Town annual report of the officers and committees of the town of Scituate 1949-1951, Part 34

Author: Scituate (Mass.)
Publication date: 1949-1951
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 744


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332.95


Gravel


1,165.00


Use of Equipment


330.00


Rip Rap


6,221.68


Stone Chips


398.00


9,187.75


CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE


Expenses:


Labor


$2,818.59


Pipe


1,903.45


Blocks


236.64


Grates and Frames


200.88


Sand and Gravel


84.25


Rental of Equipment


937.00


Gasoline


291.00


Survevor Stakes


18.00


Engineering Services


6.60


Supplies


3.34


6,499.75


STREET LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC BEACONS


Expenses:


Street Lights


$13,495.88


Traffic Beacons


291.35


Care of Lights


75.00


All Other


268.98


14,131.21


SIGNS


Expenses:


Labor


$742.16


Trucks


24.00


Signs


835.72


Materials and Supplies for Signs


118.68


Pipe


258.76


Express


11.57


1,990.89


WELFARE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS PUBLIC WELFARE


General Administration:


Salaries


$1,317.95


Clerical Assistance


1,387.90


Carfares, Autos and Lunches


62.77


Stationery and Postage


85.94


Office Expense


190.66


$3,045.22


129


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Outside Relief:


Groceries and Provisions


$646.92


Fuel


149.38


Board and Care


5,195.98


Medical Aid and Medicine


582.17


Cash Aid


4,427.50


Clothing


180.21


Funeral


150.00


Relief by Other Cities and Towns


1,067.50


All Other


63.69


12,463.35


15.508.57


AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN


Cash Aid


12,049.03


AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATIVE


Expenses:


Clerical Assistance


$302.34


Carfares, Autos and Lunches


13.51


315.85


U. S. GRANT - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN


Cash Aid


8,655.38


U. S. GRANT - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATIVE


Expenses:


Clerical Assistance


$261.97


Carfares, Autos and Lunches


26.31


Office Expense


83.75


372.03


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Expenses:


Cash Aid


$67,626.34


Relief by Other Cities and Towns 833.59


68,459.93


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE


Expenses:


Clerical Assistance


$1,524.34


Carfares, Autos and Lunches


38.68


Printing, Stationery and Postage


15.29


Office Expense


3.01


1,581.32


U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Cash Aid


41,509.84


U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE


Expenses: Clerical Assistance $1,241.43


130


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Carfares, Autos and Lunches


38.14


Office Expense


94.25


Postage


.90


All Other


19.85


1,394.57


VETERANS' BENEFITS


Expenses:


Fuel


$239.27


Medical Aid and Supplies


139.70


Groceries


516.47


Cash Aid


2,135.25


Funeral


296.00


Board and Care - Hospitals


239.12


Clothing


55.40


All Other


81.34


3,702.55


SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Salaries


$185,630.67


Expenses


68,886.24


254,516.91


See School Report for detail.


PLANS - HIGH SCHOOL 1950


Expenses:


Printing and Delivering Reports


$318.55


Test Borings


284.87


Consulting Services


150.00


Labor


20.00


773.42


REMODELING AND ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL


Plans


8,000.00


ATHLETIC FIELD AND TENNIS COURTS - CIVIC CENTER


Expenses:


Contract


$5,042.50


Pipe


24.75


Resurfacing Courts


809.96


6,551.00


LUNCH PROGRAM - HIGH


Expenses:


Services


$1,033.75


Groceries and Provisions


12,066.86


Laundry


25.20


Supplies


188.21


Express


25.63


Advertising


2.50


13,342.15


131


673.79


Engineering Services


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


LUNCH PROGRAM - ELEMENTARY


Expenses:


Services


$3,652.50


Groceries and Provisions


17,846.97


Equipment and Supplies


674.29


Printing


23.80


Express


50.66


All Other


58.06


22,306.28


ATHLETIC FUND


Expenses:


Services


$354.50


Equipment and Supplies


823.64


Laundry


53.70


Taxes


139.42


Use of Baseball Field


10.00


All Other


34.73


1,415.99


ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Expenses:


Librarian


$1,200.00


Assistant


125.42


Janitor


305.00


Books


1,053.38


Fuel


362.29


Light


84.40


Insurance


78.90


Water Rates


23.00


Repairs


489.88


Printing, Stationery and Postage


14.75


Library Supplies


237.37


3,974.39


PEIRCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Expenses:


Librarian


$1,200.00


Janitor


192.00


Books


709.68


Fuel


253.79


Light


48.68


Water Rates


13.00


Periodicals


110.45


Library Supplies


58.80


Repairs


242.45


Insurance


152.06


Telephone


37.12


Advertising


32.50


3,050.53


RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK DEPARTMENT


Expenses:


Labor


$5,393.89


132


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Water Rates


113.37


Insurance


51.24


Light


41.04


Truck Maintenance


346.02


Mowers and Sharpening Same


192.88


Supplies


308.32


Use of Roller


112.00


Repairing and Painting Buildings


900.49


Recreational Equipment


138.88


Trees


75.46


Loam and Fertilizer


275.70


Installing. Maintenance and Removal of Tree Lights


63.00


All Other


107.50


8.419.79


BAND CONCERTS


Concerts


500.00


UNCLASSIFIED


Expenses:


Printing and Distributing Town Reports


$1.849.70


Printing and Advertising


658.36


Checking Cars


404.74


Services of Auctioneer


15.00


Disposal of Dogs


71.50


Disposal of Animals


22.00


Dinners


20.92


Recording Layouts and Deeds


68.61


Drinking Fountain


38.20


All Other


86.37


3.235.40


INSURANCE


Expenses:


Emplovers and Public Liability


$6.501.61


All Other


15.00


6.516.61


PUBLIC BUILDINGS


Expenses:


Care of Comfort Station - Minot


$50.00


Care of Comfort Station - Harbor


238.14


Water Rates


96.00


Painting - Interior Cudworth House


34.00


Installing Radiator and Painting Police Station


675.00


Building and Plumbing Repairs


95.50


Supplies


67.27


Light


1.268.91


BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEARS


Bills of 1950


426.34


CHANNEL MARKINGS


75.00


Markings


13.00


133


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE


Assessment 100.00


MEMORIAL DAY


Observance of Memorial Day


1,040.75


ARMISTICE DAY


Observance of Armistice Day


15.00


QUARTERS FOR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS


Rent


350.00


CONTROL OF SHELLFISH


Expenses:


Salary


$2,859.43


Labor


626.94


Boat Maintenance


112.72


Use of Car


244.80


3,843.89


FISH AND GAME CONSERVATION


Expenses:


Trout


$91.00


Grain


108.80


199.80


LIFEGUARD - SAND HILLS BEACH


Expenses:


Salary


$468.60


Supplies


6.63


475.23


BUILDING INSPECTOR


Expenses:


Salary


$2,240.00


Carfares, Autos and Lunches


500.42


Clerical Assistance


94.00


Services - Building Board


54.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


62.97


Office Expense


103.75


Advertising


25.58


Telephone


.60


DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES


Expenses:


Salary


$1,403.00


Carfares, Autos and Lunches


87.67


Photostatic Copies


24.40


Telephone


428.00


Stationery and Postage


19.50


3,081.32


134


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TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Typewriter Rental All Other


15.00


22.18


1,999.75


DOG OFFICER


Services


125.00


ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS


Expenses:


Clerical Assistance


$168.00


Advertising


51.25


Postage


52.03


Office Expense


1.60


272.88


RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND PENSIONS


Retirement


7,350.00


RETROACTIVE PAY


Salaries


2,079.06


CIVILIAN DEFENSE


Expenses:


Installing Transmitter and Receiver - Fire


$1,822.85


Printing


30.00


1,852.85


COMMITTEE - TOWN MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT


Expenses:


Office Supplies


3.05


REFUNDS


Taxes


$1,582.68


Motor Vehicle Excise


2,347.10


Water


131.83


Moth 1951


3.00


Tailings


47.68


Estimated Receipts


16.19


4,128.48


WATER DEPARTMENT


Expenses:


... Administration


$9,889.34


General


43,369.80


Pumping Station


10,147.50


Service Pipe


5.00


Property Maintenance


1,055.98


64,467.62.


CONSTRUCTION OF WELLS


Expenses:


$1,940.00


Pump


135


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Supplies


11.04


1.951.04


WATER SYSTEM - ROUTE 3A


Expenses:


Supplies


$191.60


Pipe


37.54


Express


4.36


233.50


EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS


Expenses:


Pipe


4.995.92


EMERGENCY - WELL


Expenses:


Cutting Down and Removing Tree


$115.00


Use of Equipment


354.00


Drilling Well


4,269.00


Fill


896.00


5.634.00


LAWSON TOWER


Expenses:


Care of Clock


$110.00


Supplies


4.99


Contract - Water Tower


850.00


Repairing Tower


652.23


Labor


7.50


Mowing


20.00


1,644.72


PUBLIC LANDINGS


Expenses:


Salary of Harbor Master


$1,360.00


Repairs and Launching Floats and Piers


611.29


Water Rates


18.53


Use of Power Boat


10.00


Supplies


91.95


Crane Service


45.00


2,136.77


CARE OF VETERANS' GRAVES


Care of Graves


630.00


INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT INTEREST


Revenue Loan


$626.88


Reimbursement Loan


49.50


School Loan


10,150.00


Fire Loan


62.50


10,888.88


136


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


INTEREST - WATER LOANS


Loans


10,950.00


MATURING DEBT


School Loan


$35,000.00


Fire Equipment Loan


4,000.00


39,000.00


MATURING DEBT - WATER LOANS


Loans


30,000.00


TEMPORARY LOANS


Anticipation of Revenue $150,000.00 12,000.00


Anticipation of Reimbursement


162,000.00


AGENCY AND TRUST AGENCY


State Parks and Reservations


$1,151.44


Auditing Municipal Accounts


633.85


County Tax


44,523.89


46,309.18


TRUST


Expenses:


Cash Aid


643.03


DOG LICENSES


Proceeds from Dog Licenses


1,344.65


WITHHOLDING TAXES


Withheld Taxes


40,551.40


RETIREMENT SYSTEM


Withheld for Retirement


11,042,42


.


$1,425,088.41


Balance, December 31, 1951


372,697.95


$1,797,786.36


137


SUMMARY


Balance January 1, 1951


tions 1951


and Transfers


Totals


tures


$5,900.00


$5,900.00


Selectmen's Department


$5,393.67


$506.33


70.00


70.00


Dues - Boston Chamber of Commerce


70.00


4,345.00


4,345.00


Accounting Department


4,304.47


40.53


4,693.00


4,693.00


Treasurer's Department


4,628.38


64.62


500.00


500.00


Tax Title Foreclosures


429.49


70.51


8,403.00


200.00


8,603.00


Collectors' Department


8,584.55


18.45


9,445.00


9,445.00


Assessors' Department


8,964.81


480.19


24.00


24.00


Certification of Notes


10.00


14.00


500.00


75.00


575.00


Advisory Committee


550.65


24.35


1,800.00


1,800.00


Law Department


1,800.00


2,994.59


45.00


3,039.59


Town Clerk's Department


3,037.37


2.22


1,325.00


302.08


1,627.08


Town Meetings, Elections and Registrations


1,627.08


125.00


125.00


Moderator


125.00


6,257.00


6,257.00


Engineering Department


6,222.32


34.68


2,000.00


2,000.00


Planning Board


1,809.27


190.73


2,268.00


2,268.00


Town Hall


2,263.93


4.07


49,835.00


49,835.00


Police Department


49,834.98


.02


3,000.00


3,000.00


Police Department - Special


2,503.63


496.37


1,000.00


200.00


1,200.00


Ambulance


1,119.10


80.90


1,200.00


1,200.00


Annuity - Chapter 32, Section 89, General Laws


1,200.00


600.00


600.00


Purchase of Police Car


430.10


169.90


86,020.00


1.15


86,021.15


Fire Department


84,531.26


1,489.89


10,000.00


10,000.00


Purchase of Pumping Engine and Hose Wagon


9,990.00


10.00


1,400.00


1,400.00


Purchase of Fire Car


1,400.00


600.00


600.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


600.00


7,100.00


7,100.00


Moth Department


7,099.96


.04


1,600.00


1,600.00


Elm Tree Beetle


1,596.63


3.37


3,400.00


3,400.00


Tree Warden


3,398.38


1.62


900.00


900.00


Town Forests


898.26


1.74


100.00


100.00


Bounties


71.00


29.00


.


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


138


Appropria- Receipts


1951


Balance Expendi- December 31. 1951


SUMMARY - Continued


Balance January 1, 1951


Appropria- tions 1951


Receipts and Transfers


Totals


Balance Expendi- December tures


31. 1951


2,300.00


2,300.00


Trimming Bushes - Roadsides


2.297.30


2.70


3,000.00


1,400.00


4,400.00


Control of Dutch Elm Disease


4,398.74


1.26


2,500.00


2,500.00


Forest Fires


2,227.03


272.97


29,000.00


29,000.00


Health Department


28,774.43


225.57


4,000.00


4,000.00


Mosquito Control Maintenance


4,000.00


14,796.90


11,000.00


25,796.90


Shore Protection


7,500.00


18,296.90


1,927.75


1,927.75


Greenhead Fly Control Project


1,927.75


102,381.60


102,381.60


Highway Department


102,380.04


1.56


18,362.18


5,364.30


23,726.48


Snow Removal


23,718.52


7.96


51.60


51.60


Widening First Parish Road


51.60


24.21


24.21


Country Way


24.21


345.64


345.64


Construction - Gannett and First Parish Roads


44.50


301.14


854.86


854.86


Construction - Gannett Road


629.20


225.66


6,500.00


18,571.33


25,071.33


Construction - Gannett Road 1951


19,997.99


5,073.34


1,000.00


1,000.00


Land Damage - Gannett Road


301.00


699.00


3,300.00


3,300.00


Purchase of Equipment - Highway


3,300.00


2,450.00


2,450.00


Tenth Avenue


2,448.96


1.04


5,000.00


5,000.00


4,998.57


1.43


10,000.00


10,000.00


Emergency - Glades Road


9,782.20


217.80


6,500.00


6,500.00


6,499.75


.25


14,210.00


14,210.00


14,131.21


78.79


1,000.00


1,000.00


2,000.00


Signs


1,990.89


9.11


18,000.00


173.13


18,173.13


15,508.57


2.664.56


12,000.00


54.00


12,054.00


12,049.03


4.97


325.00


. 325.00


315.85


9.15


10,656.78


7,483.73


18,140.51


8,655.38


9,485.13


775.53


731.64


1,507.17


372.03


1,135.14


68,000.00


522.60


68,522.60


Old Age Assistance


68,459.93


62.67


1,600.00


1,600.00


Old Age Assistance - Administrative


1,581.32


18.68


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Carver Avenue


Construction of Drainage


Street Lights and Beacons


Public Welfare


Aid to Dependent Children


Aid to Dependent Children - Administratiive


U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children


U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children - Ad- ministrative


1951


139


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SUMMARY - Continued


Balance January 1, 1951


Appropria- tions 1951


Receipts and Transfers


Totals


Balance Expendi- December tures 31.1951


19,414.88


48,411.20


67,826.08


U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance


41,509.84


26,316.24


1,228.30


2,601.04


3,829.34


U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance - Administra- tive


1,394.57


2,434.77


6,000.00


6,000.00


Veterans' Benefits


3,702.55


2,297.45


254,380.00


137.06


254,517.06


School Department


254,516.91


.15


10.00


10.00


George Barden Fund


10.00


427.55


427.55


Adult Classes


427.55


6,324.25


6,324.25


Plans - High School


773.42


5,550.83


97,169.92


97,169.92


Remodeling and Addition - High School


8,000.00


89,169.92


6,551.00


6,551.00


Athletic Field and Courts - Civic Center


6,551.00


767.87


14,147.73


14,915.60


Lunch Program - High


13,342.15


1,573.45


1,541.31


22,671.51


24,212.82


22,306.28


1,906.54


857.13


2,061.35


2,918.48


Athletic Fund


1,415.99


1,502.49


3,400.00


582.52


3,982.52


3,974.39


8.13


2,500.00


582.53


3,082.53


3,050.53


32.00


8,420.00


8,420.00


Park Department


8,419.79


.21


500.00


500.00


Band Concerts


500.00


1.00


1.00


Parcel - Meeting House Lane


1.00


3,200.00


39.21


3,239.21


Unclassified


3,235.40


3.81


11,710.87


11,710.87


6,516.61


5,194.26


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,268.91


231.09


426.34


426.34


Bills of Previous Years


426.34


75.00


75.00


Channel Markings


75.00


100.00


100.00


County Aid to Agriculture


100.00


1,200.00


1,200.00


Memorial Day


1,040.75


159.25


60.00


60.00


Armistice Day


15.00


45.00


350.00


350.00


Quarters for Veterans of Foreign Wars


350.00


613.73


2,760.00


3,873.73


Control of Shellfish


3,843.89


29.84


200.00


200.00


199.80


.20


500.00


500.00


Lifeguard - Sand Hills Beach


475.23


24.77


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


140


Lunch Program - Elementary


Allen Memorial Library


Peirce Memorial Library


Insurance


Public Buildings


500.00


Fish and Game Conservation


1951


SUMMARY - Continued


Balance January 1, 1951


tions 1951


and Transfers


Totals


Balance Expendi- December tures


3,250.00


3,250.00


Building Inspector


3,08132


168.68


2,000.00


2,000.00


Director of Veterans' Services


1,999.75


.25


125.00


125.00


Dog Officer


125.00


225.00


100.00


325.00


Zoning Board of Appeals


272.88


52.12


7,350.00


7,350.00


Retirement System and Pensions


7,350.00


2.500.00


2,500.00


Retroactive Pay


2.079.06


420.94


2,000.00


675.00


2,675.00


Civilian Defense


1,852.85


822.15


100.00


100.00


Committee - Town Manager


3.05


96.95


66,190.00


66,310.00


Water Department


64.467.62


1,842.38


1,951.25


Construction of Wells


1,951.04


.21


5,000.00


5,000.00


Extension of Water Mains


4,995.92


4.08


242.17


242.17


Water System - Route 3A


233.50


8.67


2.000.00


2,000.00


Lawson Tower


1,644.72


355.28


2,400.00


2,400.00


Public Landings


2,136.77


263.23


700.00


700.00


Care of Veterans' Graves


630.00


70.00


11,762.00


11,762.00


Interest


10,886.63


875.37


10,949.50


.50


10,950.00


Interest - Water Loans


10,950.00


39,000.00


39,000.00


Maturing Debt


39,000.00


30,000.00


30,000.00


Maturing Debt - Water Loans


30,000.00


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


120.00 1,951.25


141


Appropria- Receipts


1951


31. 1951


BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1951


General Accounts


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash:


In Banks and Office


$372,697.95


Petty Cash Advances: Collector


$40.00


Water Department


15.00


County Retirement 1,163.51


Road Machinery Fund


878.88


Everett Torrey Park Fund Income


46.80


Sale of Real Estate Fund


355.00


142


Levy of 1949:


Poll


$32.00


Levy of 1950:


Poll


$462.00


Personal


368.48


Real


7,528.69


8,359.17


Levy of 1951:


Administration


$1.135.14


Poll


$530.00


Personal


4,070.70


Real


53,985.67


George Barden Fund


10.00


58,586.37


66,977.54


Appropriation Balances:


$496.37


Levy of 1949


$226.54


Levy of 1950


872.68


Levy of 1951


6,566.70


Shore Protection 18,296.90


7,665.92


Widening First Parish Road


51.60


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Accounts Receivable:


Taxes:


Federal Grants:


Old Age Assistance:


Administration


$2,434.77


Assistance 26,316.24


$28.751.01


Aid to Dependent Children:


Assistance 9,485.13


10,620.27


39,381.28


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:


Police Department - Special


Purchase of Pumping Engine and Hose Wagon 10.00


55.00


$372,752.95


Reserve for Petty Cash Advances $55.00


Tailings - Unclaimed Checks 175.87


Withholding Taxes 4,603.52


BALANCE SHEET - Continued


Moth Assessments:


Road Machinery


500.33


Levy of 1950


$20.00


Chapter 90-Highway Maintenance 1,007.59


Levy of 1951


31.00


Construction-Gannett Road 225.66


Construction - Gannett and First Parish Roads 301.14


Tax Titles


3,887.98


Tax Possessions


2,804.88


Land Damages-Gannett Road 699.00


Emergency-Glades Road 217.80


Construction of Bridge 4,750.00


Plans-High School


5,550.83


Remodeling and Addition to Higli School 89,169.92


Adult Classes


427.55


Parcel-Meeting House Lane


1.00


Construction of Wall-Glades Road


500.00


Civilian Defense


822.15


1950


$1,063.82


1951


10,174.15


11,237.97


Land-No. Scituate R. R. Station


9,000.00


Water Department


1,821.00


Construction of Wells


.21


Water System-Route 3A 8.67


Water Main-Kent Street


15,000.00


154,052.22


State Aid to Highways


4,286.25


Lunch Program-High School


1,573.45


County Aid to Highways


2,143.13


Lunch Program-Elementary


1,906.54


Chapter 90 - Construction


10,000.00


Athletic Fund


1,502.49


Emergency - Well


5,634.00


29,154.97


Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation


9,097.97


Overlays Reserve for Abatement of Taxes:


Loans Authorized


886,000.00


Overlay 1949 $32.00


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


143


Rates and Charges:


$230.78


Veterans' Benefits


127.25


School Department


19.60


377.63


Water Department:


Committee-Town Manager Form of Government 96.95


Water Liens Added to Taxes:


Levy of 1950


$219.74


Levy of 1951


725.53


945.27


Country Way 24.21


51.00


Construction-Gannett Road 1951 ..


5,073.34


Departmental:


Old Age Assistance


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus


BALANCE SHEET - Continued


Underestimates: Plymouth County Hospital


Overlay 1950


8,359.17


Overlay 1951 5,031.11


13,422.28


Revenue Reserved Until Collected:


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


$7,665.92


Tax Title 3,887.98


Tax Possessions


2.804.88


Departmental


377.63


Special Assessment


51.00


Water


12,183.24


26,970.65


Tax Title Receipts Reserved


154.12


State and County Aid to Highways Revenue


6,428.67


School Construction Authorized from Post-War Fund


9,097.97


Temporary Loans-Anticipation of Reimburse- ment


10,000.00


Loans Authorized and Unissued


886,000.00


Overestimates:


State Parks and Reservations $149.17


County Tax


4,658.11


4.807.28


Surplus Revenue


193,179.85


$1,384,910.35


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


144


1,047.86


$1,384,910.35


BALANCE SHEET - Continued


Trust Funds


Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities .... $39,722.27


Charity Funds:


Eliza Jenkins Fund


$3,020.80


Lucy O. Thomas Fund


1,000.00


Sarah J. Wheeler Fund


988.22


Hannah Dean Miller Fund


1,952.63


Cornelia M. Allen Fund


5,086.68


George O. Allen Fund


524.71


Benjamin T. Ellms Fund


4,000.00


Scituate Welfare Fund


322.25


Ella Gertrude Gardner Fund


9,107,53


$26,002.82


Everett Torrey Park Fund


410.33


Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund


264.21


Post-War Savings Fund


13,044.91


$39,722.27


$39,722.27


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


145


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT


Loan and Rate Water, 334 per cent


Due


Amount


Total


1952


$25,000.00


1953


25,000.00


1954


25,000.00


1955


25,000.00


1956


25,000.00


1957


25.000.00


1958


25,000.00


1959


25.000.00


1960


25.000.00


1961


25,000.00


$250,000.00


Water, 11/2 per cent


1952


$5.000.00


1953


5,000.00


1954


5,000.00


1955


5,000.00


1956


5,000.00


1957


5,000.00


1958


5,000.00


1959


5,000.00


Fire Equipment Loan, 11/4 per cent


1952


$25,000.00


1953


25,000.00


1954


25,000.00


1955


25,000.00


1956


25,000.00


1957


25,000.00


1958


25.000.00


1959


25,000.00


1960


25,000.00


1961


25,000.00


1962


25,000.00


1963


25,000.00


1964


25,000.00


1965


25,000.00


1966


25,000.00


1967


25,000.00


1968


25,000.00


425,000.00


School Loan, 13/4 per cent


1952


$10,000.00


1953


10,000.00


1954


10,000.00


1955


10,000.00


1956


10,000.00


1957


10.000.00


1958


10,000.00


1959


5.000.00


1960


5,000.00


1961


5,000.00


1962


5,000.00


1963


5,000.00


1964


5,000.00


1965


5,000.00


1966


5,000.00


1952


$3,000.00


40,000.00 3,000.00


School Loan, 13/4 per cent


146


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


1967


5,000.00


1968


5,000.00


120,000.00


$838,000.00


SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT


Salaries:


Wm. Otis Andrews


$953.27


William F. Slattery


770.00


Robert H. Tilden


1,466.67


$3,189.94


Expenses:


Helen L. Day


$1,763.27


Massachusetts Selectmen's Ass'n


25.00


Wm. Otis Andrews


70.21


Robert H. Tilden


87.74


Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.


3.00


Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.


122.50


William F. Slattery


73.50


Plymouth County Selectmen's Ass'n


6.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc.


5.34


Sanderson Brothers


11.22


Dolby Business Machines


3.70


Franklin Publishing Co.


29.25


Walter F. Costello


3.00


2,203.73


$5,393.67


DUES - BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE


Expense:


Maritime Ass'n of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Inc.


$70.00


ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT


Salary:


Elizabeth Cole


$3,500.00


Expenses:


Velma Ahola


$332.50


Barbara Cole


128.00


Velma Lee


44.00


South Shore Office Supply and Equipment, Inc.


4.20


New England States and Municipal Finance Officers Association


1.00


Bailey's, Inc.


12.17


H. B. McArdle


30.25


Mass. Municipal Auditors and Accountants Ass'n


3.00


Elizabeth Cole


106.89


Anna E. Murphy, P. M.


10.00


Dolby Business Machines


6.50


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


33.98


Walter F. Costello


3.00


147


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Sanderson Brothers


88.98


804.47


$4,304.47


TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT


Salary:


Rose A. Smith


$3,000.00


Expenses:


Sanderson Brothers


$116.00


William M. Wade


18.00


Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.


377.99


Miriam E. Klueber


10.00


Rose A. Smith, Treas.


203.51


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


13.69


Hobbs & Warren, Inc.


29.25


Massachusetts Collectors' and Treasurers' Ass'n


2.00


Kenmure W. Moffatt


204.00


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


66.44


Thomas Groom & Co., Inc.


15.00


Robert W. Dwyer


400.00


The Todd Sales Co.


172.50


1,628.38


$4,628.38


TAX TITLE FORECLOSURES


Expenses:


Laurence F. Davis


$428.59


Rose A. Smith, Treas.


.90


$429.49


COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT


Salary:


Joseph R. Dillon


$3,500.00


Expenses:


Annie E. Wilder


$2,071.69


Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.


498.03


Sanderson Brothers


286.14


Kenmure W. Moffatt


481.25


Obrion, Russell & Co.


5.00


Joseph R. Dillon


465.38


Hobbs & Warren, Inc.


156.40


South Shore Office Supply and Equipment, Inc.


31.06


Massachusetts Collectors' and Treasurers' Ass'n


2.00


William C. Gregory


40.00


H. B. McArdle


24.50


Massachusetts Deputy Collectors' Ass'n


1.00


Velma Ahola


830.50


Plymouth County Registry of Deeds


3.00


Franklin Publishing Co.


98.60


The Jamaica Press


5.50


148


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


John L. Rothery Co.


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


76.40 8.10


5,084.55


$8,584.55


ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT


Salaries:


Henry T. Fitts


$3,293.91


Stanley F. Murphy


825.00


Paul A. Reynolds


825.00


$4.943.91


Expenses:


Katherine R. Flaherty


$1,869.91


Association of Massachusetts Assessors


9.00


Banker & Tradesman


15.00


The Satuit Press


17.25


The Stoneham Independent, Inc.


1.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc.


422.30


Henry T. Fitts


31.85


Richard W. Holm, Register


268.00


Stanley F. Murphy


322.81


Paul A. Reynolds


194.11


Bailey's, Inc.


18.80


H. B. McArdle


10.20


Dolby Business Machines


24.75


The National Cash Register Co.


24.00


Dorothy McLean


699.92


Edith M. Farrington


11.75


The Lighthouse Mart


17.30


Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.


18.00


Land Court


2.40


Franklin Publishing Co.


2.80


B. L. Makepeace, Inc.


31.80


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


7.95


4,020.90


$8,964.81


CERTIFICATION OF NOTES


Expense:


Francis X. Lang, Director of Accounts


$10.00


ADVISORY COMMITTEE


Expenses:


George J. Mitchell


$250.00


Franklin Publishing Co.


7.10


The Satuit Press


34.50


Sanderson Brothers


191.30


Adelaide E. Messenger


52.75


Ass'n. of Town Finance Committees


10.00


Mirror


5.00


$550.65


149


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


LAW DEPARTMENT


Expense:


Alfred C. Blake


$1,800.00


TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


Salary:


William M. Wade


$1,720.00


Expenses:


Hobbs & Warren, Inc.


$40.55


Roval Typewriter Co., Inc.


97.50


Pauline M. Fitts


880.00


William M. Wade


187.70


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


79.62


The National Institute of Municipal Clerk, Inc.


10.00


Franklin Publishing Co.


3.50


The Satuit Press


7.00


The Jamaica Press


11.50


1,317.37


$3,037.37


TOWN MEETINGS, ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS


Expenses:


Hingham Journal


$147.50


Thomas Groom & Co., Inc.


35.00


Franklin Publishing Co.


150.75


Dolby Business Machines


20.00


Walter Flaherty


39.00


Daniel J. Queeney


39.00


Bertha L. Turner


39.00


Standard Modern Printing Co.


71.00


Lawson C. Vickery


22.00


John A. Cogswell


27.00


Jack E. Humason


80.00


William M. Wade


52.86


Norman Withem


5.00


Charles Zimmerman


5.00


Paul Young


25.00


Don W. Freeman


15.00


Robert P. O'Hern


15.00


John J. Steverman


15.00


Norman Reddy


15.00


George F. Murphy


15.00


Lco P. Murphy


15.00


Donald Quinn


38.00


Barbara Tobin


25.00


John J. Lonergan


20.00


Charlotte L. Chessia


20.00


Ruth M. Mevers


25.00


Evelyn Ferreira


7.50


Wright & Potter Printing Co.


95.97


High School Cafeteria


71.00


David LaVange


5.00


150


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Fred A. LaVange


5.00


Peter Spirkoff


5.00


Rogers W. Harwood


15.00


Frank W. Dowd


15.00


Paul R. Harrigan


15.00


Charles S. Connolly


15.00


Grace B. McPherson


15.00


Paul F. Spencer


15.00


M. Josephine McCarthy


15.00


Annie Barry


10.00


Paul Young Motors


10.00


Edith C. Morrow


51.00


Spaulding-Moss Co.


205.50


Francis J. Lynch


10.00


Hobbs' Electrical Co., Inc.


60.00


William B. Pepper


10.00


$1.627.08


MODERATOR


Expenses:


Philip S. Bailey


$121.58


Nathaniel Tilden


3.42


$125.00


ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT


Salary:


John E. Bamber


$4,160.00


Expenses:


John E. Bamber


$468.05


Paul R. James




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