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To cash received, State Treasurer, High School Tuition in Special Cases 512 50
To cash received, County Treasurer, account of Highways 1,000 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, account of Highways
1,000 00
To cash received, County Treasurer, Dog Tax 351 39
To cash received, State Treasurer,
Corporation Tax, P. S. 16
To cash received, W. A. Barry, 1/2 Fees, Hay Scales 13 30
To cash received, for Grass on Founders' Park 5 00
To cash received, Verena Daley, Library Fines 37 75
To cash received State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, Public Service . . 140 17
To cash received, State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, Business . 87 80
To cash received, State Treasurer, Income Tax, 1924 2,023 53
To cash received, State Treasurer, National Bank Tax, under Sec. 10A, Chap. 63 General Laws 229 36
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To cash received, State Treasurer, Street Railway Tax 12 40
To cash received, State Treasurer, State Aid 156 00
To cash received, State Treasurer, Soldiers' Exemption 32 97
To cash received, State Treasurer, Surplus War Bonus Funds 568 01 .
To cash received, Milford Savings Bank, Interest 33 64
To cash received, State Treasurer, Tuition of Children 730 67
To cash received, State Treasurer, National Bank Tax, 1923 17 02
To cash received, City of Boston,
School account 117 08
To cash received, G. C. Coffin,
Collector of Taxes
19,632 38
$51,553 32
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz :--
By cash, Director of Accounts $14 00
By cash, Milford Savings Bank,
Revenue Notes 14,000 00
By cash, Milford Savings Bank, Interest 451 25
By cash, County Tax
1,301 00
By cash, State Treasurer, State Tax ... 1,600 00
By cash, State Treasurer, Auditing Municipal Accounts 524 56
By cash, State Treasurer, Repairs of State Highways 228 80
By cash, Town Orders
31,970 82
$50,090 43
Unexpended cash in bank
1,462 89
$51,553 32
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received, Milford Savings Bank $878 78
To cash received, Worcester County Institution for Savings 377 65
To cash received, United States Liberty Bond 500 00
To cash received, Interest on Bond 21 25
To cash received, Interest, Milford Savings Bank 37 63
To cash received, Interest, Worcester County Institution for Savings .... 17 17
$1,832 48
CR.
By cash paid, Three Town Orders $125 00
By cash deposited in Milford Savings
Bank 812 66
By cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings 394 82
By cash, United States Liberty Bond
500 00
$1,832 48
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 FUND.
DR.
To cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank $718 43
'To Interest received on same 32 68
$751 11
CR.
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank $751 11
$751 11
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Notes against the Town, Jan. 1, 1925 are :-
I Revenue Note $4,000 00
I Revenue Note 2,000 00
$6,000 00
Respectfully submitted, MOSES U. GASKILL,
Mendon, Jan. 1, 1925.
Treasurer.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of Mendon submit the following report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1924.
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Luther W. Holbrook, auditor $10 00
John C. Ripley, assessor 120 00
Chas. H. Allen, assessor
150 00
Henry W. Gaskill, assessor
100 00
G. C. Coffin, tax collector, 1923
150 00
Chas. H. Allen, town clerk 75 00
Arthur E. Brown, constable
25 00
Arthur E. Brown, dog officer 10 00
Carl M. Taft, tree warden 10 00
Frank M. Aldrich, moth scout
10 00
Moses U. Gaskill, treasurer, 1924
150 00
Frank H. Wood, moderator
5 00
P. John Hoberg, overseer of poor ..
45 00
Carl M. Taft, overseer of poor
6 00
Franklin E. Goodnow, overseer of poor 6 00
Franklin E. Goodnow, selectman 50 00
Carl M. Taft, selectman 35 00
P. John Hoberg, selectman 35 00
Joseph R. Saucier, fire warden
10 00
Chas. H. Allen, sealer of weights and measures 9 50
$1,011 50
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MOTH SCOUT.
Paid Frank M. Aldrich $144 00
Geo. M. Aldrich
92 00
Clarence H. Moore
84 00
$320 00
STREET LIGHTING.
Paid Worcester Suburban Elec. Co. ...
$1,091 78
$1,091 78
CARE OF OLD CEMETERY.
Paid Alonzo E. Brown
$24 50
Alonzo E. Brown
25 50
$50 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Memorial Day Committee
.
$65 00.
$65 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid Carl M. Taft, fumigating and candles $5 00
Dr. K. A. Campbell, Randor case 2 50
Carl M. Taft, fumigating 1 00
Dr. K. A. Campbell, Hennelly and
Cunningham cases, 1919 24 50
$33 00
STATE AID TO PENSIONERS.
Paid State Aid to Pensioners, 12 months
$144 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING FOREST FIRES.
Paid W. D. Mann & Co.
$3 60
Worcester Suburban Elec. Co.
24 00
Osachuk fire
4 50
New England Fire Appliance Co., supplies
77 22
Payroll, Kelley and Lowell fires
12 00
Carpenter Hill and Park street fires
35 75
Albert W. Sears, care of fire house
4 23
Town of Bellingham, LaPoint fire ..
5 00
Payroll Inman Hill brush fire
297 50
Town of Hopedale, Sprague fire
15 00
Henry Patrick Co., supplies
5 60
Town of Hopedale, Sweeney and Tucker fires
60 00
Chester C. Shattuck
12 38
$556 78
TREE WARDEN.
Paid Frank M. Aldrich, pruning and cutting trees
$12 00
Geo. M. Aldrich, labor 8 00
Clarence H. Moore, labor
8 06
Carl M. Taft, truck and labor
24 00
Carl Wilbur, labor
6 00
Harold C. Barrows, labor
12 00
$70 06
INCIDENTALS.
PRINTING.
Paid Milford Daily News
$40 00
Charlescraft Press, printing reports. . 182 02
W. and L. E. Gurley
6 67
G. M. Billings 42 25
10
P. B. Murphy 7 25
Wm P. Clark 13 00
Emerson & Co. 1 85
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Paid Leonard G. Burr
$12 00
Edwin A. Walsh
18 00
Harold C. Barrows
18 00
J. J. Driscoll
18 00
Herbert S. Wood
14 00
$80 00
POLICE.
Paid Arthur E. Brown, killing and
burying one unlicensed dog .... $2 00
Arthur E. Brown, services July 3 and 4
4 00
Arthur E. Brown, court fees
7 35
Arthur E. Brown, expenses for the Willard case
18 00
Arthur E. Brown, Bernard case 52 45
Arthur E. Brown, court fees
69 20
Arthur E. Brown, court fees
9 50
Arthur E. Brown, Coutamach case .
48 00
Arthur E. Brown, court fees
39 96
Frank S. Brown, services July 3 and 4
4 00
TOWN HALL.
Paid Chas. H. Allen, repairs on windows
$6 00
Worcester Suburban Elec. Co. 48 11
Frank H. Wood, wood 22 00
H. M. Burr, supplies 1 60
$293 04
$254 46
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H. S. Chadbourne Co., supplies 6 60
Joseph Saucier, wood and sawing 19 50
Albert W. Sears, janitor
154 00
Henry L. Schultz, changing lights .. 20 42
M. M. Goodnow, stove, pipes, labor 20 50
Arthur P. Clarridge, repairs 15 50
$314 23
INCIDENTALS.
Paid New England Tel. & Tel. Co .... $7 20
Herbert J. George, insurance
262 54
Barney Coal Co., coal
16 50
James B. Edwards, death returns
1 50
Barney Coal Co., coal
16 00
Moses U. Gaskill, inspector of cattle
52 50
Carl M. Taft, auto hire
8 00
Wendell Williams, services
100 00
Parker, Milton & Riley, services
150 00
Worcester Abstract Co., supplies 23 34
Luther W. Holbrook, fertilizer and labor 6 90
H. F. Nealley, keys
50
Carl M. Taft, auto hire
14 00
The Carters Ink Co., supplies
83
M. M. Goodnow Co., watering trough repairs 4 00
Parker, Milton & Riley, services
250 00
Wendell Williams, services 334 95
Calvin W. Clifford, damages
125 00
Chester F. Williams, services.
12 00
B. C. Wood, lumber 44 40
Chas. H. Allen, repair ballot box
6 50
Luther W. Holbrook, care of parks
4 40
R. Dexter Tolman, new ballot box ..
70 00
Frederick A. Gould, hardware 4 50
Moses U. Gaskill, stamps 7 62
12
Franklin E. Goodnow, stamps 4 00
John C. Lynch, services 25 00
Parker, Milton & Riley, services 106 90
Wendell Williams, services 35 85
Joseph H. Dudley, care of parks 21 00
Geo. W. Wood, death returns
75
Walter W. Watson, death returns ...
75
Chas. H. Allen, recording and index- ing 22 deaths 11 00
Chas. H. Allen, recording and index- ing 19 marriages 9 50
Chas. H. Allen, recording and index- ing 27 births 27 00
Chas. H. Allen, administering oaths to 37 town officers 9 25
Chas. H. Allen, sealing town scales
1 00
Chas. H. Allen, care of record rooms and lawn 12 00
Chas. H. Allen, postage, car fare, express 6 50
Chas. H. Allen, expenses to Clerk's meeting 2 00
Carl M. Taft, auto hire 2 00
Glen C. Coffin, stamps 15 00
Arthur E. Brown, witness fees and expenses in Willard case ..
85 00
$1,897 68
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Herbert J. George, treasurer's bond $32 00
Herbert J. George, collector's bond. . 50 00
H. A. Daniels & Co., town clerk's bond 2 50
$84 50
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
$125 00
$125 00
APPROPRIATION FOR SNOW.
Paid Wm. G. Larkin
$1 50
Payroll 414 75
Payroll
177 45
Thomas McTurk
3 00
Gideon Halsing
6 00
$602 70
The Selectmen report the assets and liabilities of the Town as follows :-
LIABILITIES.
Salary of Collector, 1924
$228 00
2 Revenue notes 6,000 00
$6,228 00
ASSETS.
Due from State for aid to pensioners .. $144 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer 1,462 89
Taxes due for year 1921
24 50
Taxes due for year 1922
136 02
Taxes due for year 1923
1,076 73
Taxes due for year 1924
4,441 13
$7,285 27
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RECAPITULATION.
Salaries
$1,011 50
Support of Schools
14,758 90
Highways
8,818 15
State Aid
144 00
Support of Poor
743 01
Taft Library
781 99
Moth Scout
320 00
Board of Health
33 00
Tree Warden
70 06
Old Cemetery
50 00
Street lights
1,091 78
Memorial Day
65 00
Fire Department
556 78
Incidentals
2,754 41
Bonds
84 50
Clearing road of snow
602 70
Interest
451 25
$32,337 03
LIST OF JURORS, 1924.
Stanley McGaughey
Farmer
Geo. M. Aldrich
Farmer
Charles M. Bagg
Mechanic
George M. Barrows
Clerk
Carl F. Hoberg
Mechanic
Herbert J. George
Farmer
Edgar L. White
Box Maker
Charles F. Leonard
Farmer
Edward Smethurst
Mechanic
Leonard E. Taft
Farmer
Harvey E. Trask
Carpenter
Edwin A. Walsh
Mechanic
Herbert S. Wood
Farmer
Alanson Freeman
Farmer
Frank S. Brown
Mechanic
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR 1924.
Salaries
$1,000 00
Taft Library
750 00
Interest 300 00
Bonds
90 00
Board of Health
100 00
Fire Department
200 00
Soldiers' Relief
50 00
Support of Poor
1,000 00
Repairs of Highways under Chapter 81
2,700 00
General Repairs of Highways
500 00
Support of Schools
14,200 00
School Physician
50 00
Incidentals
1,200 00
Tree Warden
100 00
Moth Scout
300 00
Memorial Day
65 00
Old Cemetery
50 00
School Nurse
200 00
Improved Road
500 00
Street Lights
1,100 00
Snow
400 00
Street Signs
100 00
Hartford Avenue (special)
300 00
Emergency
1,000 00
$26,255 00
Respectfully submitted,
FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW, CARL M. TAFT, P. JOHN HOBERG,
Selectmen of Mendon.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Appropriations for 1924 $26,255 00 Amount appropriated from uncollected taxes 2,000 00
Amount to be raised by taxation $24,255 00
Estimated receipts including 338 polls 9,192 52
$15,062 48
State tax
$2,353 36
County tax
1,301 00
Overlayings
309 61
$19,026 45
Poll Taxes committed to Collector, Aug. 18, 1924 $676 00
Property Taxes committed to Collector, Aug. 18, 1924 19,026 45
Omitted Taxes committed to Collector, Dec. 19, 1924 94 52
Total amount committed to Collector .. $19,796 97
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of residents assessed on property . 307
Number of non-residents assessed on property 192
Number of persons assessed
610
Number of male polls 338
Value of assessed personal estate $137,595 00
Value of assessed real estate 919,430 00
$1,057,025 00
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Rate of total tax per $1000
$18 00
Number of horses assessed
133
Number of cows assessed. . 501
Number of sheep assessed
0
Number of neat cattle assessed
118
Number of swine assessed
8
Number of dwelling houses assessed
329
Number of acres of land assessed
10,895
Number of fowls assessed
4,948
Value of fowls assessed
$4,948 00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. ALLEN, HENRY W. GASKILL, JOHN C. RIPLEY,
Assessors of Mendon.
Mendon, January 1, 1925.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1921.
DR.
To balance uncollected, Jan. 1, 1924 .. $198 05
Interest collected 17 37
$215 42
CR
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$186 32
Abatement
4 60
Uncollected
24 50
$215 42
1922.
DR.
To balance uncollected, Jan. 1, 1924 .. $645 38
Interest collected 38 31
$678 69
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$515 89
Abatements
26 78
Uncollected
136 02
$678 69
1923.
DR.
To balance uncollected, Jan. 1, 1924 .. $4,706 57
Interest collected 59 64
$4,766 21
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CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$3,570 18
Abatements 119 30
Uncollected
1,076 73
$4,766 21
1924.
DR.
To taxes committed for collection $19,692 45
Additional assessments
94 52
Interest collected
20 99
$19,817 96
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer $15,360 43
Abatements
16 40
Uncollected
4,441 13
$19,817 96
Respectfully submitted, GLENVILLE C. COFFIN, Collector of Taxes 1921-'22-'23-'24.
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HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
The Highway Superintendent submits the following report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1924.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation under Chapter 81 $2,700 00
From State under Chapter 81 2,700 00
Appropriation general repairs 500 00
Special appropriation Hartford Ave.
300 00
Street Railway Tax
12 40
$6,212 40
IMPROVED ROAD 1924
Appropriation
$500 00
State and County
2.000 00
$2,500 00
Superintendent
$164 95
Joseph Saucier, 1 ton truck
333 00
Joseph Saucier, tractor
435 00
Joseph Saucier, 21/2 ton truck
441 50
Carl M. Taft, 1 ton truck
79 50
Harold Barrows, labor
104 68
Lester Brooks, labor
73 80
Joseph Moore, labor
95 85
Frank S. Brown, labor
75 60
George Cromb, labor
56 70
Francis Morrison, labor
104 23
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Earle Kempton, labor 76 05
Fred Bertrand, labor
36 80
Edward Goss, labor
56 25
Wilfred Saucier, labor
1 80
Carl Wilbur, labor
6 13
F. A. Gould, supplies
7 30
Luigi A. Recchiuto, supplies
26 65
Clark Ellis & Sons
13 40
Uxbridge Hardware & Furniture Co., supplies 2 60
New England Metal Culvert Co. 221 68
Joseph Saucier, supplies
22 29
B. Daley, gravel
10 60
J. Frank Leonard, gravel 1 70
C. A. Fletcher, gravel 51 70
$2,499 79
GENERAL REPAIRS.
Superintendent
$35 00
Joseph Saucier, trucks
176 00
Joseph Saucier, tractor
42 50
Carl M. Taft, truck
25 50
Harold Barrows, labor 4 05
Lester Brooks, labor
7 65
Joseph Moore, labor
7 65
Earle Kempton, labor
7 65
Francis Morrison, labor
7 65
Frank S. Brown, labor
6 30
George Cromb, labor
7 65
Fred Saucier, labor 8 31
Fred Bertrand, labor
13 12
Harry Saucier, labor
13 50
Walter Wilbur, labor
3 95
F. C. Townsend, signs
28 81
Joseph Saucier, lumber 7 50
22
Luigi A. Recchiuto, supplies 11 00
F. A. Gould, supplies 12 00
Hedge & Matthers Co., supplies
1 00
W. A. Barry, supplies
34 75
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
22 20
$483 74
HARTFORD AVENUE.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
Superintendent
$28 13
Joseph Saucier, truck
78 75
Carl M. Taft, truck
78 75
Joseph Saucier, tractor
37 50
Carl Wilbur, labor
17 50
Harold Barrows, labor
19 69
Fred Bertrand, labor
13 13
Edward Goss, labor
15 31
Oscar Russen, gravel
10 00
$298 76
CHAPTER 81.
Superintendent
$334 73
Joseph Saucier, trucks
1,568 87
Joseph Saucier, tractor
678 75
Carl M. Taft, truck
748 25
Kenneth Taft, truck
326 00
Lester Brooks, labor
18 80
Joseph Moore, labor
19 59
Earle Kempton, labor
15 30
Francis Morrison, labor
136 80
Frank S. Brown, labor
12 15
George Cromb, labor
11 25
Carl Wilbur, labor
150 72
Harold Barrows, labor
83 77
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Edward Goss, labor
19 98
Fred Bertrand, labor
94 07
Harry Saucier, labor ..
76 14
Albert Hackanson, labor
69 56
Leonard E. Taft, team
1 00
Fred Saucier, labor
7 00
Wilfred Saucier, labor
7 00
Henry Morrison, labor
69 58
Carl M. Taft, labor
3 50
Uxbridge Hardware and Furniture Co., supplies 9 45
Texas Co., oil
901 41
Iron Trap Rock Co.
13 76
Nelson S. Huff, repairs
10 00
B. Daley, gravel
46 40
Wm. H. Finn, gravel
27 00
Amos Austin, gravel
11 10
The Barrett Co., tar
62 94
$5,534 86
JOSEPH R. SAUCIER,
Highway Superintendent.
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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, 1924.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for support of two persons in private families $638 77
Paid on account of two persons assisted in own homes
85 24
Paid on account of one person in Hospital 2 00
Paid on account of one person, medical attendance, 1923 2 00
Paid Carl M. Taft for transporting one person to Tewksbury Hospital ..
15 00
Balance unexpended
$743 01 $256 99
Respectfully submitted,
P. JOHN HOBERG, CARL M. TAFT, FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW,
Overseers of the Poor.
Mendon, January 1, 1925.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1924.
141 Males and spayed females $282 00
29 Females
145 00
$427 00
Less Clerk's fees
34 00
Cash paid County Treasurer
$393 00
HUNTING AND FISHING CERTIFICATES ISSUED
FROM JAN. 1, 1924 TO DEC. 31, 1924.
Resident Citizen's combination certi- ficates at $2.00 each 38
$76 00
Resident Citizen's Hunting and trap- ping at $1.50 each 22
33 00
Non-resident Citizen's combination certi- ficates at $10.00 each 2
20 00
Resident Citizen's Fishing certificates at $1.00 each 10
10 00
$139 00
Fees retained by Clerk
14 70
Amount paid Division of Fisheries and Game
$124 30
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1924.
Date of Birth 1924
Name of Child
Parents with Maiden Name of Mother
Alfred R. and Elizabeth Spoonhauer Carl M. and Nellie Tucker Joseph and Ursula Soveski
Harold G. and Mary Hackenson
April 12.
April 27. Harold Joseph McEwen
May
12. Everett Joseph Kempton
May 15. Roberta Robinson
June
20. George Wolleck
Alexander and Anna Wolleck Edward F. and Edith P. Mempes
July
11. Ruth Irene Perron
July
20. Andrew Novitsky
July 28. William Edward Hackenson
Sept. 1.
Sigfrid Bror Carlson
Sept. 2.
Emil Strugg
Samuel H. and Rose T. Russell Stanley and Petronella Strahasky Albert and Grace Taft Maurice and Annie Halsing John and Mary Kusa
Harold C. and Florence H. Miiller Alfred and Mary Mathews George K. and Lois J. Lawrence Carl A. and Doris Kempton Henry K. and Esther C. Daige Ernest E. and Gertrude Hoggarth Robert and Caroline Freeman Raymond E. and Bertha M. Fernald John and Lillian Satallinelli
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1924.
Date of Marriage 1924
Names
Jan. 26.
Maurice Sigfrid Carlson
Anna Emerentia Halsing
Feb. 4. Wilfred Jeffrey Bertrand
Josephine Flora Saucier
Feb. 9. Ivan Carroll Clement
Edith Evelyn Marie Hoberg
Feb. 9. Gunvald Halsing Hilda Nyholm
Feb. 7. Carl Moses Wilber
Nellie Genieve Tucker
Feb. 16. Henry H. Matthewson
Olive Hoggarth
Melvin Edward Pinkham
Mary Eliza Darling
May 12. Irving Chester Darling
Gladys Lillian Pinkham
June 16. Albert Andrew Hackenson
Grace Catherine Taft
July 16. Ernest Leroy Kempton
Alice Gertrude Barrows
Aug. 9. George Richard Hoggarth
Jennie Verine Brown
Wilfred Saucier
Aug. 19. Josephine Ouilette
Residence
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Oct. 22.
Elsie May Osgood
Nov. 8. Ernest Emanuel Miiller, Jr.
Nov. 9. Lloyd Earle Blackwood
Nov. 15. Raymond E. Thomas, Jr.
Nov. 20.
Norma Grassotti
Nov. 23. Male
Feb. 6. Richard Alfred Saucier
Feb. 26.
Geneva Mae Wilber
Mar. 15. Dorothy Alice Anesta
Mar. 7.
Male
April 2. Richard Stanley Canon Male
Joseph Wand and Josephine I. Folger Fred L. and Lucy M. Daige
William A. and Stella M. Henry
July 2. Edward Harry Randolph Hentschel
Sept. 13. Joseph Wilfred Rene Lavalle Napoleon and Valeda Pare
Sept. 18. Harold Clayton Barrows, Jr.
Sept. 24. William Leslie Auty
Sept. 25. Doris Burnett Taft
Oct. 5. Alvar Merrille Halsing
Mar. 24.
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Date of Marriage 1924
Names
Residence
Sept. 1. Donald Deane Grayson
Hopedale, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 8. Joseph Bryden McDonald
Milford, Mass.
Lillian Dorothy Perry
Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 4. Marcus Morton Goodnow
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 13. Patrick Joseph Murphy
Mendon, Mass.
Dorothy Harney
Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 19.
Ernest Sylvester Perkins
Hopedale, Mass.
Lucille Frances Kempton
Mendon, Mass.
Nov. 29 Charles Everett Britton
Uxbridge, Mass.
Dec.
1.
Walter Francis Moore
Hopedale, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1924.
Date of Death 1924
Names
Y
M
D
Jan. 12.
Ruth B. Ripley
30
4 11
Jan. 26.
Katherine M. Wadsworth
53
16
Feb. 24. Martha E. George
73
7
9
Feb. 29. William Smith
59
10
24
Mar.
1.
Mary DeCosta
78
Mar. 6. Clarence W. Blaisdell
52
Mar. 7.
Male
Mar. 18.
John J. Nugent
56
Mar. 21. Julia Byrne
47
10
Mar. 21.
Robert P. Neil
58
11
15
April 1.
William McGaughey
67
4
23
April 13.
Male
83
1
7
July
13.
Ella G. Kinsley
73
10
18
July
24. 24.
Owen Brady
69
0
11
Nov.
24.
Male
88
6
25
Dec.
12.
Roman Marshall
74
5
7
Dec.
23.
Josephine Lavalle
59
6
15
Dec.
23.
Lyman Cook
74
1
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If errors or omissions 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, 1925.
68
10
13
Nov.
Nov.
27.
Walter L. Ellis
Dec.
19. Charlotte A. Snow
69
April 30.
John Byrne
Mary E. Fletcher
Mendon, Mass.
Minnie Augusta Norberry
Marion Steere
Age
Florence Louise Jewett
Hermine Arletta Knight
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TOWN OF MENDON BY-LAWS.
I hereby certify that at a town meeting duly held in the town of Mendon on March 3, 1924, pursuant to a warrant there- for, the following were made and established by-laws for the Town of Mendon in addition to the present by-laws of the town :
ARTICLE IX.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Section 1.There shall be a finance committee, consisting of three members, to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. Promptly after this by-law shall go into effect, the Board of Selectmen shall appoint from the registered voters of the town one member of said committee to serve until the expiration of the municipal year, one to serve until the expiration of the next following municipal year and one to serve until the expiration of the next two following municipal years, and each year there- after the Board of Selectmen promptly after election, shall ap- point from said registered voters one member of said committee to serve for three years. All duly appointed members of the committee shall continue as such until their successors are ap- pointed. The Board of Selectmen shall fill, by appointment, vacancies in the committee at any time occurring by reason of death, resignation, or from other cause.
Section 2. The committee shall organize each year by the selection of a chairman and a clerk. The clerk shall keep records of the doings of the committee.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the committee to con- sider all articles in the warrants for town meetings, that involve
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the expenditure of money, and at the meetings make recommenda- tions in regard to the action that should be taken thereon. It shall also consider and report at each town meeting its recom- mendations as to any and all appropriations of money proposed to be made at said meeting.
Section 4. All officers and boards of officers, agents and committees of the town shall give the committee access to their books, records and accounts, and furnish to it all information with respect to the conduct of the town's affairs that it shall request. It may make such reports and recommendations to the town and the proper officers thereof, with respect to the management of the town's affairs and the conduct of any department as it shall deem proper.
Attest :
CHARLES H. ALLEN, Clerk of Town of Mendon.
Boston, Massachusetts, March 29, 1924. I approve the foregoing by-laws.
JAY R. BENTON.
Milford, Mass., April 11, 1924.
I hereby certify that the foregoing was duly published in the Milford Daily News, published in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, three times to wit: April 8, 9 and 10, 1924.
W. D. LEAHY,
Manager.
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FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
In reviewing the work of the year, it is interesting to note that our library is continuing in its true purpose of serving the public, by supplying it with the best literature obtainable, believ- ing that a few volumes carefully selected yields far greater results than a large number picked at random.
Considerable attention has been paid to the repair of the books, many having been rebound, thereby adding to their length of life, beauty and usefulness.
Early in the year a one pipe furnace was installed from which we are obtaining fine results.
While the circulation is very good, nevertheless the fact re- mains that many families fail to take advantage of this open door to a broader and loftier view of life. Our librarian will be pleased to serve you at any time.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW, Chairman, EDWARD F. BLOOD, Secretary, LENA W. GEORGE, G. H. PICKARD, CARROLL H. DROWN,
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 Dec. 31, 1924.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$750 00
Fines 37 75
$787 75
EXPENDITURES.
H. W. Wilson Co., books $14 00
H. R. Huntting, books 41 90
Jordan Marsh Co., books 16 08
De Wolfe & Fiske Co., books 62 63
W. A. Butterfield, books
10 35
H. O. Houghton, Magazines 39 55
H. W. Wilson Co., catalogue
1 00
American Library Assn., book list 90
Gaylord Bros., supplies
12 80
C. C. Shattuck, supplies 25
H. M. Burr, supplies
1 05
Dura Binding Co., binding
45 70
Verena Daley, salary
200 00
Joseph Dudley, salary and extras
58 50
Jacob Almonian, wood
10 00
Carl Halsing, wood 20 00
Joseph Saucier, sawing wood
3 50
E. T. Powers, new heater
242 00
M. M. Goodnow Co., repairs on old heater
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