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Lost books
2.25
Reserve postage
2.68
Sales
.13
Service charges
2.00
778.61
$813.25
$785.61
98.17
$125.81
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
333
Payments to treasurer October 28 to December 4, 1945. . Cash on hand December 4, 1945, verified
$98.05 27.76
$125.81
PUBLIC LIBRARY Petty Cash Advance
Petty advance January 1 to October 27, 1945
$15.00
Balance October 27, 1945, (verified December 4, 1945): Cash on hand, verified. $8.18
6.82
Expenditures per vouchers
$15.00
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS Accounts Receivable
Commitment September 21 to December 31, 1944
$14.63
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$14.63
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS Miscellaneous Receipts
Receipts September 21 to December 31, 1944:
Rentals
$16.00
Reimbursement for damages
$166.00
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$166.00
Receipts January 1 to October 27, 1945:
Rentals
$138.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945 .
$138.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Service Rates
Outstanding September 21, 1944 $18,505.08
Commitments September 21 to December 31, 1944
121,234.81
Refunds September 21 to December 31, 1944
5.12
$139,745.01
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$104,766.74
Discounts September 21 to December 31, 1944
8,546.37
Adjustments September 21 to December 31, 1944
108.50
Outstanding December 31, 1944
26,323.40
$139,745.01
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$26,323.40
Commitments January 1 to October 27, 1945
294,142.03
Refunds January 1 to October 27, 1945
10.41
$320,475.84
150.00
334
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945 $280,966.82
Discounts January 1 to October 27, 1945 22,683.34
Adjustments January 1 to October 27, 1945 1,107.15
Interest on guarantee deposits transferred to service rates January 1 to October 27, 1945 249.92
Unlocated difference adjusted 30.89
Outstanding October 27, 1945, per list
15,437.72
$320,475.84
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous
Outstanding September 21, 1944
$620.03
Commitments September 21 to December 31, 1944
45.56
$665.59
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$94.09
Abatements September 21 to December 31, 1944
14.00
Outstanding December 31, 1944
557.50
$665.59
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$557.50
Commitments January 1 to October 27, 1945
1,930.01
$2,487.51
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945 ..
$1,734.14
Abatements January 1 to October 27, 1945.
93.78
Transferred from municipal light guarantee deposits January 1 to October 27, 1945
53.44
Outstanding October 27, 1945, per list
606.15
$2,487.51
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Consumers' Guarantee Deposits
Balance September 21, 1944:
$520.00
Guarantee deposit fund
9,400.00
$9,920.00
Deposits September 21 to December 31, 1944
570.00
Refunds September 21 to December 31, 1944
$205.00
Balance December 31, 1944
10,285.00
$10,490.00
Balance January 1, 1945
$10,285.00
Deposits January 1 to October 27, 1945
1,405.00
Refunds January 1 to October 27, 1945
$625.00
Balance October 27, 1945, per list: General treasury $1,665.00
9,400.00
11,065.00
$11,690.00
General treasury
$10,490.00
$11,690.00
Guarantee deposit fund
335
Service Connection Guarantee Deposits
Balance September 21, 1944
$59.39
Balance December 31, 1944
$59.39
Balance January 1, 1945
$59.39
Refund January 1 to October 27, 1945 $5.55
Transfers to municipal light accounts receivable January 1 to October 27, 1945 53.44
.40
Balance October 27, 1945, per list
$59.39
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous Cash Sales, Etc.
Receipts September 21 to December 31, 1944:
Insurance reimbursements
$88.57
Sales
4.00
$92.57
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$92.57
Receipts January 1 to October 27, 1945:
Insurance reimbursements
$213.57
Pole damages
25.50
Sales
91.50
$330.57
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945
$326.07
Cash balance October 27, 1945
4.50
$330.57
Cash balance October 28, 1945
$4.50
Receipts October 28 to December 4, 1945:
Sales
2.00
Payments to treasurer October 28 to December 4, 1945 .
$4.20
Cash on hand December 4, 1945, verified
2.30
$6.50
WATER DEPARTMENT Meter Rates
Outstanding September 21, 1944
$10,774.59
Commitments September 21 to December 31, 1944
32,123.14
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$24,587.21
Allowances September 21 to December 31, 1944
438.86
Outstanding December 31, 1944
17,871.66
$42,897.73
$6.50
$42,897.73
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
336
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$17,871.66
Commitments January 1 to October 27, 1945
63,975.65
Refunds January 1 to October 27, 1945
52.37
$81,899.68
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945
$69,196.00
Refunded in error, returned
20.00
Added to taxes 1945
1,569.23
Allowances January 1 to October 27, 1945
171.71
Outstanding October 27, 1945, per list
10,942.74
$81,899.68
WATER DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous
Outstanding September 21, 1944
$1,826.26
Commitments September 21 to December 31, 1944
1,190.90
$3,017.16
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$641.66
Abatements September 21 to December 31, 1944.
33.43
Transfers from water guarantee deposits September 21 to December 31, 1944
442.66
Outstanding December 31, 1944
1,899.41
$3,017.16
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$1,899.41
Commitments January 1 to October 27, 1945
1,560.28
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945 . .
$614.13
Abatements January 1 to October 27, 1945
1,174.01
Transfers from water guarantee deposits January 1 to October 27, 1945.
827.52
Outstanding October 27, 1945, per list
844.03
$3,459.69
WATER LIENS - 1940
Tax titles disclaimed September 21 to December 31,1944 Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$164.37
WATER LIENS - 1944
Outstanding September 21, 1944
$960.20
Overpayment to collector refunded September 21 to December 31, 1944
86.30
$1,046.50
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$422.55
Transfers to tax titles September 21 to December 31, 1944
53.00
Outstanding December 31, 1944
570.95
$1,046.50
$3,459.69
$164.37
337
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$570.95
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945
$483.70
Abatements January 1 to October 27, 1945.
9.25
Transfers to tax titles January 1 to October 27, 1945
78.00
$570.95
WATER LIENS - 1945
Commitment January 1 to October 27, 1945, per warrant.
$1,569.23
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945 ..
$611.01
Outstanding October 27, 1945, per list
958.22
$1,569.23
GUARANTEE DEPOSITS Water
Balance September 21, 1944
$838.73
Deposits September 21 to December 31, 1944
531.05
Refunds September 21 to December 31, 1944
$97.19
Sewer guarantee deposits entered as water guarantee deposits
183.47
Transfers to water accounts receivable September 21 to December 31, 1944
442.66
Balance December 31, 1944
646.46
$1,369.78
Balance January 1, 1945
$646.46
Deposits January 1 to October 27, 1945
1,143.13
Water guarantee deposits entered as sewer guarantee deposits
82.87
$1,872.46
Refunds January 1 to October 27, 1945
$210.44
Transfers to water accounts receivable January 1 to October 27, 1945.
827.52
Balance October 27, 1945, per list
834.50
$1,872.46
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Sale of Lots and Graves - Accounts Receivable
Outstanding September 21, 1944
$4,133.30
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$39.50
Outstanding December 31, 1944
4,093.80
$4,133.30
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$4,093.80
Commitments January 1 to October 27, 1945
12.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945
$172.00
Outstanding October 27, 1945, per list
3,933.80
$4,105.80
$4,105.80
$1,369.78
338
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Care of Lots and Graves - Accounts Receivable
Outstanding September 21, 1944
$6,273.50
Payments to treasurer September 21 to December 31, 1944
$124.50
Abatements September 21 to December 31, 1944
39.00
Outstanding December 31, 1944
6,110.00
$6,273.50
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$6,110.00
Commitments January 1 to October 27, 1945
1,884.00
Refund January 1 to October 27, 1945.
3.00
$7,997.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 27, 1945
$1,709.00
Abatements January 1 to October 27, 1945
58.00
Outstanding October 27, 1945, per list
6,230.00
$7,997.00
HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH PRIZE FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944
$500.00
$500.00
On hand at end of year 1944
500.00
500.00
On hand October 27, 1945
500.00
500.00
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944 No transactions recorded
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Income
$14.35
Transferred to town $14.35
WARREN H. CUDWORTH LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand September 21, 1944
$500.00
$500.00
On hand at end of year 1944
500.00
500.00
On hand October 27, 1945
500.00
500.00
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Income
$5.00
Transferred to town
$5.00
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Income
$5.00
Transferred to town $5.00
339
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
E. FLORENCE MORSE LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities
Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944
$500.00
$500.00
On hand at end of year 1944
500.00
500.00
On hand October 27, 1945
500.00
500.00
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Income
$6.25
Transferred to town
$6.25
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Income
$12.50
Transferred to town $12.50
ALICE H. PLIMPTON LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Savings
Securities
Deposits
Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944
$35.88
$12,000.00
$12,035.88
On hand at end of year 1944
$35.88
$12,000.00
$12,035.88
On hand October 27, 1945
$35.88
$12,000.00
$12,035.88
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Income
$87.50
Transferred to town
$87.50
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Income
$300.35
Transferred to town
$300.35
WILLIAM T. WHEDON LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944
$500.00
$500.00
On hand at end of year 1944
500.00
500.00
On hand October 27, 1945
500.00
500.00
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944 No transactions recorded
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Income $12.50
Transferred to town $12.50
340
TOWN OF NORWOOD
HARRIET W. LANE LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities
Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944
$800.00
$800.00
On hand at end of year 1944
800.00
800.00
On hand October 27, 1945
800.00
800.00
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Income
$10.00
Transferred to town
$10.00
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Income
$10.00
Transferred to town $10.00
ANNA M. DAY CEMETERY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
On hand at end of year 1944
5,000.00
5,000.00
On hand October 27, 1945
5,000.00
5,000.00
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Income
$62.50
Transferred to town
$62.50
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Income
$125.00
Transferred to town
$125.00
=
$
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS In Custody of Treasurer
Cash
Savings Deposits
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944 . $875.00
$24,657.92
$37,477.00
$63,009.92
On hand at end of year 1944 ..
350.00
24,657.92
38,677.00
63,684.92
On hand October 27, 1945 . .
1,700.00
24,657.92
40,377.00
66,734.92
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Bequests
$675.00
Securities purchased
$1,200.00
Income
577.53
Transferred to town 577.53
Cash in general treasury
Cash in general treasury December 31, 1944 350.00
September 21, 1944
875.00
$2,127.53
$2,127.53
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Bequests $3,050.00
Securities purchased $1,700.00
Income
1,182.65
Transferred to town 1,182.65
Cash in general treasury
Cash in general treasury
January 1, 1945
350.00
October 27, 1945
1,700.00
$4,582.65
$4,582.65
MUNICIPAL LIGHT GUARANTEE DEPOSIT FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Cash
Securities Par Value
On hand September 21, 1944
$400.00
$9,000.00
Total $9,400.00
On hand at end of year 1944
400.00
9,000.00
9,400.00
On hand October 27, 1945
400.00
9,000.00
9,400.00
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Income
$85.00
Transferred to town
$85.00
Cash on hand September
Cash on hand December 31,
21, 1944
400.00
1944
400.00
$485.00
$485.00
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Securities sold
$1,000.00
Securities purchased
$1,000.00
Income
135.00
Transferred to town
135.00
Cash on hand January 1,
1945
400.00
Cash on hand October 27, 1945
400.00
$1,535.00
$1,535.00
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Cash
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944
$50.00
$201,200.00
$201,250.00
On hand at end of year 1944
90.00
201,800.00
201,890.00
On hand October 27, 1945
670.00
252,500.00
253,170.00
Receipts
Payments
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Income
$640.00
Securities purchased
$600.00
Cash on hand September
Cash on hand December 31, 1944
21, 1944
50.00
90.00
$690.00
$690.00
342
TOWN OF NORWOOD
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Town appropriation $50,000.00
Securities purchased $50,700.00
Income
1,280.00
Cash in general treasury October 27, 1945 670.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1945
90.00
$51,370.00
$51,370.00
MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT FUNDS
Cash
Savings Deposits
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand September 21, 1944 .
$2,595.78
$17,545.00
$125,776.26
$145,917.04
On hand at end of year 1944 . .
1,151.89
17,545.00
124,594.33
143,291.22
On hand October 27, 1945
4,235.79
13,545.00
144,819.33 Payments
162,600.12
Receipts
September 21 to December 31, 1944
Securities sold
$3,198.24
Securities purchased
$2,000.00
Amortization
16.31
Amortization - increase
16.31
Gain on securities sold.
26.76
Pensions
6,916.68
Contributions from mem-
Refunds
349.75
bers
3,732.15
Expense
303.14
Income
1,168.53
Cash on hand September
Cash on hand December
21, 1944
2,595.78
31, 1944. 1,151.89
$10,737.77
$10,737.77
January 1 to October 27, 1945
Withdrawn from savings
Securities purchased
$20,225.00
deposits
$4,000.00
Contributions from men-
bers
15,417.92
Appropriations:
Pension fund
22,995.00
Expense fund
600.00
Military service fund
513.04
1945
4,235.79
Interest deficit
16.67
Cash on hand January 1, 1945
1,151.89
$44,694.52
$44,694.52
Distribution October 27, 1945
Annuity Savings Fund .
$83,140.83
Pension Accumulation
Fund
68,214.95
Annuity Reserve Fund . 5,080.52
Military Service Fund . 1,410.88
Expense Fund
1,530.90
Undistributed Income . .
3,222.04
$162,600.12
.
Accrued interest on securi- ties purchased
52.02
Pensions
15,172.17
Refunds.
4,960.54
Expense.
49.00
Cash on hand October 27,
TOWN OF NORWOOD Balance Sheet - October 27, 1945 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash :
Pay-Roll Deductions:
General
$515,611.71
War Bond Purchases.
$415.75
Petty Advances:
Federal Tax 3,977.39
Town Manager
20.00
$4,393.14
Public Welfare Department 10.00
State Assessments 1945
15,379.19
Soldiers' Relief Agent
50.00
County Tax 1945
29,648.27
School Department
160.00
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
255.00
Library 15.00
$515,866.71
State
172.50
Cash Shortage, Gerald T. Chis-
Proceeds of Dog Licenses - Due
County
Light Department:
Tailings - Unclaimed Checks
4,546.40
Service Rates
$781.77
Sale of Real Estate Fund
17,378.00 -
Consumers' Guarantee De-
Highway Fund, Chapter 464, Acts of 1935
155.85
Fire Damage Reimbursements
616.09
Accounts Receivable:
Guarantee Deposits:
Taxes:
Sewer
$975.28
Levy of 1945:
Electric Consumers
1,665.00
Poll
$90.00
Electric Service Connection 40
Personal
16,479.18
Water.
834.50
Real Estate
198,454.65
215,023.83
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds -
3,475.18
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
holm, Former Clerk, Electric
758.60
posits
95.00
876.77
Proceeds of Sporting Licenses - Due
GENERAL ACCOUNTS - Continued
Assets
Liabilities
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1945
$68.72
Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund
41,517.26
Sewer 1945
$2,462.43
Income-Trust and Investment Funds:
Unapportioned Street
808.80
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund .... .
$670.00
Street 1945
72.79
High School English Prize Fund ...
7.15
Committed Interest 1945
363.16
Harriet W. Lane Library Fund ... Warren H. Cudworth Library Fund
35.00
Tax Titles
$16,299.00
Chickering Fund .
32.00
Alice H. Plimpton Library Fund ...
2,728.36
49,306.88
E. Florence Morse Library Fund ...
37.50
Departmental:
General Government
$39.32
Real Estate Rentals.
337.22
Police
1,650.92
Civilian Defense
1.00
Fund 36.16
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration
$694.10
Aid
.20
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
88.32
Assistance
1,883.66
George-Deen Vocational Education
4,674.99
Sale of Lots and Graves .
3,933.80
Smith-Hughes Vocational Education .
295.40
Care of Lots and Graves.
6,230.00
7,636.67
22,264.34 Unexpended Balances:
344
TOWN OF NORWOOD
9,217.38
Moth
259.00
Health
3,029.67
Sanitation
338.58
Highway .
141.39
Temporary Aid
1,938.26
Old Age Assistance
784.79
School.
3,574.54
Cemetery:
William T. Whedon Library Fund . Anna M. Day Cemetery Fund .... . Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds. ..
37.50
726.98
Consumers' Electric Service Deposit
4,866.73
Fire
5.85
Tax Possessions
33,007.88
Bequests
$1,700.00
Special Assessments:
40.00
3,707.18
Chapter 90 - Aid to Highways: State .
$1,000.00
County
1,000.00
2,000.00
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus . . .. Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1945.
552,315.77 6,881.82
Public Service Enterprises: Municipal Light:
Service Rates
$15,437.72
Miscellaneous . .
606.15
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$68.72
Water:
Special Assessment
3,707.18
Rates
$10,942.74
Tax Title
16,299.00
Miscellaneous
844.03
Tax Possession
33,007.88
Liens 1945
958.22
Departmental
22,264.34
Aid to Highways
2,000.00
Municipal Light
16,825.64
Water. .
12,744.99
tenance . .
106.67
106,917.75
Revenue 1945
68.00
Surplus Revenue
213,808.13
Collected
167.00
Estimated Receipts to be Col-
lected . 180,867.28
$1,019,044.24
$1,019.044.24
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
345
Revenue
Non-Revenue
$549,743.58 2,572.19
Electric Light Consumers' Deposits
Refunded in Error - To be
12,744.99
Overdrawn Account:
Highways - Chapter 90 Main-
2,203.24
16,043.87
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sewer Assessments not due . $5,268.79 550.16
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Revenue:
Due in 1946. $4,186.68
1947.
957.72
1948.
93.67
1949.
30.72
Apportioned Street Assessments Revenue:
Due in 1946
$91.71
1947
91.69
1948
91.69
1949
91.69
1950
91.69
1951
91.69
550.16
$5,818.95
$5,818.95
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$5,268.79
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Apportioned Street Assessments not due .
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit.
$105,577.00
Outside Debt Limit
233,000.00
Loans Inside Debt Limit:
Municipal Office Building
$4,000.00
Sewer
63,000.00
Highway
6,577.00
School
32,000.00
$105,577.00
Loans Outside Debt Limit:
Sewer .
$35,000.00
School
118,000.00
Electric Light
12,000.00
Water . .
25,000.00
Municipal Relief
23,000.00
Storm Damage .
20,000.00
233,000.00
$338,577.00
$338,577.00
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
347
348
TRUST, INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT FUNDS
Trust, Investment, and Retirement Funds, Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer . . $509,370.92
High School English Prize Fund
$500.00
Warren H. Cudworth Library Fund 500.00
E. Florence Morse Library Fund
500.00
Alice H. Plimpton Library Fund
12,035.88
William T. Whedon Library Fund
500.00
Harriet W. Lane Library Fund .
800.00
Anna M. Day Cemetery Fund 5,000.00 .
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
65,034.92
Municipal Light Guarantee Deposit Fund ·
9,400.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 252,500.00
Municipal Contributory Retirement Funds 162,600.12
$509,370.92
$509,370.92
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INDEX
INDEX
GENERAL
Page 6
Honor Roll, In Memoriam
Honor Roll
8
Jury List
91
Officials, Appointed
4
Officials, Elected
3
Town Meeting Records
.25
EXECUTIVE REPORTS
Assessors, Board of 150
Building Inspector
149
Cemetery Department
116
Civilian Defense
118
Clerk, Town
Records of Town Meetings and Elections 25
'Vital Statistics - Births.
43
Deaths
73
Marriages
59
Counsel, Town
95
Engineering Department
98
Finance Commission
230
Fire Department
157 97
Health, Board of
162
Library, Morrill Memorial 267 -
172
Light Department, Municipal
110
Old Age Assistance
161
Physician, Town
166
Planning Board.
155
Playgrounds, Summer
167
Police Department
116
Public Safety, Committee on
118
Public Works Department
105
Purchasing
97
Recreation Department. 170
School Department 181
Scaler of Weights and Measures 156
Selectmen, Board of 81
Welfare Board.
158
General Manager
350
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FINANCIAL REPORTS
Page 239
Appropriation, Non-Revenue
Appropriation, Revenue
285 278 287 301
Cemetery, Perpetual Care Bequests
Debt Accounts
291
Debt Statements
239
Expenditures
251
Municipal Light Department, Financial Statements
296 286
Operating Accounts, Other
Receipts
243
Revenue Accounts, Deferred
290
Summary of Receipts and Expenditures
276
Trial Balance
293
Trust Fund Securities
305
Trust Investment and Retirement Funds
292
Water Department, Financial Statements
301
Audit, Massachusetts Department of Corporation and Taxes 309
Collector of Taxes
236
Contributory Retirement Board 302
Finance Commission, Reserve Fund 230
Treasurer, Town 232
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Accountant, Town
Balance Sheet
ANNUAL REPORT
1946
NORWOOD MASSACHUSETTS
SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICIALS ·
C. MASS .
NO.
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MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1946
18.72
FEB
TOWN OFFICIALS 1946-1947
ELECTED
Board of Selectmen Harry B. Butters, 1948, Chairman
Charles F. Holman, 1947 H. William Anderson, 1948 Clement A. Riley, 1949
Michael J. Curran, 1947
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Edmund F. Sullivan
Finance Commission William F. Hennessey, 1947, Chairman
Francis E. Metcalf, 1949
Thomas F. Riley, 1948
Moderator Francis C. Foley
School Committee Harold T. Young, 1947, Chairman
John F. Reynolds, 1947 John J. Cavanaugh, 1948 Edward H. Thompson, 1948 James J. Curran, 1949
Anthony F. O'Donnell, 1949
Board of Health Charles L. Lynch, M.D., 1947, Chairman
John P. Dixon, 1948
James F. Foley, 1949
Board of Trustees, Morrill Memorial Library Maude A. Shattuck, 1947, Chairman
Eugene A. Nelson, 1947 A. Marion Swain, 1949 Francis J. Doran, 1948 Leighton S. Thompson, Mary L. Dunn, 1948 Died, March 10, 1946
George H. Welles, to fill vacancy, May 28, 1946
Planning Board Ludovic O. Fournier, 1949, Chairman
Rosewell A. Norton, 1947 Owen F. Sullivan, 1948 Albert P. Nelson, 1948
Michael J. Crowley, 1947
Constables
James Joseph Keating
Edward W. Wisniewski
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APPOINTED Town Counsel Francis C. Foley
Town Clerk and Accountant Walter A. Blasenak
Superintendent of Schools Lincoln D. Lynch
Librarian, Morrill Memorial Library Edna Phillips
General Manager Francis W. Smith (Resigned Oct. 15, 1946)
Acting General Manager Albert W. Thompson
Director of Public Works and Engineering Albert W. Thompson
Superintendent of Municipal Light Plant Joseph W. Price
Superintendent of Recreation Leon P. Smelstor
Superintendent of Cemeteries Louis J. D'Espinosa
Chief of Police Department William H. Sullivan (Retired June 1, 1946)
Thomas C. Lydon
Chief of Fire Department Alonzo N. Earle
Assessors Edward A. Flaherty, 1948, Chairman
William J. Dalton, 1949 Richard D. Northrop, 1947
Board of Public Welfare Alonzo F. Swift, Jr., Chairman
Eileen J. Folan
Martin J. Foley
Registrars of Voters Raymond K. Morrow, 1948, Chairman
John P. Crowley, 1949
John P. Folan, 1947
Walter A. Blasenak
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TOWN OFFICIALS
Building Inspector Henry J. Cronan
Board of Appeal James J. Curran, Chairman
John M. Lindblom
William L. Hyland
Sealer of Weights and Measures Joseph M. Lovell
Dog Officer George H. Lynch
Inspector of Animals Thomas U. Mahoney
Superintendent of Moth Suppression Francis W. Smith
Town Game Warden James F. Bunney
James J. Flaherty
Fence Viewers
Harry F. Howard
Lewis J. Danovitch
Public Health Nurse Nora C. Butler
Inspector of Plumbing Harry A. Shannon
Inspector of Milk Leonard E. Curran
Inspector of Slaughtering Clement A. Riley
Carillon Committee Walter F. Tilton
Francis J. Foley
Contributory Retirement Board Louis J. D'Espinosa, 1947, Chairman Frederic W. Kingman, 1949
W. Cameron Forbes
Walter A. Blasenak
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In Memoriam
World War II
(As listed January 1, 1947)
ALLARD, WILLIAM F.
BADER, NAIMI
BALLOUGH, RUDOLPH
BLASENAK, ARTHUR F.
BOCHANOWICZ, EDMOND
BOWLES, FRANCIS G.
BUCKUS, STEPHEN D.
CONRAD, MERRILL B.
COPELAND, LESTER A.
COSTELLO, PATRICK J.
COUGHLIN, PAUL A.
COYNE, COLEMAN J., JR.
CURRAN, JOHN E.
DEEB, FREDERICK T.
DEEB, GEORGE
DENNEHY, JOSEPH F.
ELIAS, THOMAS
FERRARA, SANTINO
FITTS, DAVID W.
FOLEY, THOMAS J.
FRENCH, OTTIE L.
GALLANT, MORRIS E.
GOBA, ALGERT J.
GREENE, RAYMOND F.
GRIFFITHS, DONALD F.
GROH, EDWARD R.
GRUGNALE, JOSEPH N. A.
HAGG, ROBERT
HAYES, EDWARD F.
HAYNES, MERTON HILL, ROY A.
JUSKIEWICZ, WITOLD C.
KALER, WILLIAM H. KAZULIS, WILLIAM P.
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HONOR ROLL
In Memoriam
World War II (As listed January 1, 1947)
KEADY, JAMES P. KEELER, CARLETON H. LARSON, EDWARD W. LAGAY, PERCY H., JR. LYDON, CHARLES F. MASCE, FRANCIS J. McDONOUGH, FRANCIS P. McDONOUGH, M. EUGENE McDONOUGH, THOMAS F. MILOSZEWSKI, CHESTER J. MINKEVITCH, JOHN W. MOLONEY, JOHN H., JR. MONAHAN, HAROLD L. O'LEARY, JAMES T. O'LOUGHLIN, JOSEPH A.
READEL, RICHARD F. SCOTT, ADAM, JR. SELUKAS, JOSEPH A. SHACKLEY, RALPH E.
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