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Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS F. G. ANDREWS,
Collector of Taxes.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1951
Cash receipts in 1951
$ 35,687.33 198,718.08
$234,405.41
Cash payments in 1951
$178,213.38
Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1951
56,192.03
$234,405.41
1951 Cash Receipts Classified
1. TAXES
Taxes 1951 from Collector:
Property:
Personal
Real Estate
$ 5,247.60 36,395.31
Poll
Reimbursement, State, loss of taxes
Taxes of previous years from Collector:
Property:
Personal
$ 1,641.38 35,230.52
Poll
Tax Title Redemptions, Westgate
Taxes from State:
Income
$ 3,376.45 4,099.45
Public Service Franchise
.10
7,476.00
Total, Taxes
$ 86,799.75
2. LICENSES AND PERMITS
From Selectmen, liquor:
1 1951 all-alcoholic common vic- tualler, Kendzierski $ 350.00
1 1951 all-alcoholic club, Cavalier 350.00
2 1951 all-alcoholic package store, Barboza, Hampston 400.00
1 1951 beer-wine package store, Blanchette 100.00
42.00
21 1-day beer permits
-$ 1,242.00
$ 41,642.91 522.00 5.47
Real Estate
36,871.90 246.28
35.19
Corporation
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From Selectmen, other: 2 milk pasteurization, Roman, Townley 10 Sunday licenses Gasoline, explosives, etc .: Cronan Hathaway
20.00
10.00
$ 4.00
1.00
5.00
Use car, junk, at $5.00: DeMoura 2, Rose 2, McCrohan
25.00
Junk Collectors, at $2.00: Beiler, Wood 2 Common victualler, Cavalier
6.00
Chief of Police, 21 pistol permits
10.50
Fire department permits Town Clerk:
25.50
2 oleomargarine
$ 1.00
10 gasoline registrations
20.00
21.00
Total, Licenses and Permits
$ 1,367.50
3. FINES
Fines, First District Court:
Gambling (bookies ) 2
$ 1,000.00
Traffic violations
45.25
Total Fines
$
1,045.25
4. GRANTS AND GIFTS
Grants from Federal Government: Aid to Dependent Children: Administration Aid
$ 15.17
2,760.75
Old Age Assistance:
134.62
Administration Aid
16,948.56
$ 19,859.10
Grants from State:
School Aid
$ 7,796.01
Vocational Education
922.72
Union Superintendency
373.31
School milk subsidy
123.85
2.50
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Chapter 81 Highways Inspector of Animals Meals Tax
7,462.33 30.00 568.15
Grant from County: Dog Fund
Gifts from greyhound associations used
for traffic duty on dog track nights
500.00
Total, Grants and Gifts $ 37,938.26
5. ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE
Selectmen, lease of tax possession land, Combs $ 10.00
6. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Moth Assessments, from Collector $ 80.00
7. PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise,
from Collector of Taxes $ 6,782.03
8. DEPARTMENT
General Government:
From Selectmen, reimbursements for advertising costs $ 8.00
From Treasurer, reimbursement for recording costs, tax title redemption From Collector: Charges and fees (demands, war- rants, etc. 113.45
3.28
Tax certificate
1.00
From Town Clerk:
For 3 voting lists sold
4.50
Town Hall, phone refund by Tel. Co.
3.59 $ 133.82
Protection of Persons and Property: County, reimbursement for boarding and killing dogs 26.00
Health and Sanitation: Slaughtering fees, Babbitt
60.00
Highways:
Chapter 90 maintenance:
State for 1950 $ 1,000.00 1,000.00
County for 1950
17,276.37 302.79
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Chapter 90 bridge repairs: State
3,008.81
County
1,504.40
Scraper rental, 76 hrs. at 25c
19.00
6,532.21
Charities:
Reimbursements, Temporary Aid:
City of Boston
$885.12
City of Taunton
595.00 $ 1,480.12
Reimbursements, Aid to Dependent Children:
State 1,707.86
Reimbursements, Old Age Assistance:
City of Fall River $ 132.53
Town of Freetown 23.91
Town of Lakeville 167.69
City of New Bedford
143.16
Town of Raynham
134.84
City of Taunton 330.80
State
12,028.80
12,961.73
16,149.71
School department:
Phone refund by Tel. Co.
2.15
Sales of milk
284.84
286.99
Library, rent of Memorial Hall
28.00
Total, Departmental
$ 23,216.73
9. CEMETERIES
Interest withdrawn from savings accounts: Cemetery perpetual care funds
$ 141.75
E. H. Allen Fund
42.65
Total, Cemeteries
$ 184.40
10. INTEREST
On deferred taxes and assessments On motor vehicle and trailer excise On tax title redemptions On deposits
$ 688.63
118.60
1.78
3.29
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Accrued interest on sale of notes, school remodeling loan 14.78
Total, Interest
$ 827.08
11. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Anticipation highway reimbursement loan, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company $ 18,900.00 School Remodeling Loan, Day Trust Co. 16,000.00
Total, Municipal Indebtedness
$ 34,900.00
12. AGENCY
Proceeds of Dog Licenses, Town Clerk $ 357.20
13. TRUST
Tailings, check of previous year
$
.24
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
533.85
Dillingham Fund, income from securities
42.00
Federal Withholding Taxes
3,051.37
Blue Cross deductions
30.45
County retirement deductions
247.28
Total, Trust $ 3,905.19
14. INVESTMENT
Giles Leach Fund, income from securities $ 60.00
15. REFUNDS
Collector, petty cash
$ 50.00
Police Department, error in payroll
11.00
Fire Department, pay returned
.75
Sealer, overdraft refunded
.92
Aid to Dependent Children, extras
21.71
Old Age Assistance, extras and corrections
168.54
School Department, old bill and extras
345.08
School Heating System, withheld per contract
646.69
Total, Refunds $ 1,244.69
Recapitulation of 1951 Cash Receipts
1. Taxes
$ 86,799.75
2. Licenses and Permits 1,367.50
3. Fines
1,045.25
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4. Grants and Gifts
37,938.26
5. All Other General Revenue
10.00
6. Special Assessments
80.00
7. Privileges
6,782.03
8. Departmental
23,216.73
9. Cemeteries
184.40
10. Interest
827.08
11. Municipal Indebtedness
34,900.00
12. Agency
357.20
13. Trust
3,905.19
14. Investment
60.00
15. Refunds
1,244.69
Total, Cash Receipts 1951 $198,718.08
1951 Cash Payments
Classified by Appropriations and Accounts 1. GENERAL GOVERNMENT Moderator's Salary
Warren M. Ide
$ 20.00
Selectmen's Salaries
Albert Bindon, Chairman $ 150.00
Harold G. Ashley
125.00
John P. Pilling
125.00
400.00
Selectmen's Expense
Albert Bindon, delivering town reports $ Membership dues:
3.18
Bristol County Selectmen's Ass'n.
6.00
Massachusetts Selectmen's Ass'n.
15.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms
2.37
Taunton Daily Gazette:
Advertising hearings
11.33
Constables :
Posting town meeting warrants:
Eino H. Silvan
3.00
Linneus C. Whitaker
6.00
State Audits
46.88 417.90
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Auditor's Salary
Warren M. Ide
Arnold B. Perry
$ 10.70 44.30
55.00
Auditor's Expense
Holmes Print Shop, forms $ 3.50
Warren M. Ide, stamped envelopes 8.65
Postmaster, stamped envelopes 8.65
Sullivan's Office Supply Co., stamp and pad 2.00
22.80
Treasurer's Salary
Francis F. G. Andrews 500.00
Treasurer's Expense
American Bank Note Co., coupons for school loan $ 41.25
Francis F. G. Andrews, postage and 2
phone calls to Boston on school loan
3.54
R. Donald Andrews, clerical, 52 hrs. 41.60
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., paper 2.21
Director of Accounts, certifying notes
34.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms
5.14
Holmes Print Shop, allowance for checks
36.00
Mass. Coll. and Treas. Ass'n., dues
2.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cash book, forms 15.21
24.70
Postmaster, stamps
120.24
Sullivan's Office Supply Co., paper, mimeographing, etc. 10.70
J. R. Tallman & Co., Inc .:
Bond
46.50
Insurance on scales at Town Hall
16.62
399.71
Tax Title Expense
Harold A. Goff, Register, recording instrument of redemption $ 3.28
Frederick L. Tripp, registry searches,
surveying, plans, descriptions, etc. 123.00
126.28
Collector's Petty Cash, for change 50.00
Massachusetts Envelope Co.
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Collector's Salary
Francis F. G. Andrews 500.00
Collector's Expense
Percy L. Baldwin, janitor service at Myricks $ 3.00
Barre Gazette, tax bills
3.50
J. Adrien Bissonnette, deputy's bond 5.00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., ribbons
1.74
Cecelia Costa, clerical, 23 hours
19.55
Harold A. Goff, Register, recording
2.56
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms, binders, books 52.39
Warren L. Ide, notarizing
.75
Dorothy M. Lippold, clerical, 9 hours 7.65
Mass. Coll. and Treas. Ass'n., dues
2.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, forms
9.69
Postmaster, stamped envelopes
34.60
Frederick D. Sowle, deputy's notices of warrants
4.00
J. R. Tallman & Co., Inc .: Bond
102.75
Insurance on money and securities
30.00
Taunton Daily Gazette, tax advertising
11.31
Frederick L. Tripp, registry searches
33.00
Assessors' Salaries
Norman E. Whittaker, Chairman S 500.00
John J. Dillingham 300.00
300.00
Anthony Sylvia
Assessors' Expense
Ass'n. of Mass. Assessors, dues $ 9.00
Beatrice G. Buckley, records of registry
transfers 19.53
Davol Printing House, forms
9.25
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms, binders
36.43
Warren Holmes, canvassing blanks
7.00
Postmaster, stamps
5.00
Sullivan's Office Supply Co .:
Typewriter rental $ 6.00
Paper, ribbon, etc. 5.15
11.15
354.49
1,100.00
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Anthony Sylvia:
712 days car at $4
$30.00
Mileage and expenses
6.90
36.90
Norman E. Whittaker:
2 days car at $4
$ 8.00
Mileage and expenses
19.20
27.20
161.46
Town Counsel
Gordon M. Owen:
Attendance at legislative hearing on
Freetown water bill $ 35.00
Services re heating contract, school:
Advice, conferences, drawing contract 50.00
Advice, conferences and opinions to selectmen in 1951 50.00
135.00
Town Clerk's Salary
Francis F. G. Andrews 150.00
Town Clerk's Fees
Francis F. G. Andrews, returns of rec- ords of vital statistics $ 73.00
Oaths of office 2.00
75.00
Town Clerk's Expense
Thomas Groom & Co., Inc .: Bulletin board $ 7.24
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms 3.20
Mass. Dept. of Public Works, maps .50
Mass. Town Clerk's Ass'n., dues 5.00
Postmaster, postal cards .50
Sullivan's Office Supply Co., envelopes 1.45
J. R. Tallman & Co., Inc., bond 5.00
22.89
Elections
Election officers :
Blanche Campbell $ 9.00
E. Roy Colpitt 9.00
L. Clyde Cummings 9.00
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Josephine E. Makepeace 9.00
Marion I. Needham 9.00
Anthony Sylvia, police officer 9.00
54.00
Holmes Print Shop, ballots
22.50
76.50
Registrations
Registrars' salaries:
Richard W. Pilling, Chairman $75.00
Marion I. Needham 75.00
Joseph D. Rose 75.00
225.00
Percy L. Baldwin, janitor services,
Myricks
1.50
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms 10.54
Anthony Sylvia, janitor service, Town Hall 1.70
238.74
Town Hall Expense
Berkley General Store, light bulbs $ 1.14
Janitor services:
Russell E. Combs
62.50
Lucy F. White
4.69
Anthony Sylvia
1.70
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 112.77
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
14.97
Allan M. Walker & Co., Inc., insurance
69.92
267.69
2. PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department
Payrolls
$461.03
Armand Gamelin
9.00
Postmaster, stamped envelopes
18.16
Taunton Police Department, lockups
1.00
Payroll error
11.00
(Error refunded; net payments
from this account $489.19)
-$ 500.19
Police Department for Greyhound Associations Payrolls 500.00
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Police Department Payrolls Combined and Itemized
Harold G. Ashley, Chief
$194.00
William A. Cox
123.98
Ernest R. Flint
120.15
Charles E. Harrison
146.83
William B. Mitchell
92.95
Eino H. Silvan
164.35
Anthony Sylvia
114.52
Allen M. Talbot
4.25
961.03
Fire Department
Payrolls:
Labor at $1 per hour:
Harold G. Ashley, 1/2 hrs.
$ 1.50
Russell E. Combs, 212 hrs.
2.50
Antone S. DeMoura, 41 hrs.
41.00
Elmer L. Wing, 1 hr.
1.00
46.00
Labor at 85c per hour:
John M. Hathaway, Chief, 10 hrs.
$ 8.50
Kenneth H. Combs, 3 hrs.
2.55
Willis G. Craw, 5 hrs. .
4.25
Francis E. Fournier, 7 hrs.
5.95
Joseph O. Freeman, 12/2 hrs.
10.63
31.88
Labor at 75c per hour:
Harold G. Ashley, 1/2 hrs.
$ 1.13
Lewis W. Ashley, 8 hrs.
6.01
Richard W. Babbitt, 1 hr.
.75
Ralph Bristol, 1 hr.
.75
Donald S. Boutilier, Jr., 1 hr.
.75
William A. Cox, 12 hrs.
1.13
Russell A. Crimlisk, 1 hr.
.75
Alfred DeMoura, 312 hrs.
2.63
Antone S. DeMoura, 6/2 hrs.
4.87
Antone S. DeMoura, Jr., 17 hrs.
12.76
Raymond DeMoura, 2 hrs.
1.50
Daniel R. Fernandes, 1 hr.
.75
Harold F. Fitzgerald, 3 hrs.
2.25
Ernest R. Flint, 2 hrs.
1.50
Ernest A. Greene, 3 hrs.
2.25
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Leonard A. King, 1 hr.
.75
Joseph H. Marshall, Jr., 1 hr.
.75
Norman McDonald, 1 hr.
.75
Carl G. Overlock, 42 hrs.
3.38
Gilbert S. Rapoza, 8 hrs.
6.00
Albert O. Ratcliffe, 1 hr.
.75
Antone Rose, 1 hr.
.75
Harold E. Rose, 2 hrs.
1.50
Joseph D. Rose, 8/2 hrs.
6.38
Patrick H. Rose, 4 hrs.
3.00
William R. Shepard, 1 hr.
.75
Charles W. Sherwood, 912 hrs.
7.13
Alfred T. Townley, 3rd, 1 hr.
.75
Edward B. White, 1 hr.
.75
Elmer L. Wing, 42 hrs.
3.38
Richard F. Young, 2 hrs.
1.50
78.05
Town of Freetown, engine and labor
41.00
-
Use of cars :
Albert Bindon
$32.00
Kenneth H. Combs
3.00
Willis G. Craw
2.00
Antone S. DeMoura
4.00
Francis E. Fournier
5.00
Joseph O. Freeman
9.00
John M. Hathaway
6.00
Joseph D. Rose
2.00
63.00
Equipment maintenance and repairs : Berkley General Store, repairs, gas, storage
$57.74
Antone S. DeMoura/DeMoura's Auto Wrecking:
Storage, anti-freeze, tire, repairs, and repair hose 73.50
The Pierce Hardware Co .: Soda acid charges, extinguisher liquid
18.00
Silva's Shell Gas Station: gas, oil
13.49
162.73
New Equipment: Charles H. Clougherty Co .:
63.04
2 pump cans, 1 pump assembly
485.70
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Sealer Weights and Measures
Babbitt & Simmons, funnel
$ 8.90
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., seals
6.90
W. & L. E. Gurley, dies, tags
5.12
William B. Mitchell, salary
40.00
Moth Department
$
60.92
Payments
$ 425.00
Dutch Elm Beetle Control
$
199.74
Moth and Dutch Elm Payments Combined and Itemized
Payrolls:
Russell A. Crimlisk, Supt., 159 hrs. $159.00
Ernest R. Flint, labor, 63 hrs. 56.70
Russell E. Macomber, labor, 92 hrs. 82.80
Russell A. Crimlisk, truck hire, 159 hrs.
159.00 $ 457.50
Berkley General Store, gas
8.49
Nu-Brite Chemical Co., Inc., DDT
158.75
$ 624.74
Tree Department
Lewis W. Ashley:
Warden, 106 hrs.
$106.00
Truck hire, 27 hrs.
27.00
Power saw, 14 hrs.
28.00
$
161.00
Labor:
Stanley F. Hadro, 2 hrs.
$ 1.80
Walter M. Longton, 4 hrs.
3.60
Elmer W. Perry, 2 hrs.
1.80
Antone Rose, 107 hrs.
96.30
103.50
Antone Rose, power saw, 8 hrs.
16.00
Haworth Tree Experts, power saw, 6 hrs.
18.00
$ 298.50
Dog Officer Anthony Sylvia, boarding, killing, collecting, time, mileage 134.30
Payments
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3. HEALTH AND SANITATION
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
$
3,931.26
Mosquito Control, State Reclamation Board 25.00
Board of Health Expense
Herbert Aspinall, Animal Inspector $ 60.00
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital
547.50
Charles M. Souza, M.D., diphtheria clinic at school
30.00
$ 637.50
4. HIGHWAYS Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance
Payrolls
$ 4,645.60
Materials
5,131.34
Equipment hire
4,572.92
$ 14,349.86
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance $2,999.99
Materials
Chapter 90 Berkley-Dighton Bridge Repairs
Charles Callahan Co., Contractor
$ 6,017.62
Town of Dighton, advt. bridge closed
1.25
Globe Newspaper Co., advt. proposals 9.60
New England Road Builders Ass'n, advt. proposals
3.60
$ 6,032.07
Burt Street Oiling and Sanding
$ 172.90
Equipment hire
267.00
Materials
58.40
$ 498.30
Road Machinery Account
Joseph H. Babbitt, grinding
$ 11.50
Berkley General Store, gas, oil, kerosene
6.40
Robert C. Flint, repairing scraper
25.00
Manny's Hardware Co., rope, shovels, axes, etc.
26.88
The Pierce Hardware Co., chain link fence
18.36
Silva's Shell Gas. Station, fuel oil
.48
Waldron Hardware Co., scythe stone
.50
$ 89.12
Payrolls
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Berkley-Dighton Bridge Expense
Joseph H. Babbitt, salary bridgetender
$ 360.00
Town of Dighton: Moving steel plates Paid for electric service
9.48
3.60
$ 373.08
Snow Removal and Sanding
Payrolls:
Supervision
$ 37.00
Labor
100.13
Equipment hire
184.50
$ 321.63
Street Lights
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
$ 99.84
Totals of Maintenance Accounts Combined and Itemized
a. Salaries and Wages Lewis W. Ashley, Highway Surveyor: $1 per hr. $1,660.50
Labor at 90c per hour:
Joseph M. Almeida, Jr., 148 hrs.
133.20
George R. Babbitt, 6712 hrs.
60.75
John W. Barrow, Jr., 14 hrs.
12.60
Antone S. DeMoura, 14 hrs.
12.60
George Faria, 812 hrs.
7.65
John Fernandes, 16/2 hrs.
14.85
Robert C. Flint, 10 hrs.
9.00
Francis E. Fournier, 262 hrs.
23.85
Walter I. Freiwald, 25 hrs.
22.50
Joseph O. Freeman, 5 hrs.
4.50
Joseph Gouveia, 24 hrs.
21.60
Stanley F. Hadro, 162 hrs.
145.80
Nathan W. Holmes, 48 hrs.
43.20
Walter M. Longton, 267 hrs.
240.30
Howard S. Miller, 17 hrs.
15.30
John Moskal, Jr., 334 hrs.
300.60
Paul J. Moskal, 164 hrs.
147.60
Calvin C. Overlock, 14 hrs.
12.60
Elmer W. Perry, 162 hrs,
14.85
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Richard A. Perry, 14 hrs.
12.60
Frederick A. Reed, 581 hrs.
522.90
Antone Rose, 1,518/2 hrs.
1,366.65
Francis A. Rose, 7 hrs.
6.30
Lawrence Rose, 12 hrs.
10.80
Richard H. Senechal, 65 hrs.
58.50
Merle J. E. Stetson, 36% hrs.
33.08
Alfred S. Whippee, 1212 hrs.
11.25
Edward B. White, 33 hrs.
29.70
4,955.63
b. Equipment Hire
Lewis W. Ashley:
Truck hire, 1,173 hrs.
$1,173.00
Plow, 5 hrs. at $3
15.00
Plow, 412 hrs. at $3.50
145.25
-$ 1,333.25
George R. Babbitt:
Truck hire, 39%2 hrs. at $1 $ 39.50
Plow, 28 hrs. at $3.50 98.00
137.50
Town of Berkley, scraper, 76 hrs. at 25c 19.00
Joseph Fernandes, truck, 21/2 hrs. at $1
21.50
Francis E. Fournier, tractor, 21/2 hrs. at $2.60
55.90
Haworth Tree Experts, saw, 18 hrs. at $3
54.00
Warren A. Holmes:
Truck, 15 hrs. at $1 $ 15.00
Plow, 33 hrs. at $3.50 115.50
130.50
Irving A. Howes, shovel, 62 hrs. at $7
434.00
Macomber Bros .:
Truck, 16 hrs. at $3
$ 48.00
Truck, 64 hrs. at $3.50
224.00
272.00
Rufus Macomber:
Loader, 8 hrs. at $1.75
$ 14.00
Loader, 12 hrs. at $3.50 42.00
Truck, 8 hrs. at $1.75
14.00
Truck, 12 hrs. at $3.50
42.00
112.00
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Antone Marshall, truck, 38 hrs. at $3 114.00 McCabe Sand & Gravel Co .: grader, 53 hrs. at $5.50 291.50
Paul J. Moskal, truck, 12 hrs. at $1
12.00
Calvin C. Overlock, plow, 14 hrs. at $3.50
49.00
Richard A. Perry, plow, 14 hrs. at $3.50
49.00
Antone Rose, truck, 16 hrs. at 80c Joseph D. Rose, truck, 8 hrs. at $1 St. Germain & Son:
12.80
8.00
Trailer tractor, 5 hrs. at $10 Severino & Son:
50.00
Loader, 24 hrs. at $3.50
$ 84.00
Truck, 24 hrs. at $3.50 84.00
168.00
Frank Silvia, truck, 32 hrs. at $3
96.00
Joseph Simmons, truck, 6 hrs. at $3.50
21.00
City of Taunton, roller, 21.85 hrs. at $2.50
54.62
Thomas Bros., grader: 31 hrs. at $7
$217.00
123 hrs. at $7.50
922.50
1,139.50
Winston Weston, bulldozer, 57 hrs. at $5.50
313.50
4,948.57
c. Materials
Allen Hatch, 5 locust posts
$
5.00
Independent Coal Tar Co .: Asphalt
$2,874.35
Tar
346.23
3,220.58
Mack Construction Co., sand patch
102.61
Manny's Hardware Co., staples, paint, etc.
7.92
McCabe Sand & Gravel Co .: Sand and gravel $ 179.31
41 yds. sand, spread
75.85
255.16
New England Metal Culvert Co.
93.24
The Pierce Hardware Co .: Calcium chloride, etc. 47.20
Antone Rose, 5 locust posts 5.00
Sherry Corp., bituminous conc. mix
12.00
Thomas Bros., cold patch
28.28
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Tri-City Concrete Co., sand spread 2,029.81
Trimount Bituminous Products Co., tar 2,453.03
Waldron Hardware Co., cement, etc. 5.75
8,265.58
d. Recapitulation
Salaries and wages
$ 4,955.63
Equipment hire
4,948.57
Materials
8,265.58
$ 18,169.78
Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance $ 14,349.86
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance 2,999.99
Burt Street Oiling and Sanding
498.30
Snow Removal and Sanding
321.63
-$ 18,169.78
5. CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
Welfare Board Salaries $ 150.00
A. D. C. Administration, Federal Grants 8.65
O. A. A. Administration, Federal Grants 150.97
Welfare Administration
950.10
Total spent for administration $ 1,259.72
Itemized Payments
Margaret L. Adams, clerk:
Salary $30 month $ 240.00
Harold G. Ashley, salary, welfare board 50.00
Ruth Avery, clerk: Salary, $37.50 per month
150.00
Albert Bindon:
Salary, welfare board $ 50.00
Salary, supervisor,
$50 per month
600.00
Mileage
63.00
Postage and phone
.87
713.87
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms
8.44
Holmes Print Shop:
Printed stamped envelopes 20.66
John P. Pilling, salary, welfare board
50.00
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Social Service Index
10.00
Sullivan's Office Supply Co., paper, etc.
16.75 $ 1,259.72
Temporary Aid, Aid
Cash Grants, temporary aid
$ 1,223.33
Cash Grants, disability assistance
13.48
Groceries and provisions : Berkley General Store
$ 20.00
Market Basket
30.00
Weir Cash Market
59.95
109.95
Miscellaneous:
Ernest R. Flint, opening grave
$ 17.00
Dagen Funeral Home
100.00
$
117.00
Other Cities and Towns:
Town of Dighton
$ . 651.50
Town of Norton
21.66
City of Taunton
841.36
1,514.52
Total, Temporary Aid Aid to Dependent Children, Aid
$ 2,978.28
Federal Grant Account, Caash Grants
$ 2,765.31
Town Appropriation, Cash Grants
3,268.32
Total spent for A. D. C., Aid
$ 6,033.63
Old Age Assistance, Aid
Federal Grant Account, Cash Grants
$
2,765.31
Town Appropriation, payments
18,302.76
Total, O. A. A., Aid
$ 33,481.15
O. A. A., Aid, Payments Combined
Cash Grants
$ 32,386.26
Other Cities and Towns:
Town of Acushnet
$ 150.47
Town of Dighton
303.27
Town of Easton 90.25
Town of Fairhaven
376.71
Town of Freetown
102.73
Town of Swansea
71.46
1,094.89
-$ 33,481.15
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(Old Age Assistance refunds totalled $168.54 making the net payments, $33,312.61)
Department of Veterans' Services
Administration:
R. Donald Andrews, Director, salary $ 100.00
Aid: Cash Grants $ 660.44
City of Attleboro
35.00
695.44
$ 795.44
6. SCHOOL AND LIBRARIES School Committee Salaries
Ruth O. Babbitt $ 58.06
Gil A. Bettencourt
51.94
Helen J. Colpitts
50.00
$ 160.00
School Department a. General Expense
John J. Rolfe, Supt., salary $ 600.00
Gladys P. Babbitt, Sec., salary
234.00
Russell E. Combs, Attendance Officer, salary 25.00
Ajax Busines Equipment Co., stencils
.70
American School Board Journal, subscriptions 6.75
Ruth O. Babbitt, convention expenses
4.00
Helen J. Colpitts, convention expenses 4.00
Fall River Herald News, advertising
1.80
Gledhill Bros., Inc., paper
2.45
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, billheads
9.51
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
school phone 52.13
John J. Rolfe:
convention expense $ 2.50
travel expense, mileage allowance 99.96
102.46
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James E. Williams, Postmaster, envelopes 1.76
Taunton Daily Gazette, advertising
2.38
Town of Dighton, office phone
32.29
-$ 1,079.23
b. Teachers' Salaries
Irene O. Braunstein, sub.
$ 32.00
Marion R. Day, sub.
16.00
Richard C. Flemming
1,000.00
Ruth M. Gamson, sub.
69.00
Anne K. Greene
950.00
Marjorie E. Hayward, music
586.00
Kathleen A. Kelliher
897.00
Catherine M. Kula
1,680.00
Edna C. Lincoln
2,800.00
Catherine L. Murphy
2,540.00
Edna M. Seekell, sub.
12.00
A. Louise Unsworth
2,900.00
Marcine G. Weiner
1,487.50
14,969.50
c. Text Books and Supplies
Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
$ 21.81
The Boston Music Company
3.00
Boston University
16.25
Burke's Record Shop, records
13.61
Ginn & Company
378.12
J. L. Hammett Company
96.75
Houghton Mifflin Co.
14.55
The Macmillan Company
9.32
McCormack-Mathers Publishing Co.
20.28
McGregor Magazine Agency
7.65
Rand McNally & Company
183.57
G. & C. Merriam Company
5.59
John C. Moore Corporation
3.03
Noble & Noble Publishers, Inc.
10.90
Silver Burdett Company
14.46
L. W. Singer Company, Inc.
10.21
Whitmarsh Music Co.
8.74
Robert A. Wilcox Co.
63.45
The John C. Winston Company
16.13
World Book Company
21.95
919.37
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d. Janitors' Salaries
Horace Clough
$ 259.98
Russell E. Combs
1,819.86
Wendell D. Conant
7.50
Laurence B. Swift
16.00
2,103.34
e. Fuel and Light
Church Coal Company $ 1,285.66
(refund $309.08, net payment $976.58)
Pacific Oil Company
332.40
Anthony Rose, wood
57.00
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
85.32
f. Tuition
Town of Dighton
$ 6,949.50
Town of Lakeville
4.20
City of Taunton
46.20
6,999.90
g. Transportation
Horace Clough, sick children
$ 1.86
Russell E. Combs, sick children Clarence C. Trenouth
9,888.00
(refund $36, net payment $9,852.00)
9,908.04
h. Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds (includes janitors' supplies )
Aborn Chemical Industries, wax, sealer, mops $ 46.62
American Glass Co. 11.00
Charles G. Bettencourt, cutting pipe 5.00
Boston Janitors Supply Co., Inc., soap 9.77
K. M. Crawford Co., polish, wax
31.34
Emco Electrical Supply, Inc., fixtures, bulbs 168.60
Fourniers' Sweeping Odorant 9.00
Leonard Electric Co. $ 25.00
36.65
Manny's Hardware Co.
Nu-Brite Chemical Co., Inc., wax, oil 19.70
The Pierce Hardware Co., oil, brush, etc. 36.12
Joaquim Serevino & Son, trucking filling 22.50
Taunton Hardware & Plumbing Supply Co. 2.30
1,760.38
18.18
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Waldron Hardware Co., paint, polish, etc. 15.94
Robert A. Wilcox Co., towels, paper 62.90
Williams Lumber Co., Inc., cutter, plug, etc. 7.51
509.95
i. Furniture and Furnishings
Babbitt & Simmons, fountain $ 130.00
Burke's Record Shop, record playing unit 58.21
Town of Dighton, 26 desks 26.00
The Pierce Hardware Co., extinguishers 24.00
238.21
j. School Health
Ella F. Dillingham, School Nurse, salary $ 450.00
Charles M. Souza, M.D., School Physician
200.00
Weir Pharmacy
14.04
664.04
k. Other Expenses
Gil A. Bettencourt, deliver platform $ 2.00
Division of the Blind, tune piano
3.50
J. L. Hammett Co., diplomas 20.85
Holmes Print Shop, graduation tickets
2.50
The Pierce Hardware Co., baseballs, bats
18.00
State Prison, highway school signs 10.00
A. Louise Unsworth, paid express on signs 1.43
Allan M. Walker & Co., Inc., insurance
273.04
331.32
Total, School Department $ 39,483.28
School Heating System Engineer
Carl W. Larson $
250.00
School Heating System
Babbitt & Simmons, contractor $ 9,802.70
Fall River Herald News, advt. 23.43
Taunton Daily Gazette, advt. 24.99
(refunds $646.69, net $9,204.43)
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