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Of the books bought and donated during the year, 68 are non-fiction, 123 fiction and 74 juvenile.
The circulation exclusive of magazines is 13,791. Adult, 10,132, non-fiction, 1981 and juvenile, 3659.
$80.08 has been turned over to the Town Treasurer for fines collected, and discarded books that have been sold.
The Trustees recommend that the appropriation for the up- keep of the Library for 1931 be $2000.00 including the dog tax, and that a special appropriation of $150.00 be granted to paint the outside of the building.
NELLIE T. KEYOU; Secretary.
99
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARY
Appropriation, including Dog Tax.
$2,000.00
Interest on Library Trust Funds. 405.45
$2,405.45
Paid
Mrs. C. A. Emery, Librarian $500.00
Mary Petrie, Ass't. Librarian 174.00
$674.00
George L. Bent, Janitor.
468.00
W. K. Gilmore & Son, Inc., fuel
420.00
Edison Electric Illum. Co., light- ing
71.01
W. H. Callow, ash removal.
5.00
George L. Bent, ash removal.
2.00
Town of Medfield, water.
15.00
Mrs. C. A. Emery, postage and supplies.
20.27
E. E. Babb Co., typewriter
40.50
George L. Bent, supplies.
4.52
W. A. Gilbert, supplies.
1.50
Dura Binding Co., binding.
41.80
Gaylord Bro., Inc., printing
20.60
J. F. Clark, repairs.
1.25
W. A. Howlett, repairs.
12.85
F. A. Smith, repairs.
2.08
Books and Magazines
Personal Book Shop.
$252.00
George L. Hall.
95.00
Children's Book Club
42.00
Jean Karr
16.25
100
H. W. Wilson & Co 7.00
Dodd Mead & Co 5.80
Alexander Allan. 4.00
National Geographic Society .. 3.00
American Library Assoc. 2.50
$427.55
$2,227.93
Unexpended balance
177.52
Correct :
$2,405.45
W. E. GARDNER, Accountant.
101
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY
Real Estate
Town House
$100,000.00
Library
25,000.00
Ralph Wheelock School
25,000.00
Hannah Adams Pfaff School.
75,000.00
Land in Walpole
150.00
Water Department, 16 acres.
1,300.00
Water Department, pumping sta- tion
1,250.00
Water Department, spring house
150.00
Town Storehouse.
3,000.00
$230,850.00
Personal Property
Town House, furnishings and equip- ment.
$ 4,000.00
Library, furnishings and equipment
4,000.00
Ralph Wheelock School, furnishings and equipment.
4,000.00
Hannah Adams Pfaff School, fur- nishings and equipment.
5,500.00
Town Clock.
150.00
Highway Department, equipment ..
6,926.46
Forestry Department, equipment ....
961.00
Fire Department, equipment.
12,095.50
Water Department, equipment.
25,319.60
Cemetery Department, equipment ..
100.00
Sewer Department, equipment.
156.75
$ 63,209.31
102
Insurance Expires, April 1, 1933
Town House
$ 80,000.00
Hannah Adams Pfaff School.
60,000.00
Ralph Wheelock School.
36,000.00
Library
20,000.00
Town Clock
120.00
Pumping Station
1,000.00
Spring House.
120.00
Town Storehouse
2,400.00
On contents of above buildings.
$199,640.00 36,756.00
. All companies participate pro rata in any loss on Town build- ings or their contents.
Boiler Insurance
Ralph Wheelock School
Hannah Adams Pfaff School expires April 1, 1933 $10,000.00 Town House
103
TOWN TRUST FUNDS
School
Held by Treasurer
City of Portland, Oregon, Bond
$ 1,000.00
Ohio Power Co., Bond
1,000.00
Dedham Institution for Savings.
1,644.26
$ 3,644.26
Library Held by Treasurer
Charles Billings Fund.
$ 5,000.00
George Cummings Fund
1,000.00
George M. Smith Fund
500.00
John M. Richardson Fund
500.00
Willard Harwood Fund
1,000.00
$ 8,000.00
Cemetery Trust Fund
Deposited in Savings Banks
$18,012.11
Total
29,656.37
DANIELS HAMANT,
Treasurer.
The Town Trust Funds, amounting to $29,656.37, are held as above stated.
W. E. GARDNER, Accountant.
104
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Original Fund
Interest for 1930
Balance from 1929
Ex- pended
Balance to Credit of Fund
Mass. Savings Bank
Moses F. Clark
$ 100.00
$ 4.80
$ 100.32
$ 4.80
$ 100.32
Orion Wight
200.00
10.07
209.82
10.07
209.82
Samuel Ellis
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Francis E. Donlan
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
Francis Mason
200.00
9.90
206.37
9.90
206.37
Moses Bullard
200.00
9.61
200.64
9.61
200.64
Soldier's Lot
700.00
34.23
712.84
34.23
712.84
John Sullivan
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
Francis S. Wight
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
.100.32
Henry J. Dunn
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Noah Allen
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
William Crane
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
James T. Allen
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
George H. Allen
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
William Salisbury
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
John Balch
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
John B. Coombs
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
James W. P. Dyer
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
Charles J. Sawyer
200.00
9.61
200.64
9.61
200.64
Daniel S. Wheeler
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Edmund Bullard
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
John M. Richardson
500.00
24.10
501.75
24.10
501.75
Susan I. Woods
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Alice O. Sewall
200.00
9.61
200.64
9.61
200.64
Edmund L. Chenery
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Baxter Lot
300.00
14.46
301.05
14.46
301.05
John Schools
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
Susan B. Ware
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
Washburn Lot
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Joseph A. Allen
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
C. M. Clark
150.00
7.22
150.47
7.22
150.47
John H. Gould
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Bruce and Fisher Lots
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
John H. Pember
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
J. Augustus Fitts
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
George E. Pettis
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Sarah G. Shumway
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
E. V. Mitchell
500.00
24.10
501.75
24.10
501.75
George Emerson
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
Amelia Everett
100.00
4.80
100.32
4.80
100.32
F. Sablome
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
Oliver A. Clark
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
E. P. Tucker
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
Emma Rhodes
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
A. C. Shumway
150.00
7.22
150.47
7.22
150.47
Benjamin Chenery
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
Keyes-Gilley
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
105
Name of Fund
Original Fund
Interest for 1930
Balance from 1929
Ex- pended
Balance to Credit of Fund
Albion C. Gilbert
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
Seth Maker
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
Obed Hartshorn and Spear
200.00
9.61
200.63
9.61
200.63
George Morrill
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
N. A. Stone
50.00
2.40
50.18
2.40
50.18
Henry Wight
100.00
4.80
100.33
4.80
100.33
Clara Howard
150.00
7.22
150.47
7.22
150.47
$7,300.00
$352.16
$7,349.50
$352.16
$7,349 50
Dedham Institution for Savings
James Hewins
$ 200.00
10.13
$ 200.27
$ 10.13
$ 200.27
Caleb Ellis
100.00
5.11
101.13
5.11
101.13
Sabin Smith
100.00
5.11
101.13
5.11
101.13
William S. Tilden
200.00
10.23
202.35
10.23
202.35
Moses Ellis
200.00
10.23
202.35
10.23
202.35
Joseph Breck
100.00
5.11
101.13
5.11
101.13
Mary F. Ellis
100.00
5.11
101.13
5.11
101.13
Mary T. Derby
100.00
5.11
101.13
5.11
101.13
George M. Smith
100.00
5.11
101.13
5.11
101.13
George F. Miller
50.00
2.53
50.50
2.53
50.50
Langley Lot
200.00
10.13
200.35
10.13
200.35
Grant-Newell
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
James Griffin
50.00
2.53
50.50
2.53
50.50
Walter James
50.00
2.53
50.50
2.53
50.50
Jeremiah B. Hale
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Martin M. Mason
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
George H. Shumway
200.00
10.23
202.35
10.23
202.35
Edward Alward
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Isaac White
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
J. V. Morang
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
G. D. Hamant
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Lucius Houghton
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Alex Ogilvie
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Bishop-Hartshorn
450.00
22.90
452.86
22.90
452.86
Pattee-Turner
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Henry Parker
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
William Ryan
300.00
15.36
303.52
15.36
303.52
Wesley Balch
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
A. B. Parker
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Dr. Saunders
50.00
2.53
50.50
2.53
50.50
William Guild
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Seth Chenery
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Moses Johnson
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Samuel Johnson
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
George Chick
100.00
5.11
101.14
5.11
101.14
Mrs. Selwyn Clark
100.00
5.08
100.66
5.08
100.66
Cora B. Simpson
100.00
5.08
100.66
5.08
100.66
Perry Lot
100.00
5.08
100.66
5.08
100.66
Saarm-Kennedy
100.00
5.08
100.66
5.08
100.66
Braman-Briggs
100.00
5.08
100.66
5.08
100.66
Nathaniel Fairbanks
100.00
5.08
100.66
5.08
100.66
106
ยท Name of Fund
Original Fund
Interest for 1930
Balance from 1929
Ex- pended
Balance to Credit of Fund
Walter Wiswell
100.00
5.08
100.68
5.08
100.68
Samuel Ellis No. 1
100.00
5.05
100.10
5.05
100.10
George Ellis No. 1
100.00
5.05
100.10
5.05
100.10
Hutson-Smith
100.00
5.05
100.10
5.05
100.10
John G. Hutson
150.00
7.58
150.15
7.50
150.23
Wales-Plimpton
100.00
5.05
100.10
5.05
100.10
Mary A. Hotville
100.00
5.05
100.10
5.05
100.10
Margaret T. Bearse
100.00
5.05
100.23
5.05
100.23
Giles-Lord
100.00
5.05
100.35
5.05
100.35
William Conrick
100.00
5.05
100.23
5.05
100.23
Bennett-Wilson
200.00
10.13
200.22
10.13
200.22
Tyler-Thayer
300.00
15.20
300.67
15.20
300.67
Sprague Lot
100.00
5.05
100.05
5.05
100.05
Thomas F. Barney
200.00
10.13
200.13
10.13
200.13
Charles Wight
100.00
5.13
101.63
5.13
101.63
Amos W. Shumway
150.00
7.66
151.85
7.66
151.85
Nathan Fisher
100.00
5.05
100.05
5.05
100.05
Joseph Bullard
200.00
10.13
200.00
10.13
200.00
John Hinkley
100.00
5.05
100.00
5.05
100.00
Thomas Rourke
100.00
5.05
100.00
5.05
100.00
Samuel Guild
100.00
5.05
100.00
5.05
100.00
Edward Blackington
100.00
5.05
100.00
5.05
100.00
William Anderson
50.00
1.46
50.00
1.46
50.00
John H. Sweeney
100.00
2.92
100.00
2.92
100.00
Frank W. Morse
200.00
5.83
200.00
5.83
200.00
George H. Ellis
800.00
800.00
Clarence M. Cutler
100.00
100.00
$9,000.00
$404.40
$8,154.05
$404.32
$9,054.13
Home Savings Bank
Nancy H. Curtis
$ 50.00
$ 2.67
$ 53.43
$ 6.10
$ 50.00
Mary W. Phelps
50.00
2.67
53.43
6.10
50.00
Eliza E. Williams
475.00
25.32
506.41
49.36
482.37
George C. Davis
100.00
5.33
106.72
11.85
100.20
Daniel D. Curtis
500.00
27.39
547.86
52.08
523.17
Joseph Clark
100.00
5.33
106.72
11.85
100.20
Ellen Wood Lot
300.00
15.99
319.96
33.41
302.54
$1,575.00
$84.70
$1,694.53
$170.75
$1,608.48
107
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation.
$600.00
Paid for Salaries
Sidney W. Stevens.
$25.00
George W. Hinkley
25.00
Frank L. Cheney
25.00
-
$ 75.00
George S. Cheney, Inspector of Animals
150.00
Benjamin N. Ward, Inspector of Provisions
75.00
William H. Everett, reporting
births, deaths and marriages ....
153.25
Joseph A. Roberts, returning deaths to Town Clerk.
12.00
Clement Drug Co., supplies.
2.25
Rogers Press, printing
5.25
Hobbs & Warren, supplies.
1.50
Alexander Allan, supplies
.65
Martha Blood.
7.15
Labor at Public Dump
Dana Weiker
$13.80
Roy Owen.
8.10
R. E. Conrick
5.10
Elwyn Chick
5.10
J. H. Stratton
5.00
John Rouzaut
3.00
$ 40.10
Unexpended balance
77.85
$600.00
Correct:
$522.15
W. E. GARDNER, Accountant.
108
I
APPROPRIATIONS
-
Appropriated
Recommended
in 1930
for 1931
Executive Department.
$ 2,400.00
$ 2,400.00
Treasurer's Department.
750.00
750.00
Collector's Department.
1,200.00
1,300.00
Assessor's Department.
650.00
650.00
Town Clerk's Department.
350.00
350.00
Election and Registration
350.00
150.00
Town House
2,750.00
2,750.00
Police
3,700.00
4,000.00
Dog Officer
50.00
50.00
Fire.
4,138.74
3,500.00
Sealer
125.00
125.00
Fire Hose.
600.00
Air Whistle
4,027.10
Moth
1,200.00
1,000.00
Tree Warden
1,500.00
1,500.00
Health and Sanitation
600.00
600.00
Sewer
900.00
1,000.00
Street Cleaning
300.00
300.00
Shade Trees.
100.00
100.00
Highways
15,500.00
15,000.00
Sand Special.
50.00
Pound Street Special.
800.00
South Street Special
1,000.00
Park Street Special
2,500.00
Main Street Special.
20,000.00
Hospital Road Special.
1,500.00
Frairy Street Special.
1,000.00
Nebo Street Special.
1,200.00
Snow
2,029.04
109
Sidewalks.
700.00
1,000.00
Bridges
200.00
200.00
Street Lighting
4,640.00
4,640.00
Guard Rail
150.00
200.00
Public Welfare.
4,800.00
6,000.00
Public Welfare Special
158.60
Soldier's Benefits.
200.00
200.00
District Nurse.
300.00
300.00
Schools
33,600.00
32,500.00
Library, including Dog Tax.
2,000.00
2,000.00
Parks
400.00
400.00
Memorial Day
200.00
275.00
Numbering Houses
150.00
Contingent.
900.00
900.00
Liability Insurance
700.00
700.00
Boiler Insurance.
891.00
County Hospital.
914.76
Fire Insurance.
5,000.00
Printing Valuation
500.00
Reserve Fund.
1,000.00
1,000.00
Cemetery
1,500.00
2,000.00
Cemetery-New Section
1,000.00
Cement Markers.
500.00
Water
3,400.00
3,800.00
Water Connections, Main St.
2,500.00
10" Pipe, Main St.
14,500.00
8"' Pipe, Main St.
885.08
Water Connections, 8" Pipe.
100.00
Water Committee.
1,000.00
Notes
9,000.00
10,000.00
Interest
5,455.00
5,000.00
1
110
TOWN HOUSE
Appropriation. $2,750.00
Paid
F. C. Chick, Janitor. $842.50
E. E. Chick, Janitor 260.00
$1,102.50
Supplies and Repairs
John N. Wills $ 26.20
Holland Furnace Co 15.00
W. A. Gilbert 12.87
Clement Drug Co
12.40
Fred A. Smith
11.88
W. A. Fitts.
11.50
Reformatory for Women
10.44
W. S. Cook
6.00
Frank R. Schools.
4.35
J. B. Hunter Co
4.25
J. F. Clark.
3.35
Carpenter-Morton Co.
3.35
E. R. Kerr
2.70
A. A. Kingsbury
2.35
F. A. Hartshorn
2.10
F. C. Chick.
1.28
Weiker's Express. .70
$ 130.72 Edison Electric Illum. Co. 500.99 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 88.30
W. K. Gilmore & Son, Inc., fuel 854.00
111
Town of Medfield, water
50.00
Unexpended balance
$2,726.51 23.49
Correct:
$2,750.00
W. E. GARDNER,
Accountant.
112
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Births Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1930
Date
Child's Name
Parents
Jan. 27 John Robert Carr
Feb. 7 Barba Gottlieb
Feb. 20 Barbara Ann Kennedy
Francis D. & Susan E. (Driscoll)
Feb. 27 Daniel Carey Hinkley, Jr.
Mar. 7 Helen Janet Clark
April 3 Margaret Mahoney
April 28 Jean Elizabeth Hogan
May 9 Dana Robert Hardy
May 24 Edith Mary Daine
June 15 Frederic Aldous Howlett
Frederic K. & Lillian (Burry)
Everett K. & Freda V. (Walker)
June 22 Everett Lewis Dewar June 26 John Allen McElwain
July 4 Edward Joseph O'Brien
July 23 Eva Maria Augusto Ippoliti
Aug. 23 Richard Henry Hathaway Sept. 16 Stanley Cheney
Sept. 21 Ronald John McKinnon
James E. & Vera E. (MacGregor) Roy & Helen M. (Haigh)
Oct. 3|Robert Roy Owen Oct. 9 Donald Emery Woodbury
Eugene E. & Margaret J. (Ward)
Oct. 10 William Joseph Traine
William J. & Katherine M. (Witham)
Oct. 17 Lawrence McLane Dewar, Jr. Lawrence M. & Thordis (Spaulding) Nov. 10 Walter Thomas Curry
Dec. 17 Robert Francis Harlow
Dec. 30 Joseph Luke McQuiggan, Jr.
Allison T. & Gladys E. (Lantz) Leopold K. & Lois (Heard)
Daniel C. & Beatrice (O'Day)
Lewis A. & Eva (Hinchiliffe) James F. & Elizabeth (Wills) Coleman J. & Alice B. (Hennessey) George W. & Ann (Castor) Archie C. & Gladys M. (Goodell)
Alexander & Beatrice (Stevens) James R. & Mildred M. (Hart) Enrico & Marie (Sautussi) George H. & Flora (LeBeau) Mabel Cheney
Ronald James & Margaret (Barron) Leon E. & Mary A. (Mahoney) Joseph & Olive LeClerc
Total number of births, 24. Males, 17. Females, 7.
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DEATH OF RESIDENTS OF MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1930
Date of Death
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Feb.
8
Harrison Hayford Child
71
1 9
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Feb. 20
Frank J. Laverty
65
8 28
Carcinoma of Larynx
Feb. 23
Mary Agnes Grace
71
9 0
Arteriosclerosis
May
7
Thomas Rourke
94
Arteriosclerosis
May 27
Alfreda M. Cutler
72
11 29
Arteriosclerosis
June 3
Henry C. Holbrook
77
4
6
Cerebral Hemorrhage Accidental Drowning
July
9
William J. Weeks
75
1 12
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Sept.
3
Elizabeth P. Ord
78
7
7
Angina Pectoris
Sept. 12
Lysander A. Hayward
74
0 25
Pernicious Anaemia
Oct. 18
Sarah Morgan
68
Arteriosclerosis
Oct. 25
Susan M. Clark
76
9
11
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Oct. 26
Herbert R. Spaulding
68
2
17
Suicide
July
5
William Catenacci
19
Total number of deaths of residents, 13. Males, 8. Females, 5. Deaths at State Hospital, 98.
Total number of deaths in Town, 111.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1930
Date
Name
Residence
Where and by Whom Married
Feb. 22
Charles M. Clark
Medfield
In Yarmouth by Rev. Allan E. Burtt
.
Ann Hamilton
Providence, R. I.
Feb. 22
Herbert G. Hummer
Medfield
In Walpole by Rev. James Arthur Lytle
Mar. 12
Wesley T. Wilkins
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Jason G. Miller
May 9
Roy Owen
Medfield
In Framingham by Rev. Theadore B. Lathrop
May 27 Romeo J. Mallette
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Lewis F. Kearn
May 29
Charles H. McLeod
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Jason G. Miller
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June 15 Carlo Bravo
Medfield
In East Boston by Rev. L. Toma
June 17 Henry F. Dagg
Framingham
In Medfield by Rev. Jason G. Miller
June 21
Frederick M. Bohm
Medfield
In Dedham by
Corinne M. Rawding
Medfield
Rev. Dirk van der Valt
July 4
John Joseph Panaro
Medfield
In Franklin by Rev. Lee C. Abbott
July 30 Charles Reuben Whynock
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool
Mary Elizabeth Nowe
Wakefield
Aug. 21
Raymond C. Lansigne
Medfield
In Lowell by Rev. Bernard J. McNulty
Orise Mary Peladeau
Medfield
Aug. 26 John Alfred Chaplin
Norfolk
Medfield
Medfield
Lowell
In Needham by Rev. G. B. Macdonald In Lowell by Rev. John J. Costello
Annie McHale
Sept. 21
Guy F. Brown Mary Elizabeth Scullin
East Boston
Silvia Nicoloro
Mildred Blair Guerrier
Framingham
Medfield
Concetta Palumbo
Medfield
Theresa Green
Medfield
Winifred MacDonald
Medfield
Effie A. McKay
Helen Katherine Csehi
S. Norwalk, Conn.
Helen Minota Haigh
Medfield
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1930
Date
Name
Residence
Where and by Whom Married
Oct. 1
Louis Peladeau
Medfield
In Dorchester by Rev. Leo N. O'Day
Oct. 12
Harold Ryan
Medfield
In Norwood by Rev. F. E. Novlent
Oct. 12
Angelo Zechello
South Boston
In Boston by Rev. Charles Celotto
Oct. 25
Theodore Wade
Millis
In Medfield by Rev. Jason G. Miller
Oct. 25 Arthur Ramsdale Blackwell
Medfield
In Woonsocket by Rev. William W. Baker
Gladys Ann Creech
Woonsocket, R. I.
Oct. 28 Paul Lester Mick
Medfield .
In Newton by Rev. William M. Mick
Oct. 29 Michael Joseph Gorman
Medfield -
In Franklin by
Evangeline Bent
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Jason G. Miller
Nov. 19
Frederick C. Karle
Medfield
Sophie Ecke
Medfield
Nov. 22 Francis D. Walsh
Medfield
Mary G. Walsh
Medfield
Dec. 26
Gustave Adolph Larson
Malden
In Medfield by Rev. Irad B. Hardy
Dec. 31
Frank Lester Cheney
Medfield
Eleanor May Stewart
Dedham
In Dedham by Rev. George M. Butler
Total number of marriages, 26. Married in Town, 9. Married out of Town, 17. 16.
Residents of Town, 36. Non-residents, WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
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Helena Moerkerk Boot
Wellesley
Medfield Rev. Charles E. Pedersen
Nov. 15 Albert Lorenzo Dyer Ida Mabelle Fleming
Medfield
In Norwood by Rev. Robert M. Bartlett In Medfield by Rev. William J. O'Connell
Marian Kelly
Medfield
Catherine Fennessey
Medfield
Helen Elizabeth Matanis
Walpole
Victoria Catenacci
Medfield
Alice Stone
Millis -
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SPECIAL MEETING January 28, 1930
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Med- field on the twenty-eighth day of January, 1930, at 8 p. m., and the following action was taken on the article contained in the Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken, whereby, it was voted that the Selectmen should an- nually appoint the Superintendent of Streets, and to see if the Town will vote to elect a Surveyor of Highways by ballot annually at its regular Town Meeting, or do or act anything relating thereto. (Petition.)
Voted, that the article be dismissed.
Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.
Attest:
WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL MEETING March 3, 1930
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the third day of March, 1930, at six o'clock in the forenoon; and the following action was taken upon the several articles in the Warrant :-
Article 1. To choose all Town Officers required to be elected annually by ballot; to wit:
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One Moderator, One Town Clerk, One Treasurer, One Col- lector of Taxes, Three Constables, One Tree Warden, all for one year; One Selectman, One Assessor, One School Com- mittee, Two Trustees of the Public Library, One Member of the Board of Health, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Mem- ber of the Water and Sewerage Board, One Member of the Planning Board, all for three years; One Member of the Plan- ning Board for five years.
The polls were opened at 6.15 a. m. and closed at 2 p. m.
Cards of Instruction and Specimen Ballots were posted as required by law.
The ballot box was examined and found in good working order and at close of voting agreed with the check lists in the number of ballots cast.
The following named persons appointed by the Selectmen and sworn by the Town Clerk were assigned to duty as follows: Charles L. Bullard and Mary E. Bridge to distribute ballots; Wesley A. Gove and Florence Marcionette to check at ballot box; Elmer E. Walton, Harry S. Mason, Daniels Hamant, and Elmer H. E. Dyer, Tellers; Constable Coleman J. Hogan in charge of ballot box.
The ballots were counted in open meeting and the total vote cast was 342.
The following named persons having received the largest number of votes were declared elected to the several offices:
Moderator, one year, Frank D. McCarthy.
Town Clerk, one year, William H. Everett.
Selectmen, three years, Frank G. Haley.
Treasurer, one year, Daniels Hamant.
Tax Collector, one year, Amos C. Kingsbury.
Tree Warden, one year, George L. L. Allen.
Constables, one year, Fred C. Chick, Lawrence M. Dewar, Coleman J. Hogan.
Assessor, three years, Harold C. Mitchell.
School Committee, three years, Alice W. Conway.
Water and Sewerage Board, three years, Ira F. Penniman. Cemetery Commissioner, three years, Joseph A. Roberts.
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Board of Health, three years, Sidney W. Stevens.
Trustees of Public Library, three years, Ellery C. Crocker, Alfred L. Pederson.
Planning Board, three years, Phillips Dennett.
Planning Board, five years, Francis M. Parkhurst.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS
March 10, 1930
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 p. m.
The remaining articles in the Warrant for the Annual Meet- ing were taken up and acted on as follows:
Article 2. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keeper.
Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers and Pound Keeper.
The following named persons were appointed Fence Viewers, and Field Drivers: Nelson G. Tibbetts and William J. Kelly. Alphonso L. Allen was appointed as Pound Keeper ..
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
Voted, that the reports of the several Town Officers be ac- cepted as a whole.
Article 4. To hear and act on the report of any Committee, to choose any Committee the Town may think proper and transact any business that may legally come before the Town.
Voted, that the salary of the Treasurer be increased $200.00. Voted, that Article 23 be taken up before Article 5.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept Forest Street between High and Granite Streets as a Town Way, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition.)
Voted, that Forest Street be accepted as a Town Way.
Article 5. To appropriate and raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
The following sums of money were appropriated and raised to defray the expenses of the ensuing year.
Executive Department .. $ 2,400.00
Treasurer's Department. 750.00
Collector's Department
1,200.00
Assessors' Department.
650.00
Town Clerk's Department
350.00
Election and Registration
350.00
Town House
2,750.00
Police Department
3,700.00
Dog Officer 50.00
Fire Department.
3,000.00
Sealer's Department.
125.00
Moth Department.
1,200.00
Health and Sanitation
600.00
Tree Warden's Department.
1,500.00
Sewer Department.
900.00
Street Cleaning Department.
300.00
Highway Department
15,500.00
Snow
2,000.00
Sidewalks
700.00
Bridges
200.00
Street Lighting
4,640.00
Guard Rails.
150.00
Public Welfare
4,800.00
Soldiers' Benefits
200.00
District Nurse
300.00
Schools.
33,600.00
Library, including dog tax
2,000.00
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Parks
400.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Contingent
900.00
Liability Insurance
700.00
County Hospital
914.76
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Cemetery.
1,500.00
Water Department.
3,400.00
Notes
9,000.00
Interest.
5,000.00
Assessors' Printing.
500.00
Joseph E. Allen for sand
50.00
Laying out new section in Cemetery
1,000.00
Planting of shade trees
100.00
1929 Public Welfare bills
158.60
Fire Hose.
600.00
Fire Insurance
6,200.00 891.00
Boiler Insurance.
For use of Water Committee
1,000.00
Laying 10" water pipe in Main Street
14,500.00
Connecting houses with water service.
2,500.00
East Main Street permanent construction
20,000.00
Hospital Road Special
1,500.00
South Street Special.
3,000.00
Nebo Street Special
1,200.00
Park Street Special
2,500.00
Pound Street Special
800.00
Frairy Street Special.
1,000.00
$164,429.36
Voted, that the salaries of the elective Town Officers be fixed as follows from and after March 10, 1930:
Assessors, Chairman $300.00, Two other Members $100.00 each; Moderator $25.00; Selectmen $150.00 each; Treasurer $500.00; Town Clerk $250.00; Water and Sewerage Board $50.00 each; Board of Health $25.00 each.
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