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$681.26
$348.92
$356.12
$154.30
$3589.99
$6,313.82
313
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
Aid to Dependent Children Accounts Receivable
Commitments 1948
$8,182.35
Payments to Treasurer 1948
$8,182.35
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1948
$510.97 39,243.99
Commitments
$39,754.96
Payments to Treasurer
$39,011.92
Outstanding December 31, 1948
743.04
$39,754.96
Outstanding January 1, 1949
$743.04
Commitments January 1 to 25, 1949
3,199.05
$3,942.09
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
$3,325.36
Outstanding January 25, 1949, per list
616.73
$3,942.09
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Accounts Receivable
Commitments 1948
$4,404.32
Payments to Treasurer 1948
$4,404.32
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Accounts Receivable
$6,206.54
Commitments
$23,868.47
Payments to Treasurer
$15,429.60
Abatements
1,330,74
Outstanding December 31, 1948
7,108.13
$23,868.47
Outstanding January 1, 1949
$7,108.13
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
$1,553.19
Outstanding January 25, 1949, per list
5,554.94
$7,108.13
Outstanding January 1, 1948
17,661.93
314
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Miscellaneous Receipts
Receipts 1948:
Peabody School:
Bakery
$398.90
Dressmaking
780.82
Stencils
27.90
Lunch Room
3,873.52
Boys' Vocational Products
925.68
Practical Arts
74.90
Breakage
6.35
Text Books and Materials
91.99
Telephone Tolls
14.13
$6,194.19
Payments to Treasurer 1948
$6,193.89
Overpayments to Treasurer 1947
.30
$6,194.19
Receipts January 1 to February 25, 1949:
Peabody School:
Bakery
$224.36
Stencils
24.45
Lunch Room
770.75
Boys' Vocational
164.80
Breakage
4.10
Telephone Tolls
2.78
$1,191.24
Payments to Treasurer:
January 1 to 25, 1949
$438.92
January 26 to February 25, 1949
656.64
$1,095.56
Cash Balance February 25, 1949
95.68
$1,191.24
Senior High School Lunch Counter
Receipts 1948
$13,944.66
Payments to Treasurer, 1948
$13,944.66
Receipts January 1 to February 24, 1949
$3,029.64
Payments to Treasurer:
January 1 to 25, 1949
$1,403.73
January 25 to February 24, 1949
1,551.82
$2,955.55
Cash on Hand February 24, 1949, verified
74.09
$3,029.64
315
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
Petty Cash Advances
Cash Advance January 1 to February 25, 1949:
Superintendent's Office
$100.00
High School Lunch Counter
100.00
Peabody School
50.00
$250.00
Balance February 25, 1949:
Cash on Hand, verified
$221.73
Expenditures per vouchers
28.27
$250.00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cash Balance January 1, 1948
$47.63
Receipts
1,348.42
$1,396.05
Payments to Treasurer
$1,341.17
Cash Balance December 31, 1948
54.88
$1,396.05
Cash Balance January 1, 1949
$54.88
Receipts January 1 to February 20, 1949
207.21
.$262.09
Payments to Treasurer:
January 1 to 25, 1949
$115.06
January 26 to February 20, 1949
106.01
$221.07
Cash Balance February 20, 1949
41.02
$262.09
Petty Cash Advance
Cash Advance January 1 to February 21, 1949.
$15.00
Balance February 21, 1949:
Cash on Hand, verified
$11.11
Expenditures per vouchers
3,89
$15.00
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Rentals 1948
$220.00
Payments to Treasurer 1948
$220.00
RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Receipts 1948
$1,913.25
Payments to Treasurer
$1,854.00
Cash Balance December 31, 1948
59.25
$1,913.25
316
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Cash Balance January 1, 1949
$59.25
Receipts January 1 to 25, 1949
22.25
$81.50
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
.... $81.50
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Service Rates
Outstanding January 1, 1948
$15,950.11
Commitments
459,187.20
Refunds
82.80
$475,220.11
Payments to Treasurer
$421,509.53
Abatements and Adjustments
5,024.84
Discounts
30,749.59
Interest on Guarantee Deposits Credited to Service Rates
353.14
Outstanding December 31, 1948
17,583.01
$475,220.11
Outstanding January 1, 1949
$17,583.01
Commitments January 1 to 25, 1949
31,439.60
$49,022.61
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
$18,299.82
Abatement January 1 to 25, 1949
1.00
Discounts January 1 to 25, 1949
1,332.94
Outstanding January 25, 1949, per list
29,388.85
$49,022.61
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1948
$880.11
Commitments
1,998.88
$2,878.99
Payments to Treasurer
$1,681.58
Transfers from Municipal Light Service Connection Guaran- tee Deposits
86.80
Outstanding December 31, 1948
1,110.61
$2,878.99
Outstanding January 1, 1949
$1,110.61
Commitments January 1 to 25, 1949
261.08
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
$247.04
Transfers from Municipal Light Service Connection Guaran- tee Deposits January 1 to 25, 1949
191.88
Outstanding January 25, 1949, per list
932.77
$1,371.69
$1,371.69
317
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Consumers' Guarantee Deposits
Balance January 1, 1948:
General Treasury
$3,876.00
Guarantee Deposit Fund
9,400.00
Deposits
3,160.00
Refund in Excess of Deposit to be Collected
15.00
$16,451.00
Refunds
$1,670.00
Balance December 31, 1948:
General Treasury
$3,381.00
Guarantee Deposit Fund
11,400.00
$14,781.00
$16,451.00
Balance January 1, 1949:
General Treasury
3,381.00
Guarantee Deposit Fund
11,400.00
$14,781.00
Deposits January 1 to 25, 1949
105.00
$14,886.00
Balance January 25, 1949, per list:
General Treasury
$3,486.00
Guarantee Deposit Fund
11,400.00
$14,886.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Service Connection Guarantee Deposits
$568.94
Deposits
1,002.45
$1,571.39
Refunds
$18.18
Transfers to Municipal Light Accounts Receivable
86.80
Balance December 31, 1948
1,466.41
$1,571.39
Balance January 1, 1949
$1,466.41
Refunds January 1 to 25, 1949
$55.91
Transfers to Municipal Light Accounts Receivable January 1 to 25, 1949 Balance January 25, 1949, per list
191.88
1,218.62
$1,466.41
....
Balance January 1, 1948
$13,276.00
318
TOWN OF NORWOOD
WATER DEPARTMENT
Meter Rates
Outstanding January 1, 1948
$17,309.42
Commitments
5.00
Refunds
$127,124.77
Payments to Treasurer
358.16
Abatements and Allowances
1,149.33
Added to Taxes 1948
22,683.99
$127,124.77
$22,683.99
Outstanding January 1, 1949
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
15.50
Abatements and Allowances January 1 to 25, 1949
13,941.41
Outstanding January 25, 1949, per list
$22,683.99
Miscellaneous Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1948
......
5,837.07
Commitments
1.00
$6,504.70
Payments to Treasurer
$1,539.74
Transfers from Water Guarantee Deposits
4,206.69
Commitment Recorded in Error
1.00
Outstanding December 31, 1948
757.27
$6,504.70
Outstanding January 1, 1949
$757.27
Commitments January 1 to 25, 1949
1,450.78
$2,208.05
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
$2.91
Transfers from Water Guarantee Deposits January 1 to 25, 1949
1,359.75
Outstanding January 25, 1949, per list
845.39
$2,208.05
WATER LIENS - 1947
$135.50
Outstanding January 1, 1948
$111.50
Payments to Treasurer 1948
Transefers to Tax Titles 1948
24.00
$135.50
109,810.35
$102,933.29
Outstanding December 31, 1948
$8,727.08
$666.63
Transfer from Water Guarantee Deposits in Error
319
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
WATER LIENS - 1948
Commitment per warrant
$1,149.33
Payments to Treasurer
$722.83
Transfers to Tax Titles
50.00
Outstanding December 31, 1948
376.50
$1,149.33
Outstanding January 1, 1949
$376.50
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
$58.75
Outstanding January 25, 1949, per list
317.75
$376.50
GUARANTEE DEPOSITS Water
Balance January 1, 1948
$885.68
Deposits
7,637.17
Transfer to Water Accounts Receivable in Error
1.00
$8,523.85
Refunds
$748.99
Transfers to Water Accounts Receivable
4,206.69
Balance December 31, 1948
3,568.17
$8,523.85
Balance January 1, 1949
$3,568.17
Deposits January 1 to 25, 1949
132.41
Refunds January 1 to 25, 1949
$303.52
Transfers to Water Accounts Receivable January 1 to 25, 1949
1,359.75
Balance January 25, 1949, per list
2,037.31
$3,700.58
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Sale of Lots and Graves - Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1948
$3,344.80 16.98
Commitments
$3,361.78
Payments to Treasurer
$15.75
Outstanding December 31, 1948
3,346.03
$3,361.78
Outstanding January 1, 1949
$3,346.03
Commitments January 1 to 25, 1949
.73
$3,346.76
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 25, 1949
$1.23
Outstanding January 25, 1949, per list
3,345.53
$3,346.76
$3,700.58
320
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Care of Lots and Graves - Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1948
2,059.00
Commitments
$8,542.50
Payments to Treasurer
62.00
Abatements
6,661.00
$8,542.50
HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH PRIZE FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities Par Value
Total
$500.00
$500.00
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$500.00
$500.00
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$500.00
$500.00
On Hand January 25, 1949
Payments
Receipts
1948
$14.40
Transferred to Town
Income
January 1 to 25, 1949 No transactions recorded
HARRIET W. LANE SCHOOL FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities Par Value
Total
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$800.00
$800.00
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$800.00
$800.00
On Hand January 25, 1949
Receipts
1948
Income ......
$20.00
Transferred to Town
$20.00
January 1 to 25, 1949 No transactions recorded
WARREN H. CUDWORTH LIBRARY FUND
In Custody of Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
1
On Hand at End of Year 1948 On Hand January 25, 1949
$6,483.50
$1,819.50
Outstanding December 31, 1948 and January 25, 1949, per list
$14.40
$800.00
$800.00
Payments
321
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
Receipts
Payments
1948
Income
$10.00 Transferred to Town $10.00
January 1 to 25, 1949 No transactions recorded
E. FLORENCE MORSE LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities
Par Value
Total
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$500.00
$500.00
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$500.00
$500.00
On Hand January 25, 1949 Receipts
Payments
Income
$12.50
Transferred to Town
$12.50
January 1 to 25, 1949 No transactions recorded
ALICE H. PLIMPTON LIBRARY FUND
In Custody of Treasurer
Securities
Par-Value
Total
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$11,000.00
$11,000.00
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$11,000.00
$11,000.00
On Hand January 25, 1949
$11,000.00
$11,000.00
Receipts
Payments
1948
Income
$275.00
Transferred to Town
$275.00
January 1 to 25, 1949 No transactions recorded
WILLIAM T. WHEDON LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities
Par Value
Total
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$500.00
$500.00
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$500.00
$500.00
On Hand January 25, 1949
$500.00
$500.00
Receipts
Payments
1948
Income
$12.50
Transferred to Town $12.50
January 1 to 25, 1949 No transactions recorded
$500.00
$500.00
1948
322
TOWN OF NORWOOD
ANNA M. DAY CEMETERY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Securities
Par Value
Total
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
On Hand January 25, 1949 Receipts
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Payments
1948
Income
$125.00
Transferred to Town
$125.00
January 1 to 25, 1949 No transactions recorded
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS In Custody of Treasurer
Savings
Securities Par Value
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$1,050.00
$25,684.92
$46,800.00
Total $73,534.92
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$150.00
$26,134.92
$49,800.00
$76,084.92
On Hand January 25, 1949
$300.00
$26,134.92
$49,800.00
$76,234.92
Receipts
Payments
1948
Bequests
$2,550.00
Added to Savings Deposits
$450.00
Income
1,685.29
Securities Purchased
3,000.00
Cash in General Treasury
Transferred to Town
1,685.29
January 1, 1948
1,050.00
Cash in General Treasury December 31, 1948
150.00
$5,285.29
$5,285.29
January 1 to 25, 1949
Bequests
$150.00
Transferred to Town
$35.75
Income
35.75
Cash in General Treasury
Cash in General Treasury
January 25, 1949
300.00
January 1, 1949
150.00
$335.75
$335.75
MUNICIPAL LIGHT GUARANTEE DEPOSIT FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Cash
Securities Par Value $9,000.00
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$400.00
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$400.00
$11,000.00
On Hand January 25, 1949
$400.00
$11,000.00
Total $9,400.00 $11,400.00 $11,400.00
Cash
Deposits
323
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
Receipts
Payments
1948
Transferred from Town
$2,000.00
Securities Purchased
$2,000.00
Income
250.00
Transferred to Town
250.00
Cash on Hand
Cash on Hand
January 1, 1949
400.00
December 31, 1948 400.00
$2,650.00
$2,650.00
January 1 to 25, 1949
Income
$25.00
Transferred to Town
$25.00
Cash on Hand
Cash on Hand
January 1, 1949
400.00
January 25, 1949
400.00
$425.00
$425.00
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Cash
Securities Par Value $102,500.00
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948
$8,178.75
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$11,108.25
$52,500.00
On Hand January 25, 1949
$11,108.25
$52,500.00
Receipts
Payments
1948
Securities Sold
$50,000.00
Income
2,932.50
Cash in General Treasury
January 1, 1948
8,178.75
Transferred to Sewer Con- struction Appropriation $50,000.00 Shipping Charges on Securi- ties Sold 3.00
Cash in General Treasury December 31, 1948 11,108.25
$61,111.25
$61,111.25
Cash in General Treasury
January 1, 1949
January 1 to 25, 1949 Cash in General Treasury $11,108.25 January 25, 1949 $11,108.25
MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Cash
$8,781.06 $8,295.71 $9,954.51
Savings Deposits $13,545.00 $13,545.00 $13,545.00
Securities Book Value $191,489.12 $217,065.23 $217,065.23
Total
On Hand at Beginning of Year 1948 On Hand at End of Year 1948 On Hand January 25, 1949
$213,815.18 $238,905.94* $240,564.74
Total $110,678.75 $63,608.25 $63,608.25
324
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Receipts
Payments
1948
Securities Sold
$2,000.00
Securities Purchased
$27,693.75
Amortization of Securities
Amortization of Securities
117.64
decrease
117.64
Accrued Interest on Securi-
Contributions
22,540.93
ties Purchased
74.69
Income
5,992.80
Pensions
22,640.97
Appropriations by Town:
Pension Fund
22,296.58
Expenses
1,255.42
Expense Fund
1,000.00
Cash on Hand
Pension Payments Returned
96.00
December 31, 1948
8,295.71
Cash on Hand January 1, 1948
8,781.06
$62,825.01
$62,825.01
January 1 to 25, 1949
Contributions
$876.25
Refunds
$89.60
Income
894.50
Expenses
22.35
Cash on Hand
Cash on Hand
January 1, 1949
8,295.71
January 25, 1949
9,954.51
$10,066.46
$10,066.46
*Distribution December 31, 1948
Annuity Savings Fund
$135,768.78
Annuity Reserve Fund
13,609.56
Pension Fund
86,514.79
Military Service Fund
2,510.72
Expense Fund
502.09
1
$238,905.94
Refunds
2,746.83
HENRY O. PEABODY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS FUND In Custody of Trustees
Savings
Securities
Real Estate
Cash
Deposits
Book Value
Mortgages
Book Value
Total
On Hand January 1, 1948
$8,874.03
$551,178.98
$192,793.13
$17,000.00
$769,846.14
On Hand at End of Year 1948
$14,434.64
$5,000.00
$554,974.78
$208,487.10
$782,896.52
On Hand January 31, 1949
$20,139.34
$5,000.00
$554,974.78
$207,742.57
$787,856.69
1948
Receipts
Payments
Securities Sold
$9,000.00
Deposited in Savings Banks
$5,000.00
Amortization of Securities - Decrease
704.20
Securities Purchased
13,500.00
Mortgage Paid
29,306.03
Amortization of Securities
704.20
Real Estate Sold
17,000.00
Mortgages Issued
45,000.00
Gain on Real Estate Sold
13,000.00
Administration Expense
4,381.99
Tax Refunds
1,170.56
Property Expense
2,343.67
Insurance Refunds
337.95
Real Estate Taxes
1,004.70
Sale of Coal
497.00
Rent Adjustment on Real Estate Sold
253.56
Withholding Taxes
480.00
Withholding Taxes
480.00
Income
29,789.71
To Town of Norwood
23,056.72
Cash on Hand January 1, 1948
8,874.03
Cash on Hand December 31, 1948
14,434.64
$110,159.48
$110,159.48
January 1 to 31, 1949
Mortgages Paid
$744.53
Administration Expense
$258.62
Withholding Taxes
40.00
Cash on Hand January 31, 1949
20,139.34
Income
5,178.79
Cash on Hand January 1, 1949
14,434.64
$20,397.96
$20,397.96
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
325
TOWN OF NORWOOD BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1948 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
Warrants Payable
$81,395.59
General
$1,001,159.64
Payroll Deductions:
Veterans' Housing
6,891.57
Bond Purchases
119.25
Proceeds of Sporting Licenses-Due
State
315.25
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1948:
Veterans' Housing:
Poll
$20.00
Rentals
$6,491.57
Personal Property
2,997.97
Real Estate
58,605.21
61,623.18
Tailings-Unclaimed Checks
1,285.87
Sale of Real Estate Fund
66,103.80
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1948
1,677.79
Sewer
2,575.19
Electric Consumers'
3,381.00
Electric Service Connection
1,466.41
Water
3,568.17
Street 1948
20.49
Committed Interest 1948
12.61
104.29
261.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds-Be-
quests
150.00
8,832.67
27,458.66
Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund 66,139.23
326
TOWN OF NORWOOD
Guarantee Deposits: For Plans and Specifications
$35.00
Special Assessments:
Sewer 1948
$71.19
11,025.77
Gift for Library Film Lending Serv- ice
Tax Titles Tax Possessions
$1,008,051.21
Proceeds of Dog
Licenses - Due
County 3.60
Surety Deposits
400.00
6,891.57
Departmental:
General Government
$679.30
Town Property Rentals 285.00
Harriet W. Lane School Fund 20.00
Police
1,879.17
Fire
1.55
Moth
194.95
Warren H. Cudworth Library Fund
23.97
Health
3,031.87
E. Florence Morse Library Fund ....
20.83
Sanitation
366.54
Alice H. Plimpton Library Fund ..
1,785.78
Highway
348.92
William T. Whedon Library Fund 12.71 Chickering Fund 17.05
Permanent Sidewalks
55.65
Temporary Aid
6,313.82
Anna M. Day Cemetery Fund
1,101.98
Old Age Assistance
743.04
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 9,904.88
School
7,108.13
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
11,108.25
Cemetery:
Care of Lots and Graves
6,661.00
Overestimate 1948:
Metropolitan Sewer System Assess- ment 1,142.06
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration
$175.63
Aid
1,521.09
Old Age Assistance:
Administration 508.72
Assistance
540.97
2,746.41
Municipal Light Department: Maintenance and Operation
$702.87
Rates
$22,683.99
Depreciation
96,286.19
Miscellaneous
757.27
Liens 1948
376.50
23,817.76
Unexpended Balances Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
$96,989.06 264,961.32 9,768.10
327
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
Public Service Enterprises:
Municipal Light:
Service Rates
$17,583.01
Miscellaneous
1,110.61
18,693.62
Sale of Lots and Graves
3,346.03
31,014.97
Income-Trust and Investment Funds: High School English Prize Fund .... $7.20
Henry O. Peabody School for Girls Fund 23,264.52
47,267.17
Water:
CENERAL ACCOUNTS - Continued
Underestimates 1948:
State Parks and Reservations As-
sessment
$225.38
County Tax
2,395.18
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise.
$1,677.79
Special Assessment 104.29
Tax Title 8,832.67
Levy of 1945
$2.00
Tax Possession
27,458.66
Levy of 1946
2.00
Departmental
31,014.97
Municipal Light
18,693.62
Water
23,817.76
Electric Light Consumer's Deposit Refunded in Error - To be Col- lected
15.00
Surplus Revenue
408,371.79
$1,183,913.71
Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1948
7,377.11
TOWN OF NORWOOD
328
111,599.76
$1,183,913.71
2,620.56
Overlay Deficits:
4.00
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
Apportioned Street Assessments Not Due
$411.98 461.30
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1949
$190.14
1950
159.42
1951
62.42
$411.98
Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1949
$104.09
1950
104.09
1951
104.08
1952
37.26
1953
37.26
1954
37.26
1955
37.26
461.30
$873.28
$873.28
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
329
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit Outside Debt Limit
$26,000.00
129,000.00
Loans Inside Debt Limit:
Sewer
School
$18,000.00 8,000.00
$26,000.00
Loans Outside Debt Limit:
Sewer
$15,000.00
School
94,000.00
Water
10,000.00
Municipal Relief
5,000.00
Storm Damage
5,000.00
129,000.00
$155,000.00
$155,000.00
330
TOWN OF NORWOOD
TRUST, INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust, Investment, and Retirement Funds,
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
High School English Prize Fund $500.00
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$397,540.86
Harriet W. Lane School Fund 800.00
In Custody of Trustees
782,896.52
Warren H. Cudworth Library Fund 500.00
E. Florence Morse Library Fund ....
500.00
Alice H. Plimpton Library Fund ....
11,000.00
William T. Whedon Library Fund ..
500.00
Anna M. Day Cemetery Fund
5,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
75,934.92
Municipal Light Guarantee De- posit Fund
11,400.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
52,500.00
Municipal Contributory Retire- ment Funds
238,905.94
$397,540.86
In Custody of Trustees: Henry O. Peabody School For Girls Fund
782,896.52
$1,180,437.38
$1,180,437.38
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
331
Cash and Securities:
332
TOWN OF NORWOOD
INDEX
GENERAL
Page 94
Jury List
4
Officials, Appointed
3
Town Meeting Records
9
EXECUTIVE REPORTS
Animal Inspector
131
Assessors, Board of
130
Cemetery Department
126
Clerk, Town
Records of Town Meetings and Elections
9
Vital Statistics - Births
71
Deatlıs
54
Marriages
98
Counsel, Town
221
Dog Officer
113
Engineering Department
216
Finance Commission
135
Fire Department
104
General Manager
139
Health, Board of
253
154
Library, Morrill Memorial
119
Light Department, Municipal
151
Norwood Housing Authority
138
Old Age Assistance
145
Physician, Town
162
Planning Board
147
Playgrounds, Summer
127
Police Department
107
Public Works Department
106
Purchasing
146
Recreation Department
167
School Department
134
Sealer of Weights and Measures
81
Selectmen, Board of
152
Veterans' Housing Board
Welfare Board
136
Officials, Elected
145
Building Inspector
33
333
INDEX
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Accountant, Town
Page 225
Appropriation, Revenue
264
Balance Sheet
272
Cemetery, Perpetual Care Bequests
286
Debt Accounts
276
Debt Statements
225
Expenditures
236
Municipal Light Department, Financial Statements
281
Operating Accounts, Other
271
Receipts
228
Revenue Accounts, Deferred
275
Summary of Receipts and Expenditures
262
Trial Balance
278
Trust Fund Securities
289
Trust Investment and Retirement Funds
277
Water Department, Financial Statements
286
Collector of Taxes
222
Contributory Retirement Board
287
Finance Commission, Reserve Fund
216
Treasurer, Town
217
Report of State Auditors
293
ANNUAL REPORT
1950
NORWOOD MASSACHUSETTS
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SEVENTY-NINTH ANNUAL
REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICIALS
· NOR
. MAS
INC .
18.72
FEB
· 23
TOWN OF NORWOOD
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1950
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SEATED: Harry B. Butters, Clement A. Riley, C. Lothrop Rich, Chairman, George C. O'Brien. Walter J. Dempsey. STANDING: Francis C. Foley, Town Counsel; John B. Kennedy, General Manager; Walter A. Blasenak, Town Clerk & Accountant
TOWN OFFICIALS 1950-1951
ELECTED
Board of Selectmen C. Lothrop Rich, 1952, Chairman
Harry B. Butters, 1951 Clement A. Riley, 1953 Walter J. Dempsey, 1953
Town Treasurer and Collector Edmund F. Sullivan
Finance Commission Thomas F. Riley, 1951, Chairman
John W. Ahearn, 1952
Thomas M. Hayden, 1953
School Committee John F. Reynolds, 1953, Chairman
Thomas R. Bowler, 1951 Edward H. Thompson, 1952 John J. Cavanaugh, 1952
John J. Cook, 1951
John F. Kiley, 1953
Board of Health John P. Dixon, 1951, Chairman
Charles L. Lynch, M.D., 1953 James F. Foley, 1952
Board of Trustees, Morrill Memorial Library Maude A. Shattuck, 1953, Chairman
Francis J. Doran, 1951
Mary L. Dunn, 1951
Rachel P. Martin, 1952 George H. Welles, 1952
Eugene A. Nelson, 1953
Planning Board Patrick Long, 1951, Chairman
Hazis Kelley, 1951 Charles S. Ennis, 1952
Rosewell A. Norton, 1958 Matthew B. Connolly, 1953
Town Moderator Francis C. Foley
Norwood Housing Authority
Frank B. Coughlin, 1954, Chairman
Arthur Gleichauf, 1951 Lawrence J. O'Brien, 1951
Daniel Collins, 1953 John E. Bamber, 1953
George C. O'Brien, 1951
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
APPOINTED
Constables
Alfred E. Maier Nicolino Destito James J. Keating
Peter Wenton Arthur Bates Thomas J. Broderick
Town Counsel Francis C. Foley
Town Clerk and Accountant Walter A. Blasenak
Superintendent of Schools Lincoln D. Lynch
Librarian, Morrill Memorial Library Edna Phillips
Acting General Manager Albert W. Thompson
General Manager John B. Kennedy-Appointed May 29, 1950
Town Engineer Albert W. Thompson
Superintendent of Public Works John E. Gahagen Albert E. Casey-Appointed October 3, 1950
Superintendent of Municipal Light Department Joseph W. Price
Superintendent of Recreation Richard E. Ready
Superintendent of Cemeteries Louis J. D'Espinosa
Chief of Police Department Thomas C. Lydon Patrick J. Coyne-Appointed November 1, 1950
TOWN OFFICIALS
5
Chief of Fire Department Alonzo N. Earle
Assessors Edward A. Flaherty, 1951, Chairman
William J. Dalton, 1952
Richard D. Northrop, 1953
Board of Public Welfare Alonzo F. Swift, Jr., Chairman
Martin J. Foley
Adam Meissner
Registrars of Voters John P. Crowley, 1952, Chairman
Henry A. Holman, 1951
Edgar B. Armour, 1953
Walter A. Blasenak
Building Inspector Henry C. Cronan
Board of Appeal
Francis J. Doran
James Callahan
William Balfour
Sealer of Weights and Measures Frederick F. Brown
Dog Officer George H. Lynch
Inspector of Animals Thomas U. Mahoney
Fish and Game Warden James E. Bunney
Superintendent of Moth Suppression Albert W. Thompson
Fence Viewers
George DeAlmeida
Lewis J. Danovitch
Public Health Nurses
William O'Brien
Marie Waldron
Mary Costello
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
Inspector of Plumbing Harry A. Shannon
Health Agent Bartley J. King
Inspector of Milk Leonard E. Curran
Inspector of Slaughtering Clement A. Riley
Contributory Retirement Board Frederick W. Kingman, 1952, Chairman
Louis J. D'Espinosa, 1953
Walter A. Blasenak
Veterans' Grave Custodian Louis J. D'Espinosa
Soldiers' Relief Agent Thomas A. Rorke
Forest Warden Alonzo N. Earle
Airport Commission
William C. Kendrick, 1951 Charles E. Houghton, 1952
Clement A. Riley, 1952
Charles F. Holman, 1952 Albert W. Thompson, 1953 John F. Burke, 1953 H. William Anderson, 1953
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