Town of Tewksbury annual report 1917-1925, Part 1

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 978


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Tewksbury


OF TE!


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TOWN


URY


INCOR


1734.


P


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ED


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31


1917 - -25


BUTTERFIELD PRINTING CO.


LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS, 1917


SELECTMEN IRVING F. FRENCH, Chairman HARRY L. SHEDD JOHN J. YOUNG


ASSESSORS BUZZELL KING, Chairman ALBERT C. BLAISDELL WILLIAM T. LEWIS


OVERSEERS OF POOR JOHN J. YOUNG, Chairman IRVING F. FRENCH HARRY L. SHEDD


BOARD OF HEALTH HARRY L. SHEDD, Chairman IRVING F. FRENCH JOHN J. YOUNG


TOWN CLERK PETER W. CAMERON


TOWN TREASURER EUGENE N. PATTERSON


COLLECTOR OF TAXES MELVIN G. ROGERS


TOWN AUDITOR JAMES W. MILLER


SCHOOL COMMITTEE HERBERT L. TRULL, Chairman FRANKLIN F. SPAULDING, Secretary MAY L. LARRABEE


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CHARLES L. RANDALL


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY ALBERT C. BLAISDELL, Chairman EDGAR SMITH, Secretary WILLIAM H. LEE GEORGE E. MARSHALI, EDITH A. STEVENS KATE FOLSOM


LIBRARIAN ABBIE M. BLAISDELL


ROAD COMMISSIONERS GEORGE STEVENS, Chairman ALBERT S. BRIGGS CYRUS W. PARSONS


TREE WARDEN HARRIS M. BRIGGS


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS GEORGE A. MARSHALL, Chairman ADOLPH B. MOORE DENNIS J. O'CONNELL, 2nd PETER W. CAMERON, ex-officio


CONSTABLES


FRANK H. FARMER GEORGE E. HOOPER WILLIAM H. ALEXANDER


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS HUGH CAMERON


WEIGHERS


ADOLPH B. MOORE ALBERT J. TRULL


WILLIAM H. KELLEY JAMES E. McCOY


LILLIAN E. MILLER EDWIN T. RUST GILBERT H. KITTREDGE


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER AND MEASURERS OF WOOD WILLIAM T. LEWIS JAMES C. MARSHALL EDWIN T. RUST


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WILLIAM H. ALEXANDER


FIELD DRIVERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN


FENCE VIEWERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN


FISH AND GAME WARDEN WILLIAM F. BRIGGS


POLICE OFFICERS FRANK H. FARMER, Chief


ANTHONY G. KELLEY


ROBERT S. CARSON


PATRICK J. O'NEIL ELMER OLSON GEORGE WHITWORTH


AGENT BOARD OF HEALTH HERBERT M. LARRABEE, M. D.


UNDERTAKER AND AGENT FOR BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS H. LOUIS FARMER (Registered Embalmer)


FIRE WARDENS BOARD OF SELECTMEN


INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS HUGH CAMERON


LOCAL AGENT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE BROWN TAIL AND GIPSY MOTH HARRIS M. BRIGGS


SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN ALMSHOUSE C. A. WHITE


FIRE ENGINEERS STANLEY McCAUSLAND, Chief


ROBERT J. MARTIN


HUGH CAMERON


GEORGE W. CHANDLER AARON OSTERMAN GEORGE E. HOOPER


FOREST FIRE WARDEN HARRIS M. BRIGGS


APPRAISERS JACOB L. BURTT GEORGE E. MARSHALL ALBION I,. FELKER


UNDERTAKERS


FRANK H. FARMER H. LOUIS FARMER


SEXTON GEORGE H. BROWN


JANITOR OF TOWN HALL HENRY MORRIS


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


BIRTHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF TEWKSBURY FOR THE YEAR 1917


No.


Date of Birth


Name of Child


Names of Parents


1


Feb.


3


Donald William Robinson


Frank and Jane


2


Feb.


20


Marjorie Cecilia Grant


Harry E. and Edith E.


3


Feb.


24


Dorothy May Gibbons.


Lewis C. and Edith M.


4


Feb. 27


Ernest William Stevens.


Walter P. and Pearl L.


5 Mar.


8


Rouff


William and Annie E.


6


May


4


Gotsch


Mattis and Annie


7


May


15


Herbert Jackson Smith


Paul B. and Nellie J.


8


June


6


Leda Alice Collins


John and Emelia


9


July


15


Albert Leo Roper


Mark and Mary


10


July 19


Thelma Evelyn Meister


Lindsay L. and Mary M.


11


Aug.


5


Noletskas


Constantinas and Julia


12


Aug.


5


Eva Carey Waterman


Carey C. and Eva M.


13


Aug. 8


Everett Howard King, Jr


Everett H. and Felicia B.


14


Aug. 10


Mildred Elvira Flanders.


Walter H. and Cleora S.


15


Aug.


14


Hope Murial Haines.


Percy and Mildred P.


16


Aug. 19


Joseph Napoleon Cote.


Napoleon and Victoria


17 18


Aug. 27


Bethana Johanna Estes


Errald V. and Berthana


19


Oct.


5


Leslie Bruce Jollymore.


Harry F. and Veda


20


Nov. 24


Jewell.


Asahell H. and Isabell


21


Nov. 29


Muriel Amiot


Lewis H. and Bella


Attest :


PETER W. CAMERON,


Town Clerk.


Aug.


22


Henrietta Freda Bean.


Lawrence H. and Ionie M.


6


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF TEWKSBURY FOR THE YEAR 1917


Date No. Marriage


Name


Residence


1 Jan. 10


Percy Young Porter


Block Island, Me. Tewksbury, Mass.


2


Mar. 10


Spaulding S. Saville


Brockton, Mass.


Louise J. Rolfe


Tewksbury, Mass.


3 Mar. 19


Daniel Poor Pike


Tewksbury, Mass.


Alice Alfreda Osterman


Tewksbury, Mass.


4 April 9


Patrick Flaherty


Waltham, Mass.


5


April 21


Henry F. Fessenden


Tewksbury, Mass.


Ella May Barris


Chelmsford, Mass.


6 May 15


John Edward McCoy


Tewksbury, Mass.


Emma Marchand


Lowell, Mass. Boston, Mass.


7 June 27


Marguerite Lee


Tewksbury, Mass.


8 July 1


Frederick Leo Brown


Tewksbury. Mass.


9 July 1 Winthrop Simpson Bean


Tewksbury, Mass.


10 Aug.


4


Lilla Mae Fuller


William T. Lewis Tewksbury, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Tewksbury, Mass.


11


Sept. 20


Joseph F. A. Esty


Somerville, Mass.


12 Sept. 26


Seymour Lucius Kneeland


Mary Hannah Popplewell


Tewksbury, Mass. Tewksbury, Mass. Tewksbury, Mass.


13 Sept. 29


Hazel M. Daye


Wallum Lake. R. I.


14


Oct.


3


Katherine Agnes Hickey Tewksbury, Mass.


15 Oct. 5


Dorothy H. Pierce


Herbert Ellsworth Sunbury


Tewksbury, Mass.


Christine Louise Fowler


Tewksbury, Mass.


17 Oct. 13 Maurice Byron Duval


Nashua, N. H. Nashua, N. H.


18 Oct. 17


Howard L. Cates


Andover, Mass.


Emma F. Boutwell


Andover, Mass.


19 Oct. 23


Frederick W. Garland


Tewksbury, Mass.


Gertrude L. Cluff


Dracut, Mass. :


20 Νον. 4


Frank B. Marsh


Tewksbury, Mass.


Lillian E. Miller


Tewksbury, Mass.


21 Nov.


Thomas Campbell McCausland


Tewksbury, Mass.


Elizabeth Harnden Fowler


Tewksbury, Mass.


22 Nov. 8 James R. Ogston


Tewksbury, Mass.


Katherine Kelleher


Lowell, Mass.


23 Dec. 15


Walter Parker Fuller


Tewksbury, Mass.


Glenys Evelyn Gerrish Tewksbury, Mass.


Tewksbury, Mass.


24 Dec. 24


Edward Rouff


Zella Maud Jones Tewksbury, Mass.


Attest :


PETER W. CAMERON,


Town Clerk.


Walter E. Goodwin


Stefania Nosalek


Tewksbury, Mass. Lowell, Mass.


Helen Mabel Littlefield


Nellie Welch


Walter J. Baldwin


Chester M. Roper Tewksbury, Mass. Billerica, Mass.


16 Oct. 6


Elizabert Donahue


Herman William Otto Tewksbury. Mass.


Mary F. Griffiths


Tewksbury, Mass.


Ruth Fanny Bugel


DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF TEWKSBURY FOR THE YEAR 1917


No.


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Mths.


Dys.


V


1


Jan.


2


George D. Foristall


82


11


29


2


Jan.


12


Lois Hanson


33


10


24


3


Feb.


7


Alice B. Bayers


33


5


2


4


Feb. 10


Sarah L. Jacques


78


10


9


5


Mar. 14


Susan C. Whittemore


66


9


6


6


Mar. 17


Marjorie C. Grant


-


7


Mar. 19


Auvania A. Contos


30


8


April 11


Lucy A. Barrows


81


3


18


9


April 13


Mary E. Clark


87


10


11


10


May 12


Annie M. Haines


54


11


1


11


May 17


Lucy L. Foster


59


4


18


12


May 20


Elgin A. Hill


56


13


June 14


William W. Rice


7


9


4


14


June


16


Enoch Foster


86


1


24


15


June


17


Mary Bryer


71


16


July


8


Patrick H. Hines


62


2


18


17


July


14


John Looran


27


2


4


18


July


16


Vincenty Paliacki


8


6


19


Aug.


16


Elbridge G. Tainter


80


3


30


20


Aug


17


3


3


21


Aug. 23


Patrick Devine


49


22


Sept. 19


Roy G. A. P. Bredenberg


7


18


23


Sept. 30


-


24


Oct.


8


Paraskevy Eliades


59


25


Oct.


John Shannon


10


-


3


10


27


Oct. 28


Isabella A. Mann


76


9


6


28


Nov. 1


Le Forest O. Foster


49


-


30


Nov.


12


George I. Simpson


17


1


1


31


Nov. 25


Anna E. Burton


78


9


18


32


Nov. 27


James Hall


33


Dec. 14


Joel F. Phelps


82


3


15


Attest :


PETER W. CAMERON,


Town Clerk.


RECAPITULATION


Births registered 1917


21


Males


11


Females


10


Marriages registered 1917


24


Deaths registered 1917


33


Males


19


Females


14


Received and paid over to County Treasurer three hundred eighty-five dollars eighty cents ($385.80) for dog licenses.


The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians and midwives applying therefor, with blanks for return of births as required by law.


The Town Clerk desires to compile a record of all residents of the Town in the Service. If their friends will please notify Clerk giving name, rank and branch of service men are in.


26


Oct.


14


Joseph Mildrum


29


Nov. 10


35


-


8


Ernest Engberg


25


ASSESSORS' REPORT


The Assessors of the Town of Tewksbury submit the following report : Value of land, exclusive of buildings, April 1, 1917 $ 772,335.00


Value of buildings, exclusive of land, April 1, 1917 1,309,590.00


Value of personal property, April 1, 1917


619,043.00


Total valuation, April 1, 1917


$2,700,968.00


Supplementary valuation, December 10 to 20, 1917


$ 600.00


Total valuation 1917


$2,701,568.00


Total valuation 1916


2,471,103.00


Net increase in valuation


$ 230,465.00


Amount raised for :


State Tax


$ 4,510.00


State Highway Tax


600.00


5,110.00


County Tax


2,062.63


2,062.63


Schools


13,016.20


North School Sanitation


1,000.00


Highways


2,000.00


Chandler Street Repairs


500.00


Oiling Roads


600.00


North Street Ledge


150.00


North Street Sidewalk


150.00


Andover Street Improvements


2,000.00


Street Lighting


2,500.00


Library


500.00


Police


600.00


Board of Health


200.00


Salaries


2,400.00


Park Commission


75.00


Stationery and Printing


450.00


Tree Warden


100.00


Insane and Poor


1,200.00


Fire Department


850.00


Second Payment on Fire Truck


1,080.00


Memorial Day


125.00


Suppression of Moths


988.44


11,068.44


Less return amount of income tax


1,189.00


Balance


$ 36,468.27


Overlayings


618.60


$ 37,086.87


$ 14,016.20


5,400.00


$ 37,657.27


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Table of Aggregates


Number of Acres of Land


11,963.1


Houses


745


Horses


215


Cows


594


Neat Cattle other than cows


78


Swine


165


Fowls


5,228


Sheep


2)


Total number of Taxpayers


2,044


Rate of Taxation, $13.30 on $1,000.00.


Rate of Taxation on Polls, $2.00.


Total number of Poll Taxes, 582.


Schedule of Town Property


School Buildings and Land


$ 31,000.00


Personal Property, School Department


2,000.00


Town Hall and Lot


3,000.00


Library Building and Lot


3,000.00


Public Library


4,000.00


Town Farm and Buildings


9,600.00


Personal Property at Town Farm


6,034.50


Receiving Tomb


500.00


Town Lot, Centre Cemetery


50.00


Town Barn, Shed and Land, Highway Department ..


1,025.00


Personal Property, Highway Department


2,653.60


Barge and Sleigh


250.00


Gravel Land, Waters


50.00


Gravel Land, Cole


500.00


Public Parks


2,000.00


Cemeteries


1,000.00


Personal Property, Moth Department


1,777.38


Lamp Posts and Fixtures, Lighting Department


1,200.00


Personal Property, Fire Department


3,500.00


Lot on Pringle Street


50.00


Forest Fire Wagon, Extinguishers and Supplies


250.00


Land and Buildings, Fire Department


1,200.00


Total


$ 74,640.48


Exempt Property


First Congregational Church, etc. $ 15,900.00


First Baptist Church, etc.


11,800.00


Oblate Fathers, O. M. I.


33,800.00


St. Peter's and St. Paul's Society


60.00


South Tewksbury Methodist Mission, etc.


550.00


Total


$ 62,110.00


BUZZELL KING, ALBERT C. BLAISDELL, WILLIAM T. LEWIS,


Board of Assessors.


10


AUDITORS' REPORT


HIGHWAYS Receipts


Balance Jan. 1, 1917


$ 188.57


Appropriation


3,200.00


Chandler Street Appropriation


500.00


North Street Ledge Appropriation


150.00


North Street Sidewalk Appropriation


150.00


Oiling Roads Appropriation


15.20


John G. Delano, for horse


100.00


R. F. Hudson, for gravel


49.80


C. W. Parsons, use of teams


38.50


James Chandler, for dynamite


5.00


J. W. Miller, for manure


5.00


Carroll Edgecomb, for manure


10.00


Agustus Shedd, for manure


5.00


A. S. Briggs, for manure


5.00


John Brown, use of telephone


.20


Due from Com. of Mass., St. Ry. Tax 1917


833.22


Due from Bay State Ry, Excise Tax 1917


1,799.44


$ 7,054.93


Expenditures-Labor and Teams


John Brown


$ 912.00


Carroll Edgecomb


651.83


Roland Robinson


739.50


Agustus Shedd


732.25


James Tansy


661.50


Geo. Eaton


4.00


Fred Goodwin


4.00


John Clancy


1.00


H. M. Briggs


3.00


Wm. E. Briggs


2.50


$ 3,711.60


Hay and Grain


Wmn. Livingston


$ 965.46


Homer Darby


12.33


G. T. Trull


42.96


C. Brooks Stevens


127.40


Wm. H. Lee


8.47


D. W. Seaver


101.80


$ 1,258.42


Breaking Roads


Abner Goodwin


$ 6.00


M. K. Fuller


27.00


F. H. Farmer


12.00


W. H. Flanders


33.66


Arthur Hindle


2.90


Geo. E. Marshall


7.00


Thomas Dixon


21.00


Felker Bros.


5.00


Hood Farm


41.20


1


$ 155.76


11


Shoeing and Repairing


Guy H. Clark


$ 53.85 .


J. T. Williamson


3.00


J. L. Fleming 103.72 $ 160.57


Tools and Supplies


John Brown, paid for supplies


$ 2.35


C. I. Hood, gravel


2.10


Dennis Long, gravel


6.50


Albert Trull, gravel


6.00


Arthur Larson, gravel


12.10


James Chambers, gravel


10.00


Mrs. Anna Sperry, gravel


1.50


Harrold L. Bond Co., dynamite


25.00


John A. Simpson, cap stones


16.00


Boston & Maine R. R., cinders


60.00


Boston & Maine R. R., freight charges


3.64


American Express Co., charges


.41


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas


16.96


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone


12.24


A. B. Moore, supplies


9.90


J. L. Fleming, insurance


53.00


Donovan Harness Co., supplies


50.85


New England Road Machinery Co., supplies


11.50


Gumb Bros., bound stones


41.60


Standard Oil Co., road oil


33.75


Avery Chemical Co., dynamite


5.00


Geo. Marshall, sand


4.00


Geo. Marshall, boards


5.19


John G. Delano, gravel


34.70


R. F. Carson, horse


300.00


C. H. Hanson & Co., pair horses


775.00


Patrick Sullivan, dump cart


65.00


Wm. Drapeau, repairs on barn


67.06


Amasa Pratt Co., lumber


11.20


Rubin R. Rice, gravel


15.00


David Sullivan, lettering guide boards


3.00


E. W. Foster, posts


2.00


Dr. H. B. Wentzell, veterinary services


10.00


Dr. W. A. Sherman, veterinary services


4,50


Fairgrieve & Co., supplies


.9.5


F. H. Farmer, sand


8.80


Ervin E. Smith Co., supplies


9,60


Bartlett & Dow, supplies


3.90


$ 1,700.30


Total receipts


$ 7,054.93


Total expenditures


6,986.65


Unexpended balance


$ 68.28


SCHOOLS Receipts


Appropriation


$13,016.20


Reimbursements from the State :


893.92


Account Mass. School Fund


12


Account Vocational School


233.13


Account High School tuition 1916


1,693.16


Account High School tuition 1917


1,701.57


Account tuition of children


60.00


Account High School transportation


552.05


Account Supervision


345.83


James Dodge, for tuition


80.00


James Dodge, for car tickets


3.55


Helen Toothacher, for car tickets


.36


Public Library, for 1-6 of coal and wood


25.93


James Crosby, for tuition


10.00


J. L. Fleming, rebate on insurance


10.00


Frances Cameron, for material sold


15.88


E. W. Alger, for material sold


5.17


F. F. Spaulding, for broken glass


3.00


May L. Larrabee, for rent of hall


7.00


C. L. Randall, for use of telephone


34.15


$18,690.90


Expenditures, Teachers


Ella E. Flemings


$ 718.00


Gladys Arnold


509.00


Anna Churchill


463.00


Elizabeth Flynn


544.00


Nettie L. Eagles


509.00


Estella Horton


225.00


Elizabeth Dowler


166.00


Anna M. Wylie


537.50


Miriam Wiggin


540.00


Grace Wray


264.00


Ethel Hadley


192.00


Lydia Hopkins


488.00


Marion Caldwell


4.00


Margaret J. Hansbury


15.00


Frances Cameron


88.80


Edmund B. Alger


124.00


Evelyn B. Waite


109.50


Ruth H. Nourse


70.00


Margaret J. Carney


255.00


Mary Speed


8.00


Helen Osgood


2.00


Katherine Farley


4.00


$ 5,835.80


Fuel and Janitors


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas


$ 30.16


W. S. Lincoln, janitor


190.00


Geo. F. Garland, janitor


601.40


Thomas Painter, janitor


166.40


John Moore, janitor


142.00


Mrs. M. Anderson, janitor


126.00


Thomas Sawyer, janitor


78.70


Fairgrieve & Co., coal


522.80


E. A. Wilson Co., coal


69.00


F. I. Carter, wood


29.00


Frank L. Eames, coal


20.50


Walter L. Hale, coal


5.15


Horne Coal Co., coal


695.75


13


John F. French, wood Geo. W. Trull, wood F. H. Farmer, coke Lowell Electric Light Corp., coke


23.00


14.00


17.98


6.65


Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Fund Mass. Retirement Board $ 175.00


Chas. L. Randall Supervision


$ 720.00


Medical Inspection


Dr. H. M. Larrabee, services $ 100.00


Frye & Crawford, medical supplies 15.78


$ 115.78


Tuition


Town of Wilmington


$ 233.75


City of Lowell, High School


4,109.19


City of Lowell, Vocational School


95.00


$ 4;437.94


Transportation


James Matthews, reimbursement for car tickets


$ 5.95


Mrs. Gertrude Pollard, reimbursement car tickets 6.05


Thomas Kittredge, reimbursement for car tickets ..


5.70


James Anderson, reimbursement for car tickets


8.80


Charles E. Lougee, reimbursement for car tickets


6.00


C. J. Holt, reimbursement for car tickets


6.54


Herbert Harnden, reimbursement for car tickets


13.02


S. A. Toothacher, reimbursement for car tickets


10.92


Daniel Seaver, reimbursement for car tickets


6.30


Charles Twiss, reimbursement for car tickets


3.60


Mrs. Ada Senior, reimbursement for car tickets


6.35


Judson Parson, reimbursement for car tickets


6.20


Peter McDonald, reimbursement for car tickets


6.10


Harry Nash, reimbursement for car tickets


9.10


W. H. Pillsbury, reimbursement for car tickets


6.45


T W. Miller, reimbursement for car tickets


6.30


Carl Peterson, reimbursement for car tickets


6.15


Andrew Kleinburg, reimbursement for car tickets 6.45


Bernard Green, reimbursement for car tickets


6.40


Carroll Edgecomb, reimbursement for car tickets


6.10


Daniel McKillop, reimbursement for car tickets


6.40


Aaron Osterman, reimbursement for car tickets


6.05


H. B. Treadwell, reimbursement for car tickets


6,30


Wm. D. Taylor, reimbursement for car tickets


6.15


Mrs. E. A. McCoy, reimbursement for car tickets 6.30


Alden Haines, reimbursement for car tickets 6.20


E. H. French, reimbursement for car tickets 6.05


Hugh Cameron, reimbursement for car tickets 6.35


George Lynch, reimbursement for car tickets


3.55


George Bennett, reimbursement for car tickets 6,25


Wm. Holt, reimbursement for car tickets 6.00


Mrs. Ada Sawyer, reimbursement for car tickets


5.65


$ 2,738.49


14


Argnes Zarifhes, reimbursement for car tickets 4.20


Patrick Walsh, reimbursement for car tickets


6.45


Geo. W. Burtt, reimbursement for car tickets


3.25


Mrs. Jesse Rolfe, reimbursement for car tickets


8.95


Edward Quinn, reimbursement for car tickets


13.31


F. I. Carter, reimbursement for car tickets


13.31


James Clancy, reimbursement for car tickets


18.50


J. A. Greeno, reimbursement for car tickets


12.65


Albert Fessenden, reimbursement for car tickets


12.45


Miss Kate Folsom, reimbursement for car tickets


10.83


Wm. Jones, reimbursement for car tickets


6.50


Mrs. J. K. Aldrich, reimbursement for car tickets ..


6.35


Mrs. Isabella Cameron, reimbursement car tickets Wm. Perley, reimbursement for car tickets


4.60


Thomas F. Sullivan, reimbursement for car tickets


12.10


Martin Anderson, reimbursement for car tickets


5.90


H. M. Billings, reimbursement for car tickets


6.30


Mrs. Susie Dinsmore, reimbursement car tickets


6.00


Elmer D. Cole, reimbursement for car tickets


6.25


Arthur Lee, reimbursement for car tickets


5.95


Mrs. John Young, reimbursement for car tickets


6.35


Harry Weiner, reimbursement for car tickets


1.02


F. H. Farmer, driving barge


524.00


Thomas Sawyer, driving barge


480.00


Bay State St. Ry., tickets


1,194.35


Guy H. Clark, repairs on barge


6.25


Enoch Foster Estate, storing barge


2.00


$ 2,597.19


Books and Supplies


Ervin E. Smith Co.


$ 16.52


Laurel Book Co.


1.90


Row Peterson Co.


37.01


Educational Specialties


9.00


Ginn & Co.


34.07


Silver Burdett & Co.


6.52


V. A. Hadd


.50


Dowling School Supply Co.


4.80


Riverside Press


8.97


D. C. Heath Co.


30.04


Oliver Ditson Co.


3.00


J. L. Chalifoux Co.


.98


Houghton Mifflin Co.


5.30


Chas. W. Dow


4.75


White & Smith Publishing Co.


1.30


Butterfield Printing Co.


10.80


Edward E. Babb Co.


47.43


American Book Co.


7.36


H. J. Dallman Co.


17.47


Geo. E. Hutchins


4.25


A. G. Pollard Co.


68.46


World Book Co.


11.10


Macmillan Co.


3.76


J. L. Hammett Co.


370.54


A. N. Palmer Co.


1.71


Milton Bradley Co.


5.92


F. W. Woolworth Co.


1.60


$ 715.06


15


9.64


School Houses


A. B. Moore, supplies


$ 47.43


J. L. Fleming, repairs and signs


3.00


Mrs. M. Anderson, cleaning


4.00


Fairgrieve & Co., supplies


3.94


F. H. Farmer, labor and teams


12.25


Ervin E. Smith Co. supplies


41.92


Carroll Bros., repairs


14.23


Scott & O'Day, repairs


17.17


Davis & Sargent, lumber


11.12


Burnham & Davis, lumber


18.64


Mrs. S. Nosalek, supplies


.45


Kant-Blaze Mfg. Co., supplies


3.00


Mrs. Casey, cleaning


.50


Matthias Connor, repairs


8.00


W. A. Mack Co., repairs


22.91


Milo D. Clay, repairs


6.10


Harrison Willard, repairs


15.00


Geo. A. Norris, repairs


4,44


Jas. Blackstock, repairs


89.59


A. S. Briggs, repairs


5.49


Robinson & Foster, repairs


112.59


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies


4.82


Robertson Co., supplies


16.55


Dalton Ingersoll Co., supplies


6.57


C. F. George & Co., repairs


232.17


Lowell Wall Paper Co., repairs


10.25


Edward W. Freeman, repairing clock


2.00


H. W. Tarbell, labor


7,25


Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, desks


4.90


J. E. Carroll, repairs


9.26


Cyrus Barton, labor


3.60


Limburg Co., repairs


4.00


Bennett Bros. Co., repairs


4.77


Geo. A. Hill Co., installing fire system


28.60


H. Louis Farmer, supplies


5.30


Rider Ericson Eng. Co., supplies


2,90


Walter W. Lavell, repairs


22.50


Hobson & Lawler, repairs


14.96


Mary Rufle, fire extinguisher


5.00


Mrs. Eliza Miller, light and water


17.00


F. F. Spaulding, paid for keys and rope


4.50


Thompson Hardware Co., supplies


3.95


Saunders Market, supplies


2.10


Aaron Osterman, water


12.00


$ 866.72


Miscellaneous


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


$ 48.69


J L. Fleming, insurance


322.85


Lydia Hopkins. paid for supplies


1,06


Frances Cameron, expenses


7.64


Thomas Painter, truant officer


1.50


F. H. Farmer, truant officer


10.50


F. H. Farmer, teaming


10.50


Qua, Howard & Rogers, services


2.00


A. W. Greeley, tuning piano


2.50


16


Nelson Huntley, diplomas


8.75


Patten & Co., flowers


1.00


May L. Larrabee, expenses


3.03


C. L. Randall, expenses


25.07


Edmund B. Alger, expenses


40.89


Edith A. Forristall, advertising


2.94


$ 488.92


Total receipts


$18,690.90


Total bills paid


18,690.90


Amount of bills unpaid


$ 137.13


AID, STATE AND MILITARY


Paid for State Aid to be reimbursed by the State $ 270.00


INSANE AND POOR


Balance Jan. 1, 1917


$ 236.33


Appropriation


1,200.00


Com. of Mass. reimbursement


1,007.83


$ 2,444.16


Paid for aid to the poor


1,894.07


Unexpended balance


$ 550.09


1


STATIONERY AND PRINTING


Balance Jan. 1, 1917


$ 46.17


Appropriation


450.00


$ 496.17


Expenditures


Butterfield Printing Co., supplies


$ 1.50


Edith A. Foristall, advertising


1.96


H. C. Kittredge, supplies


10.45


A. H. Bartlett, supplies


.50


Courier-Citizen Co., advertising


32.34


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps and stationery


41.40


Dumas & Co., books


19.50


Wm. Speke & Co., stationery


35.15


G. C. Prince & Son, books


6.70


Hobbs & Warren, blanks


5.98


Fred A. Lowell, voting lists


38.50


C. I. Hood & Co., town reports and warrants


254.75


E. W. Bailey, stamps


3.00


A. W. Brownell, blanks


3.00


Matthew Bender & Co., law book


10.50


Wakefield Daily Item, supplies


16.55


Library Bureau, supplies


1.00


Carter Ink Co., ink


1.20


$ 483.98


Unexpended balance


$ 12.19


17


STREET LIGHTING


Balance Jan. 1, 1917 Appropriation


2,650.00


P. W. Cameron, old lamp post


1.00


$ 2,764.95


Expenditures


American Express Co., express charges


$ 6.15


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas and supplies


375.21


F. H. Farmer, labor


199.50


Lawrence E. Lynch, labor


233.45


D. A. McKillop, labor


250.25


Ellsworth Sunbury, labor


300.00


Frank Johnson, labor


27.30


Robert Scott, labor


38.11


Lowell Electric Light Corp., lights


774.30


Thompson Hardware Co., supplies


22.08


Globe Gas Light Co., supplies


111.00


Robertson Co., supplies


5,10


Doward Monty, moving lamps


2.00


$ 2,760.73


Unexpended Balance


$ 4.22


Amount of outstanding bills estimated


$ 138.50


SALARIES


$ 54.08


Appropriation


2,400.00


Transfer from Incidental Account


125.00


$ 2,579.08


Expenditures


Herbert L. Trull. School Committee


$ 50.00


May L. Larrabee, School Committee


50.00


Franklin F. Spaulding, School Committee


50.00


Albert C. Blaisdell, Assessor


427.50


Buzzell King, Assessor


236.25


William T. Lewis, Assessor


321.25


Peter W. Cameron, Town Clerk


150.00


Peter W. Cameron, Clerk of Registrars


30.00


D. J. O'Connell, Registrar of Voters


20.00


J. L. Burtt, Registrar of Voters 20.00


James E. Marshall, Election Officer


15.00


Austin F. French, Election Officer


20.00


Percy Haines, Election Officer


10.00


Harry C. Dawson, Election Officer


5.00


E. H. King, Election Officer


25.00


William Kelley. Election Officer


25.00


Henry Morris, Janitor Town Hall


100.00


Irving F. French. Selectman and Overseer


200.00


John J. Young. Selectman and Overseer


150.00


Harry L. Shedd, Selectman and Overseer


150.00


James W. Miller, Auditor


200.00


Eugene N. Patterson, Treasurer


200.00


Geo. Stevens, Highway Commissioner


100.00


Unexpended balance


$ 2,555.00 $ 24.08


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$ 113.95


A. B. Moore, supplies 416.28


Balance Jan. 1, 1917


PUBLIC LIBRARY


Balance Jan. 1, 1917


$ 53.55


Appropriation


500.00


County Treasurer, Dog Tax


325.13


Abbie M. Blaisdell, cards and fines


5.50 $ 884.18


Expenditures


American Express Co., express charges


$ 5.15


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas


23.52


Wm. Speke & Co., supplies


9.00


Henry Morris, teaming


2.00


Abbie M. Blaisdell, Librarian


125.00


Blanche King, Assistant Librarian


75.00


De Wolfe & Fiske Co., books


353.95


National Tubercular Ass'n, book


1.25


Geo. H. Wood, clock


6.00


Mrs. M. A. Wilson, magazines


34.50


Wm. H. Lee, teaming books


91.40


Kimball System, sign


16.25


Long's Book Bindery, binding


51.50


M. G. Wight & Co., supplies


3.50


Gaylord Brothers, supplies


.90


School Dept., 1-6 coal and wood


25.93


$ 824.85


Unexpended balance


$ 59.33


POLICE


Balance Jan. 1, 1917


$ 82.522


Appropriation


600.00


City of Lowell, court fines


70.50


P. W. Cameron, license fees


112.00


County Treasurer, reimbursement for killing dogs


4.00


$ 869.02


Expenditures


F H. Farmer, services


$ 381.28


H. Louis Farmer, use of auto


13.00


John J. Young, use of auto


5.00


H. M. Briggs, use of auto


5.00


Anthony Kelley, services


151.60


Geo. E. Hooper, Jr., services


63.00


P. J. O'Neil, services


110.00


Harry C. Dawson, services


3.12


Elmer Olson, services


52.77


City of Lowell, use of jail


10.75


Dr. Wm. E. Buck, services


19.00


Iver Johnson Co., supplies


19.00


.


$ 833.52


Unexpended balance


$ 35.50


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TREE WARDEN


Balance Jan. 1, 1917


Appropriation


$ 178.06 100.00 $ 278.06


Expenditures


Harris M. Briggs, labor


$ 57.00


William E. Briggs, labor




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