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TEMPORARY LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928
$150,000.00 500,000.00
Borrowed Payments Outstanding Dec. 31
$475,000.00 175,000.00
$650,000.00 $650,000.00
SURPLUS WAR BONUS FUNDS
Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1928 Interest 1928 Dec. 31, Cash on Hand
$7,560.02 371.39
$7,931.41
$7,931.41 $7,931.41
$33,851.06 375,127.25
55,543.63
Transfers
212
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
OVERLAY 1923
Jan. 1, 1928 Overdraft $11.73 Transfer 11.73
$11.73
$11.73
OVERLAY 1925
Jan. 1, 1928 Overdraft Transfer
$403:90
$403.90
$403.90
$403.90
OVERLAY 1926
Balance Jan. 1, 1928 Abatements
$970.56
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
4,669.85
Balance
186.90
$5,827.31
$5,827.31
OVERLAY 1927
Balance Jan. 1, 1928 Adjustment of Overlay Abatements Balance
2,049.34 7,376.49
$9,425.83
$9,425.83
OVERLAY 1928
$13,340.46
Overlay Abatements
$5,192.13
Balance
8,148.33
$13,340.46
$13,340.46
RESERVE FUND-OVERLAY SURPLUS
Transfer from 1926 Overlay Balance
$4,669.85
$4,669.85
$4,669.85
$4,669.85
$5,827.31
$9,390.63
35.20
213
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Balance Excess Revenue 1928 Balance Dec. 31
$32,599.56 30,887.29
$63,486.85
$63,486.85
$63,486.85
SEWER ASSESSMENTS APPORTIONED
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928 Commitment Paid in full Commitment to Collector
$46,453.45 22,320.16
$833.70 9,392.46
. Outstanding Dec. 31
58,547.45
$68,773.61
$68,773.61
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS APPORTIONED
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928
$11,071.87
Commitment : Paid in Full Commitment to Collector
$287.20 2,227.21
Outstanding Dec. 31
12,538.59
$15,053.00
$15,053.00
Appropriation Accounts
-
Moderator's Salary
·Credit
Appropriation
$25.00
Debit
Theodore Eaton
$25.00
$25.00 $25.00
3,981.13
214
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Selectmen's Department
Salary Account
Credit
Appropriation
$5(0.00
Debit
Thomas F. Kenney, Chairman, 12 mos.
$100.00
Ned C. Loud, Secretary, 10 mos.
83.33
Charles F. Young, 12 mo.
150.00
J. Theodore Whitney, 12 mo.
100.00
William Blanchard, 10 mo.
83.33
Roland W. Butters, 2 mo.
16.67
Arthur E. Newcomb, 2 mo.
16.67
$500.00
$500.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
1926 Unpaid Bills Account
Credit
Appropriation
$52.00
Debit
Payments
$52.00
$52.00
$52.00
1927 Unpaid Bills Account
Credit
Appropriation
$52.00
Debit
Payments
$52.00
$52.00
$52.00
215
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
1928 Account
Credit
Appropriation
$446.00
Debit
Clerk Hire
$115.64
Stationery, Postage
41.71
Printing, Advertising
187.43
Telephone All Other Balance to Revenue
37.06
8.11
$446.00
$446.00
Accounting Department
-
Credit
Appropriation
$4,050.00
Debit
H. A. Simonds, 12 mo.
$2,650.00
Clerk Hire
265.75
Stationery, Postage
171.05
Town Reports
813.62
Printing
5.00
All Other
5.50
Balance to Revenue
139.08
$4,050.00
$4,050.00
Treasury Department
Salary of Treasurer
Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
56.05
216
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Debit
Arthur H. Boardman, 12 mo.
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$1,100.00
Debit
Paymaster
$300.00
Certification of Notes
60.00
Bond
240.00
Stationery, Postage
57.99
All Other
39.95
Balance to Revenue
402.06
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
Collector's' Department
Salary of Collector
Credit
$1,000.00
Debit
Charles E. Walton, 12 mo.
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$1,320.00
Appropriation
217
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Clerk Hire
$301.75
333.58
480.00
19.00
185.67
$1,320.00
$1,320.00
Assessors' Department
Salaries of Assessors
Credit
Appropriation
$2,900.00
Debit
Charles A. Cheney, Chairman 12 mo.
$850.00
George H. Stowell, Secretary, 12 mo.
1,300.00
Hugh Connell, 12 mo.
750.00
$2,900.00
$2,900.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$4,600.00
Debit
Elizabeth M. Jenkins, Chief Clerk
$1,710.00
L. Belle Woodward, Clerk
995.84
Other Clerk Hire
743.30
Assistant Assessors
298.75
Printing, Stationery
561.69
Telephone
42.00
All Other
135.27
Balance to Revenue
113.15
$4,600.00 $4,600.00
Postage, Printing Bond All Other Balance to Revenue
218
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Legal Department
Credit
Appropriation Appropriation (August)
$1,500.00 525.00
Debit
M. E. S. Clemons, 12 mo. Town Counsel
$1,000.00
Damages
675.00
Transcript-Russell Case
96.80
All Other Balance to Revenue
130.31
122.89
$2,025.00
$2,025.00
Town Clerk's Deparment
Salary of Clerk
Credit
Appropriation
$500.00
Frederic S. Hartshorne, 12 mo.
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Debit
219
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Clerk Hire
$256.38
Recording Fees
522.00
Stationery, Postage
80.72
Printing, Advertising
60.55
Telephone All Other
19.50
Balance to Revenue
25.85
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
VITAL STATISTICS
Credit
Appropriation
$150.00
Debit
Return of Births
$74.75
Return of Deaths
33.25
Balance to Revenue
42.00
$150.00
$150.00
Election and Registration
Credit
$2,100.00
Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund
600.00
Transfer from Miscellaneous
110.00
Refund
10.00
Debit
Salaries of Registrars
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman, 12 mo.
$100.00
F. S. Hartshorne, Secy. 12 mo.
100.00
James F. Curley, 12 mo.
100.00
Patrick J. Kelley, 12 mo.
1,429.00
Election Officers Clerk Hire
106.75
-
125.00
35.00
220
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Stationery, Postage
41.98
Printing, Advertising
549.75
Meals
121.10
Auto Hire
11.60
Care of Booths
100.91
All Other
29.85
Balance to Revenue
4.06
$2,820.00
$2,820.00
Town Hall
Credit
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Debit
Harvey S. Parker, Janitor, 12 mo.
$1,700.00
Assistant Janitors
342.00
Fuel
433.07
Light
589.90
Janitor's Supplies
340.99
Repairs
767.81
Alterations to Cellar
1,126.32
Water Rates
161.52
Removing Ashes
25.00
Decorating Hall
110.00
All Other
58.88
Balance to Revenue
344.51
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
Police Department
1927 Unpaid Bill Account
Credit
Appropriation
$1,053.74
221
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Various Persons Transfer to 1928 Police Account
$986.21 67.53
$1,053.74
$1,053.74
1928 Account
Credit
Appropriation
$41,346.26
Transfer from Reserve Fund Transfer from 1927 Account Refunds
67.53
44.80
Debit
James J. Pollard, Chief
$2,750.00
Patrolmen
James A. McFadden
2,196.00
Frank H. Robinson
2,196.00
Fred J. Black
2,196.00
John A. Peterson
2,124.00
Joseph L. Preston
2,196.00
Eugene P. McDonnell
2,196.00
John G. Gates
2,196.00
Hardy F. Russell
5,146.00
George B. DeRoche
2,196.00
Gervase V. Stanley
2,196.00
James F. Hartnett
2,196.00
Charles L. MacDonald
1,634.50
Walter E. Peterson
2,156.00
Edwin M. Rowe
1,788.00
Special Officers
Morton V. Griffin
1,011.75
Ernest J. Mac Whinnie
995.49
Other Special Officers
1,597.01
Police Car, Ambulance, Motorcycles
1,146.33
Equipment
414.78
Police Signal System
291.50
Telephone
159.23
Printing, Postage
3,000.00
New Ambulance
140.99
Liquor Work
274.73
All other
1.97
$45,028.59
$45,028.59
Balance to Revenue
632.31
3,570.00
222
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Fire Department
Credit
Appropriation
$55,197.00
Debit
Fred D. Graham, Chief 12 mo.
$2,450.00
Permanent Men
Clifford E. Jacobs
2,296.27
James W. Findlay
2,296.27
George F. Leach
2,271.20
George Sederquest
2,271.20
William H. Tyzzer
2,196.00
Robert P. MacDonald
2,196.00
Harry A. Russell
2,196.00
Alfred C. McGrath
2,196.00
James W. O'Donnell
2,196.00
John F. Coakley
2,196.00
Frank K. Malonson
2,196.00
Henry L. Parker
2,196.00
Daniel J. Sullivan
2,156.50
Call Men
5,353.58
Equipment and Repairs
1,360.16
Care of Apparatus
550.43
Aerial Truck
15,000.00
Fuel and Light
570.80
Care of Buildings
824.26
Office Expenses
6.80
All Other
185.57
Balance to Revenue
35.96
$55,197.00
$55,197.00
Hydrant Rental
Credit
Appropriation
$7,775.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
223
Debit
311 Hydrants at $25
$7,775.00
$7,775.00
$7,775.00
Forest Warden
Credit,
Appropriation
$150.00
Debit
Payroll Supplies Balance to Revenue
$130.00
18.60
1.40
$150.00
$150.00
Fire Alarm
Credit
Appropriation
$2,700.00
Debit
Transfer to Light Dept. Balance to Revenue
$2,695.99 4.01
$2,700.00
$2,700.00
224
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Moth Department
-
Credit
Appropriation
$9,000.00
Debit
John A. Landry, Supt. 12 mo.
$2,250.00
E. J. Mac Whinnie
1,254.00
Fred A. Muse
1,320.40
Louis Surrette
1,288.90
J. H. Landry
617.50
Various Persons
563.88
Ford Truck
602.00
Motor Equipment Expenses
310.05
Equipment
165.10
Insecticides
460.47
Shade Trees
60.00
All Other
97.12
Balance to Revenue
10.58
$9,000.00
$9,000.00
Inspector of Wires
Credit
Appropriation
$300.00
Debit
Fred D. Graham, 12 mo.
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
225
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Game Warden
Credit
Appropriation
$50.00
Debit
Harry G. Robinson
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
Dog Officer
Credit
$400.00
Appropriation
Debit
Harry G. Robinson George A. Bennett
$79.78 320.22
$400.00
$400.00
Inspector of Buildings
-
Credit
$1,000.00
Appropriation
Debit
Frank J. Henkel, 12 mo.
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
226
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BUILDING INSPECTOR-USE OF AUTO
Credit
Appropriation
$200.00
Debit
Frank J. Henkel
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Credit
Appropriation
$950.00
Debit
James J. Devlin, 12 mo.
$650.00
200.00
James J. Devlin, use of truck Equipment All Other
76.12
5.08
Balance to Revenue
18.80
$950.00
$950.00
Compensation Agent
Credit
Appropriation
$2,000.00
227
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Payments-Moth Dept.
$19.71
Poor Dept.
1,045.68
Sewer Dept.
695.00
Highway Dept.
210.86
Water Dept.
21.00
Balance to Revenue
7.75
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Health Department
Credit
Salaries
Appropriation
$300.00
Debit
Ernest E. Tyzzer, M. D., Chairman, 12 mo.
$100.00
Wesley S. Goodwin, Secretary, 12 mo.
100.00
C. E. Montague, M. D. 12 mo.
100.00
$300.00
$300.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$7,000.00
Debit
Nellie Russell, R. N.
$1,560.00
David Taggart, Health Officer
600.00
David Taggart, Inspector of Plumbing
700.00
Ira W. Richardson, Physician
200.00
Lawrence E. Doucette, Milk Inspector
500.00
Tuberculosis Expenses
1,345.31
Contagious Diseases
1,292.49
Postage, Printing
149.03
All Other
534.26
Balance to Revenue
118.91
$7,000.00 $7,000.00
228
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Care of Dumps
-
Credit
Appropriation
$900.00
Debit
Payments Balance to Revenue
$833.06
66.94
$900.00
$900.00
Aid to Visiting Nurse Association
Credit
Appropriation
$500.00
Debit
Regina H. Wheeler, Nurse
$269.50
Mary Butters, Nurse
230.50
$500.00
$500.00
Collection of Garbage
Credit
Appropriation
$4,300.00
-
229
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Payroll
$2,539.00
Board of Drivers (in part) Hay, Grain
485.34
929.26
Shoeing
243.80
Harness Repairs
9.90
Balance to Revenue
92.70
$4,300.00
$4,300.00
Inspector of Animals
Credit
$200.00
Appropriation
Debit
Palmer Corbett, Inspector 12 mo.
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Highway Department
General Highways
1
Credit
$105,000.00
Appropriation (March) Appropriation (August) Refunds
4,500.00 47.75
Harold S. Powell (Supt.) Labor as per payroll Trucks Office Expenses
Debit
$3,000.00
23,014.76
7,612.23
1,025.18
230
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Equipment and Repairs
12,112.94
Gas, Oil, Tubes
2,473.59
Oil and Tar
16,887.55
Vacations
1,104.00
Garage Expenses
49.87
Patrol
1,003.00
Sidewalks and Curbing
Labor as per payroll
$7,685.89
Trucks
994.75
Material
15,061.97
23,742.61
Snow and Ice Removal
Labor as per payroll
2,864.80
Trucks
1,913.47
Material
472.98
5,251.25
All Other
12,269.77
Balance to Revenue
1.00
$109,547.75
$109,547.75
WATER STREET CONSTRUCTION
Credit
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Contribution from State
2,896.21
Contribution from County
2,896.21
Debit
Labor as per payroll
$3,578.28
Trucks
1,217.90
Material
3,892.46
Balance to Revenue
103.78
$8,792.42
$8,792.42
OAK STREET CONSTRUCTION
Credit
Appropriation
$8,000.00
Debit
Labor as per payroll
$3,285.01
Trucks
12.75
Land Damages-(Lee)
37.00
Material
2,378.44
Unexpended Balance
2,286.80
$8,000.00
$8,000.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
231
MAIN STREET WIDENING ACCOUNT
Credit
Balance, Jan. 1, 1928
.54
Debit
Balance Forward Dec. 31, 1928
.54
.54
.54
PAYROLL 1928
Clyde M. Simonds
$2,073.50
Jeremiah Doucette
2,050.75
Joseph Albani
1,996.76
Edward Butler
1,986.21
John Doherty
1,872.43
Thomas Sullivan
1,760.70
John White
1,727.16
Maurice Walsh
1,706.41
Edward Muise
1,701.57
John Shannon
1,674.78
Robert Black
1,476.10
William Landers
1,355.03
John McGlory
1,317.51
John Terrevechia
1,307.11
John Neiss
1,277.82
William Scanlon
1,256.43
Patrick Keady
1,181.61
Angelo De Feo
1,113.00
Horace Hale
1,031.64
John Regan
762.71
James Murphy
712.19
Henry Doucette
700.65
Robert Holden
687.31
Mateo Ballante
686.72
William Fall
685.21
Fred Doucette
-
682.54
William Gerrish
575.63
Robert MacKenna
515.38
Herbert Ramsdell
785.00
Ida L. Weiss
5,794.20
All Other Persons
866.68
$43,320.74
232
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Public Welfare Department
Salaries of Board
Credit
Appropriation
$300.00
Debit
William C. Strong, Chairman, 12 mo.
$100.00
Adelaide Boynton, Secretary, 12 mo.
100.00
Charles H. Gerrior, 12 mo.
100.00
$300.00
$300.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation (March)
$36,000.00
Appropriation (August)
6,000.00
Refunds
938.00
Debit
Outside Aid
Meats Groceries
$4,668.65
Board and Rent
9,287.54
Shoes and Clothing
180.90
Coal and Wood
176.65
Medical Attendance
397.50
Hospital Care
340.55
Mothers' Aid
1,550.12
Buick
719.75
Relief by Other Cities
4,027.58
All Other
610.54
$21,959.78
NOTE :- The auto expense of $719.75 includes an item of $300. for damages to same which was later refunded to the Department by an Insur- ance Company.
233
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Infirmary Expenses
Melvin W. Brown, Supt.
$1,740.00
Other Employees
3,548.98
Groceries and Provisions
2,718.92
Dry Goods, Clothing
88.71
Fuel, Light and Power
582.21
Care of Buildings
1,107.71
Hay, Grain and Shoeing
5,411.44
Gasoline
688.30
Motor Vehicle Expenses
1,530.62
All Other
3,561.33
$20,978.22
$42,938.00
$42,938.00
Soldiers' Benefits
STATE AID
Credit
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Debit
Various Persons (Civil War)
$396.00
Various Persons (Spanish War)
330:00
Balance to Revenue
774.00
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
MILITARY AID
Credit
$1,000.00
Appropriation
Debit
Various Persons (Spanish War)
$258.00
Various Persons (World War)
53.00
Balance to Revenue
689.00
A
$1,000.00 .. $1,000.00
234
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Credit
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Debit
Various Persons (Civil War)
$1,927.01
Various Persons (Spanish War)
683.00
Various Persons (World War)
3,377.07
Balance to Revenue
12.92
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
School Department
Credit
Appropriation
$305,000.00
Debit
Superintendent (in Part)
$4,051.78
Clerk Hire
2,102.66
Attendance Officer
1,126.63
W. B. Atwell-Rental of Car
730.00
Supplies for same
54.50
Traveling Expenses
1,127.27
Americanization
1,444.92
Health
2,350.06
Books and Supplies
15,952.02
Care of Buildings
13,455.92
Teachers' Salaries
High School
79,511.14
Elementary
139,563.12
Janitor Service
High School
7,875.13
Elementary
12,676.79
Fuel and Light
High School
3,163.09
Elementary
8,836.66
Evening School
1,289.10
Practical Arts
1,292.20
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
235
Telephone
673.86
Office Expenses
323.80
School Committee Expenses
1,073.01
Equipment
1 1,252.49
Transportation All Other Balance to Revenue
507.40
1,000.86
3,565.59
$305,000.00
$305,000.00
TRADE SCHOOL
Credit
Appropriation
$1,810.00
Debit
Various Cities Tuition Balance to Revenue
$1,232.14
577.86
$1,810.00
$1,810.00
SMITH HUGHES FUND
Credit
Contributions from State
$149.88
Payments
$149.88
$149.88
$149.88
PURCHASE OF LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES
Shedd Estate-Cordis Street
Credit
$318.19
Balance Jan. 1, 1928
Debit
$248.20
69.99
Payments Balance Unexpended
$318.19
$318.19
Debit
236
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND
Credit
Cash from Teachers
$8,683.63
Debit
Paid Mass. Teachers Retirement Board $8,683.63
$8,683.63
$8,683.63
PAYROLL-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Atwell, Willard B.
$4,633.32
Peterson, Charles J.
4,240.00
Kinder, Roland H.
3,200.00
Gilmore, Helen F.
2,025.00
Armstrong, Ethel M.
1,798.50
Potter, Annie (Baldwin)
1,636.00
Bent, Marjorie
1,162.50
Bunker, Marjorie
1,800.09
Cassano, Joseph
2,190.00
Caswell, Bernice
2,240.00
Cosman, Elvira
1,860.94
Dower, Raymond
2,795.00
Dunning, Harriet D.
1,800.00
Fanck, Joseph
2,893.10
Fisher, R. Edgar
2,650.00
Fletcher, Thelma
1,640.00
Fulton, Arthur A.
2,600.00
Guillow, Lillian
1,800.00
Healey, William
1,000.00
Heavens, Howard J.
2,700.00
Hiatt, Ruth F.
1,875.00
Hicks, H. Gertrude
1,800.00
Hirst, Isabel
1,950.00
Jones, Mildred
1,800.00
Kelly, Katherine M.
1,640.00
Kohl, Dorothy
1,795.00
Macdonald, Margaret
1,724.00
Marche, Louis P.
2,567.28
Mason, Harriet
1,870.33
McGay, Katherine
1,777.50
Meserve, Anne H.
1,690.00
Pattee, Ethelyn
1,735.75
Preble, Alfred E.
2,500.00
Reed, Ethel G.
1,875.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
237
Ryan, Alice
2,043.00
Ryan, Margaret
1,800.00
Hayes, George E.
3,116.60
Bergner, Hertha
1,470.00
Coburn, Eliza
1,616.88
Crane, William
1,554.50
Elliott, Isabel
1,700.00
Jordan, Lois
1,338.13
Kalaher, Mary
1,625.00
Low, Ida G.
1,620.95
Tooker, Genesta B.
1,519.00
Shea, T. Frank
2,750.00
Chick, Eva M.
1,342.00
Spence, Ruth B.
1,416.64
Davidson, Clara
1,692.88
Vinal, M. Emma
1,691.00
Dyer, Jessie S.
1,592.75
Hickey, Ruth E.
1,634.00
Gilbert, Dorothy
1,170.25
Webber, Ruth C.
1,369.50
Hendrickson, Bernice
1,700.00
Bethune, Ruth (Hayward)
1,176.00
Hawkins, Mary I.
1,565.00
Ardill, Hannah J.
1,546.13
Meserve, Blanche
1,700.00
Poland, Mary
1,501.25
Bell, Abbie A.
1,446.64
Geagon, Mary E. C.
1,674.50
Conley, Ruth
1,675.00
David, Bessie E.
1,651.75
Norton, Irene F.
1,649.00
Shaffer, Lillian
1,314.86
Strout, Elizabeth
1,635.25
Kernan, Alice J.
1,725.00
Gardner, Elizabeth
2,500.00
Vardon, Ross
1,370.00
Newell, Gladys
1,512.38
Wilson, Claraberta
1,520.00
Peterson, Signe
1,566.68
Stephenson, Amanda
1,423.64
Beal, Winifred
1,550.00
Pike, M. Grace
1,431.88
Hart, Laura A.
1,320.00
Hayden, Hilda
1,513.57
Long, Susie
1,070.00
Widtfeldt, Grace
1,683.00
Parks, Maude
1,220.00
Burke, Elizabeth D.
1,296.88
238
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Clevenger, Grace E.
1,550.00
Calkins, Alice
1,363.88
Thibadeau, Charles R.
3,049.14
Rodgerson, Ethel
1,370.00
Guarnaccia, Cora
1,556.00
Johnson, Mabel
1,183.32
Willey, Dorothy
1,070.00
Kelly, Mary E.
1,039.40
Delaney, Helen M.
1,550.00
Goodwin, Katherine
1,470.00
Jones, Avis
1,407.70
Winkler, Esther
1,015.00
Pfeiffer, Lee
1,320.00
Knight, Myrta
1,592.52
Ringdahl, Eleanor B.
1,827.00
Harding, Madalyne
1,135.50
Rattray, Bella
1,070.00
Sullivan, Lydia
1,470.00
Blaikie, Stella
1,260.63
Scipione, Alice
1,058.39
Wilder, Hazel O.
1,600.00
Walker, Hester
1,624.96
Doran, Catherine
1,420.00
Cheyne, Grace R.
1,498.31
Paulson, Edna May
1,093.00
Evans, Pauline (Taylor)
1,134.19
Carney, Katheryn
1,217.00
Kernan, Mabel A.
1,487.17
Crosman, Addie R.
1.526.75
Jones, C. Albert
1,800.00
Peverley, Edward
2,295.70
Shellenberger, Homer
2,800.00
Jenkins, Grace
1,293.57
Ekman, Louise
1,472.51
Kelso, Jane
1,596.00
Wilson, Ethel M.
2,117.75
Goddard, Irene
1,170.00
Lawson, Marion H.
1,020.00
Cousens, Chloe K.
1,106.27
Edward E. Eaton
2,371.57
Mary Higgins
1,147.66
Peterson, Carl A.
1,930.16
Wells, Irving A.
2,191.00
7 wicker, George
1,930.16
Stevens, C. W.
1,409.54
Conway, Leo
1,733.04
Curley, James
1,636.12
Hemsworth, Thomas
1,526.80
239
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Oliver, Henry
1,043.33
Pease, Eugene D.
1,614.12
Hatch, J. Edward
1,076.63
English, Mary
1,389.37
Foster, Harriet A.
1,308.16
Glover, Olive
1,039.32
Florence Ruoff
662.00
Eleanor Sullivan
585.00
Richard Ewell
520.00
Ernest Monroe
561.50
Josephine Carleton
620.00
Lillian Shoff
536.63
Theresa Collins
620.00
Maude Arnold
900.00
Katherine L. Kelly
916.00
Frances Mae Dingle
986.14
Charles E. Montague
800.00
Rena Bushnell
955.00
Lila P. McCormick
922.25
H. Lonise Akers
669.88
Mabel Perry
567.00
Ruth Baldwin
763.75
Mildred Turner
930.00
Morton Sherman
776.75
T. John Ardıll
558.84
James Lanigan
900.83
Eugene Lenners
942.22
Michael Neary
993.03
Thelma Sederquest
899.32
Various Persons
7,161.42
Total
$255,991.91
1
Library Department
Credit
Forward from 1927 Appropriation Dog Tax Interest from Trust Funds
$173.12
21,500.00
1,717.30
3,053.55
240
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Debit
Helen Frances Carleton, Librarian
$2,300.00
Louise Sheldon
1,487.39
Gladys Mackenzie
1,368.00
Clara G. Wilson
942.34
Bertha Taylor
856.28
Katherine Madden
855.00
Other Assistants
2,362.67
Herbert T. Mitchell, Janitor
1,600.00
Other Janitor Service
427.87
Books
8,104.25
Binding
1,159.06
Supplies
284.36
Care of Building
1,702.77
Fuel and Light
1,660.93
All Other
1,332.95
Balance to Revenue
.10
$26,443.97
$26,443.97
Park and Cemetery Departments
Salary of Commissioners
Credit
Appropriation
$200.00
Debit
Arthur P. Knight, Chairman, 12 mo.
$50.00
George W. Abbott, Secretary, 12 mo.
100.00
Sylvester A. Cameron, 12 mo.
50.00
$200.00
$200.00
PARK EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund Interest Trust Funds
$4,900.00
1,000.00 126.23
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
241
Debit
Labor as per payroll Equipment Bath House
$1,619.60
91.15
1,002.40
344.37
2,966.43
2.28
$6,026.23
$6,026.23
CEMETERY EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Debit
Labor as per payroll All Other Balance to Revenue
$906.40
288.62
4.98
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Miscellaneous Account
1927
Credit
Appropriation
$143.30
Debit
Wakefield Ice Co .- Ice
$70.80
Lakeside Cemetery Corporation-Care Sol-
diers' Graves
72.50
$143.30
$143.30
1928
Credit
Appropriation
$1,956.70
Plants and Trees All Other Balance to Revenue
242
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Debit
Transfer to Election and Registration Acct.
$110.00
Building Inspector Expenses
34.79
Care of Soldiers' Graves
75.50
Printing Building Laws
618.50
Work on Greenwood Bridge
105.00
Use of Rifle Range Co. E
596.17
Use of Rifle Range Medical Co.
41.14
Other Expenses
59.04
Balance to Revenue
316.56
$1,956.70
$1,956.70
PLAYGROUND COMMISSION
Credit
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Debit
Salaries, Supervisors as per payroll
$840.00
St. Joseph's Band-Music
15.00
Naragansett Machine Co .- Equipment
364.20
Supplies-Prizes
274.30
Balance to Revenue
6.50
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
STREET LIGHTS
Credit
Appropriation
$18,000.00
Debit
Municipal Light Plant
$18,000.00
$18,000.00
$18,000.00
INSURANCE ACCOUNT
Credit
Appropriation
$7,250.00
.
243
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
C. F. Hartshorne & Son Balance to Revenue
$7,231.00 19.00
$7,250.00
$7,250.00
RESERVE FUND
Credit
Appropriation
$7,500.00
Debit
Transferred to
Police Dept.
$3,570.00
Park Dept.
1,200.00
Water Services
1,000.00
Election and Registration
600.00
Pension Committee Expenses
300.00
Balance to Revenue
830.00
$7,500.00
$7,500.00
FISH AND GAME WARDEN
Credit
Appropriation
$50.00
Debit
Harry G. Robinson, 12 mo.
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
LAKE QUANNAPOWITT
Credit
$1,600.00
Appropriation Balance from 1927
490.43
Debit
$1,186.86
671.22
232.35
Services and Labor Material Balance to Revenue
$2,090.43
$2,090.43
244
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
JULY FOURTH
Credit
Appropriation
$800.00
Debit
American Fireworks Co. Children's Entertainment
$600.00
75.00
Boy's Band-Music
125.00
$800.00
$800.00
PLANNING BOARD
Credit
Appropriation
$500.00
Debit
Thorp & Martin Co.
$35.20
Mass. Federation of Planning Boards A. B. Comins Balance to Revenue
15.00
.50
449.30
$500.00
$500.00
MEMORIAL DAY-G. A. R.
Credit
Appropriation
$250.00
Debit
F. P. Ross-Flowers
$105.00
Masten & Wells Mfg. Co .- Flags
36.00
Everett City Band-Music
50.00
Boys' Band Committee
25.00
Grattan Baking Co.
16.00
Balance to Revenue
18.00
$250.00 $250.00
245
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MEMORIAL DAY-S. W. V.
Credit
Appropriation
$200.00
Debit
George W. Reid-Lunches
$30.24
James H. Keough
2.50
Everett City Band
50.00
Grattan Baking Co.
21.80
C. B. Patterson
2.40
A. S. Parker
37.00
Boy's Band Committee
25.00
Balance to Revenue
31.06
$200.00
$200.00
MEMORIAL DAY-AMERICAN LEGION
Credit
Appropriation
$250.00
Debit
George W. Reid-Lunches
$30.23
James H. Keough
2.50
White & Johnson Co .- Flowers
80.00
Harding Uniform Co .- Flags
6.21
Wakefield Item Co.
2.50
Everett City Band
50.00
Grattan Baking Co.
21.80
Boys' Band Committee
25.00
Balance to Revenue
31.76
$250.00
$250.00
AMERICAN LEGION RENT
Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
-
246
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Debit
Princess Amusement Co., Inc.
$600.00
Municipal Light Dept .- Light
210.75
Wakefield Coal Supply Co.
111.65
L. E. Bennett
16.00
J. C. Daley-Wood
10.00
Balance to Revenue
51.60
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
RENT -- SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Credit
Appropriation
$120.00
Debit
American Legion
$120.00
$120.00
$120.00
WAR MEMORIAL TABLET
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1928
$82.15
Debit
Dec. 31, Balance Forward
$82.15
$82.15
$82.15
PROTEST HIGH TENSION WIRES
Credit
Appropriation
$500.00
247
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Donnell, O'Brien and Powell services Balance forward
$125.00 375.00
$500.00
$500.00
SURVEY FOR SURFACE DRAINAGE
Credit
Appropriation $1,000.00
Debit
Weston & Sampson services
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
DEFICIT IN 1923 OVERLAY
Credit
Appropriation
$11.73
Dehit
Transfer to 1923 Overlay
11.73
$11.73
$11.73
DEFICIT IN 1925 OVERLAY
Credit
Appropriation
$403.90
Debit
Transfer to 1925 Overlay
$403.90
$403.90
$403.90
248
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
PENSION COMMITTEE EXPENSES
Credit
. :
Transfer from Reserve Fund
$300.00
Debit
December 31 Balance Forward
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
LAND FOR PLAYGROUND-WATER STREET DISTRICT
Credit
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Debit
George W. Killorin
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Court Fines
Credit
Fines Received from Court
$3,284.00
Debit
Court Expenses Balance to Revenue
$107.50 3,176.50
$3,284.00
$3,284.00
249
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
County Tax 1928
Credit
Appropriation
$31,781.48
Debit
Treasurer Middlesex County Hospital Tax
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