Official reports of the town of Wayland 1929-1930, Part 17

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 468


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Section 11. Every person engaged in the produc- tion, storage, transportation, sale, delivery or distribution of milk for sale in this town shall notify the Board of Health immediately on the occurrence of any case or cases of infectious disease, either in himself or his family or among his employees, or their immediate associates, or within the biulding where milk is stored, sold, or distri- buted, and at the same time shall suspend the sale or distribution of milk until authorized to resume the same by the Board of Health. No vessel which has been handled by a person suffering from a disease, or which is on the premises of a person in whose family or house- hold infectious disease exists, shall be used to hold or convey milk until it has been thoroughly disinfected and sterilized under the supervision of an agent of the Board of Health.


Section 12. Bottles or other milk containers shall not be left with any family in which there is any contag- ious disease, but milk may be delivered to such families by pouring into vessels furnished by said families. No bottle or other container, previously left with any family


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in which a contagious disease occurs, shall be removed therefrom, except with permission from the Board of Health in writing.


Section 13. For the purpose of enabling the Board of Health to carry out and enforce the provisions of these rules and regulations, the milk inspector, acting as the authorized agent of, or any other qualified inspector or agent of the Board of Health, or any members of said Board, shall, at all times, have free access to all barns, stables, dairies, creameries, stores, wagons, and all other buildings or premises in which cattle are kept from which any part of the milk supply of the Town of Way- land is obtained, or in which milk is received, kept, bottled, canned or offered for sale, for the purpose of making inspection of said premises, cattle, vehicles, measures and other equipment, used in the processing, handling, sale and delivery of milk, and for the purpose of taking for analysis or other tests to determine its quality, samples of milk kept, or intended for sale in the town.


Section 14. Whoever tests milk or cream, which is to be offered for sale in any form, by tasting, shall do so by means of a spoon, piece of wood, cardboard or other article, and such spoon, piece of wood, cardboard or other article shall not again be brought into contact with the milk intended for sale, or be used for testing milk, until after being thoroughly washed and sterilized. No per- son shall permit his hands, fingers, lips, or tongue to come in contact with milk intended for sale in any form. All persons engaged in the tasting, mixing or handling of milk for sale in any form, shall, before engaging in such tasting, mixing or handling, thoroughly clean his hands and fingernails, and keep them clean and dry during such tasting, mixing or handling. No person shall permit his hand, while wet, to remain or pass over any open vessel containing milk intended for sale in any form. No person shall fill a jar, can or other receptacle with milk while the aforesaid jar, can or other receptacle is held over an open vessel containing milk intended for sale in any form. No person who has a sore throat, diarrhoea, or is suffering from other disturbance of the bowels, or has symptoms of infectious or contagious disease or who has been directly exposed to any infectious or contagious disease, shall engage in the handling of milk which is to be offered for


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sale or which is for sale.


Section 15. No urinal, water-closet, or privy shall be located in rooms in which milk is handled or processed, or so situated as to pollute the atmosphere of said room.


Section 16. Dealers in milk are prohibited from allowing any person, or persons, not in their employ, to loiter about the milk room or handle any vessel or utensil used in the sale or distribution of milk.


Section 17. Every person, firm or corporation in the town engaged in the sale, delivery or distribution of milk from the dairies, shall upon request from the Board of Health, be prepared to certify that the above rules are complied with by said dairies.


Section 18. All persons engaged in the sale of milk, cream, skim-milk, or buttermilk having the possession or custody of a bottle, can or other receptacle used in the sale, delivery or transportation of milk, cream, skim-milk or buttermilk, shall cause each such bottle, can or recep- tacle to be cleaned immediately after the same has been emptied, and no such person shall deliver, receive or have in his possession or custody any such bottle, can or recep- tacle so used which has not been cleaned as aforesaid.


Section 19. No person or corporation shall sell or offer, expose or keep for sale in any shop, store or other . place, milk or cream unless the same is sold or offered, exposed or kept for sale in tightly closed or capped bottles or receptacles. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the sale of milk or cream from cans, crocks, coolers or other receptacles in restaurants, hotels or at soda fountains, when the milk or cream is to be con- sumed in the restaurant or hotel or at soda fountains by guests or patrons ordering the same.


Section 20. No person or corporation engaged in the business of selling or delivering milk or cream, shall fill bottles or other receptacles with milk or cream on any public or private way. No such person or corporation shall fill any bottles or other receptacles with milk or cream in any place not previously authorized by the Board of Health. Such person or corporation shall immediately upon receiving a written order from the Board of Health so to do, comply with any requirement of said Board respecting the filling of milk or cream in bottles or recept-


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acles, the manner or method employed in such filling, or the conditions and surroundings under which such filling is done or carried on.


Chapter XVIII General


Section 1. Whoever violates any of these regula- tions shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, except when otherwise provided by law or these regulations.


Per order BOARD OF HEALTH, Town of Wayland,


Adopted 1930.


The foregoing is a true copy from the records of the Board of Health of the regulations adopted at a meeting of said Board held September 24, 1930.


ARTHUR H. DUDLEY, (Chairman) ERNEST H. DAMON (Clerk) JOHN J. LINNEHAN Board of Health of the Town of Wayland


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WAYLAND DISTRICT NURSE REPORT


Madam President and members of the Wayland District Nursing Association:


I hereby submit my tenth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1930.


Nursing visits


659


New cases opened during year


94


Prenatal visits


13


Deliveries attended


3


Welfare visits


31


Advisory visits


73


Friendly visits


35


T. B. visits


6


Concluding I wish to thank you and the other mem- bers of the Association for your co-operation.


Respectfully submitted,


MARY E. McNEIL,


District Nurse


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REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC


To the President of the Wayland District Nursing Asso- ciation :


In November 1930 the Wayland Dental School Clinic for children began to function under the auspices of the Wayland District Nursing Association. This clinic was established to take care of the children's teeth from the first grade to the eighth.


During the school year all the children in these grades received a general examination of the mouth, which included the teeth as well as the investing tissue of the oral cavity (mouth). The findings during these examinations were charted on examination blanks and a record was kept of the conditions found in the mouths of the children as well as the dental work done thereaf- ter.


As soon as the examinations were completed, all ab- cessed teeth were extracted. It was amusing to notice how the abcessed teeth were undermining the general health of these children by the draining of pus into their system.


Upon the completion of the examination and extrac- tion, treatment and filling of broken down teeth took place, both of temporary and permanent teeth. This pro- cess required greater time than the above two. Only a large majority of the children were able to have their dental work completed before the ending of the school year. The others will be taken care of during the pres- ent year.


The success of the school clinic was largely due to the able assistance of both Mrs. McNeil and Mrs. Stone. Mrs. McNeil who assisted me at the chair and instructed the children on hygiene of the mouth, while Mrs. Stone estab- lished a systematic record of the examinations and dent- al work done on the children.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


Number of cows inspected


325


Number of young stock


73


Number of sheep


10


Number of goats


13


Number of pigs inspected


955


Number of dogs quarantined


11


Number of dogs killed of rabies


2


F. J. BIGWOOD


Inspector of Animals


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REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR


During the year of 1930, there has been fourteen licenses issued to sell milk in the Town of Wayland. These milk dealers that licenses have been issued to, have had their milk tested by the State every month during the year 1930.


The milk sold in the Schools is found to be satis- factory.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. LINNEHAN


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REPORT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


To the Citizens of the Town of Wayland:


At the town meeting held last March the town appro- priated the sum of $8,000 for oiling, $4,000 of which was for State and County roads, leaving $4,000 to oil the rest of the town roads - a reduction of $2,000 over previous years. I have asked for $6,000 this year for general oiling. Some parts of Commonwealth Avenue will have to be resurfaced with expectations of extremely heavy traffic this coming year, due to the new Boston and Worcester turnpike.


Sideswalks


I believe that the sidewalk on Commonwealth Ave- nue East should be extended to School Street another year. A good many people travel over that road and with the fast driving which now exists it is extremely dangerous to pedestrians.


Also a sidewalk should be constructed from the State Road, Wayland, to and by the High School building in Wayland Center.


Railings


About 450 feet of railing was replaced this year and painted. There are several lengths to be rebuilt on Con- coard Road, also about 400 feet on the Island Road.


Culverts and Catch Basins


Nearly all of the culverts in the town were originally made of field stone. These are constantly being replaced by cement pipe or concrete when they cease to work.


Machinery


The machinery that was purchased by the Town last year produced very satisfying results. The roller was


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used from April until freezing weather, about seven months.


I recommend that the Town dispose of the Gray Truck this year and purchase one or more smaller ones to take its place, as it has passed its usefullness and can- not be relied upon. It is also a source of expense.


New Road Construction


I feel that the town should build a new piece of road every year whether it be a half mile or more, for main- tainance is very expensive.


I should like to see another portion extended on Concord Road and also a piece commencing at the State Road in Wayland and going south toward Cochituate.


We cannot have a sidewalk to our school before a permanent road is constructed. I feel this is much needed.


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR HEARD DUDLEY, Highway Surveyor


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


The year of 1930 has been in all cities and towns the most expensive one since the establishment of the De- partment of Public Welfare. The general unemploy- ment, not only in this or surrounding towns but all through the country has brought people to us who have never before been obliged to ask for help. Every case has been thoroughly investigated and we have been able to give necessary aid without undue expenditure of money. We wish to call the attention of the town's people to the so-called "Old Age Pension" act, which goes into effect on July 1, 1931. This will neccessitate a special appro- priation and the keeping of a special set of books for that purpose only. One member of the Board will be chosen to take care of this part of the work.


The Board wishes to thank those who have seen fit to re-emburse the town for aid rendered to relatives or others also those who have contributed fuel and other necessities.


Our financial state is included in the Town Accoun- tant's report.


Below are the number aided:


Number aided here Settlement elsewhere 28


Number aided here Settlement here 47


Number aided elsewhere Settlement here 13


Number aided under the Mother's Aid Law


3


Number aided in State Institutions


2


Total number of children aided


57


Total number of adults aided


32


M. A. HOLMES, Clerk


RONALD S. CAMPBELL THOMAS W. FROST


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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSION


To the Board of Selectmen: Appropriation for 1930 Expenses


$400.00 365.92


Balance


$ 34.08


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN B. WIGHT DENNIS J. McSWEENEY FRANCIS R. GLADU


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MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE


The following is a brief report of the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service as developed in the town of Wayland for the year 1930.


The agricultural work in the town this year largely took the form of individual farm visits which have been requested. 43 of these visits were made, principally to assist in dairy, fruit and market gardening problems. One fruit meeting was held which was attended by 26 local fruit growers. Joseph Decatur and Roland Camp- bell were enrolled in the 300 Bushel Potato Club for 1930 and became members by producing 327 and 336 bushels per acre respectively. Speakers were furnished for two Grange meetings.


In Wayland there are two active groups of home- makers who are benefitting from Extension Service pro- grams. A group at Tower Hill led by Mrs. Joseph De- catur, Mrs. H. Ranney and Mrs. C. E. Buswell, with a total attendance of 162 for the five vegetable meetings and an enrollment of 27 for the home grounds improvement pro- ject. A specialist from the Market Garden Field Station made eight home visits to assist those who had problems in improving their lawns and grounds surrounding the home. In Cochituate 35 women attended the vegetable prepartion meetings and also the series of meetings on improving home grounds. The Cochituate Mothers' Club won a prize in the county-wide Better Community Meals Contest held in the spring.


In Boys' and Girls' 4-H club work 49 were enrolled in the clothing, garden, handicraft and canning clubs. Mrs. Charles Peck, Mrs. Alice Ploss, Mrs. Charles Buswell, Miss Martha Lawlor, Mrs. Elsie Bigwood, Elmer Bigwood and Henry Hardy served as local leaders. During the fall a 4-H club committee has been formed which has proved


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very helpful. This committee is composed of F. H. Benedict. Chairman. Mrs. Frank Draper, Mrs. Joseph Decatur and Henry Hardy. Elmer Bigwood was awarded a medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for excellency in garden work. He also won second prize in the county-wide garden contest. William Hardy and Dorothy Decatur were awarded a Two Day Trip to the Massachusetts Agricultural College for doing outstanding club work. The Cochituate club ran their exhibit in con- nection with a meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Associa- tion. The canning, garden and poultry clubs exhibited at the Cochituate and Natick fairs.


Eight educational motion picture shows were given to a total attendance of 964.


A campaign to eradicate rats from farm and home buildings was carried on in a country-wide basis and a great many of the poison baits were distributed in Way- land.


Many local people took part in the several county- wide meetings held during the year, such as the county picnic at Wayside Inn, Sudbury, and the Homemakers' Day, at Lexington.


JOHN J. ERWIN, Director


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ANNUAL REPORT


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1930


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NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1931


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


School Committee


Llewellyn Mills Dorothy C. Stone Warren L. Bishop


Term expires 1932


Term expires 1931 Term expires 1933


Organization


Llewellyn Mills, Chairman


Dorothy C. Stone. Secretary


Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent


Ernest E. Sparks, M. D., School Physician


Mrs. Mary E. McNeil. School Nurse


Mrs. Mary E. McNeil. Supervisor of Attendance


School Calendar 1931 Schools close February 20 Recess of One Week


Schools open March 2 Schools close April 17 Recess of One Week


Schools open April 27 Schools close June 19 High School Graduation June 22


Summer Vacation Schools open September 9 Schools close December 23


Holidays April 3 October 12 November 11 November 26 and 27 1932


Schools open January 4


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT


Your School Committee submits for careful consid- ation the reports of School Officers, School Physcian and School Nurse, which go into detail as to the work carried out by each department.


The last year has been rather uneventful. One item of great interest was the fire in the High School last spring. It seemed almost a miracle that the school was saved. But for a good water service and a quick re- sponse by the Wayland Fire Department, it is doubtful if the building could have been saved. We now feel more secure against fire in the future because we have had, as you know, a new roof of asbestos shingles placed on the building. The shingles are fire-proof, and make the build- ing secure against fire from sparks either from our own chimney or possible sparks from nearby fires.


We were sorry that some action was not taken at the town meeting in March toward building a new High School, which is so badly needed. We trust that the new Committee will have some definite plan, which can be adopted, to offer the town, and that a start can be made on the new building. We wish that those who are inter- ested in school matters would visit both buildings and see for themselves the crowded condition of the buildings. We welcome enlarged enrollment, but wish we might be better equipped to take care of each and every child in the best way possible.


The dental clinic which has been held in each school has accomplished a great deal of good. Too much stress cannot be placed upon the advantage of sound and clean teeth of our children as medical authorities agree that


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both are great factors in the health of everyone, especial- ly in the growing child, who must have the proper kind of food to build up good bone and tooth structure. We wish to thank the Wayland District Nursing Association for its good work in attending to all the details in regard to the clinic.


We believe the playground at Wayland Centre could be made to pay larger dividends in the way of healthful play for our children. It could be used more in the sum- mer when school is not in session if supervision could be arranged for. The playground itself offers a wonderful opportunity for the building up of good strong bodies by healthful exercise. Our playground is one that any town might be well proud of, but it should be put to work. This suggestion seems especially timeful when you consider the danger, growing greater each year, of automobiles killing and injuring children playing on the roads. We should do all in our power to have them play in a safe place, where parents would know they were being looked after.


A visit of the children to the Library each year seems to us to be very helpful, and we wish to thank the Trustees and the Librarian for the kind interest shown in the school children. We know the love of good reading cannot be too early brought to our children. The Lib- rary is another institution which cannot be worked too hard. The more you go to it, the better it will work for you, and the closest co-operation between school and lib- rary is a strong link in education.


The radio is a permanent fixture in most of our homes, and since its possibilities are almost limitles, in planning for the future in education, it must be used to the fullest extent. We trust that any plans made for the new building will count it as one of the important items.


Before this report is printed, a meeting is to be held in Natick High School, on January 19, to form a Regional Conference of School Committees, consisting of twenty- five cities and towns in our immediate vicinity. It seems possible that a great deal of good can come from such a conference as problems of school management, equip- ment, etc .. can be discussed with benefit to all.


We thank the townspeople for the generous backing


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of the School Committee and the School faculty for help- ful cooperation.


LLEWELLYN MILLS, Chairman DOROTHY STONE, Clerk WARREN L. BISHOP


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT


1930


Salaries


Mary Kerr


$1,700.00


Eleanor Partridge


1,442.37


Nettie Davis


845.00


Florence I. Holmes


402.50


Sylvia E. Prescott


1,450.00


Janet M. MacNamara


1,450.00


Drusilla Goodwin


1,285.00


Jane Noel Campbell


1.450.00


Ethleyn Morrill


1,442.37


Walter J. Paton


902.64


Sulo A. Kempainen


399.17


Mabel S. Draper


1,450.00


Elizabeth Smith


1,450.00


Gertrude Macdonald


1.500.00


Julia B. Smith


1,000.00


David J. Allen


2,935.00


A. Marion Simpson


1,750.00


Maude E. Merrithew


1,750.00


Mildred A. Henderson


1,717.50


Francis R. Gladu


1,985.00


Margaret C. Robbins


1,235.00


Janie C. Foster


1,650.00


Frank H. Benedict


1,750.00


Leah G. Fleming


96.00


Ernest W. Schleicher


400.00


Marguerite E. Peaslee


700.00


Mabel Hammond


110.00


Ellen Ferguson


20.00


Margaret B. Fiske


5.00


Helen H. DeMerrit


5.00


Alice T. Benedict


5.00


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Thomas Metcalf James Morton Mary E. McNeil


1,000.00


1,000.00 500.00 $36,782.55


Transportation


James Ferguson


$2,415.20


Blue Ribbon Garage


1,362.86


Alexander Sauer


1,140.00


Field and Cowles


96.60


Thomas L. Hynes


1,448.00


Marie R. Hynes


96.60


Frank Bigwood


394.00


J. Fred Wheeler


348.00


Field and Cowles


57.00


Middlesex and Boston Street Ry.


100.00


$7,458.26


General Expenses Books


Allyn and Bacon


$ 19.40


South-Western Publishing Co.


25.04


Benjamin H. Sanborn and Co.


16.78


Houghton Mifflin and Co.


15.97


The Massachusetts Teachers' Federation


2.00


The Boston Music Co.


52.06


C. C. Birchard and Co.


1.80


Silver, Burdett and Co.


42.33


The Arthur P. Schmidt Co.


2.48


Ginn and Company


307.99


Edward E. Babb and Co.


137.23


Iroquois Publishing Co.


18.40


Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc.


13.23


D. C. Heath and Company


79.30


The John C. Winston Company


37.68


Babson Institute


5.50


A. N. Palmer Company


6.66


American Book Company


9.06


Scott, Foresman and Co.


17.63


The Macmillan Company


66.83


The Gregg Publishing Co.


17.33


167


Charles Scribner's Sons Oliver Ditson Company


19.44 6.90 $921.04


Supplies


Fairbanks and Son


.85


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


1.29


Natick Printing Co.


8.50


David J. Allen


3.60


Kenney Brothers and Wolkins


129.07


Colby and Co.


3.48


Milton Bradley and Co.


161.47


The Suburban Press


35.25


Underwood Typewriter Co.


6.05


J. L. Hammett and Company


244.54


The Office Appliance Co.


12.26


Wright and Potter


4.16


B. W. Johnson. Jr.


5.96


Edward E. Babb and Company


140.74


Martin Diploma Company


15.25


Reformatory for Women


6.20


Flax Manufacturing Co.


9.50


American Book Company


20.70


Remington-Rand Business Service


17.60


Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.


40.00


L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Company


4.00


A. B. Dick Company


3.23


$873.70


Fuel


The Boston and Maine Railroad


$159.81


A. W. Atwood


348.69


John Tredennick. Incorporated


221.15


N. E. Coal and Coke Co.


410.30


William A. Jepson and Co.


246.66


Thomas Metcalf


2.00


$1.388.61


Repairs. Replacements, Upkeep


H. S. Robbins


5.50


The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston 12.70


Underwood Typewriter Co. 4.47


168


Royal Typewriter Co.


3.00


Natick Plumbing and Heating Co.


50.79


The Fiske Corporation


30.49


James Linnehan


27.55


Martin Holmes


7.00


Henry K. Barnes and Co.


4.57


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


15.45


Boston Asbestos Co.


1,335.00


The Office Appliance Co.


16.65


Edward E. Babb and Co.


29.02


Automatic Trap Co.


8.50


Wayland Grain Co.


1.25


C. Warren


3.25


D. W. Richardson


2.00


J. C. Massie


72.95


Underwood Typewriter Co.


100.00


Frank H. Genthner


90.00


Dura Binding Co.


74.90


Wright and Son


6.50


$1,901.54


New Equipment


Edward E. Babb and Co.


$199.64


Boston Consolidated Gas Co.


14.67


Royal Typewriter Co.


2.50


L. C. Smith and Corona Co., Inc.


1.50


A. G. Spalding and Brothers


34.89


A. B. Dick Company


196.10


$449.30


Miscellaneous of Operation


The Edison Electric Illuminating


Co. of Boston


$283.73


C. W. Fairbank


6.19


Phifuels Co.


16.39


The Commonwealth of Mass.


7.53


Andrews Paper Company


37.50


Thomas Metcalf


3.00


Masury-Young Co.


21.00


Robinson and Jones Co.


2.50


A. W. Atwood


1.00


C. B. Dolge Co.


20.14


Herman Van Der Wyk


12.


$410.98


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Miscellaneous


Andrews Paper Co.


$51.50


N. E. Tel. and Tel.


67.62


Howe and Company


11.48


Hercules Kalon Co.


18.75


Wayland Water Board


30.00


A. W. Atwood


69.00


The Natick Bulletin


10.00


David J. Allen


8.18


William Coughlin


3.00


Gibbs Express


8.00


Open Forum Speakers' Bureau


25.00


The Fiske Corporation


1.07


Thomas Metcalf


10.00


W. W. Stoddard


25.00


$ 338.60


Administration


Frank H. Benedict, Travel




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