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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.
TOWN PARKS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Permits to sell on Town Park
10 00
$1,010 00.
EXPENDITURES.
William Foster, labor
H M. Curtiss . Coal Co., supplies
$ 99 49 60
William Hayes, labor 4 00
C. H. Kimball, teaming .
3 00
John P. Collins, labor
21 75
Stanley Lutz, labor
1 50
Dennis Sullivan, labor
12 00
M. V. Jones, clerical work
10 00
Andrew McNamara, labor
9 60
Milford Water Co., water
4 00
Waters & Hynes, labor .
75
Thomas Fullum, labor .
2 00
Luchini & Manzani, contract tennis court
300 00
John Hickey, labor
14 25
Martin Wallace, labor and police duty .
354 50
E. Dwyer, labor .
30
E. D. Winchell, material
3 72
J. Luchini, labor . ·
5 00
David Mulcahey, labor
47 90
John Cuddihy, labor
14 75
J. F. Damon, labor
2 25
Staples & Gould, supplies
79 89
Dominic Contri, labor
18 75
$1,010 00
Balance
$0,000 00
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CARE OF TREES. RECEIPTS.
$100 00
Apprepriation
EXPENDITURES.
P. F. Fitzgerald .
$30 00
Steve Cascinello .
10 00
A. Curran ·
12 00
P. Curley .
26 50
Charles Mullane, teaming
1 30
E. Dwyer .
20 20
$100 00
Balance
.
$000 00
WILLIAM E. STAPLES, JOHN F. QUINLAN, MARTIN J. WALLACE, Park Commissioners.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
In presenting our annual report for 1916 we again call your attention to our two separate departments-General Poor and Mothers' Aid. We have had a very strenuous season. Our plans which were all started were badly capsized when we received the resignation of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Dearth as superintendent and matron of our Home. To fill their places at that busy season was a problem. We were fortu- nate however in securing the services of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Ingraham of Hopkinton, who took full charge of our Home and farm on June 1st, at a salary of $60.00 a month. The Hopkinton Town Home was discontinued, the overseers of that town finding they could board out their few inmates. at much less expense than to maintain their own Home, which fact is true in many towns and cities in the state. Mr. and Mrs. Ingraham came to us highly recommended by former overseers and by Mr. Bardwell of the State Board of Charity. We are much pleased with our choice and can truly say we are running our Home with less expense than ever before and with entire satisfaction to our large family of inmates. An- other incident which caused us much regret was when we found disease had struck our large field of swing and they were becoming sick despite the fact that each had been inoc- ulated and received the best treatment. We were forced to sell them all which we did to Mr. Amos Bell. As we are not easily dismayed, we hope to see the same line again started as our farm land is better adapted for producing milk, hogs and poultry than for market gardening.
During the past year we bought many new furnishings. for our Home, beds, bedding, etc .; some from Milford Hospital Nurses' Home and also from the Hopkinton Home. We are pleased to report that we are closing many cases that have long burdened our town, thanks to the new settlement laws.
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"This, with our good management at the Home, gives us great courage for the future. With the aid of our very efficient Chief of Police, we have closed six cases, which will save our department many hundred dollars, and we are now being re- imbursed in weekly payments from three parties.
One important item to place before you is that our sup- ply of wood for home use is nearly exhausted. It requires about 50 cords of wood each season to run our stoves, besides other fuel and we hope the town will take some action on this matter at March meeting. We have a chance to buy 75 acres of wood and timber adjoining our farm land, which could be used to advantage. In our Mothers' Aid we now have 25 local cases, with one each in Beveriy, Medway and Upton and two just placed in Boston belonging to our town. This de- partment is increasing in numbers and expense very fast, and requires much time of your overseers to satisfy the State Board that those families are properly cared for. We are re- ceiving suggestions and recommendations continually from the supervisor of this department as to the best methods of disbursing this aid, the latest being that we furnish a cash allowance to each worthy mother with dependent children under 14 years of age, each week, the amount to be deter- mined according to size and condition of the family. Also that we arrange a different meeting night for those worthy mothers, to keep them entirely apart from the ordinary poor. The cash allowance will do away with the old custom of sending orders to different stores each week and enables the thrifty mothers to purchase their goods wherever they choose and is being done in all the large towns and cities. Despite the fact that all merchandise is costing from 25 to 50 per cent more than ever before we hope to maintain the Poor department on one thousand dollars less than last year and recommend the sum of $13,000 for the Poor Department and $4,500 for Mothers' Aid.
We respectfully submit the following reports :--
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, MILFORD, MASS. :-
Gentlemen :- As I took charge of your Town Home on June 1st, 1916 my report will cover only for six months with an estimate for the six months preceding. I found some of the land planted but very much to be done. As it was late getting started and help very scarce the past season, I think the result was very satisfactory considering conditions. This year I hope to have better results as I am now familiar with the surroundings. The amount of products raised and con- sumed at the Home during the past year is approximately as follows : 25 quarts milk per day, 150 dozen fresh eggs, 200 pounds chickens and fowls, 40 barrels cabbage, 40 bushels turnips, 25 bushels carrots, 25 bushels beets, 3 bushels beans, 75 bushels potatoes, 15 bushels spinach, 5 bushels lettuce, 10 bushels tomatoes, 2 bushels peppers, 20 barrels apples and 50 bushels of mangels, besides corn, butter beans and cucum- bers in season. There have been five deaths at the Home dur- ing the past year and much sickness among the aged inmates. There is only a little scattering wood on the farm and hope your Board will take some action about the purchase of a wood lot.
Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL W. INGRAHAM, Superintendent of Town Home.
REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN.
TO THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :-
Gentlemen :- From January Ist to December 31st, 1916, I have recorded 532 visits to patients in your department. Of these 113 were seen at my office, 163 at their own homes, and 256 at the Town Home The total number of visits shows an increase of over 75 per cent in three years. The total number of visits in 1913 were 300. Some of the increase is due to the natural growth of three years, and some to the fact that, under the Mothers' Aid law, many families are re-
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ceiving assistance from this department who would not otherwise.
The large number of visits at the Farm is accounted for by the fact that many of the residents there are of advanced age and afflicted with ailments of a chronic nature. They re- quire attention and advice frequently when they are not actually ill nor confined in bed. The people at the Farm are well cared for, but I am still hoping that the near future will see a nurse permanently employed there, and something re- sembling a hospital ward and sun-parlor built for the benefit. of the old folks, some of whom do not go out of doors for months at a time.
Thanking you for your constant co-operation throughout. the year, I am
Respectfully yours, JOHN V. GALLAGHER, M. D.
EXPENSES AT THE HOME.
Flour : --
Milford Grain Co.
$110 00
James Lally
.
77 50
$187 50
Grain :-
Milford Grain Co.
$ 765 88
James Lallý
1,047 77
Upton Farmers' change
Co-operative Ex- ·
84 14
Pasteura Manufacturing Co. . .
36 26
$1,934 05
Meats and provisions :-
G. F. Birch
$113 67
J. E. Brady
.
105 50
J. H. Burns
66 77
J. F Dempsey .
13 47
C. Sweeney
54 13
C. F. Wilkinson
88 50
M E. Nelligan .
48 00
W. F. Appleford
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.
37 04
.
$527 08
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Fuel :-
L H. Barney Estate .
$147.27
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co. ·
275 16
Milford Coal Co.
421 44
$843 87
Bread and crackers :-
H. L. Gibbs $26 72
F. P. Larkin
35 96
W. S. Marden .
21 23
W. J. Mclellan
10 57
$94 48
Drugs and medicines :
Burke Bros.
$124 95
C. H. Collins
46 88
J. H. Gardelli .
12 70
Gardella Drug Co.
28 40
A. B Morse
18- 55
C. H. Bridges .
23 60
E. F. Mahady .
9 00
A. H. Sweet Co.
8 30
$272 38
Boots and shoes :-
E. Canton
$ 7 50
Manning Bros.
48 13
J. J. O'Connor Sons
23 90
G. A. Reynolds
14 25
Robert Rosen .
4 00
W. H. Pyne ·
23 44
$121 22
Clothing :-
S. P. Carpenter
$ 13 50
Ring & Welch .
19 88
M Marcus
110.15
Larkin Bros. .
115 70
$258 73
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Incidentals :-
Salary of superintendent and matron
from November 1, 1915, to Novem- ber 1, 1916 $ 795 00
Help and expenses ·
1,041 91
H. M. Sargent, nursing 75 00
Hack hire, M. W. Casey 1 00
Arthur Jenkins, auto repair
.
2 25
Shelley D. Vincent, trustee, James F. Carey 26 60
J. B. Shaunnessy, oven (portable) 25 00
Miss Chisholm, nursing 25 00
N. Ceruti, potatoes ·
6, 146 95
Chandler Fiske Estate, lumber
16 90
H. M. Curtiss, 2 cows . 160 00
Dr. T. C. Hays
2 00
Pitnam, Moore Co., serum
17 02
W. C. Tewksbury 20 50
Joseph Carroll, services of stallion $30, rent of pasture $80, filling silo $45 155 00
J. B. Edwards, burial .
15 00
E. F. Lilley, repairs .
1 00
E. A. Varney, labor
10 00
Luigi Berrini, 2 cows .
190 00
J. A. Broderick, stock feed
7 00
Remick Furniture Co., tools . 1 40
J. H. Doyle, trustee, Milford Ice Co. . 26 00
C. V: Waitt, top buggy 35 00
Eastman Box Co, boxes 10 00
Sherbourne-Coughlin Express Co. .
1 25
T. L. O'Brien, glasses .
3 00
Germo Mfg. Co., disinfectant . 24 34
A. Taylor, moving
8 00
P. H. Gillon Co., supplies
9 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. . 79 20
Milford hospital . 285 00
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Sherman Bros. $14 94
Wm. Knowlton, straw and beans
89 00
Arthur Heroux, board of horse 17 00
Dr. B. F. Hartman
27 50
Horlick's malted milk .
4 00
Richardson Mfg. Co. .
3 45
Thomas Quinn Co., repairs on motor 5 00
Wm. Higgins, auto hire
2 00
E. T. Powers .
.
7 50
Ceruti & Mainini, potatoes
5 00
Archer Rubber Co.
.
.
3 45
J. H. Reynolds .
.
3 40
$3,397 56
Furniture :-
Avery & Woodbury
$ 3 50
Remick Furniture Co.
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23 00
Werber & Rose
9 80
Milford hospital furniture
62 50
Town of Hopkinton
.
83 25
$182 05
Taxes on wood lot in town of Upton
$6 65
Printing and incidentals : -
Cahill News Agency
.
$14 02
G. M. Billings .
2 25
Hobbs & Warren
4 40
Annie Lawless
20 60
Josie Ryan
9 00
F. W. Woolworth Co.
5 90
Dr. J. V. Gallagher, medical aid
250 00
Milford Daily News
13 80
Milford Daily Journal
·
$331 97
Fish :-
P H. Powers
$81 80
J. J. Quinlan
.
62 26
$144 06
.
·
.
12 00
.
100
Horseshoeing and wheelwrighting, stable supplies :---
T. E. Glennon .
$ 21 05
L. Grow & Sons .
192 52
Moloney & Cleary
29 25
J. T. Crowell .
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.
55 20
$298 02
Hardware and plumbing :-
Cass Bros.
$ 23 94
H S. Chadbourne
40 35
Clark Ellis & Sons .
114 48
Staples & Gould .
88 59
Painting and supplies :-
Eldredge & Sons, repairs and paint .
$23 06
E. F. Porter . ·
7 20
Cass Bros.
9 55
.
$39 81
Garden grass and flower seeds : - Fottler, Fiske & Rawson
$20 88
E. A. Phipps, Upton . .
10 50
$31 33
Butter :-
Armour & Co. .
$ 19 70
Milford Public Market
5 36
E. C. & G. F. Swift
103 20
Narragansett Dairy
59 77
Vermont Supply Co. .
10 80
$198 83
Coffee, tea, soap and rice :-
S. K. Ames
$56 96
J. A. Trask .
33 60
M. F. McQuade
.
.
16 19
Groceries :-
J. A. Broderick
$ 7 00
J. J. Clancey . .
154 86
J. P. Connolly Co. .
. 275 18
.
$267 36
.
$106 75
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Cheney Bros. .
$180 03
Crowell & De Witt
173 34
V. Oliveri
8 00
Shea Bros.
164 53
H. B. Torosian
145 26
Withington Grocery Co.
253 91
E. C. M. Nason Co. .
.
$1,370 11
Tobacco, pipes and snuff :-
Nolan Bros.
$64 22
Ranahan Bros.
38 88
W. P. Roberts
.
14 00
$117 10
Dry goods :-
W. R. Burke
$50 21
C. E. Cooney ·
26 49
Clancey & Shea
11 49
M. F. Green
12 65
F. L. Miller
2 93
G. P. Walcott .
50 27
$154 03
Oil and gasoline :- Standard Oil Co.
$14 30
Light and power :- Milford Electric Light & Power Co. -
Light
$136 41
Power
.
33 35
$169 76
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENSES AT FARM.
Flour
$ 187 50
Grain
1,934 05
Meats and provisions
527 08
Fuel
843 87
Bread and crackers
94 48
Drugs and medicines
272 38
Boots and shoes .
.
.
121 22
8 00
102
Clothing
$ 258 73
Incidentals, help, etc.
.
3,397 56
Furniture
182 05
Taxes on wood lot, Town of Upton
6 65
Printing and incidentals
331 97
Fish
144 06
Horseshoeing, wheelwrighting and stable sup- plies
298 02
Hardware and plumbing
267 36
Painting and supplies
.
39 81
Garden, grass and flower seeds .
.
31 33
Butter
198 83
Coffee, tea, soap and rice
106 75
Groceries
1,370 11
Tobacco, pipes and snuff
117 10
Dry goods
154 03
Oil and gasoline .
14 30
Light and power .
169 76
$11,069 00
INCOME AT THE FARM CLASSIFIED.
Plants
$ 53 50
Milk
1,155 30
Vegetables
12 23
Live stock
212 00
Eggs
369 25
Poultry
38 20
Board
503 50
Miscellaneous
89 12
Hogs
.
476 00
$2,909 10
INMATES AT THE FARM DURING THE YEAR.
Total number during the year . 57
40
Average number during the year Average weekly cost per inmate . ·
.
.
$3 92
.
103
Appraisal of Town Home real estate $15,000 00 Appraisal of personal property . $7,334 50
AID TO PERSONS OUTSIDE THE FARM UNDER THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION.
Fuel :-
L. H. Barney estate $59 50
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co. .
43 50
Milford Coal Co. .
.
77 76
C. S. Mullane .
15 50
$196 26
Groceries :-
T. E. Babcock .
$ 89 50
J. A. Broderick
94 00
Charles Calderara
8 00
A. Catella
18 00
F. M. C. Hughes
12 00
Charles Caruso
16 00
Cheney Bros. .
120 00
W. E. Cook
88 00
J. P. Connolly Co.
109 50
Crowell & De Witt
212 00
W. J. Dillon .
246 50
Catharine Maroney
9 95
Joseph Morcone
25 00
E. C. M Nason
94 50
J. J. Clancey 50 00
N. Morelli
3 00
}. Romanazzi .
10 00
F. L. Metcalf
28 00
M. F. McQuade
10 36
Paolo San Clemente
6 00
Santo Mazzarelli .
3 00
Shea Bros.
165 00
H. B. Torosian
72 00
Withington Grocery Co.
94 (0
$1,584 31
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Boots and shoes :-
E. Canton
$ 1 00
Kirsner Bros. .
9 90
Manning Bros.
3 00
W. H. Pyne
8 00
G. A. Reynolds
9 45
Robert Rosen .
11 50
$42 85
Dry goods :-
W. R. Burke .
$ 5 00
Clancey & Shea
1 00
C. E. Cooney .
8 00
G. P. Walcott .
20 22
$34 22
Drugs and medicines :-
Burke Bros.
$ 60
J. H. Gardella .
117 80
A. H. Sweet Co.
92 15
Gardella Drug Co.
3 45
J. J. Gibbs, Hopedale .
1 75
J. A. Rice Co. .
10 25
$226 00
Meats and provisions :
G. F. Birch
$ 4 00
J. E. Brady
5 00
J. H. Burns
2 00
J. F. Dempsey
102 64
C. F. Wilkinson
4 00
$117 64
Clothing :-
King Bros.
$2 00 ·
Medical aid and nursing :-
Dr. F. H. Lally $ 10 00
Dr. J. V. Gallagher.
42 00
Milford Hospital
139 60
Nellie F. Cratty, (nursing)
·
11 00
Dr. P. E. Joslin
12 00
.
105
Dr Charles Whitcomb, Ashland $5 00
$219 60
Sundries :
G. M. Billings .
$ 6 00
Boston Index Card Co.
70 24
Cahill News Agency
8 50
Hobbs Warren
14 98
Milford Daily News
2 30
Milford Daily Journal
3 10
J. T. Murphy, expenses to Natick 5 00
Expenses (office) Aug. 2, 1915 to March 13, 1916, postage, telephones and car fares
18 70
Telephone, stamps, etc. from March 13 to Oct. 2, 1916 16 00
Car fares to Tewksbury, No. Ando- ver and Bockton (J. H. Cunniff)
8 00
.Typewriter, (M. J. Foley)
40 00
$192 82
Incidentals :-
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
$28 86
Milford Furniture Co. 5 00
J. B. Edwards (burial)
20 00
George W. Wood (burial)
45 00
T. F. Monaban (burial)
15 (0
A. D. DePasquale (burial)
15 00
Reimbursement of Board of health 47 50
Ambulance hire, J. B. Edwards 6 00
$182 36
RESIDENTS OF OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD AND PAID.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts $524 93
Hudson
151 00
Maynard .
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·
307 00
Medway .
·
80 00
Franklin . ·
136 00
Somerville
.
4 00
106
Westboro
..
$74 00
No. Andover
26 50
Fitchburg
26 00
$1,329 43
RESIDENTS OF MILFORD AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Blackstone
$ 3 00
Boston
.
581 10
Cambridge
63 25
Fitchburg
328 60
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
360 98
Brockton
298 61
New Bedford
31 45
Malden
31 80
Middleboro
7 00
Natick
127 33
Lynn
63 93
Salem
22 00
Springfield
20 00
Worcester
337 05
Framingham
31 00
Shrewsbury
13 59
Upton
12 81
$2,333 50
RESIDENTS OF OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD, OWING AND TO WHOM BILLS HAVE BEEN SENT JAN. 1, 1917.
Franklin .
$ 32 00
Hudson
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.
35 00
Westboro
.
24 00
Hopedale .
14 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
235 00 .
Northbridge (from 1915)
103 85
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$444 35
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CLASSIFICATION OF OUTSIDE AID UNDER THE GENERAL AID.
Rents paid
. $1,829 67
Fuel
196 26
Groceries .
1,584 31
Boots and shoes .
42 85
Dry goods
34 22
Drugs and medicines
226 00
Meats and provisions
117 64
Clothing .
2 00
Medical aid and nursing .
219 60
Sundries .
·
192 82
Board paid
329 30
Residents of Milford aided in other towns .
2,333 50
Incidental expenses
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.
182 36
$7,290 53
BILLS OWED BY THIS DEPARTMENT, JAN. 1, 1917.
City of Boston
$293 39
Massachusetts Hospital School . 60 00
City of Brockton (cases now closed)
215 04
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co. . .
195 48
Clark Ellis & Sons 165 59
City of Malden (cases now closed)
161 75
Town of Uxbridge
128 67
Town of Franklin (in litigation)
183 20
Milford Grain Co.
128 03
$1,531 15
CHAPTER 763, ACTS 1913.
Balance due Town of Upton .
$165 87
AID TO PERSONS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 763, ACTS OF 1913 .- MOTHERS' AID. Fuel : -
C. S. Mullane . $ 36 00
Curtiss Coal Co.
148 00
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L. H. Barney Estate
$181 00
Milford Coal Co. ·
37 60
·
$402 60
Groceries :-
H. B. Torosian
$134 75
Withington Grocery Co.
129 00
A. Catella
27 50
J. J. Clancey ·
210 00
E. C. M. Nason
120 50
Crowell & De Witt
257 31
C. Maroney
295 00
Cheney Bros. .
190 50
J. P. Connolly .
196 25
F. M. C. Hughes
× 00
N. Morelli
21 00
W. E. Cook
178 50
C. Caruso
14 50
Shea Bros.
167 50
Raffaele Borghi
16 50
C. Calderara
35 00
J. Mazzarelli
9 00
F. L. Metcalf
95 00
T E. Babcock .
16 00
F. Romanazzi
5 00
V. E. Oliver
34 00
J. Morcone
20 00
P. Sanclemente
21 00
$2,201 81
Boots and shoes :
W. H. Pyne
$54 90
Kirsner Bros. .
30 50
Robert Rosen .
29 50
E. Canton
48 85
G. A. Reynolds
29 25
Manning Bros.
38 50
J. J. Moroney .
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·
22 90
$244 40
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Drugs and medicines :-
C. H. Collins
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$ 8 65
Burke Bros.
13 50
J. H. Gardella .
42 35
A. H. Sweet
90 15
$154 65~
Dry goods :-
F. L. Miller
$24 50
C. E. Cooney
37 50
G. P. Walcott .
27 50
M. F. Green
3 00
W. R. Burke
39 68
Clancey & Shea
21 50
$153 68.
Milk :-
J. A. Carroll
$30 08
Bread :-
L. Castiglioni .
$28 00
S. Mazzarelli
65 50
$93 50
Meats and provisions : --
C. F. Wilkinson
$17 00
J. A. Brady
8 50
J. H. Burns
8 00
G F. Birch
24 00
J. F. Dempsey
24 00
$81 50
Printing incidentals :-
Thomas Groom & Co.
$11 25
Hobbs and Warren
7 31
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$18 56.
Cash :- -
Aid
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.
.
$156 00
Clothing :-
King Brothers
$3 00.
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Medical aid :- Dr. John V. Gallagher
$26 50
Incidental expenses :-
Avery & Woodbury . $ 2 00
Dr. E. A. Kennedy 10 00
T. L O'Brien, optometrist
2 50
J. H. Cunniff (2 trips to Mass. E. & E. Inf.)
5 00
Mass. E. & E. Infirmary, glasses
2 75
$22 25
Rents
$1,392 00
RESIDENTS OF MILFORD AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS AND PAID.
Beverly .
$173 30
Medway .
.
.
. 168 00
Upton .
306 80
$648 14
INCOME-MOTHERS' AID-CHAPTER 763.
City of Worcester
: 177 34
Town of Maynard
131 07
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1,340 17
$1,648 58
RECAPITULATION, CHAPTER 763.
Appropriation for Chapter 763
$4,000 00
State reimbursement
1,340 17
Maynard reimbursement
131 07.
Worcester reimbursement
177 34
$5,648 58
Expended
$5,628 67
Unexpended balance January 1, 1917 19 91
$5,648 58
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DUE THE TOWN OF MILFORD FROM THE COM- MONWEALTH AND OTHER SOURCES UN- DER CHAPTER 763, ACTS OF 1913 AS PER BILLS RENDERED NOV. 1, 1916.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts $301 84
City of Worcester
90 00
Town of Maynard
94 07
$485 91
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriation for general aid for 1916 .
$14,000 00
Income at the farm for 1916 .
2,909 10
Income outside the farm for 1916
1,455 97
Total available funds of the poor department for 1916
$18,365 07
Expenses at the farm for 1916 as per this report $11,069 00
Aid outside the farm for 1916 as per this report 7,290 53
Total expense of this department for 1916 (less Mothers' aid)
$18,359 53
Total available funds for 1916
$18,365 07
Total expense of the department for 1916 as per report
$18,359 53
Total unexpended for 1916 $ 5 54
Unexpended balance under Mothers' aid de-
partment for 1916 . 19 91
Total unexpended balance for the year 1916
$25 45
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. CUNNIFF, M. BERNARD SWEENEY, FRED M. CROWELL, Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, 1916 . $225 10
Town appropriation
-150 00
Care of lots
.
·
264 50
Perpetual care
518 49
Sale of new lots .
146 00
Sale of single graves
24 00
Opening graves .
152 50
Use of lowering device
4 00
New foundations .
9 00
Re· fitting lots .
24 00
Sale of oats
13 00
Sale of hay ·
162 08
Sale of rowen
10 50
Damage to screen
40
.
-
-
$1,703 57
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid for labor
$1,207 15
Cash paid for supplies
.
114 27
Cash on hand
. ·
3×2 15
$1,703 57
There have been 55 interments during the year.
The terms of office of the trustees expire as follows :-
George L. Maynard and Herbert S. Eldredge in 1917.
Calvin J. Fiske and Harry E. Hunt in 1918. William Emery and Judson C. Trask in 1919.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT S. ELDREDGE, Secretary and Treasurer .. WM. EMERY, Chairman and Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the Town Library respectfully submit the following reports.
In common with many libraries throughout the state, the circulation shows a great decrease. The generally accepted explanation of this loss in circulation, is the fact that moving pictures and automobiles take so much of a pers mi's time that he has little left for reading. A well known pedagogue says in his lecture on "The American Boy," that "the moving pic- ture theatre is one of the time-absorbing, and, for the most part, unprofitable diversions of the modern boy " What ap- plies to the boy, applies as well to the adult One encour- aging feature is that the loss falls in the adult and juvenile fiction, while the non- fiction figures show an increase over those of previous years.
No especial work with the schools was undertaken this year. The reading lists prepared for the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades last year are good for several years. Lists of juvenile books are always at the disposal of the chil- dren.
Good Book Week, December 4 to 9, was observed in co_ operation with the Hopedale library. The librarians of the two towns secured six prominent citizens to write short arti- cles on the value of good reading. Three of these articles were published in the Daily News and three in the Daily Journal. The 'wo High schools devoted a short period of a session to the consideration of good books. Both libraries had lists of approved books, as suggestions for holiday gifts.
An effort is being made to collect a reference set of pam . phlets. Congressman Winslow has sent many Farmers' Bul- letins that are used extensively by clubs and students of nor-
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mal schools. The American Trust company has sent several leaflets on New England industries that have proved useful. Such a collection of pamphlets keeps subjects up to date, and, with a simple index, proves valuable.
Once more attention is called to the need of shelf room. Most of the departments are overcrowded. In fact, there is no shelf room for even one month's purchase of books. The magazine and reference rooms are also in an overcrowded condition It is a serious problem that confronts the trustees. Without a larger appropriation, little can be done to relieve the congestion.
At a meeting of the trustees, held January 9, 1917, it was voted to request an appropriation of $800 and the dog tax for the benefit of the Town Library during the ensuing year.
GEORGE W. WOOD,
Chairman.
TRUSTEES.
William P. Clarke,
Patrick E. Sweeney, Terms expire 1917.
Nathaniel F. Blake,
Nathan W. Heath, Terms expire 1918.
George W. Wood,
Stephen H. Reynolds, Terms expire 1919. ORGANIZATION.
George W. Wood, Chairman.
Patrick E. Sweeney, Secretary.
Nathaniel F. Blake, Librarian.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MILFORD TOWN LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916.
RECEIPTS.
Balance
$487 26
Appropriation
600 00
Dog tax refund
·
.
989 68
Fines
.
.
.
90 01
$2,166 95
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EXPENDITURES.
Salary of librarian to December 1, 1916
$385 00
Salary of assistant to December 1, 1916
210 83
Extra help to December 1, 1916 .
46 27
Sundries
7 00
Light
91 40
Express
8 46
Supplies
18 40
Binding
201 65
Books
524 03
Balance
.
673 91
$2,166 95
The Library owes bills for the month of December to the amount of $145.04.
PATRICK E. SWEENEY,
Secretary to the Trustees.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY :-
GENTLEMEN :- I submit the fifty eighth annual report of the library for the year ending December 30, 1916.
The library was open 304 days. Circulation for the year was 36,726 volumes, a loss of 4,031 as compared with the cir- culation of 1915.
Largest daily circulation, March 18, was 416 volumes. Smallest daily circulation, December 15, was 21 volumes. Average daily circulation was 1203 volumes. Amount re- ceived for fines was $90.01. Notices sent delinquents, 211; number of new cards issued, 392. Visitors to the reading room, 6,841 against 7,306 in 1915.
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