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Paid for Executive Department
$526.68
Assessors' Department
554.81
Treasurer's Department
278.98
Town Clerk's Department
163.52
Collector's Department
767.54
Elections and Registration
120.55
$2,412.08
Charities
$2,182.81
Town House
1,641.19
Library .
409.92
Cemetery, including care of trust and private
lots
907.47
Fire Department
2,078.23
Education
10,824.56
Protection to persons and property .
1,477.63
19,521.81
Highways
$4,022.54
Tarvia
2,597.53
Bridges .
64.55
Sidewalks
398.68
Sewers
95.57
Removing Snow
113.50
Street Lights
2,718.14
10,010.51
Notes
$10,500.00
Interest on notes
261.67
Taxes
6,090.94
Interest on Trust Funds, applied to cemetery
189.00
Cemetery Funds invested
400.00
Audit of town accounts
469.34
Soldiers' benefits
562.00
18,472.95
Special Appropriations.
Resurfacing East Main Street
$2,462.40
East Main Street Sewer
1,190.29
Miller Street Sidewalk
199.70
Employers' Liability insurance
92.39
3,944.78
Moth Department
$938.64
Tree Warden's Department
494.65
Health and Inspection
404.04
1,837.33
Block insurance on town buildings
$1,377.16
Memorial day appropriation
100.00
Unclassified
230.54
1,707.70
$57,907.16
Town Farm fund loaned to town
$5,285.20
Due Library Trust fund .
224.82
Cash in Treasurer's hands
185.47
5,695.49
$63,602.65
Approved.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Treasurer.
ALEX. ALLAN, Auditor.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$750.00
Paid Richard M. Smalley, Select-
man $150.00
M. Howard Blood, Selectman . 100.00
Henry E. Young, Selectman . 100.00
Granville C. Mitchell, Mod- erator 25.00
Thomas E. Schools, Auditor
16.67
Alex. Allan
8.33
S. J. Spear, services as Justice of Peace 3.75
Lakeview Press, printing war-
rants and blanks . 19.50
Stationery, telephone tolls and printing 10.16
Chas. F. Read, express
3.27
Legal Advice.
Sanborn & Squires . .
60.00
Percy E. Katzman . .
30.00
526.68
Unexpended
$223.32
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ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $500.00
Paid Robert W. Williams, Assessor $100.00
1 Albert C. Shumway, Assessor 100.00
Robert W. Baker, Assessor . 100.00
Ambrose Bros., printing valua- tion 136.50
Lakeview Press, printing poll tax lists 10.00
furnishing
E. W. Prescott, abstracts 52.48
E. L. Burdakin, furnishing
abstracts
14.40
J. R. McCoole, furnishing
abstracts 3.50
. A. C. Shumway, auto hire and delivery of valuation . 15.00
A. A. Kingsbury, stock and labor 5.70
Hobbs & Warren, supplies 2.60
L. B. Fairbanks, supplies . 4.68
S. J. Spear, printing notices 6.00
Postage, express and stationery
3.95
554.81
Appropriation exceeded $54.81
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT.
.
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid Stillman J. Spear, salary and bond
$240.00
Stillman J. Spear, travel to Dedham and Boston . .
6.80
Stillman J. Spear, postage 9.12
Checks, stationery and printing
10.25
Bureau of Statistics, certifying
notes
10.00
Bank account book .
2.81
278.98
Unexpended .
$21.02
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TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid Stillman J. Spear, salary
$150.00
Index cards and printing
4.37
Postage and express
9.15
163.52
Unexpended $36.48
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $1,100.00
Paid Wm. F. Abell, collecting taxes
of 1912 $67.98
Wm. F. Abell, collecting taxes of 1913 349.12
R. W. Baker, collecting taxes of 1915
338.12
Printing tax bills, summons, etc. 9.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies .
3.32
767.54
Unexpended .
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION.
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Board of Registrars
$40.00
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
46.00
S. J. Spear, printing ballots, voting lists, etc. 25.75
W. B. Rice, dinners for election officers 8.80
120.55
Exceeded .
$20.55
CHARITIES.
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Received from Town of Foxboro
107.34
Estate of K. McGrath
95.50
$1,702.84
Paid for support of poor
2,182.81
$479.97
$332.46
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Due from Town of Foxboro .
$219.22
Due from Town of Natick
16.99
Due from City of Boston
24.00
260.21
Appropriation exceeded . TOWN HOUSE.
$219.76
Appropriation
$900.00
Received rent of Town Hall
497.70
Received rent of Post Office
325.00
$1,722.70
Paid janitor service .
$520.00
Fuel
286.75
Repairs, plumbing and supplies
189.07
Insurance
29.37
Electric lights
277.30
Sidewalk
111.45
Improvement of grounds
136.37
Park benches and freight
40.88
Medfield Water Co.
50.00
1,641.19
Unexpended
$81.51
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
No appropriation.
Balance due from 1914 .
$108.16
Received interest on library fund
320.05
Received from County Treasurer on dogs licensed
206.53
$634.74
Paid Lucretia M. Johnson, librarian
$137.50
Geo. B. Sims, janitor .
50.00
De Wolfe & Fiske Co., books
108.18
Magazines and binders
67.29
Printing cards and slips
15.50
Rebinding books
22.67
E. P. Tucker, painting
2.88
E. E. Codding, repairing clock
3.00
C. F. Read, express
2.90
409.92
Balance to credit of library .
$224.82
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CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$500.00
Rec'd interest on Trust Funds
189.00
Interest on Hewins Fund .
8.00
Care of private trust lots
104.00
Care of hospital lots
88.35
$889.35
Paid on Cemetery Commissioner's orders
907.47
Appropriation exceeded .
$18.12
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Special appropriation for Chemical
Engine
200.00
Received of Town of Dover for
services 197.75
Received of Town of Walpole for services .
121.00
Sale of fire extinguishers
35.00
$1,753.75
Paid La France Co., for Chemical Engine
$200.00
Orders approved by Engineers
1,878.23
2,078.23
Appropriation exceeded .
$324.48
PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
Appropriation $1,200.00
Special appropriation March 9 : 400.00 $1,600.00
Paid A. C. Gilbert, night watch $198.41
Cornelius P. McKeoun, night watch . 643.50
Carried forward $841.91
11
Brought forward . $841.91
Paid J. A. Wardell, night watch
386.00
W. W. Robbins, traffic officer .
106.25
Special Police July 3 and 4
16.00
Phineas McNutt, deputy sheriff Travel, court fees and other ex- penses
2.50
72.27
Auto hire
39.00
Supplies
5.70
Ray Co., detective service
8.00
1,477.63
Unexpended .
$123.37
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$8,300.00
Received from State Treasurer for tuition of scholars
/
Superintendent of Schools .
312.50
Gratuity
692.29
Income of Mass. State School fund
828.28
Interest on Town School fund . 132.98
Town of Dover, for tuition
57.00
Sale of old material
1.35
2,133.45
Paid School Committee's orders
10,824.56
· Appropriation exceeded .
$391.11
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Transferred from Main St. appro-
priation . $179.20
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. 106.00
Carried forward .
$285.20
$10,433.45
$109.05
12
Brought forward .
$285.20
Town of Medway
5.00
Medfield Water Co. .
23.85
314.05
$3,814.05
Paid on Superintendent's orders
4,022.54
Appropriation exceeded
$208.49
TARVIA DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Receipts as per Superintendent's report
467.88
$2,467.88
Paid on Superintendent's orders
2,597.53
Appropriation exceeded
$129.65
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation
$400.00
Paid on Superintendent's orders
398.68
Unexpended .
$1.32
SEWERS.
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid on Superintendent's orders
95.57
Unexpended .
$4.43
REMOVING SNOW.
Appropriation
$400.00
Paid on Superintendent's orders
113.50
Unexpended $286.50
1
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BRIDGES.
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid on Superintendent's orders
64.65
Unexpended .
$35.35
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$2,750.00
Paid Edison Elec. Ill. Co. .
2,718.14
Unexpended
$31.86
CEMETERY FUNDS INVESTED.
For care of John B. Coombs lot $50.00
For care of James W. P. Dyer lot
50.00
For care of Charles J. Sawyer lot 200.00
For care of Daniel S. Wheeler lot
100.00
$400.00
NOTES.
Appropriation
$500.00
Received from current tax levy 10,000.00
$10,500.00
Paid Harwood Bros., borrowed in an- ticipation of taxes $5,000.00
Dedham Nat'l Bank, borrowed in anticipation of taxes . 5,000.00 Arlington Savings Bank, bridge note 500.00 $10,500.00
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INTEREST.
Appropriation $100.00
Paid Arlington Savings Bank on
bridge notes
$45.00
Harwood Bros., on tax note 116.67
Dedham Nat'l Bank, tax note .
100.00
261.67
Exceeded
$161.67
TAXES.
No appropriation.
Paid Walpole tax
$2.72
County tax .
1,603.22
State tax
4,485.00
Bureau of Statistics, auditing
town accounts .
469.34
$6,560.28
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Appropriation
$100.00
Received from State Treasurer for State Aid
346.00
$446.00
Paid State Aid
$366.00
Soldiers' relief .
96.00
Soldiers' burial ·
100.00
562.00
Exceeded
$116.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$900.00
Geo. L. L. Allen, assessments
173.16
$1,073.16
Paid on Superintendent's orders
938.64
Unexpended .
$34.52
Assessed on property owners
.
$96.20
.
.
.
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TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation ,
$500.00
Geo. L. L. Allen on account
17.68
$517.68
Paid on Superintendent's orders .
$494.65
Unexpended .
$23.03
RESURFACING EAST MAIN STREET.
Paid on Superintendent's orders
$2,462.40
Received from State Treasurer . $834.82
Received from County Treasurer
820.80
1,655.62
Amount paid by town · $806.78
MILLER STREET SIDEWALK.
Appropriation
$200.00
Paid on Superintendent's orders
199.70
Unexpended .
$ .30
EAST MAIN STREET SEWER.
Amount borrowed
$1,000.00
Assessments paid in
441.00
$1,441.00
Paid Globe Co., advertising .
$11.40
E. Worthington, Civil Engineer
166.64
F. W. Stowers, contractor .
1,000.80
Extra labor .
11.45
1,190.29
Unexpended .
$250.71
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EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Insurance Co. .
92.39
Unexpended $7.61
HEALTH AND INSPECTION.
Appropriation
$250.00
Paid Geo. S. Cheney, inspector of
cattle
$100.00
Jos. W. Curtis, inspector of
provisions . 100.00
S. J. Spear, printing
3.50
Mass. Gen. Hospital, (account Gertrude Shelley) 21.00
Hobbs & Warren, blanks 4.14
S. J. Spear, recording and re- turning vital statistics 46.05
J. W. Wilson, returning deaths
1.25
J. A. Roberts, returning deaths
25.75
F. H. Clough, M. D., returning births 5.00
Ernest L. Hill, M. D., return- ing births .
.25
F. H. Clough, services Board of Health . 5.00
Gurley Co., for weights and measures 42.10
L. W. Wheeler, help and ser- vices sealer
50.00
404.04
Appropriation exceeded .
$154.04
BLOCK INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS.
Paid insurance companies
$1,377.16
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Moses Ellis Post, G. A. R.
100.00
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
Executive Department
$600.00
Assessors' Department
350.00
Treasurer
300.00
Town Clerk
200.00
Collector
750.00
Election and Registration
150.00
Charities
2,200.00
Town House
700.00
Cemetery
500.00
Fire Department
1,400.00
Education .
8,400.00
Painting school-house ; new boiler
1,200.00
Protection to persons and property
2,000.00
Highways .
3,500.00
Tarvia .
3,000.00
Bridges
100.00
Sidewalks .
600.00
New sidewalk on Oak Street .
150.00
Sewers
100.00
Removing snow
400.00
Street lights
2,750.00
Notes .
1,500.00
Interest
375.00
Soldiers' relief
100.00
Employers' liability
100.00
Boiler insurance .
45.00
Moth Department
980.00
Tree Warden .
500.00
Carried forward
$32,950.00
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Brought forward
. $32,950.00
Memorial Day
50.00
Health and Inspection
450.00
Contingent fund .
500.00
Reserve fund .
500.00
Library, interest on fund, and dog tax
.
Total
. $34,450.00
UNCLASSIFIED.
Paid Lakeview Press, printing town reports
$148.42
L. A. Cutler, distributing town reports 2.75
W. W. Preston, distributing town reports
2.75
Wm. F. Abell, care of town clock .
25.00 .
T. R. Bailey, maintaining watering trough Scholars for destroying caterpillars
10.00
Supplies for playground
6.83
A. A. Dean, labor on town clock
2.50
Geo. H. Murray, mowing Pfaff Park
3.00
J. J. Kelly, labor on signs
1.25
Barrett Manufacturing Co. .
20.16
Fred A. Smith
2.88
$230.54
RESOURCES.
Uncollected taxes, 1914 .
$983.42
Uncollected taxes, 1915 .
974.33
Due from Town of Foxboro for poor
219.22
Due from Town of Natick for poor
16.99
Due from City of Boston ·
24.00
Due from Town of Dover for high- ways
60.00
Due from individuals for tarvia
66.50
Due from State for State Aid . 366.00
$2,710.46
5.00
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LIABILITIES.
Arlington Savings Bank, note
$500.00
1
Harwood Bros., two notes
1,000.00 ×
Dedham National Bank, one note
500.00
Due Wm. F. Abell, collecting taxes (estimated) 350.00
Town of Mansfield, unpaid poor ac- count
254.50
$2,604.50
Resources exceed liabilities .
$105.96
RICHARD M. SMALLEY, M. HOWARD BLOOD, HENRY E. YOUNG, Selectmen.
Approved.
ALEX. ALLAN,
Auditor.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1915.
Date
Child's Name
Parents
*1914
July 21|Catherine C. Whittemore Winthrop C. & Edith (Mackay).
Sept. 27 Dorothy Johnson
Richard E. & Jennie L. (Taber).
June 24 Forest King Parker
Forest L. & Lillian A. (Hanson):
Dec. 19 Ervil Clayton Kennett, Jr. Ervil & Lina I. (Kingsbury).
1915
Jan. 16 Doris Ingebord Erikson
Johan T. & Anna E. (Nilson).
Feb. 6 Mildred Cleverly®
Walter A. & Lucy (Allen).
Feb. 17 Helen Frances Kerr
Elwin R. & Grace S. (Sims).
Feb. 24 Vincent Dudley Hallowell William R. & Susie B. (Smith).
March 3| Jennie Marie Sawyer
March 7 John Roland Lantz
March 7 Gordon Angus Hardie
George R. & Ann (Duncan).
March
7 Helen Delouris Leeds
Joseph T. & Eva A. (Davis). Owen & Marion (Miller) . Arthur E. & Margarite (McDonald).
March 19 Alexander Joseph Pierce
March
21 Augentina A. Picascio
Antonio & Doniella (Brava).
April 8 Lorenzo Flumero
Nicoli & Angelina (Lasga).
April 13 John Joseph Hibbert
April 24 Henry Lucy, Jr.
April
25 Anna Gertrude Morgan
John D. and Gertrude (Morgan).
May 4 Mildred Ruth McFarland Archer W. & Bertha M. (Kirmayer).
May
May 20 Lawton B. Kingsbury · 22| Signa Virginia Kiniry
Lawton & May L. (Codding). John & Signa (Winberg). Arthur F. & Mary E. (Hutson).
May
29 Frederick Edward Smith 28 Robt. Lawrence McDonald James & Cecelia (Banks).
June
§ George S. & Anna M. (Draper).
July
1 § Paul Edward Cheney Pauline Eliz'th Cheney 13 William Edwin MacAuley 2 Stillborn, male
1
William M. & Nina M. (Townsend).
Aug.
Aug. 5
Clar'ce Merton Plympton 5 Emma D'Intino
Charles P. & Margaret A. (Holden). Dominiet & Virginia (Vocolla).
Aug.
Aug. 14 Theresa Catherine Mills
Volney B. & Annie (Keane).
Aug. 23 Gilbert George Walker
Alfred W. & Lilly J. (Brown).
Aug. 25 Stanley Fred Burridge
Frank G. & Edith M. (Flint).
Sept. 6 Stillborn, male
Nov. 9 Eleanor May Rogers
Claude A. & Isabelle H. (Ewart). John M. & Elizabeth (Durkin).
Dec. 1 Edmund Paul Hammond
Dec. 19 Dorothy Aliene Browning Chas. W. & Ethel C. (Kelly).
*Received too late for record in 1914.
Total number of births in 1915, 34.
Males 18.
Females 16.
March 30 Minnie Platt
Geo. M. & Lillian M. (Harris). Reginald E. & Fannie (Crawford).
March 9 Madeline Gould McAvoy
Eliott & Minnie H. (Canty).
Arthur R. & Gertrude K. (Mooney). Henry & Nora (Callahan).
July
21
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1915.
Date
Names
Residence
Where and by whom married.
Jan.
9
Jessie Keay
Medfield,
Feb.
4
Nora K. Creamer
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Horatio E. Latham In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
March
8
Ellen A. Holmgren
Medfield,
Rev. R. E. Carlsen
April
19
James F. Shaughnessy Marguerite F. Callahan Medfield, Medfield,
Medfield,
May
2
Angela C. Celli
Medfield,
( In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith § In Boston, by
May
9
§ Gioseppe Dickiaro Antionella Zizza
Medfield,
Rev. Filippo Vittigle
May
23
Cornelius Fitzpatrick Matilda J. Lavin
Jamaica Plain,
Rev. Hugh M. Smith
May
26
Newton, Mass.
In Newton, by Rev. Horatio E. Latham In Medfield, by
June
22
S Bertram A. Wheeler Gladys E. Mann ( Michael E. Kirby Ellen Meaney Gordon Grant Vina L. Dix Arthur S. Atherton
Medfield,
Rev, Hugh M. Smith
June 23
Medfield,
Rev. Leroy M. Pierce
June
23
Laura C. Clark
Medfield,
Windsor, Vt.
June 23
Tessie L. Munson
Medfield,
June
28
Everett L. Murray
Medfield,
Leominster, Mass.
Rev. Geo. R. Baxter
June
30
Rose D. Flood § Charles L. Bullard Mabel E. Hobbs S Albert G. Tuthill Merle A. Kibbe
Medfield,
Medfield,
July
17
Isadore Boucher Josephine Gironard Samuel Magill Agnes Wilson Francis H. Kingsbury Effie L. Holder
Medfield,
Medfield,
Aug. 11
Medfield,
Rev. Edward Norton
Sept. 28
Millis, Mass.
Oct. 3
Medfield,
Oct.
4
Arthur W. Perron Julia M. Linehan § Henry S. Kelly Gladys Wood S Richard M. Davis Edith F. Murray
Westboro, Mass. Westboro, Mass. Chelsea, Mass.
S In Medfield, by
Oct. 9
Chelsea, Mass.
Oct. 10
Boston. Mass. Boston, Mass.
Medfield,
Oct. 16
Oct. 17
Nov. 6
Anastatia M. Cowper S Charles E. Prichard Ruth I. Wood Carlton W. Kingsbury Mildred F. Attwood Reuben A. Kingsbury Grace L. Leighton § Michael F. Devine Breda A. Fitzgerald § George W. Woolfrey
Foxboro, Mass. Medfield.
Medfield. Medfield.
Medfield,
Belmont. Mass. Medfield.
In Medfield. by
1 Rev. Guy Wilbur Miner
( Edward W. Huse
Medfield,
Maicey J. Adamonis
Medfield,
John Slaymaker
Medfield,
In Boston, by
In Medfield, by
Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Domenico Belmonte
Boston, Mass.
In Medfield, by
Medfield,
Forrestdale, R. I,
Medfield,
In Boston, by
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Albert E. Hylan
In Boston, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce In Leominster, by
Medfield,
Medfield,
Oldtown, Me.
In Framingham, by Rev. Chester H. Howe In Medfield, by Rev. Horatio E. Latham § In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Quincy, by
Medfield,
In Millis, by Rev. Alex. B. Macleod In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Medfield,
Woonsocket. R. I.
In Woonsocket, R. I., by Rev. Geo. O. Beecher S In Medfield, by Rev. Albert E. Hylan
Oct. 7
Floyd B. Snedeker
Rev. Hugh M. Smith S In Medfield, by Rev. Albert E. Hylan In Foxboro, by Rev. James A. Thompson S In Boston, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce In Medfield. by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Nov. 7 ¿ Ida G. Marshall
Medfield,
July 25
Aretas B. Blood
Boston. Mass.
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Date
Names
Residence
Where and by whom married
Nov.
8
Mary G. Lydon
Framingham, Mass. Medfield,
Nov.
15
Mary E. Moore
Boston, Mass.
Rev. Edward Marsl
Nov.
17
Violet H. Richter
Medfield,
Nov.
18
Annie F. Sullivan
Medfield,
Ralph E. Parker -
Natick, Mass.
Dec.
22
Berenice M. Simpson
Medfield,
Rev. Albert E. Hylan
Dec.
24
Florence P. Johnson
Medfield,
Rev. Herbert Hande.
Total number of marriages
33
Married in town
19
Married out of town
14
Residents of town
43
Non-residents
23
Thomas B. McGrath
Natick, Mass.
In Medfield, by
Rev. Hugh M. Smitl § In Boston, by
Albert J. Dyer
Richard P. Lewis
Walpole, Mass.
Bruno W. Eckhardt
Medfield,
( In Medfield, by Rev. Horatio E. Latham In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith S In Medfield, by
( Walter S. Kennedy
Medfield,
In Boston, by
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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1915.
Date
Name
Age Yrs.Mos.Dys.
Cause of Death
Jan.
2 George W. Adams
73
11
8|Apoplexy and arterio scle- rosis.
Jan.
2 Joseph D. Tufts
98 1-1
¡Organic valvular disease of heart. -Malnutrition.
Jan. 17 Ann E. Leland
71
8| 20 Mitral regurgitation.
Jan. 27 Ernest Koch
68
1|
29|Carcinoma of liver.
March 4 Laura A. Abbott
60
11
28|Carcinoma of intestines.
March
8 John M. Richardson
45
1
7|Suicide; drowning.
March 17 Margaret J. Dewar
68 10
25|Organic disease of heart.
March 28 Constance Granchelle
35 Acute nephritis.
April
22 Catherine Kennedy Ryan
84
3
27 |Broncho pneumonia.
May
6 Lucy J. Laverty
43|
1
Malignant papillomatous infection.
May
16 Lawton Kingsbury
33
2
28 Cerebral hemorrhage.
June
5|Edgar W. Lincoln
39
9
21|Typhoid fever.
June
18 Charles F. Givan
43
Railroad accident.
July
9 Francis P. Conolan
74
9|Myocarditis.
July
30 Roswell K. Parker
64 10 16|Carcinoma of intestines.
Aug.
2 Stillborn, male
Aug.
9 Mary Fay
90
Arteriosclerosis.
Aug.
15 Mary C. Peirce
81
3
9|Cerebral hemorrhage.
Aug.
26 Horatio A. Jordan
76
6 3|Cancer prostrate.
Sept.
3 Amos Elmon Mason
88|
11 21|Cerebral hemorrhage.
Sept.
3 Roscoe Elmer Soper
55 3
18|Chronic interstitial neph- ritis.
Sept.
6 Male child
Premature birth.
Sept.
23 Roy L. Mann
35
8
25|Carcinoma of intestines.
Oct.
11 Eliza A. Wheeler
84
17|Cerebral hemorrhage.
Oct. 16|Edmund L. Chenery
77|
1 15|Cerebral hemorrhage.
Nov.
8 Sarah J. Clark
72
24|Bronchial pneumonia.
Nov.
27 Olive Guild
90
Chronic interstitial neph- ritis.
Dec.
14 Thomas Callow
54
Chronic glomerulo neph- ritis.
Males 18. Females 12.
Total 30. Deaths at Medfield State Hospital 86.
Total number of deaths in Medfield, including hospital, 116.
Jan.
17 Beatrice A. Hughes
2
July
9|Stillborn, male
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BROUGHT TO MEDFIELD FOR BURIAL, 1915.
Date of Death
Name
Age Yrs.Mos.Dys.
Cause of Death
Where brought from.
Feb.
9|Pierce A. Smith
21/
4| 26|Pulmonary tuberculosis.
Medway, Mass.
Feb.
15 Stillborn, male
-Premature birth.
Millis, Mass.
April
3 | Mary Ann Billings
79
2| 13|Bronchitis, influenza.
Quincy, Mass.
April
13 Caroline B. Allen
84
5| 28 Arterio-sclerosis.
West Newton, Mass.
April
17 Elizabeth Lewis
75
25|Heart disease.
Mansfield, Mass.
May
3 George D. Hamant
73
11
8|Septic thrombosis of leg.
Malden, Mass.
June
25 Anne E. Smith
89
6
9|Acute cardiac weakness.
Redding, Conn.
July
7 | David L. Stain
85|
18 Carcinoma of stomach.
Cambridge, Mass.
Aug.
12 Geo. W. Coombs
77
9
8 Arterio-sclerosis.
Sept.
21| William P. Norton
59
8
8|Paralysis.
Worcester, Mass. Isleboro, Me.
Nov.
17 Frederick E. Wight
68
9
21|Pneumonia, croupous.
Natick, Mass.
Dec.
14 Julia B. Dodge
76 1| 16|Pneumonia.
New York, N. Y.
Dec.
15 Patrick H. Cooney
69|
11| 25|Pneumonia endocarditis.
Natick, Mass.
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ANNUAL MEETING.
MARCH 1. 1915.
Pursuant to a warrant issued by the Selectmen, the in- habitants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the first day of March, 1915, at six o'clock in the forenoon ; and the following action was taken upon the several articles contained in said warrant :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
The annually elected Moderator being present no action was necessary.
ART. 2. To choose the following named town officers, under the provi- sions of the Revised Statutes of 1907, namely : one Town Clerk ; one Mod- erator, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen ; five Con- stables, one Tree Warden, one Auditor, all for one year; one School Com- mittee for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Assessor for one year to fill vacancy, one member of the Board of Health for three years.
Also to vote on the following questions :
First, "Shall Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913 being an act to provide for compensating laborers, workmen and mechanics for injuries sustained in public employment and to exempt from legal liability counties and municipal corporations which pay such compensation be accepted by the inhabitants of this town of Medfield ?" The vote to be "Yes" or "No."
Second, Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in the town for the ensuing year? the vote to be "Yes" or "No." All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at six o'clock in the fore- noon and may close at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The ballot-box was examined and found in good order. The following-named persons, having been appointed by the
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Selectmen, were sworn and assigned as follows :-
Isaac B. Codding and Frank J. Bell to distribute ballots.
John H. Tuttle and Richard C. Lincoln to check names at ballot-box.
Edward H. Abell and Joseph M. Johnson to count votes.
Wm. E. Bell and Alex. Allan to supervise.
The polls were opened at quarter past six o'clock in the forenoon and were closed by vote of the town at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon. The total vote cast was 340. The votes were counted in open town meeting, and the follow- ing named officers were declared elected :-
Town Clerk, one year, Stillman J. Spear.
Moderator, one year, Granville C. Mitchell.
Selectmen, one year, Richard M. Smalley, M. Howard Blood, Henry E. Young.
Treasurer, one year, Stillman J. Spear.
Collector of Taxes, one year, Robert W. Baker.
Assessor, three years, Albert C. Shumway.
Assessor, one year, Robert W. Baker.
School Committee, three years, Timothy F. Kennedy. Cemetery Commissioner, three years, Joseph A. Roberts.
Constables, one year, Albion C. Gilbert, Geo. E. Hinkley, Geo. B. Sims, Willard W. Robbins, Forest E. Wilson.
Board of Health, three years, Sidney W. Stevens.
Trustees of Public Library, three years, Stillman J. Spear, Ellery C. Crocker.
Tree Warden, one year, Geo. L. L. Allen.
Auditor, one year, Thomas E. Schools.
On the question of the acceptance of Chapter 807, Acts of 1913 the vote was: "Yes" 152, "No" 60, Blanks 128.
On the question "Shall licenses be granted to sell intoxicat- ing liquors in the town for the ensuing year ?" the vote was : "Yes" 137, "No" 185, Blanks 18.
In accordance with the usual custom the meeting was then adjourned to Monday evening, March 8, at 8 o'clock.
ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 8TH, 1915. 1
ART. 3. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keepers.
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Voted, That these officers be appointed by the Selectmen.
The following named persons were appointed to the several offices :
Fence Viewers, one year, Geo. W. Hardy, Bertram H. Smith, Geo. S. Cheney.
Field Drivers, one year, Geo. W. Hardy, Bertram H. Smith, Geo. S. Cheney.
Pound Keeper, one year, Lawton Kingsbury.
ART. 4. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
The reports of the several Town Officers were taken up separately, and all were accepted.
ART. 5. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
It was voted that the following sums of money be granted and appropriated to defray the expenses of the ensuing year :
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