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Temporary Aid-State
$654.46
Temporary Aid-Other Towns
610.80
Old Age Assistance-Individuals
365.28
Old Age Assistance-State
16,194.30
Old Age Assistance-Towns
383.82
Aid to Dependent Children-State
1,035.14
Disability Assistance-State
101.79
Veterans' Benefits
288.58
19,634.17
From County :
Dog Tax Refund in 1952
$469.15
Reimbursement for Excess Industrial
School Payment
5.19
$474.34
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance-Aid
$16,657.62
Old Age Assistance-Administration
1,494.51
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
1,724.30
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration
176.49
Disability Assistance-Aid
234.68
Disability Assistance-Administration
17.88
$20,305.48
Commercial Revenue:
Selectmen Licenses and Permits
$109.00
Selectmen-Liquor Licenses
1,202.00
Health Department Licenses
17.50
Advertising-Liquor Licenses
15.28
Tax Collector-Interest and Costs
124.23
Town Hall Rental
241.50
Sale of Surplus Bags, Maps
12.62
$1,722.13
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Protection of Persons and Property :
$55.40
Sealer
68.00
Inspector of Wires
12.00
Fire Department
$135.40
School and Library:
$418.86
School-Tuition
3.41
School-Sale of Books and Supplies
106.47
Library Fines
$528.74
Public Service Enterprises:
$13,060.81
Water Rates
664.63
Water Service Connections
$13,725.44
Cemetery :
Perpetual Care
100.00
Perpetual Care-Principal
$209.00
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Federal Withholding Tax
4,323.17
Teachers' Retirement
2,707.40
County Retirement
675.20
Dog Licenses for County
685.00
Myron O. Mowry Fund Income
889.25
Moses Wallis Devise-Income
721.80
Blue Cross-Group I Schools
1,124.75
Blue Cross-Group II Town Employees
22.75
Interest on Post War Loan
$25,173.77
Loans:
$20,000.00
Anticipation of Revenue Loan
4,500.00
School Electrical System
3.25
Interest on Loan
$24,503.25
$109.00
$14,024.45
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Refunds:
Health-Telephone
$17.15
Water-Telephone
2.10
$19.25
Total Recepits
$351,186.50
$450,894.50
PAYMENTS 1952
General Government:
Selectmen's Salaries:
Chairman
$100.00
2nd Member
100.00
3rd Member
100.00
Selectmen's Expense
666.12
Town Accountant
1,000.00
Clerical Hire-Selectmen
550.00
Clerical Hire-Town Clerk
220.00
Clerical Hire-Town Treasurer
330.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
137.25
Town Treasurer's Salary
500.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
407.55
Tax Collector's Salary
1,000.00
Tax Collector's Expense
537.62
Tax Collector-Advance for Petty Cash
50.00
Assessors' Salaries
Chairman .
600.00
2nd Member
150.00
3rd Member
150.00
Tax Collector's Adding Machine
300.00
Assessors' Expense
707.45
Assessors' Equipment
185.24
Town Counsel's Salary
500.00
Moderator
15.00
Registrars' Salaries:
Chairman
25.00
2nd Member
25.00
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25.00
3rd Member
559.40
Registrars' Expense
1,053.90
Election Expense
4,274.08
New Town Hall Maintenance
329.24
Old Town Hall Maintenance
$15,097.85
Protection of Persons and Property :
$9,766.84
Police
44.00
Police-Church Detail
545.00
Police-Cruiser
165.00
Police-Lock Up
4,489.77
Fire-Insurance on Equipment and
Personnel
260.00
Fire Hose (Special)
750.00
Tree Department:
Tree Warden's Salary
373.38
Tree Department Expense
345.00
Moth Department
60.00
Sealer
498.94
Forest Fires
880.70
Civilian Defense
50.00
Dog Officer
75.00
Inspector of Wires
$19,016.53
Health and Sanitation:
Health Agent
2,932.66
Health Expense
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
100.00
Health Special Equipment
$3,182.66
Highways:
Chapter 81 Highways
4,497.64
Chapter 90 Construction
11,999.14
General Highways-Expense
2,216.27
Snow Roads
8,199.13
Fire Departments
612.90
Fire Department Equipment
100.00
$50.00
Meat Inspector's Salary
75.00
$24,848.62
Chapter 90 Maintenance
TABLE OF ACCOUNTS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
January, 1952
Balance
Appropriations 1952
Income
Transferred
From
Total
Expended
Transferred to
Unexpended
Dec. 31, 1952
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Selectmen's Salaries
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
Selectmen's Expense
400.00
$300.00 Reserve Fund
700.00
666.12
Town Accountant's Salary
1.000.00
1,000.00
1.000.00
Clerical Hire:
Selectmen
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
137.25
12.76
Town Treasurer's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
350.00
$57.55 Reserve Fund
407.55
407.55
Tax Collector's Salary
1,000.00
1.000.00
1.000.00
Tax Collector's Expense
450.00
87.62 Reserve Fund
537.62
537.62
Assessors' Salaries:
Chairman
600.00
Members
300.00
300.00
300.00
Assessors' Expense
50.00
Reserve Fund
750.00
707.45
42.55
Tax Collector's Equipment
300.00
300.00
300.00
Assessors' Equipment
250.00
May 21, 1952
250.00
185.24
64.78
Town Counsel
500.00
500.00
500.00
Moderator
15.00
15.00
15.00
Registrars' Salarles
75.00
75.00
75.00
Registrars' Expense
500.00
75.00 Reserve Fund
575.00
559.40
15.60
Election Expense
750.00
325.00
Reserve Fund
1.075.00
1,053.90
21.10
New Town Hall Maintenance
4,100.00
175.00 Reserve Fund
4,275.00
4,274.08
.92
Old Town Hall Maintenance
400.00
400.00
329.24
70.76
Special Town Hall Repair Acct ...
$559.40
559.40
559.40
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department
9,635.00
150.00 Reserve Fund
9.785.00
9,766.84
18.16
Police Special Duty
100.00
#100.00 Police -Special
100.00
44.00
56.00
Police Cruiser
500.00
45.00
Reserve Fund
545.00
545.00
Police Lock-up
165.00
165.00
165.00
Fire Department
3,815.00
700.00 Reserve Fund
4,515.00
4,489.77
25.23
Insurance on Fire Equipment and Personnel
525.00
90.00 May 21, 1952
615.00
612.90
2.10
Fire Hose Special
260.00
Fire Equipment
750.00
750.00
750.00
Trec Warden's Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Tree Department
400.00
400.00
373.38
26.62
Moth Department
400.00
400.00
345.00
55.00
Sealer
60.00
60.00
60.00
Forest Fires
500.00
500.00
498.94
1.06
Civilian Defense
283.60
1,000.00
1,283.60
880.70
402.90
Dog Officer
50.00
50.00
50.00
Inspector of Wires
75.00
75.00
75.00
HEALTH;
Health Agent
50.00
50.00
50.00
Health Expense
2,705.00
250.00 Reserve Fund
2.955.00
2,932.66
22.34
Health Special Equipment
100.00
100.00
100.00
Meat Inspector
25.00
25.00
25.00
Animal Inspector
75.00
75.00
75.00
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 81 Highways
5,325.00
19,525.00 State Allotment
24,850.00
24,848.62
1.38
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,500.00
1,500.00 State Allotment
4,500.00
4,492.64
2.36
Chapter 90 Construction
74.71
3,000.00
6,000.00
State Allotment
County Allotment
12,000.00
11,999.14
75.57
Highways, General Expense
2.275.00
2,275.00
2,276.00
2,216.27
58.23
Snow Roads
5,500.00
2,700.00
May 21, 1952
8,200.00
8,199.13
.87
Machinery Maintenance Account
9.375.00
Machinery Rentals
9,375.00
9,360.39
14.61
Special Highway Insurance
400.00
1,200.00
W. C. Insurance Fund
Sidewalks
1,900.00
1,892.17
7.83
Bridges
500.00
74.30
Reserve Fund
574.30
574.30
Carter Square Drainage
103.00
May 21, 1952
103.00
103.00
RailIngs
500.00
302.65
Reserve Fund
802.65
802.65
Street Lighting
3,000.00
126.00
May 21, 1952
3,120.00
3,040.59
85.41
Equipment Insurance
400.00
400.00
376.34
23.66
Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
# #300.00
Henting-Town Garage
500.00
600.00
499.03
.97
Mowing Machine
500.00
500.00
477.20
22.80
Snow Plow
931.00
931.00
931.00
New Transmission
785.59
785.59
785.59
Manchaug Street Drainage
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,302.87
+697.13
Drainage, Main, North and C St.
1697.13 Manchaug Drainage
697.13
346.07
351.06
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS:
Welfare Salaries
400.00
400.00
400.00
Welfare Rellet Expense
6,000.00
6.000.00
4,860.89
1,139.11
Welfare Clerk
840.00
840.00
840.00
A. O. C. Clerk
b275.00 Fed. Grant A.D.C. Adm.
275.00
275.00
O. A. A. Clerk
a1,635.00 Fed. Grant, O.A.A. Adm. 1.635.00
20,000.00
19,341.35
658.65
Atd to Dependent Children
2,300.00
2,300.00
1,765.67
534.33
Federal Grants:
4,067.74
16,657.62
Federal Grants
20,725.36
20.339.19
386.17
Aid to Dependent Children
789.37
1,724.30
Federal Grants
2,513.67
2,163.64
350.03
Disability Assistance
234.68
Federal Grants
234.68
185.01
40.67
O. A. A. Adm.
2,437.88
1,494.51
Federal Grants
3,932.39
2.50
A.1,635.00
2,204.89
A. D. C. Adm.
308.95
176.49
Federal Grants
485.44
b275.00
210.44
Disability Assistance Adm.
17.88
Federal Grants
17.88
17.88
Veterans' Agent
750.00
750.00
750.00
Ve:crans' Department Expense
100.00
30.00
Reserve Fund
130.00
125.26
4.74
Veterans' Benefits
1.000.00
50.00 Reserve Fund
1.050.00
1,041.67
8.33
War Allowance
200.00
200.00
80.00
120.00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY:
School Committee
200.00
200.00
200.00
School General Expense
97,500.00
97.500.00
97.499.74
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Industrial Schools
750.00
750.00
743.95
6.05
Library
3.000.00
469.15
3.469.15
3,406.48
62.67
School Survey
500.00
500.00
500.00
School Electrical System
2,500.00
4,500.00
Loan
3.25
Interest on Loan
7003.25
6,669.05
334.20
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Blanket Insurance
1,500.00
1.500.00
1,134.73
365.27
Memorial Day
600.00
600.00
367.00
233.00
Printing Town Reports
600.00
600.00
552.80
47.20
Recreational Program
300.00
300.00
239.13
60.87
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES:
Water Commissioners' Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
Water --- General Expense
7,500.00
800.00 Water Surplus
8,300.00
8,265.68
34.32
Water Extension-Douglas Center
2.069.58
2.069.58
c2,069.58
Water Extension-1952
15,000.00
15,000.00
13,034.53
d1,965.47
Martin Road Replacement and
c2,069.58 Water Extension D. C. d1,965.47 Water Extension 1952
964.95
Water Surplus
5,000.00
5.000.00
Cemetery-Douglas Center
300.00
2.20
Reserve Fund
302.20
302.20
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
150.00
150.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBTS:
Interest
100.00
1.000.00 Water Surplus
1.100.00
1.099.19
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Debt
1.500.00
3,500.00
Water Surplus
5.000.00
5.000.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
Reserve Fund 1951 Bills
3,000.00 Overlay Reserve 89.32 May 21. 1952
3,000.00
·2,876.62
123.37
._ Sundry Accounts
2,577.61
2.666.93
2.666.93
1,635.00
Old Age Assistance
20,000.00
260.00
260.00
100.00
#100.00
Police Church Detail
700.00
600.00
600.00
550.00
550.00
$33.88
Extension
Old Age Assistance
# #300.00
1.500.00 County Allotment
3.000.00
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Machinery Maintenance Account
9,360.39
Special Workmen's Compensation
Insurance
1,892.17
Bridges
574.30
Carter Square Drainage
103.00
Railings
802.65
Street Lighting
3,040.59
Equipment Insurance
376.34
Heating Outlay-Town Garage
499.03
Mowing Machine
477.20
Snow Plow
931.00
New Transmission
785.59
Manchaug Street Drainage
1,302.87
Main Street Drainage
346.07
$72,252.00
Charities and Veterans Benefits:
Welfare Salaries:
Chairman
$200.00
2nd Member
100.00
3rd Member
100.00
Welfare-General Expense
4,860.89
Clerk-Old Age Assistance
1,635.00
Clerk-Welfare
840.00
Clerk-Aid to Dependent Children
275.00
Old Age Assistance-Aid
19,341.35
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
1,765.67
Disability Assistance -- Aid
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
20,339.19
Aid to Dependent Children
2,163.64
Disability Assistance
185.01
Old Age Assistance Administration
2.50
Veterans' Agent
750.00
Veterans' Service Department Expense
125.26
Veterans' Benefits
1,041.67
War Allowance
80.00
$53,805.18
School and Library:
School Committee Salaries:
Chairman
$75.00
Secretary 40.00
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Purchasing Agent
25.00
4th Member
20.00
5th Member
20.00
6th Member
20.00
Schools-General Expense
97,499.74
Industrial Schools
743.95
Library
3,406.48
School Electrical System
6,669.05
$108,519.22
Recreation and Unclassified:
Blanket Insurance
$1,134.73
Memorial Day
367.00
Printing Town Reports
552.80
Recreational Program
239.13
$2,293.66
Water Department and Cemeteries:
Water Commissioners' Salaries:
1st Member
$100.00
2nd Member
100.00
3rd Member
100.00
Water Department Expense
8,265.68
Water Extension-1952
13,034.53
Cemetery-Douglas Center
302.20
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
$22,052.41
Interest and Maturing Debts:
Interest
$1,099.19
Debt
5,000.00
Loan in Anticipation of Revenue
20,000.00
$26,099.19
Refunds:
Real Estate
$3.06
MVET
1,111.29
Polls
2.00
Overpayment on 1951 Real Estate
1,275.00
$2,391.35
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Agency, Trust and Investment:
Federal Withholding Taxes
$15,575.25
Teachers' Retirement Fund
4,323.17
County Retirement Fund
2,633.98
Dog Licenses to County
675.20
Myron O. Mowry Fund Income
849.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
118.00
Blue Cross-School Group
682.50
Blue Cross-Town Group
1,241.80
Moses Wallis Devise
168.34
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
Cemetery Perpetual Care-Principal
100.00
$26,367.24
State and County Taxes:
Audit of Municipal Accounts
$455.83
State Parks and Reservations
403.66
County Tax
7,012.93
County Tuberculosis Hospital
3,462.64
County Retirement
2,035.72
$13,370.78
1951 Bills:
Welfare
$207.00
New Town Hall Maintenance
19.45
Snow Roads
2,184.19
Industrial Schools
8.86
Moth Department
100.00
Fire Department
44.50
Forest Fires
75.10
Health Department
27.83
$2,666.93
TOTAL PAYMENTS 1952
$367,115.00
Balance December 31, 1952
$83,779.50
$450,894.50
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant
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Balance Sheet-December 31, 1952
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Overpayment on 1951 Polls
$2.00
In banks and office
$83,779.50
Overpayment of Temporary Aid
A/R
· Accounts Receivable : Taxes:
Payroll Deductions:
Levy of 1951:
Federal Taxes
$1,900.34
Real Estate
229.25
County Retirement Fund 335.54
Levy of 1952:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield 255.60
Personal
6.96
Real Estate
1,888.34
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1952
573.67
Tax Titles
$632.57
Tax Title Possessions
2,065.46
957.80
2,698.03
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund Trust Funds Income :
5,057.13
Departmental:
Town Hall
$92.00
Disability Assistance
26.37
Highway
41.62
Old Age Assistance
270.02
Account
720.91
Aid to Dependent Children
471.63
Veterans' Benefits
348.25
1,081.58
ANNUAL REPORT
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2,491.48
Overestimates 1952:
County Tax
$618.50
County Retirement 339.30
Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 20.44
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds . 340.23
Moses Wallis Devise Income
264.75
OCILOUIS
178.88
Buffington Gift for School Reference Library
1,428.77
Water:
Road Machinery Rental Fund
221.25
Rates
$1,322.11
Compensation Insurance Fund
83.42
Miscellaneous
224.98
149.00
1,547.09
Aid to Highways: State:
Town Hall Repairs
559.40
Civilian Defense
402.90
Chapter 81
$11,101.00
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,500.00
Schools Electrical System
334.20
Chapter 90, Construction
6,000.00
School Survey
500.00
County :
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,500.00
Chapter 90, Construction
3,000.00
23,101.00
Federal Grants: Aid:
Municipal Audit
$158.79
Old Age Assistance
$386.17
State Parks and Reservations
26.12
Aid to Dependent Children
350.03
Disability Assistance
49.67
Administration :
259.77
Old Age Assistance
2,294.89
Aid to Dependent Children
210.44
Disability Assistance
17.88
3,309.08
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus .
1,933.05
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Water Replacement and Exten- sion, Martin Road
5,000.00
7,212.32
Underestimates 1952:
County T.B. Assessments
74.86
Tailings
70.22 51.87
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves. . Appropriation Balances : Assessors' Equipment $64.76
Drainage-Main, North, C Sts.
351.06
Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1951 $229.25
Levy of 1952 759.60
988.85
Reserve for Tax Collector's Petty Cash
50.00
Revenue Reserved until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$573.67
Tax Title and Tax Possession
2,698.03
Departmental
1,164.02
Water
1,547.09
Aid to Highways
23,101.00
29,083.81
Water Available Surplus
4,414.67
Excess and Deficiency
58,090.10
$115,512.38
$115,512.38
DEBT ACCOUNTS
$69,500.00
Additional Water Supply Loan . .. $65,000.00 School Electrical System
4,500.00
$69,500.00
$69,500.00
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Net Funded or Fixed Debt
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pensions and Retirement Allowances Payable to certain former Public Employees".
ARTICLE 10. The Town voted unanimously to instruct the Se- lectmen to petition the State Legislature to pass the necessary leg- islation to enable the voters of Douglas to vote on the following question on the ballot for the November 4th State Elections: "Shall the term of office of the Tax Collector for the Town of Douglas be increased from 1 year to 3 years?"
Special Town Meeting, Friday, December 26, 1952
ARTICLE 1. The Town voted to transfer the sum of one hun- dred dollars ($100.00) from the police special duty account to the police special church detail account.
ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to transfer the sum of eight thousand and seventy-five dollars ($8,075.00) from the machinery rentals fund to the machinery account.
ARTICLE 3. 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 4. The Town voted to appropriate an additional sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the special highway insurance account and to meet this appropriation the town voted to transfer the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) from the sidewalks ac- count.
ARTICLE 5. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to replace the existing water main on Martin Road with a water main of at least six inches in diameter, to connect house services to the new main and install and extend the water main to new hydrants, and to meet this appropriation the town voted to transfer the sum of two thousand and sixty-nine dollars and fifty-eight cents ($2,069.58) from the Douglas Center water extension account, one thousand nine hundred sixty-five dol- lars and forty-seven cents ($1,965.47) from the 1952 water extension account, and the sum of nine hundred sixty-four dollars and ninety- five cents ($964.95) from the water department surplus.
ARTICLE 6. The Town voted to transfer the sum of six hun- dred and ninety-seven dollars and thirteen cents ($697.13) from the Manchaug Street Drainage Account to the Main, North and C Street Drainage Account.
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
The following is a report of the Board of Assessors for 1952. 2493925.00
$2,326,261.00-
Assessed Valuation of the Town
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Buildings 1807379 1,730,145.00
3.84.490 384,891.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Land
211,225.00
Assessed Valuation of Personal Property
428,230.00
Motor Vehicle Valuation
19.022.81
17,131.96
Motor Vehicle Excise
1.059
Number of Motor Vehicles Assessed
58.00
Rate of Taxation per $1,000
90.173.65
134,923.14
Amount of Tax on Property
872
Number of Polls
1,744.00
Amount of Tax on Polls
873
865
Number of Persons and Firms Assessed
25.
28
Number of Horses Assessed
133
Number of Cows Assessed
48
Number of Neat Cattle other than Cows Assessed 4.7 ....
3.
5
Number of Swine Assessed
7.35 ....
717
Number of Dwellings Assessed
18.991.9.8.
19,456.15
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
26.3.0.
3.475
Number of Fowl Assessed
Valuation of Property Exempt from Taxation 3.5.7.211,00 357,211.00
266.47 377.54
State Parks and Reservations
.67.9.2.4
297.04
Auditing Account, State
7394 62
County Tax
39.02.12
3,387.78
County Tuberculosis Hospital
21.45 38
2,375.02
County Retirement
285,711.08
Appropriations, Make-up of Tax-rate 293. 2.83. 72
2,663.26
42.5.1. 5.3
Overlay, Current Year
LUCIUS J. MARSH, Chairman IRVING H. FISHER WALTER J. BUDZYNA
Board of Assessors
468.7.1 ...
58.00
8.73
14.2.
Purposes For Which Taxes Are Assessed
7,631.43
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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 Wednesday, May 21, 1952, 7:30 P.M.
ARTICLE 1. The Town voted the additional sum of eighty- nine dollars and thirty-two ($89.32) to pay an outstanding Welfare Bill.
ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to extend Street Lights on Gil- boa Court and Martin Road and to appropriate the sum of fifty- four dollars ($54.00) for the former and seventy-two dollars ($72.00) for the latter.
ARTICLE 3. The Town voted to raise and appropriate addi- tional sums of money for the following accounts: Twenty-seven hun- dred ($2700.00) for Snow Roads, ninety dollars ($90.00) for insur- ance on Fire Equipment and Personnel. For Blanket Insurance ac- tion was postponed until we have more information.
ARTICLE 4. The Town voted to accept a bequest from the es- tate of the late Mary P. Marsh for the perpetual care of the James H. Dudley lot in Douglas Center Cemetery.
ARTICLE 5. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for the purchase of spe- cial equipment for the office of the Assessors.
ARTICLE 6. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and three dollars ($103.00) to pay an outstanding bill for drainage installed at Carter Square.
ARTICLE 7. The Town voted to authorize the Assessors to use the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) of Free Cash in the hands of the Town Treasurer to reduce the tax levy in 1952.
ARTICLE 8. The Town voted to accept Sections 69 to 75 of Chapter 152 of the General Laws as amended to include all employees except members of the Police and Fire Force.
ARTICLE 9. The Town voted to accept Chapter 781 of the Acts of 1951, which is "An Act Relative to increasing the amount of
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities:
In custody of Town Treasurer
$31,913.49
In custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees 13,347.78
In custody of Agent
32,321.52
In Custody of Town Treasurer: Myron O. Mowry School Fund . $26,310.08 Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 116.32
Care of Graves of G. A. R. Fund 821.61
Mary South Cemetery Lots Fund 248.49
Monument Fund-Sons of
Veterans Post 123 113.86
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 3,853.84
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 449.29
$31,913.49
In custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees: Simon Fairfield Public Library Fund In custody of Agent
13,347.78
32,321.52
$77,582.79
$77,582.79
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
ARTICLE 7. The town voted to transfer the sum of eight hun- dred dollars ($800.00) from water department surplus to the water general expense account.
Attest: LUCIUS J. MARSH,
Town Clerk
BIRTHS 1952
January
13. David Joseph Forget Henry and Elizabeth Larochelle
17. Daniel Stewart Shurwick
Charles Francis and Beatrice Stewart
18. Beth Anne Grondin Andrea Amie and Evelyn Riley
24. David John Ouillette George and Helen Manyak
February
3. David Joseph Stebbins
Charles Stanley and Marion Frances Jones
14. Elizabeth Ann Enman Henry Arthur and Doris Fortier
21. Curtis Reed Martinsen Edward Martin and Barbara Virginia Ellis
29. James Maurice Sachia Leon Theodore and Margaret Strawbridge
March
4. David Edward Herbst
Edward Peter and Helen M. Nedoroscik
16. Lianne Rae McCallum James Carson and Virginia Rae Hadley
20. Marsha Ann Chizy Theodore J. and Theresa Boucher
22. James Mercak John F. and Eileen M. Furness
29. Debra Ann Tyrrell Eugene C. and Cecelia Chizy
30. Leilana Cosky Frank William and Bertha Judith Salo
April
1. Helen Louise Carter Frederick W. and Helen Louise Davis Leo Joseph and Violet Forsythe
7. Linda Ann Petrie
10. Warren Dan McCallum
Wilbur Raymond and Genevieve Kasavick
13. Christine Devlin Charles Edward and Laura Doris Hippert
19. Linda Mae Cerulle Joseph J. and Frances DiNatale
22 David Henry Kolumber Lawrence J. and Doris B. Lemoine
May
2. Stephen John Bombara
Stephen John and Regina Patricia Pollinger
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ANNUAL REPORT
BIRTHS (Continued)
May
11. Norma Jean Barnes Roland Leonard and Claire Roberta Belanger
13. Linda Marie Carter James M. and Theresa Lorraine Boudreau
18. Brian Arthur Milkman Gordon Earle and Theresa Jeanne LeMay
20 Ronald Roland Curtis Ervin and Ida Mae Phillips
25 Lawrence William Toomey Alden William and Mary Louise Maroney
June
3. Dennis James Coporale Dominick Louis and Rita Marie Therrien
22. Deborah Louise Vecchione Samuel and Lynn Maddox
23. Philip Saviano Pasquale J. and Mary Bombara
26. Deborah Ann Fraser
James D. and Catherine A. Travaille
30. Kathleen Faye Koprusak Stephen and Geraldine Heavner
July
25. Andrea Marie Novicki Anthony James and Olga Cearota
August
2. Ray Fernand Roy
7. Dan Ellis Dudley
8. Carol Lynn Johnson
17. Alan Roland Bourgeois
18. Michael Paul Kurtyka
25. Christine Louise Silvia
29. Kevin Zemianek
31. David Edward Rutana
Fernand and Rollande Arbour Harold Prentis and Mary J. Zehrer
Everett Vernon and Mildred Winona Bethel Conrad T. and Marie R. Benoit Paul P. and Chloe B. Landry Louise and Yvette Gingras Joseph P. and Anita Douville Edward W. and Pauline M. Cupka
September
4. Wayne Paul Bosma Frank and Eleanor Martha Crockett
18. Kenneth Roger Varieur
Rusell Carlton and Pauline B. Pouliot
22. Donna Lee Colton Harry F. and Joan R. Woodall
29. Nancy Jean Parker Robert H. and Carolyn Balcome
29. Gilbert Michael Joseph La Vergne Maurice Remi and Nolia Irene Chagnon
October
10. Margaret Linley Sharps Albert Lane and Priscilla Marion Taylor 20. Karen Elizabeth Kilbreath Keith F .and Helen J. Crothers
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
BIRTHS (Continued)
October
20. Michael Albert Mowry
Albert Francis and Joyce Mildred Patnode
21. Rebecca Grace Prior Kendall Edwin and Grace Elaine Manning
28. Edward Walter Nelson
Walter Arthur and Mildred May Hairyes 31. Paul Kevin Kacmarcik Michael Joseph and Theresa Mae Travaille
November
2. Paula Joy Robley Kenneth William and Mabel Fay Boyer
December
14. Bonnie Jane Ebbeling Herman and Cecelia Crockett
21. Debra Ann Mowry Welcome James and Marian Carolyn Dahlstrom
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