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Respectfully submitted, NASON H. ARNOLD, Librarian.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY IN 1945 FICTION
The Signpost, Robertson; Cast Up by the Sea, Baker; The Ox-Bow Incident, Clark; Just For Two, Wallace; Any- thing Can Happen, Papashvily; The Door on Waverly Place, Rogers; The Store( Stribling; Red Fruit, Bailey ; Jumper, Kalashnikoff; Design in Evil, King; Captain from Castile, Shellabarger; Great Son, Ferber; Roger Sudden, Raddall; Written in Sand, Case; Between Heaven and
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Earth, Werfel; The Headmistress, Thirkell; The Cat's Whisker, Bailey; The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde, Gard- ner; The 17th Letter, Disney; The Jade Venus, Cox; Can- yon Passage, Haycox; Party Line, Baker; Two Died at Three, Gregg; Stories for Men, Grayson (ed.) ; Quit for the Next, March ; Mr. Tutt Finds a Way, Train; Poor Child. Parrish; Roosters Crow in Town, Hough; Remembered Death, Christie; No Future for Luana, Derleth; Moonset, Gruen; The Cradle Will Fall, Seley; Sign of the Ram, Fer- guson; Looking for a Bluebird, Wechsberg; Commodore Hornblower, Forester; Clue to the Second Murder, Strange ; Michael Strogoff, Verne; Winds Blow Gently, Kirkbride; Alias Jane Smith, Kelland; Death Knell, Kendrick; The Case of the Golddigger's Purse, Gardner; No Surrender, Sterne.
Young 'Un, Best; Now That April's Here, Neuman; Prelude for War, Charteris; The Link, McDonald; An Am- erican Tragedy, Dreiser; Rumbin Galleries, Tarkington ; And Now Good-bye, Holton; Centennial Summer, Idell; Sil- ver Moon Cottage, Bassett; Pleasant Valley, Bromfield; The Yogi and the Commissar, Koestler; The Townsman, Sedges; The Crimson Feather, Mason; Lo and Behold, Lockwood ; The Murderer Is a Fox, Queen; They Change Their Skies, Osborne; Death at the Depot, Henry ; Crime Wave at Bland- ings, Wodehouse; Gold Bullets, Booth; The Ballad and the Source, Lehman; The House in Clewe Street, Lavin; A Lion Is in the Street, Langley ; Westward the River, Van Every ; Burning Gold, Andrews; The Affair of the Dead Stranger, Knight; Design in Diamonds, Knight; So Well Remem- bered, Hilton; The Man With the Lumpy Nose, Night; He Wouldn't Kill Patience, Dickson; Blood on the Black Mar- ket, Halladay; Do Not Disturb, McCloy; The Delicate Ape, Hughes; Hanged for a Sheep, Lockridge; Wolf in Man's Clothing, Eberhart; The Book of the Dead, Daly; The Gob- lin Marker, McCloy; The Affair of the Splintered Heart, Knight; Big Red, Anderson; The Widow's Walk, Yates; Barington, Wallace; The Wayfarers, Wickenden; It's a Free Country, Williams; I Ask You, Ladies and Gentlemen, Sur- melian; The Black Rose, Costaine; The Case of the Curious Bride, Gardner; The Bolinvars, Bayliss; Nine Mile Bridge, Hamlin; Lost Waltz, Harding; The Building of Jalna, De La Roche; How Dear to My Heart, Kimbrough; Tansy Tani- ard, Strode-Jackson; Three o'clock Dinner, Pinckney; The Wide House, Caldwell; The Cherokee Strip, James; Janu- ary Thaw, Partridge; Cass Timberlane, Davis; Murder Be-
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fore Midnight, Cunningham; Sierra Sally, Lundeen; Time Remembered, Hillyer; A Case for Equity, Hill; One Who Survived, Barmine; Shadow of a Crime, Rhode; Heritage of the River, Elwood; Country Mouse, Kent; Rooster Crows for Day, Burman; Rickshaw Boy, Shaw; Daisy Kenyon, Janeway; Not in Our Stars, Greene; The White Tower, Ull- man; The High Barbaree, Nordhoff and Hall; The Manatee, Bruff; Outside Eden, Rorick; The Yellow Room, Reinhart ; The Peacock Sheds His Tail, Hobart; The River Road, Keyes; The Gauntlet, Street; Jam Yesterday, Cannel; The Egg and I, MacDonald; The Friendly Persuasion, West.
BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Jefferson, Wilson; Recollections of Joseph Jef- ferson, Jefferson; Richelieu, Belloc; Abraham Lincoln, Charnwood; A. Woollacott, His Life and World, Adams; First With the Most (Forrest), Henry; Against These Three, Cloete; Horse and Buggy Doctor, Hertzler; How Dear to My Heart, Kimbrough; A Star Danced, Lawrence; Soldier of Democracy (Eisenhower), Davis; The Gentleman from Massachusetts (Lodge), Schrieftgiesser; Immortal Wife, Stone.
LITERATURE, TRAVEL AND HISTORY
The Way Our People Lived, Woodward; The Negro in American Life, Becker; The Years of Growth, Sinclair; My Country, Davenport; Treasury of American Folklore, Bot- kin; Collected Verse, Kipling; Generals in the White House, Goebel; Names on the Land, Stewart; The Price of Freedom, Coolidge; The Rise of American Civilization, Beard; Saints and Strangers, Willison; Ever New England, Chamberlain; Winter in Vermont, Crane; Famous Light- houses of New England, Snow; One Day on Beetle Rock, Carrighar; The Rocky Mountains, Atwood.
WORLD WAR II
Your Kids and Mine, Brown; Many a Watchful Night, Brown; At His Side, Karson.
SCIENCE, NATURE, ART
Postage Stamp Catalogue, Scott; Rare Hooked Rugs, Kent; Selected Poems, Benet; This Way to Better Speech, Abney.
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SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS
American Legion Proceedings, State; Vital Records, 2 vols., West Springfield, State; The Bible and the Common Reader, Chase; Manual of the General Court, State; G. A. R. State Department Proceedings, 1945, State.
JUVENILES
Hallowe'en, Burgess; Tarzan of the Lost Empire, Bur- roughs; Son of Tarzan, Burroughs; Tarzan the Untamed, Burroughs; Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Burroughs; Story of the Olympic Games, Kieran; My Dear Patsy, Weil; Lost King of Oz, Thompson; The Earth Among the Stars, Lockwood; Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout, White; Me Too, Willis; Indian Twins, Perkins; Dutch Twins, Perkins; French Twins, Perkins; Little Chick, Deihl; Major and the Kitten, Hoke; Peter Churchmouse, Austin; Five Favorite Stories, Perks; Three Little Kittens, Perks; Belinda Blue, Wood; Doings of Dicky Daw, Wagstaff; Little Elephant's Picnic, Washburn; Longlegs the Heron, Burgess ; Scorpion, a Good Bad Horse, James; Ghost Gables, Wirt; Dutch Twins Primer, Perkins ; Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Bur- ton; Scuttlebutt and the Carrier Kitten, Friskey; Fluffy, Tate; Very Young Verses, Geismer; A Little Maid of Bos- ton, Curtis; Little Lame Prince, Mulock; Little Book of Vagabond Songs, Prince Jan; St. Bernard, Hooker; On the Farm With Bob and Nancy, Bebenroth; Piper's Pony, Brown; Moorland Mousie, Gorse; A Pony for Jean, Gorse; Mocha the Djuka, Neilson; How Sandy Squirrel Got His Tail, Whiteford; Little Red Hen, Fish; Dr. Doolittle's Gar- den, Lofting; Tale of Good Cat Jupie, McCoy; Water Ba- bies, Kingsley ; Junior Fun in Bed, Kirkus; Mystery Island, Blyton; Mystery of the Old Barn, Urmston; Mickey, the Horse That Volunteered, Glick; Scuttlebutt Goes to War, Friskey; The Flying Horse, Kovalshy; Magic Clothes-Pin, Lynch ; Here's Juggins, Stone; The Hundred Dresses, Estes ; The Black Spaniel Mystery, Cavanna; The Grocery Mouse, Clymer; Patty Pans, LaGauke; The Red Roan Pony, Lip- pincott; Boy's Book of Verse, Fish; All Around Robin Hood's Barn, Dyer; Dr. Doolittle's Caravan, Lofting; Poky Little Puppy, Lowrey; So Long, Brice; Mary of Plymouth, Otis; Book of Buried Treasure, Paine; "B" Is for Betsy, Haywood; Old John, Cregan; If I Were Going, O'Donnel; Story of Old Europe and New America, Barker; Twins in
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the South, Whitehill; Janet, a Twin, Whitehill; Blue Bon- net's Ranch Party, Jacobs ; Child's Book of Country Stories, Skinner; Mr. Stubbs' Brother, Otis; The Wolf's Head and the Queen, Martin; The Bold Dragon and Other Ghostly Tales, Irving; Little Colonel's Stories, Johnston; The Story of Roland, Baldwin; Big Red, Anderson; The Quest of the Missing Map, Keene; The Secret of the Old Clock, Keene; The Clue in the Diary, Keene; The Burro of Barnegat Road, Goetz; Baby Bears, Charushin; Burlap, Dennis; Ponies on Parade, Self; Make Way for the Ducklings, McCloskey ; Katy and the Big Snow, Burton; Tommy Grows Wise, Gay ; Muffin, Willis; Spotty, Rey ; Skippy's Family, Meader ; Skit- tle-Skattle Monkey, Lathrop.
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Report of the SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
THE 1945 APPROPRIATIONS WERE EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS
CHAPTER 81
Appropriation
$11,592.00
Scraping, Gravel, Cutting Brush, Surface Treatment and General
Maintenance
$7,839.40
Tarvia
1,548.68
Asphalt
1,122.19
Holden Trap Rock Co.
574.21
Sand and Gravel
166.81
Insurance
148.11
Dynamite
72.75
Moving Shovel
30.00
Expended
$11,502.15
Balance
$89.85
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Worcester, Hubbardston, Mountain Road, Mile Hill, Sterling Road, Redemption Rock Trail, Cobb Brook, Rail- road, Stewart and Fitchburg Roads.
$6,000.00
Appropriation Patching, Drainage, Cutting Brush, Surface Treatment and General Maintenance
$3,422.55
Tarvia
1,210.19
Asphalt 771.48
Holden Trap Rock Co. 451.39
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Sand and Gravel
59.43
Insurance 84.75
Expended
$5,999.79
Balance
$0.21
SPECIAL 81
Appropriation $500.00
Wm. Roper
$26.00
C. W. Grout
2.00
Arthur Hubbard
12.00
F. H. Gleason
99.00
J. C. Harrington
255.98
Expended
$399.98
Balance
$105.02
MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Balance on Hand, Jan. 1, 1945
$1,760.86
Machinery Rentals
6,071.40
Expended
4,380.32
Held for Power Grader
2,500.00
Balance on Hand, Jan. 1, 1946
951.96
STATEMENT
CHAPTER 81
Town Allotment
$2,467.00
State Allotment
9,125.00
$11,592.00
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Town Allotment
$2,000.00
State Allotment
2,000.00
County Allotment
2,000.00
$6,000.00
SPECIAL 81
./ Town Allotment
$500.00
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STOCK AND TOOLS ON HAND JANUARY 1, 1946
1 Iron Bars
3 Round Shovels, Long Handles
2 Culvert Cleaners
2 Jacks
1 Chain Fall
8 Round Shovels
10 Square Shovels
12 Snow Shovels
40 Ft. 12" Concrete Pipe
50 Ft. 15" Concrete Pipe
20 Ft. 15" C. C. M. Pipe
14 Ft. 12" C. C. M. Pipe
6 Rakes
2 Dodge Trucks
6 Scythes and Snaths
2 Ford Trucks
2 Tire Chain Tools
1 Flame Thrower
10 Lanterns
1 Drawn Grader
5 Picks
1 Cement Mixer
1 Sand Loader
9 Snow Plows
4000 Ft. Bridge Plank 1 Sand Spreader
Respectfully submitted,
C. W. GROUT,
Superintendent of Highways.
5 Grab Hoes
3 Pitch Forks
1 Sod Cutter
2 Cross Cut Saws
3 Axes
6000 Ft. Snow Fence
7 Forks
6 Brooms
6 Cable Chains
1 F. W. D. Truck
1 Tractor
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Report of the FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Fire Department answered 28 alarms.
2 Building
5 Chimneys
21 Brush and Grass
INVENTORY
The Department has the following Equipment :
2 Ford V-8 trucks (equipped)
1 Ford Forest Fire Truck (equipped)
1 Reo Fire Truck (spare)
1 Fitzhenry Guptile Portable Pump
3 21%-gallon Foamite Extinguishers
70 21/2-gallon Extinguishers
11 Rubber Coats
7 Helmets
12 3-gallon Pump Cans
9 Shovels
4000 ft. 11/8-inch Hose
50 ft. 115-inch Section Hose
13 Lanterns
1 Wheat Light
2 Master Lights
1 21/2-inch Coupling Expander
3200 ft. 21%-inch Hose
1000 ft. 11/2-inch Hose
3 21%-inch Nozzles
2 11%-inch Nozzles
1 Siren Fire Alarm
9 Pairs of Rubber Boots
2 21% Siamese Connection with Gates
3 Salvage Covers
2 11/2-inch Fog Nozzle with Applicators
2 11/8-inch Fog Nozzle with Applicators
1 Battery Charger
2 C.O.2 Carbon Dioxide Extinguishers.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES HUBBARD, Chief.
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Report of the POLICE DEPARTMENT
Department consists of Chief, and four Police Officers, and two Special Officers for Public Buildings.
9 Motor Vehicle accidents reported and investigated
1 house break investigated
1 garage break investigated
1 stolen property reported and investigated
1 motor vehicle violation investigated
2 disturbing of the peace
5 motor vehicle licenses suspended
3 motor vehicle registrations revoked
Respectfully submitted,
FRED W. BRYANT, Chief of Police.
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Report of the MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945
Total Appropriation Total Expenditures
$531.09
To Labor $330.20
To James Huggins & Sons, Creosote 18.30
To Frost Insecticide Co., Poles 2.70
To Stanley Haley, Insurance 17.17
To Allen Ikalainen, Expense Charges .95
Unexpended Balance 161.77
$531.09
$531.09
Due to an early snowfall and severe cold weather, the total appropriation was not used up.
Respectfully submitted,
ALLEN IKALAINEN, Moth Superintendent
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Report of the CHARLTON HOME FARM
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945
Land and Buildings
$13,000.00
Deposit, Savings Banks
11,291.68
Personal Property 10,657.50
U. S. Bonds, 3 $1,000.00 Bonds
2,220.00
Accounts Receivable from Towns
374.00
Cash in Warden's Hands
200.00
Cash on Hand, Checking Account
4,632.49
$42,375.67
RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand, Jan. 1, 1945
$1,534.67
Farm Products Sold
972.62
Fire Damage Wood Lot
1,000.00
Received from Towns and Boarders
18,177.57
$21,684.57
EXPENDITURES
Bills Paid
Cash on Hand, Jan. 1, 1946
$17,052.08 4,632.49
$21,684.57
Number of Towns Having Inmates 24
Number of Inmates 48
I have examined the books of the Treasurer and the above statement and find them correct.
CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor.
ROBERT F. TUCKER, President.
LESTER P. GATES, Secretary and Treasurer.
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Report of the TOWN AUDITOR
The report of the accounts of the Town of Princeton for the year ending December 31, 1945 is herewith sub- mitted, in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the Director of Accounts of the Commonwealth.
Respectfully submitted,
A. STANLEY HALEY, Town Auditor.
RECEIPTS
General Revenue :
Taxes-Poll, Personal and Real Estate :
Current year
$38,910.00
Previous years
3,004.73
Tax Title Redemption
333.02
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes
266.86
Water Loan
313.22
Income Tax
5,350.00
Corporation Tax
2,330.80
City of Fitchburg Water Tax
236.15
City of Worcester Water Tax
43.68
Total Taxes
$50,688.46
From State:
Grants and Gifts :
Mass. School Fund
$5,236.69
Union Superintendent
386.67
Vocational Education
232.22
Highways
12,168.96
Meal Tax
244.83
High School Tuition and Transportation
1,141.88
Animal Inspection
7.75
Highways Chap. 420, Acts of 1941
4,788.97
From County :
Dog Licenses
337.08
Total Grants and Gifts
$24,545.05
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Commercial Revenue :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
1,107.82
General Government:
Collector's Costs
$46.30
Town Hall
135.00
Sale of Lookout Tower
10.00
Refund Collector's Bond
6.60
Miscellaneous
3.50
Total General Government
201.40
Protection of Persons and Property :
Fire Department $70.50
Total Protection of Persons and Property
70.50
Health and Sanitation :
Dental Clinic
$25.88
Total Health and Sanitation
25.88
Highways:
$2,564.30
From County
2,564.30
Road Machinery Rentals
6,071.40
From State, Snow Removal
3,186.37
Total Highways
14,386.37
Charities :
Public Welfare:
Reimbursement for Relief :
From State for Temporary Aid
$786.95
From Cities and Towns
277.60
Old Age Assistance :
4,507.61
Federal Grant
3,863.68
City of Worcester
247.00
Total Charities
9,682.84
Schools and Libraries :
Schools:
Other Tuition
$386.80
Miscellaneous
11.50
Income Trust Fund
22.11
Libraries :
Fines and Sales
58.99
From State
From State
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Income Trust Funds
164.30
Total Schools and Libraries
643.70
Public Service Enterprises :
Sale of Light and Power
$21,654.53
Street Lighting
1,211.09
Meter Deposits
140.00
Miscellaneous
763.73
Total Public Enterprises
23,769.35
Cemeteries :
Income Trust Funds®
$414.45
Deeds
1.00
Total Cemeteries
415.45
Administration of Trust Funds :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$300.00
Income Ministerial Fund
13.73
Income Gregory School Prize Fund
10.00
Income Hadley Memorial Charity Fund
188.50
Total Administration of Trust Funds
512.23
Agency, Trust and Investment :
Dog Licenses for County
$351.00
Withholding Tax
2,757.50
Total Agency, Trust and Investment
3,108.50
Municipal Indebtedness :
Temporary Loans Anticipation of Revenue
$10,00.00
Anticipation of Returns from State and County
13,125.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness
23,125.00
Interest :
Taxes
$85.18
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
1.09
Total Interest
86.27
Total Receipts
$152,368.82
PAYMENTS
General Government:
Moderator's Salary $10.00
Selectmen's Department
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Salaries
Clerks
$155.00 285.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
5.84
All Other
152.85
Auditing Department : Salary
$400.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
16.06
All Other
4.35
Treasury Department : Salary
$350.00
Printing, Stationery
· and Postage
41.50
Surety Bond
33.50
Certifying Notes
6.00
All Other
37.62
Collector's Department :
Salary
$469.04
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
10.33
Surety Bond
52.25
All Other
33.44
565.06
Assessor's Department :
Salaries
$360.00
All Other
63.51
423.51
Town Clerk's Department: Salary $100.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
21.68
Surety Bond
7.50
All Other
25.24
154.42
Election and Registration : Election Officers
$28.00
Printing
43.50
71.50
Public Building Expense : Janitor $330.00
Fuel
386.25
598.69
420.41
468.62
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Light
72.41
Janitor's Supplies
9.03
Repairs and Plumbing
1,700.00
All Other
262.17
2,759.86
Total General Government Protection of Persons and Property : Police Department : Salaries
$196.10
All Other
54.82
$250.92
Fire Department :
Salaries and Wages
$460.25
Equipment, Repairs 950.73
Fuel and Light
15.85
Telephone 30.96
Rent, 2 years
192.00
All Other
342.83
1,992.62
Sealing of Weights and Measures : Salary
30.00
Forestry :
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth:
Labor
$330.20
Insecticides
18.30
All Other
3.65
352.15
2,625.69
Total Protection of Persons and Property Health and Sanitation : County Assessments : Tuberculosis : Board and Care $530.08
Vital Statistics : Recording Births, Marriages, Deaths 82.50
Inspection :
School Children 84.00
Animals
15.50
Meat
15.00
Total Health and Sanitation 727.08
Highways:
Salaries and Wages
$6,970.90
$5,472.07
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Trucks
4,291.05
Gravel and Sand
1,292.14
Equipment, Repairs
4,291.02
All Other
4,818.29
21,663.40
Bridges : Lumber
380.98
Snow Removal:
Salaries and Wages
$4,675.50
Trucks
4,082.00
All Other
53.63
Street Lighting
1,211.09
10,022.22
Total Highways 32,066.60
Charities and Soldier's Benefits :
Charities :
Salary
$125.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
3.56
All Other
27.35
Groceries, Provisions
183.18
Board and Care
334.00
Medical Attendance
2.50
Cash Grants to Individuals
541.60
All Other
121.70
Old Age Assistance :
Cash Grants to Individuals
8,426.63
Medical Attendance
135.60
All Other
300.00
Soldier's Benefits :
Cash Grants
106.00
Total Charities and Soldier's Benefits Schools and Libraries :
10,307.12
Schools :
Salary of Supt.
$725.71
Salaries of Sch. Com.
125.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
12.88
Telephone
97.77
Travel Expenses
121.44
School Census
15.00
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All Other
30.06
Teachers Salaries
14,281.94
Text Books, Supplies
900.72
Tuition
224.00
Transportation
5,719.00
Janitor Services
1,210.00
Fuel and Light
1,723.73
Maintenance of Bldgs. and Grounds 1,414.35
Janitor's Supplies
33.63
School Health:
Physician
75.00
Nurse
337.00
Industrial Schools :
Tuition
$236.44
Transportation
94.50
Libraries :
Salary of Librarian
$375.00
Stationery, Postage
7.28
Janitor
300.00
Books, Periodicals
135.28
Binding Books
4.55
Fuel and Light
59.00
Maintenance of Bldgs. and Grounds 455.86
Income Trust Funds
164.30
1,501.27
$28,879.44
Total Schools and Libraries Recreation and Unclassified :
Memorial Day $100.00
Printing Town Reports 380.80
Printing Valuation Reports 110.26
Compensation and
Liability Insurance 680.16
Maintenance of Town Barn 453.37
Care of Common
215.56
Honor Roll 49.37
Water for Town Hall, Town Barn, Fire Dept. and Library Building 2,584.63
142975 415719.00
1.5
9/
39 36 86
27,378.17
142975
1239.00 1239.00 247800 1062 .0
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Tax Title Foreclosure 30.00
Total Recreation and Unclassified Enterprises and Cemeteries : Electric Light Dept .: Salary of Clerk $780.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage 157.39
Telephone
77.86
All Other
239.33
Wages
4,738.75
Meters, Transformers
1,571.10
New Regulator
1,770.30
Trucks
276.24
Insurance
159.86
Gasoline and Oil
209.22
Current Purchased
9,927.80
Refund Meter Deposits 283.00
All Other 2,869.73
23,060.58
Cemeteries :
Labor
$699.75
All Other
29.00
728.75
Total Enterprises and Cemeteries Interest:
23,789.33
Temporary Loans Antici-
pation of Revenue $16.89
Anticipation of Returns
from State and County 23.56
School House Addition Loan 165.00
Total Interest
205.45
Municipal Indebtedness: Anticipation of Revenue Loans $10,000.00
Anticipation of Returns from State and County 14,125.00
School Addition Loan
2,000.00
189 177 6
12.60 1237-1062 062 17 21 1770 00 73
5719:00 531000 20 9.00 4,604.15 177
3542. 21 24
3
177 V
Total Municipal Indebtedness 26,125.00
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Agency, Trust and Investment :
County Tax
$2,348.29
State Tax
1,360.00
State Parks and
Reservations 28.52
Dog Licenses to County
343.80
Dog Officer 24.00
State Audit
551.50
Withholding Tax
2,745.20
Income Trust Funds
262.23
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 300.00
Total Agency, Trust and Investment Refunds and Transfers:
7,963.54
Taxes $2.05
Motor Vehicle Excise
Taxes 33.14
Total Refunds and Transfers 35.19
Total Payments
$142,800.66
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS Receipts
General Government
$75,233.51
Special Assessments
1,107.82
Departmental
52,816.22
Interest
86.27
Municipal Indebtedness
23,125.00
Total Receipts
$152,368.82
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1945
19,878.58
$172,247.40
Payments
General Government
$5,472.07
Protection of Persons and Property
2,625.69
Health and Sanitation
727.08
Highways
32,066.60
Charities and Soldier's Benefits
10,307.12
Schools and Libraries
28,879.44
Recreation and Unclassified
4,604.15
Enterprises and Cemeteries
23,789.33
Interest
205.45
Municipal Indebtedness
26,125.00
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Agency, Trust and Investment
Refunds and Transfers
7,963.54 35.19
$142,800.66
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1945
29,446.74
$172,247.40
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$6,000.00
School House Addition Loan
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
UNEXPENDED BALANCES
Reserved for 1946
Salaries of Town Officers
Overdrawn $
Balance $112.57 24.75
$
Bonding Town Officers
Water for Town Hall,
Library, Town Barn and Fire Dept.
15.37
Fire Department
7.38
Police Department
24.08
Defense Committee
10.00
Moth Extermination
161.77
Board of Health
75.00
Dental Clinic
16.00
Highways Special
105.02
Highways Chapter 81
89.85
Highways Chap. 90 Maint.
.21
Snow Removal
103.03
Road Machinery Rentals
951.96 2,500.00
Public Welfare
11.68
Old Age Assistance
376.84
Aid to Dependent Children
18.00
Federal Grant Aid to Dependent Children
42.00
Soldier's Relief
94.00
Schools
774.29
Vocational Schools
169.06
Library
.01
Reserve Fund
392.70
Incidentals
8.33
Honor Roll
5.50
Purchase of Power Grader
76
ANNUAL REPORT
Insurance
208.99
Tax Title Foreclosure
70.00
Cemeteries
35.70
Cemetery Extension
1,025.00
Electric Light Department
2,917.64
Interest
44.55
Withholding Tax
289.30
$0.01 $2,949.17
$7,731.40
BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1945
Assets
Cash :
General
$26,529.10
Electric Light :
Maintenance and Construction
$2,587.64
Meter Deposits
330.00
Accounts Receivable :
Tax Levy 1945
4,100.04
Levy-1945
28.14
Tax Titles
1,691.70
Old Age Assistance :
Due from State
879.6
Highways:
State Aid
4,954.81
County Aid
1,232.86
Electric Light Rates
3,012.39
Under Estimates :
County Tax
58.40
$45,404.8;
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Returns from State and County
$4,000.00
Dog Licenses 7.20
Unexpended Balances Reserved for 1946:
Road Machinery Rentals
951.9“
Purchase of Power Grader
2,500.00
Dependent Children: Federal Grant 42.00
Withholding Tax
289.30
1
2,917.64
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax :
77
ANNUAL REPORT
Honor Roll 5.50
Cemetery Extension
1,025 '
Electric Light Department :
2,587.61
Maintenance and Construction Meter Deposits Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
330.00
2,358.4 '
Overlay Reserved for Abatement : Levy-1945 839.85
Over Estimates :
State Parks and Reservations
- 9.45
Reserved until Collected :
Tax Titles
1,691.70
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
28.14
Old Age Assistance
879.62
Electric Light Rates
3,012.89
Surplus Revenue
24,846.6
$45,404.8
TRUST FUNDS CASH AND SECURITIES
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$37,955.56
Income
789.32
Bequests
300.00
$39,044.88
Payments
813.09
Balance
$38,231.79
Ministerial Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$683.55
Income
13.73
Total
$697.28
Payments
13.73
Balance
$683.55
David Hoyt Gregory Library Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$513.10
Income
11.60
Total
$524.70
Payments
11.60
Balance
513,10
78
ANNUAL REPORT
Hadley Memorial Charity Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
Income
$3,103.41 66.77
Total
$3,170.18
Payments
188.50
Balance 2,981.68
Boylston Memorial Charity Fund:
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$1,524.67
Income
30.63
Balance
1,555.30
E. A. Goodnow Park Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$2,705.64
Income
54.37
Balance
2,760.01
J. H. Temple School Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$1,100.00
Income
22.11
Total
$1,122.11
Payments
22.11
Balance
1,100.00
Farmers and Mechanics Sidewalks Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$482.32
Income
9.69
Balance
492.01
J. D. Gregory School Prize Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945.
$507.58
Income
8.54
Total
$516.12
Payments
10.00
Balance 506.12
E. A. Goodnow Memorial Library Fund:
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$5,000.00
Income
112.50
79
ANNUAL REPORT
Total
Payments
$5,112.50 112.50
Balance 5,000.00
Eli Kilburn Library Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$1,000.00
Income
20.10
Total
$1,020.10
Payments
20.10
Balance
1,000.00
Boylston Burial Ground Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$5,004.60
Income
103.63
Total
5,108.23
Payments
98.90
Balance
5,009.33
E. A. Goodnow Library Fund :
Balance Jan. 1, 1945
$1,000.00
Income
20.10
Total
$1,020.10
Payments
20.10
Balance
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