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Boston Teachers College 1927
Drawing Mrs. Rowena B. Rice
Worcester Art Museum School 1927
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit to you my report as Collector of Taxes for the year ending December 31, 1939.
1937 Account
Uncollected Jan.1,1939
Collected
Uncollected Abated Dec.31,1939
$4953.65
$4952.20
$1.45
1938 Account
Poll
$ 28.00
$ 8.00
$ 20.00
Personal and
Real Estate
8291.65
4086.27
$22.50
4202.88
Excise
65.48
54.56
10.92
1939 Account
Assessors Warrants
Collected
Uncollected Abated Dec.31,1939
Poll
$ 1078.00
$ 956.00
$ 64.00
$ 58.00
Personal and
Real Estate
36360.34
28087.11
50.00
8223.23
Excise
4955.45
4670.83
193.17
91.45
Other Collections Paid Treasurer During 1939
For 1937
For 1938
For 1939
Interest
$372.75
$106.00
$16.68
Charges
51.20
29.40
51.80
Collector's Expense Account for 1939
Appropriation
$200.00
Collector's book
$ 4.91
Postage
48.96
Printed forms
6.34
Printing tax bills and notices
41.77
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Tax sale advertisements
19.00
Tax deed expenses
16.44
Incidentals
2.00
139.42
Unexpended Balance
$60.58
Respectfully submitted,
O. P. BROWN,
Collector of Taxes
REPORT OF TOWN BURIAL AGENT AND VETERAN'S GRAVE INSPECTOR
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
There has been no call for the services of the Burial Agent the last year.
The Inspection of Veteran graves under town care were found well kept with markers and grave stones in place and lots well mowed.
While hurricane damage was quite large, this has been corrected.
No new graves that properly come under town care have been found.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED W. NORTHUP,
Burial Agent
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report as Tree Warden for the year ending December 31st, 1939.
Appropriation
$450.00
Labor
$246.95
Truck Hire
120.75
State Tree Co.
35.00
Stumps Removed
45.00
Supplies
11.59
$449.29
Our shade tree problem which one year ago looked like a big task with the destruction of many trees with broken branches and split or leaning tree trunks, created a situation that found this department without sufficient funds, or equip- ment for such a job. With a larger emergency appropriation, and a W. P. A. tree project, we organized with a crew of W. P. A. labor, tools, supervision, and with a determination, we were able to restore our public shade trees to a reasonably safe condition.
From the data available, a conservative estimate shows the nature of the work accomplished:
1570 trees trimmed of broken branches.
248 trees cut down or destroyed.
480 trees chiselled and painted.
16 trees bolted and wire cabled.
28 stumps removed, and holes filled with loam.
Through the generosity of Mr. Elmer Bartlett of Shepard- ville, one-half of the stump removing bill was paid by him. I wish to thank Mr. Bartlett for his cooperation.
During July and August, from two to six welfare men were put to work cutting brush along our highways under Chapter 81 Highway money.
The great loss of trees to the community on some of our streets will never be replaced unless we start a program of
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shade tree planting on our road sides for future beautification, and I hope some money will be made available for replanting this coming year.
With the large program carried out last year, I recom- mend that the amount of $125.00 should be sufficient to carry on the tree work for 1940.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. SNELL,
Tree Warden
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1939.
On the Animal Inspection, 58 calls were made and 47 barns were inspected. 351 animals were inspected. 13 grade bulls, 1 Pure Bred Bull, 21 Goats, 9 Sheep, 31 Swine, 68 Young Stock, 23 Pure Bred Cows, and 185 Grade Cows.
One licensed cattle dealer in town shipped in from out of state, 33 cows. Each cow had to be identified by ear tag number and released.
During the year, one case of Dumb Rabies was found. The dog was killed, and another dog was quarantined under suspicion of having a contagious disease and later released.
Respectfully submitted,
EARL B. THOMPSON, Inspector
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REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my annual report as Moth Superintend- ent for the year ending December 31, 1939.
Appropriated
$811.00
Labor
$592.70
Truck Hire
193.00
Supplies
24.84
$810.54
From January 1st to March 15th, a W. P. A. project which employed five to twenty men creosoting gypsy moth eggs in woodland areas, was carried on and about 700 acres were scouted.
During April and May, one to four men from Welfare Department (who needed work) were put to work creosoting egg clusters, and tent caterpillar webs from trees along our highways, and 200 feet back from highway.
The W. P. A. Moth project was reopened for spraying on June 10th, with five men. Twenty-two hundred pounds of poison was sprayed out on all highway trees and about 175 acres of woodland. This project closed July 1st.
All W. P. A. work was done under my supervision, and the total Federal funds spent on Moth work for 1939 was $1,148.00.
The State reimbursement to Plainville in labor and sup- plies, such as arsenate of lead and creosote, totals $416.31.
All payrolls and reports have been sent in to the State Forest Department.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. SNELL,
Moth Superintendent
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REPORT OF TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
We herewith submit our annual report as Town Forest Committee for the year ending December 31, 1939.
Most of the improvement and maintenance work at the Town Forest, center around the Bristol Farms stand on Washington Street.
During the summer, brush cutting, grading, and removal of stones, minor road repairs, and cleaning boundary lines for fire protection were done.
On the wood road where it crosses Turnpike Lake, a large culvert was built with nine (9) twelve (12) inch reinforced con- crete pipes. A head wall was added to the culvert to prevent erosion of the road bed.
Your Committee recommends that $125.00 be appropriated for 1940.
Received from rent $250.00
Appropriation $125.00
Expended
124.95
Balance
.05
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE B. GREENLAY, GEORGE H. SNELL, OSWIN C. WOODWARD,
Town Forest Committee
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND DAIRIES
January 8, 1940
To the Board of Health, Plainville, Mass.
Gentlemen:
Herewith I submit my report as Inspector of Milk, Cream and Dairies for the town of Plainville during the fiscal year ending December 31, 1939.
I am pleased to report that all inspections and tests have showed that the producers and dealers are putting out a superior grade of milk and cream, and the sanitary conditions under which our milk is produced is the best at the present time that it has ever been.
The State law requiring State inspections of dairies and dairy barns and the granting of State licenses before local licenses can be issued has tended to interest the producers in a higher grade and quality of milk.
Milk and cream licenses issued @ 50c (30) .. $15.00 Oleomargarine licenses issued @ 50c (2) 1.00
Total $16.00
Cash paid Town Treasurer $16.00
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. WHITING,
Milk Inspector
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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the
Town of Plainville:
Gentlemen:
The Board of Assessors hereby respectfully submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1939. .
Town Appropriations $75,532.59
State Tax 7,113.83
County Tax
1,630.97
Tuberculosis Hospital
598.28
Overlay
1,248.22
Total $86,123.89
Total estimated receipts 33,136.57
Voted from available funds 15,561.42
Total available funds . $48,698.99
Number of polls, 533 $ 1,066.00
Total valuation, $1,454,396, at $25.00
36,360.34
Total taxes committed $37,426.34
Excise Tax
Total number of cars assessed 718
Total valuation of cars
$175,860.00
Total excise tax
4,955.45
Total excise abatements: 1938 in 1939
10.92
1939 in 1939
202.97
Table of Aggregates
Number of persons, partnerships and corpora-
tions assessed on property 547
Valuation assessed personal estate $ 222,956.00
Valuation assessed buildings 938,730.00
Valuation assessed land 292,710.00
Total real estate 1,231,446.00
Total valuation assessed Jan. 1, 1939 1,454,396.00
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Tax on personal estate
$ 5,574.00
Tax on real estate
30,786.34
Tax on polls
1,066.00
Total taxes
$37,426.34
Number of cows assessed 188
Number of horses assessed 38
Number of other neat cattle 36
Number of dwelling houses
400
Numbers of acres of land
6,360
Number of fowl
.5,249
Abatements
Real estate abatements, 1937 in 1939 $ 1.45
1938 in 1939 2.50
1939 in 1939
50.00
Poll tax abatements, 1939 in 1939
64.00
Total abatements
$117.95
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. BLANCHARD, CHARLES J. QUIRK, EDWIN W. PINK,
Board of Assessors, Plainville, Mass.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Honorable Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year ending December 31, 1939.
There were no carcasses inspected or stamped.
Respectfully submitted,
EARL B. THOMPSON,
Inspector
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The report for the year 1939:
The extension voted for Fremont Street-All completed with 6 inch pipe; hydrant at end and all houses newly con- nected.
Hydrant at Spring Street broken; replaced by new one. Insurance company paid all expenses.
Two new houses connected.
Three old services renewed with new lead pipe.
Two leaks repaired and new box built over Railroad Bridge.
The Water Tank was scraped and painted with two coats of paint on the outside.
The School Building was connected by 4 inch pipe.
The Board asks for a $4,000.00 appropriation for 1940.
Supplies and water rates collected and paid Treasurer $2,935.34
Supplies due and unpaid 32.50
Rates due and unpaid
2,284.20
Date of
Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount Total
Feb. 15-Ray Thomasen, Labor $ 7.00
Clarence Grinnell, Labor 8.00
George Ronhock, Labor 9.50
Frank Henrich, Labor 3.75
Alton French, Labor 5.00
James Card, Labor 3.25
Ralph Hemmingsen, Labor 4.50
Robert Benker, Labor 3.00
F. W. Averill, Gasoline 2.16
Thompson Brothers, Oil 1.00 $ 47.16
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Apr. 5-Commercial Press, Cards . 7.00
W. H. Riley & Son, Sharpening Picks
2.25
George Ronhock, Labor
3.25
H. B. Thompson, Salary
50.00
H. B. Thompson, 100-2c Stamps
2.00
65.25
May 3-Carpenter Mfg. Co. 9.90
H. B. Thompson, Paid Express Chas. S. Cobb, Wrecker Hyd.
2.60
2.10
Clarence Grinnell, Labor 20.00
Alton French, Labor
22.50
57.10
June 7-Summer & Dunbar, Supplies ..
28.21
National Meter Co., Supplies . 66.17 National Boston Lead Co., Pipe 53.25
George Ronhock, Labor 17.50
Clarence Grinnell, Labor
6.00
171.13
July 5-George Ronhock, Labor 3.00
Herbert Morse, Jr., Labor 3.00
National Meter, Repairs 24.72
Rennselaer Vale Co., Valves . . 41.75
72.47
Aug. 2-Louis Benoit, Painting Tank .. 30.00
James Kelly, Painting Tank 12.00
Joseph Goupit, Painting Tank 48.00
Schofield Co., Supplies
4.40
Chas. S. Cobb, Supplies
2.60
North Attleboro Water Dept., Pumping 1,826.10
Alton French, Labor 27.50
Thompson Bros., 6 gals. Tur pentine 3.60
1,954.20
Aug. 11-James Kelly, Painting Tank . 25.50
Louis Benoit, Painting Tank 25.50
Joseph Goupit, Painting Tank 42.50
Clarence Grinnell, Labor 30.00
Ray Thomasen, Labor 21.00
Joseph Goupit, Painting 51.50 102.50
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount Total
Oct. 19-Clarence Grinnell, Labor 4.00
Ray Thomasen, Labor
4.00
H. B. Thompson, Salary
50.00
Alton French, Labor
12.75
Schofield Co., Supplies
2.52
73.27
Nov. 16-Frank Henrich, Labor
12.00
Darling Valve Co., Valves
14.52
26.52
Dec. 21-A. R. Brais & Co., Lumber and Nails
13.61
Commissioners' Salaries:
H. B. Thompson 50.00
Frank V. Henrich
25.00
R. H. Berkley
25.00
Straker & Freeman, Sharpen- ing Picks 3.00
Thompson Bros., Truck
52.00
168.61
Dec. 31-North Attleboro Water Dept.,
For Pumping Water 1,168.09 1,168.09
$3,999.80
Fremont Street Extension
May 19-N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Frt., on Pipe $ 53.64
May 27-Louis Morrell 200.00
June 7-Louis Morrell 150.00
U. S. Pipe & Foundry Co., Pipe Less Frt. 400.39
Louis Morrell 49.65
Eddy Valve Co., Valves 70.97
Alton French, Repairing Hydrant 1.25
$925.90
Respectfully submitted,
H. B. THOMPSON, Chairman F. V. HENRICH, R. H. BERKLEY,
Water Commissioners
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit to you my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1939.
Not Sealing
Scales
Adjusted Sealed Sealed Fee
Total
Platform over 10,000 lbs. .
1
$2.00
$2.00
Platform 100 - 5,000 lbs. .
10
.50
5.00
Counter under 100 1bs.
6
.10
.60
Beam over 100 1bs. .
1
.50
.50
Spring over 100 1bs.
1
.50
.50
Spring under 100 lbs.
2
22
.10
2.20
Computing under 100
4
.10
.40
Personal Weighing
2
.50
1.00
Prescription
1
.10
.10
Weights
Avoirdupois
5 50
.03
1.50
Apothecary
10
.03
.30
Capacity Measures
Liquid
14
.03
.42
Automatic Measuring Devices
Gasoline Meters
24
.50
12.00
Bulk Station Systems
1.00
2.00
Gasoline Measuring Pumps 1
2
.50
1.00
Oil Measuring Pumps .
3
.10
.30
Grease Measuring Devices .
10
.10
1.00
Totals
8 172
0
$30.82
Reweighing of Commodities Put Up For Sale
Beans 4; Coal in Paper Bags 15; Potatoes 6; Bread 20; Coal in Transit 2; Grain 5; Butter 15; Flour 6; Lard 12
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Cash Paid to Town Treasurer
$30.82
Appropriation
$75.00
Salary
$50.00
Transportation and
Supplies
25.00
75.00
Respectfully submitted,
ADRIAN G. WHEELER, Sealer
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Police Department herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1939.
During the past year, seven (7) arrests were made on the following charges:
Crimes against Person 7
Complaints and investigations 110
Papers served for out of town Police 11
Summons 9
Warrant 1
Capias 1
Motor accidents for the year, thirty-two (32) ; injured, twenty- five, (25), and no deaths.
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER A. MEYER, Acting Chief of Police
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Jan. 19-Elmer Pease
$54.00
Chester Meyer
9.00
$ 63.00
Feb. 2-Commissioner of Public Safety
.45
New England Tel. and Tel.
2.88
F. W. Averill, Taxi
2.50
Elmer Pease
54.00
Herbert Morse
4.00
Chester Meyer
10.50
74.33
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount Total
Feb. 16-Elmer Pease
54.00
Chester Meyer
9.00
63.00
Mar. 2-New England Tel. and Tel.
2.98
F. W. Averill, Taxi
14.00
Herbert Morse, Posting Warrants
5.00
Elmer Pease
57.00
Charles Quirk
3.50
Chester Meyer
9.50
91.98
Mar. 16-Elmer Pease
56.00
Herbert Morse
4.00
Chester Meyer
11.00
71.00
Apr. 6-New England Tel. and Tel.
3.35
F. W. Averill, Taxi
1.00
Elmer Pease
84.00
Herbert Morse, Dog Officer
7.00
Chester A. Meyer
15.00
110.35
Apr. 20-Elmer Pease
56.00
Herbert Morse
2.00
Chester Meyer
9.50
67.50
May 4-New England Tel. and Tel.
3.41
F. W. Averill, Taxi
1.00
Elmer Pease
54.00
Chester Meyer
12.00
Herbert Morse
2.00
72.41
May 18-F. W. Averill, Taxi
5.25
Elmer Pease
57.00
Chester A. Meyer
12.50
Eugene Brodeur
2.00
76.75
June 8-New England Tel. and Tel.
2.98
F. W. Averill, Taxi
1.25
J. Merrick Gray, criminal cases
2.00
Elmer Pease
81.00
Chester A. Meyer
14.50
101.73
June 22-Elmer Pease
56.00
Herbert Morse
2.00
Chester Meyer
11.00
69.00
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
July 6-New England Tel. and Tel.
3.88
F. W. Averill, Taxi
3.00
Elmer Pease
59.00
Herbert Morse
9.00
Archie Walden
8.00
Merrill Falk
5.00
George Snell
6.00
Clinton Barton
5.00
Eugene Brodeur
5.00
Charles Quirk
5.00
Chester Meyer
16.50
125.38
July 19-Elmer Pease
56.00
Herbert Morse
9.00
Chester Meyer
8.00
Burgess Express Co., Inc.
1.00
74.00
Aug. 3-New England Tel. and Tel.
2.88
F. W. Averill, Taxi
2.20
Elmer Pease, Duty
56.00
Herbert Morse, Burying Dogs
4.00
Chester A. Meyer, Duty
10.50
75.58
Aug. 17-F. W. Averill, Taxi
2.00
Elmer Pease, Duty
54.00
Herbert Morse, Burying Dog
2.00
Chester Meyer, Duty
10.50
68.50
Sept. 7-New England Tel. and Tel.
3.08
Maurice D. Grant, Examinations
3.00
F. W. Averill Garage, Taxi
7.50
Herbert Morse, Burying Dogs & Duty
5.00
Elmer Pease, Duty
84.00
Chester Meyer, Duty
14.50
117.08
Sept. 21-Elmer Pease, Duty
56.00
Chester Meyer, Duty
11.00
67.00
Oct. 5-New England Tel. and Tel. 3.58
F. W. Averill Garage, Taxi 6.75
Herbert Morse, Duty
3.50
Elmer Pease, Duty
57.00
Chester Meyer, Duty
15.50
86.33
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount Total
Oct. 19-F. W. Averill, Taxi
4.50
Elmer Pease, Duty
58.00
Herbert Morse, Duty
3.50
Chester Meyer, Duty
12.50
78.50
Nov.
2-New England Tel. and Tel.
3.98
F. W. Averill Garage, Taxi
2.00
Elmer Pease ,Duty
56.00
Herbert Morse, Burying Dog & Duty
4.00
Eugene Brodeur, Duty
2.00
Clarence Avery, Duty
4.00
Chester Meyer, Duty
12.50
Donald O'Reilly, Tags
5.00
89.48
Nov. 16-Elmer Pease, Duty
56.00
Herbert Morse, Duty
4.00
Chester Meyer, Duty
13.00
73.00
Dec. 7-New England Tel. and Tel.
4.43
Elmer Pease, Duty
83.00
Chester A. Meyer, Duty & Supplies F. W. Averill, Taxi
5.25
109.03
Dec. 21-Elmer Pease, Duty
60.00
Herbert Morse, Burying Dogs & Duty
6.00
George Snell, Duty
5.00
Chester Meyer, Duty
15.00
86.00
Dec. 30-New England Tel. and Tel.
3.68
F. W. Averill Garage, Taxi
3.50
Herbert Morse, Police Duty
3.00
Elmer Pease, Police Duty
57.00
Elmer Pease, Signs and Handcuffs 10.00
Chester Meyer, Police Duty
11.89
89.07
$2,000.00
Appropriation $2,000.00
Expended
2,000.00
16.35
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Library has been, as during the past several years, under the same management.
The circulation has been much increased over 1938 and but for bad weather on many library nights, would have been much larger. Speaking of circulation, the report of The Boston Public Library says it serves on an average, but two books per capita of population, while Bangor, Maine, with the largest endow- ment for books of any library in the country in proportion to population, averages 61/2. New York City reports that but three per cent. of its people use the books in their splendid libraries. It is safe to say that better than ten (10) per cent. of our citizens use ours.
We again offer our thanks for books donated during the year.
As has been the custom in the past years, worn and obsolete books in the fiction department have been given to hospitals, Mer- chant Marine, and Salvation Army.
Your trustees have always claimed that our library building was the oldest used for library purposes in New England if not in the United States, dating from 1726, but we find that a branch of Barnstable Library is one dating from 1644, so we must be content to take second place.
We have before stated that if you or your ancestors were born, married, or died between 1712 and 1850 in Old Wrentham, which then composed the towns of Franklin, Norfolk, and Plain- ville, as well as the Center, we may be able to help you.
But what strange art, what magic can dispose The troubled mind to change its native woes. This, books can do :- nor this alone: they give New views to life, and teach us how to live: They soothe the grieved, the stubborn they chastise, Fools they admonish, and confirm the wise.
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New Books added 194
Circulation 10,692
Fiction 10,255
Non Fiction 379
School Deposit (estimated)
300
Respectfully submitted,
FRED W. NORTHUP, ALICE M. PEASE, ARTHUR W. WASHBURN, Trustees of Public Library
LIBRARY
Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Jan. 19-Union Light and Power Co. Fred W. Northup, Clerical
$ 1.44
5.00
$ 6.44
Feb. 2-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian
12.00
Charles S. Cobb, Bulbs
1.20
13.20
Feb. 16-Union Light and Power Co.
1.08
Plainville Coal Co., Wood
10.00
11.08
Mar. 2-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian
12.00
12.00
Mar. 16-R. I. News Co., Books American Home Magazine
69.65
Eagle Press, Supplies
6.50
Alice M. Pease, Expenses
2.00
Fred W. Northup, Expenses
2.00
Fred W. Northup, Clerical
16.00
99.15
Apr. 6-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian
14.00
Plainville Pharmacy, Glass
.90
Union Light and Power Co.
1.52
De Wolfe & Fiske Co., Books
74.82
3.00
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount Total
Eagle Press, Supplies
6.75
Alice M. Pease, Expenses 3.00
Fred W. Northup, Expenses 3.00
Thomas Skinner, Labor
2.25
Fred W. Northup, Clerical
26.00
132.24
Apr. 20-Union Light and Power Co. Jean Karr & Co., Books
1.08
5.16
Fred W. Northup, Clerical
8.00
14.24
May 4-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian
12.00
12.00
May 18-Fred W. Northup, Clerical Fred W. Northup, Supplies
.50
4.50
June 8-Elmer S. Pease, Librarian Union Light and Power Co.
14.00
Thompson Brothers, Screening
.36
16.07
June 22-Union Light and Power Co.
1.26
1.26
July 6-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian
13.00
13.00
July 20-Union Light and Power Co.
.75
.75
Aug. 3-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian Fred W. Northup, Clerical Fred W. Northup, Small Supplies
4.00
.50
17.50
Sept. 7-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian
13.00
Union Light and Power, Lights
1.63
14.63
Sept. 21-R. I. News Co., Books
45.33
Alice M. Pease, Expenses
2.00
Fred W. Northup, Expenses
2.00
49.33
Oct. 4-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian
12.00
12.00
Oct. 19-Union Light and Power Co., Lights Thomas Skinner, Labor and Material
.75
1.00
1.75
Nov. 2-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian
13.00
13.00
Dec. 7-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian Union Light and Power Co., Lights
13.00
1.44
14.44
4.00
1.71
13.00
85
ANNUAL REPORT
Date of
Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Dec. 21-Plainville Coal Co., Wood Union Light and Power Co., Lights Fred W. Northup, Clerical
11.50
1.62
10.00
23.12
Dec. 30-Elmer C. Pease, Librarian Union Light and Power, Co.
12.00
1.18
13.18
$494.88
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended
494.88
Balance
$5.12
86
ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
Again we report that we have been very fortunate in regards to fire losses in our town. We feel that some kind of a record has been made due to the fact that five months and thirteen days elapsed without an alarm being sounded. This occurred during the fall season when the grass and forest fire hazard was at its height.
We wish to call to the attention of the taxpayers the very urgent need of a new building to house this department and ask them to give their serious consideration to the article in the Town Warrant calling for a committee to be appointed to look into the advisability of securing new quarters or making a very sub- stantial appropriation to remodel the present building to conform with some of the State laws.
We thank the men for their alertness and their cooperation with the Board of Engineers. During the past year every fireman secured insurance which would aid him financially if accidentally hurt at a fire.
During 1939 we had fifteen alarms in town and answered one alarm out of town.
We hope the town will be as fortunate in the future and we thank you for your cooperation with this board.
Respectfully submitted,
CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH, ALTON E. FRENCH, CHESTER A. MEYER,
Fire Engineers
87
ANNUAL REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Jan. 19-Union Light & Power Co.
$ 14.00
$ 14.00
Feb. 2-Maynard Skinner, Janitor
10.00
North Attleboro Gas Co.
1.44
New England Tel. & Tel.
3.53
14.97
Feb. 16-Union Light & Power Co.
13.64
The Gamewell Co.
6.10
Charles S. Cobb
1.45
Plainville Coal Co.
42.75
63.94
Mar. 2-Thompson Bros., supplies
1.62
New England Tel. & Tel.
2.73
Clinton E. Barton
3.56
North Attleboro Gas Co.
1.44
Maynard Skinner, Janitor
10.00
19.35
Mar. 16-Falk & Henrich
9.87
Irving Henrich
2.00
Plainville Coal Co.
34.20
Union Light & Power Co.
13.28
59.35
Apr. 6-Maynard Skinner, Janitor
10.00
North Attleboro Gas Co.
1.26
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
3.28
Norfolk-Bristol Forest Ass'n, dues
5.00
Justin A. McCarthy Co., equipment
241.00
260.54
Apr. 20-Union Light & Power Co.
12.20
W. E. Sholander
35.99
Charles S. Cobb
19.62
Ernest B. McLean
168.00
235.81
May 4-Charles S. Cobb
4.87
New England Tel. & Tel.
2.93
Maynard Skinner, Janitor
10.00
17.80
May 18-The Gamewell Company
1.41
Maxim Motor Company
10.00
Union Light & Power Co.
10.22
21.63
88
ANNUAL REPORT
Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
June 8-Maynard Skinner, Janitor
10.00
Everett Skinner, transportation 4.00
Charles S. Cobb
16.55
New England Tel. & Tel.
2.72
North Attleboro Gas Co.
6.84
The Commercial Press
14.80
54.92
June 22-W. H. Riley & Son
11.40
Franklin Hardware Co.
6.45
Union Light & Power Co.
10.94
28.79
July 6-Charles S. Cobb
26.61
New England Tel. & Tel.
2.73
North Attleboro Gas Co.
.72
30.06
July 20-Maynard Skinner, Janitor
10.00
J. P. Ballou Union Light & Power Co.
10.80
22.60
Aug. 13-North Attleboro Gas Co. New England Tel. & Tel. Maynard Skinner
.90
2.73
10.00
13.63
Aug. 17-Union Light & Power Co. Charles S. Cobb, gas and supplies
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