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Town Counsel's Salary
500.00
Moderator
15.00
Registrars' Salaries:
Chairman
25.00
2nd Member
25.00
3rd Member
25.00
Registrars' Expense
494.05
Election Expense
276.19
New Town Hall Maintenance
4,229.44
Old Town Hall Maintenance
476.82
$13,432.37
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police
$9,865.42
Police-Church Detail
210.00
Police-Lock-up
150.00
Fire Department
4,397.21
Fire-Insurance on Equipment and Personnel
707.97
Fire-Department Equipment
750.00
Fire-Ambulance Fund
180.61
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Tree Department:
100.00
Tree Warden's Salary
388.20
Tree Department Expense
551.00
Moth Department
2,494.50
New Equipment
60.00
Sealer
493.50
Forest Fires
952.54
Civilian Defense
100.00
Civilian Defense-Special
50.00
Dog Officer
75.00
Inspector of Wires
228.25
Rent Control Board
$21,754.20
Health and Sanitation:
$50.00
Health Agent
3,224.19
Health Expense
25.00
Meat Inspector's Salary
75.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
$3,374.19
Highways:
Chapter 81 Highways
4,471.39
Chapter 90 Maintenance
11,999.71
General Highways-Expense
7,268.08
Snow Roads
8,429.41
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
499.56
Bridges
722.29
Railings
3,012.69
Street Lighting
200.00
Stret Lighting-Special
457.58
Equipment Insurance
293.55
Sidewalks
1,500.00
Town Garage Repairs
$67,226.71
Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Welfare Salaries:
$200.00
Chairman
100.00
2nd Member
100.00
3rd Member
$24,849.89
Chapter 90 Construction
1,969.41
Machinery Maintenance Account
1,553.15
TABLE OF ACCOUNTS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
January 1, 1953
Appropriations
Income
Transferred
From
Total
Expended
Transferred to
Unexpended
Dec. 31. 1953
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Selectmen's Salarles
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
Sedectmen's Expense
400.00
$50.00 Reserve Fund
450.00
407.22
Town Accountant's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Clerical Hire:
Selectmen
550.00
550.00
550.00
Town Clerk
220.00
220.00
220.00
Town Treasurer
330.00
330.00
330.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
150.00
150.00
141.63
8.3
Town Treasurer's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
400.00
400.00
395.40
4.60
Tax Collector's Salary
1,000.00
1.000.00
1,000.00
Tax Collector's Expense
450.00
48.03 Reserve Fund
498.03
498.03
Assessors' Salaries:
600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
Assessors' Expense
700.00
700.00
623.59
76.41
Town Counsel's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Moderator's Salary
15.00
15.00
15.00
Registrars' Salaries
75.00
75.00
75.00
Registrars' Expense
500.00
500.00
494.05
5.95
76.19
Reserve Fund
276.19
276.19
New Town Hall Maintenance
4,100.00
305.93
Moses Wallls Device
4.535,37
4.535.37
Old Town Hall Maintenance
400.00
76.82
Reserve Fund
476.82
476.82
Special Town Hall Repair Account
$559.40
559.40
Town Hall Special Repairs
2,000.00
2,000.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
Police Department
9,833.00
50.00 Reserve Fund
9,883.00
9,865.42
17.58
Pollee-Church Detail
250.00
250.00
210.00
40.00
Police-Lock Up
165.00
165.00
150.00
15.00
Fire Department
4.195.00
225.00 Reserve Fund
7,420.00
4.397.21
22.79
Fire-Insurance on Fire Equip- ment and Personnel
850.00
850.00
707.97
142.03
Fire-Department Equipment
750.00
760.00
750.00
750.00
Fire-Ambulance Fund
200.00 Reserve Fund
200.00
180.61
19.39
Forest Fires
500.00
600.00
493.50
6.50
Tree Department:
Tree Warden's Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Tree Department Expense
400.00
100.00
388.20
11.80
Moth Department
400.00
551.00
551.00
New Equipment
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,494.50
5.50
Sealer
60.00
60.00
60.00
Civilian Defense
402.90
600.00
49.64 Reserve Fund
952.54
952.54
Civilian Defense-Special
100.00
100.00
100.00
Rent Control Board
250.00
250.00
228.25
21.75
Inspector of Wires
75.00
75.00
75.00
Dog Officer
50.00
50.00
50.00
HEALTH:
Health Agent
50.00
300.00 Reserve Fund
3,245.00
3,224.19
20.81
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
HIGHWAYS:
Highways. Chapter 81
5,325.00
19,525.00
State Allotment
24,850.00
24,849.89
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Highways. Chap. 90 Maintenance
1,500.00
1.500.00 County Allotment
4,500.00
4,471.39
28.61
Highways, Chap. 90 Construction
3,000.00
6,000.00
State Allotment
12,000.00
11,999.71
.29
Snow Roads
8,000.00
8.000.00
7,268.08
731.92
Special Highway Insurance
600.00
953.15
W. C. Insurance Fund
1,553.15
1.553.15
Bridges
500.00
500.00
499.56
.44
Railings
500.00
222.29 Reserve Fund
722.29
722.29
Street Lighting
3,100.00
3.100.00
3,012.69
87.31
Special Street Lighting
200.00
200.00
200.00
Equipment Insurance
650.00
850.00
457.58
192.42
Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
293.55
6.45
Town Garage Repairs
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Drainage. Main St., C. St.,
North St.
351.06
351.06
351.06
PUBLIC WELFARE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Welfare Salaries
400.00 6,000.00
5.000.00
3,224.36
1.775.65
Clerk-Old Age Assistance
a1,835.00
Federal Grants
1.635.00
1,635.00
Clerk-Ald to Dependent Children
b275.00
Federal Grants
275.00
275.00
Clerk -- Welfare
840.00
840.00
840.00
840.00
Old Age Assistance
24,000.00
67.05 Refund
24,067.05
23.072.27
994.78
Aid to Dependent Children
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,278.36
21.64
Disability Assistance
400.00
400.40 Special Meeting
800.40
800.40
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
386.17
19,335.62
Federal Grants
19.721.79
16,919.35
2,802.44
Aid to Dependent Children
350.03
1,832.30
Federal Grants
2,182.33
1,786.75
395.58
Disability Assistance
49.67
390.07
Federal Grants
439.74
295.14
144.60
O. A. A. Adm.
2,294.89
1.471.62
Federal Grants
3,766.51
8.59
21.635.00
2,122.92
A. D. C. Adm.
210.44
137.53
Federal Grants
347.97
b275.00
72.97
D. A. Admn.
17.88
9.43
Federal Grants
37.31
27.31
Veterans' Agent
750.00
750.00
750.00
Veterans' Service Dept. Expense
150.00
50.00 Reserve Fund
200.00
196.50
3.50
Veterans' Benefits
1.000.00
1,000.00
745.60
254.40
War Allowance
100.00
100.00
100.00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY:
School Committee
200.00
200.00
200.00
Schools-General Expense
102,540.00
102,540.00 102,479.35
60.65
Industrial Schools
750.00
37.90 Reserve Fund
787.90
787.90
Library
3,000.00
534.64
Dog Fund
3,534.64
3.436.97
252.37
Painting Grammar School
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,470.00
30.00
School Survey
500.00
500.00
500.00
School-Electrical Repairs
334.20
334.20
334.20
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Blanket Insurance
1,600.00
1,500.00
1,294.79
205.21
Memorial Day
400.00
100.00 Special Meeting
27.02 Reserve Fund
527.02
527.02
Printing Town Reports
600.00
600.00
570.60
29.40
Recreational Program
300.00
300.00
198.34
101.66
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES:
Water Commissioners' Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
Water-General Expense
8.400.00
1,000.00 Water Surplus
9,500.00
9.270.91
129.09
Water Martin Road Extension
5,000.00
10.000.00
15,000
14,976.95
23.05
Cemetery-Douglas Center
350.00
6.50 Reserve Fund
356.50
356.50
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
150.00
150.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBTS:
Interest
200.00
937.50
Water Surplus
100.00
Reserve Fund
1.237.50
1.237.50
Debts
3,600.00
3,400.00
Water Surplus
7.000.00
7.000.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
Reserve Fund 1952 Bills
3.000.00
3.000.00
*1,621.33
1,378.67
*- Sundry Accounts
2,577.61
2,577.61
2.577.61
1,500.00
State Allotment
2.275.00
1.969.41
305.59
Machinery Maintenance Account
8,550.00
Machinery Rentals
8,550.00
8,429.41
120.59
3.000.00 County Allotment
Highways, General Expense
2,275.00
129.44
Reserve Fund
300.00
300.00
300.00
Chairman Members
300.00
Election Expense
200.00
559.40 2,000.00
161.00 Reserve Pund
Health Expense
2,945.00
400.00
400.00
Welfare Relief Expense
Balance
1953
$42.78
Town Treasurer's Expense
17
Welfare-General Expense
Clerk-Old Age Assistance
3,224.35
Clerk-Welfare
840.00
Clerk-Aid to Dependent Children
275.00
Old Age Assistance-Aid
23,072.27
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
2,278.36
Disability Assistance-Aid
800.40
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
16,919.35
Aid to Dependent Children
1,786.75
Disability Assistance
295.14
Old Age Assistance Administration
8.59
Veterans' Agent
750.00
Veterans' Service Department Expense
196.50
Veterans' Benefits
745.60
$53,227.31
School and Library:
School Committee Salaries:
Chairman
$75.00
Secretary
40.00
Purchasing Agent
25.00
4th Member
20.00
5th Member
20.00
6th Member
20.00
Schools-General Expense
102,479.35
Schools-Painting Grammar School
2,470.00
Industrial Schools
787.90
Library
3,591.67
$109,528.92
Recreation and Unclassified:
Blanket Insurance
$1,294.79
Memorial Day
527.02
Printing Town Reports
570.60
Recreational Program
198.34
$2,590.75
Water Department and Cemeteries:
Water Commissioners' Salaries:
1st Member
$100.00
2nd Member
100.00
3rd Member
100.00
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
1,635.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
9,270.91
Water-Department Expense
14,976.95
Water-Martin Road Extension 1953
356.50
Cemetery-Douglas Center
150.00
Cemetery-Pine Grove
$25,054.36
Interest and Maturing Debts:
$937.50
Interest-Water Loan
90.00
School Loan
210.00
Temporary Loan
5,000.00
Debt-Water Loan
2,000.00
School Loan
30,000.00
Loans-Temporary
$38,237.59
Refunds:
$415.86
Real Estate
961.04
MVET
2.00
Polls
13.34
Personal Tax Refund
264.75
Welfare
$1,656.99
Agency, Trust and Investment:
$13,896.32
Federal Withholding Taxes
3,311.16
Teachers' Retirement Fund
2,809.02
County Retirement Fund
515.60
Dog Licenses to County
849.00
Myron O. Mowry Fund Income
96.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
748.95
Blue Cross-School Group
1,127.10
Blue Cross-Town Group
305.93
Moses Wallis Devise
5,000.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
$328,659.08
State and County Taxes :
$520.45
Audit of Municipal Accounts
355.17
State Parks and Reservations
7,064.45
County Tax
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
County Tuberculosis Hospital
3,611.02
County Retirement
2,145.38
$13,696.47
1952 Bills:
Fire Department
Health Department
$9.40
Machinery Maintenance
561.05
Snow Roads
1,664.74
$2,256.09
Total Payments 1953
$380,694.94
Balance December 31, 1953
78,209.36
$458,904.30
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant
20.90
Town of Douglas
Balance Sheet-December 31, 1953
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
General $78,209.36
Petty Advance:
Tax Collector 50.00
$78,259.36
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1951:
Real Estate 6.12
Levy of 1952:
Real Estate
38.04
Fund $20.44
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 362.23
Moses Wallis Devise
1,262.78
Poll
10.00
Personal Property
58.00
Real Estate
1,795.12
Federal Grants:
1,907.28
Disability Assistance:
Administration
$27.31
Assistance
158.46
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration
72.87
1,309.15
Aid 395.58
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Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1952 $7.08
Levy of 1953
1,302.07
Employees' Payroll Deduction:
Federal Taxes $1,758.06
County Retirement System 301.36
Blue Cross and Blue Shield 188.55
$2,247.97
Post-war Rehabilitation Fund
83.03
Buffington Gift for School
Reference Library
70.22
Trust Funds, Income : Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library
Levy of 1953:
1,645.45
ASSETS
Tax Titles $823.51
Tax Possessions
2,065.46
Old Age Assistance: Administration 2,122.82 Assistance 2,802.44
2,888.97
5,579.68
Departmental:
Town Hall
$25.00
Health
36.43
Revenue
Tree Warden
7.50
Town Hall Repairs
$2,559.40
Highway
68.41
Aid to Dependent Children
413.46
Veterans' Services
111.50
School
217.12
Overestimates, 1953:
879.42
County Tax
$330.17
County Hospital Assessment 291.10
Water:
Rates
$1,815.41
Services
459.79
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund 149.00
2,275.20
Receipts Reserved for Appropria- tions:
Road Machinery
$182.77
Workmen's Compensation In-
surance
30.54
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1,500.00
Chapter 90 Construction
6,000.00
213.31
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
621.27
Aid to Highways: State:
Chapter 81 $8,137.00
Appropriation Balances:
Drainage-Main Street 351.06
2,910.46
County :
Chapter 90 Maintenance ... 1,500.00
Chapter 90 Construction ... 3,000.00
20,137.00
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus .. $2,872.38 22
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1951 6.12
Levy of 1952 43.40
Levy of 1953
1,399.65
Underestimates 1953:
State Parks and Reservation
Assessment
$114.82
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $1,309.15
Tax Title and Tax Possessions . . 2,888.97
Departmental 879.42
Water
2,275.20
Aid to Highways
20,137.00
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance
27,489.74 50.00
Surplus Revenue:
General
$60,958.79
Water
1,430.73
62,389.52
$107,771.20
$107,771.20
ANNUAL REPORT
1,449.17
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit
2,500.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Water
60,000.00
General: School Remodelling Loan .. $2,500.00 Outside Debt Limit Public Service Enterprise Water
60,000.00
$62,500.00
$62,500.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Trust and Investment Funds:
In Custody of Treasurer:
Cash and Securities:
Myron O. Mowry School Fund .. $26,526.61 Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 119.53
In Custody of Treasurer
$37,266.65
Care of Graves of G.A.R. Fund 824.07
In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees
13,379.83
Mary South Cemetery Lots Fund 249.27
In Custody of Agent
32,396.31
Monument Fund-Sons of Vet- erans Post No. 123 113.95
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 3,871.12
24 Post-war Rehabilitation Fund . . 5,562.10
37,266.65
In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees:
Simon Fairfield Public Library Fund
13,379.83
In custody of Agent:
Devise of Moses Wallis .....
32,396.31
$83,042.79
$83,042.79
ANNUAL REPORT
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
The following is a report of the Board of Assessors for 1953.
Assessed Valuation of the Town
$2,403,925.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Buildings
1,807,370.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Land
384,490.00
Assessed Valuation of Personal Property
212,065.00
Motor Vehicle Valuation
431,780.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
17,200.91
Number of Motor Vehicles Assessed
1,067
Rate of Taxation per $1,000
58.00
Amount of Tax on Property
139,427.65
Number of Polls
873
Amount of Tax on Polls
1,746.00
Number of Persons and Firms Assessed
885
Number of Horses Assessed
25
Number of Cows Assessed
142
Number of Neat Cattle other than Cows Assessed
67
Number of Swine Assessed
3
Number of Dwellings Assessed
735
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
18,991.98
Number of Fowl Assessed
2,630
Valuation of Property Exempt from Taxation
357,211.00
Purposes For Which Taxes Are Assessed
State Parks and Reservations
$266.47
Auditing Account, State
679.24
County Tax
7,469.48
County Tuberculosis Hospital
3,902.12
County Retirement
2,145.38
Appropriations, Make-up of Tax-rate
293,283.72
Overlay, Current Year
4,251.53
LUCIUS J. MARSH, Chairman IRVING H. FISHER WALTER J. BUDZYNA
Board of Assessors
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ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Douglas:
Following is the Annual Town Clerk's Report:
VOTES PASSED BY THE TOWN SINCE THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Special Town Meeting Tuesday, June 2, 1953, 7:30 P.M.
ARTICLE 1. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the additional sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars for the Memorial Day Account.
ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars for the purchase of special equipment for the Tree and Moth Department.
ARTICLE 3. The Town voted to authorize the Assessors to use an additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) of Free Cash in the hands of the Town Treasurer to reduce the tax levy in 1953.
Attest: LUCIUS J. MARSH, Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting Tuesday, July 28, 1953, 7:30 P.M.
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 434 of the Acts of 1953 which is "An Act Rela- tive to Rent Control," and whether the town will declare that a substantial shortage of rental housing accommodations exists in the Town of Douglas and that the control of rents in the Town is necessary in the public interest.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant the inhabitants of Douglas who are qualified to vote in elections and Town Affairs, met in the Town Hall at East Douglas on Tuesday July 28, 1953. Moderator Thomas J. McInerny presided.
It was voted to ballot on the above question so Mrs. Laura McMahon and Thomas Wallace were named as Tellers, while Andrew Hvizdos and Henry Therrien were Counters. The vote after being taken showed the following result.
YES, to keep Rent Control 19
Opposed 18
Attest: LUCIUS J. MARSH Town Clerk
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Special Town Meeting Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1953, 7:30 P.M.
ARTICLE 1. The Town voted to transfer the sum of eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars ($8,350.00) from the Ma- chinery Rentals Fund to the Machinery Account.
ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to transfer the sum of eight hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifteen cents ($853.15) from the Highway Compensation Insurance Fund to the Special Highway Insurance Account.
ARTICLE 3. The Town voted an additional appropriation of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the special Highway Insurance Account to come from surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 4. The Town voted to transfer the sum of one thou- sand dollars ($1,000.00) from the Water Department Surplus to the Water Department General Expense Account.
ARTICLE 5. The Town voted the additional sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for Health Department Expense to be transferred from surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 6. The Town voted to appropriate one hundred dollars ($100.00) as its proportional share of installing special radio equipment at the Northbridge Police Headquarters for tri-town use in the Police Departments and Civil Defense Units by transferring the said amount from surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 7. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) to cover the expense of operating the Rent Control Board in the Town of Douglas for the current year and to meet the said appropriation by transferring the amount necessary from surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 8. The Town voted to appropriate the additional sum of four hundred dollars and forty cents ($400.40) for Disability Assistance by transferring the said amount from surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
BIRTHS 1953
January
7. James Stephen Hodges
James Bartlett and Margaret Isabel Livingston
19. Michael Duda Jr. Michael and Katherine Mary Duda February
11. Linda Ann LaMarco
16. Gary Alan Martinsen
20. Sharon Lee Laliberte
Salvatore S. and Grace Salatiello Edward Martin and Barbara Ellis Roland and Grace Irma Jones
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BIRTHS (Continued)
March
9. Karen Louise Mackay Edward Ashley and Rose Marie Limanek
29. Janet Ann Villemaire Norman C. and Rose Marie Salatiello
29. Candace Ellen Prior Edwin T. and Eleanore Reed
April
15. Lorraine Beaver Raymond Alfred and Dorothy Jodrey
20. Nicholas Anthony Colonero
Nicholas Anthony and Marie Antoinette Goyette
23. Terry Jean Barrett John Francis and Marie Muisener
27. Douglas Edward Jussaume Edward Raymond and Helen Jean Dykstra
30. Thomas Michael McDonough John Patrick and Julia Pristawa
May
7. Dianne Sophie Gingras John Marcel and Sophie Mary Oko
11. Jane Laurie Mercak Andrew Joseph and Barbara Rondeau
23. Lewis Garry Aquino Ralph Herbert and Phyllis Raye LaPlante
27. John Raymond Blodgett James Robert Blodgett
Arthur E. and Pauline Therrien
29. Ann Marie Decoteau
Raymond Joseph and Marcella Louise Jedrzynski
June
5. Deborah Lee Plante
Dunbar George and Mary Elizabeth Gavlak
17. Beth Vecchione Carmen Salvadore and Dorothy Gertrude Crothers
21. Robin Jean Furno Anthony and Lucille Chaput
29. Michael Douglas Villemaire Wilfred and Helen Gautreau
30. Matthew Henry Towle Jr. Matthew Henry and Eleanor Mary Holbrook
July
8. Eileen Toomey Alden William and Mary Louise Moroney
8. Robert Daniel Greene Robert Alfred and Rosanna Bernadette Gressak
11. Joan Elaine Hutchinson Kenneth Charles and Shirley Mae Covell
12. David James Nelson Donald Hjalmar and Margaret Anna Nesbitt
20. Cheryl Catherine Cusson Thomas Louis and Joyce Peck
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
BIRTHS (Continued)
July
22. Robert Saster
23. Mary Anne Doyon
27 John Kevin Conway
28. Walter Douglas Buxton
Joseph J. and Albina M. Colonero Victor W. and Anna M. Minarik John Joseph and Alyce Manyak
Harold Wallis and Doris Arlene Manning
September
2. Francis Alphons Colonero Jr. Francis Alphons and Eleanor Frances Cooney
6. Rosemary Colonero Florendo John and Ann Marie Kelliher
8. Peter Michael Tetreault Merritt Dalton and Veronica Anastatia Kelliher
October
10. Thomas Cleland Crothers Frederick William and Elizabeth Lila Frieswick 20. Everett Vernon Johnson Jr.
Everett Vernon and Mildred Winona Bethel
21. Jeanne Michele McCabe Charles William and Jacqueline Chabot
23. Geoffrey James Vecchione Felix S. and Viola Louise Hippert
24. John Henry Stratton Jr. John Henry and Lorraine A. Glode
November
14. Richard Alan McCallum Charles Roland and Lorraine Flora Caplette
16. John Bombara Stephen John and Regina Patricia Pollinger
27. Patricia Herbst Edward P. and Helen Magdalene Nedoroscik 28. Christine Wnukowski E. Joseph and Mary Frances Kleya
December
17. Joanne Sochia Sochia Leon T. III and Margaret H. Strawbridge
18. Thomas Jay Oppewal Jacob and Leona Schutt
22. Sandra Lee Grivalski
Andrew Joseph and Lillian Marie LaLiberty
24. Ruth Irene Carter Frederick W. and Helen Louise Davis 30. Debra Ann Rutana Edward William and Pauline M. Cupka
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MARRIAGES, 1953
January
10. William H. Van Ness Jr. of Douglas and Elizabeth A. Jewett of Westboro, Mass.
February
14. John A. Gonsorcik of Douglas and Eleanor M. Daige of Men- don, Mass.
14. Charles M. Ashton of Oxford, Mass. and Doris N. (Peters) Bernier of Douglas.
April
12. Vanghel Tanca of Webster, Mass. and Virginia Downs of Douglas.
25. John A. Kocur of Douglas and Lorraine Burzycki of Webster, Mass.
May
2. Louis H. Gaudere of Webster, Mass. and Dorothy E. Conn of Douglas.
23. Raymond Fortier of Douglas and Pearl D. Whitehead of No. Uxbridge, Mass.
31. John C. Williams Jr. of New York, N. Y. and Dorothy R. Walker of Douglas.
June
6. Raymond J. Richard of Douglas, and Pauline M. Bellerose of Northbridge, Mass.
20 Jean C. Roy of Whitinsville, Mass. and Martha A. Bombara of Douglas
27. Camille J. Roy of Douglas, and Mary Plante of Linwood, Mass.
27. Joseph J. Kacmarcik of Douglas and Shirley A. Norman of Dudley, Mass.
27. Albert J. Manyak of Douglas and Agnes Lemoine of Farnums- ville, Mass.
July
4. William Morrissette of Sutton, Mass. and Theresa Donais of Douglas.
4. Andrew R. Kalvinek of Douglas and Barbara Roberts of Man- chaug, Mass.
4. Raymond C. Hall Jr. of Uxbridge, Mass. and Alice V. Kleya of Douglas.
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
MARRIAGES (Continued)
August
1. Rudolph J. Susienka Jr. of Douglas and Lillian M. Campo of Whitinsville, Mass.
1. William A. Nesbitt of Douglas and Marjorie J. Applegate of Whitinsville, Mass.
1. Clyde D. McNelly of Whitinsville, Mass. and Norma B. Ludvigson of Douglas.
22. Thomas J. Nesbitt of Douglas and Joan L. Guertin of Douglas.
September
5. Richard Flinton of Douglas and Eunice D. Bouvier of Millbury, Mass.
6. Victor E. Salo of Douglas and Christine Dunn of Medway, Mass.
7. John C. Scully of Springfield, Mass. and Barbara A. Fougere of Douglas.
19. John Ozaniak of Webster, Mass. and Margaret L. Chupka of Douglas.
26. Leo E. Guertin of Douglas and Jeannette M. Vincent of Wor- cester, Mass.
October
14. Philip A. Ellis of Douglas and Helen L. Smith of Worcester, Mass.
17. Joseph R. Susienka of Douglas and Stacia H. Mucha of Mill- ville, Mass.
24. Francis J. Salatiello of Douglas and Joyce K. Cooney of Douglas.
November
26. Julius J. Chiras of Worcester, Mass. and Pasqualine A. Vec- chione of Douglas.
28. Robert E. Graf of Southbridge, Mass. and Dolores M. Manyak of Douglas.
DEATHS, 1953
January
4. Samuel Lucius Taylor
Years
Months
Days
71
1
1
21. John Peter Minior
65
2
13
February
18. Mary H. Kelly
61
11
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March
2. Arthur Edward Rawson 79
-
26
4. Joseph Smith 60
10
26
21. Warren Parker
21
4
12
25. Arthur Francis Gallagher 41
-
April
9. Rose A. Ouellette 65
26. Eveline Morse Hastings 83
May
3. Ida M. Coache 89
10
3
6. Albert Rejko
72
12. Andrew Albert Atefanak
77
-
July
14. Albert Grocki 73
August
3. Stanley Bigos
80
6
1
7. Sophia Enman Hayden 82
October
26. Ferdinand J. Libby
88
8
15
December
11. James Taylor Smith
69
7
-
-
19. Mary (Kukkonen) Aldrich 71
29. Josephine Amyott Gauvin 84
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
3
26
12. Edward F. Murphy Jr. 17
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
DOG LICENSES
The number of dogs licensed in the Town of Douglas in 1953 was 223 divided as follows:
Males
140
Females
28
Spayed
51
Kennel
4
223
FISHING LICENSES, ETC.
The number of Fishing and other licenses issued in 1953 was divided as follows:
Fishing
148
Sporting
121
Hunting
75
Female and Minors, Fishing
67
All others
43
454
Respectfully submitted,
LUCIUS J. MARSH,
Town Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORT
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
January 8th, 1954
To the Townspeople of the Town of Douglas:
The following are the accounts of the 1951-1952-1953 Taxes as of December 31st, 1953.
1951
1951 Real Estate
Outstanding as of December 31st, 1952
$192.78
Paid to Treasurer
Tax Titles taken for the Town, Sept.
26.27
24th, 1953-(5)
10.20
Taken by the Commonwealth-(1)
$229.25
Interest and charges-$16.97
1952
1952 Excise:
Outstanding as of December 31st, 1952 $333.30
Warrants:
Ninth-January 2, 1953
432.47
Tenth-January 13, 1953
332.45
Eleventh-January 20, 1953
68.95
Twelfth-February 2, 1953
$1,336.02
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