Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1951, Part 2

Author: Middleton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1952
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299.28


.72


Dutch Elm Disease Control


200.00


199.75


.25


Health Expenses


2,000.00


1,828.31


171.69


Dental Clinic


500.00


102.00


398.00


Inspector of Slaughtering Salary


100.00


100.00


Inspector of Cattle Salary


200.00


200.00


Road Machinery Fund


Balance 3,835.81


Receipts


5,424.20


9,260.01


5,427.58


3,832.43*


Highway


Chapter 81


4,800.00


State


8,800.00


Refund


3.59


13,603.59


13,603.59


Chapter 90


Maintenance


2,000.00


State


1,000.00


3,000.00


2,999.97


.03


715.00


707.50


7.50


Transfer


3.59


300.00


300.00


1,200.00


1,199.27


.73


4,233.25


1,208.74


24.51


3,120.00


3,120.00


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APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES


Transfers Appropriation


Expended


Balance Unexpended


Chapter 90


Construction


2,603.40


State and County 6,000.00


8,603.10


6,201.47


2,401.63*


Snow


7,500.00


5,774.46


1,725.54


Oak Road Special


300.00


300.00*


Green St. Bridge


1,500.00


1,500.00*


Essex St. Land Takings


589.95


589.95*


Truck Purchase


3,000.00


3,000.00


Street Lighting


3,500.00


3,500.00


Traffic Lights


100.00


12.81


87.19


Public Welfare Salaries


475.00


475.00


Expenses


8,000.00


3,671.15


4,328.85


Old Age Assistance


Aid


25,000.00


Refunds


173.72


25,173.72


24,586.07


587.65


Federal Grant Aid


21,222.47


18,449.08


2,773.39*


Adm.


798.33


570.00


228.33*


Aid Dependent Children Aid


4,000.00


2,640.75


1,395.25


Federal Grant Aid


3,152.76


2,756.90


395.86*


Adm.


144.73


144.73*


Central Essex Welfare District


20.10


1,440.00


570.00


Veterans Agent Salary


250.00


250.00


Expenses


25.00


25.00


Veterans Aid Expenses


2,000.00


1,028.60


971.40


School Salaries


39,278.27


39,271.17


7.10


Expenses


32,801.27


Refund


49.30


32,850.57


32,841.86


8.71


Addition


117,406.42


117,077.21


329.21*


Equipment


10,888.18


3,171.18


7,717.00*


Lunch


12,781.82


12,777.64


4.18*


Vocational Education


1,000.00


530.15


469.85


Library Salaries


1,200.00


1,151.09


48.91


Expenses


1,639.38


Refund


10.00


1,649.98


1,613.01


36.97


Park Expenses


750.00


719.02


30.98


Essex County Retirement


Board


1,639.98


Transfer


200.00


1,839.98


1,639.98


200.00


Annuity


1,627.50


1,627.50


Memorial Day


400.00


399.63


.37


Town Reports


750.00


715.50


34.50


Insurance


6,388.42


5,541.32


847.10


40


APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES


Replacing Hydrant


205.25 76,000.00


205.25 76,000.00


Electric Light Energy


Wages 14,500.00


Refund


152.43


14,652.43


14,477.90


174.53


Salaries


3,260.00


3,260.00


Depreciation


13,603.20


8,909.14


4,694.06*


Town Scales Salary


50.00


25.00


25.00


Expenses


25.00


25.00


Cemetery Salaries


90.00


90.00


Expenses


2,900.00


Income


523.00


3,423.00


3,421.67


1.33


Graves


500.00


Transfer


102.45


602.45


602.45


Equipment


364.72


86.00


278.72*


Municipal Indebtedness


14,000.00


14,000.00


Interest


3,575.00


3,575.00


* Balances carried forward


BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1 951-DEBT AND TRUST ACCOUNTS


DEBT ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


$188,000.00


School Construction Loan $10,000.00


School Addition Loan 178,000.00


$188,000.00


$188,000.00


TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES


Trust and Investment Funds


Cash and Securities


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 27,093.90


In Custody of Town Treasurer


34,063.87


Charles L. Flint Library Fund 6,163.67


In Custody of Library Trustees 9,616.01


Mary E. Emerson Book Fund 3,452.34


In Custody of Naumkeag Trust Co.


10,169.99


B. F. Emerson Library Fund


10,169.99


$ 53,849.87


$ 53,849.87


.


41


BALANCE SHEET


David Cummings Fund 6,969.97


42


BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1951-GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES


CASH


$107,398.74


Land Sale Fund -


$ 5,552.12


Petty Cash Advance


100.00


Land Low Value Fund -


161.63


Mansfield Fund Income -


280.89


Lots and Graves Fund -


-


-


560.00


Road Machinery Fund -


3,832.43


Personal Property $194.82


Electric Light Dept.


Meter Deposits 865.00


Depreciation Fund 4,694.06


Surplus


4,598.06


10,054.84


10,157.12


TAX TITLES AND POSSESSIONS:


Dog Tax for County


13.80


Tax Titles


2,961.43


Old Age Assistance Recovery


1,271.01


Tax Posessions 2,365.74


Retirement Fund -


4.38


Withholding Tax -


13.80


5,327.17


Appropriation Balances 1


18,075.18


DEPARTMENTAL:


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus -


735.96


Public Welfare


136.03


-


100.00


Town Hall


14.50


Reserve for Petty Cash Advance Tailings


-


148.61


-


-


BALANCE SHEET


755.43


.


-


-


ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: TAXES-1951


Real Estate


8,693.10


Motor Vehicle Excise 1,166.92


1


-


-


Aid Dependent Children 604.90


-


BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1951-GENERAL ACCOUNTS


MUNICIPAL LIGHT:


Departmental 755.43


Energy


7,917.01


Tax Titles 5,327.17


Miscellaneous


65.99


Motor Vehicle Excise 1,166.92


Municipal Light 7,983.00


Highway


11,935.33


State Aid to Highways


9,935.33


County Aid to Highways 2,000.00


27,167.85


Overestimate County Tax


300.36


Overestimate State Tax 30.13


Overestimate Santorium Assessment 910.46


1951 Overlay deficit


140.57


Surplus Revenue 74,379.35


$143,695.08


$143,695.08


BALANCE SHEET


43


7,983.00


11,935.33


REVENUE RESERVED UNTIL COLLECTED:


44


PAYROLL ANALYSIS


PAYROLL ANALYSIS


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


Antonio Blais


Labor $2,450.00


Truck


Blais Bros.


509.00


Raymond Colby


2,483.80


James Donovan


368.80


Robert Fuller


2,459.00


John Hocter, Jr.


9.90


John Hocter


3,160.00


William Hocter


45.40


T. Klosowski, Jr.


8.80


T. Klosowski


796.00


Allan Marshall


2,465.70


Raymond Marshall


450.00


James Ogden


272.00


Marshall Paine


7.70


Joseph Peters


17.60


Albert Sheldon


11.00


Oscar Sheldon


499.25


Leonard Smith


48.00


CEMETERY DEPARTMENT


Charles Baker


1,794.50


134.00


Clarence Baker


103.40


Robert Bixby, Jr.


331.20


Roy Lord


633.60


Chester Masse, Jr.


80.00


Richard Maxwell


38.75


Arthur Page


440.10


Donald Porter


243.65


Donald Tyler


91.60


45


PAYROLL ANALYSIS


FORESTRY DEPARTMENT


Labor


Truck


Donald Aylward


133.65


Charles Baker


8.00


Blais Bros.


10.00


Charles Clinch, Jr.


8.75


Raymond Colby


25.00


Irving Conley


9.20


James Conley


86.90


Conley Tree Surgeons


57.50


Raymond Currier


3.75


James Donovan


217.30


Eugene Fournier


27.60


Robert Fuller


10.00


George Innis


17.50


T. Klosowski


10.00


Robert LeBlanc


85.48


Allan Marshall


10.00


Robert Moore


67.10


Clarence Osgood


376.80


Fred Palumbo


11.00


Eugene Pelletier


35.63


Foster Richard


54.73


Joseph Phaneuf


35.20


4.00


Donald Pope


29.65


Donald Porter


5.00


Alfred Saulnier


4.40


Oscar Sheldon


227.50


Leon Soper


192.85


Leonard Wennerberg


6.25


Ralph Wennerberg


70.40


PARK DEPARTMENT


Alton Goodale


8.00


Edward A. Leary


333.00


Henry Luscomb


140.80


Richard Sanborn


20.00


L. R. Sturdevant


8.00


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TREASURER'S REPORT


TREASURER'S REPORT December 31, 1951


Edward H. Leary, Treasurer in account with the Town of Middleton:


Balance of cash in Treasury January 1, 1951 $205,516.25


Receipts for the year 1951 421,770.87


Total


$627,287.12


Payment for the year 1951


$519,888.38


Balance of cash in Treasury December 31, 1951


107,398.74


Total


$627,287.12


CASH IN BANKS


Merchant's National Bank, Salem, Mass.


$54,332.04


Danvers National Bank, Danvers, Mass.


41,580.91


United States Savings Bonds


1,480.00


Danvers Savings Bank


1,758.78


Undeposited Cash


8,247.01


Total Cash


$107,398.74


A complete report of all Trust Funds in my custody is shown on the following pages.


For the co-operation and support of the Town Officers, Committees and Citizens, I wish to express my thanks and gratitude.


Respectifully submitted,


EDWARD H. LEARY,


Treasurer.


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TREASURER'S REPORT


CUMMINGS FUND


December 31, 1951


Balance, January 1, 1951


$6,321.72 975.00


United Shoe Machinery Corp., Shares


RECEIPTS


U. S. M. C., dividends


$97.52


Salem Savings Bank, interest


72.34


Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, interest


76.43


246.29


Total income


7543.01


Trustees' orders


573.04


Adjusted total income


$6,969.97


Balance, December 31, 1951


Salem Five Cents Savings Bank


$2,614.53


Salem Savings Bank


2,948.36


Merchants National Bank


432.08


United Shoe Machinery, shares


975.00


$6,969.97


Respectively submitted,


EDWARD H. LEARY,


Treasurer


48


TREASURER'S REPORT


LAND OWNED BY TOWN


December 31, 1951


The Town owned the following parcels of land which have been deeded to the Town by the Treasurer:


HASWELL PARK:


Lot 155; Lots 286-290 inclusive.


MIDDLETON PINES:


Lots 2, 3, 4, 406, 408, 412, 414, 456, 457, 532-535 inclusive; 948, 949.


RECREATION PARK:


1st lot of 9th parcel - Book 2253, Page 381 14th parcel - Book 2253, Page 381 2nd pasture Woodland and Meadow


Elliott Lot; Gray Lot; Island pasture; Smith Lot; Sutton Lot.


Lots G and H; Lots 61-68 inclusive; 128-130 inclusive; 231-236 inclusive.


RIVERVIEW PARK:


Lots 35-37 inclusive; 239; 240; 300; 301.


SUMMIT VIEW PARK:


Lots 30-34 inclusive; 51; 57; 74-79 inclusive; 94-97 inclusive; 136-148 inclusive; 164-169 inclusive; 212; 213; 215-218 inclusive; 238; 239; 242-251 inclusive; 257-270 inclusive; 288-301 inclusive; 307; 308; 311-318 inclusive; 321-325 inclusive; 326-337 inclusive; 344-371 inclu- sive; 376; 378-382 inclusive; 385-398 inclusive.


WOODLAND PARK:


Lots 113-117 inclusive; 135-138 inclusive; 332; 575; 576.


MISCELLANEOUS:


G. A. Fuller meadow, 14 acres. (cranberry bog)


Joseph Whittier estate, woodland, approx. 8 acres.


EDWARD H. LEARY, Treasurer


49


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT


Town of Middleton Cemetery Endowment Account Danvers Savings Bank


Name


1950


Paid Out 1951


Atwood, L. Frank


360


$120.65


$3.03


$3.00


$120.68


Averill, Joseph


346


102.65


2.57


3.00


102.22


Berry, Allen & Catherine


112


140.94


3.53


3.50


140.97


Berry, William


178


104.52


2.61


2.50


104.63


Brown, Sarah F.


1/2 of 434


54.69


1.37


1.00


55.06


Bryer, Allen D.


526


209.55


5.26


4.00


210.81


Butler, Warren


1/2 of 916


75.16


1.89


N. C.


77.05


Carleton, Loring


34


418.05


10.52


6.00


422.57


Curtis, Phoebe


54.98


1.37


1.00


55.35


Dame, John


284


164.93


4.13


4.00


165.06


Demsey, J. W.


156


103.49


2.59


2.50


103.58


Dennett, Ruth H.


24


80.26


2.01


1.50


80.77


Eaton, Irvin L.


168


77.35


1.94


1.50


77.79


Emerson, Benjamin F.


214


167.54


4.20


4.00


167.74


Emerson, Eunice W.


166


106.45


2.67


3.00


106.12


Estey & Hutchinson


48


104.73


2.63


2.50


104.86


Esty, Alena A.


258


237.87


5.96


6.00


237.83


Esty, Annie E.


572


102.93


2.58


2.50


103.01


Evans, George


604


151.14


3.80


2.00


152.94


Flint, George B.


152


73.23


1.84


1.50


73.57


Fowler, Alonzo


12


272.31


6.84


4.00


275.15


Frame, L. Maria


516


134.28


3.37


3.50


134.15


Fuller, Daniel


628


103.90


2.60


2.50


104.00


Fuller, Lida A.


686


104.64


2.61


2.50


104.75


Fuller, Sophronia


236


245.79


6.16


6.00


245.95


Fuller, William H.


336


103.24


2.59


2.50


103.33


Gifford, William


180


104.55


2.61


2.50


104.66


Gilbert, James


188


105.01


2.64


2.50


105.15


Godfrey, William R.


714


101.72


2.54


2.50


101.76


Goodwin, Ira E. Heirs of


380


112.90


2.83


2.00


113.73


Gould, Eben


514


106.58


2.67


2.50


106.75


Gould, Porter I.


414


104.75


2.63


2.50


104.88


Grave, Porter, Richardson


586


103.53


2.59


2.50


103.62


Graves, D. Augustine


234


103.52


2.59


2.50


103.61


Hame & King


356


136.58


3.43


3.00


137.01


Hutchinson, Caroline A.


253


103.12


2.59


2.50


103.21


Hutchinson, Elisha P.


740


103.34


2.59


2.50


103.43


Lot. No.


.Balance Interest Amount Balance


50


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT


Cemetery Endowment Account-Continued


Name


Lot. No.


Balance Interest Amount Balance


1950


Paid Out 1951


Johnson, Frank E.


804


117.88


2.95


2.00


118.83


Leavitt, Jerome


62


164.44


4.13


3.00


165.57


McIntire, Abraham


132


80.53


2.01


1.50


81.04


McIntire, Annie M.


338


110.57


2.77


2.50


110.84


Milbery, J. Wesley


706


105.30


2.64


2.50


105.44


Moore & Cram


152.51


3.83


N. C.


156.34


Peabody & Hutchinson


182-184


162.45


4.08


3.50


163.03


Peabody, Andrew


56


103.63


2.59


2.50


103.72


Peabody, John L.


196


106.69


2.68


3.00


106.37


Peabody, William M.


104.72


2.63


2.00


105.35


Peabody, Samuel M.


204


104.70


2.63


2.50


104.83


Peabody, S. Maria


584


105.90


2.65


2.00


106.64


Pike, Sarah J.


412


140.62


3.53


2.00


142.15


Phelph, William A.


148


104.33


2.61


2.50


104.44


Richardson, Eli


363


168.54


4.23


3.50


169.27


Richardson, Lucy G.


80


515.63


12.97


4.00


524.60


Russell, George


114


156.36


3.93


3.50


156.79


Russell, Harriet W.


106.03


2.67


2.50


106.20


Russell, Persis


430


233.28


5.86


5.00


234.14


Sargent, James A.


750


106.54


2.67


2.00


107.21


Skinner & Wilkins


400


106.32


2.67


2.00


106.99


Smith, E. D. & M. J. Smith, Sarah F.


102


173.26


4.35


3.50


174.11


Soper, Polly A.


298


104.20


2.61


2.50


104.31


Stiles, David


174.24


4.38


4.00


174.62


Stiles, Farnham


10


104.17


2.61


2.50


104.28


Tedford, Joseph A.


810


161.60


4.05


3.50


162.15


Thomas, H. Amelia


64


79.99


1.99


1.50


80.48


Thompson, C. E. & Ellen


392


252.96


6.35


6.00


253.31


Tufts, Wilbur


486


103.46


2.59


2.50


103.55


Tyler, Ansel P.


540


187.05


4.70


4.00


187.75


Weston, Samuel W.


36


211.99


5.32


6.00


211.31


Wellman, John R.


40


224.13


5.63


6.00


223.76


Whitman, Carl N.


116


105.11


2.64


2.00


105.75


Wilkins, Luther


176


180.80


4.54


3.50


181.84


Wilkins, Henry A.


254


104.97


2.63


2.50


105.10


Wilkins, Timothy


50


108.55


2.71


2.50


108.76


$10,238.28


256.81


212.50


10,282.59


436


103.87


2.60


2.50


103.97


51


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT


Town of Middleton Cemetery Endowment Account Salem Savings Bank


Name


Lot. No.


1950


Paid Out 1951


$393.73


$10.47


N. C.


$4.94.20


Baker, Charles, Jr.


398


152.87


3.83


3.50


153.20


Barnaby, John


308


152.02


3.81


3.50


152.33


Bastable, Arthur


10


155.64


3.94


3.50


156.08


Berry, Milton


718


153.78


3.85


3.50


154.13


Boghosian, Leon


1/2 of B151/2


76.67


1.91


1.00


77.58


Boodro, Austin


B15


77.79


1.94


1.00


78.73


Bradstreet, H. H.


1


155.72


3.90


3.50


156.12


Bryer, Lillian L.


606


152.76


7.99


3.50


657.25


Carter, Mary A.


137


157.26


3.95


4.00


157.21


Curtis, Philip


B-13


152.05


3.81


3.50


152.36


Darling, Lyman


438


152.36


3.83


3.00


153.19


Desmore, Stanley


B3


153.88


3.85


3.50


154.23


Derrah, James Henry


288


N. C.


100.00


Downing, William


626


109.33


2.74


1.50


110.57


Duncan, Reuben


489


153.54


3.85


3.50


153.89


Emerson, Ellen M.


138


102.67


2.57


2.50


102.74


Emerson, Henry P.


496


536.64


13.49


12.00


538.13


Esty, Loren G.


538


125.04


3.14


3.50


124.68


Firman, Aaron G.


Sec. 504


51.18


1.28


N. C.


52.46


Fletcher, Samuel A.


130


102.46


2.57


2.50


102.53


Flint, Harley A.


256


101.94


2.55


2.50


101.99


Frost, Chas. A.


340


177.34


4.65


4.00


177.99


Fuller, Abijah


110


176.89


4.44


4.00


177.33


Gould, Andrew


3.62


55.78


1.39


1.00


56.17


Gould, Mary


422


204.16


5.13


3.00


206.29


Gould, Walter


578


153.96


3.85


3.50


154.31


Graham, Benj. & Edythe


139


153.89


3.85


3.50


154.24


Hatch, Herbert O.


642


153.02


3.84


3.00


153.86


Hilton, Ellen J.


4921/2


165.62


4.15


N. C.


169.77


5-6


154.97


3.88


3.50


155.35


Hoelzel, William Howe, Benjamin


160


153.87


3.85


3.50


154.22


Illingsworth, R.


915


.94


N. C.


75.94


Jones, John & Mary


802


205.33


5.15


4.00


206.48


Jopp, C. B.


912


78.18


1.97


1.50


78.65


LeBeau, Ernest


B171/2


.78


N. C.


75.78


Lee & Meade


82


153.32


3.85


3.50


153.67


Balance Interest Amount Balance


52


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT


Cemetery Endowment Account-Continued


Name


Lot. No.


1950


Paid Out 1951


Leonard & Henderson


141-3


309.94


7.77


6.00


311.71


Lever, William


18


152.53


3.83


3.00


153.36


Martin, William


908


153.52


3.85


3.50


153.87


Metcalf, John


624


153.94


3.85


3.50


154.29


Millett, Anne L.


154.62


3.88


3.00


155.50


McGlauflin, Benj. T.


76


155.92


3.90


3.50


156.32


McKenne, Thomas


532


154.72


3.88


3.00


155.60


Nash, Harold


B11


77.57


1.94


1.50


78.01


Nelson, Roy


910


153.91


3.85


3.50


154.26


Paine, Walter


7


154.62


3.88


3.50


155.00


Peabody, Merrill


754


105.30


2.64


3.00


104.94


Perkins, William


643


208.62


5.24


3.00


210.86


Phelps, Anne H.


146


175.58


4.40


4.00


175.98


Richardson, William J.


250


159.14


4.00


3.50


159.64


Robertson, Mary D.


242


Russell, Serena


477


155.82


3.90


3.50


156.22


Sanford, Radford & Martin 580


150.00


Sanford, William


111%


77.93


1.94


1.50


78.37


Sheldon, Alonzo


682


155.18


3.90


3.00


156.08


Sheldon, Lucy


212


157.70


3.95


3.00


158.65


Smith, George H.


764


109.70


2.75


2.50


109.95


Stewart, Richard


676


152.84


3.83


3.50


153.17


Symonds, Charles H.


448


104.46


2.61


2.50


104.57


Townsend, Edward


468


152.52


3.83


3.50


152.85


Townsend, Ernest


454


152.52


3.83


3.50


152.85


Tyler, Alma


153.05


3.84


3.50


153.39


Tyler, Henrietta


153.05


3.84


3.50


153.39


Wiggins, Alexander


806


165.62


4.15


N. C.


169.77


Wilkins, Alvin


218


152.22


3.83


2.50


153.55


Wilkins, Charles


459


154.98


3.88


3.00


155.86


Wilkins, Susan A.


596


104.18


2.61


2.00


104.79


Wilkins & Young


614


154.02


3.87


3.00


154.89


Williams, Percy


1/2 of B17


76.20


1.91


1.00


77.11


Young, William M.


1/2 of B18


N. C.


75.00


9,563.85


245.90


195.50


10,689.25


.


100.00


Balance Interest Amount Balance


53


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT


Town of Middleton Cemetery Endowment Account Salem Five Cent Savings Bank


Name


1950


Paid Out 1951


Atwood, Morrison


128


$164.54


$4.13


$3.50


$165.17


Averill, Edward P.


52


104.13


2.61


2.50


104.24


Barnaby, Caroline V.


646


114.09


2.98


2.50


114.57


Batchelder, Harold T.


528


83.84


2.09


1.50


84.43


Brown, Carl


914


150.63


3.78


N. C.


154.41


Conlon, Mary A.


105.88


2.65


2.50


106.03


Curry, Mary A.


342


107.71


2.70


2.50


107.91


Day, Mrs. Geo. E.


588


54.40


1.37


1.00


54.77


Day, Weaver


248


158.54


3.98


4.00


158.52


Evans, Otis


150.63


3.78


N. C.


154.41


Fuller, Jeremiah


40


141.72


3.55


3.50


141.77


Fuller, Luella F.


158


158.01


3.97


4.00


157.98


Fuller, Lydia & Timothy


268


104.57


2.61


2.50


104.68


Fuller & Taylor


644


156.43


3.93


4.00


156.36


Goswiler, Carl B.


716


162.80


4.08


3.00


163.88


Hall, E. P.


106


106.81


2.68


2.50


106.99


Harlow, Levi F.


684


107.52


2.69


2.50


107.71


Haskell, Ella C.


390


207.40


5.20


5.00


207.60


Higgins, Lewis S.


264


108.82


2.73


2.50


109.05


Hobbs, Kathryn


1/2 of 588


54.53


1.37


1.00


54.90


Hutchinson & Russell


18


103.38


2.59


2.00


103.97


Jones, John E.


372


105.24


2.64


2.50


105.38


Jones, Samuel


290


105.46


2.64


2.50


105.60


Mosher, William


850


150.00


2.82


N. C.


152.82


Peabody, A. W.


90


251.96


6.33


6.00


252.29


Peabody, Dean


344


103.18


2.59


2.50


103.27


Peabody, John W.


192


155.51


3.90


3.50


155.91


Peabody, Laura E.


534


103.62


2.59


2.50


103.71


Putney, Lucretia


104


154.20


3.88


3.50


154.58


Richardson, Benjamin F.


164


103.90


2.60


2.50


104.00


Richardson, Daniel


104.83


2.63


2.50


104.96


Richardson, Rev. Daniel


410


105.50


2.64


2.50


105.64


Riley & Daniels


150.00


2.82


N. C.


152.82


Stiles, Hiram A.


30


165.43


4.15


4.00


165.58


Stiles, Osgood F.


424


164.97


4.14


4.00


165.11


Stiles, Summer P.


482


165.45


4.15


4.00


165.60


Lot. No.


Balance Interest Amount Balance


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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT


Cemetery Endowment Account-Continued


Lot. No.


Balance Interest Amount Balance


Name


1950


Paid Out 1951


Taylor, Benj. H.


334


104.26


2.61


2.50


104.37


White, Henry F.


208


84.07


2.11


2.00


84.18


Wilkins, Henry &


Caroline


440-442


319.02


8.03


6.50


320.55


Wilkins, Edward W.


172


191.99


4.82


4.00


192.81


Wilkins, Samuel H.


230


104.65


2.61


2.50


104.76


Young, John


278


104.46


2.61


2.50


104.57


5,604.08


138.78


115.00


5,627.86


Reports


of the Various Departments 1951


57


PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT


FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY Trustee's Report - Treasurer's Report


INCOME:


Balance January 1, 1951


$625.12


Naumkeag Trust Co.


407.84


Essex Savings Bank


20.00


Broadway Savings Bank


37.32


Total


$1,090.28


Town appropriation, expenses, plus dog tax


1,639.98


Town appropriation, salaries


1.200.00


$3,930.26


Expenditures, salaries


Librarian salary


500.09


Librarian, assistant


351.00


Janitor


300.00


Returned to revenue


48.91


1,200.00


Expenditures, expenses


New books


673.97


Magazines


74.75


Fuel


426.40


Light


76.29


Water


6.36


Insurance


59.52


Building Maintenance


600.26


Miscellaneous


84.90


Bank service charge


.58


Balance Naumkeag Trust Co. 700.36


Returned to revenue


26.97


2,730.26


$3,930.26


Respectfully submitted,


HAROLD Y. SMITH, Treasurer.


58


PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT


CHARLES L. FLINT FUND


H. Y. Smith in account with Flint Public Library: Charles L. Flint fund, principal $5,000.00


Deposited in banks, December 31, 1951:


Salem Five Cent Savings Bank $1,159.56


Danvers Savings Bank 1,436.22


Broadway Savings Bank


1,886.96


Essex Savings Bank 1,000.00


Salem Savings Bank


680.93


$6,163.67


MARY ESTY EMERSON FUND


Harold Y. Smith in account with Flint Public Library: Mary Esty Emerson Fund, principal $2,500.00


Invested as follows:


Cerena Apt. Building Bond (par value)


500.00


Cerena Apt. Corp. (Capital Stock)


Lexington Ave. and 42nd St. (20 shares common stock) .20


Deposited Danvers Savings Bank


2,190.33


Deposited Danvers National Bank 761.81


$3,452.34


Respectfullly submitted,


HAROLD Y. SMITH, Treasurer.


Income B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Co. $393.34


59


PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT


LIBRARIAN'S REPORT, 1951


Flint Public Library has been open the usual hours during the year 1951. The library hours are


Tuesday 3:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.


Friday 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.


Saturday - 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.


Books were sent to the Howe-Manning School for Grades 4-8. The books were from lists prepared by the Department of Education. The High School students were also assisted with their reading problems.


Many interesting magazines for all ages were in the reading room or to be borrowed after the current month.


National Book Week was observed in November with an exhibit in the balcony. Many new books were on display and were enjoyed by all visitors, young and old.


The Trustees have voted to use the Trustees room as a new reading room for adult readers, which will be very convenient for reading, study and reference. Part of the new equipment has been installed and more will be added in the future. This room will be a welcome addition and a comfort to all adult readers.


Following the librarian's report is a short biography of Charles L. Flint, which should be of interest to the people of Middleton.


The librarian wishes to express appreciation for the cooperation and many kindnesses of the Trustees.


ANNUAL STATISTICS


Volumes in library January 1, 1951


10,306


Volumes added by purchase 350


Volumes added by gift 50


Volumes in library January 1, 1952


10,706


Total circulation of books, year ending January 1, 1952 5,688


Total circulation of non-fiction 1,593


Largest monthly circulation, October 547


Respectfully submitted,


SARAH E. CARLETON,


Librarian.


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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT


CHARLES L. FLINT (1824-1889)


Charles L. Flint was born in South Middleton on May 8, 1824. He entered Phillips Academy in Andover in 1841 and later worked his way through Harvard College, graduating in 1849. After teaching a short term he spent two years at Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the New York State Bar and began practice in New York City. In 1857 he married Ellen E. Leland of Grafton, Massachusetts and had two sons and a daughter.


While in college, he won a prize offered by the Essex Agricultural Society for an essay on Indian corn, which was published in the 1849 Transactions of the Society. This essay and other agricultural writings attracted state-wide attention and resulted in his appointment as the first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture. He took office in 1853 and remained secretary of the Board for twenty-seven years, during which time his annual reports contain a full and accurate record of the agriculture of this state.


Mr. Flint was deeply interested in practical education. He took a conspicuous part in the founding of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a member of the Boston School Committee and helped in the establishment of High Schools. He was a founder of Massachusetts Agricultural College (chartered in 1862), (now called University of Massachusetts) and served as secretary of the Board of Trustees for twenty-two years. He lectured at the college on dairy farming and upon retirement of President Clark, (1879) Mr. Flint became president of the college, serving one year.


In addition to his extensive articles and reports for the Board of Agriculture, he wrote several books on agriculture. At the time of his death in 1889, he was president of the Massachusetts Agri- cultural Club and was widely known as an authority on farming. He died in Hillman, Georgia where he had gone to regain his failing health. He is buried in Grafton, Massachusetts.


In February 1879, Mr. Flint proposed a free public library to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Middleton. His offer of $1,000. and 400 books was readily accepted and six trustees were elected for a term of three years to establish and maintain a free public library. In 1889 under terms of Mr. Flint's will, the town was left the sum of $10,000. to be expended by library trustees for library purposes. The trustees were then able to purchase a site and erect the present library building, which was dedicated November 11, 1891 and appropriately named after its chief benefactor.


61


SELECTMEN'S REPORT


SELECTMEN'S REPORT


To the Citizens of the Town of Middleton:


The Board of Selectmen submit for your approval its annual report of activities for the year ending December 31st, 1951.


Meetings have been held each Tuesday evening at 8:00 P.M. at the Town Hall, except during the months of July and August when meetings were held the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. This year we found it necessary to hold many special meetings to com- plete the town's business.


We have again this year requested an appropriation to continue the work of our Civil Defense Program in co-operation with the State authorities.


We have completed the survey of the business area in and around Middleton Square establishing the exact area that the business district comprises, and the boundaries of the street and property owners. This not only enables the Zoning Appeal Board to return accurate decisions on cases appearing before them, but will also assist the Highway Department and Planning Board in carrying out their work.


This year it was necessary to hold two Special Town Meetings, the first on June 26th, and the second on October 9th.


Meetings have been held this year in Boston, and here in Middleton with the Outdoor Advertising Authority in an effort to stop further erection of billboards on Route 114. Results of these meetings have not been as yet published.




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