Official reports of the town of Wayland 1936-1938, Part 26

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 678


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524.61


Proceeds of Sale Account above 360.00


Charged to Excess and Defi- ciency Account Foreclosure, bidder failed to pay at sale on 3 properties


117.72


Dec. 31


Balance


201.86


$3,753.31


$3,753.31


133


1938 Taxes


$49.74


$736.63 48.90


TAKEN IN 1936 FOR 1934 TAXES


1938


Jan. 1 Balance 1938 Taxes


$3,859.59 432.05


Paid in 1938


2,426.08


Charged back to Tax Collector 45.24


Dec. 31 Balance


1,820.32


$4,291.64


$4,291.64


TAKEN IN 1937 FOR 1935 TAXES


1938


Jan. 1 Balance


$4,869.11


1938 Taxes


1,343.84


Paid in 1938


$1,354.82


Charged back to Tax Collector 363.38


Dec. 31 Balance


4,494.75


$6,212.95


$6,212.95


TAKEN IN 1938 FOR 1935 AND 1936 TAXES


1938


1935 Taxes


$ 93.74


1936 Taxes


1,556.90


1937 Taxes


1,200.48


1938 Taxes


1,517.53


Costs, 39 Tax Titles


179.30


Recording


46.50


Interest to date of taking


210.79


Paid in 1938


$492.30


Charged back to Tax Collector


26.97


Dec. 31 Balance


4,285.97


$4,805.24 $4,805.24


Number and Amount Outstanding December 31, 1938


1933


1


$344.05


1934


3


773.85


1935


2


201.86


1936


17


1,820.32


1937


31


4,494.75


1938


37


4,285.97


Total


91


$11,920.80


134


Partial payments on 15 Tax Titles $779.70 17.55


Deposit on 1 Tax Title


The Town now holds through foreclosure of Tax Titles 11 pieces of property, the assessed valuation being $9,000.00.


FRANK G. MACKENNA, Town Treasurer.


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REPORT OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


During the calendar year 1938 the following additional trust funds have been added to those under our management :


Cemetery Trust Funds


Myron W. Bent


$200.00


Burke Fund


150.00


L. Anna Dudley


150.00


George L. Moore


250.00


These Funds have all been deposited in the savings bank.


There were no changes in investments during the year.


JOHN J. LEAVITT, Chairman, J. SIDNEY STONE, Clerk, Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds.


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REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR For the Year 1938


Outstanding


TAXES OF 1932


Motor Excise


1/1/38


Balance


$25.18


Collections


$ 3.59


Abatements


21.59


$25.18


TAXES OF 1933


Motor Excise


1/1/38


Balance


$93.14


Abatements


$93.14


TAXES OF 1934


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/38


Balance


$00.00


T. T. Disclaimed


6.38


$6.38


Abatement


3.83


$ 2.55


Motor Excise


1/1/38


Balance


$111.57


Abatements


100.03


11.54


TAXES OF 1935


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/38


Balance


$1,366.68


T. T. Disclaimed 121.60


Refunds


67.39


$1,555.67


137


Collections


Abatements


Tax Titles


$1,125.64 26.63 93.74


1,246.01


309.66


Poll


1/1/38


Balance


$8.00


Collections


4.00


4.00


Motor Excise


1/1/38


Balance


$148.04


Collections


$10.91


Abatements


98.22


109.13


38.91


TAXES OF 1936


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/38


Balance


$28,466.65


T. T. Disclaimed


66.22


Refunds


16.01


$28,548.88


Adj. Taxes $58.52


To Excise 2.67


61.19


$28,487.69


Collections


$24,115.19


Abatements


431.96


Tax Titles


1,566.90


26,114.05


2,373.64


Poll


1/1/38


Balance


$38.00


Collections


10.00


28.00


Apportioned Street Assessment


1/1/38


Balance


$20.00


Collections


15.00


5.00


138


Committed Interest


1/1/38 Balance Collections


$9.60


7.20


2.40


Motor Excise


1/1/38


Balance


$599.15


Collections


$ 82.51


Abatements


286.40


368.91


230.24


TAXES OF 1937


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/38


Balance


$47,849.62


Adjusting Com.


.05


Refunds


406.74


Adj. T. T.


199.87


To Interest


.66


To Motor Excise


15.00


T. T. Disclaimed


50.60


$48,522.54


Collections


$25,407.38


Abatements


253.00


Tax Titles


1,316.97


From 1936


7.85


26,985.20


21,537.34


Poll


1/1/38


Balance


$310.00


Collections


178.00


132.00


Apportioned Street Assessment


1/1/38


Balance


$20.00


Collections


5.00


15.00


Committed Interest


1/1/38


Balance


$8.40


Collections


2.10


6.30


139


Motor Excise


1/1/38 Balance


Refunds


$2,167.83 31.32


$2,199.15


Collections


$1,254.49


Abatements


215.31


Cr. from R. E.


15.00


1,484.80


714.35


TAXES OF 1938


Real Estate and Personal


6/18/38


Commitment


$180,323.54


12/20/38


Commitment


113.12


Refunds


541.16


T. T. Disclaimed


73.35


T. T. Adjustments


350.45


$181,401.62


Collections


$114,044.70


Abatements


1,857.87


Tax Titles


3,939.72


119,842.29


61,559.33


Poll


4/28/38


Commitment


$1,926.00


12/20/38


Commitment


22.00


Adj. Com.


18.00


$1,930.00


Collections


1,506.00


424.00


Apportioned Street Assessment


6/18/38 Commitment


$37.86


Collections


12.50


25.36


Committed Interest


6/18/38 Commitment


$11.16


Collections


3.00


8.16


Moth


12/20/38


Commitment


$253.75


Collections


45.00


208.75


140


Motor Excise


5/17/38 Commitment


$6,299.20


7/13/38


Commitment


1,151.34


10/28/38


Commitment


764.14


Refunds


192.37


8,407.05


Collections


$7,318.50


Abatements


589.31


7,907.81


499.24


12/31/38 Total Taxes Outstanding


$88,135.77


THEODORE H. HARRINGTON, Collector of Taxes, Town of Wayland.


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ASSESSORS' REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 1938


Real estate assessed January 1, 1937


$4,953,531.00


Personal property assessed January 1, 1937 462,328.00


Real estate assessed January 1, 1938 5,068,716.00


Personal property assessed January 1, 1938 462,681.00


Polls assessed January 1, 1938 954


Horses assessed January 1, 1938


73


Cows assessed January 1, 1938 264


Other Neat Cattle assessed January 1, 1938


80


Swine assessed January 1, 1938


424


Goats assessed January 1, 1938


18


Fowl assessed January 1, 1938


6,080


Dwelling houses assessed January 1, 1938


1,144


Acres of land assessed January 1, 1938


8,698


December Assessment


3,470.00


Supplementary Polls 11


Exempt Property-United States Commonwealth


400.00


1,500.00


Town, Personal and Real


Schools, Personal and Real


$178,500.00


Parks, Real


25,800.00


Fire Dept., Personal and real


16,300.00


Police Dept., Personal 400.00


Water Dept., Personal and real 343,500.00


Moth Dept., Personal 1,000.00


Highway Dept., Personal 125,000.00


Town Hall, Personal and real 20,500.00


Library, Personal and real 40,000.00


Cemeteries 3,500.00


$754,500.00


Tax Titles Foreclosures $1,596.94


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Church Property Hannah Williams Playground American Legion


$145,300.00 2,000.00 15,700.00


Property Tax Rate $32.60


Motor Excise 35.16


Tax Levy 1938


Appropriated


$223,255.55


Deficit in overlay


562.56


State Tax estimated


7,040.00


State Tax underestimated 1937


652.50


County Tax estimated


8,907.54


County Tax underestimated 1937


101.35


Auditing


26.52


State Parks


145.94


State Parks underestimated 1937


42.98


Veterans' Exemption


33.32


Veterans' Exemption underestimated 1937


32.95


Tuberculosis Hospital


4,895.78


Overlay


1,900.31


$247,597.30


Assets


Income Tax


$16,727.99


Corporation Tax


623.27


Estimated Receipts


30,730.00


$48,081.26


Available Funds


17,284.40


Assessed on Polls


1,908.00


Assessed on Personal Property


15,083.40


Assessed on Real Estate


165,240.14


$247,597.20


Fractional error


.10


$247,597.30


Betterment


$37.86


Interest on Betterment committed


11.16


Notice


ALL MALE PERSONS 20 years of age and older will be assessed a poll tax. Those 70 years of age and older may have an abate-


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ment on application upon blanks furnished by the Assessors. The real estate of widows and veterans will be assessed at full value. Abatement may be had upon application on blanks fur- nished by the Assessors. All applications for abatement must be in the hands of the Assessors on or before October 1, 1939.


CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS, DANIEL BRACKETT,


Assessors of Wayland.


144


REPORT OF THE WAYLAND PLANNING BOARD For the Year 1938


The work of the Board during 1938 has been directed along three lines: first, assisting other town-boards and departments in preparing plans for projects which they desired to undertake ; second, continuing our work of the past several years in study- ing and improving the area about Dudley Pond ; third, trying to look ahead toward the future development of the town and pre- paring for problems which are either immediate or which are likely to come up in the next few years.


At the beginning of the year, we prepared plans and speci- fications at the request of the School Committee for the drain- age improvements at the Cochituate School, employing Weston & Sampson, engineers, for this purpose. We prepared plans for the location of "stop" signs for the Board of Selectmen ; assem- bled data with regard to the acceptance of streets, acted in cooperation with the Board of Selectmen to secure assistance in repairing the storm damage on Old Connecticut Path and Rice Road. We have also received a request from the Park Com- missioners for plans for additional tennis courts, which we hope to prepare in the near future.


In connection with our continuing study of the Dudley Pond situation, we have made a restudy of possible locations of Pine Ridge Road near Old Connecticut Path so as to furnish an adequate entrance to the large area of built-up property near the west side of the pond; and it looks as if this might be worked out satisfactorily. We have made studies of the street lines of Dudley Road and Crest Road with a view to widening where the town has title to property, and have done the same thing in Woodland Park.


For several years, we have been accumulating layouts and plans of all the various subdivisions in the vicinity of Dudley Pond. Recently we have had these reduced to one scale and placed on one map so that for the first time the entire area in the neighborhood of Dudley Pond and Lake Cochituate is


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mapped in adequate and useable form. This should be of great value to all town departments.


It is a pleasure to present to the town as part of this report this plan of the Dudley Pond area, on which has been traced the new aqueduct location.


Of our own initiative, we have taken under consideration the improvement of the easterly entrance of Bow Road and the intersection where Plain Road enters State Road East at Bige- low's Corner (so-called), with a view to reducing present traffic dangers at these two points. We have also been in consultation with the engineers of the Metropolitan District Commission as to the location and effect on town ways, waterpipes and other town interests, of the new water tunnel which is being projected to connect the Swift River Valley with Boston.


One hearing was held during the year on an application for a change in zoning at the north end of the town, but the town meeting decided to take no action.


The Board has also held several hearings to learn the wishes of the townspeople with regard to any changes that should be made in the Zoning By-law and is making a separate report on this subject.


Our Chairman has served as the member representing the Planning Board on the committee relating to schoolhouse drain- age, on the committee relating to building laws, and on the com- mittee relating to assessor's block plans.


The Board has been conservative in using the generous appropriation made by the town and is returning a substantial unexpended balance to the treasury. However, the Board hopes that the Town will be equally liberal in its appropriation for 1939 so that if emergencies arise or if it is necessary to assist other departments, they may have the means at hand to do it.


HOWARD S. RUSSELL, Clerk.


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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE For the Year Ending December 31, 1938


Wayland Police


State Police


Assault


4


3


Breaking and entering and larceny


Larceny


4


6


Larceny of automobile


1


Malicious mischief


2


Receiving stolen property


1


1


Disturbing the peace


4


3


Driving under the influence of liquor


3


4


Driving a motor vehicle to endanger life


1


Drunkenness


9


18


Motor vehicle laws violation


1


10


Non-support


1


1


Peddling, unlicensed


1


Violation of parole


2


2


Assisting prisoner to escape


1


1


Escaped insane person


2


2


Committed to insane hospital Vagrants


1


38


63


HARRY W. CRAIG,


Chief of Police.


4


Using motor vehicle without authority


6


2


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS For the Year Ending December 31, 1938


The Wayland and Cochituate departments responded to a total of ninety calls in 1938, a much smaller number than has been answered for many years. Twenty-eight were for fires in buildings. Grass and woods fires were fewer and of little con- sequence. There were three drownings in the town and two bodies were recovered by firemen and one by the State Police.


The lack of a proper boat for rescue work was very notice- able and it is the intention of the engineers to purchase and fit out a boat for emergency work.


Last summer a new alarm system was installed in Cochitu- ate and is proving to be very satisfactory. Provision has been made to add to the present system when necessary; there being two spare circuits built into the board.


Two men completed the training course provided for fire- men by the Department of Education the past year.


The hurricane caused considerable damage to fire depart- ment wires but we were able to repair the system with money from our annual appropriations for equipment.


There will be an unusually dangerous fire hazard in the Spring and we urge all property owners to clean up all debris from the hurricane, especially that which is near buildings.


THEODORE H. HARRINGTON, Chief, ERNEST H. DAMON, Clerk, ALBERT J. KEACH, Dist. Chief.


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REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT For the Year Ending December 31, 1938


Schedule of Bills Globe Rubber Works, hose


$27.00


Ross Bros. Co., arsenate of lead


126.00


George Poutasse, platform for sprayer


24.40


Globe Rubber Works, hose


27.00


Fitzhenry Guptill Co., sprayer


950.00


Wayland Motors, truck for sprayer, gas and oil Bernard McCarthy, helper on sprayer


87.21


24.00


$1,265.61


Pay Roll


D. Graham


$1,124.00


Andrew Egan


40.00


Private Work $258.00


$1,164.00


DANIEL J. GRAHAM, Superintendent.


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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES For the Year Ending December 31, 1938


Scaled


Not Sealed


Platform scale over 5,000 lbs.


2


Platform scale from 100 to 5,000 lbs.


5


1


Counter scale over 100 lbs.


0


Counter scale under 100 1bs.


8


Spring scale 100 lbs. or over


5


1


Spring scale under 100 lbs.


25


Computing scale over 100 lbs.


0


Computing scale under 100 lbs.


10


Slot Machine


2


Jeweler's scale


0


Avoirdupois


56


2


Metric


0


Troy


0


Vehicle tanks


3


Liquid measures


35


Milk jars


125


Meters over 1-inch


3


Gasoline measuring pump


28


2


Oil measuring pump


39


Quantity measures on pumps


6


Yard stick


1


-


Total


353


6


Trial Weighing of Commodities


No. Tested


No. Correct


Under


Over


Bread


4


3


1


0


Butter


4


4


0


0


Ice


5


4


0


1


Liquid commodities


4


4


0


0


Potatoes (in bag)


5


4


1


0


Total


22


19


2


1


Fees collected $36.80


ALBERT B. MARCHAND, Sealer.


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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN


Appropriation


$500.00


From "Reserve Fund"


98.00


$598.00


Expenditures


Warden


$226.00


Truck hire


36.00


Labor


336.00


$598.00


SPECIAL TREE WARDEN-Voted 12/14/38


Expenditures


Tools and equipment


$313.34


Oil and gas


90.44


Highway Department : Auto service


15.30


Tires


30.00


First Aid


40.59


$489.67


Over two hundred roadside trees were blown down in the September hurricane, a large portion of which still remain to be cleared away. There are also more than 175 still standing that will have to be taken down on account of severe damage or par- tial uprooting. Hundreds of hanging limbs remain to be removed.


The contract for the removal of the stumps along the high- way has been awarded, the work will start as soon as the frost is out of the ground, the cost being less if done at that time.


CHARLES L. FULLICK, Tree Warden.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


The Board of Health submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1938.


Licenses Granted


Alcohol


Permits Issued 9


Conducting undertaking establishment 1


Building cesspools 8


Keeping swine


1


Keeping goats 1


The Board has investigated many complaints during the year, and all were taken care of.


The Board has two cases of T. B. which require hospital care, this is the reason that we have an unpaid bill this year.


The State Board of Health recommends that all children entering school be given the Anti-toxin test for the prevention of diphtheria.


The State Board of Health recommends that all dogs in the Town of Wayland be given Anti-Rabie vaccine to prevent the dogs from getting the rabies.


The Board feels that the different clinics held in the schools this year were a great help to the children, and hope they will continue with them.


WALDO L. LAWRENCE, Chairman, ERNEST H. DAMON, Clerk, JOHN J. LINNEHAN,


Board of Health.


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REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR


January 1, 1939.


I herewith submit my report for 1938.


There have been sixteen licenses issued to dealers to sell milk in the Town of Wayland.


List of Licenses issued :


First National Store, Wayland $ .50


Benson's Store, Wayland .50


First National Store, Cochituate .50


A. & P. Co., Cochituate


.50


L. R. Gerald, Cochituate


.50


Hiram Nisbet, Cochituate


.50


Dorothy Kohler, Cochituate


.50


Mrs. Kenrick, Cochituate


.50


A. E. Peck, Cochituate


.50


W. Sears, Wayland


.50


H. P. Hood Sons, Boston


.50


Whiting Milk Co., Boston


.50


J. H. Clark, Weston


.50


Cedar Hill Farm, Weston


.50


$


D. J. Johnston, Natick


.50


Valley Farm, Dover


.50


Total


$8.00


Receipt for which I hold.


JOHN J. LINNEHAN, Milk Inspector.


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REPORT OF WAYLAND DISTRICT NURSE


To the President and Members of the


Wayland District Nursing Association :


I hereby submit my eighteenth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1938.


Cases carried


48


Cases opened


230


Nursing visits


978


Deliveries attended


7


Prenatal visits


41


Advisory visits


96


Friendly visits


53


Patients accompanied to hospital


6


Many social service calls were made during the year.


Respectfully submitted,


MARY E. McNEIL, Wayland District Nurse.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year 1938.


Quarantined 19 dogs for dog bites.


Inspected 49 herds of animals totaling 370 cows 72 young stock


13 goats


581 swine


Respectfully submitted, WARREN F. LAWRENCE, Inspector of Animals, Town of Wayland.


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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


To the Citizens of the Town of Wayland :


Materials


The past year 25,600 gals. of bituminous materials have been used on the highways.


Railings


All railings replaced this year were of the cable guard rail type.


Culverts


A new drainage system was constructed on Draper Road to relieve a very bad situation.


Gravel


3,975 yds. of gravel have been placed on town roads this year ; also 1,985 yards of refuse materials have been removed from the shoulders.


Sand


2,678 yards of sand have been used to cover bituminous material.


All sand and gravel have been taken from the town pit.


Flood


$5,500.00 was received from the state for flood relief.


Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR HEARD DUDLEY.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE For the Year 1938


The following is a summary of the number of cases aided during the year :


Cases


Settled


44


No. of Persons 128


Unsettled


41


150


The case load this year has varied considerably from month to month, and during the summer season the case load was quite low, as many were able to procure employment. The hurricane in the fall also aided us considerably by creating employment for many on emergency work.


The wood on the highways, after the hurricane, has been collected by the Welfare Department, and has been distributed to many needy cases. It has also been used for heating the Grange Hall. This wood has enabled us to make some saving in fuel expenses.


Our medical and hospital expenses have seemed to run rather heavy this year, but this is an item which is difficult to determine.


The surplus commodities have been issued at the commis- sary each week, and about 160 commissary cards have been issued to W.P.A. workers, Old Age Assistance, Veterans' Aid, Welfare and borderline cases. Approximately $14,000.00 worth of food and clothing has been distributed, and we feel that this has in some measure helped in many cases.


A detailed account of receipts and expenditures will be found in the Report of the Town Accountant.


CARLISLE D. SCOTLAND.


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REPORT OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE For the Year 1938


The following is a summary of the cases aided in Wayland in the year 1938 :


Cases being aided December 31, 1937 54


New cases added during year 21


Cases reopened 1


Total cases aided


76


Deaths


4


Discontinued other reasons 6


Cases being aided December 31, 1938 66


Cases settled here 55


Cases settled elsewhere, aided here 21


AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN


Cases


2


Persons 10


Total Cost


$1,060.00


During the year one case was closed due to regained ability to care for self.


The detailed expenditures and receipts will be found in the Report of the Town Accountant. It should be of interest to the Town to know that the gross amount paid out for Old Age Assistance was $20,027.43. There were Federal Grants of $9,686.23. Ordinarily the Federal reimbursement is one-half of the amount paid, but not to exceed $15. The State in Way- land settled cases reimburses us for two-thirds of the balance. In unsettled cases, or cases settled elsewhere than in Wayland, we are supposed to get full reimbursement. The detail of reim- bursements will be found in the Town Accountant's Report. These reimbursements do not come back to the Bureau to be used by us, but go to reduce the current year tax levy. In the year 1937 the total Welfare reimbursements, other than Federal were $4,955.73. In the year 1938 the total reimbursements other than Federal were $11,955.93 for Old Age and Welfare.


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It is to be observed that the case load has increased from 54 at the beginning of the year to 66 at the end of the year, in spite of such deaths and eliminations as occurred during the year. Again, this shows a steady growth in number of cases. The amount allowed to the 66 cases at the end of the year was be- tween $1,500 and $1,600 a month. This is without giving con- sideration to bills for doctors and medicine, and hospitalization bills, which are our greatest cause of expense in individual cases and on which we get less reimbursement. We feel that there will continue to be a steady increase in the length of the list of cases and in the amount of expenditures for this purpose, even if there is no further liberalization in the statutes relating to such cases. There is a clear tendency on the part of the public to call for more generous support of the older people who can- not support themselves, and there is a marked tendency, both on the part of the old people not to wish to call upon their children or relatives for help, preferring to receive old age assistance which they feel is in the nature of a pension, and on the part of children and other relatives to avoid, if possible, any responsi- bility on their part, and to seek to have older relatives receive old age assistance as speedily as possible. The attitude of the public as expressed in the press tends to make this increasingly true and it seems probable that the statutes will impose further duties upon the cities and towns, and very probably still further relieve the relatives from duty to support.


We are trying very hard to prevent the burden upon the taxpayers from growing too fast, and at the same time we are endeavoring to carry out the intention of the law, as expressed on the statute books, in a manner which we believe is fair to all and is as the majority of the citizens of the Town would wish to have us act. We would like to call the attention of the citi- zens, however, to the fact that there is great differences in indi- vidual circumstances and that it is impossible to devise a yard- stick which will insure even treatment. We try to investigate every case as it arises, and from time to time, as far as we be- lieve possible, we try to be fair and raise the amount allowed if circumstances become worse and the need greater, and to reduce the amount if the need seems to be less, or if there appear to be other means of support about which we did not know. We also endeavor to protect the rights of the Town in cases where there is right to reimbursement or where there are assets left upon the death of a recipient of aid. Townspeople and relatives of the recipients of aid do not seem always to realize that there is an


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obligation to repay when circumstances become such that repay- ment can be made.


We are always grateful for constructive suggestions and are glad to investigate when suggestions are made that investi- gation is required.


J. SIDNEY STONE, Member of Public Welfare Board In charge of Old Age Assistance.


REPORT OF THE SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT


To the Board of Selectmen :


Herewith is my annual report of the Soldiers' Relief De- partment and the disbursement of Soldiers' Benefits.


Eighteen family cases representing ninety-one persons and two single person cases were granted relief from time to time during the year.


A few veterans have been able to find private employment during the year, while others employed on W. P. A. projects and on the State water projects which is passing through our Town has made it unnecessary for them to seek additional aid.


The disbursements of this Fund follow :


Sundry Persons


Soldiers Burials


$2,042.00 100.00 1,287.41


Provisions


Fuel


81.27


Clothing, Etc.


26.52


Other Cities and Towns


19.25


Office Supplies and Expenses


76.02


$3,683.47


Agent's Salary


$150.00


Respectfully submitted, FRANK A. BURKE, Soldiers' Relief Agent.


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REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE IN WAYLAND


Mainstone Farm, Old Connecticut Path, recently joined the Middlesex County Herd Improvement Association. This farm ensiled rye with molasses and reported good keeping and excel- lent feeding results. Ronald Campbell, Island Pond Road, has seeded fields, formerly used for truck crops, to mixed legume pasture including Ladino clover. Additional fields have been prepared for spring seeding. During the past two years he has, by plowing and reseeding, improved the quality of his farm roughage.




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