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Expenditure from local taxa-
tion per $1000 valuation.
Rank in Group III.
Expenditure for teachers' sal- aries in elementary schools per pupil in average member- ship.
Expenditure from State reim- bursement per pupil in aver- age membership.
Cost per
pupil School.
for
High
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TABLE OF COMPARATIVE STATISTICS.
Mendon
valuation
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1920-1921.
Total Enrollment
Schools
Boys
Girls
Non-Resident
Aggregate
Attendance
Average
Average
Membership
No. of Pupils
5 to 7 Years of Age
7 to 14 Years of Age No. of Pupils
14 to 16 Years of Age No. of Pupils
Over 16 Years of Age No. of Pupils
Total No. of Pupils
Not Enrolled in Any
Boys
Girls
Having Perfect Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
Center Building
High
31
15
16
0 4488
23.96
26
0
2
19
10
29
14
15
0 92.15
Grades VI, VII, VIII
35
20
15
0 494312
29.45
32
0
30
5
0
33
19
14
0 97.07
Grades III, IV, V
53
28
25
1 7297 12
43.35
46
0
53
0
0
49
26!
23
2
94.67
Grades I, II
43
20
23
3 477212
28.31
31
12
31
0
0
38
18
20
90.53
East Building Grades I-VIII
23
13
10
2|2630
15.38
17
3
17
3
0
18
11
7
2| 92.00
Albeeville
Grades I-VIII
24
13
11
0
2959 1/2
17.20
20
1
20
3
0
23
12
11|
0
87.20
Totals
209
109
100
6 27091
157.65
172
16
153
30
10
190
100
90
4
92.23
.
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-
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-
1
Other Town in State
Daily Attendance
No. of Pupils
74
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Article 16. To see what action the town will take in com- pliance with Chapter 48, Section 17 of the General Laws.
Article 17. To see what future action the town will take in relation to clearing the roads of snow.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to fix the wages to be paid for labor on highways ; and to fix the number of hours to constitute a day's work, or act in any way in relation to the same.
Article 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money to regrade Park Street at its approach to the State Highway, or act in any way in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to buy a stone crusher ; raise and appropriate any money, or make any provis- ions for the payment of the same, or act in any way in relation to the purchase of said stone crusher.
Article 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money to place new guard rails on highways, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to install new street lights on Bates Street, South Milford, or take any action in rela- tion to the same.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money to be expended on the highways pro- vided the State and County will contribute for the same.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) for the purpose of furnishing direct transportation between the homes of the school children residing on the Milford Road from the Hopedale Town line to the school, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to sell the land on which the lockup was previously located, or take any action in relation to the same.
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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 one of the daily papers, 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 18th day of Febru- ary, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.
HERBERT J. GEORGE, FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW, P. JOHN HOBERG,
Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy, attest :
ARTHUR E. 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, 1922. (256TH ANNUAL REPORT)
MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS,
1923.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Treasurer of the Town of Mendon, for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1922, submits an account of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following sums, viz :--
To cash received, State Treasurer Income Tax, 1921 $152 00 To cash received, State Treasurer, Income Tax, 1919 4 00
To cash received, State Treasurer,
Income Tax, 1920 12 00
To cash received, Milford Savings Bank 13,000 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Income Tax, School Fund 2,684 45
To cash received, State Treasurer, Income Tax, Public Service 33
To cash received, Ladies' Alliance .... 18 00
To cash received, Milford & Uxbridge St. Railway Co., Park License ... 100 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Inspection of Animals 27 18
To cash received, Clerk of District Court 10 20
To cash received, 12 Fees from Hay Scales 14 20
To cash in Treasury, January 1, 1922. . 1,180 28
To cash received, City of Boston, School Department 89 01
To cash received, State Treasurer, Highway Division 2,265 80
3
To cash received, State Treasurer, Highway Division 234 20
To cash received, State Treasurer,
account of School Supt. 580 00
To cash received, State Treasurer,
account of Tuition of Children .. 420 48
To cash received, State Treasurer, High School Tuition 510 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, Public Service, 1922 1 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Corporation Tax B 44
To cash received, State Treasurer Income Tax, 1920 16 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Income Tax, 1921 16 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Income Tax, 1922 96 00
To cash received, Charles H. Allen for Town Records 4 50
To cash received, County Treasurer, Dog Tax 280 75
To cash received, State Treasurer, Corporation Tax 103 24
To cash received, Corporation Tax, Business 7 11
To cash received, State Treasurer, Income Tax, 1922, general purposes
337 10
To cash received, State Treasurer, Income Tax, School Fund 1,141 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, National Bank Tax 910 20
To cash received, H. J. George 10 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Street Railway Tax 26 89
4
To cash received, State Treasurer, State Aid 144 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Soldiers' Exemption 47 73
To cash received, Library Fines ... 25 83
To cash received, Edward A. Whiting, rent of Town Hall 120 50
To cash received, Albert W. Sears, rent of Town Hall 48 50
To cash received, County Treasurer, Division of Highways 497 80
To cash received, L. T. Gaskill, Col- lector of Taxes, 1918,-'19-'20 ... 229 95
To cash received, G. C. Coffin, Col- lector of Taxes 1921-'22 18,050 80 To cash received, G. C. Coffin, Collector, Civilian War Poll Tax 1,285 00
To cash received, Home National Bank, Interest 36 50
To cash received, State Treasurer,
Corporation Tax
2 15
$44,741 12
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz :-
By paying Director of Accounts $8 00 By paying Milford Savings Bank, In-
terest 374 01
By paying Milford Savings Bank, two School House Notes 650 00
By paying Milford Savings Bank Revenue Notes 12,000 00
By paying County Tax 1,164 00
By paying State Treasurer, Balance on account 225 88
By paying State Tax 1,920 00
5
By paying State Treasurer, repairs of State Highways . 92 30
By paying Civilian War Poll Tax . . . By paying Orders from Overseers of Poor 628 68
993 30
By paying Orders from Library Trustees 567 69
By paying Orders from School Commit- tee
14,124 85
By paying Orders from Selectmen, Highway Department 8,049 43
By paying Orders from Selectmen, Snow Bills 57 00
By paying other Town Orders 3,844 89
$44,640 03
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received, Milford Savings Bank $887 00
To cash received, Worcester County Institution for Savings 345 53
To cash received, U. S. Liberty Bond. . 500 00
To cash received, Interest on Bond . ... 21 25 To cash received, Interest, Milford Sav- ings Bank 40 11
To cash received, Interest, Worcester
County Institution for Savings ... . 15 70
$1,809 59
CR.
$80 00
By cash paid three Town Orders . . By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank 868 36
By cash, U. S. Liberty Bond
500 00
By cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings 361 23
$1,809 59
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1. FUND.
DR.
To amount deposited in Milford Sav- ings Bank $657 27
To interest received on same Oct. 10, 1922 29 90
$687 17
CR.
By cash deposited in Milford Savings
Bank $687 17 The notes against the Town January 1, 1923 are :-
1 New School Building Note $500 00
1 New School Building Note
150 00
1 Revenue Note
2,000 00
$2,650 00
Respectfully submitted, MOSES U. GASKILL,
Mendon, January 1, 1923.
Treasurer.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
The Selectmen of Mendon submit the following report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1922 :-
SALARIES.
Paid Luther W. Holbrook, auditor $8 00
Samuel W. Wood, assessor
70 00
Charles H. Allen, assessor
120 00
Carl M. Taft, assessor
95 00
Frank H. Wood, moderator 5 00
Arthur E. Brown, constable 25 00
Arthur E. Brown, dog officer
10 00
Frank M. Aldrich, moth scout
10 00
Frank M. Aldrich, tree warden
10 00
Moses U. Gaskill, treasurer
150 00
Charles H. Allen, clerk
75 00
Charles H. Allen, sealer of weights
and measures 9 26
P. John Hoberg, selectman 35 00
P. John Hoberg, overseer of poor ... 45 00
Franklin E. Goodnow, selectman .... 35 00
Franklin E. Goodnow, overseer of poor 6 00
Herbert J. George, selectman 50 00
Herbert J. George, overseer of poor 6 00
$764 26
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MOTH SCOUT.
Paid payroll No. 1 $66 00
Payroll No. 2 181 50
George M. Aldrich
24 00
Carl M. Wilbur
10 50
Frank M. Aldrich
35 00
$317 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid towards support of one person
in a home
$12 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Worcester Suburban Elec. Co .... $49 78
Due Worcester Suburban Elec. Co ... 796 37
$846 15
CARE OF OLD CEMETERY.
Paid Luther W. Holbrook $12 00
Alonzo E. Brown
12 00
$24 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid George G. Davenport, meat in-
spection
$6 00
E. Louis Sabatinelli, drain to Water- ing tub 50 00
$56 00
STATE AID.
Paid State Aid to pensioners $174 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Worcester Suburban Electric Co. $30 00
Harding payroll 7 00
Quissett payroll
356 58
Bellingham line payroll
4 80
Town of Hopedale, two fires 60 00
Fuller & Wilson, express 1 50
A. Taylor, freight and cartage ·
4 27
W. C. Robinson & Sons, shovels ...
18 75
New England Fire Appliance Co.,
nozzels and supplies 46 31
$529 21
TREE WARDEN.
Paid Frank M. Aldrich
$87 55
Fred K. Caswell 2 80
$90 35
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Herbert J. George $82 00
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Paid Herbert J. George, land and releases
$200 00
Joseph Saucier, Nolan Garage 50 00
$250 00
INCIDENTALS.
PRINTING.
Paid G. M. Billings $30 10
Charlescraft Press, town reports 136 00
P. B. Murphy 8 10
10
Charlescraft Press
9 10
W. J. Clark
5 75
Milford News
62 75
$251 80
POLICE.
Paid Arthur E. Brown, court fees and
charges
$108 37
Frank E. Brown, July 3 and 4 4 00
W. E. Southland 2 00
Town of Milford
2 00
Carl M. Taft, use of auto
7 00
G. Andrew Keith
10 20
$133 57
TOWN HALL.
Paid Worcester Suburban Electric Co. $37 62
Frank H. Wood, fuel
10 00
Edward A. Whiting, janitor
112 50
Albert Sears, janitor
37 50
Joseph Saucier, sawing
3 50
Mass. State Prison, board
4 17
Albert Sears, setting glass
1 63
Chester Shattuck, supplies
5 40
$212 32
BALLOT CLERK AND TELLERS.
Paid Leonard G. Burr
$8 00
Raymond L. Daley, (1921 and 1922)
14 00
Edward A. Whiting
3 00
$25 00
Paid New England Tel. & Tel. Co .... $2 75
A. Schyler Clapp, survey at Batesville 40 43
Moses U. Gaskill, cattle inspection 54 35
Herbert J. George, insurance 189 91
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11
E. A. Bragg, photographs 22 00
Worcester Abstract Co. 15 66
Carter Ink Co.
97
Sanford Putnam Co.
12 08
Preist, Page & Co.
1 50
Wendell Williams, legal advise and
expenses 71 50
Carl M. Taft, use of auto
7 50
Hobbs & Warren
4 40
Clark Ellis & Sons
29 00
Fuller Regalia Co., caps and badges
28 13
F. E. Gould
4 25
Dr. B. F. Hartman
4 00
A. V. S. Pond
1 12
James Lilly
15 00
Henry Matthewson
2 00
Joseph Saucier, moving Canoe Club shed 11 00
Samuel W. Wood, extra work assessors
17 50
Charles H. Allen, extra work assessors
22 00
Carl M. Taft, extra work assessors .. 18 00
Fred Townsend, signs
12 70
Desire Thibeault, damage to buggy
13 50
Dr. F. H. Lally, work certificate .... Commissioner of Public Safety, blanks
70
George W. Wood, returning 4 deaths
1 00
Walter Watson, returning 7 deaths. . 1 75
Estate of Lewis Barney, coal .
15 00
Charles H. Allen, recording deaths, marriages, births, administering
oaths, sealing town scales, care of record room and lawn, postage, carfare and express 63 52
Moses U. Gaskill, postage, etc.
14 18
Joseph H. Dudley, mowing parks .... 21 00
Alonzo E. Brown, care of parks .... 21 00
Luther W. Holbrook, care of parks. . 4 50
1 00
12
Charles H. Allen, supplies for sealer of weights 4 50
Charles H. Allen, repairs of record
room
18 80
Chester C. Shattuck, supplies 2 78
E. Louis Sabatinelli 38 00
$808 68
Total
$1,431 37
The Selectmen report the assets and liabilities of the town as follows :-
ASSETS.
Due from State for aid to pensioners. . $174 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer 101 09
Taxes due for year 1919 97 56
Taxes due for year 1920
102 95
Taxes due for year 1921
762 66
Taxes due for year 1922
3,567 87
$4,806 13
LIABILITIES.
1 School House Note $500 00
1 School House Note 150 00
1 Revenue Note
2.000 00
Salary of Collector
600 00
Worcester Industrial
171 36
Worcester Suburban Electric Co.
796 37
New England Metal Culvert Co.
263 00
$4,480 73
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RECAPITULATION.
Salaries
$764 26
Support of Schools
13,344 81
Highways
8,106 43
State Aid
174 00
Support of Poor
628 68
Taft Library
567 69
Moth Scout
317 00
Board of Health
56 00
Tree Warden
90 35
Old Cemetery
.
24 00
Street Lights
49 78
Memorial Day
65 00
Fire Department
529 21
Incidentals
1,431 37
Soldiers' Relief
12 00
Bonds
82 00
Interest
374 01
Town Department
650 00
Land and Releases (Batesville)
200 00
Moving Nolan Garage
50 00
Repairs Center School
780 04
$28,296 63
Alloted from Emergency Appropriation
To Fire Department $379 21
To Highways 411 10
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1922.
Salaries
$900 00
Taft Library
500 00
Interest
325 00
Town Dept.
650 00
Bonds
75 00
Board of Health
100 00
Fire Department
150 00
Soldiers' Relief
50 00
Support of Poor
1,000 00
Repairs of Highways under Chapter 81
2,850 00
General Repairs of Highways
1,000 00
Support of Schools
14,000 00
School Physician
25 00
Incidentals
1,200 00
Tree Warden
200 00
Moth Scout
360 00
Memorial Day
60 00
Old Cemetery
60 00
School Nurse
100 00
Improved Road
500 00
Street Lights
900 00
Repairs to Center School
850 00
Guard Rail
200 00
Emergency
900 00
Purchasing land and releases, Batesville
200 00
Moving Nolan Garage
50 00
$27,205 00
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LIST OF JURORS, 1922.
George M. Aldrich,
Farmer
Charles S. Bagg,
Mechanic
George M. Barrows,
Clerk
Carl F. Hoberg,
Mechanic
Luther W. Holbrook,
Farmer
Edgar L. White,
Box Maker
Charles F. Leonard,
Farmer
Louis L. Marlow,
Moulder
Edward Smethurst,
Mechanic
Carl M. Taft,
Farmer
Leonard E. Taft,
Farmer
Harvey E. Trask,
Carpenter
Edwin A. Walsh,
Mechanic
William L. Munsell
Mechanic
Herbert S. Wood,
Farmer
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT J. GEORGE, FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW, P. JOHN HOBERG,
Selectmen of Mendon.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Appropriations for the year 1922 $26,955 00
Amount appropriated from balances on hand 1,850 00
Amount to be raised by taxation $25,105 00
Estimated receipts $7,645 00
Tax on 311 Polls @ $2
622 00
$8,267 00
$16,838 00
State tax
2,012 00
County tax
1,164 00
Overlayings
78 82
Amount committed to Collector, Sept.
9, 1922 $20,092 82
Poll Taxes committed to Collector, July 11, 1922 1,555 00
Omitted assessment committed to Col-
lector Dec. 11, 1922 8 80
Total amount committed to Collector .. $21,656 62
Number of residents assessed on property 280
Number of non-residents assessed on property 204
Number of persons assessed on property. 484
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only 128
Number of persons assessed 612
Number of male polls assessed 311
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Value of assessed personal estate
109,475 00
Value of assessed real estate
803,835 00
Total valuation $913,310 00
Rate of total tax per $1000
$22 00
Number of horses assessed
141
Number of cows assessed
447
Number of neat cattle assessed
137
Number of swine assessed
27
Number of dwelling houses assessed
315
Number of acres of land assessed
10,887
Number of fowls assessed
3,2 ' 1
Value of fowls aassessed
$5,760 00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. ALLEN, SAMUEL W. WOOD, CARL M. TAFT,
Assessors of Mendon.
Mendon, January 1, 1923.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1918.
DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1922 . . $70 74
Balance interest collected 16 97
$87 71
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$87 71
1919.
DR
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1922 ... $108 56
Interest received 8 89
$117 45
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$19 89
Amount uncollected 97 56
$97 56
1920.
DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1922 . .. $214 00
Interest received 11 30
$225 30
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19
CR
By cash paid Town Treasurer $122 35
Amount uncollected 102 95
$225 30
Respectfully submitted, LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Collector of Taxes 1918-'19-'20.
1921.
DR.
Balance uncollected
$3,559 96
Interest 55 86
$3,615 82
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$2,853 16
Uncollected
762 66
$3,615 82
1922.
DR.
To taxes committed for collection $20,099 82
Interest 10 69
$20,110 51
20
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$16,482 64
Abatements
60 00
Balance uncollected
3,567 87
$20,110 51
Respectfully submitted, GLENVILLE C. COFFIN, Collector of Taxes, 1921, 1922.
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HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
The Highway Superintendent submits the following report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1922 :-
RESOURCES.
Appropriation under Chapter 81 $2,850 00
From State under Chapter 81
1,900 00
Appropriation, general repairs 1,000 00
Street Railway Tax
26 89
$5,776 89
EXPENDITURES.
SNOW BILLS.
Joseph Saucier $57 00
GENERAL REPAIRS.
Superintendent
$550 00
Teams
135 15
Tractor
1,444 00
Trucks
1,642 63
Labor
1,044 35
Gravel
52 00
Oil
584 59
Tar
57 57
Plank
35 88
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Freight and cartage 10 50
W. C. Robinson & Sons, Pleasant St. 66 96
Milo A. Gaskill, Quissett Road
2 20
Clark Ellis & Sons
23 88
Uxbridge Hardware Co.
8 00
James Lilly
11 00
New England Road Mfg. Co.
10 50
Austin Road Machine Co.
3 10
Ernest Irons, tending lanterns
8 00
William A. Barry
22 20
$5,770 51
IMPROVED ROAD (1921).
Resources left from 1921 .... $422 13
EXPENDITURES.
Superintendent
$19 06
Tractor
96 25
Trucks
62 98
Labor
52 52
Oil
175 00
Gravel
9 60
Incidentals
9 00
$424 41
IMPROVED ROAD (1922).
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
500 00
State and County
1,000 00
$1,500 00
Labor
325 26
Culverts
219 27
23
Gravel
35 00
Rolling
25 00
Incidentals
12 00
Superintendent
121 88
Trucks
392 00
Tractor
370 00
$1,500 41
NECESSARY REPAIRS IN FALL.
Paid Joseph Saucier
$411 10
Allotted from Emergency fund
411 10
$822 20
UNPAID BILL.
New England Metal Culvert Co. . . $263 00
JOSEPH R. SAUCIER, Highway Surveyor.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1922 :-
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for support of two persons in
private families $396 62
Paid on account of three persons assisted in their homes 222 48
Paid Sanford-Putnam Co. for 1 order book 9 58
Balance unexpended
$628 68 371 32
$1,000 00
Respectfully submitted, P. JOHN HOBERG, FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW, HERBERT J. GEORGE,
Overseers of the Poor.
Mendon, Mass., January 1, 1923.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1922.
119 Males and spayed females at $2.00 each $238 00
20 Females at $5.00 each
100 00
Less Clerk's fees
27 80
Cash paid County Treasurer
$310 20
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1922.
Date of Birth 1922
Name of Child.
Parents with Maiden Name of Mother.
Jan. 7. Marie Janette Bartlett,
Jan. 21.
Raymond Kempton,
Feb. 1.
Marjorie Hazel Barrows,
Feb. 11. James Assumpta Mulcahy.
Mar. 1.
Judson Coburn Randlett,
Mar. May May June June
11.
Regina Margaret Auty,
17.
Elliott Burton Taft, Ralph Arlington McEwen, Mildred Belle Warner Bonati,
Primo and Florinda Marenghi.
Edward T. and Cecelia G. Conway.
18.
Carl Gifford Canon,
Harold G. and Mary J. Hackenson. Runer and Elsie Grytzell. John and Constancia Bolway.
Oct.
Evelin R. Taylor,
Oct. 12. Roland Hamilton Taft. Female.
Oct. Nov.
13.
10. Artene Gertrude Leonard. Female.
Nov.
Nov.
26. 28. Allan John Estey. Jr.
Dec. 20. Emily Jane Coleman,
Joseph E. and Bellona Champagne. Fred L. and Lucy M. Cote. Harold C. and Marjorie H. Miller. John F. and Elizabeth Blunt. Judson and Ann Hynes. Alfred and Bella Mathews. Carl M. and Grace H. Taft. Joseph W. and Josephine Folger. John and Gladys Bateman.
28. 1.
19.
28. William Vincent Powers,
June July July Aug. Sept.
31. 1. 25. 3.
Robert Daniel Swanson, Loisa Zylinski,
John Hamilton Price
Arthur J. and Angie B. Pettingill. Lee P. and Nellie F. Hartling. Rufus E. and Pearl Phipps.
John S. and Althea A. Knight.
Allan John and Daisy H. Smith. Albert S. and Emily L. Hammann.
$338 00
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1922.
Date of Marriage 1922
Names.
Residence.
April 27.
Albert Sumner Coleman.
Mendon. Mass.
Emily Louise Hammann,,
Blackstone, Mass.
June
5. Frederick James Farrell,
Montpelier, Vermont.
Mendon, Mass.
June
17.
George Henry Webb,
Pawtucket, R. I.
June
21.
John Joseph Curley Ripley,
June 19. Norry Joseph Daige,
Marion Dilvena Bartlett
Mendon, Mass.
July 8. Ernest Joseph Beaucage, Jennie Flooks,
Mendon, Mass.
Sept.
16. Carlton Leroy Force,
Mendon, Mass.
Sept.
27. Harold Walter Hammann,
Blackstone, Mass.
Nov.
29.
Guido Sabattinelli,
Mendon, Mass.
Maud Louise Allen,
Milford, Mass.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1922.
Date of
Death 1922.
Names.
Y
Age M
D
Jan.
16.
Milton A. Saunders,
80
5
15
Feb.
18. Harry Taft.
38
0
10
Mar. 19 Sadie Greagory Bates,
33
10
15
May 19. Sarah J. Aldrich,
85
2
0
May 30. Emeline Smith Wilber,
82
. .
.
June 3.
Ralph Arlington McEwen,
24
9
17
July
19.
Eleanor G. Auty,
4
11
2
Aug. 3. Edward Henry Taft,
92
1
3
Aug.
11.
Maria Miller Adams,
71
9
11
Oct.
13.
Male,
·
Nov.
3. Louisa Moores
98
5
Nov.
28. William C. Robinson,
63
4
18
Nov.
29. Lurana Eliza White,
70
2
26
Dec. 8. Malvina J. Daige,
53
10
6
Dec.
23. William Henry Bennett,
79
3
10
Dec.
26. Charles Henry Jewett,
61
2
10
If errors or omission are discovered in the lists of births, marriages or deaths, report them to the Town Clerk that the record may be corrected.
Blanks for the return of all vital records can be obtained of the town clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. ALLEN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1923.
Mendon, Mass.
Ruth Beatrice Miett,
Milford, Mass.
Claudia Beatrice Slade,
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Uxbridge, Mass.
Emily Radloff Slade,
Mendon, Mass.
Mary Abbie Goss.
Mendon, Mass.
July
14. Antoine Victor Alves,
5
:200
Alice Marion Byrne,
27
THE FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY
The second year in our new library home has shown con- clusively how greatly the town was in need of suitable quarters for carrying on its work. The additional room and better light have added greatly to the efficiency of our library. The circula- tion has increased the past year over 20 per cent., yet fiction has only increased 18 per cent.
Early in the year it seemed expedient to have the library open twice a week. This has proved so successful that it will be continued.
Again we have been called on to change our librarian. We have been fortunate in securing the services of Mrs. Helen H. Hemond, who has shown herself well qualified to carry on the work which is becoming increasingly arduous each year. We would ask for a careful consideration of her report.
The Library is a great part of the life of our town. We should put forth every effort to make more valuable this, institu- tion of which we are all so justly proud.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT J. GEORGE, Chairman, EDWARD F. BLOOD, Secretary, LENA W. GEORGE, G. H. PICKARD.
Trustees of Taft Public Library.
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Finance Committee Report.
Report of the Finance Committee of the Taft Public Library for the year ending December 31, 1922 :-
RESOURCES-DARLING FUND.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1922 $37 80
$37 80
EXPENDITURES.
DeWolfe Fiske Co., books $37 80
RESOURCES-GENERAL FUND.
Appropriation
$500 00
Sale of doors 10 00
Fines
25 83
$535 83
EXPENDITURES.
H. W. Wilson Co., books $9 00
Ginn & Co., books 9 82
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books 98 70
H. R. Huntting Co., books 24 55
W. A. Butterfield, books 17 00
Gaylord Bros., supplies 9 96
Library Bureau, supplies 1 50
29
Avery & Woodbury Co., supplies 1 73
American Library Assn., book list 50
R. D. Lemon, magazines
34 00
Dura Binding Co., binding 67 30
Helen H. Hemond, salary and supplies 170 83
Joseph Dudley, labor and supplies ...
61 00
George G. Davenport, wood
12 00
Wm. F. Irons, wood
12 00
Balance
5 94
$535 83
GEORGE H. PICKARD,
Finance Committee.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year, during which the library has been open 86 days, was 11,074 volumes. The largest number given out in one day 275. This was before the library was opened twice a week. The smallest number given out in a day was 49. This was the Friday evening before Christmas. The average number given out in a day was 129.
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