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4.96
2.50
110.75
Rising, Hattie J.
110.19
5.04
2.50
112.73
Robbins, Frank N.
82.35
3.78
2.50
83.63
Robinson, Priscilla
171.75
7.86
5.00
174.61
Rowe, Charles H.
101.28
4.64
1.00
104.92
Ryan, Delia
110.30
5.04
2.50
112.84
Sanders, Andrew E.
Sanders, Edmund F.
54.26
2.50
2.50
54.26
Savage, M. T.
118.29
5.40
2.50
121.19
Sawyer, Addison M.
600.80
27.66
20.00
608.46
Sawyer, Ellsworth
31.98
1.49
1.00
32.47
Sawyer & Mayo
122.89
5.62
11.00
117.5.1
Schmidt, Alexander
193.47
8.82
2.50
199.79
Scofield, Joseph D.
21.14
.97
1.00
21.11
Scott, Alfred B.
59.64
2.74
2.50
59.88
Scott, Oscar A.
191.39
8.80
7.50
192.69
Searles, George H.
115.02
5.26
2.50
117.78
Sears, Charles M.
197.21
9.00
2.50
203.71
Sedgwick, Homer G.
108.64
5.00
2.50
111.14
Shanks, Mrs. William L.
123.53
5.68
2.50
126.71
Shaw, Sarah A.
123.82
5.68
2.50
127.00
Shaw, Samuel S.
117.25
5.36
5.00
117.61
Shaw, W. S.
58.35
2.68
2.50
58.53
Sheldon, Elsie M.
75.00
1.69
76.69
Sheldon & Bombard
102.50
4.64
2.50
104.64
Sibley, Charles N.
123.64
5.68
5.00
124.32
Sibley, Willard
59.65
2.72
2.50
59.87
Sibley, Pearley
52.83
2.41
2.50
52.74
40.00
40.00
207
Balance Dec. 31, 1930
Add'ns 1931
Income 1931
Expenses 1931
Balance Dec. 31, 1931
Sibley & Snow
57.05
2.64
2.50
57.19
Simmington, Amil
108.29
4.96
2.50
110.75
Simonds, Albert G. & Sarah W.
56.05
2.59
5.00
53.64
Simonds, Eunice
26.80
1.24
1.00
27.04
Simonds, Samuel S.
339.48
15.55
5.00
350.03
Simpson, Kenneth
108.24
4.96
2.50
110.70
Slate, Hollis M.
248.91
11.37
5.00
255.28
Sloan, Cynthia J.
100.00
3.00
103.00
Smith, Almond
100.00
1.13
101.13
Smith, Erastus
125.03
5.72
5.00
125.75
Smith, J. Collins
126.02
5.76
2.50
129.28
Smith, Helen
55.10
2.54
2.50
55.14
Smith, Leslie E.
113.30
5.25
2.50
116.05
Smith, Lila Bishop
105.60
4.86
2.50
107.96
Smith. Miria
56.34
2.83
2.50
56.67
Smith, Sarah F.
102.78
4.68
1.00
106.46
Smith, Warren B. & Mary C.
106.36
4.82
2.50
108.68
Smith, W. D.
258.10
11.86
5.00
264.96
Snow, Charles W.
88.14
4.06
5.50
86.70
Snow, Nettie
113.83
5.22
2.50
116.55
Southard, Henry
135.99
6.28
5.00
137.27
Spaulding, Fred R.
119.52
5.50
2.50
122.52
Spear, Albert G.
226.37
10.33
2.50
234.20
Spooner, Charles M.
105.18
4.82
2.50
107.50
Sprague, Caleb
97.58
4.93
2.50
100.01
Sprague, Elbridge G.
100.00
100.00
Sprague, Ella R.
124.32
5.70
2.50
127.52
Sprague, Franklin H.
111.73
5.14
2.50
114.37
Sprague, Frederick H.
205.00
9.31
5.00
209.31
Sprague, George & Nancy
230.80
11.65
5.00
237.45
Stacy, Marion E.
42.25
1.94
1.00
43.19
Starrett, Arthur H.
117.47
5.38
2.50
120.35
Starrett, L. S.
574.33
26.46
20.00
580.79
Stevens, Adelaide A.
55.73
2.59
2.50
55.82
Stevens, George W.
120.35
5.52
2.50
123.37
Stevens, Isaac
126.44
5.85
10.00
122.29
Stewart, Obadiah
138.60
6.28
2.50
142.38
Stewart & Gage
150.00
3.38
153.38
Stockwell, Freeland
58.82
2.72
2.50
59.04
Stockwell, George
124.55
5.72
2.50
127.77
Stockwell, Otis J.
164.51
7.58
5.00
167.09
Stockwell, Stillman
57.14
2.64
2.50
57.28
Stockwell, Sylvester
53.56
2.48
3.50
52.54
Stockwell, Sylvester J.
125.82
5.76
2.50
129.08
Stone, Joseph W.
235.07
10.80
11.00
234.87
Stone, Samuel M.
56.98
2.62
2.50
57.10
Stratton, Albert O.
109.08
5.00
2.50
111.58
Stratton, Harriett M.
57.30
2.71
2.50
57.51
Stratton, Sophia R.
101.25
4.59
105.84
208
Balance Dec. 31, 1930
Add'ns 1931
Income 1931
Expenses 1931
Balance Dec. 31 1931
Sturtevant, George O.
103.86
4.78
2.50
106.14
Sutherland, George W.
108.24
4.96
2.50
110.70
Swan, Aurin
75.00
3.40
78.40
Swan, John
119.67
5.50
7.50
117.67
Swan, William L.
100.00
Sweetser, Samuel
126.46
5.85
5.00
127.31
Taft, Sarah M.
100.00
3.00
103.00
Taft, William
56.50
2.61
2.50
56.61
Tatro, G. L. & I. R.
56.13
2.59
2.50
56.22
Taylor, Ernest W.
110.70
5.08
2.50
113.28
Tebo, David E.
115.43
5.29
2.50
118.22
Temple, Harriet S.
56.62
2.59
2.50
56.71
Thayer, Frank L.
122.68
5.62
2.50
125.80
Thompson, Charles E.
120.65
5.54
2.50
123.69
Thompson, Mary A.
80.33
3.70
2.50
81.53
Thomas, Charles A.
110.13
5.04
2.50
112.67
Thomas, Everett L.
108.29
4.96
2.50
110.75
Thomas-Stratton
124.94
5.72
2.50
128.16
Thompson, Hattie R.
83.42
3.82
2.50
84.74
Thrower, Abraham
55.15
2.78
5.00
52.93
Thompson, Warren
41.17
1.87
1.00
42.04
Thompson, William H.
75.00
3.40
78.40
Tinkham, Jesse
128.33
5.88
2.50
131.71
Tolman, Henry L.
110.13
5.04
2.50
112.67
Toombs, Joseph H.
108.24
4.96
2.50
110.70
Tower, Albert R.
74.14
3.40
2.50
75.04
Towne, Ellen M.
106.36
4.82
2.50
108.68
Turner, William N.
100.00
.38
100.38
Twichell, Elizabeth M.
130.00
6.58
2.50
134.08
Twichell, Emeline P.
127.00
5.80
2.50
130.30
Twichell, Capt. Francis
221.52
10.18
5.00
226.70
Mersylvia
122.56
5.67
5.00
123.23
Tyler, Arthur F.
223.49
10.26
5.00
228.75
Tyler, Charles H.
190.61
8.71
2.50
196.82
Tyler, Pitts C.
121.88
5.58
5.00
122.46
Urban, Emily
66.17
3.04
2.00
67.21
Voelker, Jennie W.
75.00
75.00
Wadsworth, Charles
127.62
5.86
2.50
130.98
Walker, Elias & Rhoda
56.61
2.59
2.50
56.70
Ward, Ansel T.
123.07
5.62
2.50
126.19
Ward, Converse
124.67
5.72
2.50
127.89
Ward, Edwin D.
128.25
5.92
2.50
131.67
Ward, Harrison
80.63
3.72
2.50
81.85
Ward, Martha H.
134.24
6.21
5.00
135.45
Tolman, Lorenzo F.
292.72
13.41
2.50
303.63
100.00
100.00
Tourtelott, Frank
Twichell, Sylvanus &
100.00
209
Balance Dec. 31, 1930
Add'ns 1931
Income 1931
Expenses 1931
Balance Dec. 31, 1931
Ware, Charles F.
57.15
2.62
2.50
57.27
Warner-Whitney
122.89
5.62
2.50
126.01
Waterman, R. William
123.99
5.72
5.50
124.21
Watson, Louisa A.
103.78
4.71
2.50
105.99
Webster, Rodney
106.10
4.86
2.50
108.46
Wellman, L. Merrill
57.00
2.64
2.50
57.14
Wetherby, Benj. R. & John S.
191.05
8.73
2.50
197.28
Whall, Richard A.
110.19
5.04
5.50
109.73
Wheeler, Asa P.
58.19
2.66
2.50
58.35
Wheeler, Orrin S.
127.84
5.86
2.50
131.20
Whipple, Abbie S.
282.92
12.96
11.00
284.88
White, Joseph W.
118.59
5.44
2.50
121.53
Whitney, Charlotte J.
82.80
3.80
2.50
84.10
Whitney, Frances Luella
101.25
4.59
1.25
104.59
Whitney, Frank W.
123.94
5.68
2.50
127.12
Whitney, Helen M.
57.54
2.66
2.50
57.70
Whitney, John P.
103.78
4.71
2.50
105.99
Whitney, Lemuel
112.38
5.14
5.00
112.52
Whitney, Mildred M.
102.92
4.66
2.50
105.08
Wiggins, Alice J.
179.41
8.26
5.00
182.67
Wiggins, Henry A.
134.08
6.14
5.00
135.22
Wilcox, Charles
27.21
1.24
1.00
27.45
Wilkey, George A.
50.00
50.00
Wilkey, William J.
50.00
1.69
51.69
Wilkinson, John W.
91.48
4.18
2.50
93.16
Willard, Julia
55.60
2.61
2.50
55.71
Willey, Fred
165.80
7.58
2.50
170.88
Williams, Harriet M.
231.11
10.55
2.50
239.16
Wilson, Edgar V.
115.73
5.32
2.50
118.55
Wing, Frank E.
116.54
5.36
2.50
119.40
Wood, Fred A.
27.48
1.26
1.00
27.74
Wood-Fletcher
115.16
5.33
5.00
115.49
Woodward, Abagail
110.43
5.06
2.50
112.99
Woodward, Winfield W.
150.00
4.53
154.53
Worrell, Allen F.
124.11
5.68
2.50
127.29
Worrick, Charles E.
130.00
5.94
2.50
133.44
Wright, Flora M.
126.61
5.80
2.50
129.91
Wright, Ira A.
112.69
5.18
2.50
115.37
Wright, Harry G. & Rose M. 57.61
2.64
2.50
57.75
Young, Amanda
111.35
5.08
5.00
111.43
Young, Sarah J.
42.53
1.92
1.00
43.45
General Care:
Fish, Elvira
1121.21
54.59
50.00
1125.80
Highland Cemetery
45.25
14.50
1.46
61.21
Matrons of the
Republic
358.20
16.52
10.00
364.72
Silver Lake Cemetery
250.88
10.43
261.31
Woodward, Charles W.
121.06
5.54
2.50
124.10
210
Balance Dec. 31, 1930
Add'ns 1931
Income 1931
Expenses 1931
Balance Dec. 31, 1931
Tomb Funds:
Fish, Sally
604.91
29.05
15.00
618.96
Fish, Elvira
583.08
27.30
610.38
$70,689.41
$2,219.50
$3,227.06 $1,746.80
$74,389.17
Mary A. Spaight School Trust Fund
1000.00
45.50
45.50
1000.00
Lyman Ward School Fund 1053.05
50.61
53.05
1050.61
Alpheus Harding Library Fund
836.28
42.33
229.94
648.67
George & Nancy Knight
Sprague Fund
3154.04
143.53
3297.57
$76,732.78
$2,219.50
$3,509.03
$2,075.29 $80,386.02
CHARLES W. FAULKNER, Treasurer.
211
IN MEMORIAM
ARTHUR H. BACON Died January 15, 1932
An honest and faithful servant of the town for many years, serving as Tree Warden from 1925 until the time of his death. A member of the Fire Department for twelve years.
His passing is deeply regretted by a host of friends and his associ- ates in Town government.
212
IN MEMORIAM
DANIEL H. NOYES Died August 1, 1931
This town met with a great loss by the death of Daniel H. Noyes, on the first day of August.
Mr. Noyes, from the time that the Memorial Building was first con- templated, had an earnest interest in the project. He was personally in charge of the erection of the building, and at completion became its custodian.
From that time to his death, Mr. Noyes gave unstintedly of his time and thought to the care and well- being of the Memorial Building.
213
IN MEMORIAM
ELMON G. HATCH Died January 14, 1932
Elmon 'G. Hatch, who passed away on January 14 of this year, had served this town for many years in the Police Department efficiently and well.
Since 1922 he had served as constable and only two days before his death expressed his determina- tion to post the warrant for the an- nual meeting, then only a few days in the future, thereby showing his devotion to duty.
214
Town Accountant's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Athol, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith the Fifteenth Annual Report of this department covering the financial transactions of the Town of Athol for the year ending December 31, 1931.
Receipts and Payments January 1 to December 31, 1931
RECEIPTS
General Revenue Taxes
Current Year Poll $ 5,972.00
Personal
67,434.75
Real Estate
225,449.27
Auto Excise
16,272.80
Old Age Assist-
ance 3,075.00
$318,203.82
215
Previous Years
Poll
$ 320.00
Personal
3,705.81
Real Estate
42,384.24
Auto Excise
963.19
47,373.24
From State
Corporation
$31,882.80
Income
52,782.73
Trust Co.
33.84
National Bank
557.56
Gas Tax
4,523.54
Veterans Exemption
95.58
89,876.05
Licenses
Carnival
$100.00
Revolver
81.00
Peddlers
36.00
Liquor
4.00
Junk
60.00
Sunday
140.00
Pool and Bowling
112.00
Milk and Oleo
22.50
Dance
28.00
Theater
40.00
Garage
2.00
Victuallers
54.00
Innholders
8.00
Motor Vehicle
55.00
Alcohol
27.00
Slaughtering
10.00
Fireworks
4.50
Bottling
40.00
Lodging House
2.00
Ice Cream
4.00
216
Sunday Golf
68.00
Gas Tank
17.00
Massage
1.00
Manicure
10.00
Miniature Golf
58.00
Speedboat
3.00
Undertaker
3.00
Sunday Theater
212.00
Auction
8.00
Oil Burner
2.00
Permits
32.50
1,244.50
Fines and Forfeits
Court Fines $691.57
691.57
Total General Revenue
$457,389.18
Commercial Revenue
Special Assessments
Sewer Rentals
$8,381.00
$ 8,381.00 $ 8,381 00
Departmental
General Government
Town Hall
$300.00
Memorial Building
932.38
$
1,232.38
Protection of Persons and Property
Sealer Weights and
Measures
$207.58
Fire Department
82.50
290.08
217
Health Department
District Nurse
$403.65
Dental Clinic
124.00
Tuberculosis
20.71
548.36
Town Clerk
Sale of Old Ma-
terials
$ .53
.53
Highway
Construction
State
$700.00
County
182.23
All Other
87.45
969.68
Public Welfare
Infirmary
Sale of Produce
$472.91
Board of Inmates
849.58
1,322.49
Reimbursement for Relief
Cities and Towns
$3,144.46
State
2,173.84
State, Mothers' Aid
644.60
Individuals
187.25
6,150.15
Soldiers' Benefit
State Aid
$889.00
Military Aid
15.00
Soldiers' Burial
100.00
Soldiers' Relief
506.00
1,510.00
218
Schools
State Wards
$ 821.30
Other Tuition
2,156.00
Books and Supplies
90.68
All Other
20.00
3,087.98
Unclassified
All Other
$66.32
66.32
Library
Fines
$384.54
All Other
30.46
415.00
15,592.97
Water Department Sale of Water $54,049.05
54,049.05
54,049.05
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots
$1,033.00
Care of Lots
700.25
Opening Graves
1,371.00
Setting Foundations
235.51
Rebuilding Lots
238.20
3,577.96
3,577.96
Interest
Interest on Deposits
General Accounts $ 794.07
Water Account
674.97
Taxes
2,339.11
A. & O. Trans. Area 420.00
219
State
Corporation 3.62
Cemetery Trust Funds 5.00
4,236.77
4,236.77
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans in. Anticipation of Revenue $300,000.00
300,000.00
300,000.00
Agency, Trust and Investment Agency
State, County and
Bank Taxes, in-
cluded in Gen-
eral Tax Receipts
Trusts
Cemetery Perpetual
Care
$2,205.00
Cemetery
General
Care
14.50
Income, Spaight School 45.50
Income, Library
229.94
2,494.94
2,494.94
Refunds and Transfers Refunds
Public Welfare $ 16.00
Memorial Day 9.60
Soldiers' Relief 4.00
Old Age Assistance
11.00
220
School Travel .70
State - Old Age
Assistance
69.00
Health
117.00
Insurance Premium
580.66
Insurance Premium (Sewer)
6.62
814.58
Transfers
Lyman Ward Fund $ 53.05
Cemetery Trust Fund 1,746.80
Sewer Sinking Fund
13,200.00
14,999.85
15,814.43
$861,536.30
Cash Balance January 1st, 1931
66,513.24
$928,049.54
EXPENDITURES
Legislative
Advisory Committee
Printing
$37.25
Typewriting
3.65
$ 40.90
Selectmen's Department
Salaries
$975.00
Sationery and Postage
14.27
Printing and Advertising 249.45 Telephone 56.60
Posting Warrants
15.00
Traffic Signs
65.40
All Other
13.25
1,388.97
-
221
Accounting Department
Salary
$2,000.00
Clerk
61.00
Office Supplies
88.90
2,149.90
Treasurer's Department
Salary
$700.00
Clerk
6.00
Stationery and Postage
117.20
Printing
18.62
Surety Bond
210.00
Deposit Vault
10.00
Office Supplies
26.78
Telephone
2.85
1,091.45
Collector's Department
Salary
$2,216.52
Clerk
386.20
Stationery and Postage 268.28
Telephone 34.35
Printing and Advertising 204.47
Surety Bond 420.00
Association Meetings 5.86
Office Supplies
50.32
Assessors' Department
Salaries
$1,875.00
Clerk 1,264.75
Office Supplies 17.29
Printing and Advertising 278.65
Telephone 44.08
Teams and Carfares
55.24
Abstracts 174.25
Expenses to Convention 9.00
3,586.00
3,718.26
222
Other Finance Offices and Accounts Certifying Notes $16.00
16.00
Town Solicitor
Salary
$200.00
Special Fees
50.00
Travel
17.67
Telephone
5.90
Witness Fees
5.20
Town Clerk's Department
Salary
$125.00
Recording Fees
356.00
Stationery and Postage
4.00
Printing and Advertising
14.08
Telephone
30.30
Repairing Typewriter
17.00
Elections and Registration
Registrars
$310.00
Election Officers 250.00
Stationery and Postage
6.72
Printing and Advertising 178.48
Repairing Ballot Boxes
2.75
Town Hall and Municipal Offices
Custodian
$2,090.00
Janitors
1,307.75
Telephone 32.90
Fuel
395.52
Janitor Supplies
71.43
Lights
766.42
Repairs, Memorial
Building 1,231.93
278.77
546.38
747.95
1
223
Repairs, Town Hall
103.87
Water
27.35
Sewer Rental
33.00
Insurance
105.42
Supplies
15.98
6,181.57
Total for General Government
$ 19,746.15
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
Chief
$ 2,190.00
Patrolmen
10,037.50
Special Policemen
657.01
Auto Hire
432.75
Care of Lockup
100.00
Equipment for Men
111.67
Signal and Traffic
Signs
322.46
Lights
52.46
Repairs
21.00
Janitor Supplies
68.74
Water 12.00
Stationery and Postage 17.00
Telephone 141.16
Food for Prisoners 47.00
All Other 57.61
$14,268.36
14,268.36
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages
Engineers
$
934.96
Chauffeurs 7,307.25
Call Men
7,876.50
224
Special Duty
310.75
Auto and Horse Hire
16.00
Special Labor
15.25
- $ 16,460.71
Equipment
Apparatus
$158.82
Hose
839.63
Equipment for Men
122.75
1,121.20
Maintenance and Repairs
Repairs
$ 886.76
Gasoline and Oil
233.44
New Hydrants
600.00
Hydrant Service
3,950.00
Fuel
710.23
Light
198.17
Alarm Boxes
199.86
--
6,778.46
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
$561.02
Furniture and Fur- nishings
61.96
Laundry
19.02
Janitor's Supplies
71.48
Water
42.00
Sewer Rental
9.00
.
764.48
Other Expenses
Stationery and Post- age
$ 10.18
Telephone
167.53
Lunch
54.92
Signs
19.00
All Other
46.40
298.03
Total Fire Department 25,422.88
225
Fire Alarm System
Superintendent
$375.00
Power
138.10
Labor
159.00
Equipment and Repairs
452.18
Rent
1.00
Inspection
60.00
1,185.28
1,185.28
Forest Fires
Warden
$100.00
Fighting Fires
178.75
Auto Hire
26.25
Apparatus
213.65
Repairs
69.00
All Other
10.66
598.31
598.31
Sealer Weights and Measures
Salary
$500.00
Stationery and Postage
2.82
Printing and Advertising
7.41
Automobile
150.00
Equipment
27.56
687.79
687.79
Planting and Trimming Trees
Salary, Warden
$ 25.00
Labor, Warden
516.75
Labor
1,212.29
Trees
26.00
Truck
300.00
226
Truck Expense
191.09
Insurance
167.31
Hardware and Tools
122.77
Rent
20.00
Loam
6.00
All Other
11.61
2,598.82
2,598.82
Gypsy and Browntail Moth
Superintendent
$304.30
Labor
726.50
Auto Hire
116.62
Insurance
24.17
Tools
3.73
Insecticide
2.30
1,177.62
1,177.62
Dog Officer
Salary
$30.00
Transportation
20.00
50.00
50.00
Health and Sanitation
Health
Salaries
$550.00
Stationery and Post-
age
.50
Printing and Adver- tising
44.90
Telephone
42.00
Inspection
3.00
Transportation
29.50
All Other
3.35
$ 673.25
227
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Medical Attendance $212.75
Medicine and Drugs 5.68
Posting Houses 26.00
Groceries and Pro- visions 1.06
Dry Goods and Cloth- ing 4.68
Guards and Nurses
7.00
Cities and Towns
117.00
All Other 100.48
474.65
Tuberculosis
Board and Treat-
ment
$2,371.00
All Other
62.27
2,433.27
Vital Statistics
Recording Births
$40.00
Recording Deaths 23.25
63.25
Other Expenses
Plumbing Inspector
$100.00
Rent of Dump 200.00
300.00
Inspection
Inspector of Children $500.00
Inspector of Animals Salary 300.00
Inspector of Animals Expenses 3.05
Inspector of Milk 250.00
Inspector of Meat Salary 279.50
-
228
Expenses Meat In- spector 310.00
1,642.55
District Nurse
Salary
$1,950.00
Telephone
63.10
Supplies
60.89
Auto Maintenance
240.77
Postage
2.00
2,316.76
Dental Clinic for School
Labor
$1,086.00
Supplies
71.95
Laundry
12.77
1,170.72
Sewer Maintenance
Commissioners
$300.00
Superintendent
300.00
Labor
95.90
Teams
9.30
Pipe and Fittings
63.25
Tools and Equipment
14.53
Insurance
22.66
Water
600.00
Stationery, Printing and Postage
15.50
All Other
14.42
1,435.56
Sewer Extensions
Labor
$862.83
Teams
32.44
Tools and Equipment
39.19
Pipe and Fittings
408.78
Insurance
98.50
1,441.74
229
Garbage Disposal $2,000.00
Refuse Disposal 750.00
2,750.00
Total Health and Sanitation
14,701.75
Highways
General Administration
Surveyor
$2,300.00
$
2,300.00
General Maintenance
Rent
$ 531.25
Labor
25,393.62
Teams
2,241.75
Broken Stone and
Gravel 974.90
Equipment and
Repairs
3,995.00
Hay, Grain and Straw
76.62
Fuel and Light
78.13
State Highway Tax
937.50
Surveying
644.75
Insurance
917.63
Water
8.00
Lumber
478.91
Auto and Trucks
3,952.46
Electric Power 328.60
Drinking Fountains
136.09
Signs
60.51
41,055.72
New Sidewalks
Labor
$1,576.83
Materials and Supplies 776.38
Surveys 460.83
2,814.04
230
Sidewalk Repairs
Labor
$1,117.47
Materials
165.52
Surveys
26.00
1,308.99
Oiling Streets
Oil Sprayed
$7,000.00
7,000.00
Permanent Roads
Labor
$ 646.65
Materials
1,853.35
2,500.00
Rebuilding Royalston Road
Labor
$ 849.91
Materials
1,250.06
2,099.97
Street Lighting
Street Lights $14,444.38
14,444.38
Rebuild Main Street from Pleasant Street to Green Street Freight $9.56
9.56
Underground Drain, Beacon and Hapgood Sts.
Materials $ 523.25
Labor
2,159.44
Surveys 6.00
2,688.69
Total Highway Department 76,221 35
231
Charities
Public Welfare
General Administration
Salaries and Wages
$944.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage 184.30
Office Expense
106.05
Telephone
45.80
Travel
30.82
1,310.97
Outside Relief by Town Groceries and Pro- visions
$11,561.77
Coal and Wood 1,575.71
Board and Care
8,871.40
Medicine and Medical
Attendance
913.83
Clothing
398.31
State Institutions
1,549.37
Rent
2,949.50
Burial of Paupers
120.00
Trucking
3.00
Transportation of
Paupers 282.51
28,225.40
Relief by Other Cities and Towns Cities
Towns
$1,185.70 727.03
1,912.73
Mothers' Aid
By Town 1,431.36
1,431.36
232 City of Worcester Claim $201.30
201.30
Infirmary
Superintendent
$780.00
Other Employees 903.10
1,683.10
Other Expenses
Groceries and
Provisions
$1,745.74
Dry Goods and Clothing
155.37
Buildings
42.46
Fuel and Light
752.36
Hay and Grain
862.88
Equipment and
Repairs
568.58
Medical Supplies
161.51
Truck and Tractor
407.48
Plants and Trees
15.40
Veterinary
2.00
Fertilizer
180.88
Taxes
6.95
Insurance
49.32
Telephone
58.75
Dynamite
105.56
All Other
22.00
5,137.24
Total Public Welfare
39,902.10
Old Age Assistance $4,590.75 $ 4,590.75
4,590.75
1
233
Markers for Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers
Labor
$ 8.00
Markers
10.25
Materials
2.00
$ 20.25
Soldiers' Relief
Cash Aid
$8,499.29
Fuel
171.36
Rent
1,022.40
Medical Attendance
72.60
Clothing
158.21
Groceries and
Provisions
728.51
10,652.37
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
1,140.00
Military Aid
126.00
1,266.00
Total Soldiers' Benefits
11,938.62
Education and Libraries
School Department General
Superintendent
$4,150.00
Secretary
1,382.00
Truant Officer
2,100.00
Nurse
1,650.00
Office Supplies
251.46
Stationery, Printing
and Postage
225.25
Telephone
352.29
Traveling
99.65
Athletic Association 600.00
School Census
85.00
$ 10,895.65
234
Teachers' Salaries
High
$33,621.00
Elementary 67,681.80
Athletic, Music,
Drawing, Sew-
ing and
Writing
6,534.00
107,836.80
Text Books and Supplies High
Text Books
$1,004.75
All Other
2,275.44
3,280.19
Elementary
Text Books
$2,114.53
All Other
2,859.66
4,974.19
Tuition
Elementary
$478.04
High
20.96
499.00
Transportation
High
$ 8.98
Elementary
6,906.29
6,915.27
Janitor Service
High
$2,000.00
Elementary
8,201.16
10,201.16
Fuel and Lights
High
$1,294.47
Elementary
5,915.77
7,210.24
-
235
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds High
Repairs
$405.80
Janitor Supplies 68.02
All Other
45.69
519.51
Elementary
Repairs
$3,385.50
Janitor Supplies
175.35
All Other
284.57
3,845.42
Furniture and Furnishings
High
$288.43
Elementary
728.95
1,017.38
Other Expenses
Manual Training
$205.16
Rent
202.50
Graduation
142.06
School Physician
Supplies 1.35
School Nurse
Supplies 50.44
601.51
Travel Outside State
Superintendent
$76.71
Music Supervisor
37.07
Art Supervisor 36.92
150.70
Spaight Income Fund
Prizes $45.50
45.50
236
Heating Apparatus Lake Park School Labor and Ma- terials $2,500.00
2,500.00
Total School Department
160,492.52
Library
Salaries and Wages
$1,874.92
Assistants 1,504.40
Janitor
605.15 $ 3,984.47
Books and Periodicals
Books
$1,225.40
Periodicals
118.00
1,343.40
Binding
Books
$145.10
145.10
Fuel and Lights
Fuel
$504.39
Lights
202.92
707.31
Building
Repairs
$88.75
Furnishings
14.16
Water
20.26
Sewer Rentals
6.00
Rent
97.50
226.67
Other Expenses Stationery, Printing, and Postage $61.25
Telephone
33.40
-
237
Office Supplies
86.86
Janitor's Supplies
15.94
Travel
9.69
207.14
A. Harding Trust Fund Income Books
$229.94
229.94
Total Library Department 6,844.03
Parks and Playgrounds
Superintendent
$458.50
Labor
599.70
Equipment
204.53
Insurance
16.52
Sewer
6.00
Flagpole
50.00
Storage
13.00
Sidewalk
599.40
Ice
100.00
Lighting
26.21
Teams
53.00
Trees and Shrubs
135.83
Loam, Fertilizer and Sand
220.90
Drinking Fountains
16.41
2,500.00
Recreation
Labor
$1,805.83
Equipment
、299.92
Insurance
17.05
Fuel
65.35
Trucking
26.25
Use of Boat
12.00
Stationery, Printing
and Postage
12.96
238
Lights and Wiring
77.81
Rent of Land
25.00
Medical Care
91.70
All Other 34.77
2,468.64
Total Parks and Recreation 4,968.64
Unclassified
N. D. Cass Damage
Claim
$500.00
$500.00
Ralph E. Bull Claim
264.91
264.91
Band Concerts
500.00
500.00
Memorial Day
H. V. Smith Post
$124.90
Parker Post
125.00
Spanish War Veterans
12.30
Veterans Foreign Wars 9.95
American Legion
34.60
306.75
Printing Town Reports $488.00
Supply Account 31.90
Making and Recording Deeds
23.55
Unemployment Com- mittee
15.70
Insurance
5,331.51
Town Clock
25.00
Traffic Signs
34.90
L. Jennings Annuity
120.00
County Commissioners
for T. B. Patients 1,774.35
Pictures of Scene of Accident 15.00
Perambulating Town
239
Lines 20.00 Changing Island St. Hydrant 86.48
7,942.84
Total Unclassified
9,514.50
Water Department
Administration
Superintendent
$2,500.00
Clerks
2,288.13
· Traveling
17.65
Stationery and
Postage
174.24
Printing and Advertising
138.69
Telephone
145.11
Insurance
477.14
Bond for Clerk
12.00
Phillipston Taxes
135.00
Office Supplies
117.21
All Other
43.81
$ 6,048.98
General
Labor
$15,575.32
Teams
56.25
Pipe and Fittings
4,975.58
Meters and Fittings
877.86
Equipment and
Repairs
2,005.35
Fuel and Lights
363.84
Power
182.75
Automobiles
2,526.52
Sewer Rental
3.00
All Other
36.25
26,602.72
240
Service Connections
Pipe and Fittings $1,228.14
All Other 132.93
1,361.07
Total Water Department
34,012.77
Cemeteries
Superintendent
$1,820.00
Clerk
450.00
Labor
6,139.34
Traveling
68.70
Office Supplies
38.55
$ 8,516.59
Other Expenses
Truck
$ 386.59
Loam and Fertilizer 1,445.94
Shrubs, etc.
562.96
Tools and Equipment 1,022.19
Insurance
265.24
Water
40.00
Teaming
254.50
Markers
38.34
Lumber
212.96
Survey
49.00
Signs
20.35
4,298.07
Pleasant St. Cemetery
Fence
$1,692.46
1,692.46
Total Cemetery Department
14,507.12
Interest
Temeporary Loans
$3,547.21
$
3,547.21
1
241
General Loans Memorial Building $5,342.50
Municipal Land 1,113.75
6,456.25
Public Service Enterprises
Water
$4,760.00
Sewer 2,960.00
A. & O. Trans. Area
420.00
8,140.00
Total Interest 18,143.46
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary
Loans
i n Anticipation
of Revenue
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
General Loans
Municipal Land $ 5,000.00
Memorial Building 13,000.00
18,000.00
Public Service Enterprises
Water
$19,000.00
A. & O. Trans. Area 3,000.00
Sewer
15,200.00
37,200.00
Total Payments Municipal Indebt-
edness
355,200.00
Agency, Trust and Investment Taxes
State Tax
$16,294.00
County Tax 20,760.00
State Parks and
Reservations 206.26
Municipal Auditing
301.88
$ 37,562.14
242
Perpetual Care Funds New Cemetery Perpetual Care $2,205.00
Interest
Perpet-
ual Care
35.00
Interest
Ceme-
tery
General
Care Fund
14.50
2,254.50
Total Agency, Trust and Invest- ment Funds 39,816.54
Refunds and Transfers Refunds
Auto Excise $ 339.42
Tax 15.22
Cemetery Trust Fund Income 5.30
Sealer Weights and Measures .40
School Tuition 60.00
1922 Corporation Tax 9,191.87 $ 9,612.21
9,612.21
Total
$866,201.67
Cash Balance December 31, 1931 General $37,153.34
Water
24,694.53
61,847.87
$928,049.54
1
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1931
Appropriations Additions and Expended Transfers
Balance
Advisory Committee
$ 50.00
$ 40.90
$ 9.10
Selectmen
1,400.00
1,388.97
11.03
Town Accountant
2,150.00
2,149.90
.10
Treasurer
1,100.00
1,091.45
8.55
Collector of Taxes
3,586.00
3,586.00
Assessors
3,720.00
3,718.26
1.74
Town Clerk
600.00
546.38
53.62
243
Other Finance Office and Accounts
(A)
16.00
16.00
Election and Registration
800.00
747.95
52.05
Town Hall and Municipal Offices
7,000.00
6,181.57
818.43
Reserve
5,000 00
1,680.91
3,319 09
Police Department
14,750.00
14,268.36
481.64
Fire Department
20,682.00
20,673.02
8.98
Fire Alarm
1,200.00
1,185.28
14.72
Forest Fires
800.00
598.31
201.69
Hydrant Rentals
3,950.00
3,950.00
New Hydrants
600.00
600.00
Fire Alarm Boxes
200.00
199.86
14
APPROPRIATIONS and EXPENDITURES, (Cont'd) Appropriations Additions and Expended Transfers
Balance
Sealer Weights and Measures
700.00
687.79
12.21
Moth Department
1,200.00
1,177.62
22.38
Tree Warden
2,300.00
2,298.82
1.18
Truck for Tree Warden
300.00
300.00
Dog Officer
50.00
50.00
Health Department
5,300.00
4,669.97
630.03
District Nurse
2,500.00
2,316.76
183.24
Inspector of Animals
300.00
300.00
244
School Physician
500.00
500.00
Dental Clinic
1,250.00
1,170.72
79.28
Garbage Disposal
2,000.00
2,000.00
Refuse Disposal
750.00
750.00
Sewer Extensions
750.00
(B) 1,633.79
1,441.74
942.05
Highway Department
44,523.54
42,418.22
2,105.32
New Sidewalks
3,000.00
2,814.04
185.96
Sidewalk Repairs
1,500.00
1,308.99
191.01
Oiling Streets
7,000.00
7,000.00
Permanent Roads
2,500.00
2,500.00
Rebuild Royalston Road
700 00
(C) 1,400.00
2,099.97
.03
1
APPROPRIATIONS and EXPENDITURES, (Cont'd)
Appropriations Additions and Expended Transfers
Balance
Rebuild Main St. Pleasant to Fair Gds.
(B)
366.63
366.63
Rebuild Main St. Pleasant to Green
(B) 1,210.32
9.56
1,200,76
Underground Beacon St. Drain to Hapgood St.
(B) 2,690.24
2,688.69
1.55
South Main St. Construction
(B)
236.03
236.03
Street Lighting
14,700.00
14,444.38
255.62
Public Welfare
40,000.00
39,684.80
315.20
Old Age Assistance
6,000,00
4,579.75
1,420.25
State Aid
1,000.00
(A)
200.00
1,140.00
60.00
Soldiers' Relief
9,500.00
(A) 1,200.00
10,648.37
51.63
Soldiers' Burial
120.00
120.00
Care Soldiers' Graves
50.00
50.00
Military Aid
200.00
126.00
74.00
School Department
159,796.95
53.05
157,796.32
2,053.68
Renew Heating Apparatus
Lake Park School
2,500.00
2,500.00
School Travel Outside State
150.00
150.00
Library Department
6,616.19
6,614.09
2.10
Markers on Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers
(B)
48.50
20.25
28.25
245
.
.(D)
APPROPRIATIONS and EXPENDITURES, (Cont'd)
Appropriations Additions and Expended Transfers
Balance
Park Department
2,500.00
2,500.00
Recreation
2,500.00
2,468.64
31.36
County Com. for T. B.
1,774.35
1,774.35
Unclassified
1,500.00
970.75
529.25
Care Town Clock
25.00
25.00
Insurance
5,400.00
5,331.51
68.49
Band Concerts
500.00
500.00
Memorial Day
325.00
297.15
27.85
Lyman Jennings Annuity
120.00
120.00
246
N. D. Cass Claim
783.00
500.00
283.00
J. W. Moulton & Son, Inc., Claim
92.00
92.00
City of Worcester Relief Claim
201.30
201.30
Ralph E. Bull Claim
264.91
264.91
Cemetery Department
13,000.00
12,814.66
185.34
Pleasant St. Cemetery Wire Fence
1,800.00
1,692.46
107.54
Interest on Permanent Loans
6,456.25
6,456.25
Interest on Temporary Loans
5,000.00
3,547.21
1,452.79
Town Debt
21,000.00
21,000.00
(A) Reserve Transfers
(C) From State and County
(B) Balance January 1, 1931
(D) From L. Ward Fund Income
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1931 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities
Cash
Sewer Extensions
$ 942.05
General
$37,153.34
Sewer Maintenance 4,396.86
Water
24,694.53
Water Maintenance
24,694.53
$ 61,847.87
Departmental Revenue
6,777.85
Accounts Receivable
Excess and Deficiency
40,185.31
Taxes
Overlay 1929
1,422.45
Levy of 1930 $12,383.22
Overlay 1930
2,649.18
Levy of 1931 59,898.75
Overlay 1931
6,559.30
Motor Veh. Excise
Overlay Surplus
3,762.58
1930 1,483.11
Water Revenue
5,607.29
Motor Veh. Excise 1931 1,761.59
Excise Tax Revenue
3,244.70
Sewer Rentals 1930 226.00
Temporary Loan 50,000.00
Sewer Rentals 1931 1,557.50
Tailings
124.35
Old Age Assistance 181.00
J. W. Moulton & Son, Inc., Claim
92.00
77,491.17
County Aid for Highway $517.77
517.77
247
Special Assessment Revenue 1,783.50
BALANCE SHEET, December 31, 1931 (cont'd)
Water Accounts Receivable $5,607.29
5,607.29
Departmental Bills State and Military Aid
$1,203.00
Charity
4,395.16
School
374.00
Health
39.27
Cemetery
618.42
Land Damage
1.00
Soldiers' Relief
147.00
6,777.85
$152,241.95
$152,241.95
248
BALANCE SHEET, December 31, 1931, (Cont'd)
Debt
Liabilities
Sewer Loans
$ 47,000.00
Sewer Loan Sinking Fund: Cash and Securities New Bonded Debt
$ 46,075.08
Water Loans
100,000.00
271,924.84
Sewer Extensions
22,000.00
Memorial Building
93,000.00
Memorial Building
25,000.00
A. & O. Trans. Area
9,000.00
Municipal Land
22,000.00
$318,000.00
$318,000.00
249
BALANCE SHEET, December 31, 1931, (Cont'd)
TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$80,386.02 L. Ward School Fund and Income $1,050.61 A. Harding Library Fund and Income 648.67
Cemetery Perpetual Care and Income
71,346.79
General Care
1,813.04
Tomb Funds
1,229.34
Spaight School Fund
1,000.00
Sprague Fund
3,297.57
$80,386.02
$80,386.02
250
WILLIAM K. WHEELER,
Town Accountant.
251
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Athol, in the County of Worcester, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Athol, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in their respective precincts in said Athol, at the following places designated and appointed as polling places, to wit:
Precinct One, at the Town Hall; Precinct Two at Memorial Building. Monday, the first day of February, next, it being the first Monday in said month, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to bring in their votes to the Election Officers for Moderator, Highway Surveyor, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, three Constables, Tree Warden, all for one year; Town Clerk, Selectman, Assessor, Member Board of Public Welfare, Sewer Com- missioner, Sinking Fund Commissioner, two Members School Committee, Water Commissioner, Member Board of Health, two Library Trustees, Park Commissioner, one Member Planning Board, all for three years; Cemetery Commissioner for five years, all on one ballot.
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The meeting for transaction of town business will be held on Monday, the fifteenth day of February, next, at six-fifteen o'clock in the evening in Memorial Building.
The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon, and may be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, in each of the Post Offices of said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting and by publishing a like copy in one or more of the newspapers published in said town two days at least before the time for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this fourteenth day of January, in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.
RALPH S. STONE, GEORGE W. GRANT, CHARLES H. COOKE, Selectmen of Athol.
A true copy attest:
H. S. GODDARD, Constable of Athol.
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INDEX
Accountant
214
Animal Inspector
81
Appropriations and Expenditures
243
Balance Sheet
247
Births Recorded
13
Cemetery Superintendent
100
Collector of Taxes
102
Deaths Recorded
32
Dental Clinic
80
District Nurse
75
Dog Licenses
12
Fire Engineers
90
Health Department
73
Jurors, List of
9
Library
97
Library Trustees
96
Marriages Recorded
26
Milk Inspector
78
Moth Superintendent
87
Officers of the Town
3
Park Commissioners
88
Plumbing Inspector
77
Public Welfare, Board of
183
Recreation Commission
91
School Department Credits
176
School Report
134
Sealer of Weights and Measures
82
Sewer Commissioners
85
Sewer Sinking Fund Commissioners
86
Slaughtering Inspection
79
Soldiers' Graves, Inspection of
84
Summary of State Audit
65
Town Clerk
12
Town Physician
192
Town Warrants
38, 44, 61, 251
Transportation Area
130
Treasurer
193
Tree Warden
133
Water Department
109
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