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Surplus Revenue
64,760.73
$119,284.11
$119,284.11
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
3,057.40
9,455.34
16,811.20
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
Inside Debt Limit:
General
$500.00
General: School Remodelling Loan ..
$500.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Water
55,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Public Service Enterprise-Water
55,000.00
$55,500.00
$55,500.00
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
The following is a report of the Board of Assessors for 1954
Assessed Valuation of the Town
$2,426,300.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Buildings
1,834,115.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Land
385,845.00
Assessed Valuation of Personal Property
206,340.00
Motor Vehicle Valuation
529,270.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
21.161.31
Number of Motor Vehicles Assessed
1,169
Rate of Taxation per $1,000
58.00
Amount of Tax on Property
140,725.40
Number of Polls
859
Number of Persons and Firms Assessed
895
Number of Cows Assessed
28
Number of Neat Cattle Other than Cows Assessed
150
Number of Swine Assessed
65
Number of Sheep Assessed
4
Number of Goats Assessed
26
Number of Dwellings Assessed
757
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
18,563.20
Valuation of Property Exempt from Taxation
357,211.00
Purposes for Which Taxes are Assessed
State Parks and Reservations
$516.08
Auditing Account, State
County Tax
434.59
County Tuberculosis Hospital
7,183.35
County Retirement
4,012.14
Appropriations, Make-up of Tax-rate
2.467.99
Overlay, Current Year
294,830.94
6,169.81
LUCIUS J. MARSH, Chairman IRVING H. FISHER WALTER J. BUDZYNA
Board of Assessors
Amount of Tax on Polls
1,718.00
Number of Horses Assessed
7
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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 Friday, April 9, 1954, 8.00 P.M.
ARTICLE 1. The Town voted to accept the provisions of Section 103A of Chapter 54 of the General Laws as amended (Ter. Ed.) rela- tive to Absentee Voting at Town Elections.
ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to ratify and confirm the action of Richard H. Aldrich, Treasurer of the Town of Douglas, in convey- ing land in Douglas on the Oxford Pike (North-west Main Street) known as the Gleason Place to Lewis G. Bronson by deed dated Jan. 8, 1937 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 2793, Page 43.
ARTICLE 3. The Town voted to rescind the action taken at a special Town Meeting held on Tuesday, July 28, 1953, whereby the Town accepted the provisions of Chapter 434 of the Acts of 1953 which is "An Act Relative to Rent Control". The vote was as follows:
YES (to rescind) 70
NO (To retain) 31
ARTICLE 4. The Town voted to name and dedicate the square at the intersection of West and Main Streets as the "Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7554, Joseph J. Michna Square" and to raise and apporpriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the initial curbing and landscaping of the same.
ARTICLE 5. The Town voted that this (the purchase of a new Fire Truck) be passed over at this time. (The Finance Committee by a vote of 6 to 1 recommended this.)
Attest: LUCIUS J. MARSH, Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting, Tuesday, June 15, 1954, 7.30 P.M.
ARTICLE 1. The Town voted to authorize the Assessors to use an additional ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars of Free Cash in the hands of the Treasurer to reduce the Tax Levy for the year 1954.
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ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars for Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Wallum Pond Road, and to meet this appropriation the Town voted to transfer the sum of forty-five hundred ($4,500.00) dollars from Free Cash in the hands of the Treasurer and voted to transfer the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars from the Reserve Fund, said sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars to be used in conjunction with the State and County Funds.
ARTICLE 3. The Town voted to appropriate an additional sum of one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars for the Police Department.
ARTICLE 4. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the ad- ditional sum of two hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty cents ($246.50) for expenses incurred in connection with the dedication ceremonies and suitable markings for the "Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7554, Joseph J. Michna Square."
ARTICLE 5. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars for the purpose of making a survey of the present school building facilities and of the future building needs of the Town of Douglas School System, said survey to be conducted by a special School Survey Committee comprising of three members of the present School Committee with the intent that they be chosen by the above Committee, three citizens repre- senting the General Public to be appointed by the Selectmen and one member of the Finance Committee to be named by that Committee, said Committee to be authorized to expend monies within the ap- propriation made for the employment of Educational Experts, Secre- tarial Assistance and other expenses including travel expenses incidental with the work of the said Survey Committee with an amendment that the above Committee report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Attest: LUCIUS J. MARSH,
Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting, Thursday, December 30, 1954 at 7.30 P.M.
ARTICLE 1. The Town voted to appropriate the additional sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for the New Town Hall Special repairs Account for the purpose of purchasing a new stage curtain, and that the said sum be transferred from surplus cash in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to transfer the sum of five hun- dred and seventy-five dollars. ($575.00) from the Old Town Hall Maintenance Account to the Old Town Hall Special Repairs Account.
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ARTICLE 3. The Town voted to appropriate the additional sum of three hundred and ten dollars ($310.00) for the Tree De- partment, the said sum to be transferred from surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 4. The Town voted to transfer the sum of four hun- dred and twenty-three dollars ($423.00) received by the Town Treasurer as reimbursed from the Federal Government for 1953 Civilian Defense capital outlay to the Civilian Defense Account.
ARTICLE 5. The Town voted to appropriate the additional sum of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550.00) for the Health De- partment, the same to be transferred from surplus cash in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 6. This was tabled as we are to take this amount from the Reserve Fund.
ARTICLE 7. The Town voted to transfer the sum of six hun- dred dollars ($600.00) from the Old Age Assistance Account to the Veterans Benefit Account.
ARTICLE 8. The Town voted to appropriate the additional sum of twelve hundred dollars (1,200.00) for Snow Roads by transferring the said sum from Surplus Cash in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 9. The Town voted to transfer the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) from the Machinery Rentals Fund to the Machinery Account.
ARTICLE 10. The Town voted to transfer the sum of nine hun- dred dollars ($900.00) from the Highway Compensation Insurance Fund to the Special Highway Insurance Account.
ARTICLE 11. The Town voted to appropriate the additional sum of four hundred dollars for the Special Highway Insurance Ac- count, the said sum to be transferred from surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 12. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from the Dog Fund, the said sum to be transferred from surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE 13. The Town voted to transfer the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) from the Sidewalks Account to the spe- cial Douglas Center Sidewalks Account.
ARTICLE 14. The Town voted to transfer the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) from the Railings Account to the Special Douglas Center Sidewalks Account.
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ARTICLE 15. The Town voted to transfer the sum of four hun- dred and forty dollars ($440.00) from the Bridges Account to the Special Maple Street Culvert Account.
ARTICLE 16. The Town voted to accept the gift of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for perpetual care in Douglas Center Cemetery from Mrs. Harley A. Mowry.
Attest: LUCIUS J. MARSH,
Town Clerk
BIRTHS
January
5. Lynn Suzan Stewart Bertram H. Sr. and Blanche M. Zuidema
25. Frances Marie Kurtyka Francis Joseph and Anna Bombara February
19. Jane Paula Fulone Frank and Eleanor Anderson
March
3. Dawn Christina Cutler
Joseph Herbert and Dorothy Joyce Conrad
31. James Manard Carter, Jr. James M. and Theresa L. Boudreau
April
20. Gerald Colonero Benjamin Henry and Nancy Lee Vecchione
May
3. John Robert Dudley
John Syril and Meredith Evelyn Simpson
8. David Baldwin Leonard, Jr. and Pauline Valliere
10. Patricia Marie Kurtyka Henry Stanley and Martha S. Nelson
21. Elaine Kacmarcik Joseph James and Shirley Ann Norman
30. David Marcolini Angelo Charles and Anna Cassista
June
18. Bryan Michael Yacino
Domonick Julius and Barbara May Mainowski
19. Barbara Ann Richard
Raymond J. and Pauline Mae Bellerose
25. Sandra Jeanne Paquette
Louis Paul and Margaret Effie Jones
26. June Gail Orphin Richard and Rita Marie Gautreau 26. Sharon Ann Carter Robert Lyle and Gloria May Porter John C. and Barbara A. Fougere
28. Kathleen Maura Scully
29. Kenneth Charles Kiddy
Charles Augustus and Beverly Elaine Fournier
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BIRTHS (Continued)
July
7. Joseph Rudolph Susienka Jr. Joseph R. and Stacia H. Mucha
9. Suzanne Janet LaFlamme Leo H. and Beatrice DeParthy
27. Rossa Arthur and Rita Corriveau
27. Garry Allen Carter William Arthur and Pauline Marjorie Fegreus
August
2. Thomas Michael Dumphy Thomas Roy Jr. and Irene Violette Akeley
3. John Leo Manning John Douglas and Mary Budreau
8. Dunbar George Plante II Dunbar George and Mary Elizabeth Gavlak 10. Howard Bruce Conrad John Edmund Jr. and Alberta Sylvia Kobel
14. Michael Dennis Kacmarcik Michael Joseph Jr. and Theresa Mae Travaille
22. Joseph Paul Brown Walter Richard and Doris Gladys Christian
September
16. Barry Harold Keith Harold and Louise Thobia Hansen
19. Colleen Johnson Everett Vernon and Mildred Winona Bethel
22. George Anthony Chizy Theodore Joseph and Theresa Fernande Boucher
25. John Gingras Jr. John Marcel and Sophie M. Oko
October
21. Susan Carol Carter Robert Francis and Betty Lou Faaberg
29. Judith Ann Gonsorcik John Andrew and Eleanor May Daige
November
6. John Mathew Herbst Edward Peter and Helen Magdalen Nedoroscik
17. Carol Ann Sochia Leon Sochia III and Margaret Strawbridge
18. Robert John Chupka John J. and Irene Meleski
25. Wayne Charles Harris Edward Raymond and Louise Veatlas King
25. Robert Charles Plante Richard Louis and Alice Mary Baca
29. Roberta Grace Lojko Waldren P. and Grace R. St. George
December
12. John Patrick McInerney
Thomas Joseph and Margaret Nellie Karoty
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MARRIAGES, 1954
February
20. John J. Boice of Hartford, Conn., and Veronica M. Bruno of Douglas.
March
6. Earl Francis Racicot of Uxbridge, Mass., and Shirley Agnes Flinton of Douglas.
April
9. Dexter A. Putnam of Douglas and Anna Marie Denault of Douglas.
24. Philip Russell Manning of Douglas and Lorraine Ann Beaudry of Fiskdale, Mass.
May
8. Lucien H. Lamontagne of Central Falls, R. I., and Mary A. Kolumber of Douglas.
22. John R. Baca of Douglas and Eleanor R. Ebbeling of Ux- bridge, Mass.
June
26. Ernest J. Donais of Douglas and Lucille A. Gingras of Douglas.
July
3. Julien G. Arbour of Douglas and Doris Y. Leroux of Attle- boro, Mass.
17. Henry Croteau of Worcester, Mass., and Diana Gautreau of Douglas.
August
21. Francis E. Neslusan of Douglas and Janet R. Pechie of Mill- bury, Mass.
September
4. Jan I. Wigby of Worcester, Mass., and Lorraine L. Belisle of Douglas.
October
9. Raymond C. Brule of Douglas and Rita F. Pepka of Webster, Mass
9. Charles H. Champagne of Bellingham, Mass., and Jeannine B. Forget of Douglas.
16. Michael Ezzo of Uxbridge, Mass., and Arline M. Burns of Douglas.
30. Leon M. Carpenter of Waterbury, Conn., and Carrie F. Gould of Douglas.
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MARRIAGES (Continued)
November
27. Robert E. Campo of Whitinsville, Mass., and Arline Mikolay- cik of Douglas.
27. Joseph Aubin Jr. of Melrose, Mass., and Frances A. Nedoros- cik of Douglas.
27. Eugene C. Dix of Douglas and Ann F. Schuster of Douglas.
December
27 Albert L. Heroux of Uxbridge, Mass., and Blanche L. Monroe of Douglas.
27. David B. Cave of Douglas and Sue D. Schuster of Douglas.
DEATHS, 1954
January
Years
Months
Days
4. Helen Church Balcom
62
5
5. Anna Duda Manyak 61
80
6. Elizabeth J. Lynn West
March
9. Gilbert Stanley Rodzen
19
8
10
11. Alice Eleanor O'Neill
67
2
3
24. Albert Oscar Donais
52
11
-
-
-
April
4. Martha K. Susienka
86
6
-
5. Walter C. Violet
80
7
20
12. Chester Willie Gould
92
10
18
13. Alma Gray
16. Mary Hannak Zemianek
64
-
-
-
23. Josephine Grocki Duda
70
28. Aurilie Caouette Thivierge
88
6
22
July
10. Grace Louise Hodgdon
75
3
3
August
12. John Stephen Kostka
84
-
-
-
-
11. Joseph Gonsorcik
82
-
-
-
-
55
6
18. Julia Ann Hilton Palmer
87
-
-
September
28 Ariel Vivian Randall
18
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DEATHS (Continued)
Years
Months
Days
10. Viola Hughes Bruno
12. Verne Walter Violet
53
9
6
November
10. George Mowry
57
9
26
16. Maud Emelia Bowen
73
11
16
19. Jessie Adris Randell Angell
73
22. Mary Yerka Stefanak
75
2
-
December
9. Anton Martinsen
77
5
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FISHING LICENSES, ETC.
The number of Fishing and other licenses issued in 1954 was di- vided as follows:
Fishing
174
Sporting
115
Hunting
97
Female and Minor Fishing Licenses
56
All others
52
494
DOG LICENSES
The number of dogs licensed in the Town of Douglas in 1954 was divided as follows:
Males
160
Females
25
Spayed
52
Kennel
3
Sent to County Treasurer
240
$532.80
Reimbursement from them
$417.95
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-
-
-
-
Attest: LUCIUS J. MARSH,
Town Clerk
October
57
1
12. Albert Philip Valcourt
68
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ANNUAL REPORT
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
To the Townspeople of the Town of Douglas:
The following are the accounts of the 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 Taxes as of December 31st, 1954.
1951
Outstanding as of December 31st, 1954 . .
$10.20 (Slater)
1952
1952 Real Estate
$21.80*
Outstanding as of December 31st, 1953
$16.24
Also Outstanding-(Slater & Thomson)
$38.04
Paid to Treasurer
$16.24
Outstanding
$38.04
*Interest and Charges $3.23
*Paid to Treasurer in 1953 was $1,644.23 instead of $1,634.23. This left an Outstanding $21.80 instead of $31.80 as stated in my last report.
1953
1953 Personal Property
Outstanding as of December 31st, 1953
$58.00
Paid to Treasurer $58.00
Interest and Charges $1.32
1953 Real Estate
Outstanding as of December 31st, 1953 $1,784.68
Also Outstanding- (Slater & Thomson) 16.24
$1,800.92
Paid to Treasurer $1,703.48
97.44
Outstanding (5 persons-8 Taxes)
$1,800.92
Interest and Charges $74.43
1953 Excise
$1,302.07
Outstanding as of December 31st, 1953
$21.80
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Warrants:
Twelfth-January 12, 1954
429.91
Thirteenth-January 21, 1954
1,479.52
Fourteenth-February 2, 1954
165.06
Fifteenth-April 8, 1954
35.30
Refunded
176.86
Paid to Treasurer
$3,362.17
Refunded
176.86
Outstanding
49.69
Interest and Charges $33.46
1954
1954 Poll:
Warrant dated February 25th, 1954
$1,718.00
Additional Warrant dated December 15, 1954
6.00
Refunded
8.00
Paid to Treasurer
$1,438.00
Abated
268.00
Outstanding
26.00
Interest and charges $24.15
$1,732.00
1954 Personal Property:
Warrant Dated July 1954
$11,967.72
Additional Warrant Dated December 15th, 1954 81.20
$12,048.92
Paid to Treasurer
$11,816.63
Outstanding
232.29
Interest and charges $2.46
$12,048.92
1954 Excise
Warrants:
First-April 13, 1954
$2,395.96
Second-May 11, 1954
$1,996.43
$3,588.72
$3,588.72
$1,732.00
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$1,068.29
Third-June 12, 1954
$2,259.64
Fourth-June 21, 1954
$1,427.72
Fifth-July 15, 1954
$1,744.86
Sixth-August 25, 1954
$3,386.88
Seventh-October 14, 1954
$4,473.24
Eighth-November 4, 1954
$1,000.00
Ninth-November 23, 1954
$455.37
Tenth-November 23, 1954
$1,200.51
Eleventh-December 3, 1954
$315.19
Twelfth-December 15, 1954
$1,080.03
Refunded
$22,804.12
$18,772.37
Paid to Treasurer
$2,080.03
Abated
$1,951.72
Outstanding
$22,804.12
Interest and Charges $35.25
1954 Real Estate
$128,757.68
Warrant dated July 1954
14.50
Additional Warrant Dec. 15, 1954
574.95
Refunded
$129,347.13
$124,168.62
Paid to Treasurer
$2,395.74
Abated
$95.99
Tax Titles
$2,686.78
Outstanding
$129,347.13
Interest and Charges $39.06
Interest and Charges as follows:
$3.23
1952 (Real Estate)
$109.21
1953 (Real Estate-Pers. Prop. Excise)
$100.92
1954 (Real Estate-Personal Property-Poll-Excise)
$213.36
Total
$155,882.19
Total Payments to Treasurer in 1953
$161,568.43
Total Payments to Treasurer in 1954
Respectfully Submitted:
THEODORE F. VECCHIONE
Collector of Taxes
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE AND BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
To the Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Douglas:
The reports of the combined boards for the year 1954 is as follows:
As always this department has had much work to do for there has been much unemployment. The local mills in Town have been working quite well but as you realize all our citizens are not em- ployed here. Other communities where our people are employed have not been as fortunate therefore it has meant that many of them had to have some aid to help them through. It it interesting to note that many recipients of General Relief are people who once lived in this Town but have gone away and they still have their settlement in Douglas.
Old Age Assistance aided 47 persons in the year 1954 and many of these had very high medical bills. The nursing care for three persons cost $2,347.65. The reason for that large sum is due to the increase granted to nursing homes by the State Department in July of 1954. Three families with seven children were aided at a cost of $3,554.10 to Aid to Dependent Children. Hospital care for the year 1954 amounted to $689.36. The only Disability Assistance case that the Town has had for the past several years has been transferred to the Myles Standish State School, so we now have no Disability Assistance cases. Since July 1st when the new Medical plan went into effect, Doctors have been paid $641.00 and the Medical bill has been $485.48. These bills have been paid direct to the vendors. The Federal Government pays one half of all the cost of administration, that is, salaries, supplies, telephone, mileage, postage, etc.
This department has had a great loss during 1954, due to the resignation of the Welfare Agent, Miss Vera H. Warner, who has been the Agent for sixteen years, effective October 1, 1954. Not only will her work be missed, but the people that she has served in her work with whom she has been most kind and considerate will miss her greatly. I am sure I voice the wishes of the Citizens of Douglas, when we say good luck to you Miss Warner. On August 31, 1954, Fred J. Jette who had been a Member of the Welfare
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Board for twelve years, tendered his resignation to take effect Oc- tober 1, 1954. The twelve years as member and close contact with the work qualified him for the office of Agent. The board of Wel- fare, after consulting with the Division of Civil Service, voted Mr. Jette as the Provisional Appointee.
Respectully submitted,
FRANK X. RINFRETTE, Chairman WALTER L. CARPENTER
FRED J. JETTE, Prov. Appointee Welfare Agent and Clerk of the Combined Boards.
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Mr. Robert J. Frost, Chairman, Board of Selecmen
Douglas, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Douglas Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1954.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS
Chief EDWARD A. THERRIEN
Deputy Chief EDWARD JUSSAUME
1st
Engineer, Ernest Brule
3rd Engineer, Henry Labonne
2nd Engineer, Edmund Bruno
4th Engineer, Andrew Baca
FIREFIGHTERS
Vincent Cerulle
John Bloniasz
Edward Martinsen
Everett Johnson
Henry Therrien
William George
Charles Devlin
John Baca
Carlton Windham
Richard Mclaughlin
The Fire Department answered a total of thirty-three alarms for the year of 1954.
The following is a "break-down" of these alarms:
Type
Amount of Fires
Loss
House
2
$7,600.00
Chimney
6
None
Oil Burner
3
None
Barn
1
$3,500.00
Grass
12
Brush
6
Dump
1
Total
33
$11,100.00
Truck
1
None
Tractor
1
None
One house was completely destroyed with a loss of $6,000.00 One house was damaged at $1,600.00.
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One barn was completely destroyed with a loss of $3,500.00.
Repeating an article that has been put in this report year after year, the Board of Engineers recommend that the Town should give serious consideration to the purchase of a new Fire Truck for the safety of the people of Douglas. At the present time the Depart- ment consists of a 1935 Ford Truck-a 1939 GMC Truck that was purchased from the Government second hand and made over into a Fire Truck-a 1939 Dodge Pickup Truck that was bought second hand for Forest Fires and a 1946 Jeep that is used for Forest Fires.
During the year of 1954 twenty-seven calls were answered by the Fire Department for the use of the Ambulance. Fifteen of these trips were to Whitinsville Hospital, eight to Memorial Hospital, Wor- cester and four to St. Vincent Hospial, Worcester.
The itemized financial statement:
FIRE DEPARTMENT
APPROPRIATION:
Town Meeting
$4,150.00
Reserve Fund
200.00
$4,350.00
EXPENDITURES:
Fire Chief's Salary
$500.00
Fire Company's Salary
1,525.00
Treasurer's Salary
15.00
Secretary's Salary
15.00
Janitor's Salary
115.00
Radio & Telephone Dispatcher
650.00
Equipment Maintenance
509.55
Apparatus & Equipment
231.01
Labor & Building Maintenance
75.26
Fuel
28.70
Electricity
313.95
Telephone
54.15
Radio Maintenance
17.52
Miscellaneous
64.00
Wages not reported above
12.43
Miscellaneous Supplies
$4,337.75
12.25
Unexpended Balance
$4,350.00
211.18
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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FIRE EQUIPMENT
APPROPRIATION:
Town Meeting
$750.00
EXPENDITURES:
Indiana Supplies of Worcester-Supplies
$6.75
Farrar Company-Supplies
387.15
W. R. Wallis Lumber Co .- Material
41.76
Mutual Steel Co .- Drinking Fountain
43.47
Communication Repair Service-Move Radio Telephone
93.75
Carter's Auto Service-Repairs
102.35
George's Mobilgas Station-Gas
1.43
Geo. F. Blake, Inc .- Metal for compart- ments
52.73
E. & J. Co. of New Eng .- Equipment
16.23
Unexpended Balance
4.38
Total
$750.00
INSURANCE OF FIRE EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL
APPROPRIATION:
Town Meeting
$850.00
EXPENDITURES:
Insurance-Equipment
$495.75
Insurance-Personnel
277.50
Unexpended Balance
76.75
Total
$850.00
AMBULANCE FUND
Town Meeting
$300.00
Reserve Fund
90.00
$390.00
$745.62
$773.25
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EXPENDITURES:
$16.00
P. J. Rider Co
125.81
Sochia's Ice & Oil Co.
11.15
Hilltop Filling Station
12.00
National Glass Works
2.55
George's Mobilgas Station
204.27
Douglas Motor Sales
10.40
E. & J. Co. of New England
$382.18 7.82
Unexpended Balance
$390.00
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD A. THERRIEN Chief of Fire Department
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
REPORT OF THE FOREST FIRE WARDEN
Board of Selectmen
Mr. Robert J. Frost, Chairman Douglas, Massachusetts
I herewith respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Douglas Forest Fire Department.
During the year of 1954, three alarms were answered by the Forest Fire Deparment to fight brush fires. One of these fires was located on South West Main Street, one on Bowen Ct., and one on Riedell Street.
Itemized Financial Statement of the Forest Fire Department
APPROPRIATION
Town Meeting
$500.00
EXPENDITURES
Payrolls
$132.00
Hose
348.60
Food
11.70
Unexpended Balance
$492.30
7.70
Total
$500.00
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD A. THERRIEN Forest Fire Warden
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REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
January
1. 1955
Mr Robert J. Frost, Chairman
Board of Selectmen
Douglas, Mass.
I herewith respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Dog Officer for the year ending December 31, 1954.
240
Dogs licensed
160
Males
25
Females
52
Spayed
3
Kennel licenses
5
Unlicensed dogs killed
7
Licensed dogs killed at request of Owner
Stray dogs (licensed) found and returned to Owner 10
6
Dogs killed by autos and disposed of
6
Persons alleged to have been bitten by dogs .
12
Number of Inspections of Licensed Kennels
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR J. NELSON, Dog Officer
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
REPORT OF THE DOUGLAS RECREATION COMMITTEE
December 31, 1954
To: Mr. Robert J. Frost
Chairman Board of Selectmen
Town of Douglas
The Recreation Commission hereby submits the folowling re- port for the year ending December 31, 1954.
Members of the commission took an active part in the Little League Baseball set up for the third consecutive year, and once again the venture proved successful and with full cooperation from the townspeople, this program is here to stay.
The Commission also supplied the trophies for Championship and All Star Teams.
A sum of 150 dollars ($150.00) was given to the Wallum Lake Swimming program to pay for an extra bus due to the large amount of children who showed interest in the project last year.
The Commission gave permission to the School Committee to erect backboards and baskets on the tennis court and it is anti- cipated that a summer basketball league may be formed this year if enough interest is shown for such a program.
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