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100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
George Steere Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0 1
Conrad Weiker Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.01
Josephine M. Spear Lot
200.00
4.00
204.00
4.00
200.01
Eliakim Morse Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Nellie V. Mugridge Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Margaret J. Ord Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Wood Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Ruggles-Adams Lot
300.00
6.00
306.00
6.00
300.0
Eric Loeffler Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
John Sullivan Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
James Griffin Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
John & Elizabeth Ord
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Granville W. Babcock Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Annie Stedman Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Annie Richardson Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
King & Vose Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
George G. Babcock Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Leon E. Mayo Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
John Bartz Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
Josephine Percival Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0
John T. Kennedy Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
Napoleon Duhamel Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
Mary C. Wheeler Lot
200.00
4.00
204.00
4.00
200.01
Henry K. Barnard Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0(
R. B. Newcomb Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0(
J. W. Rich Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.0(
M. Howard Blood Lot
150.00
3.00
153.00
3.00
150.00
William Kennedy Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
Joseph Park Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
Robert W. Baker Lot
200.00
4.00
204.00
4.00
200.00
John R. Miller Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00;
Mary A. Abell Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
Raymond C. Weiker Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
William B. Roberts Lot
200.00
4.00
204.00
4.00
200.00
Bennett-Grover Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
Lewis Cutler Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
Vincent N. Osborne Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
178
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-(Continued) Dedham Institution for Savings
Original Interest
lame of Fund
Fund
for 1942
Total
Balance Ex- to Credit pended of Fund
Cose Schools Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
rchie Crawford Lot
100.00
2.00
102.00
2.00
100.00
cott B. Bell Lot
100.00
1.67
101.67
1.67
100.00
Iphonso L. Allen Lot
100.00
100.00
100.00
dward M. Bent Lot
100.00
100.00
100.00
Villiam Bullard Lot
100.00
100.00
100.00
eon M. Kennett Lot
100.00
100.00
100.00
'dgar Sherman Lot
100.00
100.00
100.00
ilwyn A. Smith Lot
100.00
100.00
100.00
$15,550.00 $296.67 $15,846.67 $296.67 $15,550.00
Massachusetts Savings Bank Trusts
'lara Howard
150.00
$2.25
$152.25
$2.25
$150.00
Ienry Wight
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
T. A. Stone
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.00
George Morrill
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
bed Hartshorn & Spear
200.00
3.00
203.00
3.00
200.00
eth Maker
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
Albion C. Gilbert
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
Leyes-Gilley
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
Benjamin Chenery
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
1. C. Shumway
150.00
2.25
152.25
2.25
150.00
Emma Rhodes
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
. P. Tucker
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
)liver A. Clark
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
1. Sablone
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
Amelia Everett
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
George Emerson
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
. V. Mitchell
500.00
7.50
507.50
7.50
500.00
Sarah G. Shumway
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
George E. Pettis
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
. Augustus Fitts
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
ohn H. Pember
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
Bruce & Fisher
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
ohn H. Gould
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
. M. Clark
150.00
2.25
152.25
2.25
150.00
oseph A. Allen
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
Washburn Lot
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
Susan B. Ware
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.00
179
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-(Continued) Massachusetts Savings Bank Trusts
Original Interest
Name of Fund
Fund
for 1942
Total 50.75
.75
50.
Baxter Lot
300.00
4.50
304.50
4.50
300.
Edmund I. Chenery
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.
Alice D. Sewall
200.00
3.00
203.00
3.00
200.
Susan I. Woods
100.00
1,50
101.50
1.50
100.
John M. Richardson
500.00
7.50
507.50
7.50
500.
Edmund Bullard
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.0
Daniel S. Wheeler
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.(
Charles J. Sawyer
200.00
3.00
203.00
3.00
200.1
James W. P. Dyer
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.0:
John B. Coombs
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.(
William Salisbury
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.(
John Balch
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.0
George H. Wight
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.0
James T. Allen
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.0
William Crane
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.0
Noah Allen
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
101.5
Henry J. Dunn
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.0
Francis S. Wight
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.0
John Sullivan
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.0
Soldiers' Lot
700.00
10.50
710.50
10.50
700.0
Moses Bullard
200.00
3.00
203.00
3.00
200.0
Francis Mason
200.00
3.00
203.00
3.00
200.0
Francis E. Donlan
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.0
Samuel Ellis
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.0
Orion Wight
200.00
3.00
203.00
3.00
200.0
Moses F. Clark
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.0
$7,300.00 $109.62 $7,409.62 $109.62
$7,300.00
Home Savings Bank Trusts
Nancy H. Curtis
$50.00
$ .75
$50.75
$ .75
$50.01
Mary M. Phelps
50.00
.75
50.75
.75
50.00
Eliza E. Williams
475.00
7.12
482.12
7.12
475.00
George C. Davis
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.00
Daniel D. Curtis
500.00
7.50
507.50
7.50
500.00
Joseph Clark
100.00
1.50
101.50
1.50
100.0(
Ellenwood Lot
300.00
4.50
304.50
4.50
300.00
$1,575.00
$23.62
$1,598.62
$23.62
$1,575.00
John Schools
50.00
.75
Balan Ex- to Crec pended of Fu:
1
180
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT 1942 Real Estate and Personal Taxes
Commitment
$106,397.22
Collections $85,247.02
Refunds
95.48
Abatements 1,798.34
Tax Titles
409.17
Collections, 1943
6,513.96
Balance
12,524.21
$106,492.70
$106,492.70
1941 Real Estate and Personal Taxes
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942 $22,613.53
Collections
$13,253.34
Auditor's Adjustment 260.15
Abatements 772.41
Refund 65.65
Tax Titles
413.06
Collected 1943
3,831.84
Balance
4,668.68
$22,939.33
$22,939.33
1940 Real Estate and Personal Taxes
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942 $8,611.43
Collections
$5,759.97
Commitment
302.76
Abatements
860.90
Auditor's Adjustment
6.80
Tax Titles
1,242.17
Refund 7.60
Collected 1943
614.03
Balance
451.52
$8,928.59
$8,928.59
1939 Real Estate and Personal Taxes
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942 $3,729.48
Collections
1,811.16
Auditor's Adjustment 62.74
Abatements
808.62
Tax Title
749.16
Collections, 1943
150.88
Balance
272.40
$3,792.22
$3,792.22
Taxes, 1934
$ 6.00
Taxes, 1935
54.77
Taxes, 1936
68.30
Taxes, 1937
210.39
Taxes, 1938
255.69
Abatements applied for as uncollectable
181
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1942 Motor Vehicle
Commitment Refund
$6,526.97
Collections
$5,690.30
72.25
Abatements
66.38
Collections, 1943
365.39
Balance
477.15
$6,599.22
$6,599.22
1941 Motor Vehicle
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942
$991.28
Collections
$1,452.11
Refunds
92.04
Abatements
101.65
Commitments
1,000.00
Collections, 1943
22.00
Balance
507.56
$2,083.32
$2,083.32
1940 Motor Vehicle
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942
$581.98
Collections
$226.11
Adjustments
13.29
Abatements
88.20
Refund
4.95
Balance
285.91
$600.22
$600.22
1939 Motor Vehicle
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942
$349.88
Collections
$ 24.59
Adjustment
.20
Abatements
148.09
Refund
14.24
Balance
191.64
$364.32
$364.32
1938 Motor Vehicle
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942
$275.08
Collections
$ 20.35
Abatements
69.68
Balance
185.05
$275.08
$275.08
1937 Motor Vehicle
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942
$808.85
Collections
$ 72.89
Adjustment
17.15
Abatements
125.87
Refunds
1.00
Balance
628.24
$827.00
$827.00
182
1936 Motor Vehicle
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942
$479.72
Collections
$ 50.77
Adjustment
4.00
Abatements Balance
321.79
$483.72
$483.72
1935 Motor Vehicle
Balance, Jan. 1, 1942
$160.48
Collections
$ 27.18
Adjustment
2.00
Abatements
85.60
Balance
49.70
$162.48
$162.48
Balance Sewer Assessments
$248.91
1942 DELINQUENT LIST
Abbott, Gertrude
$ .93
Clark, Lewis A. 28.49
Adams, Edward E.
10.18
Cook, Phillip and
Allen, Joseph T. L.
25.90
Schiller Rose, Bal. 73.80
Allen, Lucy E.
27.75
Daniels, A. R. 1.11
Atherton, Arthur S.
Day, Abbie 12.21
Laura C.
25.90
Day, Preston .55
Bath, Catherine
7.40
Ellis, Geo., et. al. 1.30
Beal, Frank G. and Jessie M. 118.40
Evans, Edwin S. and Ruth, Bal. 33.05
Bifano, Giaconda
51.80
Fabbricotti, Casimiro 5.55
Blake, Maurice, Bal.
62.62
Fairbanks, Maurella, Bal. 104.63
Black, Margaret E., Bal.
61.05
Bravo, Annie 68.45
Fraser, Eliza G., Bal. 100.16
Fraser, Robert H. 9.25
French, Frederick H. 1.85
French, Isabelle C. 5.55
Brennan, James H.
2.04
Bridge, Collomer G.
289.53
Gorman, Michael, Bal. 23.85
Catennari, Albert and Gabrielle 84.54
Greenough, David S. and Mary M. 384.80
chamberlain, Daniel G.
8.32
Grout, Nathan 1.11
Clark, Charles M. and Ann H. 189.80
Hall, Agnes M. and Wallace 4.44
Clark, James F. and
Hamant, Bessie L. and
Margaret W. 207.46
Ruth Snyder 382.03
183
Fowler, Emily L. and Bertram B. 167.42
Bravo, Annie and Joseph 136.90
Bravo, Joseph 4.07
Brennan, Elizabeth and Helen 87.50
Furlong, Emma G., Bal. 20.00
111.16
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1942 DELINQUENT LIST-Continued
Harding, Edward A. and Madeleine 266.03
Mitchell, Samuel 100.08
Morse, Herbert L. 116.36
Hastings, Marie J. 9.25
Mulcahy, Catherine
95.27
Hayward, Mary A., Est. 68.45
Murray, Annie L.
51.98
Naugle, Emmerson R.
Hodgdon, Lucy M. 178.52
Holmquist, Ellen 23.68
Johnson, Alice T.
173.90
Johnson, Karl A., et. al. 304.14
Kelleher, Michael 46.99
Kelly, Antoinette
1,007.32
Kelly, Antoinette
229.03
Kelly, Antoinette and
Delmar 153.55
Kennedy, Francis D. and Susan E.
120.99
Kennedy, Margaret J.
131.90
Ken, Grace, Bal.
100.00
Kimball, Charles S.
3.89
Kingsbury, Allen, Bal.
82.95
Kingsbury, Carlton, Bal. 106.37
Koch, Elizabeth 158.73
Laurie, Thayer H.
21.83
Lee, Bernice, Bal.
40.70
Lewis, E. Frank
4.62
Litchfield, Elsie A.
24.05
Lobisser, Frank S.
3.33
Lucy, Dennis H. and Nora A. 118.40
Lynch, John, Bal.
89.49
Mann, Jesse
19.61
Manson, Warren H. and Emily
5.55
Manson, Warren
19.61
McCormack, Malcolm L.
8.32
McKeowan, Cornelius P. and Helen 127.46
Medfield Grange Asso- ciation
107.30
Medfield Recreation Cen-
Weiher, Margaret 4.44
ter
173.90
Welch, Martha, et. al. 97.12
Milton, Helen E.
20.35
Welch, Wm. T. 27.38
Mitchell, Harold
493.21
Wheelwright, Ruth N. 481.15
-
Olyoth, Ernest 481.75
Parmenter, Freeman 6.29
Parsons, Leavitt, et. al., Bal. 97.07
Pederson, Mary 99.53
Platt, Christina, Bal. 88.06
Read, Percy B.
462.87
Rogers, Arthur C.
157.25 1
Rokes, Ralph H. and Ida M. 163.91
Roskilly, John H., Jr.
Bal.
285.22
Rouzant, John P. and Helen 26.08
Rouzant, Russell 1.85
Shepardson, Mary .74
Shultz, Charles M.
1.85
Smith, Herbert, Bal.
8.50
Smith, John L. 61.79
Spender, Merlon A. 7.70
Taylor, John P.
70.67
Travers, Frank L.
64.75
Tubridy, Jane T. and Mary A. 37.74
Tubidy, Jane F.
and Mary A. and James 35.15
Turkanis, Dora 1.66
Vasaturo, Pasquale
136.90
Walsh, Francis D. and Mary, Bal. 13.25
Washburn, Merle C. 4.44
Weeber, Charles H., Jr.
2.96
Weeber, Elna 1.85
1
184
-
Hinckley, Geo. W. J., Bal. 75.09
and Mary A. 133.95
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1942 DELINQUENT LIST-Continued
Wilbur, Daisey M. 116.62 Williams, George P. 8.88
Williams, Alfred G. 9.25 Williams, Agnes A. 11.85
Williams, Fred H., Trustee 2.22
Wills, Delia M., Est. 31.63
1942 PERSONAL TAXES
Alley, Ruth
18.53
Kelly, Delmar M.
207.20
Blanchard, William S.
31.45
Kennedy, Francis
7.40
Catennacci, Violet
11.10
Knight, Arthur L. 44.40
Coyle, John E.
22.20
Montgomery, Stuart
92.50
Corbin, Catherine
7.40
Newton, Leo
3.70
Fearing, George R. J.
92.50
Olyott, Ernest
14.80
Garabedian, Anna D.
Owen, Roy
1.85
and Charles A.
5.54
Parsons, Leavitt C.
2.22
Greenough, David S. Jr.
92.50
Staller, Mini
1.10
Hazel Manufacturing
Wheelwright, Ruth N.
37.93
Company
74.00
Wilkins, Herbert
3.89
Holmquist, Ellen
24.79
Polls, including Ser-
Kelly, Antoinette
74.00
vice Men
696.00
Total
$12,524.21
1941 DELINQUENT LIST
Abbott, Gertrude .93
Clark, Charles M. and
Adams, Edward E. Estate 10.27
Ann H. 183.20
Allen, Lucy, Bal. 14.00
Clark, James T. and Margaret W. 209.42
and Laura C. 26.15
Clark, Lewis A.
28.76
Baker, Francis
1.68
Daniels, A. R.
1.12
Battelle, Geo., Estate
4.48
Day, Preston .55
Benson, Elizabeth for
Fabbricotti, Casimiro
5.60
subsequent owner, Bal. 17.40
Faulkner, William A.
30.81
Bishop, Elias B.
5.23
Bravo, Annie
69.10
Bravo, Annie and
French, Frederick H. 1.87
Joseph, Bal. 93.20
Hall, Agnes M. and Wallace 6.48
Brennan, Elizabeth and Helen 88.33
Harding, Edward A. and Madeleine, Bal. 161.08
Brennan, James H.
2.05
Chamberlain, Daniel
8.40
Hayward, Mary A., Estate 69.10
185
Atherton, Arthur S.
Fowler, Bertram and Emily, Bal. 74.00
Bravo, Joseph 4.11
1941 DELINQUENT LIST-Continued
Hinckley, Geo., Jr., Bal. 25.99
Pederson, Mary 100.48
Hodgdon, Lucy M., Bal. 167.81
Platt, Christina, Bal. 37.79
Johnson, Alice T. 175.55
Rouzant, Russell 1.87
Kennedy, Francis D. and
Shepardson, Mary
.75
Susan E., Bal. 102.13
Shultz, Charles M. 1.87
Kimball, Charles S. 3.92
Spender, Merlon 7.77
Kingsbury, Wilma
2.99
Taylor, John P.
71.34
Koch, Elizabeth 160.23
Tubridy, Jane P. and Mary F. 64.24
Lee, Bernice A., Bal.
41.08
Litchfield, Elsie A., Bal.
12.28
Lobisser, Frank
3.36
Lucy, Dennis and Nora A.
119.52
Mann, Jessie
19.80
Warren, Daniel, Etate, Bal. 55.15
Manson, Warren H. and Emily E. 5.60
Washburn, Merle C. 4.48
Manson, Warren H.
19.80
Weeber, Charles H. Jr.
2.99
McCormack, Malcolm L.
8.40
Weeber, Elna O.
1.87
McKeowan, Cornelius and Helen 128.67
Welch, Wm. T.
27.64
Medfield Grange Asso.
108.32
Wheelwright, Ruth N.
485.70
Medfield Recreation Cen- ter, Inc.
175.55
Williams, Fred H.
2.24
Mitchell, Harold C.
497.88
Williams, Geo. P. 8.96
Parmenter, Freeman
6.35
Williamson, Agnes A. 11.95
1941 PERSONAL TAXES
Alley, Ruth
14.94
Knight, Arthur L.
44.81
Blanchard, William S.
28.01
Montgomery, Stuart 93.38
Catennacci, Willie
5.60
Olyott, Ernest 48.56
Coyle, John E., Bal.
22.41
Palady, Clarence
1.8
Greenough, David S. Jr.
93.38
Parsons, Leavitt
2.50
Holmquist, Ellen
23.53
Smith, John L.
2.80
Kelly, Antoinette
78.44
Smith, Raymond
41.08
Kelly, Delmar M.
102.71
Wheelwright, Ruth N.
39.96
Kennedy, Francis
7.47
Polls
144.00
Total
$4,668.68
Vasaturo, Pasquale and Angelina 138.20
Wade, Fred C. and
Etta L. 8.78
Welch, Martha, et. al.
98.04
Wilbur, Daisey M., Bal.
17.72
186
1940 DELINQUENT LIST
Personal Taxes
Heard, Clyde
14.40
Alley, Ruth
14.40
Holmquist, Ellen 24.48
Blanchard, William
30.78
Kennedy, Francis 7.20
Coyle, John, Bal.
21.60
Rowlings, Arthur
10.80
Garabedian, Anna D. and Charles
10.11
Wheelwright, Ruth M.
41.40
Real Estate
Brennan, Ely & Helen
Hall, Agnes & Wallace
4.32
Bal.
15,50
Lobisser, Frank 3.24
Clark, James & Margaret,
McDonough, Walter
3.96
Bal.
55.85
Ord, Elizabeth P., Bal. 41.20
Grout, Nathan
1.08
Polls
126.00
Total
$451.52
1939 DELINQUENT LIST
Personal Taxes
Coyle, John E., Bal.
21.60
Smith, Raymond
43.20
Visconti, Anthony
3.60
Olyott, Ernest
18.00
Polls
186.00
Total
$272.40
Smith, Raymond
14.40
Freeman, R. G.
10.80
187
INDEX
Town Officers Elected 3
Town Officers Appointed 4
Selectmen's Report 7
Civilian Defense 9
Town Clerk's Record
Vital Statistics
Births 13
15
Marriages
Deaths
19
Warrant for Annual Town Election, March 2, 1942 23
Results of Annual Town Election, March 2, 1942 29
Doings of Annual Town Meeting, March 9, 1942 31
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, September 8, 1942 36
Doings of Special Town Meeting, September 8, 1942 37
State Primary 39
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, September 17, 1942 43
Doings of Special Town Meeting, September 17, 1942 44
State Election 45
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, December 30, 1942 53
Audit of the Accounts of the Town 55
Departmental Reports
Library 106
Chief of Police 107
Sewer Department 109
Water and Sewerage Board 110
Fire Engineers
111
Park and Planning Board 111
Cemetery Commissioners 113
Board of Health 112
Dog Officer 113
Sealer of Weights and Measures 114
Inspector of Animals 117
Medfield Salvage Committee 116
American Red Cross 119
Public Welfare 115
List of Jurors 118
Annual Report of:
Assessors 146
Town Accountant 154 Town Trust Funds 172 176
Cemetery Trust Funds Town Debt 148
Tax Collector
181
School Department Report
Organization 123
School Calendar 123
Teachers' Directory 124
Receipts and Expenditures 125
Annual Report of:
School Committee 130
Superintendent of Schools 131
High School Principal 134
School Physician 139
School Nurse 139
Drawing Supervisor
141
Attendance Record 141
School Census 142
Graduating Exercises, High School
144
MEDFIELD LINDARY
RECOMMENDATIONS
of the
FINANCE COMMITTEE
to the
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1642
1631
MEDFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 1943
The Transcript Press, Inc. Dedham, Mass.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses for the ensuing year.
Expended Recommended
1942
1943
Executive
$2,527.99
$ 2,531.00
Treasurer
749.42
750.00
Collector
1,576.13
1,800.00
Assessors
799.00
800.00
Town Clerk
500.00
500.00
Election & Registration
559.07
325.00
Town Hall
3,022.53
3,265.00
Police
3,996.95
4,007.00
Defense
901.06
500.00
Fire
3,353.80
3,000.00
Sealer
139.29
150.00
Moth
796.53
800.00
Care of Trees
94.74
400.00
Spraying Elms
399.85
400.00
Cutting Brush
498.02
1,000.00
Health & Sanitation
2,500.75
1,600.00
Sewer
953.10
800.00
Highways
14,200.25
8,000.00
Snow
2,999.13
Sidewalks
284.72
300.00
Bridges
17.00
100.00
Guard Rails
198.87
300.00
Street Lighting
4,809.33
5,032.00
Public Welfare
3,104.66
4,000.00
Old Age Assistance
20,813.79
15,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,080.00
500.00
Old Age Administration
114.18
250.00
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration
100.00
Soldiers Benefit
587.69
2,000.00
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Public Welfare-Salaries
District Nurse
500.00 450.00 35,389.27
500.00 450.00 39,108.00
Schools
Library
2,589.27
Park & Planning Board
467.05
500.00
Memorial Day
225.00
225.00
Contingent
621.05
750.00
Liability Insurance
697.44
750.00
Fire Insurance
1,155.04
850.00
Fire
49.50
Boiler Insurance
1,174.20
Public Dump
61.90
100.00
County Hospital
1,010.94
Reserve Fund
1,899.11
2,500.00
Water
6,200.46
6,750.00
Notes
21,000.00
21,000.00
Interest
6,265.02
5,937.50
Article 4. Care of Trees
$200.00
Guard Rails
100.00
Schools and Dog Tax
40,220.00
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17, General Laws.
Article 5. Recommended to pass.
Article 6. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year, also determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
Article 6. Voted that the taxes shall be paid in two equal payments, July 1, 1943, and October 1, 1943, and that the Col- lector shall receive 1% for the 1943 taxes.
Article 7. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
Article 7. Voted that the members of the Fire Department be paid the sum of $20.75 per year and $1.00 per hour while working at fires.
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Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
Article 8. Recommended to pass.
Article 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Registrar.
Article 9. Recommended to pass.
Article 10. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Water Registrar for the ensuing year.
Article 10. Recommended that the Water Registrar receive $50.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of five (5) and authorize it to make arrangements and spend money appropriated under Article 4 for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 11. Recommended that the committee consist of Julius A. Fitts and the American Legion.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300.00 for the betterment of Town Defenses. (Petition).
Article 12. Recommended to pass.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the improvement of Chapter 90 Roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 13. Recommended that the sum of $500.00 be voted for Chapter 90 Roads.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Road Machinery Fund to the Highway Ma- chinery Operating Account to defray expenses for the operation and maintenance of Highway Machinery.
Article 14. Recommended to pass.
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Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use a sum not to exceed $10,000. from free cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the 1943 tax rate.
Article 15. Recommended to pass.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept the follow- ing named sums as Perpetual Trust Funds for the care of lots in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be neces- sary to be used for said care, viz:
Waldo A. Fitts $200.00
Mary Jones $100.00
Article. 16. Recommended to pass.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $100.00 to pay Dr. Davis, employed by the School Committee in 1938, for services in connection with conduct- ing a survey and submitting a report on the conditions of the Medfield School System, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 17. Recommended to pass.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in order to establish a post- war rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3, Acts of 1943.
Article 18. Recommended to pass.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Board to dispose of all possible standard typewriters to the Army and Navy, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 19. Recommended to pass.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $4.90 from the Hurricane Damage balance to the Excess & Deficiency Fund.
Article 20. Recommended to pass.
Article 21. To hear and act on the report of the School Building Committee appointed under Article 7 at the Special Town
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Meeting of May 14, 1940, to have full charge of the construction of a school building or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 21. Recommended to pass.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2500. for the maintenance of Vine Lake Ceme- tery; also to transfer the sum of $270. from the Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund for the purpose of developing the new part of the cemetery.
Article 22. Recommended that the sum of $2,230.00 be appropriated and that the sum of $270.00 be transferred from the Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund.
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293rd Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN. OFFICERS
OF
1650
MOL
1651
TOWN OF MEDFIELD MASSACHUSETTS
Year Ending December 31, 1943
The Transcript Press, Inc. Dedham, Mass.
TOWN OFFICERS 1943
Moderator
Town Clerk
FRANK D. MCCARTHY
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD
Treasurer
BESSIE L. HAMANT
Collector of Taxes AMOS C. KINGSBURY
Selectmen
*ROBERT H. FRASER, SR. Term expires 1944
FRANK G. HALEY
Term expires 1945
CHARLES W. HAIGH
Term expires 1944
Assessors
*ROBERT H. FRASER, SR. Term expires 1943
HARRY E. CONWAY
Term expres 1944
CARLTON W. KINGSBURY Term expires 1945
School Committee
MIGNONETTE S. MORTIMER
Term expires 1944
HAROLD F. STEVENS
Term expires 1945
RODMAN C. NOWERS
Term expires 1946
EDITH C. HOWLETT Unexpired term
Trustees of the Public Library
G. STEWART BRAMAN Term expires 1946
THOMAS WHITESIDE
Term expires 1946
FRANK H. CLOUGH, M.D.
Term expires 1944
ANNE C. DONLAN
Term expires 1944
CLAIRE H. SMITH Term expires 1945
RICHARD W. LYMAN
Term expires 1945
Board of Health
MADELEINE I. HARDING
Term expires 1945
GEORGE W. HINKLEY
Term expires 1946
H. L. PARK
Term expires 1944
* Deceased. ** Resigned.
Cemetery Commissioners
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS, JR. Term expires 1944
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS Term expires 1945
PETER PEDERZINI Term expires 1946
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Park and Planning Board
ANDREW D. EHNES
Term expires 1944
J. STANLEY KELLY
Term expires 1945
JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE
Term expires 1946
RICHARD E. HUEBENER
Term expires 1947
CLAIRE H. SMITH
Term expires 1948
Board of Public Welfare
HERBERT B. BURR
Term expires 1946
RICHARD E. HUEBENER
Term expires 1944
GEORGE H. SAUER
Term expires 1945
Tree Warden GEORGE L. L. ALLEN
Constables
FRED C. CHICK
FRED M. SPEAR
COLEMAN J. HOGAN
Appointments Made By the Selectmen Board of Registrars
EDWARD A. SWEENEY
ANNE YOUNG LOUISE D. BRENNAN
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
Superintendent of Streets DANA WEIKER
Inspector of Animals CARLTON CHENEY
Inspector of Provisions ** ELWYN A. SMITH DR. FRANCIS X. MAGUIRE
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