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Moderator
Appropriation
50.00
Expenditures
Services
50.00
Health Department
Appropriation
13,910.00
Expenditures
Salaries
409.39
Expenses (travel)
16.80
426.19
Office Expenses
267.07
Care & Maintenance of Dump
2,046.21
Garbage Collection
7,900.00
Inspection of Meat
25.00
Nursing Care & Mileage
403.80
Leicester Samaritan Nurse
100.00
Premature Baby Care
484.00
Polio & Vaccine
610.99
Dog Bite
2.55
Miscellenaneous
39.56
To Close
1,604.63
13,910.00
Plumbing Inspection
Appropriation
800.00
Expenditures
Inspections
390.00
To Close
410.00
800.00
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Animal Inspection
Appropriation
300.00
Expenditures
Salary & Expenses 300.00
Rochdale Fire Station ---
Guard Rail
Appropriation
785.00
Expenditures
None
Balance to be carried over into 1962
785.00
Rochdale Fire Department Oxford Reimbursement
Appropriation
200.00
Expenditures
Landscaping
150.00
Balance to be carried over into 1962
50.00
Rochdale Fire Station
Building Project
Balance of Contracts
215.34
Transferred out
215.34
None
Fire Alarm Relocation Committee
Appropriation
300.00
Expenditures
None
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Balance to be carried over into 1962 300.00
Fire Department
Appropriation Care of Alarm Returned Check
21,350.00
1,102.00
6.95
22,458.95
Expenditures
Salaries
11,255.00
Snow Shovelling
Hydrants
96.75
4th of July
135.00
11,486.75
Care of Fire Alarm
Salaries
1,650.00
Repair to Alarm
52.00
1,702.00
Equipment & Repairs
Apparatus
1,221.64
Hose
2,056.50
Clothing
375.25
Foam
200.00
Gas & Oil
328.55
4,181.94
Fuel & Light-Water
Fuel
1,734.31
Water-Light
586.10
2,320.41
Building & Grounds
Repairs 466.20
Janitor Services Leicester 365.00
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Chairs
50.00
Miscellaneous
21.27
902.47
Other Expenses
Office Supplies
16.90
Telephone
1,614.51
Food & Miscellaneous 42.08 1,673.49
To Close
22,267.06
191.89
22,458.95
Purchase New Fire Truck-
Rochdale
Balance Appropriation
17,981.74
Expenditures
1 Mack Truck Model B 75 B 75 f - 1051 chassis E. N. f. 540-6-2-Engine 17,890.00
Transferred at special Town Meeting 12-26-61 91.74
17,981.74
Hydrant Installation Winslow Ave.
Appropriation Reserve Fund
293.73
Expenditures
293.73
Hydrant Repairs & Removal-
Relocate at Pleasant St.
Appropriation 511.63
Expenditures 511.63
112
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Hydrant Rental
Appropriation
1,800.00
Expenditures
Cherry Valley & Rochdale Water District 1,050.00
Hillcrest Water District 700.00
To close out into
revenue 1961
25.00
1,775.00
Balance to be carried into 1962
25.00
Main & Grove Street- Hydrant Replace
Appropriation
1,525.00
Expenditures
Hydrants
1,473.00
Transferred Special Town
Meeting
52.00
1,525.00
Replace Hydrant Dale & Mill Street
Appropriation
750.00
Hydrant Replace
524.23
Transfer
225.77
750.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation 39,621.27
Salaries
Captain
4,560.74
Regulars
15,946.67
Desk-Little League
-Road Watch
3,580.72
Beach-
Memorial Day
278.74
Church and School
2,819.66
113
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Cruiser Ambulance & Cruiser
6,528.29
33,714.82
Equipment & Repairs
2,323.80
Gas & Oil
1,197.88
Rental
240.00
Extra Mileage
57.92
Telephone & Office Supplies
2,085.34
To Close
1.51
39,621.27
Dog Officer
Appropriation
699.00
Expenditures
Board & Care of Dogs
334.00
Salary & Mileage
339.59
To Close
25.41
699.00
Forest Fire Dept.
Appropriation
3,425.00
Expenditures
Warden
600.00
Fighting Fires
1,164.81
Apparatus & repair
871.22
Clerical
278.55
Telephone
140.67
Gas & Oil
195.26
Permits-Lunches & Miscellaneous
111.00
To Close
63.49
3,425.00
Tree Warden
Appropriation 3,155.30
114
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Expenditures
Labor removing-trimming trees
2,159.13
Use of Truck
480.00
Equipment
46.21
Repairs to equipment
45.46
New Trees and loam
243.50
Stump removal
106.00
Northern Tree Co.
35.00
Dues and Convention
40.00
3,155.30
Moth Inspection
Appropriation
2,650.00
Expenditures
Labor
920.80
Tree removal
398.00
Road Machinery-Town
49.60
Equipment
14.00
Oil
7.70
To Close
204.90
1,595.00
Balance of Contract awarded but not completed until 1962
1,055.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
Appropriation
450.00
Expenditures
Sealer
407.05
Mileage
39.97
Helper
2.00
To Close
.98
450.00
Wiring Inspector
Appropriation
1,000.00
1
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Salary & Expenses 1,000.00
Building Inspector
Appropriation
1,000.00
Expenditures
Salary
750.00
Expenses
250.00
1,000.00
Highways Under Selectmen
Appropriation Balance Jan. 1, 1961
4,000.00
2,015.51
6,015.51
Expenditures
Salaries-Labor
2,644.05
Clerk
35.50
Use of Car
51.15
Sand-gravel-cement-fill
192.33
Asphalt, etc.
191.82
Road Machinery-Town
804.90
Road Machinery-Outside
277.40
Sweeper-Rental
1,155.00
Street Signs
308.08
Pipe-Paint & Misc.
89.29
To Close
265.98
6,015.51
Snow & Ice
Appropriation
47,525.92
Expenditures
Labor
20,034.67
Road Machinery
Town 13,720.38
116
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Outside
7,751.38
21,471.76
Clerk
340.75
Mileage-Use of Truck
215.85
Salt
4,425.95
Sand
2,472.75
Chains & Repair
1,158.21
Snow Plows-Cutting Edge & Repair
1,655.59
Snow Fence
595.00
Towing
239.00
Paint
288.33
Signs
77.60
Beam-10 feet-six pieces
102.96
Rope-Twine
57.98
Misc .- pillow blocks-
angle irons-safety mesh
89.31
53,225.71
Permission granted under general
Over
5,699.78
laws Chapter 44 Sec. 31
Street Lights Under
Contract & Installation
Appropriation
13,839.50
Contract
13,633.30
To Close
206.20
13,839.50
Chapter 81
Appropriation
28,400.00
Labor
10,590.50
Clerical
106.75
Road Machinery
Town
5,467.60
Outside
679.25
6,146.85
Truck-Mileage
155.20
Cement-Blocks-Gravel
1,763.79
Cold Patch-Oil
9,445.30
Clerk
151.50
Misc .- Lumber, etc.
33.22
To Close
6.89
28,400.00
117
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Chapter 90 Maintenance
Appropriations
3,000.00
For State-County Allotments
6,000.00
9,000.00
Expenditures
Labor
2,347.63
Road Machinery
Town
1,373.30
Outside
911.00
2,284.30
Mileage
43.80
Clerk
37.50
Asphalt-crushed stone
1,446.60
Oil
2,736.82
Sand & Gravel
103.35
9,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction-
Pleasant St. 1960 Contract
Balance Appropriation
18,957.94
Expenditures
Contract-Frank J. Shields 17,823.91
Force Account
Labor
440.70
Road Machinery-
Town
62.00
Mileage 8.00
Clerk
10.50
To Close
612.83
18,957.94
118
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Chapter 90 Construction
1961 Contract
Appropriation For State-County Allotment
7,500.00
22,500.00
30,000.00
Expenditures
Labor
7,036.55
Mileage
145.60
Clerk
147.00
Road Machinery
Town-
3,443.15
Outside
10,678.25
14,121.40
Frame-grates-
inlets-bands
4,584.22
Sand-brick-
barrell-batters
2,244.13
Salt-gravel-road oil
674.08
Tree Rmoval
250.00
Bottled Gas
36.41
Misc.
6.00
29,245.39
Balance to be carried into 1961
754.61
Chapter 90 Construction 1958
Balance
317.32
Close out
317.32
Sand Spreader
Transferred
2,400.00
1-10' Handy Spreader 1,846.32
Transferred at Special Town Meeting 12-26-61
553.68
2,400.00
Street Signs Appropriation 575.00
.
119
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Expenditures
Labor
401.49
Mileage
3.60
Road Machinery
Town
62.00
Pipe-post-paint-brushes
107.91
575.00
Pleasant Street
Balance
165.00
To close out
165.00
Road Machinery Maintenance
Transferred
37,028.73
Returned Check
123.93
37,152.66
Expenditures
Labor
3,914.17
Mileage
3.70
Grader-oil-gas
821.19
Equipment & Repairs
13,760.64
Gas-oil
6,862.72
Tools
25.50
Liability Insurance
2,350.22
Acetylene-Oxygen
488.62
Furnace Oil
585.44
Telephone & Misc .- Supplies
734.56
Water-light-gas
212.18
Transferred Special Town Meeting
2,400.00
Over 1960
679.02
32,837.96
Balance to be carried over into 1962
4,314.70
120
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Highways-Drainage
Appropriation
2,000.00
Expenditures
Labor
564.97
Road Machinery-Town
292.10
Mileage
8.40
Clerk
4.50
Pipe-culvert-band
948.50
Cinder Blocks
40.45
Angle Irons
25.20
Gravel
7.00
To Close
108.88
2,000.00
Highway Brush Cutting
Appropriation
2,000.00
Expenditures
Labor
1,692.38
Mileage
22.90
Road Machinery-Town
155.00
Road Machinery-Outside
96.00
Clerk
20.50
Equipment
7.56
To Close
5.66
2,000.00
Ready Mix & Oil Streets
Appropriation
7,500.00
Expenditures
Labor
1,915.30
Road Machinery
Town
1,091.40
Outside
104.81
1,196.21
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Mileage-Use of Truck
34.80
Barrell-Blocks-Cement
3,074.88
Sand-Stone
1,093.63
Clerical
27.00
Tools
38.80
Road Drags
85.11
Repair to Machine
34.27
7,500.00
Vacation Pay
Appropriation
1,104.40
Expenditures
Vacation Pay
1,004.00
To Close
100.40
1,104.40
Fence Viewer
Appropriation
50.00
Expenditures
Salary
25.00
To Close
25.00
50.00
Title Examination-High St .- Winslow Ave .- McCarthy Ave.
Balance Appropriation
178.00
Expenditures
Services
25.75
Balance to be carried into 1962
152.25
South Street-Side Drainage
Balance Appropriation 310.89
122
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Expenditures
Grover Bros. Const. Co.
102.00
Labor
69.80
Asphalt
128.68
To Close
10.41
310.89
Sidewalk-Stafford Street
Balance Appropriation
1,200.00
Expenditures
Labor
232.60
Road Machinery
Town
132.80
Outside
147.00
279.80
Mileage-Use of Truck
3.20
Asphalt
337.30
852.90
Balance to be carried into 1962
347.10
Survey Town Owned Land- Peter Salem Road
Appropriation
427.00
Expenditures
Labor
221.95
Mileage-Use of Truck
5.20
Road Machinery-Town
18.60
To Close
181.25
427.00
Peter Salem Road
Balance Appropriation Appropriation
447.34
1,916.75
2,364.09
123
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Expenditures
Labor
509.42
Road Machinery
Town
369.00
Outside
432.00
801.00
Clerk
21.00
Mileage-Use of truck
16.80
Culvert-Pipe
698.66
Barrells-frames- flange-grates
189.21
Blasting
128.00
2,364.09
North Court Drainage
Appropriation
978.75
Expenditures
None
Balance to be carried into 1962
978.75
Main Street Drainage
Appropriation
523.78
Expenditures
Gravel
266.70
Batters-frames
13.94
Asphalt Top
123.69
Transferred at Special Town Meeting
119.45
523.78
Kettle Brook-Cherry Valley
Balance Appropriation
500.00
124
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Expenditures
Wm. C. Taylor Assoc. Study and Report To Close
435.00 65.00
500.00
Marshall Street Drainage
Appropriation
2,725.80
Expenditures
Labor
646.50
Mileage-Use of Truck
10.80
Road Machinery
Town
329.40
Outside
270.00
599.40
Clerical
10.50
Culvert-Pipe-Bands
994.85
Cinder Block-brick-cement
208.22
Asphalt top
102.30
Sand-gravel
130.00
Sign-flags
23.00
To Close
.23
2,725.80
Winslow Avenue
Appropriation
15,030.25
Expenditures
Labor
3,988.90
Road Machinery
Town 1,379.70
Outside
2,463.77
3,843.47
Clerk
79.50
125
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Mileage-Use of Truck
72.00
Asphalt-oil-gravel
4,845.14
Barrells-batters-
frames-grates
841.73
Pipe
1,197.11
Advertisings
13.50
To Close
148.90
15,030.25
Carleton Road
Appropriation
5,799.75
Expenditures
Labor
1,450.20
Road Machinery
Town
Outside
614.40 708.00
1,322.40
Mileage-Use of truck
19.60
Clerk
45.00
Barrells-block-cement
180.67
Stone & Gravel
515.89
Asphalt Top
906.52
Culvert-frames-grates
237.19
Reinforce concrete pipe Misc.
1,066.24
Transferred at Special
Town Meeting 12-26-61
50.04
5,799.75
Towtaid Street
Appropriation
6,767.75
Expenditures
6.00
Labor
2,151.98
126
ANNUAL REPORT
Road Machinery
Town
640.50
Outside
334.40
974.90
Clerical
24.50
Mileage-Use of Truck
20.00
Inlets
368.94
Pipe-Bands
2,264.31
Bases-barrell-blocks
124.17
Frames-grates
237.60
Sand-stone-gravel
285.50
Lumber-Cement
121.19
To Close
194.66
6,767.75
Construction Drainage Ditch on Mannville St.
Subject to easements with Worcester Spinning Company
Appropriation
5,050.00
Expenditures
None
Balance to be carried into 1962
5,050.00
Temporary Aid Welfare
Appropriation
19,857.60
Expenditures
Salaries 2,086.25
Office Supplies 698.60
2,785.12
Relief by Town
Groceries
2,197.53
Light-Coal-
Wood 1,330.85
Rent-Board-Care
541.16
Medicine &
--...
127
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Medical
2,511.07
Charlton Home
Farm
184.14
Cash Grants
3,502.75
Colthing
65.59
10,333.09
Relief by Other Cities & Towns
Cities
4,784.40
Towns
727.75
5,512.15
To Close
1,227.24
19,857.60
Old Age Assistance-Town
Appropriation Returned Checks
22,341.00
80.10
22,421.10
Expenditures
Cash Grants
21,949.10
Board & Care
50.00
Other Cities &
Towns 422.00
22,421.10
Old Age Assistance-Federal Grant-Aid
Balance Jan. 1, 1961
11,969.81
Federal Grants
32,039.80
Probation Dept. Recoveries
696.05
Returned checks
308.80
45,014.46
Aid Rendered
41,091.86
Balance to be carried into 1962
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3,922.60
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128
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Old Age Assistance-
Federal Grant Administration
Balance Jan. 1, 1961
440.00
Grants
1,411.68
1,851.68
Administration
1,605.01
Balance to be carried into Jan. 1, 1962
246.67
Medical Assistance to the Aged-Town
Appropriation
25,000.00
Returned Check
5.00
25,005.00
Aid 15,726.16
Administration
7,273.84
Transferred at
Special Town
Meeting 2,000.00
To Close
5.00
Medical Assistance to the Aged
Federal ... Grants-Aid
Grants
21,862.68
Aid
14,912.79
Balance to be carried into 1962
6,949.89
Medical Assistance to the Aged
Administration-Federal Grants
Grants
1,038.06
Administration
621.15
Balance to be carried into 1962
416.91
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- ----
25,005.00
129
ANNUAL REPORT
Aid to Dependent Children-Town
Appropriation
15,814.00
Expenditures
Aid
15,468.59
Administration
345.41
15,814.00
15,814.00
Aid to Dependent Children-
Federal Grant-Aid
Balance Jan. 1, 1961 Grants
208.22 10,790.00
10,998.22
Expenditures
Aid
9,386.55
Balance to be carried into 1962
1,611.67
Aid to Dependent Children-
Federal Grant Administrations
81.68
Balance Jan. 1, 1961 Grants
850.68
932.36
Expenditures
Aid
932.36
Disability Assistance-Town
Appropriation
12,756.40
Expenditures
Aid
Administration
10,068.25 1,677.35
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Transferred at Special Town Meeting To Close
1,000.00 10.80
12,756.40
Disability Assistance-
Federal Grant-Aid Balance Jan. 1, 1961 Grants
344.13
4,987.20
Aid Rendered
4,184.02
Balance to be carried into 1962
1,147.11
Disability Assistance --
Federal Grants-Administration
316.65
Balance Jan. 1, 1961 Grants
856.32
1,172.97
Administration
643.34
Balance to be carried into 1962
529.63
Veterans Benefits
Appropriation Returned Checks
35,674.00
731.66
36,405.66
Expenditures
Director
2,300.00
Administration
1,350.98
Ordinary Allowances
19,745.86
Fuel
1,910.03
Medical
10,124.80
To Close
773.99
36,205.66
Balance to be carried into 1962 200.00
-
5,331.33
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Schools
Balance Jan. 1, 1961 Appropriation
307.36 575,590.47
575,897.83
Expenditures
General Administration
Salary
Superintendent 9,800.00
Clerks
11,993.00
21,793.00
Telephone
1,811.16
Travel Expenses
335.50
School Census
390.45
Travel & Expenses for
School Personnel
1,010.54
25,340.65
Books & Supplies
Teachers Salaries
High
114,848.24
Elementary
237,976.77
Supervisors
11,161.56
363,986.57
Textbooks
High
4,524.62
Elementary
3,269.81
7,794.43
Supplies
High
9,569.72
Elementary
9,246.65
18,816.37
Library
2,074.21
28,685.01
Tuition
1,197.10
Transportation
74,533.21
132
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Janitor Services Travel of Maintenance Men
34,286.91 400.00
Fuel & Light
High 6,881.86
Elementary 13,494.95
20,376.31
Water & Gas 805.52
Maintenance Building & Grounds
Repairs
High
219.08
Elementary
5,760.90
5,979.98
Janitor Supplies
High
66.21
Elementary
4,820.33
4,886.54
Trucking Rubbish & Misc.
267.88
Equipment & Repairs
195.37
Other Expenses
Drum Corp
2,399.35
Athletics
4,474.35
Diplomas & Graduation
417.50
Drivers Education
867.89
Insurance
630.00
School Physicians
800.00
School Nurse
4,576.24
Travel of Nurse and Nurse Supplies
549.98
Ear and Eye Expenses
242.00
To Close
1.07
575,897.93
Capitol Outlay
Appropriation 1,448.85
Sound System
1,448.85
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Vocational Education
Appropriation
12,576.00
Expenditures
Vocational Tuition
11,000.40
Transportation to Schools
1,575.60
12,576.00
Newhall-Southgate Interest Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1961 Interest
1,232.83
213.43
1,446.26
Books & Periodicals
616.05
Balance to be carried into 1962
830.11
Drum Corp Revolving Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1961
27.55
Receipts
584.80
612.35
Transportation
267.35
Dinner
286.86
Miscellaneous
58.14
612.35
School Athletics
Balance Jan. 1, 1961
153.77
Receipts
2,143.56
Equipment
421.00
Supplies
34.55
Gymnasium Rental
137.90
Expenses to
Springfield
200.00
Officials
878.00
1,671.45
Balance to be carried into 1962
625.88
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2,297.33
134
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National Education Defense for School Purposes-Title III
...
Balance
307.36
Laboratory Supplies 255.63
307.36
School Lunch Cafeteria
Balance Jan. 1, 1961 Receipts State & Town
2,219.93
68,991.06
71,210.99
Expenditures
Salaries
Workers
31,511.54
Accountant
900.00
Food
33,330.71
Supplies
1,209.13
Gas
100.10
Equipment & Repairs
437.80
Schooling & Travel
251.47
Misc. & removal of rubbish
204.49
67,945.24
Balance to be carried into 1962
3,265.75
School Band
Balance Jan. 1, 1961
64.60
Expenditures
None
Balance to be carried into 1962
64.60
Library
Appropriation 5,928.98 Appropriation for Library Grant 2,044.25
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Books 51.73
135
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Dog Refund Books sold or damaged
1,050.77
23.48
9,047.48
Expenditures
Salaries
Librarian
2,091.00
Assistants
1,866.76
Janitors
780.00
4,737.76
Books
2,123.03
Periodicals
234.98
2,358.01
Binding Books
126.11
Telephone
107.26
Fuel
854.55
Water-Light
349.61
Office Supplies & Dues
168.99
To Close
345.19
9,047.48
Interest Maturing Debt
Appropriation
40,925.00
Expenditures
Interest Paid
New High School
30,000.00
Memorial School
9,800.00
Rochdale Fire Station
1,125.00
40,925.00
Interest on Temporary Loan
Appropriation
4,500.00
Interest
2,338.05
Transferred at
Special Town
Meeting 2,161.95
4,500.00
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136
ANNUAL REPORT
Reserve Fund
Appropriation Overlay Surplus
3,209.31
1,790.69
5,000.00
Beaches
500.00
Fire Alarm
1,402.00
Winslow Ave.
1,000.00
Hydrant
Winslow Ave.
293.73
Advisory Board
50.00
Forest Fire
600.00
Tree Warden
255.30
Schools
404.55
Snow & Ice
494.42
5,000.00
Bonding & Insurance
Appropriation
34,747.37
Bonding-Town Officials
Treasurer
197.60
Tax Collector
361.60
Town Clerk
10.00
Library Trustee
12.50
Deputy Tax
Collectors
20.00
All Others
62.75
664.45
Burglary Insurances
Deputy Tax Collector 10.00
Town Clerk 28.00
38.00
Insurance
Fire-Theft Liability- Windstorm 25,638.40
Transferred at Special
Town Meeting
5,000.00
To Close
3,406.52
34,747.37
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137
ANNUAL REPORT
High School & Town Auditorium
Appropriation Returned Check
16,000.00
1.00
16,001.00
Salaries
Janitor
4,940.00
Helpers
2,131.00
7,071.00
Water-Gas-Light
2,641.08
Fuel
2,770.28
Janitor Supplies
1,186.31
Painting
490.00
Plumbing Repairs
38.16
Heating Repairs
269.08
Electric Repairs
286.41
Building Repair
665.68
Miscellaneous
182.45
To Close
400.55
16,001.00
Parks Department
1
Appropriation Returned Check
3,000.00
12.25
3,012.25
Leicester
Labor
583.43
Expenses
84.27
667.70
Rochdale
Labor
719.55
Misc. Expenses
376.01
1,095.56
138
ANNUAL REPORT
Cherry Valley
Labor
811.15
Materials
265.13
Clerk
50.00
Misc. Supplies
119.01
1,245.29
To Close
3.70
3,012.25
Leicester Recreational Activities
Appropriation
Dancing Recreation
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
Dancing Project
775.84
Recreation
Skating
264.79
Basketball
360.45
Fishing
65.85
Softball
149.40
Swimming
45.00
Golf
21.00
Christmas Party
18.40
Mileage
34.30
To Close
264.97
2,000.00
Life Guard and Equipment & Maintenance of Larke Sargent, Rochdale Lake and Transportation from Cherry Valley
Appropriation
3,000.00
Expenditures Life Guards
Leicester
Lake Sargent
1,532.50
Rochdale-
139
ANNUAL REPORT
Rochdale Lake 917.50
Maintenance
both lakes 250.00
Transportation from Cherry Valley 300.00
3,000.00
Memorial Day
Appropriation
512.50
Expenditures
Buses
250.00
Private Cars
62.50
312.50
Grave Markers
37.50
Flags
17.00
Wreaths
100.00
Sound System
25.00
Clerical
10.00
To Close
10.00
512.00
Bath House-Rochdale
Appropriation
1,500.00
Contract
1,485.00
To Close
15.00
1,500.00
Maintenance Veterans Squares
Under Direction of Selectmen
Appropriation
765.00
Expenditures
Landscaping
602.38
Marker Plates
110.82
Lumber
19.30
Sign
32.50
765.00
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140
ANNUAL REPORT
Bathing Privileges so called Micas Property
Appropriation Rental 1961 Summer Season
275.00
275.00
Advisory Committee
Appropriation
350.00
Expenditures
Clerical
169.50
Expenses
179.52
To Close
.98
350.00
Planning Board
Appropriation
300.00
Expenditures
Clerical
142.22
Office Expenses
157.78
300.00
Board of Appeals
Appropriation
100.00
Expenditures
Clerk & Expenses 99.95
100.00
To Close .05
Miscellaneous-Town Report
Appropriation
1,300.00
Expenditures
Town Report 1,098.79 Life Guard Extra 16.25
141
ANNUAL REPORT
Keenan Landscape 10.00
To Close into
revenue 1961 174.96
1,300.00
Retirement Fund Assessment
Appropriation Assessment
9,424.61
9,424.61
Stabilization Fund
Appropriation
5,000.00
Placed in Bank
5,000.00
Shannon Square-Remove and Relocate
Appropriation
255.00
Expenditures
Labor
13.10
Road Machinery
22.20
35.30
Curbing & sod-loam
204.21
To Close
15.49
255.00
Civilian Defense
Appropriation
3,900.00
Expenditures
Salaries
Director
400.00
Assistant
100.00
500.00
Equipment
Police
600.00
142
ANNUAL REPORT
Firemen
600.00
All Other Misc. 1,000.00
2,200.00
Repair to Truck & Radio
500.00
Gas & Oil 100.00
Telephone & Office Expenses
400.00
Schooling-Alerts & Refreshments 195.21
To Close 4.79
3,900.00
3,900.00
Purchase of land or acquire by eminent domain under chapter 79 General Laws for the New High School Building Project
Balance Jan. 1, 1961
6,000.00
Land Purchased
1,800.00
Balance to be carried into 1962
4,200.00
Survey New School
Appropriation
568.12
Expenditures
None
Balance to be carried into 1962
568.12
New High School Building Project Committee
Appropriation
311,586.60
Expenditures
Contract
178,554.73
Architect
4,400.00
Clerk of the Works
2,625.00
Secretary 52.00
New Equipment
108,363.62
Stone-tree-Fertilizer
222.33
Advertising
39.00
Misc. Repairs to Bldg. & Grounds 1,120.03 Electricity 590.02
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143
ANNUAL REPORT
Telephone & Misc.
117.30
296,084.03
Balance to be carried into 1962
15,502.57
Clerk of the Works
Appropriation
1,375.00
Expenditures Salary
1,375.00
Gerald Court-Land Purchase and Costs
Appropriation
1,400.00
Land
600.00
Costs
16.45
2,016.45
Expenditures
Land & Costs
616.45
Remove Trees
110.00
Labor
545.97
Clerk
1,75
Mileage-Use of Truck
13.20
Road Machinery
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Town
239.70
Outside
155.25
394.95
Sand & Gravel
77.00
Curbing
239.59
Enamel
17.54
2,016.45
Bills too Late for Payment and Overdraft
Forest Fire-Overdraft- 19.46
Bills too late for payment
1,259.11
Overdraft Forest Fire 19.46 Bills too late for Payment 136.50
Law
144
ANNUAL REPORT
Forest Fire 323.75
Snow & Ice
165.56
Welfare 115.00
Veterans Benefits
512.46
To Close
5.84
1,278.57
Bills - Worcester City Hospital
Appropriation Medical Town Aid
ยท 3,520.45
3,520.45
Final Court Judgement
Raised by Assessors 1960
6,730.66
Expenditures
None
To Close 6,730.66
Amount Necessary to satisfy Final Judgement
Raised by Assessors 1961
750.00
To Close 750.00
Refunds
Real Estate & Personal Property Taxes 3,146.64
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 3,892.74
Overpayment on Tax Title Redemption 24.70
Check not honored by bank-
Tax Title 392.00
7,456.08
Worcester County Treasurer
County Tax 18,968.50
Worcester County
Sanatorium Assessment 13,249.44
32,217.99
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145
ANNUAL REPORT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Audit Municipal Accounts 2,102.88
State Parks & Reservations 3,443.21
5,546.09
Withheld Taxes-
State
6,969.69
Federal 76,738.60
Retirement Fund-
Worcester County 9,077.26
Worcester County Treasurer-
Dog Licenses
1,640.25
Matlring Debt on Bonred Money $
Memorial School 35,000.00
New High School
Building 40,000.00
Rochdale Fire
Station
5,000.00 80,000.00
Anticipation of Tax Revenue
Note #534 150,000.00
#535 100,000.00
#536 75,000.00 325,000.00
Total Disbursements 2,221,531.84
Plus check not honored by bank 392.00
$2,221,923.84
146
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Leicester - Balance Sheet
ASSETS
For Year Ending December 31, 1961
Cash
183,351.96
Accounts Receivable
Taxes
Personal Property 1957
27.39
Personal Property 1958
468.00
Real Estate 1958
39.70
Poll 1959
26.00
Real Estate 1959
1,631.18
Personal Property 1959
478.08
Poll 1960
80.00
Real Estate 1960
19,395.77
Personal Property 1960
409.50
Poll 1961
324.00
Personal Property 1961
1,036.50
Real Estate 1961 .
92,976.20
Motor Vehicle Excise 1957
22.84
Motor Vehicle Excise 1959
1748.59
Motor Vehicle Excise 1960
4,686.11
Motor Vehicle Excise 1961
50,314.44
56,771.98 13.13
Farm Excise 1961
Tax Titles and Possessions
Tax Titles
12,254.78
Tax Possessions
3,128.31
15,383.09
Departmental
Police
195.00
116,892.32
147
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Leicester - Balance Sheet
LIABILITIES
For Year Ending December 31, 1961
Excess Land low Value
582.95
Tailings
225.65
Garbage Collection Deposit 225.00
Federal Grants
Old Age Assistance Aid 3,922.60
Old Age Assistance
Administration 246.67
Medical Aid to Aged Aid 6,949.89
Medical Aid to Aged Adimnistration 416.91
Disability Assistance Aid 1,147.31
Disability Assistance
Administration 529.63
Aid to Dependent Children Aid 1,611.67
Aid to Dependent
Children
Administration 416.91
Administration None
14,824.68
. - .
Recoveries
Old Age Assistance 1,393.40
Disability
Assistance
85.20
1,478.60
Revolving Funds
School Lunch
3,265.75
School Band
64.60
School Athletics
625.88
3,956.23
School Southgate and Newhall Interest Fund Payroll Deductions
830.21
Worcester
Retirement System 787.11
148
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Leicester - Balance Sheet
ASSETS
For Year Ending December 31, 1961
Highways
38.75
Temporary Aid
2,969.25
Aid to Dependent Children
2,947.57
Veterans Benefits
7,720.38
Schools
650.70
14,521.65
Aid to Highways
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Chapter 81-State
14,904.40
Chapter 90-Maintenance
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