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The Superintendent has found time in the midst of his many activities to make considerable improvement at the lower end of Farm Road. The road bed across the causeway has been raised above the reach of high course tides, the material being supplied from the pit on the Farm. This, with the incidental work that has been done by Superintendent Wood on the upper end of the road, has effected much improvement on the highway to the Infirmary. Taken as a whole the work of the past year reflects credit in large measure upon the Superintendent and Matron, and warrants hope of still better things dur- ing the year upon which we have already entered. If the town decides to keep the Infirmary in its present lo- cation, we wish to again call attention to the need of electric lights.
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As usual, on Christmas week Rev. Carroll Perry and a number of young people connected with Ascension Memorial Church paid an evening visit to the Infirmary bringing with them gifts of many kinds for the members of the household. The singing of carols by the young people and the pleasantries of the good Rector as he dis- tributed the gifts made a most delightful evening. These annual visits are looked forward to with anticipation by all of the Infirmary people, with whom the members of the Board join in thanks to these kind friends and bene- factors.
The work of the Public Welfare Department is rap- idly growing in amount and importance, and it would seem as if the time were not far distant when it would be necessary to employ a full time man with an office in the town building. The idea that the Public Welfare De- partment is only one of the minor Boards of Town Gov- ernment and that its functions are of slight comparative importance is a serious mistake. The work of the Board is very exacting and requires no small degree of experi- ence and skill. These facts are being recognized by citizens who come close enough to the Board to under- stand its problems.
WALTER F. POOLE, JOHN R. MORRIS, CHARLES V. HILLS,
Board of Public Welfare.
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Inventory of Stock, Tools, Furnishings, Etc., at Ipswich Infirmary, 1932
January 1, 1931
January 1, 1932
No.
Value $200.00
No.
Value $400.00
Gain
Loss
4
Cows
0 Bull
1
65.00
65.00
1
Steer
25.00
1
50.00
25.00
5
Heifers
200.00
4
300.00
100.00
3
Horses
275.00
3
250.00
$25.00
28
Fowl
42.00
26
39.00
3.00
11
Ducks
11.00
8
8.00
3.00
0
Geese
4
8.00
8.00
0
Shoats
2
30.00
30.00
2
Hogs
87.00
0
87.00
6
Carts-Wagons
345.00
6
300.00
45.00
1
Spreader
90.00
1
80.00
10.00
2
Mowing Machines
110.00
2
100.00
10.00
2
Plows
50.00
2
45.00
5.00
3
Cultivators
30.00
3
30.00
1
Horse Hoe
4.00
1
4.00
1
Hay Fork
65.00
4
60.00
5.00
2
Horse Rakes
65.00
1
60.00
5.00
1
Potato Digger
2.00
1
2.00
10.00
1
Sled
10.00
1 10.00
1
Drag
4.00
4.00
1
Roller
25.00
1 25.00
1
Wheelbarrow
4.00
1 3.50
.50
1 Tedder
20.00
1
18.00
2.00
Tools
72.00
168.00
96.00
Harness- Blankets
110.00
75.00
35.00
Blocks-Ropes
28.00
25.00
3.00
Dairy Utensils
50.00
50.00
Scales
18.00
18.00
Grindstone
10.00
10.00
Grinders
10.00
18.00
8.00
1
Winnowing Machine
10.00
1 10.00
1 Sprayer
50.00
2
53.00
3.00
2 Engines
87.00
2
80.00
7.00
Jack
10.00
9.00
1.00
Wood Saw
16.00
16.00
Lawn Mower
10.00
9.00
1.00
Water Tank
60.00
60.00
Furniture-Bedding
150.00
800.00
650.00
Ranges-Fixtures
235.00
250.00
15.00
Heating Plant
1,500.00
1400.00
100.00
$4,154.00
$4942.50 $1200.00
$411.50
1
50.00
4.00
4
Harrows
2
Pung's
10.00
0
1
$200.00
4
54.00
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Inventory of Produce, Supplies, Etc., at Ipswich Infirmary 1932
January 1, 1931
January 1, 1932
Valuc
Value $1125.00
Gain
Loss
Grain
25.00
40.00
15.00
Mulch-Salt Hay
20.00
50.00
30.00
Wood
110.00
150.00
40.00
Coal
12.00
57.00
45.00
Potatoes
00.00
72.00
42.00
Onions
3.00
15 00
12.00
Carrots
4.00
7.50
3.50
Turnips
37.50
37.50
Squash
6.00
4.00
$ 2.00
Cabbage
2.00
12.00
10.00
Roots
4.00
4.00
Beans
35.00
15.00
20.00
Corn Fodder
40.00
40.00
Beets
7.50
7.50
Parsnips
5.00
5.00
Preserves
9.00
200.00
191.00
Groceries
50.00
50.00
$ 810.00
$1887.50 $1103.50
$ 26.00
4154.00
4942.50 1200.00
411.50
$4964.00
$6830.00 $2303.50
$437.50
4964.00
437.50
$1866.00 $1866.00
Number Inmates January 1, 1932
13
Average Number Inmates 1931
12
Net Expense 1931
$5,412.76
Average Weekly Cost per Inmate
$8.67
Hay
$500.00
$625.00
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith the annual report of the Highway Department for the year 1931.
With the general maintenance work of the depart- ment, thirty-one of the one hundred eleven streets were treated with tar, oil, and calcium chloride. 42,691 gallons of tar and oil were applied to 16 streets, covering approx- imately 170,760 square yards. 34,000 lbs. of calcium chloride were applied to 15 streets, covering about 28,000 square yards.
Autocar worked 2,167 hours, covering 5,429 miles. Ford truck worked 2,328 hours, covering 7,603 miles. Autocar used 1,791 gallons of gas and 165 quarts of oil.
Ford truck used 1,084 gallons of gas and 71 quarts of oil.
INVENTORY
1 Pair blankets
$ 10.00
1 Cart, two-horse
50.00
1 Cart, watering 50.00
1 Crawler tread and Sargent plow
1,000.00
4 Drags, road
50.00
1 Drag, stone
10.00
1 Forge and anvil
35.00
Fences, snow
600.00
1 Kettle,tar
35.00
1 Loader, gravel
300.00
4 Machines, road 350.00
1 Mixer
200.00
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2 Plows, road
50.00
2 Plows, blade
500.00
1 Plow, V-shaped 375.00
1 Plow tractor, sidewalk
375.00
7 Plows, sidewalk, snow
100.00
2 Plows and wheels, Fordson, snow 300.00
1
Roller, two-horse, stone 25.00
1 Roller and scarifier, gasoline 5,000.00
1 Sled, two-horse
25.00
1 Sweeper, two-horse
250.00
11 Screens, gravel
55.00
1 Shovel, two-horse
10.00
1 Shovel, tractor hoop
45.00
2 Trucks, dump
2,000.00
1 Truck, pick-up
300.00
1 Tractor, Fordson
200.00
1 Tractor, Fordson grader
900.00
1 Wagon, oil 150.00
All other tools
1,500.00
Total
$14,850.00
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS E. WOOD,
Supt. of Streets.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF CLAM COMMISSIONERS
To the Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
The Board of Clam Commissioners make the follow- ing report :
A great many people in Ipswich do not appreciate the value of the clam industry to Ipswich. It is a fact that it is at present the major industry in Ipswich and brings more money and makes more employment than anything else in the town.
The industry, like everything else has been affected by the general depression and in addition there has been a scarcity of clams. This is a condition that is not a new one and will be probably corrected in a short time.
Clams are a seasonable crop and has its periods of scarcity and abundance, and if we can judge the future by the past we are due very soon for an extensive seeding which will inaugurate a season of abundance again.
There were 188 permits issued in 1931. But as the voters at town meeting voted to take off the $5.00 fee, there was no income returned to the town. But undoubt- edly clamming helped materially in the matter of the unemployed.
The Board last year planted about 100 bushels of seed in various more or less barren flats near Eagle Hill and closed the flats in Stacey's and Third Creeks and Eagle Hill River for the summer to conserve them for . winter clamming.
Five tests were made in an endeavor to have some of the flats opened in the Ipswich River and as a result
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the flats in Greenwood's Creek were opened by the State Board of Health. The Board would like to see some ac- tion taken that would result in opening more flats in Ipswich River. If this could be brought about it would settle the question of unemployment for some time to come and mean many thousands of dollars worth of busi- ness to the town.
If the clam business were in a big brick factory em- ploying the 150 to 200 employees and the people could visualize at one time the two to three hundred thousand dollar business that clamming means to the town the atti- tude would be much different toward it than it is today. Think what the people would do to bring a new business of this size into the town and then consider how little the clam business asks of them and how little it is appreci- ated.
The Board make the following recommendations of 1932 :
The return of the $5.00 fee on the clam permits.
Making the date of procuring a permit July 1st in- stead of May 1st. (May 1st the date when permits have previously been due is usually the dullest time of the year and around July 1st the best. So that changing the date to July 1st would have them come when the clamers have the most money.)
A limited seeding of some of the barren flats. (A continuation of this practice tends to make them more receptive when a natural seeding comes.)
Changing the town law in regard to how many clams may be taken without a permit to conform to the State law.
Changing the town law in regard to the length of clams that may be dug so that it will apply to clams in a person's possession.
The Board feel that with the $5.00 fee returned an amount equal to the amount received from the permits should be appropriated for the use of the commission.
HENRY S. BOWEN, CHARLES E. POOR, THOMAS R. ROBERTS.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
This Committee was appointed in May, 1931, by the Moderator of the Annual Town Meeting to (1) investi- gate the working of the Old Age Law, (2) to ascertain the number of inmates at the Town Infirmary to whom the provisions of the Old Age Law will apply, (3) to find the number that will have to be provided for by the Wel- fare Board and the places where they may be cared for and (4) to investigate other matters pertaining to the Board of Public Welfare so far as they concern aged persons.
Chapter 402 of the 1930 Acts, commonly called the Old Age Law, provides for aid for citizens who are de- serving and in need of relief who are over 70 years old. Such citizens in order to be eligible for this relief must have resided in Massachusetts not less than 20 years im- mediately preceding their arrival at this age. For aid so rendered the Town is reimbursed one-third by the State.
There are now 24 citizens recieving aid from the town under this Act. Applications from 34 more are now under consideration so that by July of this year it is an- ticipated that the total number will be increased to 50. The amount of aid paid weekly averages $3.83 per per- son and the Town already has expended for relief from September 1st, 1931 to January 1st, 1932, the sum of $816.00.
We have been asked to find the number of inmates at the Town Infirmary to whom the provisions of the Old Age Act will apply. Of the 13 who are residents there, 7 are over 70 years old. Of this number, however, none is eligible for aid under this Act, because they do not possess other necessary qualifications, either because they are not citizens who have lived within the Commonwealth for the 20 year period immediately preceding their ar- rival at the age of 70 or because their habits of life would
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not entitle them to the classification as "deserving" of relief.
The committee has given a great deal of thought to the removal of the Town Infirmary to a location nearer town. Each member of this committee feels that a new place should be provided nearer the town at some future time.
The committee, however, feels that until economic conditions improve the Town should not be put to any great expense either to build a new Infirmary or to re- model some building for this purpose. The present In- firmary is neat, clean and comfortable and no one is feel- ing the pinch of distress there. A visit to the Infirmary would quickly convince one of this and satisfy one that there is no emergency situation existing which requires the immediate action of the Town in removing the Town Infirmary to a new location. Your committee recommends that until the economic condition of the Town improves or the Infirmary can be sold at a satisfactory price that the Town spend no money for a new infirmary.
Your committee has been asked to ascertain whether or not the inmates may not be cared for elsewhere than at the Town Infirmary. Inmates could be cared for either in private homes or at some other institution. The cost at Tewksbury per person would be $7.00 a week. We are advised, however, that Tewksbury is a State institution for the care of those for whom the State is obliged to provide and while occasionally the Town may be able to place an inmate there when there is room yet as a practical matter, this place is not available to the Town for the general disposal of its charges.
It has been suggested that the inmates could be placed in private homes throughout the town. If one con- siders the personnel and character of those who now or are likely to become Town charges the objections to this plan are readily apparent. The sick and bedridden, the diseased, those whose character and habits are such as to require restraint and supervision, in short, all those who may be termed "institutional cases" obviously can not be
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properly cared for in private families. It might be ques- tioned whether, in this respect, there would be a saving to the Town. An examination of the Town reports from 1913 through 1930 indicates that the average cost per inmate is slightly in excess of $6.00 per week. There are few private homes wherein the inmates get the same de- gree of care and attention that they now receive at any less cost than this. The committee feels that there is a present necessity for a Town Infirmary and that the time is not yet in sight when we can do without one.
Your committee feels that there is no need for the large acreage that is a part of the Town Infirmary. In- deed, there are few towns whose burdens in respect to caring for the poor are similar to those of this Town that have such a large farm. The majority have a consider- ably smaller amount of tilled acreage in connection with their infirmaries. Your committee feels, that, while the Infirmary has always produced an income in the past, yet the farm could and should be made to produce a larger revenue.
To summarize, your committee suggests (1) that there is a present need for a Town Infirmary and that it is impractical to care for the inmates elsewhere, under present conditions. (2) that, unless the provisions of the Old Age Act are amended so as to broaden its scope and remove certain restraints, the Town can not expect that it may be relieved of the care of its present inmates at the Infirmary through any help from this source.
To summarize, your committee recommends (1) that the Infirmary be relocated nearer the Town either when present economic conditions improve or when a satisfac- tory price can be had for the present Infirmary in order that there may be no addition to the present heavy bur- dens of the taxpayers, (2) that an Infirmary requires only enough land as would provide work and recreation for the inmates and yield sufficient produce for their own maintenance.
RAYMOND M. SULLIVAN, Chairman, VERA ROSS, Secretary, NORA MOYNAHAN, CHARLES G. HULL, EDWARD J. MARCORELLE.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
I submit herewith the annual reports of the various trust funds of the Town of Ipswich as compiled by their respective treasurers. I have found receipts for all bills paid, have examined the securities comprising these funds and find them to agree with the rportes submitted.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM,
Auditor.
Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 5, 1932.
Essex, ss.
Then personally appeared Frederick S. Witham, Auditor of the Town of Ipswich, and made oath that the above statement by him signed is true.
Before me,
EDWARD S. COGSWELL, Justice of the Peace.
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HEARD FUND OF IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Income :
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1931 $177.87
Received from investments 852.50
Received from Treadwell Fund 200.00
Received from George Spiller
Fund 65.00
Received from Kimball Fund
26.58
Received from sale of books and fines 132.40
$1,454.35
Expenditures :
Salaries $673.65
Miscellaneous expenses ; fuel,
light, etc. 685.85
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1932 94.85
$1,454.35
Securities Comprising Heard Fund
35 shares B. & M. R. R., pfd. $3,500.00
10 shares B. & M. R. R., 1st pfd. 1,000.00
33 shares B. & M. R. R., 1st pfd., Class B 3,300.00
10.41 shares B. & M. R. R., prior pref.
1,041.00
1 C. B. & Q. R. R. bond 1,000.00
3 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Corp. bonds 1,200.00
1 Pennsylvania Water Service Co. bond 1,000.00
1 Waterloo, Cedar Falls & North- ern bond 1,000.00
1 National Press Bldg. Corp bond 1,000.00
Liberty Bonds 200.00
Ipswich Savings Bank deposit 178.92
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank deposit 500.00
Salem Savings Bank deposit 2,000.00
$16,919.92
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TREADWELL FUND OF IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Income :
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1931 $ 493.35
Received from investments 1,486.73
$1,980.08
Expenditures :
Salaries $ 50.00
Books and periodicals
1,044.21
Transferred to Heard Fund 200.00
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1932
685.87
$1,980.08
Securities Comprising Treadwell Fund
50 shares B. & M. R. R. 1st pfd. Class A $5,000.00
6 shares B. & M. R. R. prior pref. 600.00
30 shares Old Colony R. R. 3,000.00
25 shares B. & P. R. R. 2,500.00
25 shares Maine Central R. R. 2,500.00
25 shares B. & A. R. R.
2,500.00
25 shares Vt. & Mass. R. R. 2,500.00
1 Lexington Utilities Co. bond
1,000.00
3 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Corp. bonds 1,200.00
1 Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern bond 1,000.00
1 New York Water Service Corp. bond 1,000.00
1,000.00
1 Missouri Pacific R. R. bond Liberty Bonds 1,500.00
Ipswich Savings Bank deposit 176.22
Mass. Savings Bank deposit 1,578.32 Salem Savings Bank deposit 750.00
$27,804.54
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THOMAS H. LORD FUND
Receipts :
Income from investments $50.00
$50.00
Securities
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank deposit $1,000.00
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1932 580.40
$1,580.40
GEORGE SPILLER FUND
Receipts :
Income from investments $65.00
$65.00
Expenditures :
Transferred to Heard Fund
$65.00
$65.00
Securities
Liberty Bonds
$1,000.00
Mass. Savings Bank deposit
500.00
$1,500.00
R. H. MANNING FUND
Income :
Received from investments $107.25
Received from interest on deposits 595.98
$703.23
Expenditures : Transferred to Manning School Fund $107.25
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R. H. Manning Fund Securities
60 $25.00 shares Patterson Bridge Co. $ 1,500.00
22 $100.00 shares Pere Marquette Ry. common 2,200.00
11 $100.00 shares Pere Marquette
Ry. prf. 1,100.00
Deposited Ipswich Savings Bank 12,368.84
$17,168.84
FREDERICK A. KIMBALL, Treasurer, R. H. Manning Fund
MANNING SCHOOL FUND
Receipts :
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1931 $133.93
Received from investments 480.00
Received from rents 905.00
Received from Ipswich Savings Bank 450.00
Received from R. H. Manning Fund 107.25
Received from First National
Bank, R. H. Manning Fund 120.50
Interest on deposits 53.11
$2,249.79
Expenditures :
Taxes $ 502.20
Insurance and miscellaneous expenses 1,122.31
Salary High School Principal 500.00
Deposited Ipswich Savings Bank 53.11
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1932 72.17
$2,249.79
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Manning School Fund Securities
15 shares Patterson Bridge Co. $ 1
375.00
12 $1,000 Bonds Peoria & Eastern R .. R.
12,000.00
Master's house and land 5,500.00
Colonial Building 10,000.00
Ipswich Savings Bank deposit
652.77
$28,527.77
In addition to the above list we have the following :
3 $1000 415% Prior Lien S. F. redeemable Gold Bonds July 1, 1957.
1 $1000 4% Guaranteed General Nat. Mexico R. R.
1 $ 500 4% Mortgage S. F. Bonds Nat. Mexico R. R.
1 $ 100 4% Mortgage S. F. Bonds Nat. Mexico R. R.
There is probably a slight value to the above bonds. No recent quotation available.
3 $100 shares Second Preferred stock National Railways of Mexico. No recent quotation on these shares.
FREDERICK A. KIMBALL, Treasurer, Trustees Manning School Fund.
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REPORT OF THE FEOFFEES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Income :
Cash on hand January 1, 1931 $ 537.00
Received from rents 5,650.00
Received from taxes 5,717.12
Received from interest on taxes
62.64
Received from Ipswich Savings Bank, withdrawal 906.26
Received from F. A. Kimball,
share of wall 32.00
$12,905.02
Expenditures :
Town of Ipswich, salary of High School Principal
$1,000.00
Town of Ipswich, taxes 6,609.75
Town of Ipswich, water 22.88
Town of Ipswich, supplies
19.10
James Rogers, police service
95.00
Damon & Damon, insurance
140.92
Wilfred E. Wile, road repairs and garbage collection 3,196.12
Wilfred E. Wile, wall 95.00
Ernest O. Peabody, labor
135.50
William Burridge, labor
845.85
Sherburne Co., supplies
53.55
A. C. Damon, supplies
56.24
Joseph A. King, supplies
21.92
J. W. Goodhue Corp., supplies
18.32
Canney Lumber Company, supplies
142.79
Marcorelle Bros., supplies
21.50
John Kilborn, spar
40.00
Lightning Express 1.00
Edward E. Babb Co., supplies 11.09
Estate A. B. Clark, gravel 38.00
G. H. W. Hayes, legal services
25.00
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Charles E. Goodhue, stamped envelopes
22.76
A. C. Damon, salary 200.00
$12,812.29
Cash on hand January 1, 1932 92.73
$12,905.02
Property in their hands as follows:
Little Neck valued at
$15,000.00
Hotel and barn
4,000.00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank 18,125.76
Deposited in Ipswich Savings
Bank, Essex School Farm
Account 2,960.57
$40,086.33
ARTHUR C. DAMON, Treasurer, Feoffees Grammar School.
BURLEY EDUCATION FUND
The Trustees of the Burley Education Fund here- with submit their one hundred and sixth annual report: The funds in their hands are as follows :
Deposited in Salem Savings Bank $2,671.77 Deposited in Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 2,585.90
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank 1,160.59
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank, Caldwell Fund 1,199.93
Ipswich Co-operative Bank, matured certificate 1,000.00
15 shares B. & M. common stock 1,500.00 3 shares B. & M. prior pref. stock 300.00
$10,418.19
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Income :
Interest Salem Savings Bank $128.73
Interest Salem Five Cents
Savings Bank 125.16
Interest Ipswich Savings Bank 52.93
Interest Ipswich Savings Bank, Caldwell Fund 75.13
Dividend Ipswich Co-operative Bank 50.00
Dividend B. & M. common stock
30.00
Dividend B. & M. prior pref. stock 21.00
$482.95
Expenditures :
Rent safety deposit box $ 5.00
Uniforms High School Band 360.00
$365.00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES M. KELLY, A. STORY BROWN, RALPH L. PURINTON, JOSEPH T. MORTON, GEORGE W. TOZER,
Trustees.
MRS. WILLIAM G. BROWN FUND
Town of Ipswich, in trust. the income to be used un- der the direction of the Selectmen, by the Agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Balance January 1, 1931 $1,472.72 74.53
Income
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank Jan. 1, 1932 $1,547.25
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JOHN C. KIMBALL FUND
Town of Ipswich, under the will of John C. Kimball, the income to be used for the purchase of books for the Ipswich Public Library.
Balance January 1, 1931 Income
$513.75 25.33
$539.08
Paid F. A. Kimball, Treasurer
26.58
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank Jan. 1, 1932
$512.50
RICHARD T. CRANE, JR., PICNIC FUND
Amount of Fund January 1, 1931
$20,803.72 1,410.80
Income
$22,214.52
Expenditures-Expenses of Picnic
1,353.67
Amount of Fund January 1, 1932
$20,860.85
Securities Comprising Fund
200 shares Crane Co., pfd. capital stock Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
$20,000.00
860.85
$20.860.85
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REPORT OF TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
We submit the following report of the two funds which are under our supervision as Trust Fund Commis- sioners in the Town of Ipswich.
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund
Amount of Fund, January 1, 1931
$10,561.65 516.05
Income
$11,077.70
Scholarships
1,000.00
$10,077.70
Securities Comprising Fund
Deposited in Salem Savings Bank $ 5,064.06
Deposited in Institution for Savings, New- buryport
5,013.64
$10,077.70
Marianna T. Jones Fund
Amount of Fund, January 1, 1931 $29,312.88
Income 1,528.67
$30,841.55
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Securities Comprising Fund
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank ,
Deposited in Salem Savings Bank
$ 3,885.16 384.46
Deposited in Institution for Savings, Newburyport 371.31
Deposited in Warren Five Cents Savings Bank
5,406.83
Deposited in Danvers Savings Bank
5,384.46
Deposited in Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 5,409.33
Electric Light Department Loan
10,000.00
$30,841.55
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. SCHOFIELD,
CHARLES M. KELLY, CHARLES E. GOODHUE,
Trust Fund Commissioners.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON UNEMPLOYMENT
To the Selectmen of Ipswich :
Under Article 6 of the warrant for the Town Meet- ing of Oct. 1, 1931, it was voted that you appoint a com- mittee to consider unemployment relief, and report to the adjournment of the meeting their recommendations. A representative from each of the lodges and clubs and the pastors of the churches in Ipswich were appointed by the Selectmen, and this committee organized with H. N. Doughty as Chairman, and Mrs. B. B. Mansfield as Sec- retary. An executive committee was appointed by the General Committee consisting of the officers, Mrs. J. W. Ross, Leslie M. Dupray, Henry Merson, Peter Bonczar, and Theo. Johnson, and authorized to carry on the work. The Executive Committee has met every Tuesday evening and registered 226 applicants. On their recommendation the adjourned Town Meeting on Oct. 29 voted $1,000.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, 3500 to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioner and $500 to be expended by the committee appointed to care for the County lot at the Locust Grove Cemetery. Work on the last project had not been started prior to Dec. 31. On the other projects a maximum of 105 men were assigned, being alloted one, two or three days per week at $4.00 per day, according to the judg- ment of the Unemployment Committee as to the needs.
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