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Supt.
448.50
Labor
3,715.34
Equipment Hire
1,505.75
Bituminous Material
14,962.66
Gravel
482.40
Supplies
118.35
Gas
486.78
Entry Fee
5.00
Painting Center Lines
400.00
Tree Removal
750.00
22,874.78
Chap. 718 - State St. - D
Bituminous Material
309.12
309.12
Oiling Roads Supt.
237.10
87
Labor
1,693.66
Equipment Hire
120.50
Sand
1,801.78
Supplies
47.80
Bituminous Material
16,849.97
20,750.81
Snow Removal
Supt.
1,452.20
Labor
11,460.10
Supplies, Equipment, Repairs
2,654.81
Gas
1,164.47
Equipment Hire
9,273.02
Sand
3,522.72
Salt
3,226.02
Town of Ware Plowing
350.00
33,103.34
SEWERS AND CULVERTS
General Maintenance
Supt.
883.50
Labor
3,964.78
Supplies, Equipment, Repairs
1,569.58
Equipment Hire
1,394.50
Gas
634.20
Culverts, Pipes
1,512.17
Sewer Line Rights
169.70
Catch Basin Cleaners
520.00
Frames and Grates
198.00
Engineering Survey of
297.00
Palmer Center Sanitary Sewer
11,143.43
Main St. - D
Supt.
253.50
Labor
1,944.08
Equipment Hire
429.75
Culverts
2,633.69
Supplies, Repairs
107.02
Frames and Grates
872.00
Blocks and Rings
282.30
Gas
143.90
Gravel
120.60
6,786.84
South High St. - D
Supt.
136.50
Labor
713.88
Supplies
82.12
Frames and Grates
192.00
Culverts
1,173.65
Gravel
95.00
2,393.15
Riverview Parkway -- A
Supt. 65.00
68
Labor
327.76
Blocks and Rings
146.34
Culvert
296.35
Gas
64.00
899.45
Pleasant St. - B
Supt.
39.00
Labor
314.25
Blocks and Rings
76.12
Frame and Grate
55.00
484.37
Chestnut St. - A
Supt.
45.50
Labor
340.68
Blocks and Rings
91.17
Frame and Grate
55.00
Supplies
127.95
Pipe
856.95
Gravel
246.76
Equipment Hire
1,694.75
3,458.76
TOTAL FOR SEWERS AND CULVERTS
25,166.00
1960 Article 21 - Sewerage Engineering
Engineering Services
1,136.32
1,136.32
SIDEWALKS AND CURBS
General Maintenance
Supt.
175.50
Labor
1,138.14
Supplies
79.10
Gas
66.60
Bituminous Material
18.00
Concrete
671.63
Equipment Hire
350.75
2,499.72
Shearer St. - A
Supt.
258.90
Labor
1,299.94
Supplies
99.15
Equipment Hire
198.70
Gas
291.20
Tree Removal
175.00
Concrete
726.19
Bituminous Material
246.90
Gravel
186.62
3,482.60
Longview St. - A
Supt.
32.50
Labor
189.18
Concrete
73.13
69
Bituminous Material
90.00
384.81
Chudy St. - C
Supt.
149.50
Labor
1,062.36
Culvert
43.55
Bituminous Material
260.70
Supplies
27.80
Concrete
822.64
Loam
22.50
Equipment Hire
26.25
Construction of Wall
505.00
2,920.30
Maple Terrace - C
Supt.
104.00
Labor
798.92
Concrete
491.63
Supplies
4.20
Gravel and Loam
129.00
Bituminous Material
46.80
1,574.55
Oak St. - C
Supt.
71.50
Labor
667.00
Supplies
44.63
Concrete
529.00
Gravel
62.87
1,375.00
High St. - D
Supt.
19.50
Labor
185.60
Concrete
105.00
Gravel
75.50
385.60
Crawford St. - D
Supt.
52.00
Labor
327.36
Equipment Hire
50.00
Concrete
327.75
Gravel
120.00
Supplies
16.00
893.11
Main St. - D
Supt.
52.00
Labor
458.16
Supplies
30.42
Concrete
281.75
Gravel
77.50
Bituminous Material
80.70
980.53
State St. - D
Supt.
26.00
Labor
169.92
.70
Concrete
172.50
Supplies
12.00
Gravel
160.13
540.55
South Main St. - D
Supt.
52.00
Labor
304.68
Concrete
181.13
Supplies
16.00
Bituminous Material
72.00
Gravel and Loam
159.50
785.31
Main St. - D
Supt.
13.00
Labor
84.96
Concrete
97.75
Supplies
14.00
Bituminous Material
24.90
Gravel
88.99
323.60
Maple St. - D
Supt.
19.50
Labor
107.60
Concrete
125.00
Supplies
12.00
Gravel
100.00
364.10
North Main St. - A
Supt.
32.50
Labor
229.76
Concrete
106.25
Supplies
59.82
Gravel
45.00
473.33
Park St. - A
Supt.
32.50
Labor
345.20
Concrete
202.50
Supplies
28.15
Bituminous Material
18.30
Gravel
88.91
Equipment Hire
26.25
741.81
Central St. - A
Supt.
13.00
Labor
75.76
Concrete
85.00
Supplies
11.60
185.36
Converse St. - A
Supt. 32.50
71
Labor
272.40
Supplies
8.70
Concrete
236.25
Equipment Hire
57.00
Loam
45.00
651.85
Salem St. - A
Supt.
45.50
Labor
384.72
Supplies
2.88
Concrete
118.13
Loam
60.00
611.23
Walnut St. - A
Supt.
58.50
Labor
312.64
Concrete
177.19
Loam
60.00
608.33
Park St. - A
Supt.
6.50
Labor
67.79
Concrete
33.75
108.04
Thorndike St. - A
Supt.
52.00
Labor
408.65
Concrete
230.63
Bituminous Material
116.10
Loam
60.00
867.38
Park St. - A
Supt.
26.00
Labor
339.40
Supplies
8.96
Concrete
405.00
Loam
18.00
Equipment Hire
181.00
Bituminous Material
90.90
1,069.26
Church St. - A
Supt.
19.50
Labor
252.96
Supplies
13.50
Concrete
303.76
Loam
60.00
Equipment Hire
109.75
759.47
High St. - B
Supt.
231.60
Labor
1,748.04
Supplies
107.13
72
Concrete
1,132.75
Equipment Hire
68.75
Gravel
11.20
3,299.47
TOTAL FOR WALKS AND CURBS
25,885.31
Public Welfare
Board Salaries
750.00
Administrative Salaries
10,059.74
Administrative Expenses
1,414.90
Provisions
3,007.58
Fuel and Light
497.80
Board and Rent
3,163.22
Medical Expenses
3,737.25
Clothing
391.08
Cash Grants
1,413.65
For Other Cities and Towns
3,526.82
By Other Cities and Towns
2,814.04
Unsettled
2,706.40
Miscellaneous
181.79
33,664.27
Old Age Assistance
Board Salaries
750.00
Administrative Salaries
2,383.54
Administrative Expenses
582.58
Town Cases
47,428.47
For Other Cities and Towns
3,352.11
Unsettled
9,755.76
Medical
32,186.95
By Other Cities and Towns
1,039.40
Medical Assistance to Aged
15,302.95 112,781.76
Aid to Dependent Children
Administrative Salaries
1,722.00
Administrative Expenses
20.00
Eligible Medical
6,014.32
Town Cases
22,971.66
Burial Expense
200.00
30,927.98
Disability Assistance
Administrative Salaries
245.18
Town Cases
15,493.82
Eligible Medical
7,121.84
22,860.84
Medical Assistance to Aged
8,092.74
Veteran's Benefits
Salary
4,746.00
Administrative Expenses
301.92
Ordinary Benefits
16,167.35
Fuel and Rent
370.80
Medical
4,728.77
73
Provisions Telephone Clothing
1,315.03 239.10 11.67
27,880.64
TOTAL FOR CHARITIES
236,208.23
Schools and Libraries
Superintendent's Salary
9,870.68
Car Allowance
295.00
Clerical
8,191.89
Truant Officer
332.50
Teachers Salaries
352,858.07
Janitors Salaries
25,453.20
Health
6,015.20
School Physicians
1,250.00
General Expenses
392.10
Textbooks and Supplies
19,154.42
Transportation
36,048.45
Operating Expenses
22,504.54
Auxiliary Agencies
15,276.53
Furniture and Furnishings
3,125.00
National Defense Education
6,532.00
Repairs
14,998.68
Retirement
2,177.00
School Lunch
29,319.60
School Athletics
5,431.40
Libraries
8,500.00
School Building Committee Expenses
4,895.38
National Defense Education Title III
1,171.72
National Defense Education Title V
296.47
Trade School Expenses
14,128.29 588,218.12
Cemeteries
Labor
12,887.50
Clerk
200.00
Clerical Expenses
600.00
Office Expenses
43.64
Fertilizer and Trees
353.00
Repairs and Supplies
1,422.48
Engineering Services
1,411.20
Tree Trimming and Removal
240.00
Trucking
838.00
Gas
142.16
Lights and Water
25.14
Care of Neglected Graves
500.00
18,663.12
Parks
Labor
9,101.00
Clerk
70.00
Trucking
753.50
Lights
39.48
74
Water
Supplies and Repairs
Gas
33.25 1,229.18 69.73 11,296.14
Unclassified
Street Lighting
25,619.97
Garbage Collection
10,999.92
Town Reports
1,694.76
County T.B. Hospital Assessment
1,764.68
General Insurance
9,464.21
County Aid to Agriculture
50.00
Rental Quarters - W.W. I Vets
100.00
Memorial Day
648.38
Fire Engineers
75.00
Wing Memorial Hospital
2,000.00
State Parks and Reservations
5,525.73
County Tax
33,782.06
Dog License Fees to County
2,134.50
County Retirement Assessment
16,055.08
Beverage License Fees to State
20.00
Perpetual Care Funds
2,105.00
Refunds
5,923.98
State Audit
1,774.61
Federal Withholding Taxes
93,543.15
State Withholding Taxes
7,997.32
County Retirement
13,256.17
Blue Cross
16,160.20
Blue Cross - Retired
1,428.84
Blue Cross - Student
261.10
Group Insurance
4,466.12
Group Insurance - Retired
233.91
Town Hall Committee Expenses
303.50
Raze Town Hall
100.00
Refund - Sewer Entry Fee
50.00
Wildcat Bounty
10.00
Interest on Perpetual Care Funds
5,055.90
Trust Fund Under Will of Inez
1,000.00
Burleigh Fuller - For School Purposes
Trust Fund Under Will of Inez
2,000.00
Burleigh Fuller - For Maintenance
of Burleigh Park
265,604.09
GRAND TOTAL
1,585,613.24
Cash on Hand December 31, 1961
585,456.37
TOTAL
2,171,069.61
TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Securities 75,309.28
75
Thompson Fund Merrick Fund Perpetual Care Funds
951.28 850.00 70,508.00
Trust Under Will of Inez Burleigh Fuller For School Purposes Trust Under Will of Inez Burleigh Fuller
1,000.00
For Maintenance of Burleigh Park
2,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH S. GILL
Town Accountant
76
UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS DECEMBER 31, 1961
Account
Appropriations Refunds Reimbursements
Expended
Balance
Selectmen's Salaries
3,000.00
3,000.00
Other Expenses
2,500.00
2,362.37
137.63
Contingent Account
3,000.00
2,829.52
170.48
Accountant's Salary
5,720.00
5,720.00
" Clerical
500.00
493.20
6.80
Treasurer's Salary
6,230.00
6,230.00
Clerical
3,556.00
3,556.00
",
Other Expenses
1,100.00
1,095.52
4.48
Collector's Salary
4,250.00
4,250.00
Clerical
3,360.00
3,359.30
.70
" Other Expenses
1,400.00
1,399.44
.56
Town Clerk's Salary
1,630.00
1,630.00
Clerical
500.00
488.00
12.00
Other Expenses
500.00
486.05
13.95
Election & Registration
4,000.00
3,319.73
680.27
Assessor's Salaries
3,000.00
3,000.00
Clerical
4,040.00
4,040.00
Maps
700.00
700.00
Binding
125.00
123.63
1.37
Law & Claim
6,500.00
4,146.15
2,353.85
License Commission Expenses
300.00
298.67
1.33
Town Offices
4,800.00
4,762.50
37.50
Maintenance of Town Buildings
2,000.00
1,457.05
542.95
Town Hall Building Committee Expenses
879.28
303.50
575.78
Sell, Raze or Dispose of Town Hall
110.00
100.00
10.00
Town Engineer
3,000.00
3,000.00
Town Dump
3,700.00
3,651.00
49.00
Meter Account
5,000.00
4,834.37
165.63
Police Salaries
74,398.00
73,618.76
779.24
Police Expenses
9,760.00
9,582.57
177.43
Police Retirement of
James F. Donahue
4,030.52
3,358.70
671.82
Radio Equipment for Cruisers
5,212.75
5,211.55
1.20
Police Cruisers
3,800.00
2,685.62
1,114.38
Civil Defense
700.00
608.10
91.90
Forest Fires
3,400.00
1,966.79
1,433.21
Tree Warden's Department
4,100.00
4,069.30
30.70
Dutch Elm Disease
6,000.00
5,978.00
22.00
Gypsy Moth
1,800.00
1,759.48
40.52
Sealer's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
Expenses
600.00
584.42
15.58
.,
,, Other Expenses
1,550.00
1,550.00
77
Appropriations Refunds Reimbursements
Expended
Balance
Board of Health Salaries
600.00
590.78
9.22
Agent
350.00
350.00
Tuberculosis and Other Expenses
3,000.00
2,211.76
788.24
Meat & Milk Inspection
600.00
591.35
8.65
Animal Inspection
650.00
650.00
Vital Statistics
800.00
District Nurse Association
1,000.00
1,000.00
General Highway Maintenance
36,208.94
36,208.63
.31
Street Signs
500.00
500.00
Highway Equipment
15,550.00
14,197.32
1,352.68
1959 Art. 47 Lights
Cheneyville, Quaboag & Ford
3,500.00
3,500.00
1960 Art. 20 Flashing Signal
Quaboag & Ford Sts.
4,000.00
4,000.00
Flashing Signal Lights
Park & Thorndike Sts.
4,500.00
4,178.00
322.00
Pleasant Street-B
1,988.28
1,981.00
7.28
Calkins Rd .- A
2,504.15
2,503.64
.51
Baptist Hill Street-C
2,500.00
2,489.69
10.31
Pleasant Street-C
1,100.00
Charles Street-C
600.00
Edgewood Street-C
400.00
398.22
1.78
Barker Street-C
800.00
791.36
8.64
Sibley Street-C
2,750.00
2,748.86
1.14
Chudy Street-C
500.00
498.33
1.67
Edgewood Street-C
600.00
591.51
8.49
Chapter 718-State Street-D
309.12
309.12
State Street-D
500.00
499.88
.12
Emery Street-D
1,000.00
999.17
.83
State Street-D
700.00
699.98
.02
Main Street-D
6,970.00
6,969.95
.05
Jim Ash Road-D
500.00
494.57
5.43
Spring Street-A
1,048.00
1,037.44
10.56
Pleasant Street-A
3,000.00
2,982.27
17.73
King Street-A
4,800.00
4,782.81
17.19
Calkins Road-A
5,000.00
4,977.84
22.16
Chestnut Street-A
1,590.00
1,575.06
14.94
Deborah Street-A
950.00
945.16
4.84
Fletcher Street-A
1,000.00
992.31
7.69
Flynt Street- A
1,000.00
Flashing Signal Light
Rt. 32 & High Street
1.00
Guard Rail High Street-B
500.00
395.66
104.34
Mt. Dumplin Rd .- B
1,500.00
1,499.54
.46
Stimson Street-B
1,400.00
1,398.14
1.86
Pleasant Street-B
5,000.00
4,997.28
2.72
St. John Street-B
500.00
499.22
.78
Account
78
Appropriations Refunds Reimbursements
Expended
Balance
Rondeau Road-B
500.00
496.42
3.58
Old Warren Road-B
2,000.00
Sewers
11,500.00
11,143.43
356.57
Sewerage Engineering
1,200.00
1,136.32
63.68
Main Street-D
7,500.00
6,786.84
713.16
South High Street-D
2,500.00
2,393.15
106.85
Riverview Parkway-A
900.00
899.45
.55
Pleasant Street-B
500.00
484.37
15.63
Chestnut Street-A
5,000.00
3,458.76
1,541.24
General Sidewalk Maintenance
2,500.00
2,499.72
.28
Shearer Street-A
3,500.00
3,482.60
17.40
Longview Street-A
400.00
384.81
15.19
Chudy Street-C
3,000.00
2,920.30
79.70
Maple Terrace-C
1,625.00
1,574.55
50.45
Oak Street-C
1,380.00
1,375.00
5.00
High Street-D
400.00
385.60
14.40
Crawford Street-D
925.00
893.11
31.89
Main Street-D
990.00
980.53
9.47
State Street-D
580.00
540.55
39.45
South Main Street-D
1,000.00
785.31
214.69
Main Street-D
325.00
323.60
1.40
Maple Street-D
500.00
364.10
135.90
North Main Street-A
480.00
473.33
6.67
Park Street-A
750.00
741.81
8.19
Central Street-A
188.00
185.36
2.64
Converse Street-A
663.00
651.85
11.15
Salem Street-A
624.00
611.23
12.77
Walnut Street-A
675.00
608.33
66.67
Park Street-A
125.00
108.04
16.96
Thorndike Street-A
1,000.00
867.38
132.62
Park Street-A
1,075.00
1,069.26
5.74
Church Street-A
788.00
759.47
28.53
High Street -- B
3,300.00
3,299.47
.53
Oiling Roads
21,000.00
20,750.81
249.19
Snow Removal
30,500.00
33,103.34
2,603.34
(Defecit)
Chap. 90 Maintenance
9,000.00
8,977.55
22.45
Chap. 90 Shearer St .- 1960
28,995.00
28,991.37
3.63
Chap. 90 Shearer St .- 1961
34,000.00
22,874.78
11,125.22
Support of Poor
33,000.00
32,914.27
85.73
Public Welfare-Board Salaries
750.00
750.00
OAA-Board Salaries
750.00
750.00
OAA-Town Appropriation
67,579.44
67,528.38
51.06
OAA-Federal Aid
58,993.11
42,624.66
16,368.45
OAA-Federal Administration
3,296.02
2,164.27
1,131.75
MAA-Federal Aid
10,299.63
8,092.74
2,206.89
MAA-Federal Administration
387.24
Account
79
Account
Appropriations Refunds Reimbursements
Expended
Balance
ADC-Town Appropriation
10,090.65
10,090.65
ADC-Federal Aid
19,854.40
19,090.33
764.07
ADC-Federal Administration
2,392.04
1,747.00
645.04
DA-Town Appropriation
10,500.00
10,500.00
DA-Federal Aid
13,252.65
12,105.66
1,146.99
DA-Federal Administration
850.56
255.18
595.38
Veteran's Services
31,021.15
27,880.64
3,140.51
General School Maintenance
522,336.50 522,298.26
38.24
School Retirement
2,177.00
2,177.00
Trade School Expenses
14,142.00
14,128.29
13.71
School Building Committee Expenses-1959
4,895.38
4,895.38
Smith-Hughes Fund
421.30
School Lunch
34,929.25
29,319.60
5,609.65
School Athletics
7,548.21
5,431.40
2,116.81
Libraries
8,500.00
8,500.00
National Defense Education
Title III
2,593.59
1,171.72
1,421.87
National Defense Education Title V
786.55
296.47
490.08
Parks & Playgrounds
11,300.00
11,296.14
3.86
Street Lighting
25,962.00
25,619.97
342.03
General Insurance
10,454.34
9,464.21
990.13
Garbage Collection
11,000.37
10,999.92
.45
Town Fire Engineers
75.00
75.00
Town Reports
1,694.76
1,694.76
Memorial Day
650.00
648.38
1.62
Wing Memorial Hospital Fund
2,000.00
2,000.00
County Retirement Assessment
16,055.08
16,055.08
Rent for World War I Vets
100.00
100.00
County Aid to Agriculture
50.00
50.00
Cemeteries
18,200.00
18,163.12
36.88
Care of Neglected Graves
500.00
500.00
Blue Cross
9,900.00
8,080.10
1,819.90
Group Insurance
2,300.00
2,189.43
110.57
80
Balance Sheet
December 31, 1961
Debit
Credit
Cash
Taxes, 1957
$585,456.37 98.60
Taxes, 1958
135.00
Taxes, 1959
1,058.20
Taxes, 1960
2,926.12
Taxes, 1961
48,830.52
Motor Vehicle Tax, 1957
42.11
Motor Vehicle Tax, 1958
954.91
Motor Vehicle Tax, 1959
1,517.97
Motor Vehicle Tax, 1960
1,922.62
Motor Vehicle Tax, 1961
48,287.45
Farm Animal Tax, 1960
48.13
Farm Animal Tax, 1961
75.62
Tax Titles
1,856.93
Tax Possessions
717.94
Overlay, 1957
98.60
Overlay, 1958
135.00
Overlay, 1959
1,058.20
Overlay, 1960
2,926.12
Overlay, 1961
17,179.84
Overlay Reserve
62,106.35
Accounts Receivable
Highways
12.00
Public Welfare
1,915.50
Aid to Dependent Children
3,335.74
Old Age Assistance
842.28
Vets Benefits Schools
626.50
Old Age Assistance Recovery
2,600.00
Veterans Services Recovery
1,483.49
Chapter 90-Maintenance-State
3,000.00
Chapter 90 - Maintenance County
3,000.00
Chapter 90-Shearer Street and Calkins Road-State
17,000.00
Chapter 90-Shearer Street and
8,500 00
Calkins Road-County
9,195.50
Mass. Withholding Tax
2,328.03
County Retirement
1,203.84
Blue Cross-Employees
133.66
Blue Cross-Retired
83.13
Group Insurance -ยท Employees
733.86
Group Insurance- Retired
40.61
Parking Meter Fund
10.209.46
County Tax, 1961
770.15
Federal Withholding Tax
9,797.23
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State Parks & Reservations, 1960
1,168.94
State Parks & Reservations, 1961 Tailings
450.25 217.17
Sale of Cemetery Lots
5,692.00
Bequest
1,000.00
Land Taking Burleigh Park
25,000.00
State Audit, 1960
1,168.94
Interest on Inez B. Fuller
79.51
Fund for Parks
39.75
High School Construction
56,000.00
High School Remodeling
12,000.00
Loans Authorized
900,000.00
Loans Authorized Unissued
900.000.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue
52.725.06
Farm Animal Excise Revenue
123.75
Tax Title Revenue-Town
2,547.35
Tax Title Revenue-District
27.52
Departmental Revenue
16,529.25
Aid to Highway Revenue
31,500.00
Excess and Deficiency
379,313.73
Town Hall Building Committee Expenses
575.78
Highways -Pleasant Street-C
1.100.00
Highways-Charles Street-C
600.00
Highways-Flynt Street-A
1,000.00
Highways- Old Warren Road-B
2,000.00
1960 Art. 21-Sewerage Engineering
63.68
Snow Removal
2,603.34
Chapter 90-Shearer Street and Calkins Road
11,125.22
Old Age Assistance-Federal Aid
16,368.45
Old Age Assistance-Federal Administration
1.131.75
Medical Assistance to Aged- Federal Aid
2,206.89
Medical Assistance to Aged -Federal Administration
387.21
Aid to Dependent Children-Federal Aid
764.07
Aid to Dependent. Children-Federal Administration
645.04
Disability Assistance- Federal Aid
1,146.99
Disability Assistance- Federal Administration
595.38
Smith Hughes Fund
421.30
School Lunch
5.609 65
School Athletics
2,116.81
National Defense Education Title III
1,421.87
National Defense Education Title V
490.08
1.646,500.17 1,646,500 17
JOSEPH S. GILL
Town Accountant
Interest on Inez B. Fuller Fund for Schools
82
Report of Chief of Police
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Palmer, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my first annual report of the police depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1961. This report includes the activities of the department under Chief James F. Donahue to March 1, 1961.
During the year 375 complaints were issued against 293 males and 22 females. 13 delinquent complaints were issued against juveniles. Motor patrols covered 81,835 miles. Eight stolen cars were recovered and 315 summonses were served for other depart- ments.
Five persons were killed in automobile accidents, one a pedes- trian. 69 persons suffered personal injuries in 40 accidents. Prop- erty damage was caused in 61 cases.
The department lost by retirement February 28, 1961 Chief James F. Donahue who served the town for 37 years as a police officer, the last 12 of which he served as Chief of the Department. Elsewhere in this report a fitting tribute to Chief Donahue is expressed. However after my close association with him for the past twelve years I would like to express my personal thanks for his kind cooperation and guidance. The members of this de- partment join me in extending best wishes for the future with the hope that he will continue to enjoy his well deserved retirement for many years.
Harry E. Murphy and Henry S. Janasiewicz were appointed sergeants June 28, James F. Carter was reappointed as a patrol- man April 1, and John Noga was appointed a permanent patrol- man May 14, bringing the Palmer police force to a total comple- ment of 11 men. 8 patrolmen, 2 sergeants, and the chief of police. Due to the ever increasing demand for service I would recommend the appointment of two additional regular patrolmen.
I would like to express my thanks to your honorable board for the cooperation it has extended to me. I would also like to thank my police officers for their cooperation and assistance. Finally I wish to thank all the townspeople who aided the depart- ment in any way.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. HOLT
Chief of Police
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LIST OF OFFENSES PROSECUTED IN PALMER IN 1961
Crimes Against Persons :
8 Assault and Battery
Total
8
Crimes Against Property :
Breaking and Entering and Larceny
8
Larceny and Attempt
13
Malicious Mischief
2
Total 23
Crimes Against Public Order:
Delinquency
13
Disturbing the Peace
3
Driving to Endanger Lives
13
Driving While Under Influence of Liquor
28
Drunkenness
77
Fire Laws
3
Fish and Game Laws
1
Fugitive
1
Illegitimacy
2
Lewdness
5
Lottery Laws
3
Motor Vehicle Laws
166
Non-Support and Neglect
11
Peddling Without License
2
Stubbornness
2
Truancy
1
Vagrancy
6
Violation of Probation
7
Total 344
Grand Total
375
Parking Tickets Issued
608
Dispositions : Fined 244, Filed 41, House of Correction Sus- pended 17, Probation 32, Committed House of Correction 19, Turned Over To Other Departments 5, Dismissed 14.
84
Report of Park Commissioners
The Park Department completed its first year with a newly elected Board. During the course of the year the Board provided many worthwhile services to the town and still remained within a previously set budget.
The Common in Three Rivers was restored to a safe play area. Trees that needed trimming to remove hazards were cut. The trees on Memorial Plot in Lake Junction were removed. This area was reloamed, and new trees and grass was planted.
Burleigh Park was kept open to accomodate the many pic- nickers that used the area.
This year found the Legion Field taxed to 34 of its potential. With the addition of slow pitch softball and expansion of Pee Wee baseball, the field's every corner was in use.
Skating was provided for, and a hockey rink was set up again to accommodate the P.H.S. hockey team.
New equipment was purchased to attempt to cut down the growing need of man hours to keep all the areas in proper shape. It is hoped that an addition to the physical inventory can be made this year.
The town voted to take away the present tennis courts and part of Number One softball diamond. A new area will be needed not only for these sports but also for a skating area next winter.
The members of the Board wish to thank all those who helped make their first year in office a pleasant and happy one. A spe- cial thanks to the Selectmen for their guidance and aid over our rough spots.
Respectfully submitted,
JACOB TOSHIKIAN, Chairman EMMETT AHEARN, Secretary JOSEPH WITKOWSKI WILLIAM DEMAIO JOSEPH PAPUZENSKI
Park Commissioners
85
Jury List 1961-1962
Name
Precinct A
John F. Phillips
Gerald F. Dingman
Joseph T. Karczmarczyk
John W. Rourke
Francis J. Riel
Gus Theodore John S. Kusha John S. Majka
Joseph J. Lemieux
Joseph C. Santucci
William J. Mullen
Walter H. C. Erikson
Stanley Lachowski
Frank Kane
Guy A. Celentano
Joseph P. Boydak, Jr.
Robert McKee
Frederick B. Mansfield
Robert S. Forsman
Thomas R. Yule
Frank P. Golas
Rudolph E. Kivior
Lewis W. Iadisernia
Robert M. Stearns
Stanley J. Skowyra
Leslie M. Thomas Richard A. Laviolette James D. Stephenson Florence H. Johnson
Anthony A. Hryniewicz
Eugene S. Tyburski Agnes S. Wisnoski Frank H. Sterling John R. Ahearn George A. Backus Emmett F. Ahearn
Rene A. Couture
Everett C. Daly Julius Riel
Harold E. Calkins
Robert L. McDonald
Address
211 So. Main St. 15 Grove St. 75 Cabot St. 11 Maple St. 14 Winthrop St. 70 Central St. 45 Pine St. 4 Lathrop St. 25 Winthrop St. 582 No. Main St. 85 So. Main St. Flynt St. 28 Roosevelt St. 54 Wilson Ave. 4 Allen St. 42 Thorndike St. 10 Deborah St. Beech St. 125 Shearer St. 80 Buckland Rd. 75 Longview St. 743 No. Main St. 12 Maple St. 30 Searle St. 32 School St. 66 Water St. No. Main St. 18 Spring St. 1 Breckenridge St. 18 Wilson Ave. 15 Brown St. 16 Maple St. 28 Maple St. 210 South Main St. 16 Park St. 53 Central St. 40 Pleasant St. 594 North Main St. 21 Arnold St. Breckenridge St. 5 Brown St.
86
Name Leopold Santucci Donald E. Machia
Address 194 Calkins Rd. 4 Norman St.
Precinct B
John F. Riley
William F. Scharrett
John F. Wyrobek
Jan M. Boyko
John S. Karczmarczyk
Florence G. Cadieux
Henry P. Hebert
Roger G. Fortune
Oda B. Witkoski
Louis W. Janulewicz
Thaddeus S. Kszepka
Nora T. Rondeau
Francis H. Styspeck
Walter E. Janik
Walter F. Papuga
George L. Fortune
Charles H. Bressette
188 High St. 345 High St. 34 Main St. 110 Main St.
77 Pleasant St. 63 Church St. 14 School St. 53 Center St. 70 Pleasant St. 437 High St. 400 Main St. 152 Main St.
22 Harvey St. 52 High St. 86 High St.
53 Center St. 4 Main St.
Precinct C
Charles E. Graveline
Edward A. Bachand
Stanley A. Baldyga
Joseph J. Wojtowicz
Edward J. Gondek
Louis LaRose
William McKee
Edward Graveline
Phillipe L. Renaud
Joseph S. Mastalarz
Raymond Libera
Peter M. Chess
Frank A. Kajka
Chester F. Brozek
Anna R. Kulig
Herman W. Dohms John A. Dougal
Joseph S. Witkowski
George J. Moreschi Henry J. Les Arthur Magoni
Emile E. Gregoire Leo C. Bengle
176 Main St. Sykes St. 144 Palmer St. 78 Palmer St. Oak St. Edgewood St. 44 South St. 94 Pleasant St. Coache St. 128 Palmer Rd. 159 Main St. 258 Main St. 92 North St. 35 Ruggles St. 63 North St. 153 Springfield St. South St. 80 Belchertown St. 112 North St. Calkins Rd. 8 Maple Terrace 144 Main St. 15 Prospect St.
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