Town annual reports of officers of the town of Oxford, Massachusetts for the financial year ending 1932, Part 6

Author: Oxford (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: [Oxford, Mass.] : [Town of Oxford]
Number of Pages: 340


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Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank :


Benjamin W. Childs Fund


Agnes C. Clemence Fund


Sarah S. Moulton Fund Ebenezer Humphrey Fund


Clara Barton Fund


Cyrus Willis Fund


Marion E. Howe Fund Lucy Whiting Fund


C. H. Wellington Est. Fund Arthur J. Brown Fund


Alvin Fitts Heirs Fund


Albert W. Stafford Est. Fund


Agnes M. Barrowclough and Henry L. Elliott Fund


John W. Foster Fund


James C. Green Fund


Edna H. Adam Fund


Jessie L. Foster Fund Sarah F. Davis Fund


Mrs. Oscar L. Owen Fund


Leona Arell Fund Charles P. Dodge Fund


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Maria K. Trumbull Est. Fund


Sarah J. Barber Est. Fund


Fannie V. Blanchard Fund


Byron E. Stone Fund


Betsey McManus Fund Elizabeth R. Larned Fund


Edith G. Eckberg Fund Annie E. Forrest Fund Margaret Harwood Est. Fund Walter Barstow Fund


Ella C. Larned Fund Isabella Stratton Fund


Jeremiah Moffitt Est. Fund Herbert E. Lovett Est. Fund Stephen E. Barton Est. Fund Martha Howarth Fund


William H. Haven and


Jessie C. Taft Fund Eugene Wetherell Est. Fund William A. Bennett Fund


Annie R. Tufts Fund


Madeline Davis Powers Fund


Sarah Southworth Est. Fund Almon Adams Fund


Mary J. Watson Fund


William E. Wheelock Fund Emily Jennison Est. Fund


Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank :


Charles C. Lamb Fund Samuel H. Earl Fund Jonathan P. Dana Fund


Jacob Marble Fund


George Miller Fund


Olive Moore Fund


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Daniel Stone Fund


Hannah Harwood Fund


George H. Dodge Fund Reuben Aborn Fund


John C. Steere Fund


Clara Barton Fund.


Benjamin F. White Fund George Rich Fund


Leonard E. Thayer Fund


Sanford A. Inman Fund


1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 İ 1 1 1 Lucius Parks and Otis Wallace Fund Willard H. Eager Fund Burleigh Moore Fund Samuel Davis Fund 1


James B. Campbell Fund Edward A. Wheelock Fund Matilda F. Want Fund Charles H. Wallace Fund


Worcester Mechanics National Bank and Town


of Oxford Note of $2,000:


Emily A. Siddall Fund Cynthia A. Davis Fund


Imogene P. Taft Est. Fund


James Garside Fund


Mary A. Nunn Fund


J. Edward Nichols Fund Dayton M. Fay Fund


Louisa E. Matthews Fund Willis M. Wellington Fund


Frank J. Gates Fund Caroline Ward Lilly Fund Mary Pope Carson Fund


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Lucy White Fund


Edward I. Willis Fund


Ella A. Davis Fund Fred O. Cortis Fund


Lawrence P. Willey Fund John L. Johnson Fund


Mrs. Allen L. Taft Fund Charles F. Snow Est. Fund Jessie C. Taft Fund


Frank E. Day Fund


Laura Jenkins Fund


J. H. Woodhead Fund


Mary E. Blood Fund Thomas Appleby Fund Mary L. Hall Fund


1 Joseph L. Davis Fund William and John Hudson Fund


Salem T. Russell Fund John W. Pope Fund


T. M. Warren Fund


Jane M. Hinchliffe Fund


Rev. William L. Briggs Fund


L. H. Cudworth Fund Clarissa A. Mann Fund


Harriet E. Gay, Fund Elisha C. Taft Fund


Mary E. Stowe Fund William H. Bigelow Fund


Emeline Davis Fund Mary A. Wilder Fund


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Peoples' Savings Bank, Worcester :


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Ebenezer S. Williams Fund


Franklin Howard Fund Annie Macomber Fund


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Charles A. Bacon Fund


Frances Emmons Fund


A. W. Pope Fund


A. E. Merriam Fund


Albert Berry Fund


Sarah B. Chaffee Fund Nancy Bennett Fund


Charles Larned Fund


Nelson K. Morse Fund


Ellen Broadbent Fund


Bay State Savings Bank, Worcester :


Nancy W. Carson Fund


Joab Maynard Fund


A. W. Poucher Fund


Freeman Savery Fund


Loren R. Stockwell Fund Viola Sessions Fund Julia R. Clissold Fund O. S. Matthews Fund


William Rothwell Fund S. William Smith Fund


L. A. Spaulding Fund


withdrawn. Town of Oxford Note of Entire deposit in Worcester Bank and Trust Co.


Ella S. Stafford Fund


Alfred Moffitt Fund


David Glass Fund


Oxford Note of $2,000:


Alexander C. Moffitt Fund


Galen Whiting Fund


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Webster Five Cent Savings Bank and Town of


$400:


Charles G. and Henry A. Larned Fund


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1 William H. Robinson Fund William Wellington Fund Congregational Church Fund


E. A. Riccius Fund


Edith M. Harcourt Fund


Abel Davis Fund Fred L. Snow Fund


Mary J. Albee Fund


Edwin Bartlett Fund


Esek Joslin Fund


John C. Hammond Fund


Bardwell and Daniels Fund Vester Vassell Fund


ARTHUR C. RUTHERFORD,


JOSEPH L. BROWN,


GEORGE M. EAMES,


Respectfully Submitted,


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Oscar L. Hills Fund Elizabeth Smith Fund Sereno Howe Est. Fund


Mrs. E. M. Fitts Fund Horace L. Morse Fund


Nellie E. Moore Est. Fund


Mabel Ellis Fund Alices A. Garside Fund


Julia P. Sibley Fund Harriet Chase Fund Jennie Vinton Edgar Fund


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Note of $2,600:


133


134


Report of the Lockup Keeper


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


I herewith submit my report as lockup keeper for the year ending December 31, 1932.


During the past year, there have been committed to the lockup seventeen persons for the following reasons :


Drunkenness 7


Drunken Driving 5


Larceny 3


Driving without a License


1


Violation of Motor Vehicle Laws


1


Total 17


Male


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Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE H. FORTIN,


Lockup Keeper.


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Report of the Oxford Home for Aged People


Oxford, Mass. STATEMENT OF CONDITION At close of business September 30, 1932


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ASSETS


Real Estate :


Larned house


$7,000.00


Kimball house 1


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$17,791.80


Gift:


H. A. Larned, land


Value not determined


Furniture and Furnishings :


Bequests :


Mary A. Seamans


Value not determined


Philinda L. French


Value not determined


Investments : Sarah P. Joslin Fund :


$1000.00 C o m mon- wealth Water Com- pany, 51/2's $936.25


$1000.00 Sioux City Gas & Electric Co., 6's 1,010,00


$1000.00


Mississippi


Power Company, 5's


935.00


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8,157.50


Kimball cottage 1


1 2,634.30


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$1000.00 Mississippi Power Company, 5's 970.00


$1000.00 New England Power Association, 5's


1,000.00


$2000.00 Pennsylvania State Water Corp., 51/2's


1,940.00


$1000.00 Illinois Com- mercial Telephone Co. 5's


970.00


$1000.00 Central Illi- nois Electric & Gas Co., 5's


945.00


$1000.00 Town of Ox- ford Revenue Loan, 6's


1,000.00


40 shares National


Shawmut Bank of


Boston, common


1,010.00


10 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston


268.00


common


$10,984.25


Charles Larned Fund : $2000.00 Worcester In- vestment Trust, 6's - $2,000.00


$2000.00 Oxford Water Company, 5's 1,821.20


$1000.00 Alabama Wa- ter Service Company, 5's 960.00


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$2000.00 Akron, Can- ton and Youngstown Railway Company, 51/2's


1,995.00


$2000.00 Illinois Power & Light Corp'n, 5's - 1,910.00


25 shares National Shawmut Bank, Bos- ton, common 1,368.75


10 shares National Shawmut Bank, Bos- ton, common 513.00


$10,567.95


Unrestricted :


$1000.00 Com mon- monwealth Water Company, 51/2's - $1000.00 Illinois Power & Light Co., 6's


$936.25


1,010.00


$1000.00 Brewer Real- ty Company, 51/2's - Congress Square Hotel Co., 51/2's


990.00


1,990.00


$1000.00 Pennsylvania Operating Co., 6's __


1,000.00


$2000.00 Interstate Power Company, 5's


1,930.00


$1000.00 Alabama Wa- ter Service Co., 5's - 960.00 $1000.00 Alton Court Apartment Bldg., 6's 1,005.30 $2000.00 Sun Office Building, 51/2's 1,897.60


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$1000.00 Graybar Building, 5's 925.00


$1000.00


Associated


Tel.


Utilities


Co.,


51/2's


970.00


$2000.00 New England Power Association, 5's 1,830.00


$1000.00 International Match Corp'n, 5's 960.00


$1000.00 Town of Ox- ford Revenue Loan, 6's


1,000.00


15 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston, common


1,132.50


20 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston, common


785.00


20 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston, common 622.50


15


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National


Shawmut Bank, Bos-


ton, common


355.50


Sarah L. and Joseph G. Woodbury, 1st mort- gage, 6% 3,500.00


$23,799.65


Edward D. Emerson Fund :


$1000.00


Associated


Telephone


Utilities


Co., 5's


$950.00


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$2000.00 Wisconsin Hydro Electric Co., 5's


1,920.00


$1000.00 International Match Corp'n, 5's __ 960.00


25 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston, common


880.50


$4,710.50


$50,062.35


Cash :


Uninvested


Sarah P. Joslin Fund _ $476.53


Edward D. Emerson


Fund


441.23


Unrestricted


3,041.99


3,959.75


$71,813.90


LIABILITIES


Mortgages Payable :


H. A. Larned-Larned


house


$2,000.00


Restricted Bequest Funds :


Sarah P. Joslin


$5,000.00


Charles Larned


10,000.00


Edward D. Emerson _ 5,000.00


20,000.00


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Oxford Home for Aged People : Net investment (unre- stricted) 49,813.90


$71,813.90


RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS


Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1932


RECEIPTS


Cash on Hand October 1, 1931


$1,790.02


Interest :


On coupon bonds


$2,142.50


On bank balances


50.00


On mortgages


210.00


$2,402.50


Rentals :


Larned house


$528.00


Kimball cottage


80.00


Kimball house


555.00


1,163.00


Dues


15.00


Dividends :


On bank stocks


228.00


Investments Sold :


$2000.00 National


Bond & Mortgage


Corp'n, 6's


$995.00


$1000.00 Court & Rem- sen Streets Office


Bldg. 6's 290.00


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$2000.00 Oklahoma


Natural


Gas Com-


pany, 5's


690.00


$2000.00 Keith Memo- rial Theatre Corp'n, 6's


555.00


$1000.00 Community Water Service Co., 6's 307.50


$1000.00 Cities Service Gas Company, 51/2's


457.50


$1000.00 Portland Gen- eral Electric Co., 41/2's 596.60


3,891.60


Interest Accrued on Above Bonds : $2000.00 National Bond & Mortgage


Corp'n, 6's


$57.00


$1000.00 Court & Rem-


sen Streets Office


Bldg. 6's


3.67


$2000.00 Oklahoma


Natural


Gas


Com-


pany, 5's


27.78


$2000.00 Keith Memo- rial Theatre Corp'n, 6's


57.00


$1000.00 Community Water Service Co., 6's 23.50 $1000.00 Cities Service Gas Company, 51/2's 26.13 $1000.00 Portland Gen- eral Electric Co., 41/2's 20.50


215.58


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Bequest : William E. Wheelock (In memory of his mo- ther, Sarah Keith Wheelock)


1,877.94


9,793.62


$11,583.64


DISBURSEMENTS


Investments Bought :


$1000.00 Town of Ox- ford Revenue Loan, 6's


$1,000.00


$1000.00 Town of Ox- ford Revenue Loan, 6's


1,000.00


$1000.00 Portland Gen- eral Electric Co., 41's


532.50


40 shares National


Shawmut Bank of Boston 1,010.00


10 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston 20 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston -


268.00


15 shares National Shawmut Bank of


785.00


Boston 355.50


20 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston 622.50


25 shares First Nation- al Bank of Boston 880.50


$6,454.00


143


Interest Accrued on Above Securities : $1000.00 Portland Gen- eral Electric Co., 41/2's Rental Property


$6.38


Larned house :


Interest on mortgage


$80.00


Taxes


110.04


Repairs, water and in-


336.33


surance


526.37


Kimball cottage:


Taxes


$23.58


Repairs, water and in-


91.53


surance


115.11


Kimball house:


Taxes


$180.78


Repairs, water and in-


surance


137.37


318.15


Treasurer's Salary


100.00


Accountant's Fees


50.00


Surety Bonds


10.00


Rent of Safe Deposit Box


5.00


Custodian's Fees and Expenses :


Worcester County Na- tional Bank 28.76


Subscription to Financial


10.00


Service


Federal Tax on Checks


.12


$7,623.89


144


Cash on Hand September 30, 1932: Worcester Bank and Trust Com- pany, checking $2,424.07


Worcester County Institution for Savings 476.53


Worcester County National Bank,


Savings 441.23


Worcester County National Bank,


savings 617.92


3,959.75


$11,583.64


SARAH P. JOSLIN FUND


Fiscal year ended September 30, 1932


Original bequest


$5,000.00


Interest thru September 30, 1931 6,937.41


$11,937.41


Invested in bonds previously report- ed


$10.926.25


Accrued interest paid on bonds pre-


viously reported 196.92


Custodian's fees previously reported 37.20


11,160.37


$777.04


Interest on coupon bonds


this period $595.00


Interest on bank balances


this period 18.82


613.82


145


Dividends on bank stocks this period


25.00


$638.82


Investments sold this period : $2000.00 National Bond & Mort-


gage Corp'n, 6's $995.00


$1000.00 Court & Remsen Streets Office Bldg., 6's 290.00


1,285.00


Interest accrued on above bonds : - $2000.00 National Bond & Mort- gage Corp'n, 6's $57.00


$1000.00 Court & Ramsen Streets Office Bldg., 6's 3.67


60.67


$2,761.53


Investments bought this period : $1000.00 Town of Ox- ford Revenue Loan, 6's


$1,000.00


40


shares


National


Shawmut


Bank


of


Boston


1,010.00


10 shares First Na-


tional Bank of Boston 268.00


$2,278.00


Custodian's fees this period :


Worcester County National Bank


7.00


2,285.00


Balance, uninvested, September 30, 1932 $476.53


146


EDWARD D. EMERSON FUND


Fiscal year ended September 30, 1932


Original bequest


Interest thru September 30, 1931


$5,000.00 1,002.61


$6,002.61


Investment in bonds previously re- ported


$5,780.00


Accrued interest paid on bonds pre- viously reported 30.69


Custodian's fees previously reported


9.52


$5,820.21


1


$182.40


Interest on coupon bonds


this period


$232.50


Interest on bank balances this period


11.73 244.23


Dividends on bank stocks this period


5.00


$249.23


Investments sold this period : $1,000.00 Community Water Serv- ice Company, 6's $307.50


$1,000.00 Cities Service Gas Com- pany, 51/2's 457.50


$1,000.00 Portland General Elec- tric Company, 41/2's 596.60


$1,361.60


147


Interest accrued on above bonds : $1,000.00 Community Water Serv- ice Company, 6's $23.50


$1,000.00 Cities Service Gas Com- pany, 51/2's 26.13


$1,000.00 Portland General Elec-


tric Company, 41/2's 20.50


70.13


$1,863.36


Investments bought this period :


$1,000.00 Portland General Elec- tric Co., 41/2's


$532.50


25 shares First National Bank of Boston


880.50


$1,413.00


Interest accrued on above bonds : 1,000.00 Portland General Electric Co., 41/2's 6.38


Custodian's fees this period :


Worcester County National Bank


2.75


$1,422.13


Balance, uninvested, September 30,


1932


$441.23


CERTIFICATE Worcester, Mass., October 24, 1932.


I HEREBY CERTIFY that, in my opinion, the four foregoing statements are properly drawn to present a true and correct view of the affairs of the OXFORD HOME FOR AGED PEOPLE, according to its books and the best of my information.


Respectfully submitted, FRANK B. MESSINGER, C. P. A.


148


Report of the Oxford Water Company


STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1932


Cash on Hand December 31, 1931


$3,160.30


Receipts :


Water Rentals


$18,779.80


Interest


Income on


21.38


Notes


Sale of


Materials &


247.15


Supplies


Sale of Adding


Ma-


125.00


chine


26.70


Freight Rebates


53.45


Insurance Refunds


$19,253.48


Total Receipts


. Total Cash Available


$22,413.78


Expenditures :


Additions to Plant :


Mains


$72.56


Services


76.91


Office Equipment


128.10


$277.57


3,652.10


Taxes


149


Expenses :


General Office Salaries & Expenses


$1,391.32


Local Office Salaries & Expenses


1,422.06


Pumping Station Sup-


plies & Expenses -


1,318.03


Fuel Oil for Pumping


683.11


Distribution Supplies


& Expenses


236.45


Maintenance Pumping


Station & Equip-


ment


676.68


Maintenance of Mains


97.23


Maintenance of Serv-


ices


111.64


Maintenance of Meters


157.80


Maintenance of Hy- drants


103.63


Transportation


278.02


Insurance


111.80


Auditing Expense


193.70


Miscellaneous General Expenses


30.00


Bond Interest


2,625.00


Total Expenses 9,436.47


Common Stock Dividends


7,000.00


Total


Disbursements


20,366.14


Cash on Hand, December 31, 1932 $2,047.64


GORDON CAMPBELL,


Assistant Treasurer,


Oxford Water Company.


150


Cumberland County


State of Maine


January 30, 1933.


Then personally appeared the above named Gordon Campbell, Assistant Treasurer of the Oxford Water Com- pany and made oath that the aforegoing statement was cor- rect to the best of his knowledge and belief.


J. BEECHER SWAIN, Notary Public.


151


Report of the Moth Inspector


To the Board of Selectmen :


I herewith present my report as Moth Inspector.


We covered the Town and found about nineteen hun- dred Gipsy Moth nests. Brown Tail Moths, none.


Would recommend the appropriation of $150.00 for the year 1933.


Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR C. RUTHERFORD,


Moth Inspector.


152


Report of the Fire Department


Oxford, Mass., Jan. 23, 1933


Board of Selectmen,


Oxford, Mass.


Gentlemen :


We herewith submit our report of the Fire Dept. for the past year.


Col. De Witt Co. answered 43 alarms as follows :


Chimney


14


Buildings


I


1


I 1


16


Grass


1


1


1 1


1


1 1


2


Brush


4


Auto


2


Rubbish Pile


1


Search for lost person


2


Out of Town Assist


2


Huguenot Co. answered 18 alarms as follows :


Chimney


6


Buildings


5


Grass


I


I


1


1


1


1 1 1


Brush


1 1


1


1


I


1


4


Hay


1


1 1


1


1


Rochdale Co. answered 3 alarms for us as follows :


Chimney


1


Rubbish


1


Building


1


1


1


1


I 1


I


1


1


I


I


1


1


1


2


1


153


In the 21 building fires, the values are as follows:


Assessed value of buildings $15,972.50


Estimated loss to buildings and content 9,825.30


Insurance paid 18,473.37


Almost half of this insurance adjusted and paid was on one building and contents.


Both of the Fire Companies have a full complement of men, with a good number of substitutes in each Company thus assuring us of a full working company at all times.


The Engineers deem it safest to put on 4 new tires on the Maxim pumper this coming year, as the tires now on the Truck are nearly six years old.


We recommend that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 for running expenses, as the amount ap- propriated last year was overdrawn.


At the present time neither fire company have helmets for protection nor have we any gas masks which we should have. While we have a fair amount of hose on the wagon, we do not believe that we have any too much, but believe that we should have a quantity of hose on hand for emer- gencies.


K. R. BERGGREN, Chief, E. T. CORCORAN, LESLIE C. WENTWORTH,


Board of Engineers.


154


Report of the Oxford District Nursing Association


FINANCIAL REPORT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932


Cash on Hand January 1, 1932


$1,662.52


Receipts


993.43


$2,655.95


Expenditures


1,593.99


Cash on Hand, December 31, 1932


$1,061.96


RECEIPTS


Membership dues


$105.50


Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.


402.50


John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.


133.75


Dental Clinic


109.45


Collections by Nurse


17.96


Donations


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


41.42


Interest on Deposit


100.00


Refund, Nurse's salary


1


1 I


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


Total


$993.43


1 1


82.85


155


EXPENDITURES


*Salaries, Nurse


$1,039.00


Automobile expense


191.73


Dental Clinic 1


246.00


Medical supplies


24.00


Telephone


4.90


Printing


.40


Government tax on checks


1 1


1


1


1


*$400.00 in addition paid direct to Nurse by the Town of Oxford.


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR C. TAFT,


Treasurer.


Audited and approved,


WALTER A. LOVETT,


Auditor.


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


Total


$1,593.99


1


1


1


87.96


156


Oxford District Nurse


165


5


5


1336


531


121


21 52 46 4 78


500


22


163


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


L


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


Total number patients cared for Patients taken to Hospital


1 1 I 1 Patients under treatment, Dec. 1, 1932 Total number of visits made Free visits made Advisory visits Board of Health visits 1 I 1 1 1


Prenatal visits Confinements


Etherizing


Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. patients cared for


John Hancock Insurance Co. patients cared for Visits made for M. L. I.


Visits made for J. H.


held with an average attendance of four.


appreciated.


All donations of clothing and money have been greatly


patients were taken for clinic to Rutland. Instead of holding a Chest Clinic in the town, three


Dental clinic was discontinued from June to Novem-


ber.


District Nurse.


Report of the


1


1


L


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


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1


1


1


1


1


1


L


I


1


I


-


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


RUTH LEDUC,


During the year seven Well Baby Conferences were


157


Report of the Forest Fire Warden


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


I herewith submit my report as Forest Fire Warden for the year ending December 31, 1932.


I was called to 18 forest fires during the past year and issued 600 permits for fires in the open air.


I have the following equipment in my possession : Ford Truck bought in 1918.


20 Extinguishers.


5 Indian Pump Cans.


2 Acid Boxes.


50 gal. Water Drum.


1 Keg Soda.


12 gal. Acid.


48 Acid Bottles.


2 Glass Pitchers.


2 Water Pails.


10 Shovels.


4 Brooms.


1 Badge.


1 Water Can.


We have been very fortunate in the past year to have had the State Forest Fire Truck located in Town, which


:


158


has aided us in holding our fires to a small area; but we cannot always be so fortunate as to have this Truck at our every call.


Therefor, I recommend, that the Town appropriate and raise a sufficient amount of money to purchase a new truck with pump attached, and also portable pump for the use of this Department. The truck we have now has been very costly to keep in repairs, and it will cost quite an amount of money to put it into serviceable condition; and then when this money has been spent you have nothing with which to work. The solid tires on this Truck break most of our acid bottles, and thus we have a large item for supplies, which can be cut down by the use of different equipment.


In following the recommendation of your State De- partment the purchase of a Ford Chassis, upon which can be mounted a lighter weight body; equipped with a Barton Head end pump, and a portable pump, for use in places where it is impossible to take the truck, with 2,000 ft. of 1" hose can be purchased for about $2,000.00 and would effect your Tax rate approximately seventy cents, and would make the cost of protection to your woodlands about $.016 per acre.


This truck could be stationed in the building with your Fire Department Truck, at a small expense of putting new doors on the building; and would also serve as a secondary truck for your regular Department answering such alarms as chimney fires, etc. and for use at Farm Fires it would be indispensable, as with the small pumps that it would carry, it would make use of the water obtainable at these Farms to a much better advantage than the present Fire Truck.


I have appointed Wardens from practically every sec- tion of the Town in order that forest fires which break out may receive instant attention.


159


WARDEN 1


Eugene A. McKenney Federal Hill Road 227-2


DEPUTIES


Name


Residence Telephone


John Hudson


Hudson Road


227-3


Norman Chaffee


Main St.


15-4


Karl Berggren


Sutton Ave. 68


Carroll Pottle


Federal Hill Road


27-4


Michael F. Mara


Ennis Road


167-12


Freeman Rosebrooks


Rosebrooks Road Millbury 27-13


Joseph Thompson




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