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Jeremiah B. Hale
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Martha M. Mason
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
George H. Shumway
200.00
9.16
201.80
9.00
201.96
Edward Alward
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Isaac White
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
J. V. Morang
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
G. D. Hamant
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Lucius Houghton
100.00
4:57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Alex Ogilvie
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Bishop-Hartshorn
450.00
20.66
454.04
20.25
454.45
Pattee-Turner
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Henry Parker
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
William Ryan
300.00
13.75
302.69
13.50
302.94
Wesley Balch
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
A. B. Parker
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Dr. Saunders
50.00
2.28
50.44
2.25
50.47
William Guild
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Seth Chenery
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Moses Johnson
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Samuel Johnson
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
George Chick
100.00
4.57
100.89
4.50
100.96
Mrs. Selwyn S. Clark
100.00
4.55
100.48
4.50
100.53
Cora B. Simpson
100.00
4.55
100.48
4.50
100.53
Perry Lot
100.00
4.55
100.48
4.50
100.53
Saarm-Kennedy
100.00
4.55
100.48
4.50
100.53
Braman-Briggs
100.00
4.55
100.48
4.50
100.53
Nathaniel Fairbanks
100.00
4.55
100.48
4.50
100.53
Walter Wiswell
100.00
4.55
100.50
4.50
100.55
Samuel Ellis, No. 1
100.00
2.25
2.25
100.00
George Ellis, No. 1 .
100.00
2.25
2.25
100.00
Hutson-Smith
100.00
2.25
2.25
100.00
John G. Hutson
150.00
3.38
3.38
150.00
Wales-Plympton
100.00
2.25
2.25
100.00
79
Name of Fund
Original Fund
Interest for 1926
Balance from 1925
Balance Expended to Credit 1926 of Fund
Mary A. Hotville
100.00
2.25
2.25
100.00
Margaret T. Bearse
100.00
1.13
1.00
100.13
Giles-Lord Lot, No. 8
100.00
1.50
1.25
100.25
William Conrick
100.00
1.13
1.00
100.13
Bennett-Wilson
200.00
200.00
Tyler-Thayer
300.00
300.00
$6,500.00
$249.18
$5,090.46
$245.13
$6,544.51
North End Savings Bank
Clara Howard
$ 150.00
$ 6.82
$ 150.27
$ 6.75
$ 150.34
Henry Wight
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
N. A. Stone
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
George Morrill
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
Obed Hartshorn and
Spear
200.00
9.09
200.34
9.00
200.43
Seth Maker
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
Albion C. Gilbert
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
Keyes G.lley
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
Benjamin Chenery
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
A. C. Shumway
150.00
6.82
150.27
6.75
150.34
Emma Rhodes
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
E. P. Tucker
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
Oliver A. Clark
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
F. Sablome
100.00
4.55
100.18
4.50
100.23
Amelia Everett
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
George Emerson
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
E. V. Mitchell
500.00
22.77
500.90
22.50
501.17
Sarah G. Shumway
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
George E. Pettis
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
J. Augustus Fitts
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
John H. Pember
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
Bruce and Fisher Lot
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
John H. Gould
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
C. M. Clark
150.00
6.82
150.27
.6.75
150.34
Joseph A. Allen
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
Washburn Lot
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
Susan B. Ware
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
John Schools
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
Baxter Lot
300.00
13.66
300.57
13.50
300.73
Edmund L. Chenery
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
Alice O. Sewall
200.00
9.09
200.35
9.00
200.44
Susan I. Woods
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
John M. Richardson
500.00
22.50
500.90
22.50
500.90
Edmund Bullard
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
Daniel S. Wheeler
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
Charles J. Sawyer
200.00
9.09
200.35
9.00
200.44
James W. P. Dyer
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
John B. Coombs
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
John Balch
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
William Salisbury
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
George H. Wight
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
James T. Allen
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
William Crane
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
80
Name of Fund
Original Fund
Interest for 1926
Balance from 1925
Balance Expended to Credit of Fund 1926
Noah Allen
$ 100.00
$ 4.55
$ 100.17
$ 4.50
$ 100.22
Henry J. Dunn
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
Francis S. Wight
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
John Sullivan
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
Soldiers' Lot
700.00
32.32
710.30
31.50
711.12
Moses Bullard
200.00
9.09
200.35
9.00
200.44
Francis E. Mason
200.00
9.31
205.35
9.00
205.66
Francis E. Donlan
50.00
2.28
50.10
2.25
50.13
Samuel Ellis
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
Orion Wight
200.00
9.47
208.35
9.00
208.82
Moses F. Clark
100.00
4.55
100.17
4.50
100.22
$7,300.00
$332.97
$7,335.01
$328.50
$7,339.48
Home Savings Bank
Nancy H. Curtis
$ 50.00
$ 2.45
$ 52.78
$ 2.25
$ 52.98
Mary Phelps
50.00
2.45
52.78
2.25
52.98
Eliza E. Williams
475.00
23.00
501.45
21.37
503.08
George C. Davis
100.00
4.86·
105.56
4.50
105.92
Daniel D. Curtis
500.00
24.15
542.62
22.50
544.27
Joseph Clark
100.00
4.86
105.56
4.50
105.92
Ellenwood Lot
300.00
14.55
316.70
13.50
317.75
$1,575.00
$ 76.32
$1,677.45
$ 70.87
$1,682.90
LEWIS K. CONANT, Treasurer.
Correct:
W. E. GARDNER, Accountant.
81
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT January 1, 1926 to December 31, 1926
Executive Department
Appropriation $ 850.00
Paid
Geo. L. L. Allen, Moderator $ 25.00
Henry E. Young, Selectman 25.00
Louis B. Fairbank, Selectman 191.66
George Peirce, Selectman . 108.34
George Cheney, Selectman. 125.00
Walter E. Gardner, Accountant.
300.00
Villa P. Bailey, clerk hire.
2.40
T. R. Bailey, postage.
5.00
W. E. Gardner, stationery postage. 4.39
and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, supplies . 48.81
W. L. Coulter, printing . 6.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies 2.39
Medfield News Co., supplies
5.80
Unexpended balance
.21
$
850.00
Treasurer's Department
Appropriation. $ 500.00
Paid
Lewis K. Conant, Treasurer $ 300.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies 61.73
$ 849.79
82
T. R. Bailey, postage $ 30.00
C. F. Read, express . . 1.12
Robert W. Williams, surety bond. . 100.00
Unexpended balance.
7.15
$ 500.00
Collector's Department
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Paid .
R. W. Baker, Collector $ 61.99
Amos C. Kingsbury, Collector 750.00
Robert W. Williams, surety bond .. . 60.00
Maryland Casualty Co., surety bond
100.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies. 7.00
W. L. Coulter, printing 6.00
M. D. Place, printing
2.00
Unexpended balance
$ 986.99 13.01
$ 1,000.00
Assessors' Department
Appropriation $ 500.0
Paid as per report. $ 459.97
Unexpended balance.
40.03
$ 500.00
Town Clerk's Department
Appropriation.
$
375.00
Paid William H. Everett, salary . $ 200.00 William H. Everett, postage and supplies . . 13.99
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter. . 79.75
Hobbs & Warren, printing 40.00
$ 492.85
83
P. B. Murphy, printing $ 3.85
M. D. Place, printing
2.00
C. F. Read, express .47
$ 340.06
Unexpended balance.
34.94
$ 375.00
Election and Registration
Appropriation.
$ 325.00
Appropriation exceeded.
2.39
$ 327.39
Paid
Registrars .
$ 40.00
Election officers
220.00
Jennie E. Soper, dinners
27.75
W. L. Coulter, printing 23.00
M. D. Place, printing.
9.50
Medfield News Co., supplies
2.64
Ellen E. Sweeney, typing
2.50
James Holmer, typing .
2.00
$ 327.39
Town House
Appropriation.
$ 2,750.00
Paid as per report.
$ 2,559.35
Unexpended balance
190.65
$ 2,750.00
Flag and Pole
Appropriation
$ 100.00
Paid
American Flag Pole Co. $ 93.95
Unexpended balance
6.05
$ 100.00
Sealer's Department
Appropriation.
$ 125.00
Paid as per report.
$ 102.22
Unexpended balance
22.78
$ 125.00
84
Moving Water Trough
Appropriation.
$
150.00
Paid
Allan A. Kingsbury, lumber $ 4.50
Blood Bros., cement .
13.50
I. F. Penniman, pipe.
2.87
G. M. Lepper, truck.
2.00
Labor
A. A. Kingsbury $ 9.20
Elwin Chick.
7.80
George Babcock.
5.10
William Cox
10.20
Wilbur Sager
7.80
Michael Ryan
2.40
Dana Weiker
2.40
A. H. Wheeler
1.40
I. F. Penniman
12.00
J. R. Mitchell
12.00
Arthur Luther
12.00
Harold Mills
2.40
$ 84.70
Unexpended balance
42.43
Police Department
Appropriation.
$ 3,000.00
Appropriation exceeded
145.23
$ 3,145.23
Paid as per report
$ 3,145.23
Fire Department
Appropriation.
$ 3,000.00
Paid as per report .
$ 2,398.11
Unexpended balance.
601.89
$ 3,000.00
. ·
$ 22.87
$ 107.57
$ 150.00
85
Moth Department
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Paid as per report $ 854.40
Unexpended balance
645.60
$ 1,500.00
Tree Warden
Appropriation.
$ 1,000.00
Paid as per report
$ 636.63
Unexepnded balance
363.37
$ 1,000.00
Shade Trees
Appropriation.
$ 200.00
Paid as per report.
$ 199.27
Unexpended balance
.73
$ 200.00
Health and Sanitation
Appropriation .
$ 500.00
Appropriation exceeded
506.05
$ 1,006.05
Paid as per report .
$ 1,006.05
Street Cleaning
Appropriation.
$ 300.00
Paid as per report
$ 299.60
Unexpended balance
.40
$ 300.00
Sewer Department
Appropriation .
$ 1,000.00
Paid as per report .
$ 941.88
Unexpended balance
58.12
$ 1,000.00
Main Street Sewer
Appropriation.
$ 300.00
Paid as per report.
$ 297.90
Unexpended balance
2.10
$ 300.00
86
Adams Street Sewer
Appropriation. $ 3,500.00 Paid as per report. $ 1,265.12
Unexpended balance 2,234.88
$ 3,500.00
General Highway
Appropriation
$14,000.00
Paid as per report. $13,979.65
Unexpended balance
20.35
$14,000.00
Main Street, Special
Appropriation $16,000.00
Paid as per report $12,536.55
Unexpended balance.
3,463.45
$16,000.00
Harding Street, Special
Appropriation. $ 1,000.00
Paid as per report.
$
957.00
Unexpended balance
43.00
$ 1,000.00
Pine Street, Special
Appropriation.
$ 300.00
Paid as per report .
$
293.40
Unexpended balance.
6.60
$ 300.00
Farm Street, Special
Appropriation
$ 3,500.00
Paid as per report .
$ 3,455.30
Unexpended balance
44.70
$ 3,500.00
Hartford Street, Special
Appropriation, $ 1,000.00
Paid as per report $ 995.16
Unexpended balance
4.84
$ 1,000.00
87
Cement Sidewalks
Appropriation. $ 1,000.00 Paid as per report. $ 444.50
Unexpended balance
555.50
$ 1,000.00
Cement Sidewalk, Miller Street
Appropriation.
$ 376.75
Paid as per report.
$
220.00
Unexpended balance
156.75
$ 376.75
Oil and Tarvia
Appropriation.
$ 2,000.00
Paid as per report.
$ 1,986.15
Unexpended balance
13.85
$ 2,000.00
Bridge Department
Appropriation .
$ 200.00
Paid as per report.
$ 125.19
Unexpended balance
74.81
$
200.00
Sidewalks
Appropriation.
$ 300.00
Paid as per report.
$ 182.52
Unexpended balance
117.48
$ 300.00
Snow
Appropriation.
$ 6,500.00
Appropriation exceeded
886.71
$ 7,386.71
Paid as per report.
$ 7,386.71
Guard Rail
Appropriation.
$
500.00
Paid as per report.
$ 350.04
Unexpended balance.
149.96
$ 500.00
88
Ford Truck
Appropriation . .
$
525.00
Paid as per report. $ 521.50
Unexpended balance
3.50
$ 525.00
Tractor and Plow
Appropriation.
$ 4,000.00
Paid as per report.
$ 4,000.00
Janes Avenue, Survey
Appropriation .
$ 130.00
Paid as per report.
$ 130.00
Traffic Beacon
Appropriation.
$ 265.00
Paid as per report.
$ 265.00
Street Lighting
Appropriation
$ 4,000.00
Appropriation, South Street .
50.00
Appropriation, Pine Street.
200.00
$ 4,250.00
Paid Edison Electric Ill. Co.
$ 3,976.64
Unexpended balance
273.36
$ 4,250.00
Land Damages, Main Street
Appropriation. .
$ 2,032.00
Paid as per report.
$ 2,032.00
Charities
Appropriation. $ 6,500.00
Paid for support. $ 5,663.47
Paid for mothers' aid .
210.00
$ 5,873.47
Unexpended balance .
626.53
$ 6,500.00
89
Soldiers' Benefits
Appropriation.
$ 500.00
Paid for aid .
$ 172.00
Paid for relief
136.00
$ 308.00
Unexpended balance
192.00
$ 500.00
Education
Appropriation .
$29,000.00
Interest on Trust Funds
190.04
$29,190.04
Paid as per report.
$28,203.58
Unexpended balance
986.46
$29,190.04
New Schoolhouse
Appropriation
$100,000.00
Paid
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, plan .
$ 2.10
Humberto Palumbo, work on map. . 5.00
Geo. E. Damon, stationery .
6.18
Frank L. Cheney, surveying
53.50
Newell's stable, transportation
1.00
Unexpended balance .
99,932.22
$100,000.00
Library
Appropriation, including Dog Tax. ..
$ 1,750.00
Interest on Library Trust Funds. . .
406.32
$ 2,156.32
Paid as per report ..
$ 2,132.26
Unexpended balance 24.06
$ 2,156.32
$ 67.78
90
Repairs to Library Building
Appropriation. . $ 350.00 A. G. Rogers, painting . $ 350.00
Parks
Appropriation.
500.00
Paid as per report.
$
376.36
Unexpended balance 123.64
500.00
Contingent Fund
Appropriation. $ 1,000.00
Paid as per report.
$
648.80
Unexpended balance
351.20
$ 1,000.00
Memorial Day
Appropriation.
$ 200.00
Paid as per report. $ 200.00
District Nurse
Appropriation .
$ 300.00
Paid Dover, Medfield and Millis Visit- ing Nurse Association $ 300.00
County Hospital
Appropriation.
$ 696.66
Paid Fred C. Cobb, County of Norfolk $ 696.66
.
Liability Insurance
Appropriation. $ 700.00
Appropriation exceeded . ·
42.81
$ 742.81
Paid O'Neil & Parker
$ 742.81
91
Printing Valuation
Appropriation.
$
300.00
Paid
Ambrose Press, printing . $ 280.00
Robert W. Baker, postage.
8.00
$ 288.00
Unexpended balance
12.00
$ 300.00
Town Survey
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Unexpended .
$ 500.00
Cemetery
Appropriation.
$ 1,200.00
Interest on Trust Funds
644.50
$ 1,844.50
Paid as per report. .
$ 1,833.16
Unexpended balance 11.34
$ 1,844.50
, Plan of Cemetery
Appropriation.
$ 500.00
Paid J. J. Van Valkenburgh .
$ 500.00
Water Department
Appropriation . $ 1,600.00
Received as per report. ·
5,474.60
$ 7,074.60
Paid as per report. .
$ 6,428.20
Unexpended balance
646.40
$ 7,074.60
Pound Street Fire Reservoir
· Appropriation .
$ 325.00
Paid as per report. $ 320.71
Unexpended balance
4.29
$ 325.00
92
Water Pipe to Tennis Court
Appropriation . $ 200.00
Paid as per report.
$
199.90
Unexpended balance
.10
$ 200.00
Park Street Water Pipe
Appropriation.
$ 3,250.00
Paid as per report $ 2,727.33
Unexpended balance.
522.67
$ 3,250.00
Mitchell Street Water Pipe
Appropriation.
$ 650.00
Paid as per report. $ 647.99
Unexpended balance 2.01
$ 650.00
Green Street Water Pipe
Appropriation .
$ 260.00
Paid as per report. $ 247.77
Unexpended balance
12.23
$ 260.00
Notes
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Received from Notes in anticipation of Taxes .
60,000.00
$62,500.00
Paid
State Street Trust, Town Hall Note $ 2,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co. 5,000.00
Old Colony Corporation 30,000.00
First National Bank.
15,000.00
Grafton Co.
10,000.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County Hospital Note. 500.00
$62,500.00
93
Interest
Appropriation. .
$ 2,200.00
Appropriation exceeded
6.67
$ 2,206.67
Paid
Old Colony Trust, in anticipation of Taxes . $ 137.35
Old Colony Corporation, in antici- pation of Taxes .
624.34
First National Bank, in anticipa- tion of Taxes. 208.85
Grafton & Co., in anticipation of Taxes . 81.63
State Street Trust, Town House Notes . 1,120.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County Hospital Notes . 22.50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Certification of Notes 12.00
-
$ 2,206.67
Cemetery Trust Funds
Received for
Samuel and Geo. Ellis lots $ 200.00
Hutson Smith lot. 100.00
John G. Hutson lot . 150.00
Mary A .. Hotville lot 100.00
Tyler Thayer lot . 300.00
Wales Plympton lot 100.00
Giles Lord lot . 100.00
Margaret I. Bearse lot
100.00
William Conrich lot. 100.00
Bennett Wilson lot 200.00
$ 1,450.00
Deposited in Dedham Institution of Savings $ 1,450.00
94
Refund
Old Colony R. R. Co., Refund on
Taxes .
$
136.40
Taxes
Taken from General Funds. $ 9,249.26
Town of Walpole, Tax 1926 $ 6.08
County of Norfolk, Tax 1926 4,203.18
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
Tax 1926.
5,040.00
$ 9,249.26
95
TOWN HOUSE
Appropriation
$2,750.00
Paid
F. C. Chick, janitor
$1,040.00
Supplies and Repairs
Ira F. Penniman . $ 5.50
W. A. Gilbert
42.25
C. A. Engley 8.25
Carl Johnson .
89.80
W. J. Hayward
13.60
Boston Branch.
1.60
E. R. Kerr .
4.25
F. R. Schools.
2.06
W. A. Fitts.
1.45
C. B. Dolge & Co.
20.65
Parker Hardware Co.
1.25
J. B. Hunter & Co ..
2.75
Frank Ryan, removing ashes
17.60
Fred M. Smith .
8.00
Dennison Mfg. Co.
2.50
W. S. Cook.
3.50
F. A. Hartshorn, Jr.
39.85
J. P. McCarthy
16.65
Wm. Leavens & Co.
57.60
Medfield Pharmacy
11.00
L. L. Bates Co.
1.63
Mystic Products Co. 5.30
Edison Elec. Ill. Co., lights
Town of Medfield, water
$ 357.04 308.56 50.00
96
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone.
19.80
Blood Bros., coal .
783.95
$2,559.35
Unexpended balance.
190.65
$2,750.00
Correct:
W. E. GARDNER,
Accountant.
BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 1926
General Accounts
Dr
Cr.
Cash on hand as per Treasurer's report
$21,749.40
Due Town Farm Fund . . .
$ 5,285.20
Cash in Treasurer's hands . .
2,724.82
Due New Schoolhouse Fund .
9,932.22
Uncollected taxes . . ..
5,843.53
Resources exceed liabilities . .
15,114.41
Cash in hands of Collector
14.08
$30,331.83
$30,331.83
Trust Funds
Investments. $27,206.89
Town School Funds .
$ 3,640.00
Library Funds. . .
8,000.00
Cemetery Funds.
15,566.89
$27,206.89
$27,206.89
Correct:
W. E. GARDNER,
Accountant.
97
APPROPRIATION BALANCES
Unexpended
Overdrawn
Executive Department. .
$
21
Election and Registration. $ 2.39
Treasurer's Department. . .
7.15
Police Department. . . .
145.23
Collector's Department.
13.01
Health and Sanitation ·
506.05
Assessors' Department. .
40.03
Snow . .
886.71
Town Clerk's Department. . 34.94 .
Liability Insurance .
42.81
Town House. .
190.65
Interest . .
6.67
Flag and Pole. .
6.05
Balance.
11,603.32
Sealer's Department.
22.78
Moving Water Trough.
42.43
Fire Department. . .
601.89
Moth Department .
645.60
Tree Warden ..
363.37
Shade Trees . . .
.73
Street Cleaning. .
.40
Sewer Department.
58.12
Main Street Sewer .
2.10
Adams Street Sewer .
2,234.88
General Highway .
20.35
Main Street, Special
3,463.45
Harding Street, Special.
43.00
Pine Street, Special. .
6.60
Farm Street, Special. .
44.70
Hartford Street, Special.
4.84
Cement Sidewalks. . .
555.50
Cement Sidewalks. Miller Street.
156 75
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98
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Oil and Tarvia. .
13.85
Bridge Department. .
74.81
Sidewalks.
117.48
Fuard Rails .
149.96
Gord Truck .
3.50
Street Lighting .
273.36
Charities. . .
626.53
Soldiers' Benefits
192.00
Education .
986.46
Library
24.06
Parks .
123.64
Contingent . .
351.20
Printing Valuation
12.00
Town Survey . .
500.00
Cemetery . .
11.34
Water Department.
646.40
Pound Street Fire Reservoir.
4.29
Water Pipe to Tennis Court.
10
Park Street Water Pipe.
522.67
$13,193.18
$13,193.18
From this Unexpended Balance there should be deducted the appropriations voted at the Special Town Meetings of August 9, 1926 and November 16, 1926.
For Green Street Water Pipe.
$ 260.00 650.00
Mitchell Street Water Pipe.
Tractor and Plow. .
1,900.00
$ 2,810.00
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TOWN DEBT
Net Funded Debt.
$36,000.00
Notes due 1927
Water Debt.
$ 3,000.00
Town House. 2,000.00
Notes due 1928
Water Department
3,000.00
Town House. . 2,000.00
Notes due 1929
Water Department.
2,000.00
Town House. .
2,000.00
Notes due 1930
Water Department
1,000.00
Town House . .
2,000.00
Notes due 1931
Water Department.
1,000.00
Town House .
2,000.00
Notes due 1932
Water Department
1,000.00
Town House . . 2,000.00
Notes due 1933
Water Department . 1,000.00
. . . . Town House. .
2,000.00
100
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Notes due 1934 Town House.
.. 2,000.00
Notes due 1935 Town House . 2,000.00
Notes due 1936 Town House. 2,000.00
Notes due 1937 Town House. 2,000.00
Notes due 1938
Town House . 2,000.00
$36,000.00
$36,000.00 101
LEWIS K. CONANT, Treasurer.
Correct :
W. E. GARDNER, Accountant.
102
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Births Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1926
Date
Child's Name
Parents
Jan. 7 Howard Alex. Welch, Jr.
Jan. 8 Phyllis Katheryn Hamilton
Jan. 9 George De Venanzi
Jan. 13 Sarah Fanny Geller
Jan. 23 Constance Mary Howes
Jan. 25 Beatrice Therese Hinkley
Jan. 26| James Jerome Shiel
Jan. 28 William Lawler Baker
Feb. 27 Barbara Estella Allan
Mar. 7|Helen Griffin
Mar. 8 Aurie Louise Murray
Mar. 12 Glenna Madge Yoston
Mar. 21 Edna May Farris
Apr. 10 Helen Holmquist
Apr. 19 Arthur Mitchell Park
Apr. 21 Sarah Shirley MacDonald
Apr. 23 Allan Alonzo Kingsbury
Apr. 27 Grace Frances Blood
May 14 Sheldon Richard Carlson May 23 Donald MacGregor May 28 Gloria Mary Currier
June 7 David Gifford Clark
June 21 Josephine Purcell Cahill
June 22 Alberta Loeta Rawding June 24 Donald Henderson Lee July 1 Rose Ann Lane
Aug. 9 Maurice Paul Bouin
Aug. 11 Robert Owen McCarthy
Aug. 17 Raymond H. Brooks, Jr.
Aug. 18 Dorothy Iola Brayton
Sept. 2 Douglas Frederick Warner Sept. 6 Norma Joan Dewar
Sept. 15 Margarite Rose Bravo
Sept. 17 Vivian Blanch Walker Sept. 19 Lorraine Knight
Oct. 11 William Francis O'Donnell
Oct. 20 Edwin Rattray Faris
Oct. 29 Eunice Kathryne Koch Nov. 4 Gertrude Elizabeth Bodner
Nov. 8 Manly Robert Spear
Nov. 17 George Wallace Hardy
Dec. 4 Priscilla Jean Clark
Howard A. & Frances L. (Pearce)
George M. & Katherine A. (Walsh) Romolo & Angelina (Magnaro) Jacob & Mollie (Greenberg)
Seth F. H. & Ruth M. (Bullard) Daniel C. & Beatrice (O'Day) Jerome & Jessica (McFadden) Melville & Virginia A. (Lawler) Alexander & Marguerite (Mason) William & Veronica (Tobin) Everett L. & Rose (Flood) W. Wollard & Sybil (Skinner) Robert H. & Marjorie (Bent) John & Helen (Swanson)
Harry L. & Marjorie (Darrow) Bert & Susie (Langwith) Carlton W. & Mildred F. (Atwood) Raymond B. & Martha (Honey) Henry & Elizabeth (MacLain) James B. & Gladys E. (Richter) George & Nicolina (Baldassini) Henry H. & Frances (Freeman) John F. & Bridie (Purcell) Burton R. & Gladys (Murray) Winfred & Bernice A. (Rattravy) Henry A. & Edith K. (Morrill) Clement A. & Marie L. (Gomy) John P. & Theresa (Kearns) Raymond H. & Georgiana (Porter) Walter & Annie (Hardie) Chester C. & Grace (Keigwin)
John J. & Dorothy (Tibbets) Berlanno F. & Vittoria (Bravo)
William W. & Blanch (Campbell) Arthur L. & Grace (Tibbetts)
Francis E. & Elizabeth (Knowles) James & Lottie (Rattray) Ernest K. & Elizabeth (Dexter) James & Elizabeth (McCarthy)
Fred M. & Alice (Townsend)
George W. & Ann (Castor)
Alvin P. & Margaret (Lyons)
Total number of births, 42. Males, 18. Females, 24.
103
DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1926
Date of Death
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Jan. 10
Josephine L. Poor
79
10 0
Acute cardiac decom- pensation
Jan. 30
John J. Cotter
73
Cerebral hemorrhage
Feb. 3
Clarence Kingsbury
76
General arterio-sclerosis
Feb. 14
Hildur A. Johnson
47
11
26
Post operative shock
Feb. 19
Mary E. Ware
85
7
2
La grippe
Feb. 28
Margaret A. Murphy
48
Carcinoma of stomach
Mar. 1
Manly B. Townsend
57
4
20
Arterio-sclerosis
Mar. 8
George Washburn
75
10
13
Cancer of oesophagus
Mar. 9
Mariano Gatta
45
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Mar. 13
Thomas P. Simpson
65
4
12
Poisoning by carbon monoxide
Mar. 14
Viola Ioppoliti
3
2
Military tuberculosis
Mar. 22
Louise M. Cook
86
Arterio-sclerosis
Apr. 1
Stephen Muiselian
50
Lobar pneumonia
Apr. 7
Sarah A. Carr
61
1 20
Cerebral embolism
Apr. 20
George E. Coltman
76
2
18
Arterio-sclerosis
Apr. 23
Ellen Wood
76
4
26
Cerebral hemorrhage
Apr. 26
Rose Hamrock
46
Cerebral hemorrhage Arterio-sclerosis
June 18
Martha Louisa Strang
51
0
17
Carcinoma (general)
July 30
George H. Wright
62
2
17
Cerebral hemorrhage
Aug.
2
Helen Kibbe
33
Furuncle of face
Aug. 3
Harriet Fowle
64
Arterio sclerotic heart disease
Aug. 7
George E. Pettis
88
6
7
Aug. 9
Agustus S. Hamilton
92
11
13
Sept. 9
Evelyn B. Ryan
55
Myocarditis
Sept. 30
Ada Read
63
Cancer of kidney
Oct. 17
Mary Fisher
84
9
7
Arterio-sclerosis
Oct. 19
Mary E. Calder
75
9
21
Fracture of femur
Oct. 30
Warren H. Adams
71
11
24
Cerebral embolism
Nov. 11
Frances Ann Keyes
81
6
26
Cholelithiasis
Nov. 25
Henry W. McBride
64
5
25
Coronary-sclerosis
Dec. 12
Joseph W. Curtis
84
4
0
Arterio-sclerosis
Dec. 19
John M. Hammond
70
Acute dilatation of heart
Dec. 22
Sarah Ann Ambler
81
Chronic myocarditis
Dec. 26
Frank J. Bell
44
Malignant endocarditis
May 1
Mary Ann Miller
78
1
Angina pectoris Arterio-sclerosis
Total number of deaths of residents, 35. Males, 17. Females, 18. Deaths at State Hospital, 99.
Total number of deaths in Town, 134.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1926
Date
Name
Residence
Where and by Whom Married
Jan. 2
Allan MacDonald
Dover
In Medfield by Rev. Stephen G. Murray
Jan. 15
Thomas Cliffe
Medfield
In Boston by Rev. Donald Cameran MacGrieal
Jan. 17
Robert Francis Anderson
Balwin, L. I.
In Medfield by Rev. James Hybert Pollard
Feb. 15
Walter F. Reynolds
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool
Mar. 17
Blair Hennessey Parker Priscilla Mae Macauley Fred M. Spear Alice Townsend
Medfield
In Newport, R. I. by Rev. Harold S. Capron
Apr. 2
Medfield
In Walpole by Rev. R. W. Savage
Apr. 25
William Henry Healey Margaret Elizabeth Caulfield
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool
May 1 Arthur Pelton
Manchester, Me.
In Medfield by Rev. Stephen G. Murray
June 6
Lorenzo Zizza
Medfield
In Boston by Rev. Augustine Lazzarin
June 23
Charles C. Gale
Stowe, Vt.
In Medfield by Rev. James Hybert Pollard
June 26
George W. Vaillancourt Anna M. Fennessey
In Medfield by Rev. Donia W. Boisvert
June 26
Josiah Myron DeMaranville Katherine Conrick Bearse George C. Simpson Florence A. Johnson
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Louis Van Ess
July 5
Gordon P. Loomer Dora May Harrietha
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Donia W. Boisvert
July 23
Charles N. Ryan
Medfield
Blanch Casavant
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Donia W. Boisvert
104
Blanch Gagner
Medfield
Mariagrazia Demarino
Charlestown
Ruth V. MacDonald
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
South Easton
Dover
In Medfield by Rev. Donia W. Boisvert
July 4
Elizabeth C. Doherty
Dover
Elma Alice Macleod
Medfield
Harriet May Barrett
Medfield
Evelyn Mae Day
Westwood
Quincy
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