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Cafeteria
23,157.46
1,070.19
3,281.95
63.25
18,742.07
Athletics
1,421.25
285.35
1,135.90
School
1,232,404.89T
6,884.87
169,723.07
13,627.55
53,190.47
988,978.93
Libraries
46,466.40
2,343.51
7,546.65
432.80
36,143.44
$2,269,677.50
$50,514.14
$275,947.29
$28,050.73
$53,190.47
$1,861,974.87
Water
122,666.99
6,266.36
12,741.40
1,428.29
102,230.94
$2,392,344.49
$56,780.50
$288,688.69
$29,479.02
$53,190.47
$1,964,205.81
(*) Includes $2,222.34 Holiday Pay
(+) Includes $3,230.30 Holiday Pay
(T) Includes $2,475.59 Hall Rentals Account
Registrars'
5,471.56
125.07
780.29
35.10
4,531.10
Personnel Board
600.00
8.00
120.00
472.00
Civil Defense
1,474.90
294.98
1,179.92
Maint. Town Hall
10,270.25
389.33
960.00
108.50
8,811.62
Building Inspector's
6,843.00
338.12
837.80
70.00
5,597.08
Wiring Inspector's
3,744.00
187.17
494.00
70.00
2,992.83
Sealer's
1,300.00
65.00
1,235.00
Moth and Tree
21,611.17
1,050.04
2,133.68
153.40
18,274.05
Health
20,663.08
935.88
1,968.00
341.60
17,417.60
Harbor Master's
6,336.00
316.80
868.40
5,150.80
Welfare
6,156.00
270.40
489.10
5,275.00
A. D. C.
5,472.00
248.60
728.00
38.40
4,457.00
O. A. A.
21,700.16
1,161.94
2,593.70
218.90
17,725.62
Veterans' Services
9,008.00
450.40
1,008.80
242.20
7,306.50
Park
22,952.93
157.14
2,231.24
92.65
20,471.90
Miscellaneous
1,000.00
37.55
962.45
Care Soldiers' Graves
230.00
46.00
184.00
121.50
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH - MASSACHUSETTS
BALANCE SHEET
JANUARY 1, 1953
Treasurer's Cash
Temporary Loan-Auticipation School Loan
$100,000.00
Withholding Taxes for U. S. Treasury
33,811.19
Water Construction Deposits 8,193.00
Dog License Fees for County
121.20
Petty Cash-Collector's Office
250.00
1,668,432.35
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes-Levy 1951-Real Estate
$ 5,811.70
Levy 1952-Polls
248.00
Levy 1952-Personal
3,890.35
Levy 1952-Real Estate
102,262.81
366
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy 1951
$ 53.58
Levy 1952
55,817.56
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
55,871.14
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
$55,871.14
Departmental
26,570.61
Judgments
78.95
Street Department
$ 361.82
Public Welfare
17,476.53
Apportioned Sewer Assessments
982.07
Old Age Assistance
3,356.46
Committed Sewer Interest
297.17
Hall Rentals
317.00
Tax Titles
12,620.37
Vocational School
5,058.80
Tax Possessions
12,373.71
26,570.61
Water Department
64,217.99
Sewer Assessments:
Common
$20,783.63
Particular
29,127.15
49,910.78
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation: Sewer Assessments Loan Authorized-Not Negotiated
39,654.08 300,000.00
Town
$1,519,779.26 148,403.09
Water
Fish and Game Licenses for State
286.25
Sale of Real Estate Fund
4,781.02
School Athletics Account
15,145.15
School Lunch Account
7,880.03
Federal Grant-George Barden Fund
1,568.95
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
13,697.42
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
112,212.86
Levy of 1951 Levy of 1952
$ 5,811.70 25,078.34
30,890.04
Departmental:
Sewer Assessments
49,910.78
222,922.79
2,932.10 29.17 250.00
Apportioned Sewer Assessments:
Common-1951
$ 24.25
Common-1952
598.02
Particular-1952
359.80
Committed Sewer Interest
297.17
Committee-Revision Zoning Laws 60.10
Committee-Incinerator 100.00
Civil Defense
14,402.51
Police-Traffic Lights
3,864.00
Control Dutch Elm Disease
8,673.87
Nurses
1,500.00
Water Department:
Rates
$55,564.01
New Services
4,402.23
Private Work
2,197.76
Liens-1951
278.03
367
Liens-1952
1,775.96
64,217.99
Tax Titles (119 Parcels)
$ 12,620.37
Tax Possessions (278 Parcels)
12,373.71
Essex Street Construction
526.53
Loan Authorized-Town
400,000.00
Shawmut Street-Right of Way 430.00
Parking Area-Hollis Street 901.00
Marker-Corp. Arthur Low Adams 100.00
Pleasant Street Widening
775.00
Randall Avenue Construction
1,321.46
Land -- Near Neck Street 1.00
South Junior High-Construction
3,164.56
Bicknell School-Construction
87,574.15
Pear Street School-Construction
855.28
Central Junior High-Plans
24,946.64
Homestead School-Construction
72,067.58
Pond School-Plans
12,000.00
Homestead School-Land
250.00
Humphrey School-Construction
175,519.54
Judgments:
Personal Taxes-1950
$ 42.41
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
36.54
78.95
Garbage Disposal
6,125.00
Sewer Department
52,393.06
Bicknell School Sewer
28,000.00
Street Construction-Chap. 90
83,846.33
Working New Streets:
690.45
1951 Account 1952 Account
1,977.25
Green Street-Survey
$ 1,500.00
State Liabilities-Underestimates :
Metropolitan Parks Tax
$2,011.18
Audit of Accounts Tax
373.04
2,384.22
Revenue of 1953-Town
28,000.00
Sewer Receipts (In Escrow) Accrued Interest Account-Town Petty Cash Reserve-Collector
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
982.07
Committee-Public Works Bldg. $ 7,500.00
Nevin School-Construction
140,378.84
Bicknell School-Alterations
94,735.77
Renovation Tufts Library 16,925.00
Recreation Program 164.41
Land-E. Weymouth Playground
975.00
Const'n-E. Weymouth Playground
17,312.34
Pond Plain Playground
3,244.84
Weston Park Improvements
720.00
Land-Idlewell
1.00
Improvement-Ashwood Cemetery
122.08
Const'n-Alewife Fishery Bldg.
482.43
866,127.02
Water Department:
Water Construction (Loan 1951)
$ 5,106.09
Water Mains (1952 Special) 3,460.70
Water Supply Development
3,388.55
Filter Plant Improvements
12,240.84
Purchase Land on Pond
2,375.77
Purchase Equipment (Welder)
1,991.00
Equipment Account
6,723.96
Stock Account
9,309.30
44,596.21
State Liabilities-Overestimates : Smoke Inspection
$ 136.20
South Met. Sewerage System
2,263.72
2,399.92
County Liabilities-Overestimates : County Tax
$ 11,418.67
County Hospital Assessment
7,795.66
19,214.33
Surplus Revenue (E. & D.) :
Town
$623,838.47
Water
95,613.88
719,452.35
$2,433,952.22
$2,433,952.22
January 15, 1953.
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
A. Adams and Pratt Schools-Aug. 1, 1948 $ 195,000.00
20,000.00
A. Adams and Pratt Schools-Aug. 1, 1949 South Junior High School-May 1, 1950
1,080,000.00
Pearl Street School-Feb. 1, 1951
419,000.00
Sewer Construction-Oct. 1, 1951
191,000.00
South Junior High School-Oct. 1, 1951
46,000.00
Homestead School-May 1, 1952
450,000.00
Humphrey School-Oct. 1, 1952
395,000.00
Nevin School-Oct. 1, 1952
219,000.00
Sewer Construction-Oct. 1, 1952
200,000.00
Water Loan-Aug. 15, 1934 Water Loan-Oct. 1, 1946
20,000.00
Water Loan-Aug. 1, 1948 140,000.00
Water Loan-Apr. 1, 1950
39,000.00
Water Loan-Apr. 1, 1950
15,000.00
Water Loan-Oct. 1, 1951
93,000.00
$3,530,000.00
$3,530,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$888,557.16 Tufts Fund, Free Public Lectures
$ 5,000.00
Tufts Fund, Free Public Lectures, Income
1,326.97
Tufts Fund, Books
2,500.00
Tufts Fund, Reading Room
2,500.00
Tufts Fund, Sidewalks and Shade Trees
2,000.00
Tufts Fund, Sidewalks and Shade Trees, Income
359.03
Tufts Fund, Care Tufts Tomb
500.00
John C. Rhines Fund 10,000.00
John C. Rhines Fund, Income
5,689.96
Elias S. Beals Park Fund
1,000.00
Elias S. Beals Park Fund, Income
195.57
Laban Pratt Hospital Fund
300,000.00
369
Net Funded Debt: General Water
$3,215,000.00 315,000.00
8,000.00
Laban Pratt Hospital Fund, Income
Laban Pratt Fountain Fund
Laban Pratt Fountain Fund, Income
Augustus J. Richards Library Fund
Joseph E. Trask Library Fund
12,805.88
Susannah Hunt Stetson Library Fund
2,500.00
Tirrell Donation Library Fund
1,000.00
Francis Flint Forsyth Library Fund
1,000.00
Arthur E. Pratt Library Fund 3,000.00
Charles Henry Pratt Library Fund
500.00
William H. Pratt Library Fund
2,798.80
Alida M. . Denton Library Fund
700.00
Mary Fifield King Library Fund
2,000.11
Weymouth Back River Bridge Fund
3,000.00
Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
121,764.15
Martha Hannah King Fund
85.93
Ashwood Cemetery Fund
522.19
Mary Fifield King Fund 98.07
$888,557.16
$888,557.16
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sewer Assessments-Not Due
$88,156.17
Apportioned Sewer Assessments-Common:
Due 1953
$ 7,536.00
Due 1954
7,526.00
Due 1955
7,450.00
Due 1956
7,445.00
Due 1957
7,440.00
Due 1958
7,430.00
Due 1959
5,278.00
Due 1960
3,653.00
Due 1961
829.00
399,582.09 400.00 728.41 5,000.00
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Apportioned Sewer Assessments-Particular:
Due 1953
$4,288.17
Due 1954
4,074.00
Due 1955
4,074.00
Due 1956
4,074.00
Due 1957
4,074.00
Due 1958
4,074.00
Due 1959
3,764.00
Due 1960
3,030.00
Due 1961
2,117.00
$88,156.17
$88,156.17
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant
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REPORT OF TREE AND MOTH DEPARTMENT
January 5, 1953
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Weymouth
Gentlemen:
The activities of the Tree and Moth Department for the year 1952 have moved along at a rapid pace.
With the expansive development of the Town, we find ourselves con- stantly faced with a tremendous back log of urgent work. There are two ways to meet this situation: (1) Build up the manpower of the department to keep pace with the times; (2) Select the most urgent business and do the best we can. The latter policy is no doubt the most reasonable course to follow during these trying times, when the taxpayer is already carrying a terrific financial load.
DUTCH ELM DISEASE control is of foremost importance at the pres- ent time. It requires our year-round attention. Dormant and summer spraying rank next as time consuming projects.
The dormant spray is most important in the control of the Scolytus Beetle, or Dutch Elm Disease carrier, as it is commonly known. This spray was applied by helicopter for the first time this year. The amazing speed, economy and efficiency of the helicopter over ground equipment for street spraying is of utmost importance to the taxpayer.
In six hours the equivalent of three weeks' spray work was accom- plished. I am planning to use the helicopter both for Dormant and sum- mer foliage spray in 1953.
The Dutch Elm Disease is on the decrease, the total number of infec- tions for the year being 318 trees. Two years ago the infected trees num- bered 373, and these were about equally divided between public and private trees. This year, the public shade trees were less than one-third of the total infections, which proves that trees receiving the necessary sprays, both dormant and foliar, are better prtoected against the Dutch Elm Disease.
The privately owned elm tree does not come under our jurisdiction until it becomes diseased. It therefore behooves all owners of elms to care for their own trees.
TREE PLANTING. With the tremendous losses in our shade tree population in recent years, and the future outlook not too promising, it is obvious that the Town must enter into a stepped-up tree planting program.
We must consider the loss of every tree as contributing to:
The rapid depletion of the beauty of our Town. The depreciation of property valuations. The lowering of living standards.
The loss of bird life-all of which cannot but contribute toward a downhill trend in our Town.
Trees bring peace and contentment to families. They inspire all of us to higher ideals and pride in our homes and Town. It is our obligation to restore and retain a love for trees in the hearts of our townspeople. It is
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my contention that we owe a shade tree to every new home owner, whose property is not already graced with a tree, and provided that his home is situated on an accepted street.
The proper selection of a tree for its location and environment is im- portant, and in this respect we are following up-to date tree planting recommendations as set forth by the Arnold Arboretum, University of Mass., National Shade Tree Conference and other sources.
MOSQUITO CONTROL. Our Mosquito Control program of the past few years is attracting the attention of many towns, to such an extent that a study has been made and plans forthcoming to organize several towns into a Mosquito Control District. This is sound reasoning, and if followed through will undertake to eliminate the breeding areas of the mosquito. Our share in this project is set at $8,000.00 per year for approximately a five-year period, after which it will be proportionately reduced. An article for Weymouth's entrance into this project will come before our 1953 Annual Town Meeting, and I strongly urge everyone to support this worthwhile project ..
Remember! Mosquitoes affect your health, comfort and happiness.
I have given every consideration to the increased tax burden placed on all of us, and to the necessity of curtailments that must be made and yet perform the services that are for the best interests of the Town.
It is with the deepest appreciation to all who have aided me in any way and for the splendid co-operation of everyone that I offer my thanks.
Sincerely, V. LESLIE HEBERT Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent
REPORT OF BOARD OF FENCE VIEWERS
January 2, 1953
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The number of calls for the services of the Fence Viewers were not as numerous as in past years. All complaints were taken care of by the Fence Viewers in the various parts of the Town.
We appreciate the co-operation of all other Town departments.
Very truly yours, MRS. AMY HILL DUNCAN, Secretary, Board of Fence Viewers.
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SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICIALS
Office and Incumbent
Salary Paid in 1952
Selectmen:
Joseph Crehan
700.00
Everett E. Callahan
600.00
William A. Connell, Jr.
483.33
Ralph J. Amabile, Jr.
483.33
Joseph A. Fern
250.00
Raymond Morgan
225.00
Herbert A. Chubbuck
116.67
Treasurer:
Harry I. Granger
4,472.00
Town Clerk:
Harry Christensen
3,892.00
Collector of Taxes:
Frank W. Holbrook
5,416.00
School Committee:
None
Assessors:
Charles W. Burgess
1,600.00
Harry E. Bearce
4,518.00
Frank A. Pray
1,450.00
John W. Heffernan
1,450.00
George H. Bell
1,450.00
Water Department:
Stanley T. Torrey
225.00
John E. Horace
200.00
Clarence W. Taylor
200.00
Joseph Crehan
200.00
Harry I. Granger
225.00
Sydney C. Beane
5,916.00
Registrars of Voters:
Edward C. McIntosh
325.00
Helen R. Corridan
275.00
John J. Santry
250.00
Harry Christensen
400.00
Trustees of Tufts Library
None
Park Commissioners:
Everett J. McIntosh
200.00
Otto Mason
200.00
Francis X. Kelly
200.00
Joseph D. Slattery
41.00
Planning Board:
None
Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent: V. Leslie Hebert
4,472.00
Annual Moderator:
None
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Sewer Department:
J. Herbert Libbey John W. Field
500.00
500.00
Charles J. Masterson
500.00
Francis H. Hamilton Norman M. Smith
4,536.00
940.00
Town Counsel:
Kenneth L. Nash Arthur A. Cicchese
1,106.97
Town Accountant:
Emerson R. Dizer
5,616.00
Superintendent of Streets: John J. O'Leary 5,416.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Charles W. Burgess
1,300.00
Welfare Agent:
Thomas P. Delahunt 4,992.00
Chief of Police:
Edward F. Butler
5,416.00
Chief of Fire Department: Walter R. Murray 5,416.00
Health Agent:
Henry F. Godin
3,744.00
Plumbing Inspector :
Thomas J. MacDonald
3,744.00
Building Inspector :
Andrew A. Chisholm 4,472.00
Wiring Inspector: Joseph W. Ross
3,744.00
Harbor Master:
Cecil L. Evans 3,120.00
Veterans' Administrator: Raymond E. Stein
4,016.00
Dog Officer:
John H. Reidy
600.00
Animal Inspector: John H. Reidy 400.00
Custodian of Veterans' Graves: Karl O'Neil 230.00
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3,468.03
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Alewife Fisheries 152
Annual Town Election 82
Annual Town Meeting 11
Annual Town Meeting, Adjourned 28
Assessors' Report 239
Auditor's Report 185
Board of Health 172
Board of Fence Viewers 373
Building Inspector 184
Civil Defense Committee 163
Collector of Taxes 235
Committee on Traffic-Columbian Square 166
Dental Clinic
173
Director of Civil Defense
163
Electric Lighting Committee 153
Fire Alarm, Superintendent. 183
Fire Department 181
Graduation Exercises 292
General Relief 159
General School Building Committee. 290
Griffenhagen Committee Report 244
Harbor Master 154
High School, Athletic Account 288
Inspector of Animals 157
Jury List
138
Jurors Drawn 145
Laban Pratt Hospital Report 160
Library Trustees Report 255
Memorial-Joseph A. Fern 248
376
Memorial-Theron L. Tirrell 249 Memorial Day Committee 155
Moth Department 158
Old Age Assistance 158
Park Commissioners 180
Planning Board
161
Plumbing Inspector 168
Police Department
162
Public Welfare 158
Public Health Nurse
174
Retirement System
333
Registrars of Voters
171
State Primary 113
State Election, November 4.
132
Salaries of Town Officials 374
School Report 267
Sealer of Weights and Measures
156
Shell Fish Constable
154
Special Report-Parking and Traffic Committee
148
Special Report-Columbian Square Committee. 166
Special Town Meeting, June 23; Warrant for 100
Special Town Meeting, October 28; Warrant for 120
Street Department 179
Sewer Construction
178
Sewer Department Superintendent
176
Town Accountant's Report 336
Town Clerk's Financial Report
146
Town Counsel 170
Town Counsel
243
Town Election-Special, October 25
169
Town Engineer Town Offices
3
Treasurer's Report
325
Tree Department 372
Tufts Library Report
251
Veterans' Service 157
Vital Statistics
146
Water Department 299
Wiring Inspector 153
118
Zoning Appeals 168
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