Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1931-1935, Part 3

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1931
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 766


USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Acton > Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1931-1935 > Part 3


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37


Voted: That two hundred dollars be appropriated for the use of said zoning committee. The moderator appointed the committee as fol- lows: W. Stuart Allen, William Rawitser, A. N. Hederstedt, George A Richardson, William H. Merriam and Everett N. Montague.


Article 30. To see if the town will vote to purchase a strip of land of the Citizens Library Association, situated on the northerly side of the Fire House in West Acton, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To appropriate fifty dollars to purchase the strip of land along the northerly side of the Fire House lot in West Acton.


Article 31. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2000 to lay approximately 1000 feet of pipe from the Maynard line to the prop- erty of the American Powder Company and install two hydrants, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To pass over the article.


Article 32. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to dispose of the old building, formerly used for toilets at the West Acton school, or take any action thereon,


Voted: To authorize the School Committee to dispose of the property described in the article.


Article 33. To see if the town will vote to reinsure the high school building and its contents on the expiration of its present policies Nov. 1 1931, and appropriate a sum of money to pay for such insurance, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To instruct the school committee to insure the high school building for $50,000, and its contents for $10.000 for the term of five years.


Voted: That a sum sufficient to pay the premiums be appropriated


35


Article 34. To see if the town will vote to accept the proposed addi- tions to the by-laws as printed in the Town Report, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To pass over the article.


Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars to continue the reconstruction of the Newtown road to the Littleton line provided a like sum is allotted to the town by the state and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex, or act anything thereon.


A motion in the form of the article did not prevail.


Voted: To appropriate $2500 to continue the reconstruction of the Newtown road to the Littleton line provided the state and county con- tribute a sum sufficient to complete the road.


Article 36. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3000, to rebuild High street, from a point opposite the home of William Rawitser to the Sudbury line provided a like sum is allotted to the town by the state and a similar amount by the County of Middlesex, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $3000, to rebuild High street from a point opposite the home of William Rawitser to the Sudbury line, provided a like sum is allotted the town by the state and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex.


Article 37. To determine whether the town of Acton will relocate Newtown road, socalled, near by or through the property of the Church of Jesus Christ, in accordance with plans satisfactory to the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Voted to pass over the article


Article 38. To see if the town will vote to purchase new chairs for the town hall and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or act anything thereon.


A motion to appropriate $650 to purchase new chairs for the town hall did not prevail.


Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting held May 29, 1931


Article 1. To see if the town will appropriate an additional sum of money for fighting brush fires.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $500 from overlay surplus.


Article 2. To see if the town will appropriate an additional amount of money for the general maintenance of the fire department.


Voted: To raise and appropriate the additional sum of $500 for the general maintenance of the fire department.


Article 3. To see if the town will rescind the vote taken at the annual town meeting under Article 35 relative to the construction of Newtown road.


36


Voted: To rescind the vote taken under Article 35, at the last an- nual town meeting relative to the construction of Newtown road.


Article 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2500 to continue the reconstruction of Newtown road provided a like sum is alloted to the town by the State Department of Public Works and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex or act anything thereon.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2500 to continue the recon- struction of Newtown road provided a like sum is allotted to the town by the State Department of Public Works and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex.


Article 5. To see if the town will rescind the vote taken at the Annual Town Meeting under Article 33 relative to insurance on the High School Building.


Voted: To rescind the vote taken at the last annual town meeting under Article 33 relative to insurance on the High School Building.


Article 6. To see if the town will vote to reinsure the high school building and appropriate a specific sum of money therefor.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $1000 to insure the high school building and contents said insurance to be placed by the school committee to the best possible advantage for a three year period.


Voted, unanimously the following resolution:


Resolved: That the town of Acton place on record its appreciation of the bequest to it under the will of Miss Susan Noyes Hosmer, a native · of this town; the gift to be known as the Jeremiah Hosmer and Susan Noyes Hosmer Woodlawn Cemetery fund.


Town Clerk's Report


BIRTHS


Whole number recorded


33


Born in Acton


11 Native parentage 23


Males


15 Foreign parentage 2


Females


18 Mixed parentage 8


MARRIAGES


Whole number recorded


25


Residents of Acton


34 Residents of other places 16


DEATHS


Whole number recorded


41


Residents of Acton


40 Residents of other places 1


Occuring in Acton


28 Occurring in other places 13


Average age in years


58


The town clerk requests information of any errors or omissions in the list of births, marriages and deaths. The town clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths.


HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.


37


38


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1931


No. Date Place of Birth


1. Sept. 24. Acton Avery, Margurite Elizabeth 2. Aug. 6. Boston Billings, Nancy 3. Jan. 28. Concord Christiansen, Gertrude Irene 4. July 9. Concord Clark, Marilyn 5. March 18. Concord Davis, Carolyn Alma 6. Sept. 5. Concord Dreher, Bruce Russell


7. Jan. 15. Boston


8. July 11. Concord 9. Jan. 10. Concord


10. July 6. Concord


11. Sept. 14. Concord


12. Dec. 17. Concord


13. Nov. 8. Ayer


14. April 17. Concord


15. Sept. 12. Acton Howe, Robert James


16. May 23. Concord 17. July 23. Concord 18. Feb. 10. Saundersville


19. Oct. 23. Concord


Name of Child


DiGiacomandrea, Concetta


Driscoll, Nancy Ann


Fallon, Thomas Joseph


Feltus, Marion Elizabeth Foley, Robert James


Frost, Robert Edward French, James Edwin


Hollowell, Lillian Elaine


Kazokas, Joseph James Lippold, Janet


Matthews, Mabel Teresa


McKelvie, William Arthur


Name of Parents


Lee R. and Lilla W. Mitchell Howard J. and Emily Nagle Alvin A. and Frances I. Bentley O. Lawrence and Marion H. Janvrin Warren L. and Ethel Fitzgerald Gerald W. and Martha Kennett Carmine and Elvira Raniere William F. and Bernadette L. Bursaw James J. and Margaret Mccullough William R. and Ellen G. Monsen Patrick J. and Laura M. Johnston Clarence A. and Inga Pederson Charles B. and Anna Doucette Elwin H. and Edith M. Frost James and Arlene Stuart Joseph and Annie M. Vitkauskis Irving and Doris Patoel Kenneth E. and Mary R. Carden Arthur and Mabel Crosby


39


20. Oct. 17. Acton 21. Oct. 4. Concord 22. Oct. 5. Acton 23. Oct. 5. Acton


24. June 13. Concord 25. Nov. 25. Acton 26. May 16. Acton 27. Nov. 13. Acton


28.


Oct. 28.


Concord


29. July 6.


Concord


30. Jan. 25.


Boston


31. Feb. 12.


Acton


Nelson, Emery, Jr. Pendergast, Norma Anne Peterson, Stephen Garry Reed, Archie Blanchard Reed, Patricia Evelyn Schofield, Irene Louise Smith Smith, Ruth Phyllis Strong, Shirley Marion


Torkelsen, Walter Harold


Ward, Francis Gerard Walther,


Emery and Margaret Christofferson Edward L. and Elizabeth M. Benere Carl N. and Mamie Amerault Archie B. and Lillian Campbell G. Howard and Marion T. Cole Clifford and Mary Ethel Dube Thomas and Julia Smith Vernon L. and Dorothy Dunn L. Leroy and Helen S. Cole E. John and Ella Pederson Edward J. and Katherine Manning Augustine J. and Mary Murphy


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1931


No. Date Place of Marriage Names


Residence


1. June 25. Acton


Anderson, Raymond L.


New York City Acton


2. July 12. Concord


Batchelder, Kenneth


Acton


Gagnon, Eva Louise


Acton


3. April 30. Concord


Blood, Prentice Walker


Concord


MacGregor, Thelma Ruth


Acton


4. Nov. 10.


Littleton


Bradford, Wallace Arthur


Littleton


Mason, Helen Elizabeth


Acton


5. Nov. 26. Lexington


Crosby, John H.


Acton


Stone, Alice L.


Lexington


Carty, Charles Clinton Harvey, Lucretia H.


Acton


7. Feb. 1. Littleton


Desmond, Harold Francis


Concord


Schnair, Gertrude Phyllis


Acton


8. June 17. Concord


Engman, John Henry


Acton


Taylor, Edith


Acton


9. Feb. 15. Concord


Gallagher, Howard V.


Chelmsford


Gagnon, Juliette Regeina


Acton


10. Nov. 21. Acton


Goodrich, Howard W.


Acton


Morse, Evelyn Davis


Acton


11. Nov. 20. Stoughton


Hartwell, Charles Alonzo, Jr.


Littleton


Hall, Frances Irene


Acton


12. Sept. 17. Hudson


Hayes, William Thomas Maguire, Mary Elizabeth


Acton Hudson


40


6. July 5. Acton


Acton


Wood, Helena Marjorie Stewart


13. Aug. 22. Ayer 14. Oct. 30. Littleton


Hederstedt, Paul R. Osgood, Priscilla L.


Hendrickson, George Alton Christiansen, Mildred Gladys Holden, Malcolm McLeod Inman, Laura Ruth


Acton Ayer Acton Acton Ácton


Acton


16. Nov. 9.


Acton


Holland, Neville Reginald


Acton


Clifford, Florerice Hazel


Jackson, Charles Andrew


Acton Ayer Acton


18.


Aug. 18.


Palmer


McMurtry, Darrell L. Tebo, Marie P.


Belchertown


19.


March 14.


Concord


Moody, Allen G.


Boston Acton


20. Aug. 17.


Lexington:


Morse, Carroll B. Mansfield, Margaret Patrícia


Acton


Bedford


21. June 6.


Acton


Morse, George Allen


Acton


Acton®


22. April 4.


Acton®


Torkelsen, E. John


Acton


Acton


23. June 21. Maynard


24. April 11. Maynard.


Wessells, James Albert Liimatainen, Suoma Mary


Acton


Richmond, N. H.


25. Dec. 31. Actor


Pedersen, Ella Walsh, Michael Joseph


Maynard® Acton


Hubbard, Sophia Virginia


Whitcomb, Oliver Adams Mekkelsen, Margaret Helgar


Littleton Acton


15. July 3.


Maynard


17. June 27.


Acton


King, Evelyn Lola


Acton


41


Taylor, Margaret B.


Merriam, Viola Isabel


DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1931


Date of


No. Death


Name


Years


-Age- Months


Days


1. Aug. 29.


Blanchard, Annie M.


68


10


2. Feb. 7.


Brill, Frederick Earl


25


1


16


3. May 29.


Clayton, Irma Elizabeth:


10


10


12


4. June 27.


Clough, Susan A.


83


5


29


5. Jan. 23.


Davis, Luther


82


9


13


6. April 8.


Dufour, Ferdinand


79


5


20


7. June 21.


Dunivan, Jerrey


73


5


26


8. March 24.


Finney, Smith


62


9. May 25.


Gilbride, John E.


71


8


28


10. July 24.


Godfrey, Albert E.


61


11


3


11. Aug. 23.


Gould, Paul


67


6


26


12. March 14.


Hennessey, Hannah


62


6


13. Aug. 21.


Hurley, Bridget


59


9


14. Dec. 5.


Kane, Katherine E.


71


15. Jan. 31.


Kingsley, William Henry


70


3


13


16. Jan. 19. Lane, George W.


79


6


22


17. April 8.


LeClair, Omar


56


5


·


18. May 11.


Mead, Jennie Foster


68


11


26


19. Feb. 21. McClenathan, Lottie María


68


10


16


20. Ápril 1.


McElligott, Margaret


68


28


21. June 20.


McNiff, Elizabeth Frances;


52


5


17


22. April 2.


Morse, Walter


4


10


23. Oct. 17.


Nelson, Emery, Jr.


53


9


22


25. April 27.


Proctor, Hiram W. B.


76


21


26. Dec. 14.


Reed, Archie B.


2


8


27. Oct. 8.


Rieg, John Brooks


58


10


3


28.


Sept. 7.


Russell, Catherine


31


3


5


29. July 12.


Scott, Annie Banks


67


6


23


30. Feb. 23.


Stiles, Franklin L.


52


8


18


31. Feb. 25.


Stockwell, Laura Maria


77


5


21


32.


Feb. 11.


Taylor, Mary Briar


78


1


8


33. Feb. 28.


Tucker, Walter F.


53


8


11


34.


March 31.


Tuttle, James B.


74


5


35. Oct 17.


Tuttle, Lizzie S.


79


17


36. June 27.


Tuttle, Sarah D.


73


4


13


37. Oct. 1.


Walbridge, Etra A.


71


7


18


38. May 2. Webster, George Andrew


62


25


39. Feb. 13. Walther (child of Augustine J.)


1


1


24. Dec. 4.


O'Neil, James E.


.


42


NON-RESIDENT BŪRĪALS IN 1931


Date of


-Age --


No. Death


Name


Years


Months


Days


Place of Death


Place of Burial


1. Nov. 22.


Benoit, Lorraine L.


40


11


14


2. Dec. 15.


Bussell, Josephine


84


23


Perth Amboy, N. J. Framingham Bolton


Woodlawn Woodlawn Mt. Hope


3. Sept. 15.


Chase, Pascal E.


83


4. Jan. 25.


Dole, Frances A.


88


10


17


Somerville


Woodlawn


5. March 25.


Dole, Ída C.


80


9


3


Ayer


Woodlawn


6. July 4.


Durkee, Harold


31


7


Boston


Mt. Hope


7. Sept. 23.


Hapgood, Georgietta


80


9


4


Westboro


Mt. Hope


8. May 19.


Hesselton, Lucius A.


85


Detroit


Mt. Hope


9. March 29.


Hooper, Mabel G.


68


9


23


Lynn


Mt. Hope


10. Aug. 11.


Hoyt, Fred A.


71


5


19


Somerville


Mt. Hope


11. July 11.


Hutchinson, Francis


88


4


7


Chelmsford


North Actori


12. Dec. 6. Jackson, Evelyn Lola


20


10


19


Ayer


Mt. Hope


13. Sept. 26.


Keyes, George S. W.


61


3


6


Boxboro


Mt. Hope


14.


March 12.


Leach, Emma C.


85


Cambridge


Mt. Hope®


15. July 29.


Littlefield, Raymond O.


57


7


13


Newton


Mt. Hope'


16. June 26.


Mead, Fred S.


68


4


25


Belmont


Mt. Hope


17. Dec. 14.


Mead, Mary I.


58


7


24


Boston


Mt. Hope


18. Jan. 20.


Morison, Harriet A.


65


4


9


Lexington


Mt. Hope


19. July 27.


Murphy, James


71


10


18


Boston


Woodlawn


.


.


-


43



20. March 8.


Perry, Dorothy Aldine


19


4


Middleton


Woodlawn


21. Sept. 22.


Robbins, Fred F.


65


4


18


Medford


Woodlawn


22. Oct. 4. Rouillard, Emma Retta


74


10


13


Winthrop Woodlawn


23. May 23.


Rouillard, George


89


9


Winthrop


Woodlawn


24. July 31.


Sawyer, Leslie S.


56


7


8


Ashburnham


Mt. Hope


25. July 19. Sumner, Olie R.


54


10


14


Waltham


Mt. Hope


26. Jan. 13. Watson, Franklin O.


65


3


15


Somerville


Woodlawn


27. March 19. Wells, Richard John


1


Ayer


Mt. Hope


28. Oct. 20. Wheeler, Asa Avery


82


11


3


Boston


Mt. Hope


29. April 29.


Wheeler, Elizabeth H.


103


6


28


Leominster


Mt. Hope


44


PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1931


Allard, Moses


$2 00 Davis, Warren A. & Son 5 00


Allen, W. Stuart


2 00 Densmore, Joseph A. 2 00


Alley, Frank


2 00 DeSousa, Joseph J. 2 00


Anderson, Emily


2 00 DiGiacomandrea, Carmine 2 00


Armburg, Fred


2 00 Doyle, Henry K. 2 00


Alt, Julia


2 00 Dreher, Gerald W. 2 00


Bancroft, C. A.


5 00 Drummond, Thomas F. 2 00


Batchelder, Walter I.


2 00 Durkee, Raymond F. 2 00


Baxter, Miriam F.


2 00 Edney, Charles F. 2 00


Beach, Stuart


2 00 Enneguess, Michael


4 00


Bedford, Mrs. A. E.


2 00 Fallon, James


2 00


Berglind, Edward E.


2 00 Farrar, J.


2 00


Berglind, John E.


2 00 Ferguson, Robert C.


2 00


Berry, Ethel M.


5 00 Fisher, Charles


2 00


Birch. Alfred


2 00 Finan, Bertha C. 5 00


Blaisdell, Lucile


2 00 Flagg. Alden 4 00


Bondelvitch, Walter


4 00 Fletcher. Charlie J.


2 00


Bowen, Robert M.


2 00 Fletcher. John L. 4 00


Bradford, F. W. R.


2 00 Fogarty. Ernest 2 00


Bradbury, Rolfe


4 00 Foley, Patrick


2 00


Braman, Dorothy


5 00 Freeman. Mathew


7 00


Brill, Fred E.


2 00 French. Sarah M.


2 00


Brown, Robert


2 00 Frost, Alan B.


5 00


Brown, Evelyn L.


2 00 Fullonton, L. T.


2 00


Bulette, Frank W.


2 00 Gallagher. T. C.


5 00


Caldwell, Hazel


2 00 Gallant, Mildred 4 00 2 00 Gallant. Minnie P. 2 00


Cahill, William


2 00


Gagnon, John B. 2 00


Carlson, Christian


2 00


Garceau, Jean B. 5 00


Chaffin, Nancy S.


4 00


Gibbs, Harriet E.


2 00


Charter, W. W.


2 00 Goodwin, Clare R.


2 00


Charles. Florence F.


2 00 Green. Catherine


2 00


Christofferson, Allen M.


2 00 Green, Fred


2 00


Clark. O. Lawrence


2 00 Griffin. Franklin E.


7 00


Claflin, Leon N.


2 00 Hall, Mary F.


2 00


Clifford, Albert


2 00 Harrison, B. M.


4 00


Condon, Timothy


2 00 Hart, Mrs. Nelson


2 00


Conant, Charlotte


2 00 |Harvey, Lucretia H.


7 00


Cook, Walter M.


5 00 Haskell. Albert


2 00


Cooper, Ernest S.


2 00 Hayes, Michael G.


4 00


Coughlin. Genevieve E.


2 00 Hayes, William


2 00


Coughlin, Harold J.


4 00 Haynes. Albert L.


2 00


Creeley. Genevieve J.


2 00 Hayward, George K.


2 00


Crocker, Charles Mrs.


2 00 Henson, William D.


2 00


Crowfoot, Martha A.


5 00 Hicks, Albert J. 2 00


Curley, Thomas


2 00 Hilliard, John A. 2 00


Davis, Charles E.


14 00 Holbrook, F. A. 2 00


Davis, H. S.


4 00 Holden, F. H. 2 00


45


Caldwell, Margaret


Holden, Willis L.


2 00 Murgatroyd, James 9 00


Holland, J. H.


5 00 Nealey, Edward 2 00


Holland, Neville R.


2 00 Newell. Dorothy 2 00


Hollowell, F. Elwyn


2 00 Newell, L. F. 2 00


Howe, Leland


2 00 Newport, Harold


2 00


Howe, O. H.


2 00 Nichols, Orla


5 00


Hurley, James J.


2 00 Noterman, Emile


7 00


Jalonen, Arthur


4 00 Nugent, John J. 5 00


Jenks, A. R.


2 00 Olsen, Peter, Jr.


2 00


Jensen, Peter


7 00 O'Neil, James


10 00


Johnson, Albion


2 00 Pearl, A. Y.


5 00


Jones, A. C.


2 00 Pederson, John


5 00


Jones, Howard F.


2 00 Peterson, Edwin


2 00


Jones, Hugh M.


2 00 Peterson. Mrs. Ivar


2 00


Jones, Warren H.


2 00 Penney, D. F.


4 00


Kane, Walter E.


2 00 Penney, George


5 00


Kazokas, Cyprus


7 00 Penney, John


5 00


Kelley, Julia T.


2 00 Perkins, A. Hazelton


2 00


King, Benjamin


4 00 Perry, Antonio


2 00


Kilmartin, W. T.


25 00 Phillips, Andrew


2 00


Knowlton, Samuel E.


2 00 Pope, Bessie N.


4 00


Laffin, Ormal S. R.


2 00 Porter, Fannie T.


2 00


LaRoche, Arthur


4 00 Pratt, Edward F. 2 00


Larrabee, G. W.


5 00 Pratt, Herbert T. 2 00


LaTullip, John


2 00 Price, Louise M. 2 00


Lears, William


2 00 Rafuse, Edith M. 2 00


LeClare, Omar


2 00 Rawitzer, William 2 00


Livermore, Elliot


5 00 Reed, Otis J.


2 00


Livermore, W. J.


2 00 Reid, Robert A., 3d


2 00


Marsh, A. W.


2 00 Reynolds, Arthur


2 00


MacGregor, Stuart


2 00 Reynolds, Harold R. 2 00


Mackinnon, F. R.


4 00 Reynolds, Jesse C. 2 00


Mason, Roger


6 00 Richards, Fred V. 2 00


Massie, William, Jr.


2 00 Richardson. George A. 2 00


Mayell, Ernest A.


2 00|Robbins, Freeman W. 2 00


Maynes, Everett M.


2 00 Robbins, Mildred H. 5 00


McGovern, John


2 00 Robbins, Paul G. 2 00


McLaughlin, Joseph


2 00 Rugg, George


2 00


Mead, Hobart E.


2 00 Sanborn, Everett R. 2 00


Mekkelsen, Martha


4 00|Sawyer, Benjamin H. 2 00


Mekkelsen, Thora


5 00 Schofield, Harris C.


5 00


Mel, Eleanor


4 00 Scott, T. A.


4 00


Merriam, Harold


2 00 Shapley, Eva C.


2 00


Middleton, Willis J.


4 00 Sisson, George T.


12 00


Morehouse, Mrs. C. F.


2 00|Smith. Hattie E.


4 00


Morse, Stella


2 00|Smith, Ralph


2 00


Morrison, Frederick D.


5 00 Soar, Henry


2 00


Munn, William


2 00 Spinney, Alice L. 2 00


Littlefield, Ralph


4 00 Reed, G. Howard 5 .00


46


Starck, Cecil


2 00 Victoria, Manuel 2 00


Stokes, William


2 00 Vitkaukas, Anthony 2 00


Stoney, Mrs. Reginald


2 00 Waite, F. A. 7 00


Sweet, William


2 00 Walouk, John


7 00


Sylvia, E. W.


2 00 Watkins, John H.


4 00


Taylor, Edith


2 00 Weaver, George T.


25 00


Taylor, Spencer H.


2 00 Whitcomb, Fred S.


2: 00


Todd, Ethel


10 00 Whitney, Cora A.


2 00


Tolman, Wilbur


5 00 Willett, Robert G.


2 00


Tracy, Alfred


2 00 Wise, Glenna


2 00


Tripp, Horatio W.


2 00 Wood, Mrs. H. L. 2 00


Tucker, George S., Jr.


2 00 Wood, Oliver D.


2 00


Tucker, Lawrence I.


2 00 Woodworth, Randall N.


2 00


Tuttle, George F.


2 00 Young, David E.


2 00


Tuttle, Horace C.


2 00


227 licenses at


$2 00


$454 00


40 licenses at


5 00


200 00


2 licenses at


25 00


50 00


704 00


Deduct fees-269 licenses at 20c each


53 80


650 20


Due county treasurer, 1930


1 80


$652 00


May 25, 1931-Paid county treasurer


215 40


Nov. 23, 1931-Paid county treasurer


436 60


652 00


NOTICE


All dog licenses here listed expire March 31, 1932.


Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1st or the owners or keepers thereof are liable to a fine.


The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of time of year ownership is acquired.


No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.


HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.


47


Treasurer's Report Year Ending December 31, 1931


Cash on hand


$17,892 23


Received from State Treasurer:


Highway Department


2,300 00


Highway Department


1,300 00


Highway Department


650 00


Highway Department


2,650 00


Highway Department


2,350 00


Highway Department


150 00


Highway Department


400 00


Highway Department


3,500 00


Aiding Mothers


176 26


Income of Mass. School Fund


1,565 07


For Reduction of Taxes


1,450 00


Tuition of Children


580 58


Reimbursement, loss on taxes


465 08


Income Tax


12,392 15


Corporation Tax, business


4,286 60


Corporation Tax, lights and water


343 28


Corporation Tax, Railroad, Tel. and Tel.


439 10


Trust Company Tax


80 30


National Bank Tax


38 48


State Aid


273 00


Veterans exemption


21 67


Corporation Tax, P. S.


4 67


Corporation Tax, P. S.


2 61


Corporation Tax, business County Treasurer:


109 44


Highway Department


1,300 00


Highway Department


650 00


Highway Department


2,100 00


Highway Department


550 00


Highway Department


2,350 00


Highway Department


150 00


Highway Department


400 00


Dog Tax


581 22


Miscellaneous Receipts:


Board of Health, milk licenses


10 00


Board of Health, milk licenses


10 00


Director of Standards, licenses


8 00


House of Correction, fines


19 00


First National Bank of Ayer, loan


25,000 00


48


First National Bank of Ayer, loan Selectmen. cement mixer


25 00


Board of Public Welfare, aid refunded


40 00


Boston & Maine, Hapgood Crossing fence Town of Concord, Nagog Tax Acct.


124 82


Board of Health, alcohol licenses


15 00


Director of Standards, license


8 00


F. W. Green, rental of lowering device


66 00


First National Bank of Ayer, loan


20,000 00


Library Fines


63 00


Court Fines


312 35


Nurses Collections, L. E. Frost


139 50


Selectmen, licenses


32 00


Bank Interest, Ayer


163 55


Boston & Maine, brush fires


397 35


Sealer of Weights and Measures, R. M. Littlefield


72 45


Town Hall, rent


141 30


School Tuition:


Hamilton Children


8 88


Carlisle


149 85


Boxborough


1,357 95


Cunningham Children


107 00


Boxborough


862 47


Cemetery Lots Sold:


Woodlawn


115 00


Mt. Hope


130 00


Library Transfer


502 17


Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund, transfer


459 38


Perpetual Care Transfer


$1,450 75


Luke Blanchard Fund Transfer


40 00


$120,465 40


Received of Charles A. Durkee, Collector:


1925 Adjustment Tax,


2 00


1929 Taxes,


16,429 33


1930 Taxes,


17,622 48


1931 Taxes,


55,942 29


1929 Excise Taxes,


431 96


1930 Excise Taxes,


2,397 25


1931 Excise Taxes,


4,882 34


Bank Interest,


20 16


$97,727 81


Total, Paid Selectmen's Orders,


$227,222 99


Balance on hand,


$8,862 45


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


49


$236,085 44


25.000 00


25 12


OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS


Note: Anticipation revenue, due December, 1932, $20,000 00


High School Bonds, due 1932


4,000 00


High School Bonds, due 1933 to 1945,


37,000 00


CEMETERY FUNDS


Principal funds,


$33,982 21


Unexpended balance,


4,192 18


$38,174 39


Received for Perpetual Care:


Cyrus Hayward lot, Mt. Hope,


$100 00


George B. Stockwell lot, Mt. Hope,


100 00


George W. Brigham lot, Woodlawn,


100 00


J. Davis Richardson lot, Woodlawn.


100 00


Windsor Pratt lot, Mt. Hope


75 00


Mrs. Minnie Davis lot, Woodlawn,


100 00


Thomas P. Owen lot, Woodlawn,


25 00


Charles C. Wetherbee lot, Woodlawn,


100 00


George W. Crampton lot, Mt. Hope


100 00


Mr. and Mrs. Frederic S. Mead lot. Mt. Hope


100 00


$900 00


Received Interest :


Lowell Central Savings,


$45 50


Middlesex Institution,


138 17


North Middlesex,


105 74


Maynard Trust Co.,


100 00


Assabet Institution,


33 12


Warren Institution,


99 00


East Cambridge,


95 00


Marlboro Savings,


50 00


Boston Five Cent,


80 00


Worcester North,


92 50


Home Savings,


45 00


Worcester Five Cent,


63 75


Suffolk Savings,


127 50


Athol Savings,


47 26


Water Bonds,


162 00


Hudson Savings,


31 97


Charlestown Five Cent,


75 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


75 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


15 00


50


Charlestown Five Cent, Assabet Institution,


12 50 100 00


$1,594 01


Transferred to Surplus Account,


25 40


$1.568 61


$40.643 00


Paid: Town of Acton for care of lots,


$1,450 75


Cash in:


Lowell Central Savings,


1,000 00


Middlesex Institution,


2,875 00


North Middlesex,


2,200 00


Maynard Trust Co.,


3,228 96


Assabet Institution,


728 25


Warren Institution,


2.200 00


East Cambridge,


2,000 00


Marlboro Savings,


1,000 00


Boston Five Cent,


2,000 00


Worcester North,


2,000 00


Home Savings,


1,000 00


Worcester Five Cent,


1,500 00


Suffolk Savings,


3,000 00


Athol Savings,


1,050 00


Water Bonds,


3,900 00


Hudson Savings,


1,650 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


1,500 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


1,500 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


300 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


250 00


Assabet Institution,


4,310 04


$40,643 00


CEMETERY SURPLUS


Balance,


$892 95


Interest-Assabet Institution.


39 42


Transferred from Cemetery Account,


25 40


Cash: Assabet Institution for Savings,


$957 77


$957 77


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


51


ELIZABETH WHITE FUND


Principal Fund, Unexpended Balance, Received Interest:


$25,000 00 3,346 70


Waltham Savings Bank,


90 00


Worcester North Savings,


46 25


East Cambridge Savings,


95 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


100 00


Andover Savings,


90 00


Lowell Institution for Savings,


90 00


North Middlesex Savings,


95 00


Middlesex Institution for Savings,


95 00


Worcester Five Cent,


85 00


Athol Savings,


90 00


Lawrence Savings,


80 00


Amherst Savings,


100 00


Marlboro Savings,


100 00


Hudson Savings, on income,


50 63


Assabet Institution for Savings, on income,


73 45


$29.627 03


Paid trustees orders,


$1,895 00


Cash in Waltham Savings,


2,000 00


Worcester North,


1,000 00


East Cambridge Savings,


2,000 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


2,000 05


Andover Savings,


2.000 00


Lowell Institution for Savings,


2,000 00


North Middlesex Savings,


2,000 00


Middlesex Institution for Savings,


2,000 00


Worcester Five Cent,


2,000 00


Athol Savings,


2,000 00


Lawrence Savings,


2,000 00


Amherst Savings,


2,000 00


Marlboro Savings,




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.