Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts 1941, Part 2

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4 William J. Dumelow


53


7


17


4 Edgar F. Luce


85


4


25


9 Ellen M. FitzGerald


85


10 Joseph Muniec


27


15 Albert Racicot


71


16 Ethelyn M. Bouvier


51


2


23


16 Marya Mozden


66


18 George MacDonnell


62


1


10


18 Nathan H. Powers


73


2


29


20 John D. Donavan


73


21 Thomas H. Cole, Sr.


74


6


16


27 Denatile P. Masson


67


27 Luke W. Parkhurst


72


-


27


28 Carrie J. Hawks


74


1


16


June


6 John M. Martin


95


7 Edwin N. Harris


75


-


23


11 Edward H. Hopkins


62


8 18


13 Margaret E. Bouchie


61


5


13


14 Walter P. Cambo


5


6


13


14 William T. Golabek


50


-


21


DATE NAME


YEARS


MONTHS


DAYS


20 Mary E. Cheney


64


6


4


29 Elizabeth E. Metcalf


50


7


5


29 Myra Gamwell


71


7


12


July


6 Annie Osborne


70


11


12


10 Fannie N. A. Smith


75


11


5


12 Francis Johnston


75


3


15


12 Jane Ann Warren


15


8


8


19 Thomas P. Bail


72


5


-


23 Hugh Flynn


69


23 Katarzyna Papuga


59


23 Mary Prszesola


50


August


5 Karol Godek


72


5 Stanley Kacmarczyk


47


6 Apolonia S. Noga


26


11 Michael Szandarowski


52


15 William H. Bancroft


75


4


17


18 Charles J. Johnson


74


-


1


23 Rose Kowalczyk


51


25 Maria Harrington


80


3


23


31 James H. Mullen


66


September


1 Harry C. Cheney


64


3


12


6 Ora Disley


52


3


8 Rose A. Longtine


63


14


18 Peter Karlon


about 66


18 Katherine Olander


40


21 Frank D. Miner


58


4


17


25 Patrick Garvey


68


7


2


October


5 Mary Suchocki


49


11 Conrad Halvorsen


72


7 8


14 Aniela Jacek


56


18 Clinton J. Wilkins


75


-


18


22


DATE NAME


YEARS


MONTHS


DAYS


21 Abraham Ditto


70


5


11


22 Alfred Coulter


57


8


10


November


2 Lewis G. Barker


75


3 Bert L. Leach


72


11


13


7 Horace M. Buskey


76


3


26


10 Sarah J. Ritchie


45


9


23


16 Clara Rusiecki


24


7


8


22 Lewis M. Lawton


75


5


3


26 Elmer B. Fay


78


28 Frederick Wallace


79


17


December


1 Mary M. Fitzpatrick


31


7


21


2 John Thomas


84


10 Winifred Fitzpatrick


95


17 William H. Gero


33


2


19 Warren Albert Mack


4


9


24 Joseph Stachowicz


49


9


7


29 John Langowicz


Cannot be learned


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Cemetery Commissioners' Report


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Palmer:


The Cemetery Commissioners hereby submit their report for the year 1941.


Three hundred and sixty feet of new road have been constructed in Oak Knoll cemetery, a stone top being installed. The drainage project, approved in Washington, failed to materialize, but the drainage on this section of road was cared for under the appropriation.


Eight hundred and fifty feet of roadway in Four Corners cemetery has been excavated and a gravel base installed in preparation for a hardened surface in the future, a much needed improvement.


There has been a material increase in the Perpetual Care fund, but the shrinkage in the interest on the invested funds makes a deposit less than that stated in our by-laws, viz. $200.00, insufficient for the proper care of the average lot.


The Commonwealth has graded the section occu- pied by the deceased patients of the Monson State Hos- pital in Palmer Center cemetery and has placed sub- stantial cement markers at the graves there and in Oak Knoll and Four Corners, where the inmates of that in- stitution are buried.


Ignorance of the severe penalties prescribed for the desecration of cemeteries has led to acts of vandalism in


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several of our burial grounds ; a lesson may be necessary to stop these crimes against the dead. A cemetery, re- quired by law, is supposed to be a burial place for the dead and not to furnish a passage from one place to an- other nor to be used as a grand stand for a ball game.


A more than 50% dividend has been turned over to the Town Treasurer to reduce the appropriation for the care of cemeteries the coming year.


RECEIPTS


Appropriations


$5,000.00


Sale of lots :


Oak Knoll


$ 173.00


Four Corners


74.00


Palmer Center


5.00


$ 252.00


Earnings :


Care of lots


$1,484.90


Grading lots


225.25


Opening graves


483.00


Foundations


206.28


All others


1.00


$2,400.43


$2,652.43


BILLS RECEIVABLE


Frank P. Caroll, grading, 1928


$ 13.50


Raymond Milligan, care, 1934


2.00


P. M. Emery, care, 1938


3.00


Archie T. Kenyon, care, 1938


2.00


Frank Prouty, care, 1940 4.00


2.00


E. F. Hulett, care 1939-1940


Lawrence D. Burlingame, care, 1940


6.00


Georgianna Fuller, care 2.00


Mrs. H. W. Wright, care


2.00


$ 36.50


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EXPENDITURES


Salary


$ 150.00


Printing & Postage


4.00


Supplies


232.80


Labor


3303.78


Trucks


898.25


Equipment & Repairs


215.97


Fertilizer


98.70


All Others


96.50


$5,000.00


ARTICLE 35


Appropriation


$ 600.00


Expenditures :


Labor


$ 140.12


Trucks and Shovel


280.50


Supplies


179.38


$600.00


Paid R. L. McDonald, Treasurer


Sale of lots


$ 252.00


Earnings


2400.43


$2,652.43


PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


Present


Name


Principal Condition


Henry Scism


$ 100.00


$ 105.64


John A. Squier


100.00


102.34


Calista E. Hendricks


100.00


102.94


Laura E. Child


500.00


507.92


Minnie K. Bennett


200.00


204.15


Avery W. Green


200.00


313.36


Waterman Fuller


200.00


212.94


John & Lucy Smith


200.00


204.06


W. A. Breckenridge


200.00


206.37


James W. Snow


100.00


101.05


Franklin Blanchard


100.00


103.07


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Name


Present Principal Condition


John H. Haynes


200.00


215.80


Mary A. Shaw


100.00


103.08


Jane A. Gibson


100.00


109.73


E. B. Gates


200.00


206.70


Louise M. Waid


200.00


253.72


Amos O. Allen


100.00


107.40


Torrey Fund


100.00


106.45


Pliney Cooley


50.00


53.98


Henry G. Loomis


200.00


209.07


William Holbrook


200.00


211.56


Maria Lawrence


500.00


628.30


Keyes Foster


100.00


102.18


Harriet Coolidge


200.00


204.50


Mrs. L. W. Brown


200.00


288.90


Eliza J. Kenerson


200.00


208.45


William Merriman


200.00


222.34


Mary Redding


50.00


52.17


D. S. Davis


200.00


203.93


Marshall Andrews


200.00


207.66


Ambrose M. Andrews


200.00


215.34


Enos Calkins


100.00


108.44


Samuel C. Rogers


200.00


216.87


Willard G. Kenerson


100.00


100.78


Maria B. Chapman-GB lot


100.00


102.66


Maria B. Chapman-SC lot


200.00


225.66


Julia H. Henry


100.00


109.97


Isaac King


150.00


154.65


Abel H. Calkins


100.00


102.88


Edward C. Sexton


100.00


121.42


Henry A. Moore


100.00


106.42


J. S. Koster


100.00


103.38


Melissa Hall


150.00


155.27


Jeremiah Long


1000.00


1000.00


Mary J. Plympton


100.00


104.87


Clymena P. Fuller


150.00


159.82


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Name


Present Principal Condition


Abigail T. Nichols


50.00


51.89


Mary Hastings


100.00


107.28


Orrin B. Smith-OBS lot


200.00


215.06


Orrin B. Smith-TMS lot


100.00


109.06


Laura P. Green


100.00


103.31


J. H. Kenerson


100.00


102.41


William Harvey


150.00


161.58


Alden L. Fletcher


60.00


61.44


Carrie A. Kurtz


100.00


103.17


Ralph Green


200.00


243.75


Meriva L. Capen


100.00


106.43


Minerva R. Olds


100.00


103.94


Otis C. Lyon


100.00


104.71


Hitchcock-Graves


100.00


103.57


Minerva M. Gates


200.00


224.53


Rogers-Paine


150.00


172.96


Elizabeth D. Moore


100.00


106.61


Mary E. Bailey


100.00


103.54


M. M. Rogers


100.00


103.25


Nellie S. Hooker


75.00


80.00


Ethan Warriner


100.00


102.01


Lizzie E. Fletcher


200.00


211.28


Andrew Pinney


100.00


121.42


Frank F. Marcy


500.00


511.82


Thomas McDougall


100.00


106.36


Sarah J. Winter


200.00


209.62


C. B. Fiske


200.00


226.75


Minnie B. Converse


500.00


544.42


Amelia M. Culver


100.00


105.71


Omer W. Marcy


100.00


103.06


Frank M. Eager


250.00


258.72


Maria Ritchie


100.00


111.20


Charles H. Burleigh-AB lot


100.00


102.39


Julia A. Burleigh-BB lot


100.00


109.44


C. H. & J. A. Burleigh-JWC lot


25.00


25.77


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Name


Present Principal Condition


Emily M. Holdsworth


100.00


104.85


Sarah D. Smith


100.00


106.84


Hollowell P. Marcy


100.00


105.55


Josie M. Northrop


300.00


309.50


Ellis & F. M. Dodge


200.00


217.16


Calvin Childs


100.00


102.66


Joseph A. Brown


500.00


522.43


Sarah L. Lee Snow


50.00


51.35


Abby J. Peirce


100.00


106.20


D. W. Taft


75.00


82.66


Henry Graves


50.00


50.86


William H. Osborne


50.00


52.30


Sarah E. Ward


50.00


51.89


George F. Sedgwick


100.00


102.04


George H. Cobb


50.00


51.62


B. M. Griswold


50.00


51.15


Thomas Bruce


100.00


107.76


H. H. Paine


50.00


50.72


Susan M. Page


100.00


106.37


Peebles Fund


100.00


105.00


George F. Merrick


100.00


103.59


Maria M. Hastings


200.00


213.58


Walter E. Stone


200.00


213.05


Mary A. Thayer


50.00


50.75


Lucy M. Shaw


100.00


105.28


Samuel Sharratt


100.00


104.81


George Robinson


200.00


226.08


Joseph F. Gerald


100.00


100.93


James F. Fenton


100.00


115.31


Liberty Jenks


200.00


214.19


Martha J. Mooers


200.00


201.26


Byram Woodhead


100.00


103.78


Almenia Hastings


100.00


104.80


Clara B. Fisherdick


100.00


105.36


Austin E. Gould


100.00


104.51


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Name


Present Principal Condition


Susan Beebe


100.00


101.58


James I. Milliken


200.00


223.56


Christen Christiansen


50.00


53.20


Millie G. Rose


100.00


105.47


Mary E. Murdock-FMM lot


100.00


102.91


Mary E. Murdock-LB lot


100.00


100.70


Robert Chambers


100.00


102.94


Josiah P. Stevens


100.00


104.04


William B. Bennett


100.00


102.87


Charles W. Bennett


100.00


101.46


Charles E. Fuller


100.00


106.78


Frederick H. Conant


100.00


102.96


Joseph V. Clark


100.00


103.88


Robert Reid


100.00


105.28


Edwin B. Newell


100.00


103.94


Martha A. Shaw


211.00


301.55


August Carlson


100.00


111.94


Elizabeth R. Macomber


200.00


219.81


Thomas D. Frame


200.00


211.79


O. P. Allen


100.00


107.65


Albert A. Sherman


100.00


102.48


Charles A. Royce


100.00


105.40


Martin L. Farrington


100.00


102.36


Joseph H. Jones


150.00


155.50


Mary S. Moore


100.00


107.76


Horace R. Paine-HH lot


50.00


50.80


Arthur W. Holbrook


100.00


105.14


James S. Morgan


200.00


215.69


Silas B. Keith


100.00


101.86


James H. Davis


100.00


102.53


George S. Peck


100.00


101.83


Nettie O. Coleman


50.00


52.33


Jennie C. Carpenter


100.00


101.56


Esther A. Graves


100.00


101.80


Nellie M. Bond


100.00


101.84


30


Name


Present Principal Condition


Cyrus W. Cross


100.00


105.45


Lucy A. Hitchcock


100.00


101.05


John C. Green


100.00


100.70


Charles E. Fish


100.00


107.61


Lewis E. Royce


200.00


221.75


Henry McMaster


50.00


50.99


Bessie C. Jenks


100.00


101.34


Samuel W. Lyon


100.00


110.10


Orisa L. Merrifield


100.00


102.44


Edwin J. Duncan


50.00


50.66


Elizabeth Dyson


100.00


102.83


James Metcalf


100.00


104.40


Agnes Larkin


50.00


50.31


Hitchcock-Rice


100.00


102.66


Lewis A. Conant


100.00


103.17


Julia F. McKendrick


100.00


101.87


Nellie M. Sizer


100.00


104.25


William J. Smith


100.00


103.66


John W. Smith


50.00


50.79


Thomas J. Chalk


100.00


103.19


Edward T. Prindle


100.00


110.03


Justin W. Keith


200.00


233.12


Willis E. Shaw


100.00


101.46


John & Sarah J. McAdam


100.00


101.59


Charles E. Nicholson


100.00


103.62


Minnie Smith


100.00


103.26


Thomas W. Cole


100.00


105.79


George A. Branford


100.00


102.47


Merriam Fund


100.00


103.52


Joseph M. Allen


200.00


206.54


Charles M. Kempton


100.00


102.02


A. M. Billings


100.00


101.96


James Gamwell


100.00


102.60


Grosvenor-Brown


50.00


50.83


Luther H. Gager


100.00


108.59


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Name


Present Principal Condition


L. Augusta Thompson


100.00


101.43


John M. Ramsdell


100.00


106.64


Henry S. Howe


200.00


219.32


Charles Duane Fuller


100.00


103.25


Albert S. Geer


50.00


51.49


Clara V. Pendleton


100.00


107.25


Henry W. Calkins


50.00


51.36


Charles H. Hobbs


100.00


100.96


Albert D. Thomas


100.00


101.00


Hiram Converse


100.00


101.85


Isabelle H. Ballantine


200.00


218.73


Herman M. Kendall


100.00


101.06


Myron K. Chamberlin


100.00


103.13


Clara L. Converse


100.00


100.93


William A. Weld


100.00


105.51


Martin Salmonsen


50.00


50.93


William D. Geer


100.00


105.73


Charles F. Smith


200.00


211.57


Ocran Hanks


100.00


103.13


William H. Heald


100.00


102.26


Cora Forte


100.00


105.29


Jason B. Thomas


100.00


102.00


Martin M. Thomas


100.00


105.29


Caroline B. Talmadge


100.00


102.38


Agnes F. Wilson


200.00


207.10


A. Blanche LeGro


100.00


100.56


L. W. Caryl


100.00


104.53


Charles R. Russell


100.00


104.22


Mary C. Cummings


100.00


104.22


Thomas H. Cole


100.00


103.35


Anna M. Wakefield


100.00


103.21


Clara B. Kendall


200.00


213.40


Emerson J. Loy


100.00


103.42


W. O. Twogood


100.00


101.39


Willard F. Fillmore


100.00


102.50


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Name


Present Principal Condition


B. F. Clark


100.00


101.39


Mary J. Cole


100.00


102.87


Emma F. Blair


100.00


100.88


Leon Henrichon, Sr.


100.00


102.55


Frank B. Waite


200.00


203.51


Timothy D. Potter


100.00


102.74


Nettie L. Davis


100.00


101.35


Frederick D. Thompson


150.00


153.94


Edith R. Nordstrom


100.00


101.35


Gerda V. Anderson


100.00


101.35


Calvin W. Johnson


100.00


101.66


Ida M. Lloyd


100.00


102.69


Nettie E. Hurd


100.00


101.60


Charles T. Brainerd


100.00


101.60


Louis J. Brainerd


400.00


404.57


Louis R. Wheeler


100.00


102.45


Ellen S. Leach


100.00


101.60


William J. Thompson


50.00


51.29


Fred K. Thayer


50.00


50.87


Elizabeth Holden Pope


200.00


200.08


Ethel R. Weeden


192.83


194.59


Edward B. Sparrow


50.00


50.98


Mattie A. Jencks


100.00


101.18


Charles E. Trout


100.00


101.51


Josephine H. Ham


100.00


101.13


Rufus W. Stimson


100.00


101.41


Cyrus F. Stimson


100.00


100.53


Martha F. Swann


100.00


100.53


Anna J. Collis


100.00


101.73


Katherine T. Warren


100.00


101.36


Sidney H. Calkins


100.00


101.14


Angelina Adams


150.00


153.93


Fred C. Gamwell


200.00


201.00


Anna L. Fuller


100.00


100.48


Jonathan Marshall


100.00


100.27


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Name


Present Principal Condition


Edward L. Wright


100.00


100.64


John W. Baldwin


200.00


200.46


Annette A. Reed


200.00


203.51


Alice C. Waite


100.00


101.02


Weldon E. Smith


100.00


101.33


Frank L. Morway


100.00


101.33


George W. Camp


100.00


100.83


Sarah E. Ward


300.00


304.90


John J. Helliwell


200.00


202.73


Abbie J. Ryther


100.00


101.11


Emma E. Converse


200.00


203.65


Estelle M. Howe


100.00


101.07


Frederick R. Sistare


100.00


100.43


Gladys G. Crosby


100.00


100.43


Alice T. Childs


100.00


100.22


James F. McElwain


200.00


200.44


Henry McElwain


100.00


100.22


Georgianna MacGeachey


100.00


100.51


Sarah Fenton


100.00


100.51


Albert B. Ramsdell


100.00


100.51


Etta M. Harris


100.00


100.08


Joseph P. Brown


300.00


301.27


William C. Millen


100.00


100.08


A. E. Peterson


100.00


100.37


Edward P. Brown


200.00


200.33


Archie E. & Alice J. Beebe


100.00


100.17


David B. Smith


100.00


100.25


Mabel L. Adams


100.00


100.42


James N. Kimball


200.00


200.83


William J. Pero


100.00


100.21


Ida L. Holdridge


100.00


100.21


John N. Johnson


200.00


200.05


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Name


Present Principal Condition


Mary E. Loomis


200.00


200.42


Mabel Brown Merriam


100.00


100.00


George Ezekiel


100.00


100.00


$37,738.33 $39,599.61


Gain in Perpetual Care Funds


$ 1,150.00


Respectfully submitted,


DAVID L. BODFISH


LOUIS J. BRAINERD


ROBERT E. FAULKNER


Cemetery Commissioners


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Report of Neglected Graves


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:


I hereby submit my report of the expenditure of the fund for the care of the neglected graves of the Sol- diers, Sailors and Marines who fought in the wars of the United States.


Appropriation :


$250.00


Expenditure :


Paid P. Coache-


St. Anne's Cemetery, 18 lots $18.00 Paid Rev. D. E. Hennessey-


St. Thomas Cemetery 26 lots 52.00 Cemetery Commissioners-


Palmer Center, 35 lots $ 35.00


Oak Knoll, 71 lots 105.00


Four Corners Cemetery, 35 lots 38.00


Three Rivers Cemetery,


2 lots 2.00 180.00 $250.00


Respectfully submitted,


DAVID L. BODFISH


Superintendent of Graves


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Report of Assessors


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Palmer, The Board of Assessors, respectfully submit the following report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1941:


Town Appropriations :


To be raised by taxation $395,287.20


To be taken from available funds 3,954.00


Maturing Debt and Interest


19,816.25


State Tax 20,955.00


State Parks and Reservations 385.10


State Audit


803.91


Veterans' Exemptions


30.80


Veterans' Exemptions (1940 Underestimate)


11.40


Repair and Reconstruction of Bridges 4,287.26


Acts of 1936, Chap. 429


County Tax


13,203.55


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 990.91


Overlay 7,091.73


$466,817.11


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Income Tax 37,879.89


Corporation Taxes 56,698.38


Reimbursement, State owned land 143.15


Gasoline Tax


18,788.46


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


15,000.00


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Licenses


8,200.00


Fines


1,000.00


General Government


200.00


Protection of Persons and Prop-


erty


100.00


Health and Sanitation


350.00


Highways


700.00


Charities


6,000.00


Old Age Assistance


15,000.00


Soldiers' Benefits


1,000.00


Schools


7,000.00


Cemeteries


1,400.00


Interest on Taxes and Assess- ments


2,500.00


Total Estimated Receipts $171,959.88


State Parks and Reservations (Overestimate)


25.21


Available Funds


31,954.00


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $203,939.09


Net amount to be raised by tax- ation


$262,878.02


Less 2967 Polls at $2.00 each


5,934.00


Total amount to be raised by tax- ation on property $256,944.02


Tax Rate: $36.00 per M


ASSESSED VALUATION FOR 1941


Personal Estate $1,041,880.00


Buildings, exclusive of land 4,477,609.00


Land, exclusive of buildings 1,617,845.00


Total Valuation : $7,137,334.00


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All


Number of Persons assessed Individuals Others Total


On Personal Estate


240


15


255


On Real Estate


1,160


40


1,200


On Both Personal and Real Estate


360


20


380


Total number of persons assessed Number of live stock assessed


1,835


Cows


692


Horses


77


Yearlings


137


Swine


32


Fowl


4,050


Goats


8


Number of Acres of land assessed 18,339


Number of dwelling houses assessed 1,540


RECAPITULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE


Date of


Commitment Commitment No.


Value


Excise


First


April 30


1,299


$241,850.00


$8,996.12


Second


May 1


413


122,250.00


4,428.51


Third


July 26


500


177,290.00


5,005.42


Fourth


Sept. 26


334


121,050.00


2,569.42


Fifth


Nov. 6


133


44,400.00


729.11


Sixth


Dec. 5


120


46,740.00


539.97


Seventh


Dec. 30


62


30,070.00


185.15


Total for 1941 2,861 $783,650.00 $22,453.70


Excise Tax Rate :


$36.80 Per M


Abatements of Motor Vehicle Tax 1938 Excise Tax Levy $ 2.00


1939 Excise Tax Levy 101.11


39


1940 Excise Tax Levy 93.88


1941 Excise Tax Levy 1,382.78


Abatements granted on 1938 Tax Levy


Personal


$ 6.48


Real Estate


10.80


Abatements granted on 1939 Tax Levy


Poll Tax


$42.00


Personal


61.02


Real Estate


61.20


Abatements granted on 1940 Tax Levy


Poll Tax


$72.00


Personal


49.68


Real Estate


62.56


Abatements granted on 1941 Tax Levy


Poll Tax


$ 324.00


Personal


392.76


Real Estate


2,923.92


Respectfully submitted


DAVID B. SMITH


OSCAR F. BRESSETTE


LUDWIK MARHELEWICZ


Board of Assessors.


40


Report of The Board of Public Welfare


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Palmer:


The annual report of the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1941 is hereby respectfully submitted :


Aided in this town


Account of :


No. of No. of Amount Cases Persons


Town Infirmary


12


12 $ 4,016.26


In Homes, Private Families and Institutions


139


505


10,439.35


For Other Cities and Towns .


23


72


1,928.81


For State


24


85


2,755.83


By Other Cities and Towns


17


54


2,616.17


RECEIPTS


Appropriations :


Support of Poor and General


Administration


$22,500.00


Salary of Board


600.00


Salary of Secretary


1,100.00


Salary of Physician


500.00


Clerical Hire


200.00


Equipment


25.00


Total Appropriation


$24,925.00


Town Infirmary


2,058.08


2,058.08


41


Reimbursements :


Cities and Towns


2,528.48


State


3,373.76


Individuals


1,136.76


Total Reimbursements


7,039.00


Total Receipts


$34,022.08


Abatements


12.13


PAYMENTS


Administration :


Salary of Board


$ 600.00


Salary of Town Physician


500.00


Salary of Secretary


1,100.00


Clerical Hire


200.00


2,400.00


Administrative Expenses :


Transportation and Travel


175.85


Postage


47.19


Telephones


158.78


Supplies


180.61


Labor


2.00


564.43


Office Equipment


25.00


Town Infirmary :


Advertising


1.50


Boiler Inspection


5.00


Butchering


4.00


Equipment


8.00


Express


.50


Fuel


423.19


Furniture


16.00


ʻ


42


Glasses


15.00


Grain


475.58


Labor


165.00


Light


113.87


Medicine


80.96


Papers


16.44


Provisions


794.23


Repairs


47.54


Sawing Wood


25.00


Seed


1.82


Shoe Repair


1.40


Spray


95.00


Supplies


81.79


Swine


7.00


Telephone


43.54


Tobacco


41.90


Transportation


47.00


X-Ray


5.00


Salary-Warden and Matron


1,500.00


4,016.26


Outside Poor: (Palmer Cases Aided in Palmer)


Artificial Appliances


110.50


Barber


2.10


Board, Private Families


1,245.60


Board, Private Institutions


432.46


Burial


149.54


Cash


567.00


Clothing


202.18


Dental


104.00


Examination, Eye Treatment and Glasses


112.00


Fuel


683.10


Light


15.36


Medical


54.00


Medicine


139.82


43


Moving


11.44


Private Hospitals


1,679.82


Provisions


3,299.19


Rent


1,474.00


Rent, Oxygen Apparatus


12.00


Shoe Repair


2.05


Surgical


85.00


Transportation


52.19


Wheel Chair Repair


1.00


X-Ray


5.00


10,439.35


State Cases :


Ambulance


9.00


Blood Transfusion


25.00


Burial


120.00


Cash


303.58


Clothing


31.04


Dental


3.00


Fuel


227.73


Medical


21.36


Medicine


56.30


Private Hospitals


595.56


Provisions


831.96


Rent


350.80


Repair of Glasses


2.50


Surgical


155.00


Transportation


13.00


X-Ray


10.00


2,755.83


For Others: (Cases from Other Towns Aided in Palmer)


Board, Private Families


170.00


Burial 10.00


Clothing


35.44


44


Eye Examination and Glasses


18.00


Fuel


54.99


Medical


60.68


Medicine


21.58


Nurse


100.80


Oxygen


9.38


Private Hospitals


342.12


Provisions


835.07


Rent


164.00


Rental, Oxygen Apparatus


12.00


Seed


.75


Surgical


89.00


Transportation


5.00


1,928.81


By Others: (Palmer Cases Aided


in Other Towns)


Board, Private Families


43.62


Board, Private Institutions


266.96


Cash


1,295.94


Clothing


22.25


Fuel


72.00


Medical


8.60


Medicine


20.87


Miscellaneous


1.00


Private Hospitals


361.05


Provisions


267.84


Rent


195.24


Surgical


30.00


Telephone


.80


Transportation


30.00


2,616.17


$24,745.85


Total Expenses


45


NET COST OF CHARITIES


Total Expenses $24,745.85


Less Receipts of Town Infirmary $2,058.08


Outstanding Bills 2,141.68


" Reimbursements 5,967.74


Reimbursements from Individuals 1,136.76


11,304.26


$13,441.59


Plus receipts for previous years $1,672.13


Outstanding Bills for prev- ious years 477.81


2,149.94


Net Cost


$15,591.53


Town Appropriation Overlay $ 179.15


REPORT OF WARDEN TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


RECEIPTS


Milk


$337.00


Produce


98.89


Stock


541.00


Reimbursement from U. S.


Treasury


17.19


Board


953.00


Standing Hay


111.00


Total Receipts


$2,058.08


46


Disbursements :


Paid Town Treasurer 1,105.08 Balance Paid Town Treasurer (Direct) 953.00


Total Disbursements $2,058.08


BILLS RECEIVABLE


Board


$274.00


$


274.00


INVENTORY


Furniture


$650.00


Food and Supplies


82.00


Live Stock


575.00


Hay and Grain


500.00


Wood, Coal and Lumber


150.00


Farm Implements


800.00


Total Inventory $2,757.00


Number of Inmates Registered during the year


12


Largest number at one time 10


Number of Inmates December 31, 1941


8


Respectfully submitted,


MAURICE F. LAWLOR, Warden


NORA D. LAWLOR, Matron


47


NET COST OF TOWN INFIRMARY


Total Expenses Less Receipts


$4,016.26


2,058.08


Less Outstanding Bills


274.00


2,332.08


1,684.18


· Milk Receipts for 1940


56.61


56.61


Net Cost


$1,740.79


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE E. CALLAHAN, Chairman


WILLIAM C. DALY, Secretary


JOHN K. MCKENZIE


Board of Public Welfare.


48


Report of The Board of Public Welfare For Aid To Dependent Children


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Palmer:


The annual report of the Board of Public Welfare for Aid to Dependent Children for the year 1941 is hereby respectfully submitted :


No. of


No. of


Cases


20


Persons 80


RECEIPTS


Town Appropriations $6,100.00


Town Appropriations-Secretary 300.00


Town Appropriations - Adminis- trative Expenses 50.00


Balance on hand, Federal Grant,


January 1, 1941 . 439.79


Balance on hand, Federal Grant


for Administration, January 1, 1941 7.77


Received from Federal Grant


3,476.57


Received from Federal Grant for Administration 231.07


Total Receipts


$10,605.20


49


EXPENDITURES


Cash, from Federal Grant


$3,203.89


Cash, from Town Appropriations 6,100.00


9,303.89


Salary from Town Appropriations


275.00


275.00


From Federal Grant for Administration


Only :


Secretary


25.00


Clerical


26.50


Transportation


25.00


Postage


6.13


Supplies


1.00


Equipment


75.00


158.63


Total Expenses


$9,737.52


Less Outstanding Bills


$3,101.30


Less Reimbursements


1,639.45


Less Federal Grants


4,155.20


8,895.95


Plus Receipts for Previous Years


$ 841.57


1,639.45


Net Cost


$2,481.02


50


Balance from Town Appropriation None Balance from Town Appropriation


(A. D. C. Administrative Expenses) $ 45.60


Balance from Town Appropriation


(A. D. C. Salary of Secretary) 25.00


Balance from Federal Grant


712.47


Balance from Federal Grant


for Administration Only


80.21


Total Balance $863.28


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE E. CALLAHAN, Chairman


WILLIAM C. DALY, Secretary


JOHN K. MCKENZIE


Board of Public Welfare


51


Report of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance


For the year ending December 31, 1941


Number of active cases January 1, 1941 153


Applications received during the year 44


Applications accepted during the year 28


Applications rejected during the year 16


Cases closed during the year (14 by death)


26


Number of active cases December 31, 1941 155


Palmer settled cases in other towns 11


RECEIPTS


Town Appropriation $29,400.00


U. S. Grants for Old Age


Assistance Only :


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1941


.20


Received during the year


24,995.35


U. S. Grants for Administration


Only :


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1941


8.57


Received during the year


833.12


Refund, Town Appropriation 15.00


$55,252.24


Reimbursements :


Cities and Towns


$ 1,169.02


State


$18,906.14


20,075.16


Total Receipts


$75,327.40


52


PAYMENTS


Town Cases :


Cash


$38,131.13


Medical


63.36


Board and Care


20.50


$38,214.99


For Other Towns :


Cash


$ 8,040.05


$ 8,040.05


For State:


Cash


$ 6,073.31


Medical


13.25


Hospital


195.35


Burial


110.00


$ 6,391.91


By Other Towns :


Cash $ 920.27


920.27 $


ADMINISTRATION


Salaries :


Bureau of Old Age Assistance


$ 100.00


Supervisor


1,200.00


$1,300.00


Other Expenses :


Postage and Supplies


$ 71.48


Telephone


20.34


Clerical Work


47.80


Transportation


196.50


Sundry Items


1.50


$ 337.62


Total Expenditures


$55,204.84


53


NET COST OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Total Expenses


$55,204.84


Less Reimbursements


$20,075.16


Less U. S. Grants


25,837.24


Less Refund


15.00




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