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Lucian H. Burns, Principal
CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL Graduates, June 8, 1944
Ruth Eleanor Adams Beatrice Mary Ambler Edna Lucille Angus Barbara Ellen Beausoleil Leo Belida Claire Lois Burton Raymond Campbell Richard Brooks Carkin Marguerite Ann Carruthers Mary Anthony Cincevich Bernard Clark Betty Lou Connor Lillian Evelyn Cooke Mary Laura Coppen Virginia Emily DeCarteret Richard Perry Delmore Barbara Elizabeth Delorey Constance Desaulnier Aline Marie Desmarais John Dulgarian Shirley Dorothy French James Frederick Gannon Barnard Leslie George Charles Allan Gray Robert Sherman Gray Astrid Elizabeth Hanson Louise Joanne Hennessy Roy Bartlett Hinckley Virginia Victoria Hyde Barbara Brown Jones Raymond Walter Judge Alexander Karafelis Ernest George Kisley Hazel Jean Kolesnikoff Barbara Elizabeth Lahue
Christine Dorothy Lapham Rita Theresa Lambert Theresa Claire Long Richard Charles Lynch Alfred George Marcotte, Jr. Bernard Robert McHugh Beverly Louise Messer Robert Albert Michaud Elsie Lucille Miller Eleanor Helen Mochrie Verna Louise Morris Edward Robert Morse Peter Joseph Narus, Jr Frances Mae Niemaszyk Alice Catherine Nobrega Charlotte Grace Nystrom Dorothy Margaret O'Brien Eileen Patricia O'Neil Pauline Theresa Paquette Elizabeth Constance Pentedemos Shirley May Pickard Arthur Donald Pratt, Jr. Sophie Susan Prowker John Wahlers Sargent Dorothy Anna Shedd George D. Spanos Nancy J. Spanos Jeanne Louise Swallow Ernest Roland Thurber
R. Elaine Vayo Edward Alfred Vondal Helen Vrouhas Dorothea Winifred Wrigley Catherine Eileen Yoachimciuk Walter Edward Zabierek
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
GRADUATES OF EIGHTH GRADE
QUESSY SCHOOL June 9, 1944
Hazel Joan Abrahamson Robert George Abrahamson Eleanor Anne DeGuise Daniel William Dexter Kenneth B. Hillman
Kathleen Isabel Hodgson Doris Roberta Johnson Carmela Leo William Edward Riney
PRINCETON STREET SCHOOL
June 12, 1944
Barbara Jane Adams Leo Joseph Adle Eleanor Daisy Brown Loraine Elizabeth Buchanan Thomas Vincent Cantara Nickolas Cinoevich Theresa Lenora Daigle Therese Frances Gelineau Eva Rita Gosselin Edith May Hall
Elda Theresa Locapo Jean Hooking Logan Virginia Lois Logan Kenneth Merrill Miller
Evelyn Beatrice Monette Wayne Mutch MacDonald John Wilson MCEvoy Louis Anthony Oliver Betty Ellen Stewart George Richard Welch, Jr. Donald Leo Williams
HIGHLAND AVE. SCHOOL
June 13, 1944
John Patrick Campbell Nancy Lorraine Duffy Norma Elaine Durrell Henry Robert McEnany Mary Lorraine Mercier
Russell Winn Merrill Elizabeth Gertrude Miner Barbara Carolyn Pudsey Ralph Joseph Reedy Patricia Catherine Tansey Mary Theresa Tobin
WESTLANDS SCHOOL
June 14, 1944
Gordon Lyle Axon Raymond Nicholas Belanger Joseph Ralph Bellegarde Thomas Alan Brooks Eleanor Ruth Brown John Craig Burns Shirley Elizabeth Colmer James Edward Duffy Byron Lafayette Fairbrother Joseph Michael Flynn John Leonard Guiney Jackie Donald Hadley Lois Ruth Harnish
Joan Alice Hartley Jean Marie Kilburn Roger Alan Lewis Mary Agnes Manning Virginia Hope Manseau Arthur Edward Norton Theodore Alvard Olsson, Jr. Roger Arthur Pihl Brooks Bradfield Riley Fern Amanda Scoble Walter Paul Sullivan Elmer Garfield Swanson, Jr. Barbara Ann Thumm Barbara Howland Watson
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
EAST CHELMSFORD SCHOOL June 15, 1944
Edward Eugene Barker Joseph Edward Borden Phyllis Lena Burroughs John Dulgarian Rita Margaret Gonsalves Marie Elizabeth Hayes Clarence Milton Hefler Nancy Ann Hunt
Robert De Laurie Ward Harmston Letteney Florence Fileen McNulty Richard Francis Meagher Eleanor Barbara Morton Herbert Lincoln Mulno Mary Kita Sears Shirley Mae Stokham Barbara Ann Wylie
McFARLIN SCHOOL June 16, 1944
Arthur Allan Adams Phyllis Narma Anderson Mary Regina Avila Ephrem William Joseph Ayotte Janette B. Bassett Gerard E. Benoit Bessie Susanne Blackie Emily Merrill Bovill Elisabeth Ann Byam Lois Mae Colwell Robert James Desmarais Mary Emanouil Bradford Owen Emerson
Frances Harvey Everett David Linwood Farrington Carl Gagnon Russell Lloyd Greenwood
Alice May Heald Earle Roy Hender son John Raymond Kydd, Jr. Lucille Mary Anne Lagasse
Douglas Leonard MacElroy Jane Patricia Mills William Marshall Mortham Robert Parlee Quentin Lee Peacock Beverly Adams Pickard Ray Pike 111 Thomas Henry Randall William Leslie Reid Robert Versal Robey Hazel Frances Rose Frederick Elton Silk
Madelaine Margaret Twohey
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- REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Herewith is submitted the Annual Report of the Town Accountant in ac- ;ordance with the provisions of Chapter 624, Section 7 of the Revised Laws.
All transfers made and shown in this report were authorized by vote of the Finance Committee or by vote in Town Meeting.
RECEIPTS
General Revenue TAXES
CURRENT YEAR:
Poll.
$4,036.00
Personal Estate
25,880.83
Real Estate.
205,902.57
$235,819.40
PREVIOUS YEARS :
Poll.
$ 6.00
Personal Estate
682.24
Real Estate
32,070.69
$ 32,758.93
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX:
Motor Excise Tax, 1944.
$10,227.55
Motor Excise Tax, Previous Year.
220.86
$ 10,448.41
CAX TITLE REDEMPTION:
Tax Title Redemption.
$ 952.95
FROM THE STATE:
Income Tax.
$32,095.00
Corporation Tax.
32,865.33
Meal Tax.
3,062.95
Total from State
$ 68,023.28
GRANTS AND GIFTS
FROM COUNTY :
Dog Licenses
$ 1,390.51
Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance
2,499.02
$ 3,889.53
FROM STATE:
Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance
$ 2,499.02
Aid to Industrial Schools
753.43
Gasoline Tax, Highways.
13,993.56
$ 17,246.01
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT :
Old Age Assistance, Administration
1,470.11
Old Age Assistance, Relief.
43,776.48
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief ..
1,900.86
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration
57.90
$ 47,205.35
14.7
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FINES AND FORFEITS
Court Fines
99.08
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Cabin License.
1.00
Plumbing Permits ..
207.50
Automobile Dealers.
35.00
Sunday Licenses
12.00
Common Victualers' Licenses
18.00
Bottling Licen ses
20.00
Liquor Licenses for 1944.
1,001.00
Liquor Licenses for 1945.
1,700.00
Garbage Licenses
1.00
Milk Licenses.
65.50
Slaughtering Licenses
2.00
Wood Alcohol Licenses
5.00
Funeral Director's Licenses.
2.00
Entertainment Licenses
40.50
Manufacturing Ice Cream Licenses.
5.00
Gasoline License
.50
$ 3,116.00
SELECTMEN :
Advertising.
$ 55.50
All Other.
1.33
56.83
TAX COLLECTOR:
Tax Title Redemption Costs
94.29
Tax Collection Costs
116.20
Telephone Toll
.10
$ 210.59
TOWN CLERK :
Auctioneers' Licenses
8.00
Junk Doalors' Licenses.
5.00
Certificate of Registration.
3.25
Dog Licenses.
1,762.60
Postag
18.00
1,796.85
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT :
Telephone Tolls.
.25
Sale of Brief Cas
3.00
3.25
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS :
List of Person
1.10
1.10
TOWN HALLS:
Rent from Chelmsford Center Town Hall ... $ 91.80
91.80
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Revolver Permits.
7.00
Bicycle Permits.
4.50
Telephone Tolls.
4.77
For Sale of Automobile
761.00
777.27
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Labor at Fires .... ....
$ 6.00
6.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Sealing and Testing
72.11
72.11
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Stato T. B. Subsidy
71.43
Reimbursement by Individuals.
152.25
$ 223.68
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Rental of Equipment
* 833.75
Snow Removal.
145.75
$ 979.50
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Telephone Tolls.
4.60
4.60
REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUTSIDE RELIEF :
Cities and Towns
$ 1,217.65
State Temporary Aid.
2,040.82
From Individuals
270.50
3,528.97
REIMBURSEMENT FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN :
State
$ 2,863.57
$ 2,863.57
REIMBURSEMENT FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Cities and Towns
$ 1,729.54
State
38,114.71
From Individuals
650.00
$ 40,494.25
REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOLDIERS' BENEFITS :
Military Aid.
$ 113.75
State Aid.
120.00
War Allowance, State.
244.00
Reimbursement by Individuals
50.00
527.75
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Tuition, State Wards
1,235.05
Tuition, Other Towns.
773.95
Rental of Auditorium.
87.00
$ 2,096.00
ADAMS LIBRARY
Fines.
93.71
93.71
UNCLASSIFIED
Rental of Land.
12.00
Sale of Real Estate.
570.00
Sale of Town History.
9.00
591.00
CEMETERIES
Sale of Lots and Graves
$ 820.00
820.00
INTEREST
On Tax Titles Redeemed
$ 90.91
On Taxes.
987.86
On Trust Fund Perpetual Care
602.25
$ 1,681.02
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Chapter 90 Highway Loan * 4,000.00
$ 4,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
EAST CHELMSFORD WATER DISTRICT:
Taxes and Interest
$ 2,025.94
SOUTH CHELMSFORD WATER DISTRICT:
Taxes and Interest
420.16
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE BEQUESTS :
Bequests
$ 925.00
PURCHASE OF WAR BONDS:
From Employees
$ 3,092.07
TAILINGS
$ 41.64
AGENCY :
Withholding Tax. Beverage Permits, for State
14,509.29
20.00
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REFUNDS
Highway De pert ment
6.40
Forest Fire Department.
1.25
State Aid.
10.00
Public Buildings.
20.00
Gasoline Tax, State
35.19
Welfare Department
49.00
Health Department.
30.00
Tax Title Foreclosure.
112.00
Fire Department
1.00
Soldiers' Benefits.
50.00
Public Buildings Insurance
113.10
Old Age Assistance
264.39
$ 692.33
Total Receipts for 1944
$502,305.22
Cash on Hand January 1, 1944.
92,819.69
Total Receipts for 1944 and Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1944
$595,124.91
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PAYMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MODERATOR:
Salary
$ 25.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries of Board.
$ 1,000.00
Salary, Clerk.
29.00
Stationery and Postage
23.15
Printing and Advertising
71.93
Telephone.
96.29
Dues, Selectmen's Association.
9.00
All Other.
27.00
$ 1,256.37
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT :
Salary.
$ 2,100.00
Stationery and Postage
27.11
Clerk Hire
155.88
All Other
2.25
$ 2,285.24
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT :
Salary
200.00
Stationery and Postage
47.75
Printing and Advertising ..
85.90
Bond.
7.50
Binding.
22.50
All Other
9.75
$ 373.40
TOWN TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR :
Salary
2,500.00
Clerk Hire
1,366.50
Stationery and Postage.
476.23
Printing and Advertising
428.54
Telephone
70.45
Insurance
232.50
Certification of Notes
2.00
Foreclosing Tax Titles
1,191.91
Recording Tax Deeds.
31.140
Treasurer and Collector's Bond.
457.50
Traveling Expense
12.60
Deputy Collector's Bonds.
5.00
Clerk's Bond.
15.00
Postage Meter
122.23
Tax Sale Expenses
73.70
Tax Title Publication.
60.00
Tax Demands.
45.15
Tax Title Demands.
47.60
All Other
46.25
$ 7,184.56
152
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT :
Assessors, Salaries of Board.
3,000.00
Clerk and Assistant Assessor, Salary.
1,312.59
Stationery and Postage.
64.61
Printing and Advertising.
87.93
Transportation.
167.75
Telephone
64.41
Convention Expen se
1.50
Ice.
15.75
Maps.
117.00
Tax Abatement Expense
325.00
All Other
18.75
$ 5,175.29
LAW DEPARTMENT :
Town Counsel Salary.
$ 300.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE :
Stenographic Services
15.00
Association Dues.
10.00
25.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION :
Registrars' Salaries and Transportation.
$ 518.05
Assistant Registrars and Transportation.
673.85
Election Officers.
835.25
Printing and Advertising.
458.60
Stationery and Postage.
79.75
Rent ..
20.00
All Other
7.45
$ 2,592.95
PLANNING BOARD:
Association Dues
10.00
Seal Press
3.75
Plan.
12.50
26.25
BOARD OF APPEALS:
Posting Warrants
7.00
Advertising.
3.00
Transportation, Stenographic Services, Etc
125.00
135.00
PUBLIC BUILDINGS: (TOWN HALLS)
Janitors' Salaries
$ 1,540.00
Fuel
987.44
Light.
441.47
Water
35.00
Repairs ... (Material and Labor).
117.12
Fertilizer
4.90
Janitors' Supplies.
111 .73
$ 3,237.66
Total for General Government
$ 22,616.72
153
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Chief's Salary
$ 2,300.00
Patrolmen's Salaries.
4,000.00
.
Special and School Police
2,165.96
Keeping Prisoners
32.25
Association Dues
6.00
Gas and Oil
630.82
Automobile Repairs and Equipment.
518.13
Equipment for Men.
11.31
Other Equipment and Repairs.
63.19
Printing, Stationery and Postage
21.27
Telephones.
312.64
Telephone Operator and Clerical
243.00
Insurance
143.2
Photographs.
21.60
Radio Service
61.44
Garage Rent
44.00
All Other
20.89
Total for Police Department.
$ 10,595.72
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Salaries:
386.50
Firemen.
4,838.45
Janitors.
515.28
$ 5,740.23
ENGINEERS' EXPENSE :
Stationery and Postage
7.05
Transportation.
26.60
Labor
132.75
166.40
FIRES :
Labor
$ 569.92
MAINTENANCE:
Equipment for Men
51.118
Apparatus
537.24
Garage Rent ..
315.00
Repairs of Apparatus
412.88
Gas and Oil.
84.97
Fuel.
422.00
Light
150.91
Alarm System
276.89
Water.
53.53
Telephones
383.67
Insurance, Trucks
206.78
Chemicals
48.62
All Other
5.00
2,948.97
154
Engineers
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
HYDRANT SERVICE:
East Chelmsford
$ 2,000.00
North Chelmsford.
500.00
Chelmsford Center.
2,000.00
South Chelmsford
1,000.00
$ 5,500.00
Total for Fire Department
$ 14,925.52
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Wages.
# 245.99
Seals and Dies
4.01
$ 250.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Labor
578.00
Hose.
24.30
Insecticides
12.72
$ 615.02
TREE WARDEN :
Labor and Trucks
$ 549.90
$ 549.90
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS:
Salary
$ 300.00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Warden.
$ 1,200.00
Fighting Fires
358.22
Gas and Oil
25.45
Repairs of Apparatus
17.59
Truck Maintenance and Storage.
22.75
Telephone
42.00
Insurance
71.61
First Aid Kit.
7.71
Apparatus
34.47
$ 1,779.80
Total for Protection of Persons and Property ...
$ 29,015.96
HEALTH AND SANITATION
SALARIES:
Board of Health
$ 700.00
Agent
2,000.00
Meat Inspector.
650.00
Milk Inspector.
300.00
Animal Inspector.
200.00
Plumbing Inspector, Fees
351.50
Physicians' Salaries
100.00
$ 4,301.50
155
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
VACCINE TREATMENT :
Medical Attendance
$ 70.00
Serum
8.30
$ 78.30
MAINTENANCE :
Telephone
19.65
Stationery and Postage
52.92
Printing and Advertising
444.00
Burying Animals.
13.50
Agent's Mileage
87.05
All Other.
18.10
235.22
QUARANTINE AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES:
Board and Treatment
$ 296.23
Medical Attendance
9.00
Medicine
4.15
Nurses
98.00
$ 407.38
TUBERCULOSIS:
Board and Treatment
$ 343.50
CARE OF PUBLIC DUMPS:
Westlands Dump
$ 431.00
North Chelmsford Dump.
210.00
$ 641.00
Total for Health and Sanitation
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SUPERINTENDENT :
Salary
$ 2,250.00
Clerk.
777.60
$ 3.027.60
SNOW REMOVAL:
Trucks
$ 553.35
Labor
2,684.52
Salt
139.50
Sand.
452.86
$ 3,830.23
GENERAL MAINTENANCE:
Automobile Mileage Allowance
$ 440.15
Office Supplies.
15.78
Labor.
11,420.01
Stone, Gravel, Sand.
1,495.68
Equipment and Repairs
366.31
Cold Patch and Tar
373.86
Garage Rent
900.00
Pipe
31.90
Sewer Fipe Rental.
6.00
Water
21.00
Telephone
118.60
Traffic Light
30.00
Coa
..
133.40
Rent of Land
25.00
All Other
12.31
$ 15,390.00
156
6,006.90
MACHINERY ACCOUNT :
Repairs
$ 1,830.12
Gas and Cil ..
1,005.19
Insurance
152.45
Registration
10.00
$ 2,997.76
ROAD BINDER :
Oil and Cold Patch
$ 5.709.27
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE: 1944 CONTRACT :
Labor
$ 2,962.35
Taric, Asphalt, etc.
2,268.08
Sand, Gravel and Stone
1,499.71
Rental of Machinery.
769.10
$ 7,499.24
Total for Highway Department
$ 38,454.10
STREET LIGHTING:
Lighting
$ 9,936.70
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
ADMINISTRATION :
Salaries of Board.
325.00
Agent.
1,000.00
Clerk
520.00
Printing and Postage
104.05
Telephone
35.95
Legal Expense
4.70
Painting.
.
15.84
All Other
11.00
2,016.54
OUTSIDE RELIEF :
Groceries and Provisions.
$ 236.40
Fuel.
151.91
Board and Care.
399.50
Board and Care at Westford Infirmary ...
1,014.00
Medicine and Attendance
420.29
State Institutions
1,115.50
Clothing and Shoes
83.72
Cash Grants to Individuals.
7,444.42
Light and Water.
19.51
Transportation.
16.00
Household Supplies
49.60
Rent.
211.36
Moving Household Goods
23.00
$ 11,185.21
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS :
Cities
374.60
Towns
918.98 $ 1,293.58
Total Outside Relief and Administration .
$ 14,495.33
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN :
Town, Cash.
5,913.69
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, ADMINISTRATION:
Agent, Salary.
$ 780.41
Clerk, Salary
491.73
Repairs.
15.40
Stationery and Postago.
49.86
Telephone
15.11
$ 1,352.51
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, RELIEF:
Cash Grant
$ 53,733.25
Other Cities and Towns
449.18
$ 54,182.43
Total Charities
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' RELIEF :
Cash
$ 2,288.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
77.50
Groceries
145.60
2,511.10
STATE AID:
Cash.
$ 100.00
MILITARY AID:
Cash.
210.00
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$ 2,821.10
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATION :
Superintendent, Salary
$ 3,600.02
Attendance Officers.
30.00
Stationery, Printing and Postage
37.86
Telephone
157.58
Travel Expense
8.90
All Other.
5.00
Total Administration
$ 3,839.36
INSTRUCTION :
Teachers' Salaries:
158
$ 75,943.96
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
High. Elementary Supervisor
$ 29,194.74 60,042.50
395.84 $ 89,633.08
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES:
High -- Text and Reference Books
806.37
Elementary -- Text and Reference Books.
1,475.07
High -- Supplies.
1,616.06
Elementary -- Supplies.
1,097.71
$ 4.995.21
Total Instruction
94,628.29
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE:
JANITORS' SALARIES:
High
* 3,609.00
Elementary.
10,084.15
$ 13,693.15
FUEL, LIGHT AND WATER:
High, Fuel and Light.
$ 2,847.86
Elementary, Fuel and Light.
4,534.82
Water
247.98
$ 7,630.66
REPAIRS :
High.
825.08
Elementary.
4.040.84
$ 4,865.92
JANITORS' SUPPLIES:
High
255.24
Elementary.
355.92
$ 611.16
LEGAL EXPENSE :
# 64.00
Total Operation and Maintenance
AUXILIARY AGENCIES:
TRANSPORTATION :
High
6,258.00
Elementary.
5,386.00
$ 11,644.00
NURSE :
Supplies.
44.55
* 44.55
PHYSICIANS' SALARIES
$ 600.00
Total Auxiliary Agencies
$ 12,288.55
NEW EQUIPMENT :
Athletic and Musical Equipment
$ 200.00
CARE OF PLAYGROUNDS :
Labor and Materials
$ 456.74
159
$ 26,864.89
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, (CHAPTER 419)
$ 289.00
VOCATIONAL AND CONTINUATION SCHOOLS :
Tuition
$ 1,451.90
Total for Schools
$14,0,018.73
LIBRARIES
ADAMS LIBRARY :
Librarian
550.00
Assistants.
127.80
Janitors
515.56
Repairs
36.19
Books and Periodicals.
453.60
Light, Fuel and Water
457.29
Transporting Books.
130.00
Stationery
9.30
Binding
70.79
Insurance
75.16
$ 2,425.69
NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY :
Annual Appropriation
$ 1,200.00
PARKS :
Labor
$ 642.70
Plants.
9.00
Water.
14.00
Repairs and Equipment
47.22
Garage Rent
6.50
Trucking
35.00
$ 754.42
Care of Varney Playground :
Labor
527.25
Tools and Repairs.
17.73
Sa 1
15.00
Sand.
30.00
Signs.
40.00
Trucking.
15.00
$ 644.98
Repairs at Varney Playground :
Labor.
$ 85.13
Flagpole Repairs.
10.00
Cement.
11.84
Lumber.
214.75
Pipe, Fittings and Tools
68.39
$ 390.11
Total Parks and Playgrounds
UNCLASSIFIED:
Memorial Day, Dinners and Refreshments ..
233.88
Music and Other Expenses.
165.60
Claims for Personal Injuries.
116.50
American Legion Rental
300.00
Dog Officer's Fees.
11.00
.
1,789.51
160
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Town Clock.
$ 104.67
Automobile for Police Department.
1,212.00
Painting Town Clock ..
100.00
Reconstruction of Harding Street.
199.70
Purchase of Donahue Land
1,350.00
Survey and Map.
300.00
Town Reports, Printing and Delivery
716.05
Insurance Sinking Fund Treasurer's Bond.
50.00
Constable, Posting Warrants
24.00
Public Buildings, Insurance
2,146.44
Middlesex County T.B. Sanatorium Maint ..
2,437.12
Settlement of Claims
710.00
Legal Expense
165.00
$ 10,341.96
CIVILIAN DEFENSE:
Salaries, Clerks, Defense Board.
210.00
Stationery.
6.80
$ 216.80
Rationing Board :
Stationery, Postage and Box Rent
62.61
Repairs.
45.00
Telephone
114.844
222.45
Report Center :
Wages
2.40
Telephone
108.06
Keys.
1.25
111.71
UNPAID BILLS:
Public Buildings Dept.
$ .99
Welfare Dept
1,209.18
Old Age Assistance
764.70
Health Dept.
120.98
Highway Dept,
27.56
W. P. A
133.85
$ 2,257.26
CEMETERIES
COMMISSIONERS' SALARIES. ..
$ 105.00
CEMETERY MAINTENANCE :
Labor
2,515.00
Tools and Repairs
24.27
Water.
47.00
Loam, Seed, Fertilizer and Shrubs
125.26
$ 2,711.53
WATER SYSTEM AT PINE RIDGE, AND
GRADING AT FAIRVIEW CEMETERIES:
Water
$ 7.95
2,824.48
Total for Cemeteries
161
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST :
Westlands School Building Loan
310.00
High School Building Loan.
465.00
Chapter 90 Highway Loan.
6.44
781.44
MATURING DEBT :
Westlands School Bldg. Loan.
6,000.00
High School Bldg. Addition Loan. . 6,000.00
$ 12,000.00
ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE :
Chapter 90 Highway Loan. $ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
AGENCY :
State Tax.
$ 15,632.36
.County Tax
9,674.64
County, Dog License Fees
1,762.60
East Chelmsford Water District, Taxes ...
3,715.14
South Chelmsford Water District, Taxes ..
866.74
State Board of Health -- Beverage Permits. 20.00
Purchase of War Bonds
3,056.25
Withholding Tax
10,871.74
$ 45,599.47
FEDERAL GRANT :
Old Age Assistance, Administration.
# 1,357.55
Old Age Assistance, Relief ..
43,776.48
Aid to Dependent Children, Admin.
69.60
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief
2,090.61
$ 47,294.24
TRUST :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests. $ 925.00
Interest on Perpetual Care Bequests
602.25
$ 1,527.25
REFUNDS
Taxes
$ 5,831.68
Motor Excise Tax.
169.61
Withholding Tax.
2.10
Defense Bond Purchases
56.25
$ 6,059.64
Total Payments for 1944.
$464,466.07
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1944
$130,658.84
Grand Total
$595,124.91
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS -- REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES -- BALANCES
Appro-
Transfers Additions
priations
Refunda
Total
Expended
Balance
GENERAL GOVERNMENT :
Moderator's Salary ..
25.00
25.00
$ 25.00
Selectmen's Salaries.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Selectmen's Expense ..
300.00
300.00
256.37
43.63
Town Accountant Salary.
2,100.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
Town Accountant Clerk. .
400.00
400.00
155.88
244.12
Town Accountant Expen se .
100.00
100.00
29.36
70.64
Town Clerk Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk Expense.
175.00
175.00
173.40
1.60
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Salary.
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Expense
1,500.00
139.50
1,639.50
1,607.65
31.85
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Clerk ..
1,366.50
1,366.50
1,366.50
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Bonds ..
457.50
457.50
457.50
Foreclosing Tax Titles ..
1,200.00
82.75
1,282.75
1,252.91
29.84
Assessors' Salaries ..
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Clerk and Assistant Assessor.
1,366.50
1,366.50
1,312.59
53.91
Assessors' Expense. .
625.00
625.00
537.70
87.30
Town Counsel Salary.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Elections ..
750.00
165.00
915.00
913.10
1.90
Registration of Voters ..
1,493.00
201.00
1,694.00
1,679.85
14.15
Finance Committee Expense.
20.00
5.00
25.00
25.00
Planning Board.
100.00
100.00
26.25
73.75
Board of Appeals ..
150.00
150.00
135.00
15.00
Public Buildings -- Janitors' Salaries ....
1,550.00
20.00
1,570.00
1,540.00
30.00
Public Buildings -- Fuel, Light, Water. . .
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,463.91
36.09
Public Buildings -- Other Expense .. 400.00
400.00
233.75
166.25
$22,578.50
$613.25
$23,191.75
$22,291.72
$900.03
.
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163
Appro- priations
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department -- Chief's Salary ....... $
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
Police Department -- Patrolmen, Salaries ..
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Police Department -- Spec. & School Police
2:323.50
2,323.50
2,165.96
157.54
Police Department -- Other Expenses. . ..
2,231.00
2,231.00
2,129.76
101.24
Fire Department -- Administration.
5,815.00
5,815.00
5,740.23
74.77
Fire Department -- Maintenance
3,325.00
1.00
3,326.00
3,115.37
210.63
Fire Department -- Fires.
900.00
900.00
569.92
330.08
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, Center
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, North.
500.00
500.00
500.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, East ..
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, South.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures ...
250.00
250.00
250.00
Moth Department
1,500.00
1,500.00
615.02
884.98
Tree Warden ...
300.00
250.00
550.00
549.90
.10
Forest Fire Department ..
1,800.00
1.25
1,801.25
1,779.80
21.45
Inspector of Buildings Salary ..
300.00
300.00
300.00
$30,544.50
$252.25
$30,796.75
$29,015.96
$1,780.79
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Health Department -- Salaries of Board ....
700.00
$
$ 700.00
700.00
Health Department -- Agent's Salary ...
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Health Department -- Aid. ..
1,500.00
1,500.00
746.73
753.27
Health Department -- Maintenance
300.00
300.00
239.37
60.63
650.00
650.00
650.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
750.00
56.00
806.00
641.00
165.00
Health Department -- Physicians' Salaries.
100.00
100.00
100.00
Health Department -- Animal Insp'tr's Sal.
200.00
200.00
200.00
Health Department -- Plumbing Inspection ..
500.00
500.00
351.50
1418.50
Health Department -- Vaccine Treatment ...
200.00
200.00
78.30
121.70
$7,200.00
$ 56.00
$ 7,256.00
$ 6,006.90
$1,249.10
.
·
164
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
.
Health Department -- Meat Inspector's Sal. Health Department -- Milk Inspector's Sal. Health Department -- Care of Dumps. ..
...
Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Highway Superintendent's Salary
$ 2,250.00
$ 2,250.00
$ 2,250.00
Clerk.
780.00
780.00
777.60
2.40
General
16,800.00
6.40
16,806.110
14,490.00
2,316.110
Snow and Ice Removal.
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,830.23
169.77
Machinery Account ..
4,000.00
1,000.00
2,997.76
1,002.24
Road Binder.
6,000.00
6,000.00
5,709.27
290.73
Chapter 90, Various Road.
2,500.00
4,998.04
7,498.04
7,4,99.24
1.20
Street Lights ..
10,100.00
10,100.00
9,936.70
163.30
8
$ 46,430.00
$5,004.44
$51,434.444
$47,490.80
$3,943.64
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Board of Public Welfare, Salaries ......
325.00
325.00
3 - 325.00
$
Public Welfare Dept., Investigator's Sal
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