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AUGUST 26, 1864-JANUARY 27, 1914.
Though called from his work suddenly and prematurely, Mr. Lowell had labored long enough to make a profound impression upon all who knew him. Hundreds of public school children will gratefully remember the earnestness with which he strove to im- part to them the rudiments of the art he loved so well. Scores of private pupils will miss the more personal relation of teacher and pupil. Church choirs and music lovers not a few will feel keen- ly the loss to the profession.
His was a life that furnished many an example worthy of imitation. The qualities exhibited in obtaining his musical edu- cation, the whole-hearted manner in which he used it in the service of others, his high ideals of excellence, and his firm belief that education is life-long are characteristics which any young per- son would do well to copy.
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TEACHERS AND SALARIES, DECEMBER, 1913.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
SALARIES PER MONTH.
PREPARATION.
High,
M. Claude Moore,
$90 00
Assistant,
Ruby L. Mead,
50 00
Colby College. Mt. Holyoke College.
Grammar,
Mabelle Carlon,
48 00
Castine Normal.
Intermediate,
Lois Congdon,
40 00
Framingham Normal.
Primary,
Mary Dudley,
48 00
Mendon High School.
East Mendon,
Lena Williams,
40 00
Unadilla Training School.
Albeeville,
Maria Allen.
38 00
Wareham High School. Holt Normal.
*Died Januury 27, 1914.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1913-1914.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
1913
1914
1914
High School, Grades,
40 weeks. Sept. 2 36 weeks. Sept. 8
1913 Dec. 19 Dec. 19
1913 Dec. 29 Jan. 5
1914 Mar. 27 Mar. 20
Apr. 6 Apr. 6
June 12
Holidays :-
Labor Day, October 12, Thanksgiving Day and Friday fol- lowing, February 22, April 19, and May 30.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1914-1915.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades,
40 weeks. 36 weeks.
1914 Sept. 8 Sept. 14
1914
Dec. 18 Dec. 18
1914 Dec. 28 Jan. 4
1915 March 26
1915 April 5
1915 June 25 June 18
March 19| April 5
Holidays :-
Labor Day, October 12, Thanksgiving Day and Friday fol- lowing, February 22, April 19, and May 30.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
Music,
*Frank H. Lowell,
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
June 19
STATISTICAL TABLE, SEPTEMBER, 1912, TO JUNE, 1913.
High School.
Grammar.
Intermediate.
Primary.
East Mendon.
Albeeville.
Summary.
Total enrolment.
34
28
42
33
16
20
173
Number under five years of age.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Number over fifteen ..
21
3
0
0
0
0
24
Number between seven and fourteen.
6
23
36
16 28.04
16
17
114
Average membership ..
31.02
28.95
38.86
26.10
14.23
13.68
152.84
Per cent. of attendance
94.91
96.54
95.40
93.08
94.06
95.61
94.98
Total number of days of absence.
333
184
343
332
164
380
1736
651
55
135
81
38
36
976
Instances of tardiness.
54
27
14
8
5
35
143
Instances of truancy ..
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cases of corporal punishment.
0
0
3
0
4
2
9
Number of visits by the superintendent.
60
25
33
23
13
8
162
Number of visits by school physician.
3
0
2
2
0
1
8
Number of visits by others.
37
31
43
19
21
17
168
.
. .
..
.
.
32.76
29.97
40.70
15.13
14.31
160.91
Average attendance.
Instances of dismissal.
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ROLL OF HONOR 1912-1913.
TWENTY-FOUR TERMS.
High School-Gladys Blood.
FIVE TERMS.
Intermediate-Ethel Barnes.
FOUR TERMS.
High School-Edith Hoberg. Grammar-Lloyd Whiting.
East Mendon-Winsor Thayer.
THREE TERMS.
Grammar-Ethel Eldredge, Carl Halsing, Charles Gillis. East Mendon-Marjorie Bullard, Myla Thayer.
FALL AND WINTER TERMS.
High School-Minnie Daffon.
Grammar-Martina Barry, Joseph Northrop.
Primary-Charlotte E. Marlow, Louville B. Walker, Etta A. Thompson.
FALL AND SPRING TERMS.
Grammar-Esther Eldredge, Hermine Knight.
Intermediate-Ella Springer, Hester Springer, Lora Thompson.
Primary-Nettie I. Holbrook.
East Mendon-Ralph Cook, Horace Thayer, Reginald Cook.
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WINTER AND SPRING TERMS.
Intermediate-Carlton Goss.
Primary-Donald B. Lowell.
FALL TERM.
High School-Raymond Matthewson, Harold Rogers, Leon- ard Burr.
Intermediate-Irene Modig, Bertha Miller, Catherine Dacey, Robert Hogarth, Phyllis Whiting, Lillian Metcalf.
Primary-John Broughey, Olga Carlstrom, Carrie A. Miller, Ernest F. Miller.
WINTER TERM.
High School-Moses Coleman, Benjamin Eldredge, Ruth Holbrook.
Grammar-Marion Steere.
Intermediate-Agnes Broughey, Mary McDonald, Maude Broughey.
Primary-Fred K. Thompson.
SPRING TERM.
Intermediate-Elsie Lord.
Primary-Edward Goss.
East Mendon-Dorothy McTurk.
Graduation Exercises of the MENDON HIGH SCHOOL,
AT THE
Unitarian Church, Friday Evening, June 20, 1913.
Processional March,
MR. FRANK H. LOWELL.
Prayer,
REV. F. R. LEWIS.
Song, "Gloria," Mozart
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS.
Essay, "What Arbitration Means to the World," GEORGE METCALF BARROWS.
Essay, "Thomas Edison, Inventor,"
CORINNE WOOD.
Class History, HELEN HOWARD HOLBROOK.
Song, "The Storm-Fiend," Roeckel
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS.
Essay, "Agriculture as a Lifework," MARGARET JANET McTURK. Reading, "Longfellow," John D. Long
PEARL MAY CROMB.
Class Oration, "Our National Achievements," LEONARD GASKILL BURR.
Song, "When the Lights are Low," Lane
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS.
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Essay, "The New China," ALTHEA ADELAIDE KNIGHT.
Essay, "A Trip to Sweden,"
GIDEON HALSING.
Class Prophecy, BEATRICE TAFT.
Song, "Gavotte," Giese
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS.
Presentation of Diplomas,
SUPERINTENDENT F. G. ATWELL.
Recessional March,
MR. FRANK H. LOWELL.
CLASS ROLL. English Course.
George Metcalf Barrows, Leonard Gaskill Burr, Pearl May Cromb, Gideon Halsing, Helen Howard Holbrook, Althea Adelaide Knight, Margaret Janet McTurk, Corinne Wood.
Latin Course. Beatrice Taft.
President-Leonard Burr. Vice-President-Beatrice Taft. Secretary-Helen Holbrook. Treasurer-George Barrows.
Class Motto-"Ever Onward." Class Colors-Pink and White. Class Flower-The Blush Rose.
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CLASS POEM.
Four years have slipped away And here tonight we stand, Nine sailors in the bay Just stepping from the land.
Hail ! Class of our fondest hopes,
Hail! Class of dix-neuf treize ; We pledge thee unfailing allegiance, We'll cherish thy memories for aye.
Classmates, we part, and to our duties pass, But friendship's ties need not sever. For the sake of this dear old class May we again all meet together.
To what fate-we do not know, But as we're marching forward, 'Tis very true, that, as we go, God will lead us "Ever onward."
PEARL MAY CROMB.
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TOWN WARRANT.
WORCESTER, SS.
To the Constable of the Town of Mendon, in the County of Worcester,
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Mendon, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the second day of March next punctually, at 9.00 o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles, viz :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Article 2. To bring in their ballots for the following offi- cers, viz: a Town Clerk for one year; three Selectmen for one year ; an Assessor for three years ; three Overseers of the Poor for one year ; a Town Treasurer for one year; a Tree Warden for one year ; a Collector of Taxes for one year ; an Auditor for one year ; a Road Commissioner for three years ; a Constable for one year ; three Fence Viewers for one year; a Trustee of the Taft Public Library for two years; one School Committee for three years ; also to bring their votes yes or no in answer to the ques- tion, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor in this town ; all on one ballot, designating the office intended for each person voted for, also bring in their ballots yes or no in answer to the question "Shall Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913, being an act to provide for compensating laborers, workmen and mechanics, for injuries sustained in public employment, and to exempt from legal liability towns and municipal corporations which pay such compensation ; be accepted by the inhabitants of this town.
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Article 3. To hear the reports of the several town officers and committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To choose all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To raise such sums as are necessary to pay town charges, and make appropriations of the same.
Article 6. To see what measures the town will adopt to se- cure the speedy collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to hire money, and to what amount to pay current expenses for the municipal year, commencing Jan. 1, 1914, in anticipation of revenue.
Article 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for Memorial Day services, and appoint a Com- mittee to expend the same.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take relative to actions, that may be brought by, or against the town.
Article 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for the extermination of insect pests in public ways and places, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the tree warden.
Article 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for the suppression of liquor selling, gamb- ling and vice, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money to be expended on highways, pro- vided the Massachusetts Highway Commission will contribute a like amount.
Article 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for care and improvements in the old ceme- tery, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to improve its pres- ent fire fighting apparatus, to purchase new fire apparatus, to build or secure suitable quarters for its fire department, to create and maintain a company to operate its fire apparatus, or to act in any manner in relation to these matters, or either of them.
Article 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money, or sums of money, to carry out any vote or votes passed under Article 14.
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Article 16. To see if the town will vote to buy any forest fire apparatus, raise and appropriate any money therefor, or act in any way in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to fix the salaries of the various town officers, not already fixed by the vote of the town, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to authorize its Treasurer to pay from any funds of the town in his hands, any bills of any of the different departments of the town, after the appropriation for such department has been expended, or act in any manner in relation to the same.
Article 19. To see if the town will petition the Director of the Bureau of statistics for an audit of its accounts in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 598, Acts of 1910 and amend- ments thereof.
Article 20. To see if the town will elect a finance commit- tee, or take any action in relation to the same.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the following places in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meet- ing :- at the Post Office, and on the Guide Post near the School- house in Albeeville, and at the Post Office at South Milford.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen and Town Clerk, before the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
HENRY W. GASKILL, J. STEWART COX, HENRY M. BURR, Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy, attest :
T. OTIS DAFFON,
Constable of Mendon.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE VARIOUS
BOARDS OF TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
INCLUDING THE REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
Municipal Year Ending December 31, 1914.
[248TH ANNUAL REPORT.
MILFORD, MASS. MILFORD JOURNAL CO., PRINTERS, 1915.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned Treasurer of the Town of Mendon for the financial year ending December 31, 1914, resepectfully submits an account of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following sums viz :-
To cash received from the Treasurer for
$1,893 15
the year ending December 31st, 1914 To cash received from Milford Savings Bank 9,000 00
To cash received from collector, 1912 249 92
To cash received from collector, 1913 1,797 68
11,551 06
To cash received from collector, 1914 To cash received from collector excise tax Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. 340 77 To cash received from collector excise tax M., A. & W. St. Ry. Co. .... 44 23
To cash received from collector excise tax Worcester Consolidated St. Ry. Co. 632 80
To cash received from State Treasurer, excise St. Ry. tax 259 01
To cash received from State Treasurer, Public Service Corporation tax .... 9 57 To cash received from State Treasurer, National Bank tax 631 17
To cash received from State Treasurer, Inspection of Animals 15 50
To cash received from State Treasurer, State Aid Account 336 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Assistant High School 500 00
3
To cash received from State Treasurer,
Balance State Road Account, 1913 575 00 To cash received from State Treasurer, Oiling and Completing State Road 273 36 To cash received from State Treasurer, Reimbursement for fire apparatus 80 22 To cash received from County Treasurer, Dog tax 187 88
To cash received from F. J. Dutcher, account supervision of schools .... 416 67 To cash received from City of Boston, tuition of school children 68 50
To cash received from town of Westboro, pauper account 65 80
To cash received from Horace S. Cole- man, janitor 71 50
To cash received from Town of Hope- dale, 1-2 expense stone bound . ... To cash received from Milford & Ux- bridge St. Ry. Co., grove license . . 50 00
10 00
To cash received from Milford & Ux- bridge St. Ry. Co., bowling alley license 10 00
To cash received from Milford & Ux- bridge, St. Ry. Co., skating rink license 10 00
To cash received from S. Warren Cook, auctioneer's license 2 00
To cash received from Samuel A. Brown, pool table license 2 00
To cash received from Mrs. Annie Darl- ing, rent of Alliance room 12 00
To cash received from Harry Hayward, contribution for State road. 150 00
6 00
To cash received from Edward J. O'Sullivan, account forest fire . ... To cash received from William A. Barry, 1-2 fees hay scales 9 75
4
To cash received from Charles H. Allen, fees sealer of weights and measures 2 96 To cash received from Taft Public Library, fines 7 90
To cash received from Joseph Taylor, hay from cemetery 10 00
To cash received from Tree Warden, private spraying 24 30
To cash received from State Treasurer, school fund 1,071 62
To cash received from M. M. Moran, rent North School house 15 00
To cash received from unexpended balances 7 56
$30,400 88
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums viz :-
By paying 153 Town orders $11,914 27
School department 3,009 19
66 2 notes new school building 650 00
66 1 note general expense .... 500 00
Balance of state road note, 1913 575 00
2 notes anticipation of taxes, 1913
2,000 00
1 note tax levy, 1914
1,000 00
3 notes anticipation of rev- enue, 1914
5,500 00
Interest on notes
522 98
State Treasurer, state tax . .
1,487 50
66
County Treasurer, County tax
685 00
Bureau of statistics 12 00
To cash on hand to balance 2,544 94
$30,400 88
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The notes against the Town Jan. 1st, 1915 are :- 9 New school building notes, $500 each $4,500 00 9 New school building notes, $150 each 1,350 00
3 Serial notes, general expense, $500 each 1,500 00
2 notes, anticipation of revenue. 2,500 00
1 note, anticipation of payment by
ยท Massachusetts highway commission 1,000 00
$10,850 00
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer.
Mendon, February 1st, 1915.
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received L. T. Gaskill, Treasurer 1913-1914, deposited in Milford Savings Bank . $869 48
To cash received deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings. . . 698 33
To cash received Interest of Milford Savings Bank 34 58
To cash received interest Worcester County Institution for Savings . ...
28 20
$1,630 59
CR.
By cash paid one Town order $13 00
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank 891 06
By cash deposited in Worcester County
Institution for Savings
726 53
$1,630 59
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer.
Mendon, January 1st, 1915.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen submit the following report of expenditures for the municipal year, ending January 1, 1915.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Chas. A. Fletcher, assessor $70 00
Chas. H. Allen, assessor 85 00
Samuel W. Wood, assessor 70 00
T. O. Daffon, constable and dog officer 35 00
Frank M. Aldrich, tree warden
10 00
Chas. H. Allen, town clerk
75 00
Henry W. Gaskill, overseer of poor
45 00
Henry M. Burr, selectman
50 00
Henry M. Burr, overseer of poor
6 00
E. T. Powers, selectman
30 00
Smith A. Steere, selectman
35 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, town treasurer 100 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, tax collector
100 00
Geo. M. Taft, auditor 6 00
J. Stuart Cox, overseer of poor 6 00
Frank M. Aldrich, forest warden 2 00
Frank M. Aldrich, forest warden
10 00
$735 00
MOTH SCOUT.
Frank M. Aldrich $97 63
Chas. S. Kelley 52 75
Frost Insecticide Co. 6 57
$156 95
STREET LIGHTING.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. ... $40 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Memorial Day Committee
50 00
8
OLD CEMETERY.
Order to old cemetery account. .. 43 74
BOARD OF HEALTH
Dr. F. H. Lally, fumigating, Alves .. $5 00
School House 5 00
Chas. Moores 3 50
Ballou 3 50
State Board of Health, Inspector's stamp
2 65
John C. Wood, inspector of dressed meats
14 50
Everett Ballou, quarantine
49 50
$83 65
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT.
C. W. H. Moulton Co. $29 40
Mrs. Philip S. Coffin, wagon . 60 00
Knight & Thomas, extinguishers, etc. .. 91 92
3 extinguishers 44 00
50 rubber stoppers
50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 wire brooms 5 75
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5 40
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 24
wire brooms, 12 milk cans
17 30
$254 27
EXTERMINATION OF INSECT PEST.
TREE WARDEN.
Grassall Chemical Co. $40 00
Frost Insecticide Co.
24 50
Frank M. Aldrich, tree spraying 108 75
Frank M. Aldrich, spraying
75
Frank M. Aldrich, spraying
25 55
Chas. Kingsbury .
5 00
Frost Insecticide Co.
17 00
$221 55
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INCIDENTALS
TOWN HALL BUILDING.
Horace S. Coleman, janitor $80 00
Horace S. Coleman, erecting booths and supplies 2 05
F. K. Brown, supplies 3 99
E. H. Taft, wood 7 40
A. J. McKie, painting roof 2 25
Alonzo Brown, labor 4 00
H. M. Curtiss, coal 24 00
$123 69
PRINTING.
Milford Journal Company $91 00
Milford Daily News . 3 68
Southborough Print Shop, moth notices 2 35
G. M. Billings 13 00
A. W. Brownell 4 71
$114 74
RETURNING BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
F. T. Harvey, returning two deaths . . . .
$ 50
Geo. W. Wood, returning three deaths 75
Walter W. Watson, returning six deaths 1 50
Geo. W. Wood, returning nine deaths 2 25
$5 00
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Arthur V. Pond
$2 00
Edward A. Whiting 7 00
Edward F. Driscoll 5 00
John J. Driscoll 7 00
Edward F. Blood
5 00
A. I. Barrows
2 00
$28 00
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FOREST FIRE PAY-ROLL.
Luther Taft land $2 50
Mill River fire 25 75
C. M. Taft, (Mill River fire) 1 50
Neck Hill fire No. 1
18 75
Neck Hill fire No. 2
10 00
Asa Westcott (Neck Hill fire) 4 00
Miscoe Hill fire 25 00
O'Sullivan fire 6 01
Powers fire 59 01
Bibeaux fire 5 03
Chas. Henry fire 2 00
Norman fire 3 75
$163 30
POLICE.
T. Otis Daffon, police duty $9 00
J. B. Driscoll, services July 3 and 4. . . . 3 00
A. E. Brown, services July 3 and 4. ... 3 00
$15 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Cochrane Chemical Co., carboy of oil,
vitriol and express $4 70
Z. C. Field, 32 ft. boards. 1 73
Knight & Thomas, Inc., valves and lead stoppers 1 75
Commonwealth of Mass., keg soda
71
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies. 3 42
Frank M. Aldrich :-
Labor, ladders, repair on wagon 8 15
Telephone and express charges 5 15
Supplies 6 00
Express charges 2 23
Bigelow, Dowse & Co., 2 fire axes .. 3 00
Knight & Thomas, 300 paper boxes. . .. 6 00
$43 84
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INCIDENTALS.
Henry W. Gaskill, expenses to Boston to
hearing before Mass. Highway
Commission Jan. 7, 1914
$2 00
Feb. 18, 1914
1 50
Postage
27
Charles A. Fletcher, moving safe for Town Clerk. 2 00
Lewis H. Barney, coal for Record Build- ing
8 25
Little, Brown & Co .:
1 Book, DeWolfe, Town Meet- ing
2 00
1 Book, Kellen Digest
8 50
Worcester County Abstract Co., Assess- ors' Abstract
10 56
Chas. H. Allen, cleaning town officers'
room
2 00
Repairing chair .
25
Henry M. Burr, postage, telephone, carfare 2 50
Leonard T. Gaskill :-
Use of well 5 00
Expenses to Boston twice. 3 00
Carfares to Milford. 5 00
Postage stamps. 6 60
Statistical report for Bureau of Statistics 6 00
Telephone tolls 35
Moses U. Gaskill, cattle inspector. 31 00
W. & L. E. Gurley, dye for seal 63
E. T. Powers :-
3 fares to Boston to meet High- way Commission 4 50
Repairs on watering tub. 15 44
E. A. Snow, care of lawns 15 50
12
Henry M. Burr, 450 stamped envelopes 4 95
Arthur P. Clarridge, setting vault door 15 00
Sanford, Putnam Co, selectmen's order book 12 09
Williams & Vincent, legal advice 7 00
Fred K. Brown, supplies
60
Fred K. Brown, supplies
1 66
Home National Bank, vault door for
Record Building 50 00
Harold M. Curtiss, balance on coal bill. . 3 00
E. T. Powers, repairs on watering tub and pump 5 25
$166 62
Charles H. Allen :-
Sealer of weights and measures. 7 04
Labor Record room. 4 00
Sealing hay scales 1 00
Recording 8 marriages at 20c. 1 60
Recording 19 deaths at 20c. ....
3 80
Recording 20 births at 50c 10 00
Administering the oath 28 officers. . 7 00
Express, postage, carfare.
2 40
$36 84
Herbert J. George, insurance policies . . $76 00
Lewis T. Barney, coal for state road at E. Mendon 4 94
Webb Pink Granite Co., 1 stone bound. .
8 00
S. A. Steere, book for hay scales
40
Jeremiah T. Murphy, services
4 74
Leonard T. Gaskill, Jas. Wilbur burial. .
50 00
John Hoberg, fertilizer 2 25
Town of Milford fire department ser- vices at Vogel fire. 75 00
Mass. Forestry Association, 50 shade tree posters 1 00
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STATE AID PENSIONERS.
State aid to pensioners, Chap. 468, Acts
of 1909, 12 months $318 00
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Order to Road Commissioners $1,686 61
State road at East Mendon. 849 95
State road-Milford road
1,453 62
$3,990 18
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Order to Overseers of Poor $1,196 57
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Order to Trustees Taft Pub. Library $314 22
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Order to School Committee.
$3,525 00
Order to School Dept. (overdrawn) ..
$387 09
$3,912 09
MONEY FROM STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES TO BE EXPENDED ON HIGHWAYS.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. $340 77
Milford, Attleboro & Woonsocket St. Ry. Co .. 44 23
Worcester Consolidated St. Ry. Co. 632 80
State Treasurer
259 01
$1,276 81
The Selectmen report the available assets of the town as fol- lows :--
Due from Tax Collector, 1913. $ 316 91
Due from Tax Collector, 1914. 3,451 79
Due from Mass. Highway Commission 1,000 00
Due from State, aid to pensioners,
Chap. 468, Acts of 1909. 318 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer. 2,544 94
Town of Uxbridge 54 00
$7,685 64
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The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows: Due Milford Savings Bank, 18 notes (School Building Loan) $5,850 00
General expense, 3 notes. 1,500 00
Three notes 3,500 00
$10,850 00
Net indebtedness of the town $3,164 36
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
Austin Wood Relief Fund. $13,00
$13 00
Appropriations for 1914 :-
Support of schools
$3,500 00
School physician. 25 00
Roads and bridges
1,500 00
Support of poor
1,500 00
Taft Public Library
300 00
Interest
525 00
Town debt.
1,150 00
Board of health
100 00
Town incidentals
800 00
Gypsy moth scout
300 00
State aid
375 00
Soldiers' relief
50 00
Street lights.
40 00
Extermination of insect pests
300 00
Salaries of town officers.
800 00
Care of old cemetery
50 00
Memorial Day
50 00
State road (Milford road)
500 00
Fire apparatus
200 00
State road (East Mendon)
275 00
Suppression of liquor selling, gambling and vice
50 00
RECAPITULATION.
Town officers
$735 00
15
Moth scout 156 95
Street lights
40 00
Memorial Day
50 00
Old cemetery
43 74
Board of Health
83 65
Forest Fire Department
254 27
Tree warden
221 55
State aid to pensioners
318 00
Roads and bridges
3,990 18
Support of poor
1,196 57
Taft Public Library
314 22
Schools
3,912 09
Incidentals
985 14
$12,301 36
LIST OF JURORS.
NAME.
OCCUPATION.
Alfred I. Barrows,
Mechanic
Henry M. Burr,
Spindle Maker.
Andrew J. Byrne,
Farmer
Arthur E. Brown,
Machinist.
Edward F. Driscoll,
Mechanic.
James F. Fickett,
Carpenter,
Geo. G. Davenport,
Farmer.
Moses U. Gaskill,
Poultryman.
J. Franklin Leonard,
Farmer.
Geo. E. Phillips,
Plumber.
Chas. J. Phillips,
Farmer.
Willard N. Seibert
Poultryman.
Samuel W. Wood,
Carpenter.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY M. BURR, SMITH A. STEERE, EDWARD T. POWERS,
Selectmen of Mendon.
16
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1912. DR.
To Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1914. .
$223 31
Interest received 28 77
$252 08
CR.
By cash paid to Treasurer
$249 92
Abatements 2 16
$252 08
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1912.
Mendon, January 1, 1915.
1913.
DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 10, 1914 $2,039 57
Interest received
79 59
$2,119 16
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
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