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1 2
Jan. 27 Murphy, John J.
43
4
22
Feb. 12 St. Pierre, Jean Baptiste
82
4
4
Feb. 14 Branley, Michael J.
86
7
16
Feb. 24
Stone, George
93
6
14
Mar. 12
Kavanaugh, William
70
5
5
Mar. 14 Libbey, Richard H.
69
10
24
Mar. 20 Lord, Elizabeth (Cheyne)
71
10
15
Mar.
23
Whitcomb, Waldo E.
89
9
26
Mar.
29
Hoar, John S.
90
0
25
Mar.
31
Mackinnon, Foster R.
62
2
28
April 15
Parish, Florence
66
0
0
April 18
Harwood, Richard M.
49
10
6
May
8
Marsolais, Charles Henry
77
9
26
May
10
Bibbey, Wallace Alonzo
53
8
0
May
12
Whitcomb, Frank S.
85
10
19
May
19
Fiske, Bertha M.
80
0
18
June
3
Davis, Ilzadie (Jordan)
72
6
29
June 6 Helley, Anna Marie
63
8
30
June 15 Christian, James W.
80
3
27
July
4 Fogg, John J., Jr.
82
5
29
July 5
Penney, Mary A.
84
4
23
July
6 Downey, Chester M.
60
11
18
July
7 Dunn, William Shepherd
86
4
12
July
20
Caldwell, Edith (Massie)
53
3
11
July
26
Harrison, Marion Emma (Vining) 69
87
11
3
Aug. 12
Coughlin, Paul Anthony
48
9
13
Aug. 17
Seiders, Ettalena (Holmes)
73
11
28
Aug. 23 Duren, Florence (Merriam)
63
11
13
Aug. 24
Beebe, Inez Florence
85
10
26
Aug. 26
Engman, Matilda
79
5
25
Aug. 30
Reed, Marion (Cole)
54
11
12
Sept. 1 Iasevoli, Domenico
76
10
18
Sept.
8 Doyle, Henry Kip
75
9
17
11
4
Aug.
4 Handley, Millard Johnson
94
Sept. 25
Reed, Margaret A. (Caldwell)
60
1
24
Oct. 11 Balcom, Cecil
63
7
23
Nov. 20
Putnam, Flora Weston (Towle)
80
10
1
Nov. 21 Starck, Anna Louisa (Skold)
79
9
1
Nov. 27 Fowler, Nathaniel
71
0
0
Dec. 10 Fitzgerald, James
74
8
22
Dec. 18
Prentiss, Abraham Sylvanus
69
4
0
Dec. 25
Flaherty, Emma (Lovett)
68
0
0
95
NON-RESIDENT BURIALS IN 1954
Death
Name
Age Y. M. D
Place of Death
Place of Burial
Dec. 28
Bennett, Carolyn A.
82
3
9
Somerville, Mass.
Jan. 19
Blois, Edwin G.
73
0
0 Newton, N. H.
Nov. 2
Brown, Robert Cornell
74
0 0 Lakewood, Ohio
May 8
Chittenden, Louise W.
54
10
29
Boston, Mass.
July 21
Davis, Robert I.
79
0
0
Chelsea, Mass.
Woodlawn
June 21
Farrar, Fred W.
86
1
24
Somerville, Mass.
Woodlawn
Oct.
9
Fossett, Nellie J.
79
10
14
Somerville, Mass.
Woodlawn
Dec. 21
Hall, Edgar H.
93
8
26
Hopedale, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Mar. 28
Harris, Elwyn W.
84
1
0
Ayer, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Dec. 11
Jefferies, Martha E.
74
0
0
Worcester, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Mar. 9 Kolb, William J.
57
7
8
Tokoma Park, Maryland
Woodlawn Woodlawn
May 11 Lenk, Oscar C.
81
11
6
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 20
Libby, Maud C.
71
0
0
Portland, Maine
Mt. Hope Woodlawn
Sept. 21
Millman, Christopher
73
0
0
Westboro, Mass.
Sept. 5 Patterson, Emily A.
67
10
30
Concord, Mass.
Woodlawn Woodlawn
Sept. 11
Raymond, Henry S.
88
3
24
Lexington, Mass.
Jan. 18 Reed, Robert G.
85
0
0
Southern Pines, N. C.
Mt. Hope
May
8
Reed, Sarah H.
88
0
0
Southern Pines, N. C.
Mt. Hope
Sept. 23
Rogers, Blanche I.
72
2 29
Boston, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Woodlawn Woodlawn Woodlawn Mt. Hope
96
Jan. 14
Schofield, Harris D.
68
8
20 Waltham, Mass.
Sept. 23 Teele, Alice M.
74
8
5
Newtonville, Mass.
Jan. 9 Thompson, Charlotte A.
90
2
1 Stow, Mass.
Jan. 15 Turnbull, Mabel G.
64
0
0
Hartford, Conn.
Aug. 27 Tripp, Nellie M.
82
3
0
Groton, Mass.
Aug. 23 Wesinger, Jeanne R.
1
7
0 Sudbury, Mass.
May 13 Whitcomb, Mary Ella
80
10
19 Clinton, Mass.
April 2
Wolfe, Ellsworth T.
44
5
0 Concord, Mass.
Woodlawn Mt. Hope Woodlawn Mt. Hope Woodlawn
Mt. Hope Mt. Hope Woodlawn
Omitted in 1953
97
May 28
Wetherbee, Annie R.
91 5 21 Concord, Mass.
Mt. Hope
NOTICE
All dog licenses here listed EX- PIRE MARCH 31, 1955.
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.
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LIST OF PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1954
Owner
Tag No.
Albert A. Cook 38
Marcia Reed
1
Walter B. Newsham 39
Flora W. Putnam
2
Lucille Cunningham 40
Dewey E. Boatman
3
Quienten Banks
41
F. Wendell Putnam
4
Lowell Cram
42
Fred S. Kennedy
5
Buxton Poultry Service,
Fred S. Kennedy
6
Inc.
43
David Gates
7
Barbara C. Motley
44
Thelma Blood
8
Mildred Pope Moore
45
John Duston
9
Mildred Pope Moore
46
James Murgatroyd
10
Hazel Hughes
47
Louis Flerra
11
Margaret A. Reed
48
Joanne Flerra
12
Benjamin F. Rice
49
Mary Dubee
13
Elwyn Hollowell
50
Robert M. Bowen
14
Hilda Anderson
51
Hazel G. Blanchard
15
Charles Liebfried
52
Ann Ogilvie
16
David Tinker
53
Ann Ogilvie
17
Edwin Anderson
54
Frederick W. Hopkins
18
Raymond Stinson
55
Frederick W. Hopkins
19
Martha T. Oakes
56
Aubrey C. Kretschmar
20
Carl C. Flint
57
Clare Wait
21
Albert L. Haynes
58
William H. McMahon
22
Roland O. Livermore
59
Nancy Leslie
23
Roland O. Livermore
60
Charles M. MacRae
24
Evelyn Anderson
61
Ralph E. Whitney
25
Mrs. Henry M. Anderson
62
William Flagg
26
James H. Anderson
63
Irving S. Duren, Sr.
27
Karen A. Anderson
64
June McIntosh
28
H. Stuart MacGregor
65
June McIntosh
29
H. Stuart MacGregor
66
Raymond F. Letts
30
H. Stuart MacGregor
67
Chris Hallos
31
George J. Raymond
68
E. S. Walcott
32
Roscoe Sawyer
69
Donald W. Parker
33
Arthur S. Desmond
70
Thomas McPhee
34
Herbert Leusher
71
Donald C. Moody
35
Clarence Turner
72
Kay M. Graham
36
Edmond McNiff
73
William T. Kelley
37
Lawrence Donnelly
74
99
Lawrence Donnelly
75
Glenna Wise 115
Thomas R. Doyle
76
Robert Farquhar 116
Donald A. Anderson
77
Cecil Balcom 117
Carrie F. Wells
78
Cecil Balcom 118
Edward R. Kelley 79
Albert Blanchard 119
W. Gardner Walker
80
Lucretia Conheeney
120
W. Gardner Walker
81
Thomas L. Stoffle, Jr. 121
John T. Sleeper
82
Louis Schwaab
122
Howard A. Hollis
83
Louis Schwaab
123
Fred Lloyd
84
Eric Froberg
124
Carl Schontag
85
Elizabeth Morrison
125
Arno H. Perkins
86
Elizabeth Morrison
126
Doris Nealey
87
Leo White
127
William J. Scanlon
88
George Turnbull
128
George W. Loggie
89
William McNiff
129
Edward R. Bailey
90
John Torkelsen
130
Joseph H. Lemoine
91
Anthony Hill
131
John I. Swenson
92
Alice W. Mortimer
132
John I. Swenson
93
Ralph H. Prescott
133
Elizabeth Weyn
94
Otis J. Reed
134
Theodore Weyn
95
John F. Canessa
135
Norman G. Collins
96
Bruce L. Larsen
136
Steven Sweetser
97
Norman Hollowell
137
Andrew J. Mariotte
98
Norman Hollowell
138
Howard R. Edwards
99
Leslie J. Sturdevant
139
Harold C. White
100
David A. Wilson
140
Richard Clark
101
Geraldene Prentiss
141
John P. Fowler
102
Wentworth Prentiss
142
Edward Bursaw
103
Capt. Harold A. Warren, Jr. 143
Robert Ey
104
John Thomas
105
Frederick W. Abbt 144
Orwald Kienow 145
Margaret Murray
146
Ellen C. Leveroni
147
Arthur Jalonen
108
Ralph C. Choate
148
Jane H. Marsh
109
A. J. Walther
110
Fred Richards 150
Edgar Peterson
111
Charles F. Greenough 151
Louis J. Lacourse
112
Dr. Paul P. Gates
152
Jeanette B. Reynolds
113
Vivian M. McGray 153
John Caouette
114
Joseph S. Mercurio
154
.
Martha Winslow
106
Caroline and Robert Bowen
107
Thomas Harris 149
100
Russell Davis 155
Harrington Moore 195
Howard Hendrickson
156
Craig Lundberg 196
Howard Hendrickson 157
John A. C. Kimball 197
Edward Forbes
158
Tony Perry
198
David Ringland 159
Tony Perry
199
David Ringland
160
Joseph Perry
200
Michael J. Walsh
161
Craig Collins
201
Susan Thompson
162
Stanley Reed
202
Frederick F. Lawrence Jr.
Ellsworth Lank
203
163
Vaughn Allen
204
Alvin A. Klauer
164
Vaughn Allen
205
Charles E. Derby
165
Harold Day
206
Edgar A. Perkins, Jr.
166
Richard Sisson
207
Joyce Wilkes
167
Alice Pederson
208
Dorothy Wattu
168
George MacNeil
209
Adolph Wattu
169
Margaret Larrabee
210
Kathleen W. Sheppard
170
Guy Bonfiglio
211
Mrs. George Gilbert
171
Walter W. Custance
212
David Flint
172
Kenneth Jewell
213
Benjamin Plume
173
Robert M. Stow
214
Priscilla May Harris
174
Henry Hickey
215
Robin Darling
175
Henry Hickey
216
Wm. Henry Soar
176
John Lindfors
217
Albert C. Gravlin
177
Ronald E. Crocker
218
Abert C. Gravlin
178
Irving S. Duren Jr.
219
John Nyman
179
Elmer E. Hill
220
Andrew J. Rein
180
Robert J. Young
221
Walter N. Stevenson
181
Robert J. Young
222
Frederick Micklay
182
Robert E. Woodbine
228
Jacquelyn Perry
183
Frederick S. Whitcomb 224
Edward Lawton
184
Frederick S. Whitcomb 225
Ethel D. Roche
185
William E. Harper
226
Fred Willett
186
William L. Chipman
227
Robert Willett
187
Harold Y. Banquer
228
Fred Heyliger
188
Harold Y. Banquer
229
Ralph Parsons
189
Edwin A. Hall
230
Charles Albright
190
Alden C. Flagg Jr.
231
Safford P. Sweatt
191
Marilyn Clark
232
Paul McPherson
192
Richard F. Lane
233
John Stevens Jr.
193
Roland D. H. Keith
234
John Stevens
194
John E. Wetherbee
235
101
Curtiss Briggs 236
Bernard Kinsella 277
Harold Nickerson
237
Matthew Freeman 278
Jack R. Stevens
238
Ruth A. Lythcott
279
John F. Hekkala Jr.
239
William S. Jones
280
Arthur Lowden
240
Martin Duggan
281
Arthur P. Reynolds
241
Clinton S. Curtis
282
Rose Snyer
242
Harold A. Warren
283
Harold C. Parish
243
Leo Roche
284
Edward M. Ferry
244
Edwin A. Anderson
285
Francis E. Moyer
245
Joseph Curtis
286
Stanley Veasie
246
Joseph Curtis
287
Anthony W. Horn
247
Raymond L. Hatch
288
Forrest E. Bean
248
Ben C. Smalley
289
Forrest E. Bean
249
Ben C. Smalley
290
Michael J. Britt
250
Woodbury Stevens
291
William Cobleigh Jr.
251
Winston K. Newman
292
Ethel C. Robbins
252
Gerry LeBlanc
293
William Lehtinen
253
Stanley J. Olsen
294
Miriam D. McCabe
254
Ormal S. Laffin
295
William Pyrro
255
Peter Cioffi
296
Sherman W. Frost
256
Walter Ballard
297
Warren E. Hartwell
257
Philip S. Newell
298
Betty Kirkpatrick
258
Diane and Janet Nedza 299
John M. Pettingell
259
William D. Tuttle
300
Eveyn Y. Inman
260
William D. Tuttle
301
Macolm Fullerton
261
Charles Galluzo
302
Robert K. Smith
262
Calazero Galluzzo
303
Robert K. Smith
263
Calazero Galluzzo
304
Carrie Baker
264
Clifford A. Schofield
305
Wilmer E. Laffin
265
H. Daniel Flanagan
306
Albert J. Kroon
266
Ernest A. Magoon
307
John L. Fletcher
267
Vincent Paradis
268
John Brown
308
John Onslow
269
Harold Taintor
309
John Onslow
270
Thomas W. Cole
310
John Onslow
271
Thomas W. Cole
311
William J. Phillips
272
Thomas C. Searle
312
Ian Mott
273
George Pederson
313
John Lehto
274
Allen Murray
314
Wilbur E. Marston
275
Matthew Costello
315
Modesto M. Simeone
276
Helen A. Knowlton
316
102
Norman E. Livermore 317
Bruce W. Hamblin 358
Albert Goddard 318
Bengt H. Tornell 359
Stephen French 319
Joyce Ann Jackson 360
Martha French
320
Kenneth T. Blood
361
Charles Harrison
321
Leonard A. Godfrey Jr. 362 Crimens Pacy 363
Benjamin Bancroft 323
Lawrence Kelley
364
Clesson Bancroft
324
Melville Thompson
365
Charles E. Bartlett
325
Walter H. Ohnesorge
366
Thomas E. Wetherbee
326
Ervin E. Fitzsimmons
367
Ralph Peterson 327
Ethel L. Todd
368
Marion Hayes
328
Stuart W. Frazier
369
Frank H. Turner
329
Elizabeth Weyn
370
Fraser Laffin
330
Emma L. Twyford
371
William Kendall Jr. 331
Lloyd E. Williamson
372
Robert W. Kendall
332
Eileen Aalto
373
Steven H. Lever
333
George C. Rolfe
374
Warren P. Moland
334
Edward Mann
375
Scott Arthur
335
Leonard Lee Lester
376
Edward Shaw
336
Charles W. Benson
377
Earl Spinney
337
William McNulty
378
Wilson Bursaw
338
Wiliam A. Massie Jr.
379
Jane A. Day
339
Albert Jackson 380
John McK. Whittier
340
Arthur Conquest
381
Ivan R. Wold 341
Arthur Conquest
382
Robert E. Clapp
342
Thomas L. Snow
383
Safford P. Sweatt
343
Frank I. Averett
384
Henry Young
344
Frank I. Averett 385
Elizabeth T. Morrison
345
Pat Mascariello
386
David A. Barry
346
Mrs. Henry Woodhead 387
Irene B. Murphy 347
Helen G. Hollowell
388
Robert E. Murphy Jr.
348
John J. Downey
389
David E. Driscoll
349
Harold M. Richardson
350
Frederick J. Strate
351
391
Alfred Young 352
Dan E. Dulaney
392
Richard J. O'Neil
353
George Wetherbee 393
.James H. Conquest
354
Dr. John Albright
394
Walter Perrault
355
Walter Liebfried 395
Albert W. Wunderly
356
John F. Coughlin 396
Dan A. Wilson
357
Clifford E. Armstrong 397
103
John J. Downey 390
Mrs. Arthur H. Armstrong
Charles Harrison 322
Joseph Hryniewich 398
Charles H. Bumpus Jr. 420
George Clahane
399
Jean Hurley 421
Edward J. Higgins
400
Everett M. Maynes 422
George Ryan
401
Carolyn Hope 423
Fred Ratta 402
William Flannery 424
Lewis R. Kent
403
Albert Braman 425
John H. King Jr.
404
Dr. W. F. Davis
426
Allen N. Rodday
405
Thomas Murphy 427
Helen W. Richmond
406
Russell Jones Jr.
428
Evelyn Cozzo 407
Mrs. R. T. B. Davison 429
Lucy Newport
408
Albert W. Connors
409
John W. Putnam
410
W. Lawrence Marshall Jr.
411
W. Lawrence Marshall Jr.
412
Carlton Sawyer 436
Horace B. Butler
413
Margaret T. Halloran
437
Rose Marie DiDuca
414
Mrs. Robert North
438
Rose Marie DiDuca
415
Mark Imbimbo
416
Irwin O'Neal 440
Robert W. Annable
417
Donnell W. Boardman 418
David Fielding 441
Frank H. Weatherby 419
Linda Christofferson 442
$10.00 Kennel
George A. Wilkes X1
Ronald McGerigle X7
Mrs. Henry M. Anderson X2
Frances Priest X8
Edward B. Mckinley X3
Alice LaTulippe X9
Edith V. Davis X4
Carl W. Flint X10
Charles Judd Farley X5
John E. Moore Jr. X11
Edward A. Poor X6
Alfred Mariano
X12
$25.00 Kennel
$50.00 Kennel
Mrs. Charles D. Gray X11 Patrick Palmer X16
Arthur Fraser
X17
385 Licenses at $2.00
$ 770.00
59 Licenses at $5.00
295.00
12 Licenses at $10.00
120.00
Mrs. R. T. B. Davison 430
Howland Parker 431
Howland Parker
432
William R. Horton
433
Mrs. W. B. Comegys 434
Roberta Davis 435
Howard L. Jones 439
104
1 Låcense at $25.00
2 Licenses at $50.00
25.00 100.00
$1310.00
Deduct fees 459 Licenses at 20c
91.80
Paid to Town Treasurer
$1218.20
REVISED JURY LIST - 1954
Precinct I
Mary L. Sleeper, 64 Concord Rd., housewife E. Wilson Bursaw, 23 Newtown Rd., oil business
Edmond J. McNiff, 29 Maple Ave., pressman Lawrence W. Bennett, 366 Main St., carpenter Gordon E. Westby, 32 Concord Rd., banker Waldo V. Langille, 37 Hosmer St., file clerk George W. Newton, 518 Great Rd., Well and Pump service Edward B. Mckinley, 92 Nagog Hill Rd., U.S.A. Retired Eleanor L. Olsen, Hayward Rd., housewife Helen Pederson, 87 Newtown Rd., switchboard operator Walter L. Perreault, off Concord Rd., laboratory technician
Precinct II
Eleanor G. Tuttle, Prospect St., housewife Dorothy E. Turner, 18 Maple St., housewife James H. Connolly, Prospect St., meat cutter Warren P. Moland, 294 School St., electrical engineer Ervin D. Putnam, 274 School St., carpenter Anthony J. Ansley, 14 Stow St., salesman Edward H. Bentsen, 74 School St., sheet metal
Thomas W. Curtin, 66 Maple St., lithographer J. Alton Dingee, 1 Martin St., craneman H. Calvin Gaebel, 8 Piper Lane, salesman Margaret F. Heath, 74 Main St., clerk Harold F. Nordberg, 62 Main St., auditor
Forrest E. Bean, Jr., 40 Wood Lane, beef merchandiser
Precinct III
Martin J. Duggan, 320 Arlington St., male nurse 1
Waldo J. Flint, 142 Central St., pharmacist
105.
David E. Worrall, 16 Mohawk Dr., tube grinder Harry F. Warner, Hayward Rd., postal clerk : .
Margaret B. Miney, 402 Central St., housewife George M. Dick, Jr., Charter Rd., tree worker Victor E. Cornellier, 280 Arlington St., salesman Frederick A. Harris, 15 Church St., granite worker Edward S. Boyden, 538 Mass. Ave., heating engineer Benjamin H. Webster, 28 Mohawk Dr., instructor Lawrence J. Thibault, Jr., 21 Orchard Dr., supervisor Richard Sisson, Hayward Rd., builder
REPORT OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Acton, Massachusetts.
The Acton Civil Defense Agency herewith submits its report for the year 1954.
After six months of undertaking to establish a voluntary, efficient organization that could cope with any disaster, mili- tary or natural, considerable progress has been made. A com- mand post, the nerve center of C.D. in any emergency, has been set up in the basement of the new school building ready to go into operation at any moment. Radio equipment enabling Town communications plus regional equipment to contact other towns in our sector will be installed in the near future.
Auxiliary Rescue, Fire and Police units have been formed and trained, first aid courses are now under way and a Radio- logical team has been formed and will receive equipment from the State soon.
Much has to be done to remove the apathy of the citizenry toward the importance of this program to their families and the Town.
One noticeable failure has been the Ground Observer Tower which for many reasons has not been a success, your C.D. Agency has several plans in mind that may help that situation.
I could not conclude this report without offering my thanks to the Board of Selectmen and the School Depart- ment for their help and the many courtesies extended this
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organization.
The Acton Civil Defense Agency is not submitting: a budget for 1955 because we feel that we can carry on with the funds now available.
During the year 1954 the Civil Defense Agency expended the amount of $866.34, the main items were repairs to the GOC Tower at a cost of $272.34. Communications equipment $317.43 and flood lighting the area around CD Headquarters $84.25.
Respectfully submitted, Acton Civil Defense Agency CHARLES D. MacPHERSON Director
REPORT OF AUDIT OF BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS
January 26, 1955
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Carl Christofferson, Chairman Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Acton for the period from December 10, 1953 to December 6, 1954, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, HERMAN B. DINE Director of Accounts
Mr. Herman B. Dine
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir :
:
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Acton for the period from
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December 10, 1953, the date of the previous examination, to December 6, 1954 and report thereon as follows:
The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or sending out bills for collection were examined, checked, and verified.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked. The receipts as recorded were checked with the available departmental records and with the treas- urer's bocks, while the payments were compared with the treasury warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds.
The ledger accounts were analyzed for the period cov- ered by the audit, the appropriations as recorded on the ledgers were checked with the amounts voted by the town, as shown on the town clerk's records of town meetings, the transfers from the reserve fund were compared with the amounts authorized by the finance committee, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared show- ing the financial condition of the town on December 6, 1954.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and verified by comparison with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the disbursements were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the payments.
The cash balance on December 6, 1954 was proved by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit.
The payments on account of maturing debt and interest were proved with the amounts falling due and with the can- ceiled securities and coupons on file.
The tax titles and tax possessions on hand December 6, 1954 were listed and reconciled with the town accountant's ledger.
The savings bank books and securities representing the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the trustees of the Charlotte L. Goodnow fund were examined and listed, the income being proved and the
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withdrawals being verified.
The books and accounts of the town collector were ex- amined and checked. The tax, excise, and departmental ac- counts outstanding according to the previous examination, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and proved. The payments to the town and district treasurers were checked with the treasurers' cash books, the recorded abate- ments were compared with the assessors' records of abate- ments granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the town accountant's ledger.
Verification of the outstanding tax, excise, and depart- mental accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The town clerk's records of dog and sporting licenses issued were examined and checked. The payments to the town were checked with the treasurer's cash book, and the pay- ments to the State were verified by comparison with the receipts on file. The cash balance on December 6, 1954 was verified by actual count of the cash in the office.
The surety bonds furnished by the officials for the faith- ful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of receipts of the board of selectmen and of the police, fire, health, school, and cemetery departments, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked, the payments to the treasurer being verified.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing reconciliations of the treasurer's and town collector's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title, and departmental accounts, as well as schedules showing the con- dition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
While engaged in making the audit cooperation was re- ceived from all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ Assistant Director of Accounts
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TOWN OF ACTON
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 6, 1954
GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash:
General,
...... $261,950.04
Advances for Petty:
School Department:
Lunch Program
$ 50.00
General
20.00
70.00
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1948:
Poll
$ 2.00
Personal Property
82.37
Real Estate
31.20
Levy of 1949:
Poll
4.00
Personal Property
71.44
Real Estate
42.30
Levy of 1950:
Poll
2.00
Personal Property
165.12
Real Estate
365.21
Levy of 1951:
Poll
4.00
Personal Property
662.70
Real Estate
150.61
Levy of 1952:
Poll .
6.00
Personal Property
681.10
Real Estate
1,766.52
Levy of 1953:
Poll
14.00
Personal Property
1,279.60
Real Estate
9,314.39
Levy of 1954:
Poll
170.00
Personal Property
3,088.35
Real Estate
33,397.29
51,300.20
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BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 6, 1954
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Employees' Payroll Deductions:
Federal Taxes
$ 1,311.80
County Retirement System
331.04
Teachers' Retirement System
. 298.09
Blue Cross and Blue Shield .... 249.55
2.190.48
Guarantee Deposits:
Board of Appeals $ 15.25
20.00
35.25
Tailings-Unclaimed Checks
111.63
Trust Funds:
Cemetery Perpetual Care .$ 167.50
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery ...... 37.50
205.00
Trust Fund Income:
Cemetery Perpetual Care $ 363.32
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery 380.18
J. Roland Wetherbee Cemetery 50.78
Henry L. Raymond Cemetery Care 18.78
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery
26.07
..
839.13
Disability Assistance Recovery
321.76
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance:
Administration $ 5.85
Assistance
2,638.63
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration
169.99
Aid
2,204.24
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
219.01
Assistance
20,011.94
25,249.66
Revolving Funds:
School Lunch $ 2,250.78
School Athletics
441.01
2,691.79
Planning Board
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Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1948 $ 46.71
Levy of 1949
160.01
Levy of 1950
266.76
Levy of 1951
415.62
Levy of 1952
503.28
Levy of 1953
1,883.22
Levy of 1954
9,834.89
13,110.49
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles
$ 79.87
Tax Possessions
400.19
479.56
Departmental:
Dog Officer
$ 58.50
Highway
72.50
Disability Assistance
33.66
Aid to Dependent Children
1,020.24
Old Age Assistance
2,145.49
Veterans' Benefits
364.75
School
2,886.37
Cemetery
199.50
6,781.01
Aid to Highways:
State
$ 14,157.85
County
4,950.00
19,107.85
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts:
Revenue 1955:
High School Building Committee Expense$ 7,000.00
Hurricane Emergency Expenditures
7,441.54
Due From Trust Funds:
Arthur Davis Memorial Fund
70.05
14,511.59
$367,310.74
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit : General ......... $ 83,000.00
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Appropriation Balances: Revenue $121,265.34
Non-Revenue:
Elementary School Construction 1,556.18 Blanchard Auditorium Construction 52,737.40
175,558.92
Overestimates 1954:
County Tax $ 409.48
County Hospital Assessment
503.85
State Parks and Reservations Assessment 3.07
916.40
Sale of Cemetery Land Fund
1,575.35
Road Machinery Fund
5,538.51
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
4,007.21
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1948 $ 115.57
Levy of 1949
117.74
Levy of 1950
532.33
Levy of 1951
817.31
Levy of 1952
894.48
Levy of 1953
5,111.07
Levy of 1954
4,660.53
12,249.03
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$ 13,110.49
Tax Title and Possession
479.56
Departmental
6,781.01
Aid to Highway
19,107.85
39,478.91
Reserve For Petty Cash Advances
70.00
Surplus Revenue:
Current Year
$
10,897.96
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