Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1946-1950, Part 6

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1946
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Repairs on roller


72.18


Repairs on grader


60.93


Steel bars


67.00


Burner 42.94


Chain


14.00


Gas, oil, grease


134.18


Automotive equipment


86.62


Tools


87.09


Sharpening tools


8.15


109


Blades and cutting edges


52.16


Sundry items 24.51


649.76


Power Tractor


300.00


Attachments


298.99


598.99


Snow Plow


600.00


Street Lighting


4,199.59


CHARITIES


Public Welfare


Temporary Aid :


Cash to individuals


398.50


Provisions


907.26


Fuel and light


92.72


Medical aid


190.32


Rent


127.00


Clothing


21.63


Transportation


37.50


Relief by other cities and towns


1,547.12


3,322.05


Salaries and Wages:


Benjamin Ineson, chairman


125.00


Mary Laffin


75.00


Walter Stevens


75.00


Virginia Milbery, clerk


390.26


665.26


Administration Account :


Greater Boston Community Council


of social agencies


8.00


Printing and forms


24.51


Attending meetings


50.60


Dues


4.00


87.11


Old Age Assistance :


Cash aid 22,788.18


Aid by other cities and towns 526.01


110


Federal Grant


Cash Aid 14,519.90


37,834.09


Administration Account :


Federal Aid


Salary and expenses


483.98


Aid to Dependent Children :


Cash Aid


2,065.07


Federal Grant


Cash Aid


432.50


2,497.57


Administration Account :


Federal Grant


Salary and Expenses


23.49


Soldiers' Benefits


Salary


Waldo J. Flint, agent


100.00


Expenses :


Cash Aid


597.20


Medical and Hospital


543.17


Fuel


91.28


Provisions


133.01


Travel expense


12.00


State Aid:


Cash Aid


120.00


Military Aid :


Cash Aid


160.00


1,656.66


EDUCATION


Salaries and Wages :


53,373.20


Fuel


2,779.74


Textbooks and supplies


2,805.21


Transportation


4,870.00


Vocational education


241.92


Janitors supplies, power


1,920.01


-


111


General Maintenance


1,888.14


Outlays


515.00


Library


210.71


Health


250.00


Miscellaneous expense


431.83


Mass. Teachers Retirement


231.50


69,517.26


LIBRARIES


Salaries and Wages:


Mary Lothrop, librarian


309.00


Arthur Davis, assistant librarian and binding books


110.55


Janitor


154.50


Branch librarians


218.00


792.05


Expenses :


Insurance


61.15


Heat


334.83


Lights


58.84


Transportation of books


43.00


Trimming shrubbery and new plants


75.00


Water


12.00


Paint


10.94


Cabinets and stools


30.50


Cards and printing


18.46


Care of branch library


21.60


Repairs


113.35


Sundry items


12.01


791.68


Books and Magazines


499.81


CEMETERIES


Wages:


Superintendents


1,468.80


Labor


933.65


2,402.45


Expenses :


Water 33.69


112


Gas and oil


16.37


Trucks


108.94


Repairing mowers


87.34


Cement


18.70


Flowers


30.15


Tool


122.51


Loam


10.00


Postage and telephone


18.58


Fertilizer


34.30


Sundry items


48.59


529.17


Perpetual Care


Wages:


Superintendents


782.55


Labor


447.86


Flowers


74.45


Loam


10.00


1,314.86


Luke Blanchard Fund


Care of Lot 25.00


Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund


Wages:


Superintendent


913.50


Labor


356.25


Trucks


143.00


Tar


328.42


Dust


27.70


Gasoline


7.90


Pipe and labor


26.88


Sundry items


23.76


1,827.41


UNCLASSIFIED


Unclassified Account :


Perambulating town lines 50.00


Clerk, War Records Committee 40.15


113


Blue prints


62.38


Typewriter stand


10.00


Legal advice


125.00


Signs


13.78


Delivering town reports


8.00


Writing deed


5.00


Sundry items


. 25.16


339.47


Recreation-Playgrounds :


Wages :


Labor


274.89


Trucks


50.10


Mowing and plowing


15.00


New equipment, bases, etc


40.00


Knife for mower


7.50


Gas and oil


6.59


Repairing mower


14.20


Twine


1.15


.


409.43


War Records Committee


. .


Wages :


Clerk


266.70


Cabinet


75,72


Stationery, printing and forms


156.72


Express


2.06


Expenses of committee, transporta- tion, etc.


200.00


701.20


Town Reports :


Printing 1000 reports


310.00


Bonds :


Collector of Taxes


138.75


Treasurer's


107.50


Town Clerk's


. 7.50


253.75


Town Clock


300.00


.


114


Dog Officer :


Keeping and destroying 45 dogs


180.00


Expenses


70.00


250.00


Zoning Committee :


Legal advice


150.00


Other expenses


58.60


208.60


Liability Insurance :


Premiums


761.35


Memorial Day :


Music


150.00


Transportation


30.00


Flags


15.00


Flowers and wreaths


100.65


Refreshments


11.52


Notices


2.25


309.42


Maturing Debt :


High School addition bond


1,000.00


Fire truck note


1,000.00


2,000.00


Interest on Notes and Bonds :


Interest on High School addition bond


180.00


Interest on fire truck notes


10.00


190.00


NO APPROPRIATION ITEMS


State Tax


3,250.00


State Park Tax


206.23


State Audit


575.56


County Tax


6,485.94


County Hospital Assessment


715.10


County Dog Licenses


796.00


Tax Refunds


143.07


Mass. Teachers Retirement


2,111.93


Trust Accounts


2.780.00


Trust Accounts Interest


3,613.44


Withholding Taxes


7,654.11


115


Blue Cross


202.00


28,533.38


$242,424.72


Cash Balance December 31, 1946 . .


123,633.99


$366,058.71


RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS


Selectmen's Dept. Expenses $ 25.00


Town Clerk, for recording 20.00


Election and Registration Expense 153.22


Police Dept. Officers Salary 67.00


Police Dept. Cruiser 100.00


Tree Dept. Emergency Tree Work


750.23


Cemeteries, expense 29.17


Liability Insurance


61.35


Welfare, salaries 40.26


Election and Registration, salaries


59.00


$1,305.23


Machinery Fund


Balance January 1, 1946


$ 410.58


Received from Rentals 1,000.45


Unexpended Balance from Road Machin- ery Acc't 618.63


2,029.66


Transferred to Road Machinery Acc't .. 900.00


Balance December 31, 1946 1,129.66


2,029.66


Cemetery Land Fund


Balance January 1, 1946 $ 763.35


Received from Sale of Lots 220.00


983.35


Balance December 31, 1946 $983.35


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BALANCE SHEET


December 31, 1946


Assets


Cash


$123,633.99


Accounts Receivable :


Taxes:


Levy of 1945


Polls


$ 74.00


Personal Property


494.04


Real Estate


5,426.16


5,994.20


Levy of 1946


Polls


690.00


Personal Property


2,145.78


Real Estate


17,700.21


20,535.99


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes


Levy of 1945


183.37


Levy of 1946


884 68


1,068.05


Tax Judgment


502.62


Tax Titles and Possessions


Tax Titles


1,066.16


Tax Title Possessions


346.21


1,412.37


Departmental:


County Dog Account


180.00


Welfare


636.47


State Aid


120.00


Military Aid


80.00


Aid to Dependent Children


191.12


Old Age Assistance


19.31


1,226.90


State and County Aid to Highways


State


11,114.33


County


3,000.30


Interest


White Fund


15.00


Cemetery Fund


25.00


40.00


Debt Accounts:


County Tax


85.93


State Park Tax


77.34


163.27


14,114.63


$168,692.02


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Liabilities and Reserves


Old Age Assistance Recovery


$ 361.21


Tailings Account


132.95


Withholding Tax


186.20


Blue Cross


61.15


Cemetery Land Fund


983.35


Road Machinery Fund


1,129.66


Appropriation Balances:


New Ladder Truck


$ 4,700.00


Moth Dept. to Transfer Pump


200.00


Tree Replacement


125.00


Truck Highway Dept.


4,500.00


Fluorescent Lighting


1,550.00


Fencing Goward Field


1,000.00


Postwar Works Committee


500.00


Town Forest Committee


500.00


Power Lawn Mower


200.00


Snow Fencing


200.00


Highways, Main Street


4,298.46


17,773.46


Trust Fund Income:


Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund


112.33


Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus


7,144.06


Overlays, Reserved for Abatements:


Levy of 1945


995.93


Levy of 1946


1,951.10


2,947.03


Revenue Reserved Until Collected:


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


1,068.05


Tax Title


1,412.37


Departmental


1,226.90


State & County Aid to Highways


14,114.63


17,821.95


Surplus Revenue


120.038.67


$168,692.02


118


Debt Account


Net Funded Debt


$11,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:


In Custody of Town Treasurer $205,098.30


In Custody of Trustees 3,465.54


$208,563.84


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Debt Account


School House Addition Loan


$ 11,000.00


Henry S. Raymond, Monument Fund $ 723.60


Henry S. Raymond, Cemetery Perpetual Care


1,615 75


Charlotte Conant School Fund


1,554.90


Elizabeth White Charity Fund


27,930.74


Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund


14,903.75


Wilde Memorial Library Fund


16,386.48


Actons Firemen's Relief Fund


3,676.90


West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund


687.29


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


51,612.96


Cemetery Surplus Fund 186.74


Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund


1,503.56


Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund


1,515.00


Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund


82,800 63


In Custody of Trustees:


Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund


3,465.54


$208,563.84


Respectfully submitted,


HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant


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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT


Accessions-Number of volumes in Library January 1, 1946, 21,804. Increase by purchase 245. Increase by gift 167. Total increase 412. Withdrawn from circulation, 1080. Total number of volumes in Library, January 1, 1947, 21,136.


Circulation-Number of days Library was opened, 101. Number of volumes circulated, 12,604.


Largest daily circulation, 402, January 12.


Smallest daily circulation, 26, February 27.


Daily average circulation, 104 plus.


Received from fines, sale of magazines and books and miscellaneous, $170.50.


One slight change has been made in the rules. New books remain in each Branch Library three months, instead of six months.


Last Spring, the children who were about to receive their Honor Certificates, invited their parents, teachers and the Library Trustees to attend the Celebration. It was held in the Acton Woman's Club House, and Mr. Billings, Chairman of the Board, presented certificates to about thirty-five chil- dren, several receiving two. An Honor Certificate means that a child has read and reported on twenty books, prescribed by the State. Miss Boisclair and Miss Sullivan from the Library Division of the Department of Education, came and told stories to us all. Freddie Tuttle played piano selections most creditably. ,


Last March, a Regional meeting of Librarians and Trus- tees was held in Fitchburg. Illness prevented me from at- tending. However, in October, the group met in Groton. There were about sixty present, representing thirty communities. It was decided to make the Regional meeting a definite organ- ization with two sessions a year, Spring and Fall. The pur- pose is to discuss Library problems and aspirations with those of our neighbors whose interests are similar to ours. I found the day helpful in various ways.


The increase during the year in circulation is gratifying. Suggestions about books are always welcome, although we


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cannot promise to fulfill all requests, especially as the book market stands at present. Elsewhere, the circulation is given as a unit. It may be of interest to note that we put out 8113 Fiction, 2923 Juvenile and 1568 Non-Fiction.


MARY LOTHROP


Librarian


Gifts of books have been received from the following sources; we accept these donations with thanks.


Anonymous, 6; Mrs. Maynard Harris, 1; Mr. Stuart Allen, 3; Smithsonian Institute, 1; Miss Thatcher, 1; Ruth Ann Tobin, 1; Edith McMillan, 2; Leonard D. White, 1; Chrysler Corporation, 1; Mrs. Mildred Pope Moore, 101; Dr. W. W. Forbes, 4; State of Massachusetts, 6; E. H. Washburn, 2; United States Government, 2; Scribner's Sons, 1; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., 1; Clara S. Brown, 4; E. A. Knowlton, 1; Mrs. Edgar Perkins, 1; Linda Christofferson, 1; Walter C. White, Jr., 4; Penn. R.R. Co., 1; Walter A. Stevens, 18; Mrs. J. D. Grandine, 2; State Street Trust Co., 1.


FICTION


Ainsworth, E. Allan, F. Allen, H.


Eagles Fly West


First Come, First Kill


The Forest and the Fort


Allingham, M.


Pearls before Swine


Armstrong, C.


The Unsuspected Tomorrow will Sing


Arnold, E. Bailey, H. C.


The Life Sentence


The Wrong Man


Woman on her Way


Baldwin F. Barber and Schabelitz Bassett, S. W. Baum, Vicki Bennett, M.


The Noose is Drawn The Beacon Once in Vienna


Beymer, W. G. Bishop, C.


Time to Change Hats 12:20 P.M.


Sunset Rim


122


Bottome, P. Bower, B. M.


Boyers, B. Boyers, B. & A.


Bramlette, P. & Yates, M.


Brand, Max


Bridge, Ann


Buck, P.


Burton, M.


Butler, G.


Byrd, Sam


Caldwell, T.


Campbell, G.


Campbell, H. R.


Carleton, M.


Cry Wolf He Who Whispers


Carr, J. D. Castle, M.


Chadwick, L.


Chambers, D.


Chambers, W. Chapman, H. Chase, I.


Christie, A. Christie et al. Chute, V. Clark, J. B. Cody, Al Coles, M.


Cook, Fannie Cooper, Page Cores, L.


Craig, J. Crane, F.


Crofts, F. W. Curwood, J. O. Daly, E.


The Life Line Chip of the Flying U Her Prairie Knight The Range Dwellers The White Mazurka Murder by Proxy The Widow's Walk Mountain Riders Singing Waters Pavilion of Women Not a Leg to Stand On Kiss the Blood off my Hands Hurry Home to my Heart This Side of Innocence The Higher Hill Crime in Crystal


Deborah


Baseball Joe, Pitching Wizard Death against Venus Action at World's End


I will be Good


In Bed we Cry I Love Miss Tilli Bean The Hollow


The Fifth Mystery Book Flight of an Angel The Dreamers


Empty Saddles The Fifth Man


Mrs. Palmer's Honey


. Great Horse Stories Let's Kill George The Desert Patrol


The Cinnamon Murder The Shocking Pink Hat Enemy Unseen The Country Beyond Any Shape or Form Somewhere in the House


123


Davis, L. R. de Aguirre, J. A. Deeping, W. de la Roche Deming, D.


Dent, L. Derlette, A., Ed.


de Sherbinin, B. Diamond, F. Disney, D. M. Driscoll, P. du Maurier, D.


Eberhart, M. Ernenwein, L.


Field, Peter Field, Rachel Fielding, A. M.


Finletter, G.


Ford, L. Forester, C. S. Gabriel, G. W. Gardner, C. T. Gardner, E. S.


Gilbert, A. Godden, R. Golding, L. Grafton, C. W. Green, Anne Green, J. Grey, Z. Halleran, E. E. Hastings, D. G. Heggen, T. Henriques, R. Holbrook, M. Holding, E. S. Holton, E. A.


Evidence Unseen Escape via Berlin Reprieve return to Jalna Pam Wilson, R.N. Dead at the Take-Off


Who Knocks ?


The Challenged Land


Murder Rides a Rocket


Who Rides a Tiger


My Felicia Frenchman's Creek


The King's General


Five Passengers from Lisbon


Fullet Breed


Rio Renegade


The End of the Trail


All This and Heaven, Too


The Mayfair Squatters


From the Top of the Stairs


Honolulu Story Lord Hornblower


Love from London


Bones Don't Lie


Case of the Backward Mule


Case of the Borrowed Brunette


The D.A. Breaks a Seal


The Scarlet Button The River


The Glory of Elsie Silver


The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope


Just before Dawn


The Closed Garden


The Mysterious Rider


Double Cross Trail


Death at the Depot Mister Roberts


Home Fires Burning


Crime Wind The Innocent Mrs. Duff Times and the Hour


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Hough, H. B. Howard, E. M. Howe, Helen Huggins, R. Hugo, V. Hull, Helen Hunter, Ruth


Irvine, Helen D.


James, Will


Janney, R.


Jennings, John


Jones, G. and C.


Jones, T.


Jordan, M.


Kelland, C. B.


Kelsey, V.


Kent, L. A. King, Rufus


Knight, K. M. Krims, M. Kuhn, Rene


La Farge, C.


Lavin, Mary


Lehman, Paul E. Leslie, J. brook, G. H. Lockridge, R. & Esta-


Logan, Louise Longstreth, T. Morris Lothar, Ernst Lyttle, J. Macardle, Dorothy McCracken, H. McCullers, C. McCully, W. MacDonald, B. MacInness, H. Mackinnon, Allan McSorley, E.


Roosters Crow in Town Before the Sun Goes Down We Happy Few The Double Take Hunchback of Notre Dame Hawk's Flight Come Back on Tuesday 77 Willow Road


Smoky The Miracle of the Bells Salem Frigate Peabody's Mermaid Skinny Angel


One Red Rose Forever


The Land of the Torreones Fear Came First Country Mouse The Deadly Dove Museum Piece No. 13 Trouble at Turkey Hill Dude Ranch


34 Charlton


The Sudden Guest The House on Clewe Street West of the Wolverine Two Faced Murder


Death in the Mind Nurse Merton Comes Home Two Rivers Meet in Concord Beneath Another Sun Sheila Lacey The Unforeseen The Great White Buffalo The Member of the Wedding Blood on Nassau's Moon The Egg and I Horizon


Money on the Black Our Own Kind


125


Mallette, G. E. Marquand, J. P. Marquis, D. Marshall, B.


Martin, A. E. Maugham, S.


Meredith, Anne Milne, A. A.


Montgomery, R. G.


Moore, Ruth


Neumann, Alfred


Neumann, Robert


Nichols, M.


Always with Me


The Mink Coat


Blood of Kings


Those Other People


Storm Tide


Green Grass of Wyoming


They Change their Skies


Through Purple Glass Wilderness Adventure


Page, E. Paine, R. D.


Partridge, Bellamy Player, R.


Powell, R. Punshon, E. R.


Queen, Ellery


Raine, W. M. Rand, A. Reilly, H. Reisner, M. Remarque, E. M. Richter, C.


Rinehart, M. R. Roark, G. Rosman, A. G. Saroyan, William Schmitt, G.


Once is Forever B.F.'s Daughter Archy's Life of Mehitabel The World, The Flesh and Father Smith Death in the Limelight Of Human Bondage


Then and Now


Home is the Heart


Chloe Marr


Rough Riders, Ho!


Spoonhandle


Six of Them


The Inquest


Norris, K. Nye, N. C. O'Donnell, M. K.


Ogilvie, E.


O'Hara, M. Osborne, L. P.


The Golden Table January Thaw - The Ingenious Mr. Stone Shoot, if you Must Secrets Can't be Kept


The Queen's Awards


Clattering Hoofs The Fountainhead Murder on Angler's Island


Mirror of Delusion The Arch of Triumph The Fields The Trees The Yellow Room The Wake of the Red Witch The Sixth Journey The Adventures of Wesley Jackson David the King


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Scott, Jessie Scott, Sir Walter Seifert, E. Seth-Smith, E.


Seton, A.


Shapiro, H.


Shappiro, Herbert


Sharp, M.


Britannia Mews


Shepard, O. & W.


Shute, N.


Most Secret Wasteland Dragon Harvest


Sinclair, Upton


Slaughter, F. G.


In a Dark Garden


Spinelli, M.


Assignment without Glory


Stagge, J.


Death's Old Sweet Song The Four Graces


Stevenson, D. E.


Stevenson, R. L.


Stewart, C. P.


Stowman, K.


Strobel, M.


Tabori, G.


Beneath the Stone


Tarkington, B.


Taylor, E.


Taylor, P. A.


Thirkell, A.


Thompson, E. B.


Monsieur Beaucaire At Mrs. Lippincote's The Asey Mayo Trio Miss Bunting American Daughter The White Tower


Ullman, J. R.


Upfield, A. W.


Death of a Swagman


Vance, E.


Winter Meeting Sarah Mandrake


Wakeman, F. Waldeck, Countess


Lustre in the Sky A Lost Hero


Waugh, E.


Brideshead Revisited


Wentworth, P.


Werfel, F.


West, J.


The Friendly Persuasion Peony Trouble Trail


West, K.


West, Tom


Weston, C.


Widdemer, M.


The Charity Ball Ivanhoe Old Doc


Vagabonds All


The Turquoise


High Pockets


The Texan


Holdfast Gaines


Sinclair, Jo.


Fables


Her Husband's House With Cradle and Clock Kiss and Kill


Wadelton, M. O.


The Hucksters


Ward, E. S. P.


Pilgrim's Rest


Star of the Unborn


The Dark Wood Constancia Herself


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Wilder, M. B. Wilder, Robert Wilder, W. B. Wilson, P. W. Wodehouse, P. G. Yerby, F.


Hurry up and Wait Written on the Wind Grandfather Objects Black Tarn Joy in the Morning The Foxes of Harrow


NON-FICTION


Albright & Taylor Alekhin, A.


American Guide Series


Augur, H.


Baker, Louise


Beck, P.


Behan, John M.


Bromfield, L.


Burgess, F. W.


Burt, S. Capen, L. I. Carlisle, N.


Jewelry Philadelphia Across the Ages


The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading


Washington Tapestry


Man Eaters of Kumaon


Middle East Diary


Curtis and Greenslet, Eds. The Practical Cogitator


Dana, R. H., Jr. Davis, W. A.


Two Years before the Mast


Town of Lunenburg, Proprietors' Records Early Records of Town of Lunenburg Radar


The Golden Carpet An Airman's Odyssey


Anthology of Hunting Adventures


Donn Fendler Third N. H. Volunteers


Field, Carter


Foster, E. Fowler, G.


Oh ! Ranger My Best Game of Chess


Rhode Island Passage to Glory


Out on a Limb


C.ementine in the Kitchen


Dogs of War


A Few Brass Tacks


Clapper, O. E.


Corbett, J. E.


Coward, Noel


de Chair, S. d'e Saint Exupery Dunlap, O. E., Jr. Editorial Staff of Outdoor Life Egan, J. B., Ed. Eldredge, D.


Bernard Baruch The Islanders A Solo in Tom-toms


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Fowler, H. W.


Fox, E. A. Gould, John Gould, R. E. Greenslet, F.


Harlow, A. F. Harper Bros. Hawkridge, E.


Hibben, F. C.


Howard, J. T., Ed.


Hrdlicka, A. Hubbell, R. Institutional


Irvine, E. E., Ed.


State Street Trust Co. Jacobson, E., M.D. Kane and Atkinson Knowlton, E. A.


Kravchenko, V. Lamont, T. W. Landon, E. Lengyel, E. Liebman, J. L. Litchfield, P. W. Ludwig, E.


Dictionary of Modern English Usage Parliamentary Usage


Farmer Takes a Wife Yankee Storekeeper The Lowells and their Seven Worlds Steelways of N. E. School Geography The Wisdom Tree


Lost Americans Treasury of Stephen Foster Alaskan Diary


Television Smithsonian Report Littleton Town Records to 1850 1945 Journal of the House of Representatives 1945 Journal of the Senate Annual Report of the Library of Congress 1944 Annual Proceedings V.F.W. Dept., Mass. 1945 Acts and Resolves of Mass. istory of Mass. Com. on Public Safety


Annual Proceedings of the Ameri- can Legion, 1944, Mass. 1946 World Almanac and Book of Facts


Some Statues of Boston You Must Relax Thoreau's Walden History of West Acton Baptist Church I Chose Freedom My Boyhood in a Parsonage Picture Framing Dakar Peace of Mind Autumn Leaves The Son of Man


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Mc William Massengill, S. E. Michell, E. V. Mulac, M. E. Papashvily, G. and H. Penn. R.R. Co.


Pitkin, Walter B. Poole, E.


Pyle, Ernie


Redway, J. W.


Rich, L. D.


Happy the Land


Westward the Women


Training You to Train Your Dog


Scott, Col. Robert L., Jr.


Seagrave, G. S., M.D.


Burma Surgeon Returns


Sedgwick, E.


The Happy Profession


Shiber, Etta


Paris Underground


Smith, C. P.


The Housatonic


Kitchens Near and Far


Basic Manual of Military Small Arms Electrons in Action


Stokley, James


Stout, W. W.


Bullets by the Billion


Sugrue, T., Ed.


Starling of the White House


Swanson, N. H.


The Perilous Fight


Swift, M. Temple, Shirley


Secrets of Magic My Young Life


Van Paassen, P.


Earth Could be Fair


Upstream and Down


Shot Guns-All Types


The Colorado Prekaska's Wife


Wheaton, H. Wheeler, K.


We are the Wounded


Civil Service in Wartime


Autobiography of Wm. Allen White


Williams, H. L. and O. K. Old American Houses


JUVENILE


Averill, E. Bannon, L.


The Cat Club Red Mittens


Southern California Country A Sketch of Medicine & Pharmacy Great Fishing Stories The Game Book Yes and No Stories One Hundred Years of Transpor- tation Progress Life Begins at Forty


The Great White Hills of N. H.


Last Chapter


Butler's Complete Geography


Ross, N. W.


Saunders, B.


Runway to the Sun


Smith, H. Smith, W. H. B.


Walden, Howard T., 2d War Dept. Waters, Frank


White, Leonard D., Ed.


White, Wm. Allen


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Beim, L. and J. Benchley, B. J. Bennet, D. A. Black, I. S.


Bleecker, Mary N. Bonner, M. G. Brink, C. R. Brooks, W. R.


Bryant, B.


Burns, E. E.


Burtis, T.


Byrnes, Gene


Cavanah, F.


Conger, E. M.


Coughlan and O'Donnell


Credle, Ellis


Creswick, Paul Dalgliesh, A.


de Angeli, M. Dean, G. M. Disney, Walt Dixon, F. W.


Duplaix, L.


Eaton, A. T. Evans, K.


Farley, W. Finley, M. Forbes, E. Ford, M. Freeman, M. and L. Friskey, M.


Gates and Huber Haywood, C.


Sasha and the Samovar Shirley Visits the Zoo The Golden Almanac Barbara's Birthday Big Music Something Always Happens Magical Melons To and Again


Freddy and Mr. Camphor Trudy Terrill The Story of Great Inventions


Rex Lee, Gypsy Flyer


Dogs Benjy of Boston


Ships of the Fleet


The Wishing Well


Johnny and his Mule


Robin Hood


Along Janet's Road


Reuben The Silver Pencil


Bright April


Agent Nine


Surprise Package


The Mark on the Door


The Sinister Sign-Post The White Bunny with his Magic Nose The Animals' Christmas The Ladybug who Couldn't Fly Home The Black Stallion Returns


Elsie's Girlhood


America's Paul Revere


David and the Magic Powder


Fun with Chemistry


Chicken Little Count-to-Ten Tad Lincoln and the Green Umbrella Round the Year Penny and Peter


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Hill, M. B. Jackson, K. and B. Lattimore, E. F. L'Hommedieu, D. K. Leighton, M. C. Lenski, L. Mabie, P.


McAdoo, E. W. McDonald, G. MacKay, R. Mathews, B.


Medary, M. Merwin, D. Nazaroff, A. Norton, Mary Perrault


Pope, E. Ruskin, John Sawyer, R.


Shapiro, I. Sherman, H. M. Sherwood, Bob Silliman, L. Snell, R. J. Stevens, R. M. Stevenson, A. Street, A. Tarry, E. and Ets, M. H. Tenggren, G. Thurber, J. Tomlinson, E. T. Tope, H. Travers, P. L. Walpole, E. W. Willis, F.


Roddy Meets the Circus Farm Stories First Grade Robbie, the Brave Little Collie


Secret of the Closed Gate


Blue Ridge Billy The Little Duck who Loved the Rain Julia and the White House


The Little Island


Just Like Me The Splendid Quest


The Store at Criss-Cross Corners Time for Tammie


Land of the Russian People


The Magic Bed-Knob The Story of Little Red Riding Hood


The Biggety Chameleon


The King of the Golden River Christmas Anna Angel This Way to Christmas Casey Jones and Locomotive #638 It's a Pass ! Here we are Again


The Scrapper


The Hidden Trail


Zipper the Zany Sam Houston Land of the English People


My Dog Rinty Mother Goose


The Great Quillow Winning his W


Whoa, Ginger!


Mary Poppins Opens the Door The Golden Dictionary Amber Clover


132 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


The Board of Health of Acton herewith submits its report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1946, together with the annual report of the Agent and Inspector of Slaughtering.


There were fifty-eight cases of contagious diseases re- ported to the Board of Health during the year. These are divided as follows :


Chicken Pox 7


Tuberculosis


2


German Measles 6


Measles


4


Mumps 21


Whooping Cough


2


Gonorrhea 2


Cat Bite 1


Dog Bite 13


The diphtheria clinic was held at the schools, as in recent years, and many took advantage of this opportunity.


It becomes necessary on and after January 1, 1947, to establish the fee of $1.00 per visit for Public Health Nursing Services, to be paid to the nurse at the time of receiving such services.


Due to the added expense of an indefinite tuberuclosis case at the Middlesex Sanitorium and a necessary increase in the salary of the Nurse, we recommend an increase of $1000 or a total appropriation of $5000.00 for the use of this Board for 1947.


DEATHS


Residents of Acton 26


Residents of other places 2


Occurring in Acton 18


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Occurring in other places 10


Burial permits issued 20


Respectfully submitted,


BOARD OF HEALTH ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS O. L. Clark, Chairman L. H. Cram H. Leusher


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


To the Board of Health Town of Acton.


Gentlemen :


I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering from Jan. 1, 1946 to Dec. 31, 1946.


Sheep


10


Beef


6


Hogs 31


Condemned None


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST E. ALLSOPP, Inspector of Slaughtering.


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REPORT OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : Gentlemen :


We respectfully submit the report of the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1946.




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