinton.
October
21-Allen Elmer Curtis, son of Allen S. and Kathryn B. (Hutchinson) Curtis.
31-Geoffrey Bruce Hardy, son of Leonard W. Sr. and So- phie (Sadowski) Hardy.
December
16-Harold Charles Black, son of Harold E., Jr., and Carol (Davis) Black.
MARRIAGES
May
22-Bradford R. Wells, Oakham, and Dolores L. Casasanto, Shrewsbury.
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29-Harold E. Black, Jr., Oakham, and Carol Davis, New Braintree.
June
16-Fred Powell, Cheshire, Connecticut, and M. Ellen Peck, New Haven, Connecticut.
26-John J. O'Neil, Malden and Lillian M. Bechan, Oakham. July
10-Robert E. Riffenburg, Oakham, and Joyce A. Peck, Barre.
September
4-Edward D. Cox, Earl Park, Indiana ,and Joanne Jean Johnson, Oakham.
29-Malcolm A. Foss, Oakham, and Anne M. (Grime) Dwelly, Oakham.
October
22-Walter S. Wood, Oakham, and Mary E. (Harroun) Mac- Arthur, Oakham.
DEATHS
June
Y M D
30-Alfred A. Parker
75 8 22
August
20- Coy
6
November
5-Andrew Riffenburg
65
1 17
December
9-Bessie S. LaBonte
85
4 28
NON-RESIDENTS BURIED IN TOWN
Date of Death Y M D
December
25 (1953)-Laura M. Robinson,
Claremont, California
97
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January
22-Victor J. Rogers, Rutland 54 8 24
DOG LICENSES
72 Males @ $2.00
$ 144 00
20 Females @ $5.00
100 00
31 Spays @ $2.00
62 00
123 dogs licensed
$305 00
Fees retained - 20c each 24 60
Net Return
$ 281 40
Dog licenses expire on April 1. New licenses may be obtained during the last week in March. Dogs must be licensed when they become three months of age. Mail orders receive prompt attention. If a dog has been licensed previously in the town, no information need be sent. If a new dog is to be licensed the description should include, color, age, breed, name of dog, and owner's name. Checks should be made out to the Town of Oakham.
A person who becomes the owner of a dog which has already been licensed for the year in another city or town, should, within 30 days secure a transfer license and local tag. The fee is 25 cents. A transfer license should also be obtained when ownership changes in the same town. A transfer is not necessary in temporary removal.
If a tag becomes lost, a duplicate may be obtained. The charge is 10 cents.
SPORTING LICENSES
34 Fishing @ $3.25
$ 110 50
15 Hunting @ $3.25 48 75
27 Sporting @ $5.25 141 75
4 Minors' Fishing @ $1.25
5 00
7 Women's Fishing @ $2.25
15 75
1 Non-resident Fishing @ $7.75
7 75
1 Duplicate @ $.50
50
7 Sporting and Trapping (over 70 years)
Free
1 Old Age Assistance Fishing
Free
2 Military Sporting
Free
99 licenses issued
$ 330 00
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Fees retained 25c each except duplicate and free
22 00
Net Return $ 308 00
Sporting licenses may be issued as early as the last week in December. For 1955 the number is printed on the reverse side of the license and is carried in a small plastic container. Sportsmen should display it on their outer cloth- ing whenever hunting, fishing, or trapping.
The act to issue free sporting licenses to members of the military or naval service was repealed in 1954. In- formation regarding the changes in requirements for hunt- ing licenses issued to minors between the ages of fifteen and eighteen may be obtained from the clerk.
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Action Taken at Town Meetings During 1954
MARCH 1, 1954
Votes on election of officers, appropriations, and rou- tine articles have been omitted.
IT WAS VOTED:
Article 1
That the annual town report be accepted as printed.
Article 8
To transfer to Surplus Revenue the sum of $800.00 which amount was transferred from the Disability Assistance account to the Department of Public Welfare Perpetual Administration account, under Article 5 of the warrant for the special town meet- ing held on Dec. 29, 1953; it was also voted that a committee consisting of Roger Lonergan, Donald Agar and a third member to be appointed by them investigate the public welfare administration ac- counts.
Article 10
To transfer $1,000.00 from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Account.
Article 11
To accept two trust funds of $100.00 each left for the care of cemetery lots - the first from Irving Mullet for Lot No. 71, South Cemetery, the second from T. F. Murphy, for Lot No. 67, Pine Grove Cemetery.
Article 12
That the sum of $1,100.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 81 high- way maintenance, and that in addition, the sum of $12,100.00 be transferred from unappropriated avail- able funds in the treasury to meet the state's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the state to be restored, upon their receipt, to unap- propriated available funds in the treasury.
Article 14
That the sum of $2,750.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the town's share of Chapter 90 highway con- struction, and that, in addition, the sum of $8,250.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds
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in the treasury to meet the state's and county's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the state and county to be restored, upon their re- ceipt to the unappropriated available funds in the treasury, said funds to be used for improvements on South, Spencer and Robinson roads.
Article 15
That the town appropriate from their surplus revenue the sum of $8,000.00 to be used by the Board of Assessors in figuring the 1954 tax rate, same to help reduce the amount of the tax rate in 1954.
Article 16
To pass over the article relating to raising and appropri- ating a sum of money for the Oakham Civilian De- fense Organization.
Article 20
Voted to authorize the School Committee to set up and operate a school lunch program in the Oakham Cen- ter School.
Article 21
That the sum of $800.00 be raised and appropriated to set up and operate a school lunch program, $500.00 of this amount to be used to set up the program and to be left in the hands of the Memorial Hall Basement Committee and $300.00 to be used to operate the pro- gram and to be left in the hands of the School Com- mittee.
Article 22
To authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade the Interna- tional TD9 bulldozer, the proceeds of which to be re- turned to the Machinery Fund.
Articles 24 and 25
To pass over the articles relating to the raising and ap- propriating of $600.00 to improve Gaffney road, and $1200.00 to improve and oil a section of Scott road.
Article 26
To authorize and direct the selectmen to petition the General Court for authority to convey to the Oakham Evangelical Congregational Church that portion of the Town Common of Oakham as shown on a plan dated February 1954, drawn by R. H. Lonergan, C. E. and entitled "Plan of Land to be Acquired by the
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Oakham Evangelical Congregational Church" and also all rights to any rooms of the church building which the town of Oakham may now possess and also the right to take water by the present pipe line from the water system in the Memorial Hall Building, and to maintain, replace, and repair said pipe line between the Memorial Hall Building and the Church build- ing, and also the right to connect to and use the town sewage disposal system which now serves the Memo- rial Hall and Center School.
APRIL 22, 1954
IT WAS VOTED:
Article 1
That the sum of $1,000.00 be transferred from the Mach- inery Fund to the Machinery Account, $860.00 of this amount to be used towards the purchase of a trac- tor loader and the remainder to be used for ordinary maintenance charges.
Article 2
Chairman of the Selectmen, Roger H. Lonergan submit- ted the report of the committee appointed at the annual town meeting to investigate the public wel- fare administration accounts. The committee, consist- ing of Selectmen Lonergan, Donald C. Agar and Al- fred S. Walker, chosen by them as third member, con- ferred with State Representative Paul L. Hinckley of Holden, who referred the matter to Herman B. Dine, State Director of Accounts. Mr. Dine ruled that the three accounts under federal grants were legal, but that the account known as the Perpetual Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, and Disabled Assistance Administration Account was not authorized. The committee recommended that the account be frozen until the next special town meet- ing when the money should be voted back to sur- plus revenue, and provision made for administration expenses.
JUNE 22, 1954
IT WAS VOTED:
Article 1
That the town convey, and authorize the selectmen to exe- cute the necessary legal documents to convey to the
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Evangelical Congregational Church of Oakham that portion of the Town Common shown on plan en- titled "Plan of Land to be acquired by the Evan- gelical Congregational Church of Oakham" drawn by R. H. Lonergan C. E. and dated February, 1954, and that the town also convey to said church the fol- lowing rights and privileges:
First - All rights which the town now has in the building located on the premises, except that the town shall retain all rights and responsibilities to the town clock which is located in the building.
Second - The right to use water from the present system serving Memorial Hall and Center School and to use, maintain, and replace the existing pipe line between Memorial Hall and the church build- ing.
Third - The right to connect to and use the town sewage system which now serves Memorial Hall and Center School subject to approval by the pro- per authorities.
Article 2
That the selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with certain other towns under the provisions of Chapter 118B of the General Laws as amended, for the purpose of setting up a welfare district.
Article 3
That the Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Chil- dren, and Disabled Assistance Administration Account which was set up as a perpetual account at a spe- cial town meeting on Dec. 27, 1951, be discontinued and any and all funds now in the account be return- ed to the excess and deficiency account.
Article 4
That the sum of $500.00 be transferred from unappropri- ated available funds in the treasury to set up a Pub- lic Welfare Administration Account to be used for public welfare administration expenses during the remainder of the year.
Article 5
That the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for use by the Board of Public Welfare for Aid to De- pendent Children during the remainder of the year.
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Article 6
That the sum of $1200.00 be raised and appropriated for use by the Board of Public Welfare for Disability Assistance during the remainder of the year.
Article 7
That the sum of $500.0 be transferred from the Machin- ery Fund to the Machinery Account to be used for ordinary maintenance expenses during the remain- der of the year.
NOVEMBER 9, 1954
IT WAS VOTED TO TRANSFER:
Article 1
The sum of $500.00 from the Public Welfare Aid to De- pendent Children Account to the Public Welfare General Relief Account.
Article 2
The sum of $1,000.00 from the Public Welfare Disability Assistance Account to the Public Welfare Old Age Assistance Account.
Article 3
The sum of $500.00 from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Machinery Account.
DOROTHY P. DAY, Clerk
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Report of the BOARD OF SELECTMEN
APPOINTMENTS
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Slaughtering
Sealer of Weights & Measures
Fire Warden
Moth Superintendent
Burial Agent
Janitor of Town Hall
Dog Officer
Veterans Agent
Superintendent of Streets
Wire Inspector
Civilian Defense Director
Town Counsel
Chief of Police
W. Francis Brennan W. Francis Brennan Frederick G. Stone Leonard A. Hardy J. Fred Allen Arthur Webb Winthrop H. Boyd Waclaw S. Smichinski Anthony A. Lupa Ralph T. Young, Jr. Ralph L. Downer W. Francis Brennan Ralph W. Igoe Harold E. Black, Jr.
Special Police Officers
Frederick G. Stone Leonard A. Hardy Walter E. Cole
Walter W. Nelson William N. Wareing O. Haro'd Erickson
JURORS
George W. Stone
Eugene A. Cheruby
Walter W. Nelson
Alexander B. Crawford
Dorothy P. Day
Willard C. Rutherford
Contractor Retired Millworker Group Leader, Norton Co. Farmer Homemaker Poultry Farmer
Charles S. Thurlow. Inspector, Economic Mach. Co.
LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED
1 license to store gasoline. 1 license to operate an arc. gas and associated welding shop.
1 Permit to purchase firearms.
5 Pistol permits.
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FINANCES
Total Number of Warrants Approved 36
Total Amount of Payments Approved
$130,028 33
Deposits of Bequests and Repayment of Loans 20,200 00 Deposits of Withholding and Dog Taxes 3,274 54
Total Actual Expenditures
106,553 79
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Streets and Highways
$ 43,906 51
Schools, Libraries and Education
34,263 60
Welfare and Charities
15,707 37
General Government
5,979 03
Protection to Persons and Property
1,991 16
Miscellaneous
4,706 12
Total
$106,553 79
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES Appropriation Accounts
Account
Available
Expended
Balance
Town Officers' Salaries
$ 1,610 00
$ 1,610 00
$ 0 00
Town Officers' Supplies
500 00
366 50
133 50
Bonding Town Officers
100 00
95 50
4 50
Schools
29,721 31
28,203 79
1,517 52
Special Apropriation for overdraft (Schools)
134 00
134 00
0 00
Public Welfare
Old Age Assistance
11,216 71
11,110 11
106 60
Aid to Dependent
Children
636 25
458 50
177 75
Disability Assistance
1.997 41
1,363 31
634 10
General Relief
1.500 00
1,377 28
122 72
Administration
500 00
419 21
80 79
Street Lights
396 00
392 04
3 96
Board of Health
25 00
0 00
25 00
Elections and Registrations
225 00
192 19
32 81
Inspector of Animals
35 00
35 00
0 00
Inspector of Slaughtering
25 00
25 00
0 00
Police
50 00
50 00
0 00
Printing
600 00
592 60
7 40
Memorial Day
125 00
125 00
0 00
Dog Officer
33 85
38 85
0 00
Sealer of Wts. & Meas.
10 00
10 00
0 00
Miscellaneous
175 20
175 20
0 00
Library
$ 2,387 74
$ 2.277 44
$ 110 30
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Account
Available
Expended
Balance
Cemeteries
789 29
728 29
0 00
Fire Department
1,400 00
1,399 97
0 03
Veterans Benefits
350 00
15 20
334 80
Moth Suppression
210 04
196 35
13 69
Dutch Elm Disease
105 02
100 99
4 03
Employees Compensation Insurance
894 89
665 60
229 29
Fire Insurance
600 00
420 68
179 32
Memorial Hall Maintenance 622 83
622 83
0 00
Tree Warden
50 00
50 00
0 00
Inspector of Wires
25 00
25 00
0 00
Worcester County Retirement
426 31
426 31
0 00
Town Common
60 00
60 00
0 00
4-H Clubs
100 00
99 67
0 33
Funded Debt
2,000 00
2,000 00
0 00
Interest on Funded Debt
500 00
449 00
51 00
School Lunch (Set up)
800 00
799 70
0 30
School Lunch (Operate)
300 00
300 00
0 00
Water Tank Installation
500 00
457 20
42 80
Insurance - Old Town Hall
27 50
0 00
27 50
Memorial Hall
Basement Imp.
1,000 00
998 63
1 37
Highways
Chap. 81 Maint.
$ 13,200 00
$ 13,171 96
$ 28 04
Chap. 90 Maint.
4,200 00
4,124 86
75 14
Chap. 90 Construction
Contract 14152
6,224 37
6,223 82
0 55
Contract 14821
8,335 09
8,331 81
3 28
Contract 15463
11,000 00
3,710 41
*7,289 59
Snow Removal and
Sand
4,274 88
4,274 88
0 00
Purchase and
Maintenance
3,000 00
2,841 77
** 158 23
Trans.
Reserve Fund
500 00
336 76
163 24
Civilian Defense
225 00
0 00
*225 00
Totals
$113,391 93 $101,607 45 $ 11.784 48
* Carried over.
Returned to Machinery Fund.
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ACCOUNTS PAID FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS WITHOUT APPROPRIATION OR TRANSFER
Account
Available
Expended
Balance
Worcester County
Retirement Expenses
$ 441 36
$ 441 36
$ 0 00
Worcester County Tax
1,500 78
1,500 78
0 00
Dog Tax
279 60
279 60
0 00
Worcester County
Tubercular Hospital
779 96
779 96
0 00
School Lunch Fund
1,500 73
1,500 73
0 00
Hurricane Relief
Carol
$
169 40
$ 169 40
$ 0 00
Edna
665 56
665 56
0 00
Federal Withholding Tax
2,553 58
2,553 58
0 00
State Parks and Reservations
:: 96 46
96 46
0 00
Alden Fund
199 00
199 00
0 00
Excise Tax Refunds
30 45
30 45
0 00
Tax Levy Adjustments
4 00
4 00
0 00
Totals
$ |8,220 88
$ 8,220 88
$ 0 00
BEQUESTS
Account
Received
Deposited
Balance
Cemetery perpetual
care bequests
$ 200 00
$ 200 00
$ .0 00
Library Trust Fund
5,000 00
5.000 00
0 00
Totals
5,200 00
5,200 00
0 00
LOANS
Account
Borrowed
Repaid
Balance
Highway Maintenance and
Construction Loan
$ 15,000 00
$ 15,000 00 $ 0 00
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Appropriation
$
1,510 00
Paid To
Office
Amount
1.
Dorothy P. Day, Town Clerk
$ 125 00
John P. O'Donnell, Selectman
75 00
Roger H. Lonergan, Selectman
100 00
Walter W. Nelson, Selectman
75 00
W. Francis Brennan, Assessor
75 00
Ludwick Szczucka, Assessor
75 00
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Chester M. Rood, Chairman, Assessor
100 00
Dorothy P. Day, Clerk 50 00
Donald C. Agar, Board of Pub. Welfare
15 00
Marguerite M. Troy,
Board of Public Welfare
15 00
Walter G. Chapman, Clerk,
Board of Public Welfare
25 00
Walter G. Chapman, Treasurer
400 00
Walter G. Champan, Tax Collector
350 00
Philip E. Dwelly, School Committee
10 00
Mary H. Parsons, Clerk. School Comm.
25 00
Willard C. Rutherford, School Comm.
10 00
O. Harold Erickson. Auditor
75 00
Leroy C. Spinney, Moderator
10 00
Total Expenditures $ 1,610 00
Unexpended Balance
$
0 00
Town Officers' Supplies
Appropriation
$ 500 00
Paid:
For stationery and office supplies
Davis & Bannister
$ 13 89
Hobbs & Warren
47 19
North Brookfield News
31 93
Barre Publishing Co.
15 68
Abstracts
Worcester County Abstract Co.
27 83
Stamps, cards and registered mail
Dorothy P. Day
$ 7 30
Roger H. Lonergan
5 00
Walter G. Chapman
19 71
Orton O. Butler
86 65
Office Equipment
P. W. Sherman, Inc.
93 40
Miscellaneous
17 92
Total Expenditures
$ 366 50
Unexpended Balance
$ 133 50
Public Welfare See Report of the Board of Public Welfare
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Street Lights
Appropriation
$
396 00
Paid
Worcester County Electric Co. $ 392 94
Total Expenditures
392 04
Unexpended Balance
$
3 96
Bonding Town Officers
Appropriation
$ 100 00
Paid
Robert Dea
$ 90 50
Healy Bros.
5 00
Total Expenditures
95 50
Unexpended Balance
$ 4 50
Elections and Registrations
Appropriation
$ 225 00
Paid
For registering voters etc.
Dorothy P. Day $ 21 00
Town Meetings
Donald C. Agar, Constable
10 00
Leonard A. Hardy, Constable
15 00
Census
Mary E. Spinney
35 00
Ballot Clerks
Marguerite M. Troy
24 00
Annie C. Robinson
24 00
Rita A. Dod
9 00
Josephine Stone
6 00
Lila Wilbur
9 00
Mary R. Arms
9 00
Ann Beland
9 00
Fannie Tucker
6 00
Ballots
Barre Publishing Company
15 19
Total Expenditures $ 192 19
Unexpended Balance
$ 32 81
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Inspector of Animals
Appropriation Paid
$ 35 00
W. Francis Brennan
$ 35 00
Total Expenditures
$ 35 00
Unexpended Balance
0 00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Appropriation Paid
$ 25 00
W. Francis Brennan
$ 25 00
Total expenditures
$ 25 00
Unexpended Balance
$
0 00
Printing
$
600 00
Barre Publishing Company $ 326 54
Assessors' Report Barre Publishing Company
157 29
Discussion Meeting Data Sheet Rutland Training Center 7 00
Forms, etc. . Davol Press 1 50
Barre Publishing Company
84 10
Stationary
Barre Publishing Company
16 17
Total Expenditures
$ 592 60
Unexpended Balance
$
7 40
Memorial Day Expenses
Appropriation
$ 125 00
Paid
American Legion Post No. 378 $ 125 00
Total Expenditures $ 125 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Appropriation Annual Report
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appropriation
$10 00 plus fees
Paid
Frederick G. Stone $ 10 00
Total Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
$
0 00
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$ 150 00
Transferred from Selectmen's Reserve
25 20
Available
$ 175 20
Paid
Dues for town officers
Selectmen $ 16 00
Town Clerk 11 50
Tax Collector and Treasurer 5 00
Assessors 9 00
Telephone 15
Conant and Parker, Oakham and
Coldbrook Telephone Co.
54 20
Town Counsel Ralph W. Igoe
50 00
Recording Vital Statistics
Dorothy P. Day 10 00
Miscellaneous items:
R. Gallagher, Registrar $ 7 00
Director of Accounts 2 00
Worc. County Trust Co.
5 50
Worc. County Treasurer
5 00
Total Expenditures
$ 175 20
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Veterans Benefits
$
350 00
Appropriation
Paid
Dues - Mass. Veterans Service Association $ 10 00
$ 10 00
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Mileage - Anthony A. Lupa 5 20
Total Expenditures
$ 15 20
Unexpended Balance
$ 324 80
Employees Compensation Insurance $ 675 00
Appropriation
Paid
Frank A. Smith & Son $ 665 60
Total Expenditures
$ 665 60
Unexpended Balance
$ 9 40
Fire Insurance - Town Buildings
Appropriation
$ 600 00
Paid
Smiley Kingsbury Inc. $ 30 40
Frank A. Smith & Son 252 77
I. E. Irish, Inc. 137 51
Total Expenditures
$ 420 68
Unexpended Balance
$ 179 32
Memorial Hall Maintenance
Appropriation
$ 600 00
Transferred from Selectmen's Res. 22 83
Total Available
$ 622 83
Paid
Janitor - Winthrop H. Boyd $ 120 00
Repairs and Alterations
John Mann $ 101 00
Chester M. Rood
5 95
Ralph I. Daniels
18 15
R. T. Quigley 10 00
Piano Tuning - C. Arthur Hanson 5 00
Electricity - Worc. County Elec. Co. 337 44
Misc. Supplies
Holden Hardware Co. 7 79
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Kesseli & Morse
17 50
Total Expenditures
$ 622 83
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Worcester County Retirement Assessment $ 426 31
Appropriation
Paid
A. G. Lajoie,
Worc. Co. Treas. $ 426 31
Total Expenditures
$ 426 31
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Care of Town Common
Appropriation
$ 60 00
Paid
Troop 144, Boy Scouts of America $ 60 00
Total Expenditures
$ 60 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
4-H Clubs
Appropriation
$ 100 00
Paid
For equipment and supplies
Fullam Hardware
$ 17 00
Holden Hardware
6 20
Collins Dry Goods
10 37
R T. Quigley
8 69
Chaffins Farmers Market
3 00
Ted's Mill Ends
29 66
Orton Butler
2 65
Mary H. Parsons
12 10
Mabel Cassault
10 00
Total Expenditures
$ 99 67
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 33
25
ANNUAL REPORT
Funded and Fixed Debt
Appropriation Paid
$ 2,000 00
Worcester County Trust Co. $ 2,000 00
Total Expenditures $ 2,000 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Interest on Funded and Fixed Debt $ 500 00
Appropriation Paid
Worcester County Trust Co. $ 449 00
Total Expenditures $
449 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 51 00
Installation of Water Tank at Town Hall $ 500 00
Appropriation Paid
For furnishing and connecting
500 gallon water tank Garfield Wright $ 345 00
For other work in connection with installation of tank
Labor
Percy Wilbur $ 20 00
Edward H. Kennan
20 00
W. Francis Brennan
20 00
Ralph T. Young, Jr.
13 20
Equipment
Edgar Sykes. Backhoe 25 00
No. Brookfield Highway Dept. Compressor 14 00
Total Expenditures $ 457 20
Unexpended Balance
$ 42 80
Insurance - Old Town Hall
Appropriation
$ 27 50
Total Expenditures
0 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 27 50
26
ANNUAL REPORT
Special Appropriation for Overdraft - Schools
Appropriation
$ 134 00 Paid
E. P. Wine $ 134 00
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