Town annual report of the officers of Wakefield Massachusetts : including the vital statistics for the year 1944, Part 14

Author: Wakefield, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1944
Publisher: Town of Wakefield
Number of Pages: 288


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32.75


All Other


16.75


3,320.16


Legal Department:


John I. Preston, Town Counsel


$ 1,200.00


Department Expenses : Damages:


White Case


39.50


Liston Case


235.00


LeDuc Case


13.63


Paine Case


12.00


Constable Fees


34.56


H. K. Abbott Surveying


18.75


Office Equipment


5.75


1,559.19


Town Clerk's Department:


Charles F. Young, Town Clerk


$ 2,200.00


Department Expenses:


Marion B. Connell, Assistant


1,147.67


Stationery, Postage


115.61


Printing, Advertising


48.00


Telephone


94.66


Binding


62.35


Bond-Town Clerk


7.50


1,100.00


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 223


Town Clerk's Ass'n Dues and Expense


13.86


Equipment All Other


37.50


12.08


3,739.23


Vital Statistics-Births and Deaths


31.00


Election and Registration:


Salaries of Registrars:


Frederic G. Gorman, Chairman


$ 110.00


Charles F. Young, Secretary


125.00


Fred E. Bunker


110.00


Edmund W. Sliney


110.00


455.00


Department Expenses :


Assistant Registrars


590.11


Clerk Hire


1,184.70


Postage, Office Expense


167.01


Printing, Advertising


515.00


Transportation


9.00


Street Lists


245.00


Rental Typewriters


12.00


Equipment


11.00


Recounts


209.00


2,942.82


Election Expense-Selectmen's Account:


Election Officers


$ 1,738.00


Meals


140.70


Care of Booths


101.00


Equipment


5.00


All Other


4.70


1,989.40


Town Hall:


James J. Logan, Janitor


$ 585.52


Arthus B. Moulton, Janitor


230.00


Jerome Herlihy, Janitor


1,035.26


Thomas E. Giles, Night Janitor


967.78


Fuel


916.34


Light


516.49


Water


114.00


New Partition-Assessors' Office and painting


341.15


Repairing floor in lobby


100.00


Linoleum-Police Office


122.00


General Repairs


490.75


Supplies


232.81


224


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Flags


24.77


30.00


Amplifier for Town Meetings Boiler Insurance All Other


105.70


3.75


5,816.32


Lafayette Building:


Adelbert R. Iram, Janitor


$ 1,606.74


Other Janitors


59.00


Fuel


1,082.26


Light


152.79


Water


30.24


Repairs, Equipment


121.65


Supplies


134.86


Telephone


34.77


All Other


18.35


3,240.66


Police Department:


John G. Gates, Chief


$ 3,200.00


George B. DeRoche, Lieutenant


819.62


Walter E. Peterson, Sergeant


2,600.00


John M. Wenzell, Sergeant


1,192.91


Dorothy McGrail, Clerk


1,262.43


Raymond J. Beane


2,396.00


Morton V. Griffin


2,396.00


James F. Hartnett


2,396.00


Frederick C. Hupprich, Jr.


2,396.00


John F. Mahoney


2,396.00


Harold J. Maloney


2,396.00


John E. Martin


2,396.00


Ernest J. McWhinnie


2,396.00


Peter A. Quinn


2,396.00


George F. Sheridan


2,350.15


Winslow R. Smith


2,356.70


Charles H. Sullivan


1,092.55


John J. Achorn


110.21


John T. Curran


203.41


William F. Hovey


133.00


Daniel Hubbard


1,109.14


Harold S. Inman


622.27


Warren Kearns


60.44


S. Roy Jeffery


507.18


Joseph A. Melanson


698.43


Joseph R. Meuse


150.31


William O'Brien


721.68


Charles F. Riley


303.91


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 225


George F. Riley, Jr.


161.35


William D. Scott


94.67


George Sowyrda


293.73


Edwin M. Rowe, Pension


1,098.00


July 4th - Hallowe'en


157.10


Telephones


177.04


Teletype


506.20


Radio Rental


201.05


Motor Vehicle Expense


2,479.09


New Automobile


700.00


New Car and Radio (Account of Accident)


1,817.76


Equipment and Repairs


949.53


Supplies, Printing


363.24


Meals for Prisoners


62.97


Laundry


8.00


Medical Attention


21.00


Bicycle Registration


18.00


All Other


143.99


50,311.06


Fire Department:


Fred D. Graham, Chief


$ 2,634.36


Clifford E. Jacobs, Captain


2,600.00


Robert P. MacDonald, Lieutenant


2,475.00


Harry A. Russell


2,396.00


Alfred C. McGrath


2,396.00


James W. O'Donnell


2,396.00


Frank J. Malonson


2,396.00


Daniel J. Sullivan


2,396.00


Arthur F. Goodridge


2,396.00


Charles T. George


2,396.00


William P. Hurton


2,396.00


William E. Gerrish


2,396.00


Francis J. Donaldson


2,396.00


Edward W. Cronin


497.80


John F. Scanlon


1,891.65


Henry L. Parker, Pension


1,098.00


Thomas W. Sullivan, Pension


100.00


Call Men


3,780.19


Equipment and Repairs


119.83


Apparatus Expense


989.88


Maintenance of Buildings


536.76


Fuel and Light


835.62


Office Expense


30.60


Telephones


123.37


All Other


93.59


41,766.65


226


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Hydrant Rental:


382 Hydrants @ $25.00 each


9,550.00


Inspector of Wires-Fred D. Graham


300.00


Forest Warden-Payments to Various Persons


120.00


Moth Department:


John A. Landry, Superintendent


$ 2,500.00


Frank Dulong


1,440.76


Frank Sullivan


1,311.63


Frederick A. Meuse


492.34


George E. White


178.48


Other Labor


306.46


Motor Vehicle Expense


276.16


Buildings


54.63


Equipment


144.50


Insecticides


420.48


Supplies


71.04


Trees


81.25


All Other


22.10


7,299.83


Compensation Account:


Employees of :


Highway Department


$ 295.50


School Department


16.15


Water and Sewer Department


623.12


Health Department


38.00


Park and Cemetery Department


24.00


Moth Department


8.00


1,004.77


Building Inspector :


$ 1,980.00


Joseph W. MacInnis, Salary Auto Allowance


112.50


Expense


73.81


2,166.31


Sealer of Weights and Measures: James J. Devlin, Salary


$ 715.00


Truck Allowance


200.00


Expense


12.34


927.34


Dog Officer:


George A. Bennett, Salary


660.00


Animal Inspector: George A. Bennett, Salary Dog Licenses-Fees Paid to County Treasurer


330.00


2,352.00


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


227


Health Department: Salaries of Board:


Wesley S. Goodwin, Chairman


$ 110.00


Ned C. Loud, Secretary


110.00


220.00


Department Expenses:


David Martin, Health Officer


270.41


David Taggart, Health Officer 171.79


David Martin, Plumbing Inspector


270.41


David Taggart, Plumbing Inspector


154.98


Lawrence E. Doucette, Milk and Food Inspector


550.00


Nellie B. Russell, R. N.


1,716.00


Allowance for Autos (3)


350.00


Contagion


1,499.22


Tuberculosis


2,320.81


Telephone


93.60


Milk Analyses


170.00


Miscellaneous


533.60


8,100.82


Care of Dumps:


John Joyce


$ 1,366.77


George Welford


683.38


Other Labor


52.40


2,102.55


Collection of Garbage:


Frank L. Stevens (Contract)


4,800.00


Highway Department:


Robert B. Mackenna, Acting Superintendent


$ 3,200.00


Mary MacDougall, Clerk


497.09


Marion B. Costello, Clerk


742.50


Other Clerk Hire


82.50


Pension, Thomas Sullivan


743.38


Labor-See Payroll


11,367.82


Patrol


1,092.33


Equipment and Repairs


2,305.97


Supplies


2,034.33


Office Expense


138.26


Buildings


889.37


Patching, Tar and Sand


10,935.58


Drainage


1,753.89


All Other


424.64


Sidewalks and Curbing


1


3,244.22


Snow and Ice Removal


5,688.51


228


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Chapter 90 Maintenance


3,531.21


White Circle Construction


1,189.48


Lakeside Sidewalk Water Street Sidewalks


1,200.00


1,188.45


Parking Area Rental-Tuttle Street


87.57


52,337.10


Public Welfare Department:


Salaries of Board:


Helen M. Randall, Chairman


$ 110.00


M. Leoy Conway, Secretary


110.00


Harold C. Robinson


110.00


Peter Y. Myhre


110.00


Herbert D. Anderson


18.33


J. Edward Dulong


91.67


550.00


Department Expenses and Disbursements :


Dennis P. Hogan, Clerk of Board


$ 100.00


Etta C. Stoddard, Agent


1,721.50


Dennis P. Hogan, Accountant


2,008.41


Office Expense


106.95


Auto Expense


1,190.29


Rent


604.16


Board


3,555.62


Cash Aid


3,665.74


Groceries and Provisions


376.83


Shoes and Clothing


84.36


Fuel


325.50


Medical Attendance


374.00


Hospital Care


1,887.57


Burial Expense


100.00


Relief by Other Cities


2,270.93


All Other


192.23


18,564.09


Aid to Dependent Children:


Recipients' Payrolls


$ 16,564.50


Administrative Expense (not including clerical)


305.19


16,869.69


Welfare Unpaid Bills: For the Year 1942


141.33


From Willard Donnell Trust Fund


433.00


Old Age Assistance: Recipients' Payrolls Paid Other Cities and Towns


120,240.65


1,102.50


121,343.15


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


229


Old Age Assistance Administration:


Frank B. Gladwin, Investigator


1,434.58


Frank B. Gladwin, Auto Allowance


240.00


Nellie T. Hurton, Clerk


1,059.67


Mary Hurton, Clerk


88.00


Other Office Expense


475.07


3,297.32


Old Age Assistance Reimbursements-Paid to State 606.15


Infirmary :


Jerry J. Peck, Superintendent


$ 858.00


Lena G. Peck, Matron


858.00


Anna Meizwa


594.00


Groceries and Provisions


2,275.46


Dry Goods, Clothing


241.49


Fuel and Light


774.64


Care of Buildings


830.71


Household Supplies


56.58


Medical and Hospital Care


266.58


Truck Expense and Gasoline


187.99


Telephone


81.11


Barbering


101.05


Tobacco


145.16


Water


161.60


Horse Hire and Plowing


95.00


All Other


281.67


7,809.04


Soldiers' Benefits: Soldiers' Relief Agent-John Findlay, Salary 550.00


Soldiers' Relief Disbursements:


Spanish War Veterans


$ 353.64


World War No. 1


8,516.53


World War No. 2


1,079.89


Other Expense


155.42


10,105.48


State Aid:


Spanish War Veterans


$ 210.00


World War No. 1


1,275.00


World War No. 2


1,838.45


3,323.45


Military Aid World War No. 1 1,310.00


230


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


School Department:


Willard B. Atwell, Superintendent


Willard B. Atwell, Allowance for Auto


$ 5,185.79 200.00


Clerical Services:


Pauline E. Meads


$ 1,820.62


Doris Skinner


1,544.66


Olive G. Glover


1,052.38


Ruth B. VanWagner


550.00


Elizabeth L. Boardman


220.00


5,187.66


Thomas F. Kenney, Agent


2,306.73


J. William Burke, Physician


796.26


Ira W. Richardson, Physician


289.48


Mary English, Nurse


1,595.00


Telephones


647.37


Office Expense


16.50


Committee Expense


386.74


Health


303.63


Motor Vehicle Expense


372.17


Books and Supplies:


High School


$ 7,571.59


Elementary


4,736.87


12,308.46


Maintenance:


High School


$ 4,558.94


Elementary


5,118.99


9,677.93


Teachers' Salaries


High School


$105,760.34


Elementary


117,197.74


222,958.08


Janitor Service:


High School


$ 8,590.58


Elementary


13,499.89


-


22,090.47


Fuel and Light:


High School


$ 4,228.65


Elementary


9,005.13


13,233.78


Transportation of Pupils


1,890.00


Outlay


1,751.53


Pension-Michael Neary


852.67


Water Rates


573.65


All Other


4,291.73


Trade Schools


306,915.63 1,495.32


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


231


Library Department: Helen Frances Carleton, Librarian $ 2,600.00


Assistants:


H. Gladys Mackenzie


1,809.50


Clara G. Wilson


1,704.73


G. Louise Gibbons


1,595.00


Ruth A. Ohler


1,168.75


Etta F. Smith


650.00


Constance Howe


617.10


Other Assistants


3,729.00


Janitors:


Herbert T. Mitchell


1,980.00


Other Janitors


752.74


Department Expenses:


Telephone


162.48


Books


4,801.32


Periodicals


495.26


Binding


1,212.08


Supplies


982.99


Maintenance


311.35


Light


364.67


Heat


817.31


Pension-Michael Neary


168.00


All Other


283.43


26,205.71


Park and Cemetery Department:


Salaries of Board:


John W. MacGillivray, Chairman


$ 110.00


William E. Packard, Secretary


110.00


John T. Stringer


110.00


330.00


Park Department Expenses:


Arthur G. Abbott,


2,001.50


Other Employees


1,419.69


Clerical Services


33.33


Equipment


384.31


Bath House Expense


1,587.81


Care of Lake


183.09


Water


47.88


Plants and Bulbs


150.10


Playgrounds


558.26


Spraying Trees


199.73


232


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Flag pole and halyards One used typewriter All Other


42.50


25.00


259.61


7,222.81


Cemetery Department:


Charles M. Lynch, Superintendent


$ 1,601.60


Other Employees


1,797.23


Plants and Seeds -


150.54


Truck Expense


393.06


Equipment


250.78


Clerical Services


166.67


Office Expense


135.41


Grading


200.00


Weed Killer


60.35


Water


15.68


Fertilizer and Supplies


15.14


All Other


109.13


4,895.59


Care of Old Cemetery-Payments:


Charles Doyle, Contractor


$ 97.02


George H. Taylor Co.


2.98


100.00


From Cemetery Trust Funds


128.93


Recreation Commission :


Supervisor, William D. Healey


$ 300.00


Assistants


1,028.10


Supplies


143.35


Miscellaneous


278.52


1,749.97


Planning Board


12.30


Board of Appeals:


Services and Expense


87.81


Finance Committee


76.74


Miscellaneous Account:


Care of Soldiers Graves


$ 115.00


Soldiers' Burials


150.00


Selectmen's Association Dues and Expenses


31.56


Bubbler in Square


35.00


Rationing Board


343.19


Examinations of Veterans Retiring


20.00


Retirement Board election


16.50


Election Officers meals-additional


43.16


Honor Roll Placque


31.25


All Other


28.75


814.41


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


233


Street Lights


20,000.00


Aid to Visiting Nurse Association


500.00


Rifle Range Company F State Guard


262.87


300th Anniversary Observance Tercentenary Committee Expense


3,684.66


Armistice Day-American Legion


30.00


Armistice Day-Veterans of Foreign Wars


24.20


Middlesex County Tax


26,934.19


Middlesex County Hospital


10,231.20


Retirement System Pension Fund


23,427.35


Retirement System Expense Fund


1,000.00


Fire and Liability Insurance


6,403.13


Civilian Defense


2,439.95


Teachers Retirement Special Fund


508.25


Veterans Advisory Committee


69.18


Investment U. S. War Bonds


70,000.00


Colector of Internal Revenue:


Federal Tax Deductions State and Metropolitan Charges


55,841.05


70,782.78


Light Department:


Salaries of Board:


Marcus Beebe 2nd Chairman


$ 110.00


Theodore Eaton, Secretary


110.00


Curtis I .. Sopher


110.00


James M. Whitehead, Manager


$ 4,695.00


Leonard H. DeMarco, Office Manager


3,390.83


Fred F. Fober


2,369.25


E. R. Chambers


2,311.83


F. L. Rich


1,904.08


H. M. Kelso


2,076.30


Myrtle I. Tyler


1,771.67


Robert Hurton


1,682.25


L. F. Loughlin


1,413.50


T. R. Daley


2,127.88


John W. MacGillivray


1,988.00


G. E. Halloran


2,765.08


C. Orne Bayrd


978.12


Labor-See Payroll


46,995.69


Materials and Supplies


5,004.32


Office Expense


3,913.34


Telephones


545.09


Meters and Transformers


3,237.45


Motor Vehicle Expense


3,092.75


Gas Purchased


63,055.75


$ 330.00


66.50


234


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Current Purchased


130,150.01


Tools and Equipment


18.94


Maintenance


2,528.84


Coal


1,413.20


Advertising


663.00


Insurance


1,443.90


All Other


3,458.98


295,325.05


Light Bonds


$ 3,000.00


Light Interest


160.00


3,160.00


Water and Sewerage Department:


Salaries of Board:


Sidney F. Adams, Chairman


$ 110.00


John N. Bill


110.00


Herman G. Dresser


100.00


George O. Sheldon, deceased


5.20


$ 325.20


Water Department:


Morrison Merrill, Supt. (part of salary)


$ 2,892.35


Leah F. Kinder (part of salary)


1,717.65


Katherine C. Workman (part of salary)


931.15


Irene C. Carr (part of salary)


772.20


Carl W. Sunman, Collector (part of salary)


550.00


Labor-See Payroll


21,533.09


Office Expense


733.37


Telephones


231.19


Meters, Pipes, etc.


4,752.51


Equipment and Repairs


1,889.33


Transportation Expense


1,195.93


Fuel


1,360.26


Power


9,569.61


Water Analyses


266.09


Insurance


135.50


Taxes-Stoneham


301.50


Repairs Pumping Station Chimney


175.00


All Other


351.58


Water Services


1,637.61


Water Construction


543.71


Lake Quannapowitt


28.93


51,893.76 27,000.00


Water Bonds


Water Interest


2,601.25


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


235


Sewer Department:


Morrison Merrill Supt. (part of salary)


$ 307.65


Leah F. Kinder, (part of salary)


176.00


Katherine C. Workman (part of salary)


110.00


Irene C. Carr (part of salary)


99.00


Carl W. Sunman, Paymaster (part of salary)


55.00


Labor-See Payroll


4,795.95


Tools and Equipment


343.82


Motor Vehicle Expense


260.86


Insurance


100.00


All Other


1,115.48


7,363.76


Sewer Connections:


Labor-See Payroll


$ 1,074.04


Pipe


192.42


Motor Vehicle Expense


45.35


All Other


27.35


1,339.16


Interest:


Sewer Bonds


$ 1,356.87


Highway Bonds


122.50


Discount on Temporary Loans


18.92


1,498.29


Maturing Debt:


Sewer Bonds


$ 15,500.00


Highway Bonds


2,000.00


17,500.00


Temporary Loans Anticipation Highway Reimbursement


2,000.00


Anticipation of Revenue


200,000.00


Refunds:


Taxes-Property and Poll


$ 2,267.02


Motor Vehicle Excise


65.72


Sewer Connection Deposits


355.71


Water Rates and Services


39.88


Special Assessments


15.76


Interest and Costs


14.29


2,758.38


236


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Agency and Trust:


Sweetser Lecture Fund-Income paid to


Sweetser Lecture Committee


$


201.00


Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund: Payments:


Yolanda Roberto $ 75.00


Josephine Caiani


75.00


Sylvia Capone 75.00


225.00


Forest Glade Cemetery Fund 3.00


429.00


In Escrow for Investment-Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Payments to John I. Preston, Treasurer 2,310.00


Total Payments


$ 1,666,912.55


Cash on Hand December 31, 1944


541,484.74


Total Payments and Cash on Hand, December 31, 1944 $ 2,208,397.29


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1944


Robert B. Mackenna, Acting Supt.


$ 3,200.00


Carl Chelman


2,209.27


Edmund Muise


2,177.85


Joseph Albani


2,053.01


John Doherty


2,011.46


William Fall


1,890.94


Salvatore Terravecchia


1,855.76


Fred Doucette


1,728.26


Angelo De Feo


1,688.92


Concetto Serafino


1,659.35


Edward Butler


1,598.84


Ralph Flannigan


1,529.94


Paul Di Donato


1,504.17


Thomas Powers


1,089.77


David F. Ingerton


959.45


Cieorge E. White


810.87


Thomas Sullivan


743.38


Marion G. Costello, Clerk


742.50


Mary MacDougall, Clerk


497.09


William Peard


282.50


John Keefe


206.73


All Others (Less than $200.00)


791.41


Total Payrolls


$ 31,231.47


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


237


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1944


Willard B. Atwell


$ 5,185.79


Charles J. Peterson


4,700.68


Roland H. Kinder


3,675.68


Joseph H. Fanck


3,505.68


William D. Healey


3,499.83


W. Harold Rood


3,300.00


Eliot B. Leonard


3,299.83


Jules I. Philie


3,243.63


Arthur A. Fulton


3,199.83


Raymond S. Dower


3,190.68


Howard J. Heavens


3,159.88


T. Frank Shea


3,100.68


R. Edgar Fisher


3,018.11


Bernice L. Caswell


2,899.83


Myron E. Gallop


2,800.00


S. Morton Sherman


2,780.58


Louis P. Marche


2,774.83


Donald White


2,699.83


Alfred E. Preble


2,680.20


Thomas C. Murray


2,667.71


M. Leo Conway


2,359.06


Helen F. Gilmore


2,325.68


M. Alice Ryan


2,325.68


Richard E. Giles


2,317.68


Thomas F. Kenney


2,306.73


John M. Hennessey


2,263,87


Elvira C. Cosman


2,249.83


Ruth F. Hiatt


2,249.83


Isabella M. Hirst


2,249.83


A. Louise Allman


2,199.83


Lyman E. Allen


2,171.16


Margaret L. Macdonald


2,162.15


Ethel G. Reed


2,153.46


Ellen L. Cowing


2,140.51


Eleanor K. Abbott


2,090.51


Eleanor M. Gleason


2,090.51


Janet S. Height


2,090.51


Anne H. Merserve


2,090.51


Eleanor B. Ringdahl


2,090.51


Louise E. Sheldon


2,090.51


Harriet D. Dunning


2,085.99


Marjorie T. Bunker


2,080.56


Ethelyn M. Pattee


2,075.59


Ethel M. Wilson


2,073.52


Bessie E. David


2,063.28


Mary E. C. Geagan


2,063.28


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Irene F. Norton


2,063.28


Bernice E. Hendrickson


2,043.64


Walter E. Antunes


2,020.15


Alice E. Ladieu


2,020.15


Ruth V. Conley


2,006.63


Edward T. Clothey


1,982.62


Maude E. Parks


1,979.32


Lydia M. Sullivan


1,979.32


Hester A. Walker


1,979.32


Blanche L. Meserve


1,974.90


Chester I. Hopkins


1,965.68


Elizabeth D. Burke


1,965.19


Hazel O. Wilder


1,963.67


Elizabeth V. Upham


1,958.66


Mabel A. Kernan


1,928.77


Lillian A. Shaffer


1,920.43


Cora Guarnaccia


1,897.33


Ruth B. Spence


1,897.33


Amanda J. Stephenson


1,897.33


Beatrice D. Moody


1,876.66


Edna M. Paulson


1,865.88


Lois I. Jordan


1,855.29


Signe M. Peterson


1,843.57


G. Fred Dodge


1,843.03


Pauline E. Meads


1,820.62


Bernice O. Bazley


1,815.34


Winifred Beal


1,815.34


Stella H. Blaikie


1,815.34


Helen M. Delaney


1,815.34


Hilda M. Hayden


1,815.34


Mabel F. Johnson


1,815.34


Margaret M Landers


1,815.34


Lee Pfeiffer


1,815.34


Bella A. Rattray


1,815.34


Catherine A Doran


1,811.42


Lillian J. Shoff


1,811.42


Ruth C. Webber


1,811.42


Winifred Geizer


1,807.10


Grace Widtfeldt


1,804.54


Elizabeth M. Strout


1,798.06


Katheryn Carney


1,796.30


Alice E. Calkins


1,785.10


Francis H. Goldsmith


1,771.66


Thomas M. Hemsworth


1,741.30


Katherine H. Nichols


1,738.11


Abbie A. Bell


1,733.30


Laura A. Hart


1,707.88


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239


Sally Currier King


1,602.52


Mary K. English


1,595.00


Constance M. Doyle


1,576.99


Doris Skinner


1,544.66


Emma L. Lane


1,540.28


Grace E. Jenkins


1,520.73


Edythe M. Baxter


1,501.65


Mary M. Harrington


1,449.78


Gladys M. Harrison


1,449.74


Mary T. Bonney


1,446.22


Helen Pendergast


1,439.19


Carrie M. Agry


1,400.55


Margaret A. Conway


1,340.28


Virginia A. Bauer


1,327.04


Susie L. Rich


1,311.00


Nita G. Tumblin


1,306.14


Wilfred L. Lemos


1,299.93


John Fletcher


1,258.54


William Piscione


1,233.45


James M. Walsh


1,092.25


Clareberta Wilson Howard


1,080.94


Avis Jones Blanchard


1,080.94


Olive G. Glover


1,052.38


Nancy D'Amico


1,00393


Carl L. Paulson


995.31


Dorothy L. Shepard


917.31


Marjorie F. Moore


917.09


Axel E. Nelson


903.54


Michael M. Neary


852.67


Genesta B. Tooker


845.75


Alice V. Gerrish


800.88


J. William Burke


796.26


Anthony Kard


793.98


Lilla J. Ryan


785.40


Ruth E. Cronin


744.06


Hazel S. Davis


752.16


Ruth F. Graham


735.28


Francis Richard Gutro


730.62


Edna M. Finnerty


728.45


Helen J. Coyne


600.95


Ruth B. VanWagner


550.00


Adeline A. Shedd


540.25


Mary B. Pettipost


537.00


Margaret M. Austin


533.80


Priscilla Hingston


533.80


Irene M. McCauley


533.80


Louise P. Connors


530.66


240


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Beatrice G. Quint


508.68


Edward E. Eaton


506.91


Charlotte N. Steeves


502.40


Jennie N. Flaherty


471.00


Emma J. Nolan


412.50


George Roberto


316.80


Mary E. Grace


302.91


Leo F. Douglass


300.00


Bertha L. Williams


299.95


Ira W. Richardson


289.48


Gray B. Brockbank


242.50


Robert B. Mackenna


242.50


Nancy S. Kelso


231.00


A. Christine Callan


226.37


Elizabeth L. Boardman


220.00


James R. Cole


208.00


Mary P. Walen


207.75


Various others-(Under $200.00)


1,752.12


$266,232.32


WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1944


Morrison Merrill


$ 3,200.00


William L. Wenzel


2,300.50


William F. Greany


2,207.73


James L. Palmer


2.154.31


Frank A. Butler


2,151.28


John R. Fraughton


2,048.53


Patrick Keefe


1,921.54


Leah F. Kinder


1,893.65


Albert F. Funk


1,849.20


James J. Murphy


1,842.05


Serafino Volpe


1,817.96


Dominic Benedetto


1,771.47


Frank Confalone


1,758.92


John W. Muse


1,735.78


Edmund M. Deveau


1,734.27


Daniel Calore


1,707.24


Katherine C. Workman


1,041.15


Sabatino Confalone


1,022.05


Irene C. Carr


871.20


Various Persons -Under $500.00 each


1,112.41


Total


$ 36,141.24


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


241


MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT PAYROLL -- 1944


J. M. Whitehead, Manager


$ 4,695.00


L. H. DeMarco


3,390.83


F. F. Fober 2,369.25


E. R. Chambers


2,311.83


F. L. Rich


1,904.08


H. M. Kelso


2,076.30


M. I. Tyler


1,771.67


Robert Hurton


1,682.25


L. F. Loughlin


1,413.50


T. R. Daley


2,127.88


J. W. MacGillivray


1,988.00


G. E. Halloran


2,765.08


C. O. Bayrd


978.12


W. D. Scott


2,474.79


Harold Buxton


1,973.48


Charles Sullivan


1,910.27


Alexander McPhee


3,069.69


William Muse


2,582.75


L. E. Stinson


1,413.66


James Malonson


2,059.13


John F. Scanlon


483.32


John J. Curran


2,886.11


Michael Hourihan


2,312.92


Patrick Quinn


2,369.17


Daniel Flynn


2,075.82


James McGrath


2,384.46


Joseph DeMarco


2,352.86


Thomas Hanright


2,188.76


John Collins


2,075.44


Timothy Delaney


2,098.87


Patrick Meade


2,076.30


John Mohla


1,804.48


V. Richard Fazio


440.00


F. L. Champagne


1,810.11


Edward J. Lennon


522.82


M. J. Burns


905.41


Hector MacDonald


416.25


James J. Devlin


600.00


James Cameron


563.35


Roger Seabury


724.14


Various Persons


421.08


$ 76,469.48


242


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UNPAID BILLS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1944


WELFARE DEPARTMENT - OUTSIDE RELIEF


Unpaid Bills for 1939: City of Boston $ 455.96


Unpaid Bills for 1940:


City of Boston


502.20


Unpaid Bills for 1941:


Town of Winchester


36.00


Unpaid Bills for 1942:


City of Boston 50.98


Unpaid Bills for 1943:


City of Boston


$ 177.36


City of Malden


331.45


City of Lowell


420.00


$ 928.81


$ 1,973.95


Unpaid Bills as of December 31, 1944, requiring Special Appropriation under Chapter 179, Acts of 1941.


Health Department:


Massachusetts General Hospital $ 107.25


Fairlawn Animal Hospital


84.00


$ 191.25


APPROPRIATION AND CHARGES TO ENTER THE TAX LEVY - 1944


Appropriations (See Schedule)


$985,080.02


Less Transferred from Overlay Surplus


$ 23,000.00


Less Appropriation from Sale of Lots and Graves Cemetery


3,391.00


Less Appropriation from Old Balances


1,870.17


Less Appropriation from Excess and Deficiency Acct. 60,000.00


88,261.17 $896,818.85


State and Metropolitan Charges: State Tax


$ 42,108.00


Auditing Municipal Accounts


3,796.30


Examination Retirement System


452.35


Smoke Inspection Service


170.79


Charles River Basin


1,772.65


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


243


Metropolitan Parks Reservation


4,510.12


Metropolitan Parks Boulevards


609.57


Nantasket Beach Maintenance


446.67


Metropolitan Sewerage North System


17,511.74


71,378.19


County Tax


28,274.27


County Hospital Overlay for 1944


10,231.20


17,378.65


$1,024,081.16


RECAPITULATION


Town Purposes


$896,818.85


State Purposes


71,378.19


County Purposes


38,505.47


Overlay 1944


17,378.65


$1,024,081.16


AVAILABLE BALANCES NOT APPROPRIATED IN 1944


Greenwood Fire Station Repairs: Balance January 1, 1944 No Payments in 1944


$ 253.88


Parking Area Rental B. & M. Railroad:


Balance January 1, 1944


$ 11.80


Appropriation 1944 Payments


$ 87.57


Balance to Revenue


24.23


Old Age Assistance-Federal Funds:


Balance January 1, 1944


$ 5,023.20


Receipts


49,037.38


Refunds


813.60


Adjustment on Account of Reimbursements


800.07


Payments


$ 42,343.15


Balance to 1945


13,331.10


$ 55,674.25


$ 55,674.25


Old Age Assistance Administration-Federal Funds:


Balance January 1, 1944


$ 129.86


Receipts


1,661.18


Refunds


13.46


Payments


$ 1,732.77


Balance to 1945


71.73


$ 1,804.50


$ 1,804.50


100.00


$ 111.80 $ 111.80


244


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Aid to Dependent Children-Federal Funds: Balance January 1, 1944 Receipts Refunds Payments Balance to 1945


$ 2,856.78


3,670.94 1.00


$ 5,896.73


631.99


$ 6,528.72 $ 6,528.72


Aid to Dependent Children Administration- Federal Funds:


Balance January 1, 1944


$ 725.60


Receipts


833.31


Refunds


2.71


Payments


$ 1,103.71


Balance to 1945


457.91


$ 1,561.62


$ 1,561.62


Fire and Liability Insurance: Balance January 1, 1944 Appropriation 1944 Payments Balance to Revenue


$ 114.24


6,450.00


$ 6,403.13


161.11


$ 6,564.24


$ 6,564.24


Reserve Fund:


Appropriation from Overlay Surplus Transfers to:


Police Department Expense


$ 1,530.65


Aid to Dependent Children


1,500.00


Election and Registration Expense


150.00


Board of Appeals


20.00


Transfer back to Overlay Surplus


19,799.35


$ 23,000.00 $ 23,000.00


Dog Licenses:


Balance January 1, 1944


$ 30.00


2,338.20


$ 2,352.00


. 16.20


$ 2,368.20


$ 2,368.20


Receipts Payments to County Treasurer Balance to 1945


$ 23,000.00


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


245


Civilian Defense: Balance January 1, 1944 Payments Balance to 1945




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