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Stories from Dickens. J. W. McSpadden.
Stories of other lands. James Johonnot. Stories of the Pilgrims. R. G. Usher. Tom Slade on a transport, P. K. Fitzhugh.
Ways of the six footed. A. B. Comstock Wonder of war in the air. F. Rolt- Wheeler. Working my way around the world. L. M. Franck. St. Nicholas. 4 Vols. 1917-18.
Non-Fiction :-
Belgium. 2 Vols. Brand Whitlock. Breath of life. John Burroughs. California desert trails. J. S. Chase. English for coming citizens. H. H. Goldberger. Have faith in Massachusetts. Calvin Coolidge. Letters to his children. Theodore Roosevelt. Our flag in verse and prose. R H. Schauffler. Pilgrim in Palestine. John Finley. Revolutionary days. Princess Cantacuzene. Summit and the years. John Burroughs. Time and change. John Burroughs. Treasury of war poetry. Vol. 2. G. H. Clarke, ed. Truth about China. B. L. P. Weale. Under the apple trees. John Burroughs. Vacation tramps in New England. A. Chamberlain. War readings.
War with Germany. L. P. Ayers.
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What happened to Europe. F. A. Vanderlip.
Win the war for peace. W. H. Taft.
With the Yankee Division in France. F. P. Sibley. Yashka. Maria Botchkareva.
Century Magazine. 3 Vols. 1917-18.
Harper's Magazine. 6 Vols. 1916-18.
National Geographic. 4 Vols. 1917-18.
Finance Committee Report.
The report of the Finance Committee of the Taft Public Library for the year ending December 3, 1919 :- RESOURCES.
Appropriation .
$275 00
Balance of year 1918
8 88
Fines for year 1919
12 50
Sale of lamps
75
$297 13
EXPENDITURES.
Edwin H. Taft, wood
$12 00
Jordan, Marsh Co., books
5 49
Edward F. Driscoll, magazines .
18 40
The H. R. Bunting Co., books
30 79
Lena W. George, salary
.
50 00
Jordan, Marsh Co., book
28
Carl M. Taft, express and cartage
6 59
Jacob R. Brown, janitor and labor
20 75
James Brown & Sons, binding .
69 40
Denholm & McKay Co., books . The Old Corner Book Store, books Edward F. Driscoll, magazines .
16 78
25 71
6 95
Kinsley Barnes, janitor .
3 50
Edwin L. Wilson, janitor and boxes
5 40
Lena W. George, salary .
50 00
Lena W. George, cash paid for express
5 20
$327 24
Overdrawn
$30 11
Respectfully submitted, FREEMAN C. LOWELL, Finance Committee.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of all the Town Officers who have received or disbursed funds belonging to the town for the fiscal year ending January 1, 1920, and find them cor- rectly kept and with proper vouchers.
Respectfully submitted,
LUTHER W. HOLBROOK, Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
School Year 1919.
ORGANIZATION OF School Committee, 1919.
FREEMAN C. LOWELL (Chairman), CLARENCE A. TAFT (Secretary), J. FRANK LEONARD,
Term expires 1922. Term expires 1921. Term expires 1920.
SUPERINTENDENT. F. G. ATWELL. TRUANT OFFICERS.
LYMAN COOK,
F. G. ATWELL,
JACOB R. BROWN.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee submits the following report for the year ending Jan. 1, 1920 :-
RESOURCES.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1919
$ 187 46
Appropriation
6,000 00 ·
Appropriation for School Physician .
25 00
From State of Massachusetts, Income School F'und
1,187 07
From State of Mass., High School Grant
500 00
From F. J. Dutcher, Superintendent
375 00
From County Treasurer, dog tax
·
208 62
From City of Boston, tuition
86 10
From damages to building
4 70
From E. E. Babb & Co., .
15 75
From Milford Savings Bank, interest from North Ave. School Fund to balance
31 43
$8,571 13
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers .
. $4,813 79
Superintendent
714 00
Transportaton
1,088 81
Fuel
898 66
Care of rooms
534 70
Text books and supplies .
230 42 .
School Physician
25 00
Incidentals
.
227 18
Tuition
.
38 57
$8,571 13
TEACHERS.
Herbert A. Wisbey
$1,372 50
Caroline Stearns .
675 00
Beatrice Taft
. 264 00
·
·
.
.
40
Verena Daley
$534 83
Mary E. Dudley .
620 50
A. M. Lincoln
270 83
Maria E. Allen
253 00
Delphia Streeter .
210 00
Gertrude Rhodes
549 13
Gertrude Arey
32 00
Ernestine H. Wilcox
32 00
$4,813 79
SUPERINTENDENT.
F. G. Atwell
$714 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. $276 81
J. F. Leonard ·
456 00
H. J. George
.
96 00
C. M. Taft
·
260 00
$1,088 81
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Dr. K. A. Campbell
. $25 00
FUEL.
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co. ·
$840 66
L. F. Thayer & Son .
.
12 00
C. A. Fletcher ·
.
46 00
$898 66
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
E. E. Babb & Co.
$64 54
American Book Co.
·
.
18 20
Ginn & Co.
9 64
D. C. Heath & Co.
10 24
J. L. Hammett Co.
93 04
McMillan Co.
32 01
F. G. Atwell
7 75
.
-
$230 42
4 1
CARE OF ROOMS.
Jacob R. Brown .
$424 00
Maria E. Allen .
12 50
Minnie F. Thayer
50 00
N. LaChance
·
9 00
Frank Hoyle
39 20
$534 70
TUITION.
City of Worcester . $38 57
INCIDENTALS.
Werber & Rose, shades . $15 00
Pierre Norman, sawing wood 3 00
Sanford, Putnam Co., order book
9 58
Forbes Co., lettering diplomas .
75
J. J. Gibbs, denatured alcohol .
2 00
E. T. Powers, labor on heating plant and supplies furnished 33 11
Charles H. Kimball, express and cash paid . 6 64
Minnie F. Thayer, labor at East Men- don and supplies furnished . 11 75
E. Luis Sabbatinelli
8 49
Moore & Shattuck, supplies furnished . 2 43 F. G. Atwell, telephone, supplies and cash paid 20 14
H. S. Chadbourne, floor oil, glass, broom, brushes, curtain cord, etc. . 21 47
Lillian F. White, taking school census 15 00
Worcester Rubber Co., rubber tips 3 72
Wright & Potter Printing Co., record cards 1 45
Jacob R. Brown, oiling floor, setting glass, varnishing desks, etc. 18 50
The Charlescraft Press, graduation pro- grams 4 75
Henry L. Patrick Co., lawn mower .
10 00
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Freeman C. Lowell, attending two dis- trict committee meetings $ 2 50 . J. F. Leonard, attending two district committee meetings 2 50
Clarence A. Taft, cleaning vault, at- tending three district committee meetings, salary, etc. 17 15
J. H. Dudley, services at church gradu- tion 2 00
James F. Newton, transportation 1 00
Leslie A. Cole, sawing and housing wood . . 8 25
George E. Thayer, use of well two years . 6 00
$227 18
Respectfully submitted,
FREEMAN C. LOWELL, CLARENCE A. TAFT, J. FRANK LEONARD, School Committee.
January 1, 1920.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :
It is unfortunate that the school reports of the district are due this year at a time when a change of superintendents is taking place. Not that school reports are very important, but they are customary.
The town is fortunate to have all its schools in session, for there are hundreds of schools in our country which have been obliged to close entirely or accept a teacher of much lower grade of preparation than usual, and especially in towns where salaries are as low as they have been in Mendon. It is very gratifying to me at this time to know that salaries in Mendon have been equalized so that they are much nearer the stand- ard than formerly.
I shall repress whatever inclination I may have to write a farewell report or a resume of my term of service There is however one fact I wish to mention. It is refreshing to find a town whose teachers yet have the old-fashioned New England conscience ; who would be just as devoted to the work whether their salary was twelve dollars per week or twenty-five ; who feel the sacredness of that old expression, "A charge to keep, I have"; who are still proud of the fact that they belong to a profession and are not tainted by a desire to strike or join a union of the Soviet.
Respectfully submitted,
F. G. ATWELL.
Hopedale, Mass., January 19, 1920.
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TEACHERS AND SALARIES, JANUARY, 1920.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
SALARIES PER YEAR.
PREPARATION.
High,
Principal, Assistant,
Herbert A. Wisbey,
$1400 00
Rhode Island State College. Mt. Holyoke College.
Grammar,
Verena Daley,
650 00
Mendon High School.
Intermediate,
Annie M. Lincoln,
650 00
Hyannis Summer School.
Primary,
Mary E. Dudley,
750 00
Mendon High School.
East Mendon,
Gertrude Rhodes,
650 00
Franklin High School.
Albeeville,
Mildred Irons,
Music,
Ernestine Harding Wilcox,
$14 per week Mendon High School. $4 per week | Private Instruction.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1919-1920.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades.
40 weeks. 36 weeks.
1919 Sept. 2 Sept. 8
1919. Dec. 19 Dec. 19
1919 Dec. 29 1920 Jan. 5
1920. March 19 March 12
1920. March 29 March 29
1920 June 18 June II
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1920-1921.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades,
1920
40 weeks. Sept. 7 36 weeks. Sept. 13
19.20 Dec 24. Dec. 24.
1921 Jan. 3 Jan. 10
1921 March 25 March 18
1921 April 4 April 4
1921 June 24 June 17
Holidays :-
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, January 1, February 22, April 19, and May 30.
Caroline E. Stearns,
750 00
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ATTENDANCE DATA, 1918-1919.
RANK OF SCHOOLS BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCE.
East Mendon
Gertrude Rhodes . 91.26
High School
.
Mr. Wisbey
-
90.21
Intermediate
·
Verena Daley .
.
89.06
Grammar ·
·
Beatrice Taft
·
86.82
Primary .
Miss Dudley
85.64
Albeeville Mrs. Allen
80.60
Average for the Town, 1918-1919
87.26
RANK OF SCHOOLS BASED ON DAYS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
Miss Rhodes
59
Mrs. Allen
33
Mr. Wisbey
24
Miss Taft .
16
Miss Dudley
15
Mrs. Daley
12
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STATISTICAL TABLE, SEPTEMBER, 1918, TO JUNE, 1919.
High School.
Grammar.
Intermediate.
Primary.
East Mendon.
Albeeville.
Summaries
and averages.
Total enrolment
32
30
44
31
12
24
Aggregate attendance
4308
3573
5526
3687
1876
2779
173 21749
Average attendance
25
22
35
23
12
16
133
Days of actual schooling
166
159
159
159
159
167
161
Average membership
28
26
39
27
13
20
153
Per cent of attendance
90.21
86.82
89.06
85.64
91.26
80.60
87 26
Between 5 and 7 years of age
0
0
0
11
6
2
19
Between 7 and 14 years of age
5
20
43
20
6
20
114
Between 14 and 16 years of age
15
10
1
0
0
2
28
Over 16 years of age .
9
0
0
0
0
0
9
Total days of absence
467
549
629
641
182
611
3079
Instances of tardiness
172
97
96
3.2
12
149
558
Instances of dismissal
42
66
13
6
3
15
145
Visits by superintendent
39
37
39
33
10
3
161
Visits by school physician
·
0
1
1
2
1
0
5
Visits by others
·
13
6
12
17
27
23
98
46
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GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE
MENDON HIGH SCHOOL
AT THE
UNITARIAN CHURCH
Thursday Evening, June 19, 1919 AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
PROGRAM.
Processional March .
·
.
Mrs. Gertrude Arey.
Invocation
-
Rev. Charles F. Niles.
Song-"Holy Art Thou" Handel High School Chorus.
Essay-"Theodore Roosevelt"
Leonard Macuen Rogers.
Song-"Water Lilies" Linders Girls' Chorus.
Essay-"Life of the French People" Ethel Bernice Eldredge
Song-(a) "Those Evening Bells" .
. Sheppard
High School Chorus.
(b) "Snow-time"
Johnson Girls' Chorus.
Class History and Prophecy
George Kenneth Taft.
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Song-"Dreaming" . Denza
Girls' Chorus.
Address-"The Education Worth While" . H. C. Cowell, Principal of Cushing Academy. Presentation of Diplomas
"Star Spangled Banner"
Recessional March . .
CLASS OF 1919. Ethel Bernice Eldredge, George Kenneth Taft, Leonard Macuen Rogers.
Class Motto-He Conquers Who Endures. Class Colors-Copenhagen and White.
Class Flower-White Rose.
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, qualified to vote in Elections and in Town Affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the first day of March next, punctually at nine o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Article 2. To bring in their ballots for the following offi- cers : A Town Clerk, for one year ; Three Selectmen for one year ; One Assessor for three years ; Three Overseers of Poor for one year; Town Treasurer for one year; Collector of Taxes for one year ; Auditor for one year ; One Constable for one year; One Highway Surveyor for one year; One Tree Warden for one year ; One Trustee for Taft Public Library for two years ; One School Committee for three years ; One Park Commissioner for three years; One Park Commissioner for two years to fill vacancy ; also bring in their votes Yes or No, in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" All on one ballot designating the office intended for each person voted for.
Article 3. To hear the report of the several town officers and committees, and act thereon.
Article 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To raise such sums as are necessary to pay town charges and make appropriations for the same.
Article 6. To see what measures the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer
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to hire money, and to what amount, to pay current expenses for the financial year commencing January 1, 1920, in antici- pation of revenue.
Article 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for Memorial Day services, and appoint a committee to expend the same.
Article 9. 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 for the same.
Article 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for care and improvement in the old ceme- tery, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 11. To see if the town will elect a finance com- mittee, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to fix the salary of any town officers.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to establish ad- ditional street lights, raise and appropriate any money there- for, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the town will instruct the Asses- sors to publish the Valuation of 1920.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to accept the offer of Miss Florence H. Towne of a gift of a card index of the births, marriages, marriage intentions and deaths in the town since its incorporation in 1667 up to 1900; appropriate any sum of money necessary for its installment, or take any other action in relation to said offer.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to lease to the Mendon Historical Society the building now occupied by the Taft Public Library when said building shall be vacated, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to buy a stone- crusher ; raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor ; or act in any way in relation to the purchase of said crusher.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to install two
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street lights on Park street ; one in front of the residence of Henry W. Gaskill, and one in front of the residence of Fred R. Caswell ; raise and appropriate any sum of money there- for, or act in any way in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money for the improvement and repair of highways to be expended under the direction of the Massa- chusetts Highway Commission. as provided by Chapter 155 of the General Acts of 1918, or take any action in relation there- to.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to purchase a piano for the Town Hall, or take any action in relation there- to.
The polls may be closed at 4 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up an attested copy thereof at the Post-office in said Mendon, and causing a copy of the same to be published one time in the Milford Daily News, published in Milford, Mass., both said posting and publication to be at least seven days before the time of the meeting hereby ordered to be held.
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 fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun- dred and twenty.
CARL M. TAFT, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, HERBERT S. WOOD,
Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy. Attest :
ARTHUR S. BROWN,
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, 1920.
(254TH ANNUAL REPORT.)
MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS, 1921.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned Treasurer of the Town of Mendon for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1920, submits an account of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following sums, viz :-
To cash received from Treasurer for
the year ending Dec. 31, 1919 . $2,355 60
To cash received from Milford Savings Bank 6,000 00
To cash received from Collector, 1917 .. 103 22
To cash received from Collector, 1918 .. 306 86
To cash received from Collector, 1919 ..
2,106 20
To cash received from Collector, 1920 .. 13,918 52
To cash received from Collector Civilian Poll taxes 1,250 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, School Fund 2,293 33
To cash received from State Treasurer, tuition school children 24 50
To cash received from State Treasurer, Inspection animals 25 50
To cash received from State Treasurer, Highways 2,000 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Highway Commission 437 50
To cash received from State Treasurer, Street Railway tax 20 67
To cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation tax 135 70
To cash received from State Treasurer, General School fund 866 10
3
To cash received from State Treasurer, Bank tax 703 31
To cash received from State Treasurer, State aid 216 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Supervision of Schools 875 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Soldiers' Exemption 47 16
To cash received from State Treasurer, Income tax 1,118 15
To cash received from C. H. Allen, Town Annals sold 6 00
To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry. Co., Grove license 100 00
To cash received from Third District Court 100 00
To cash received from City of Boston, Tuition school children 102 00
To cash received from Arthur Brown, Janitor 6 00
To cash received from Edward A. Whit- ing, Janitor 95 50
To cash received from Director of Stand- ards 3 00
To cash received from sale of Chapel Bell 12 00
To cash received from sale of Grass, Founders' Park 6 00
To cash received from rent of Alliance room 12 00
To cash received from County Treasurer 197 21
To cash received from Library fines . . .
11 60
To cash received from 1-2 fees from Hay Scales 17 50
To cash received from Interest on depos- its Home Bank 35 67
To cash received from telephone tolls . . 65
4
To cash received from Fletcher Library Fund 216 19
To cash received from Edwin L. Wilson 5 60
To cash received from estate Catherine Cunningham 228 99
$35,959 23
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums viz :-
By paying Town orders $23,548 64
By paying Wendell Williams, costs in Cunningham case 50 00
By paying Three revenue notes
7,000 00
By paying two school building notes.
650 00
By paying State tax
2,240 00
By paying County tax
963 00
By paying Civilian war poll tax
804 00
By paying Special State tax
105 00
By paying interest on notes 263 70
By paying repairs of State highways 46 40
By paying failure to make returns
6 00
By paying Director of Accounts
4 00
By cash on hand to balance 278 49
$35,959 23
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received L. T. Gaskill, treasurer, deposited in Milford Savings Bank 1919 $842 52
To cash received Worcester County In- stitution for Savings 316 14
To cash received U. S. Liberty Bond Registered 500 00
To cash received Interest Milford Sav- ings Bank 38 01
To cash received, Interest Worcester
County Institution for Savings 14 38
To cash received Interest on bond 21 25
$1,732 30
CR.
By cash paid two Town orders $50 00
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank 851 78
By cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings 330 52
By cash U. S. Liberty Bond Registered. . 500 00
$1,732 30
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 FUND.
DR.
To amount deposited in Milford Savings Bank Jan. 1, 1920 $601 35
To interest received on same Oct. 15, 1920 27 34
$628 69
CR.
By cash Deposited in Milford Savings Bank $628 69
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TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND.
DR.
To cash Deposited Milford Savings Bank $206 80 To cash, interest Milford Savings Bank 9 39
$216 19
CR
By cash received from Milford Savings Bank and paid to Taft Public Library
216 19
The notes against the Town January 1, 1921 are :- 3 New School Building Notes $1,500 00
3 New School Building Notes
450 00
$1,950 00
Respectfully Submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer. Mendon, January 1, 1921.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of Mendon submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1920 :-
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Luther W. Holbrook, auditor $6 00
Samuel W. Wood, assessor 95 00
Charles H. Allen, assessor
115 00
Charles A. Fletcher, assessor
40 00
Frank M. Aldrich, moth scout
10 00
Frank M. Aldrich, tree warden ...
10 00
Frank M. Aldrich, overseer of poor
6 00
John P. Hoberg, overseer of poor ..
45 00
Herbert S. Wood, selectman
35 00
George G. Davenport, selectman ..
35 00
George G. Davenport, overseer of poor
6 00
Carl M. Taft, selectman
50 00
Carl M. Taft, fire warden
10 00
Arthur E. Brown, constable
25 00
Arthur E. Brown, dog officer
10 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, treasurer 1920
150 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, collector, 1918 100 00
Frank H. Wood, moderator
5 00
Charles H. Allen, town clerk
75 00
Charles H. Allen, sealer of weights
and measures, less fees
10 99
$838 99
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MOTH SCOUT.
Paid Clarence H. Moore, labor $54 25
Carl M. Wilbur, labor
62 25
Frank M. Aldrich, labor
126 50
George M. Aldrich, labor
96 00
$339 CO
STREET LIGHTING.
Paid Worcester Suburban Co.
$619 92
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Memorial Day Committee $50 00
CARE OF OLD CEMETERY.
Paid Alonzo E. Brown $6 CO
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid George G. Davenport, inspecting
meats
$41 50
Dr. F. H. Lally, fumigating 5 00
Herbert S. Wood, fumigating 2 00
$48 50
STATE AID TO PENSIONERS.
State aid to pensioners, 12 months . . $186 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING FOREST FIRES.
Paid Worcester Suburban Elec. Co., heat $24 63
Payroll, Norman fire 5 00
Payroll, Sullivan fire 3 00
Payroll, Mill River fire
43 00
Hopedale Fire Department 55 00
James K. Mathewson, L. E. Taft fire 2 00
Frank M. Aldrich, Park fire 6 00
George M. Aldrich, Park fire
4 00
9
George E. Thayer, Mill River fire. . 1 50
Isaac Gill, Mill River fire 2 00
$146 13
TREE WARDEN.
Paid Frank M. Aldrich, pruning and
cutting trees
$97 50
William A. Barry, labor 2 00
$99 50
INCIDENTALS.
PRINTING.
Paid G. M. Billings, printing reports ... $70 20
G. M. Billings, ballots 11 50
Hobbs & Warren, stationery 6 85
Charlescraft Press
6 50
A. H. Bartlett, blanks
1 91
Hobbs & Warren, stationery
55
A. H. Bartlett, blanks 45
Charlescraft Press
6 50
G. M. Billings
7 50
Charlescraft Press, tax bills, etc. .
30 95
Charlescraft Press
15 65
G. M. Billings
10 50
Milford Daily News, notices and
warrants
77 45
Hobbs & Warren
4 87
$251 38
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Paid Raymond L. Daley $9 50
Herbert J. George
9 50
John J. Driscoll 9 00
Edwin A. Walsh
8 00
$36 00
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POLICE.
Paid Jeremiah T. Murphy $12 48
Arthur E. Brown, Kingman case .. 62 85
Arthur E. Brown, criminal
44 17
Fred K. Brown, services July 3 and 4
4 00
Frank S. Brown, services July 3 and 4 4 00
Arthur E. Brown, services July 3 and 4 4 00
Arthur E. Brown, Robillard case ..
16 00
Arthur E. Brown, Cloth and Still
case
18 00
$165 50
TOWN HALL.
Paid Worcester Suburban Elec. Co.,
lights and bulbs $32 68
Charles A. Fletcher, wood 10 00
Edward H. Taft, wood 6 50
Arthur E. Brown, janitor
20 00
Edward A. Whiting, janitor, etc. ..
79 50
$148 68
INCIDENTALS.
Paid New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co. $7 80
Lewis H. Barney, coal for record
room
13 50
Henry M. Burr, wrappers and
postage 3 69
Carl M. Taft, auto for assessors 18 00
A. E. Brown, killing 2 dogs 4 00
Henry M. Burr, postage
1 00
J. F. W. Dorman, license tags
4 68
Arthur Pearson, painting Record
room 15 00
11
Edward T. Powers, repairing water-
ing tub 14 81
Carl M. Taft, coal and carting 3 00
Carters Inks, ink 83
J. R. Brown, painting Record room 14 65
W. H. Nelson, repairing roof 18 00 . . Worcester County Abstract Co. ... 12 84
E. T. Powers, repairing park rail .. 10 35
Clark Ellis & Sons, stove grate, etc. 6 00
Joseph Dudley, care of lawns . .. 39 75 Moses . U. Gaskill, Inspector of animals 51 00
Planet Co., voting booths
14 00
G. G. Davenport, paint and brushes 1 75
Carl M. Taft, express and cartage of booths
1 50
Traffic Sign & Signal Co., sign
boards 10 00
H. S. Wood, perambulating 10 00
G. G. Davenport, perambulating .. 10 00
Carl M. Taft, perambulating .. 10 00 H. S. Wood, auto for Robillard case 6 00 Carl M. Taft, auto for Robillard case 3 00
Dr. P. E. Joslin, criminal case 2 00
W. W. Watson, returning deaths .. 1 25
Leonard T. Gaskill, postage, ex- press, etc. 33 26
Charles H. Allen, recording and in- dexing 14 births 14 00
Charles H. Allen, recording and in- dexing 22 marriages 11 00
Charles H. Allen, recording and in- dexing 15 deaths 7 50
Charles H. Allen, oaths to 39 officers 9 75
Charles H. Allen, care of Record room and lawn 12 00
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