Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1931-1935, Part 22

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1931
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77 60


J. Beach


86 40


B. Owen


116 80


J. Murray


33 60


J. A. Garseau


46 40


A. Jolen


49 60


$3,775 60


Trucks


R. Willette


$106 20


A. H. Perkins


137 00


R. Jones


386 10


H. Gould


360 00


N. Perkins


295 20


C. Kingsley


338 40


C. Robbins


388 80


$2,011 70


$7,482 34


Unexpended balance


17 66


$7,500 00


101


SNOW REMOVAL


Appropriation


$3,200 00


Paid :


John Pederson, cleaning streets


$2,555 30


John Pederson, salary


100 00


Good Roads Machinery


164 64


Payrolls (Town)


376 25


$3,196 19


Unexpended balance


3 81


$3,200 00


STREET LIGHTING


Appropriation


$3,000 00


Paid:


Edison Electric Illum. Co. $2,958 62


Unexpended balance 41 38


$3,000 00


PUBLIC WELFARE


Appropriation


$2,500 00


Received contributions


2,739 74


Transf. from Reserve Fund


1,247 82


Received refund


5 00


$6,492 56


Paid :


Orders of Board of Public Welfare


$6,641 00


Overdraft $148.44.


STATE AID


Appropriation


$600 00


Paid


$400 00


Unexpended balance


200 00


$600 00


MILITARY AID


Appropriation


$200 00


Unexpended balance


$200 00


102


SOLDIERS' RELIEF


Appropriations


$2,000 00


Paid:


Orders of Soldiers' Relief Agent $1,533 40 Unexpended balance 466 60


$2,000 00


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Appropriation


$4,000 00 20 00


Received refund


$4,020 00


Paid orders of Board of Pub. Welfare


$3,288 22


Unexpended balance


731 78


$4,020 00


EDUCATION


Appropriation


$40,000 00


Paid:


School report


$39,999 63


Unexpended balance


37


$40,000 00


REWIRING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING


Appropriation


$1,100 00


Paid:


B. A. King


$1,100 00


LIBRARY MAINTENANCE


Appropriation


$800 00


Paid:


A. F. Davis, librarian $150 00


A. F. Davis, janitor 150 00


A. F. Davis, writing cards, binding, etc. 56 17


Finney & Hoit, paper


24


Remington Rand Co., cards


4 00


Edison Electric Illum. Co. 34 80


C. B. Robbins, insurance


49 04


103


O. W. Wood, putting up shelves 5 00


Wilson Lumber Co.


3 00


O. E. Houghton, transp. books


A. W. Davis Co., coal 8 00


250 18


A. W. Davis, fertilizer


8 35


E. F. Conant, labor


3 20


West and South Water Supply


12 00


Perkins & Butler, labels


2 35


Dura Binding Co.


85


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


2 98


$740 16


Unexpended balance


59 84


$800 00


BOOKS


Appropriation


$200 00


Received Interest on Library Fund


345 38


$545 38


Paid:


Junior Library Guild


$74 00


De Wolfe Fiske & Co.


98 95


Goodspeed's Book Shop


21 07


Jean Karr


69 00


Wm. A. Wrede Co.


16 43


Geo. H. B. Turner


2 00


H. R. Hunting Co.


103 74


Literary Digest


12 90


Women's World


1


00


Rural New Yorker


1 00


N. E. Homestead


1 00


Union Library Assn.


19 14


American Library Assn.


3 00


F. E. Compton & Co.


69 50


Herman Goldberger Agency


36 20


Houghton Mifflin Co.


16 48


$545 41


Overdraft .03 to be received from 1934 interest.


CEMETERIES


Appropriation


$700 00


Paid :


F. W. Green, supt. F. S. Kennedy, labor


$201 05


99 30


104


D. S. Kennedy, labor


126 80


E. F. Conant, labor


75 00


Clare Milbery, labor


49 60


Howard Jones, labor


21 40


Holmerden Co.


55 00


West and South Water Supply


19 50


Worcester Lawn Mower Co., repairs


12 00


M. E. Taylor & Co., scythes


1 90


Albert Batley & Sons, flowers


27 80


Thos. Grey Co., seed


9 38


$698 73


Unexpended balance


1 27


$700 00


PERPETUAL CARE


Received interest on Blanchard Fund


$25 00


Received interest on Cemetery Funds 1,276 35


$1,301 35


Paid:


F. W. Green


$1,257 35


F. W. Green, care Blanchard lot


25 00


Horace Tuttle, making reports and laying out lots 19 00


$1,301 35


HOSMER FUND


Received interest on fund


$1,954 69


Paid:


Acton Granite Co.


$828 74


Continental Nurseries


843 80


West and South Water Supply


18 50


Geo. H. Pierce, use of roller


75 00


F. W. Green, teaming loam


14 40


F. W. Green, cleaning stones


25 00


F. W. Green, labor


13 50


Fred S. Kennedy


3 20


D. S. Kennedy


8 50


Howard Jones


3 20


Wm. D. Tuttle, tractor


62 00


Horace Tuttle, revising plans


11 45


C. F. Kingsley, tram


8 00


Samuel Knowlton, gravel


2 87


Geo. H. Reed, manure


9 33


C. Robbins, truck


7 20


R. Jones, truck


7 20


105


Geo. Rugg, labor P. Callan, labor James Troupe, labor Geo. Penney, labor


3 20


3 20


3 20


3 20


$1,954 69


SURPLUS ACCOUNT


Received from surplus account


$129 04


Paid:


Payrolls


$104 79


F. W. Green, care North Acton Cemetery 15 00


Thos. Grey Co., axes, saws 9 25


$129 04


LIABILITY INSURANCE


Appropriation


$600 00


Transf. from Reserve fund


197 63


$797 63


Paid:


John J. Murphy


$797 63


MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation


$2,500 00


Paid :


A. R. Beach, cream


12 00


Hilliard's Market


17 27


Paul's Food Shop


3 00


S. Sebastian, coffee


16 55


Edwards-Quimby Unit No. 284


3 30


Geo. Towne, flags


9 43


Lovell Bus Lines


30 00


Newton Post 48, band


100 00


First Baptist Church


10 00


O. H. Howe, flowers


22 25


Frank Price, flowers


14 00


$237 80


Unexpended balance


12 20


$2,500 00


UNCLASSIFIED


Appropriation


$400 00


106


Paid:


Mass. General Hospital


12 35


Howard Wilson, prof. services


50 00


B. A. King, wiring 7 00


Macey, clerk


15 00


W. S. Jones, nuts and bolts


1 00


Pierce's Express


1 00


So. Acton Dept. Store, flags


14 95


C. A. Durkee, bond for deputy


5 00


W. F. Davis


2 00


Horace Tuttle


5 00


Murray Brown, C.W.A. Projects


26 00


Raymond Stuart, tracings


8 00


Hobbs-Warren Co., stationery C.W.A.


17 50


J. J. Knight, truck, C.W.A.


16 95


O. D. Wood, care of flag


5


00


Ina Milbery, exp., C.W.A.


3 80


Murphy & Synder, bills


3 75


C. A. Durkee, salary, rent, light, etc., as


temporary treasurer


188 12


$382 42


Unexpended balance


17 58


$400 00


INTEREST ON NOTES AND BONDS


Appropriation


$1,800 00


Paid:


Merchant's National Bank


$1,503 70


First National Bank of Ayer


225 00


$1,728 70


Unexpended balance


71 30


$1,800 00


INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS


Appropriation


Transferred from Reserve Fund


$2,000 00 30 55


$2,030 55


Paid:


First National Bank of Ayer


$1,630 55


Hosmer Cemetery Fund


400 00


$2,030 55


107


BONDS AND NOTES


Appropriation


$6,500 00


Paid:


First National Bank of Ayer 1


Middlesex County Hosp. Note $2,500 00


Merchants National Bank High School Bonds


4,000 00


$6,500 00


REVENUE LOANS


Amount outstanding, Jan. 1, 1933


$25,000 00


Received First National Bank of Ayer 80,000 00


Received Susan A. Hosmer Fund 10,000 00


$115,000 00


Paid :


First National Bank of Ayer $70,000 00


Amt. outstanding, Dec. 31, 1933 45,000 00


$115,000 00


RESERVE FUND


Appropriation


$1,500 00


Transferred to Hydrant Service $24 00


Transferred to Liability Insurance


197 63


Transferred to Interest of Revenue Loans


30 55


Transferred to Public Welfare


1,247 82


$1,500 00


REFUNDS


Paid:


1933 Taxes


$11 80


1932 Excise Taxes


10 33


1933 Excise Taxes


99 52


$121 65


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Amt. due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1932 $49,777 29


Received State Tax


5,130 00


State Audit


187 87


State Parks


9 17


Old Age Assistance Tax


892 00


Overlay


3,038 45


Overdrafts 1932


256 00


Town Grant


76,627 79


108


Added Assessment Motor Vehicle Excise Tax County Tax


30 00 6,978 00 5,151 10


$148,077 67


Treasurer Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1932 $13,930 22


Received Interest on Taxes 2,087 87


Receipts other than Taxes


135,370 22


$151,388 31


$299,465 98


Paid :


State Tax


$5,130 00


State Audit


187 87


State Park Tax


9 17


State Bank Tax, 1930


94


State Old Age Assistance Tax


890 00


County Tax


5,151 10


County Hospital Assessment


587 48


County Dog Tax


597 80


General Government


4,868 83


Buildings and Grounds


777 39


Police


2,300 00


Fire Department


2,496 95


New Hose


300 00


Forest Fires


445 04


Moth Work


484 60


Tree Warden


298 40


Health and Sanitation


764 29


Town Nurse


2,024 24


Highways


21,547 50


Newtown Road


590 70


Snow Removal


3,196 19


Pope Road


7,482 34


Rewiring High School


1,100 00


Middlesex County Hospital Note


2,500 00


Street Lighting


2,958 62


State Aid


400 00


Soldier's Relief


1.533 40


Education


39,999 63


Library Maintenance


740 16


Library Books


545


41


Cemeteries


698 73


Cemeteries Perpetual Care


1,301 35


Cemeteries Hosmer Fund


1,954 69


Cemeteries Surplus Fund


129 04


Unclassified


382 42


Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds


211 90


109


Memorial Day


237 80


Liability Insurance


797 63


Hydrants


3,078 00


Public Welfare


6,641 00


Old Age Assistance


3,288 22


Tax Titles Expense


73 46


Contra Acct.


100 00


High School Bonds


4,000 00


Interest on Notes and Bonds


1,728 70


Revenue Loans


70,000 00


Interest on Revenue Loans


2,030 55


Refunds Taxes


121


62


Commonwealth of Mass., Old Age Tax


5 00


Check Returned


3 00


Refunds License


1 00


$206,692 16


Tax Titles


$2,083 70


Refund from State Old Age Tax


133 00


Abatements


1,078 98


Abatement Excise Tax


602 99


Amount due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1933


56,835 95


Amount due from Treasurer,


Dec. 31, 1933


32,039 17


$92,773 79


$299,465 98


SURPLUS ACCOUNT


Balance, December 31, 1932


$18,917 66


Surplus Revenue, 1933


3,797 01


$22,714 67


Debit


Tax Title Revenue


$1,797 45


Bank and Trust Co., Tax


94


Old Age Assistance Tax


2 00


$1,800 39


Balance, December 31, 1933


$20,914 28


OVERLAYS 1931


Balance, December 31, 1932


$2,748 15


110


ยท Debit


Abatements


$809 43


Balance, December 31, 1933


$1,938 72


1932


Balance, December 31, 1932


$3,760 46


Debit


Abatements


$158 64


Balance, December 31, 1933


$3,601 82


1933


Overlay


$3,038 45


Debit


Abatements Refund


$110 91 11 80


122 71


Balance, December 31, 1933


$2,915 74


OVERLAY SURPLUS


Balance, December 31, 1932


$8,736 28


Debit


Revenue Account


$1,500 00


Balance, December 31, 1933


$7,236 28


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE


Balance, December 31, 1932


$4,745 85 6,978 00


Tax 1933


$11,723 85


Debit


Abatements


$602 99


Refunds


109 85


Total Amt. Collected 1933


5,443 55


$6,156 39


Balance, December 31, 1933


$5,567 46


111


CEMETERY LAND FUND


Balance, December 31, 1932


$1,001 00


Received for lots sold in 1933


172 00


$1,173 00


INTEREST FROM TRUST FUNDS


Received


$5,960 41


Paid to the Library and Cemetery Accounts


5,284 42


Balance, December 31, 1933, due Trust Accounts


$675 99


112


BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER, 1933 REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Assets


Cash


$32,039 17


Revenue Loans $45,000 00


Departmental Revenue 2,463 49


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue


5,567 46


Tax Title Revenue


3,541 72


Library Book Account


27


Levy of 1932


15,179 04


Overlay, 1931


1,938 72


Levy of 1933


36,066 31


Overlay, 1932


3,601 82


Excise Tax, 1931


105 03


Overlay, 1933


2,915 74


Excise Tax, 1932


2,054 10


Overlay, Surplus


7,236 28


Cemetery Land Fund


1,173 00


Interest on Trust Funds


675 99


Surplus Revenue


20,914 28


Departmental:


Public Welfare


1,670 44


Education


157 05


Health


100 00


Police 3 00


State Aid


400 00


Commonwealth of Mass.


Tax Abatements


133 00


$2,463 49


Tax Titles Public Welfare Overdraft (To be raised in 1934)


3,541 72


148 44


Liabilities


Accounts Receivable :


Taxes:


Levy of 1931


$23.14


Excise Tax, 1933


3,408 33


$56,835 95


113


$95,028 77


$95,028 77


DEBT ACCOUNTS


High School Bonds $33,000 00 Middlesex County, Hospital Note 2,500 00


Net Debt


$35,500 00


$35,500 00


Respectfully submitted, HOWARD L, JONES, Town Accountant.


114


TREASURER'S REPORT Year Ending December 31, 1933 . .


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Massachusetts:


I herewith submit my report for the year 1933:


Cash Balance January 1, 1933


$13,930 22


Receipts for 1933:


Received from State Treasurer :


Department of Education


$104 81


Highway Department


1,560 00


Highway Department


2,500 00


Highway Department


690 00


Highway Department


2,200 00


Highway Department


2,449 99


Highway Department


1,050 00


Highway Department


1,100 00


Loss on Taxes-Reimbursement


501 65


Federal Emergency Relief Fund


960 88


Tuition of Children


651 16


Old Age Assistance


1,019 02


Income Tax


7,797 00


Corporation Tax-Business


2,654 55


Corporation Tax-Light and Water


322


70


Corporation Tax -- R. R., Tel. & Tel.


93 13


Temporary Aid


189 22


State Aid


628 00


Veteran's Exemption


14 05


Adjustment


01


National Bank Tax


101


22


Trust Co., Tax


7 71


National Bank Tax, 1931


73


National Bank Tax, 1932


4


75


Corporation Tax-R. R., 1932


2


66


Corporation Tax-P. S., 1932


1


75


Corporation Tax-P. S., 1933


2 29


Corporation Tax-Business Abatement Old Age Assistance


677 78


1 00


Aiding Mothers


53 00


$27,339 06


115


County Treasurer :


Highways-Pope


$433 00


Highways-Pope


816 99


Highways-Main, School, Willow


900 00


1,100 00


Highways-Main, School, Willow Dog Tax Fund


547 08


$3,797 07


$45,066 35


Miscellaneous Receipts :


Horace Tuttle, Dog Licenses


$630 80


Horace Tuttle, Cemetery Lots Sold


70 00


L. E. Frost, Nurse Services


24 75


W. E. Whitcomb, Licenses


283 00


Director of Standards


24 00


Sundry Persons-Welfare Contributions


2,739 74


Concord Court, Fines


130 55


Sealer of Weights and Measures


56 80


Howard A. Wilson, Legacy


100 00


Fred W. Green, Cemetery Lots Sold


102 00


First Nat'l Bank, Interest


40 51


First Nat'l Bank, Ayer, Loan


25,000 00


First Nat'l Bank, Ayer, Loan


5,000 00


First Nat'l Bank, Ayer, Loan


25,000 00


First Nat'l Bank, Aver, Loan


25,000 00


Arthur F. Davis, Library Fines


52 75


Arthur F. Davis, Sale of Magazines


7


25


Board of Health, Nurse's Services


44 25


R. W. Hill, Tuition


34 65


Town of Boxboro, Tuition


3,194 99


Arthur Wayne, Rent of Hall, Town


131 20


Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Note


10,000 00


American Tar Products, Rebate


13 35


Frank Farrar, Tax Title


77 46


Town of Concord, Land Tax


25 12


J. W. Livermore, Tax Title


282 25


Acton Agr. Asso., Gas


5 00


Fred W. Green, Rent of Lowering Device


66 00


Refund of Public Welfare, I. Tucker 5 00


Board of Health, Alcohol Licenses


6 00


W. F. Davis, Refund Old Age Ass't


20 00


Middlesex Insurance Co., Fire


7 00


F. E. Tasker, Milk Licenses


20 00


Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Transfer


2,316 59


Wilde Memorial Fund, Transfer


701 73


Cemetery Fund, Transfer


2,788 05


116


Blanchard Fund, Transfer


25 00


Cemetery Surplus Fund, Transfer 129 04 C. A. Durkee, Acc't R. Penney 3 00


Sarah Reed, Town Check, S. P.


20 00


Hobbs and Warren, Town Check, S. P.


12 76


Maydale Co., Town Check, S. P.


2


25


A. Johnson, Town Check, S. P.


1


00


F. E. Billings, Town Check, S. P.


1 96


Webster Pub. Co., Town Check, S. P.


29 96


A. W. Davis Co., Town Check, S. P.


11 33


$104,237 09


Received of Chas. A. Durkee, Collector :


Interest, 1930


$13 56


Town Taxes, 1931


13,995 23


Excise Taxes, 1931


1,363 46


Town Taxes, 1932


14,601 93


Excise Taxes, 1932


1,137 72


Town Taxes, 1933


55,044 64


Excise Taxes, 1933


3,274 38


$89,430 92


Total Receipts


$238,734 36


Payments, 1933:


Selectmen's Orders (Hoit)


$6,679 49


(Durkee)


22,384 50


(Soar)


172,029 93


State Taxes


5,327 98


Transferred to Public Welfare (Durkee Account)


270 29


Protested Check, Nurse's Services


3 00


$206,695 19


Cash Balance, December 31, 1933


$32,039 17


NOTE: Check received from Bonding Company is not included in itemized receipts. The amount of the in- debtedness included in Cash Balance 1/1/33 Due Cemetery Funds $675.00 overdraw Pept. Care.


WM. HENRY SOAR,


Treasurer.


117


OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS


Anticipation Revenue Note 135, Due July 25, 1934 $10,000 00


Anticipation Revenue Note 137, Due Oct. 11, 1934 10,000 00 Anticipation Revenue Note 138, Due June 21, 1934 25,000 00


High School Bonds, Due 1934 to 1945 33,000 00


County Hospital Note 127, Due 1934


2,500 00


ELIZABETH WHITE FUND


Balance, January 1, 1933:


Principal Fund Unexpended Balance


$25,000 00 2,301 44


$27,301 44


Received Interest :


Worcester North Savings


$26 25


Waltham Savings


70 00


East Cambridge Savings


70 00


Charlestown Five Cent


70 00


Lowell Savings Inst.


60 00


Andover Savings


70 00


North Middlesex Savings


35 00


Lawrence Savings


34 98


Athol Savings


35 00


Amherst Savings


35 00


Middlesex Inst. Savings


35 00


Worcester Five Cent


35 00


Marlboro Savings


35 00


Assabet Inst. Savings (income)


11 83


North Middlesex Savings (income)


75


623 81


$27,925 25


Balance, December 31, 1933:


Amherst Savings Bank


$2,000 00


Middlesex Inst. for Savings


2,000 00


Worcester Five Cent


2,000 00


Lowell Inst. for Savings


2,000 00


Waltham Savings Bank


2,000 00


Worcester North Savings


1,000 00


Lawrence Savings Bank


2,000 00


Charlestown Five Cent


2,000 00


Marlborough Savings Bank


2,000 00


East Cambridge Savings


2,000 00


Andover Savings Bank


2,000 00


North Middlesex Savings


2,000 00


118


Athol Savings Bank Hudson Savings Bank North Middlesex Savings (income)


Paid Trustee's Orders for 1933


2,000 00 1,000 00 529 60


$26,529 60 1,395 65


$27,925 25


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


CEMETERY FUNDS


Balance, January 1, 1933


$35,607 21 5,602 99


Unexpended Balance


$41,210 20


Received for Perpetual Care :


George Knowlton, Mt. Hope


$100 00


S. P. Morton and Clara Murphy, Woodlawn


125 00


Frank Pratt, Woodlawn


100 00


Plimy George, Mt. Hope


75 00


Katharine M. Harris, Woodlawn


100 00


Wm. H. Wood, Woodlawn


100 00


Lewis Wood, Woodlawn


100 00


Ellis Wetherbee, Mt. Hope


100 00


$800 00


Received Interest :


Worcester North Savings


$52 50


Warren Inst. Savings


66 00


Boston Five Cent


60 00


East Cambridge Savings


70 00


Charlestown Five Cent


105 00


Charlestown Five Cent


10 50


Charlestown Five Cent


8 76


Suffolk Savings


90 00


Home Savings


35 00


Athol Savings


18 37


Worcester Five Cent


26 25


Marlborough Savings


17 50


West and South Water Bonds


138 00


Middlesex Inst. Savings


50 31


Middlesex Inst. Savings (income)


1 99


North Middlesex Savings


41 27


Assabet Inst. Savings (income)


195 91


$987 36


$42,997 56


119


Balance, December 31, 1933:


Middlesex Inst. Savings


$3,225 41


Charlestown Five Cent


1,500 00


Boston Five Cent Savings


2,000 00


Warren Inst. Savings


2,200 00


Worcester Five Cent Savings


1,500 00


Worcester North Savings


2,000 00


Marlborough Savings


1,000 00


East Cambridge Savings


2,000 00


Suffolk Savings


3,000 00


Home Savings


1,000 00


Maynard Trust Co.


3,228 96


Hudson Savings


2,400 00


Charlestown Five Cent


300 00


Charlestown Five Cent


250 00


Charlestown Five Cent


1.500 00


Athol Savings


1,050 00


Central Savings


1,000 00


North Middlesex Savings


3,490 45


Assabet Inst. Savings


3,035 64


Middlesex Inst. Savings (in~ome)


921 15


West and South Water Bonds


3,300 00


Transfer to Cemetery Surplus (32)


307 90


Transfer to Town Account


2,788 05


$42,997 56


NOTE: Due from Town Account $675.00 overdraw on Perpetual Care.


West and South Water Bond redeemed, funds de- posited in the Middlesex Inst. for Savings ($300.00).


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND


Balance, January 1, 1933


$1,406 72


Received Interest :


Warren Savings


$1 26


Charlestown Five Cent


8 31


Charlestown Five Cent


3 20


Massachusetts Savings


35 09


$47 86


$1.454 58


120


Balance, December 31, 1933: Warren Inst. Savings


$86 16


244 29


94 53


1,004 60


$1,429 58


Transfer to Town Account


25 00


$1,454 58


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


CEMETERY SURPLUS FUND


Balance, January 1, 1933


$996 00


Received Interest :


Assabet Inst. Savings


37 83


Transfer from Cemetery Funds


307 90


$1,341 73


Balance, December 31, 1933


$1,212 69


Transfer to Town Account


129 04


$1,341 73


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


19TH OF APRIL FUND


Balance, January 1, 1933


$238 18


Received Interest :


Middlesex Inst. Savings


8 39


$246 57


Balance, December 31, 1933:


Middlesex Inst. Savings


$246 57


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


121


Charlestown Five Cent


Charlestown Five Cent Massachusetts Savings


FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND


Balance, January 1, 1933


$500 27


Received Interest :


Middlesex Inst. Savings


17 66


$517 93


Balance, December 31, 1933


$501 43


Paid Trustee's Order


16 50


$517 93


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND


Balance, January 1, 1933:


Principal Fund


$13,972 92


Minnie Davis Fund


300 00


$14,272 92


Received Interest :


Charlestown Five Cent


$105 00


Home Savings


35 00


West Shore R. R. Bond


20 00


Cambridg'e Savings


35 28


Maynard Trust (income)


26 71


221 99


$14,494 91


Balance, December 31, 1933:


Middlesex Inst. Savings


$1,000 00


Warren Inst. Savings


2,000 00


Middlesex Inst. Savings


817 00


Lowell City Inst. Savings


1,000 00


Home Savings


1,000 00.


Massachusetts Savings


1,000 00


Charlestown Five Cent


3,000 00


Cambridge Savings


2,016 90


Maynard Trust (income)


659 28


Cambridge Savings


300 00


West Shore R. R. Bond


1,000 00


122


Transfer to Town Account (1932) Transfer to Town Account (1933)


356 05


345 68 $14,494 91


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND


Balance, August 1, 1933


$235 00


Received Interest :


Middlesex Inst. Savings


2 06


$237 06


Balance, December 31, 1933:


Middlesex Inst. Savings


$237 06


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


SUSAN NOYES HOSMER CEMETERY FUND


Balance, January 1, 1933:


Principal Fund


$82,238 95


Unexpended Balance


141 31


$82,380 26


Received Interest :


Town of Acton on Notes


$400 00


Worcester North Savings


78 75


Waltham Savings


175 00


Lexington Savings


90 00


Charlestown Five Cent


175 00


Farmer's and Mechanics


175 00


Winchendon Savings


175 00


Medford Savings


105 00


Andover Savings


105 00


North Middlesex Savings


52 48


Athol Savings


52 50


Arlington Five Cent


87 50


Springfield Inst. Savings


52 50


Lynn Five Cent


43 75


Middlesex Savings


56 66


Leominster Savings


52 50


Franklin Savings


52 50


123


Cambridge Savings Springfield Five Cent Hudson Savings Marlborough Savings Middlesex Inst. Savings (income)


43 75


87 50


70 00


52 50


27 16


2,210 05


$84,590 31


Balance, December 31, 1933:


Waltham Savings


$2,000 00


Worcester North Savings


3,000 00


Charlestown Five Cent


5,000 00


Springfield Inst. Savings


3,000 00


Medford Savings


3,000 00


Franklin Savings


3,000 00


Athol Savings


3,000 00


Marlborough Savings


3,000 00


Leominster Savings


3,000 00


Andover Savings


3,000 00


Arlington Savings


4,000 00


Lexington Savings


3,000 00


Winchendon Savings


5,000 00


Farmer's and Mechanic's


5,000 00


Lynn Five Cent


2,500 00


Cambridge Savings


2,500 00


Hudson Savings


3,000 00


Middlesex Institution


3,238 95


North Middlesex Savings


2,999 96


Note, Town of Acton


10,000 00


Note, Town of Acton


10,000 00


Middlesex Inst. Savings, balance


34 77


$82,273 68


Federal Bank Tax


04


Transfer to Town Account (1932)


$361 90


Transfer to Town Account (1933)


1,954 69


$2,316 59


$84,590 31


Note Due from Town General Cash $0.99.


WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.


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AUDITOR'S REPORT


I have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of the Town of Acton and have found them correct to the best of my knowledge. Notices will be mailed to the delinquent taxpayers.


HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


OF THE


TOWN OF ACTION


MASSACHUSETTS


For the Year Ending December 31, 1933


RATED


-1735.


^ACTON.


The Kennison Print Ayer, Mass. 1934


ORGANIZATION School Committee


Dr. Randall Woodworth, Chairman


Mrs. Frank Price


Mrs. Albertie Mead


Mr. Arthur Whitcomb


Mrs. Oliver Wood


Mr. Forrest Bean


Term expires 1936


Term expires 1935


Term expires 1936


Term expires 1934


Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935


Superintendent John F. Hough


South Acton, Mass. Office-High School Building. Tel. 110


School Physician, Dr. Ernest A. Mayell, Acton; School Nurse, Miss Lillian Frost, North Acton; Attendance Officer, Michael Foley, South Acton.


School Calendar


January 8, 1934-All schools reopened.


February 21, 1934-All schools close.


February 26, 1934-All schools reopen.


April 13, 1934-All schools close.


April 23, 1934-All schools reopen.


May 30, 1934-Memorial Day; no school.


June 8, 1934-Grades I to VIII, inclusive, close.


June 22, 1934-High School closes.


June 25, 1934-Graduation.


September 4, 1934-High School reopens.


September 10, 1934-Grades 1 to VIII, inclusive, reopen.


November 28, 1934-All schools close.


December 3, 1934-All schools reopen.


December 21, 1934-All schools close.


January 7, 1935-All schools reopen.


Legal Holidays


January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, first Monday of September, October 12, November 11, Thanksgiving Day, Christ- mas Day (the day following when any of those mentioned occurs on Sunday).


Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April, and is not a legal holiday.


Flag Day falls on June 14, and is not a legal holiday. It should be observed by proper exercises by any school in session on that day.


NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL-Time: 7:30 A. M.


Acton Center and South Acton 2-2-2-2 blasts


West Acton 1-1 blasts


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TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DECEMBER 31, 1933


App. Where Educated Home Address


Center School:


Ella Miller 1896 Framingham Normal Acton


Ruth Brennan 1931 Lowell Normal Lowell


Gertrude Puhakka 1931 Fitchburg Normal


Fitchburg


South School:


Julia McCarthy


1906 Fitchburg Normal


South Acton


Florence Merriam


1927 Fitchburg Normal


South Acton


Jessie Kinnevan 1929 Worcester Normal


Worcester


West School:


Harriet Suchovsky 1929 Framingham Normal Clinton


Elise Dickerman 1926 Fitchburg Normal


Ayer


Madeline Allard 1928 Lowell Normal Lowell


High School Building:


Marion Towne 1921 Smith College


Mary Stolte 1931 Middlebury College


Marjorie Jones


1931 Simmons College


Barbara Douglass 1931 Univ. of Vermont


Elsie Bixby


Concord Brattleboro, Vt. South Acton Winchester, N. H.


1927 Framingham Normal Woodville Boston University


Edith Ames 1928 Simmons College Margaret Boornazian 1929 Boston University Walter Holt 1928 Dartmouth College


Melrose Methuen


South Acton


Robert Dolan


1930 Clark University


Marlboro


Henry Hopkinson


1930 Northeastern Law West Acton


John Hough 1927 Middlebury, Harvard, South Acton Colgate


Supervisor of Manual Training :


George Braman


Wentworth Institute Acton


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


To the Voters of Acton:


The School Committee presents herewith its annual report to- gether with the report of the Superintendent, which has the approval of the Committee, and is recommended for your study and atten- tion.


The school system has functioned fairly normally during the past year. The pared appropriation hindered somewhat, but the C.W.A. came to our assistance. Work which we normally would have had to do out of our own appropriation has been taken care of by that bit of legislation, a help to the townspeople as well as ourselves. The high school building has been thoroughly painted inside, which is quite refreshing. The leaking walls have been thoroughly calked and waterproofed, which will be a great benefit to the structure. These projects were absolutely done of necessity, and would have cost the town in the vicinity of two thousand dollars, whereas, its cost to the town for part of the material was approximately two hundred eighty dollars.




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