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Due from Dept. Public Welfare, 1926 795 49
Due from State, Chapter 81 110 94
Due from State, Aid to Pensioners 96 00
Due from taxes, 1924 8 10
Due from taxes, 1925 440 70
Collector's deeds for sale of property ..
165 63
Due from taxes, 1926
2,314 72
Cash in hands of Treasurer
2,614 63
$6,847 62
LIABILITIES.
Treasurer's salary, 1926 $25 00
24 feet culverts due Hopedale 28 00
49 feet culverts, due Milford 52 80
Collector's salary for 1923, as reported in 1924, $228 less $200 paid on account 28 00
Collector's salary, 1924
11 64
Collector's salary, 1925
71 97
Due County Treasurer (Division of
Highways) overpayment on
Chapter 90
3,000 00
$3,217 41
SUMMARY.
Department
Resources
Expenditures
Unexpended
Overdrawn
Moth Scout
$300 00
$264 00
$36 00
Street Lighting
1,394 00
1,302 74
91 26
Care of Old Cemetery
75 00
69 60
5 40
Memorial Day
70.00
69 60
40
Fire Department
320 62
320 62
Forest Fires
300 00
156 50
143 50
Siren
600 00
593 59
6 41
Officers' Salaries
1,500 00
1,500 59
59
Soldiers' Graves
20 00
20 00
Board of Health
384 08
384 08
Clearing Roads of Snow
2,500 00
2,453 13
46 87
Incidentals
2,000 00
1,992 66
7 34
Chapter 81
*6,293 77
6,289 10
4 67
General Repairs
1,000 00
426 63
573 27
Chapter 90
12,000 00
11,981 60
18 40
Bonds for Town Officers
90 00
86 00
4 00
Soldiers' Relief
50 00
50 00
Poor Department
1,700 00
+1,568 60
131 40
Schools
15,324 92
14,755 44
569 48
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Taft Public Library Interest Tree Warden
672 76
665 44
7 32
450 00
822 78
372 78
400 00
373 50
26 50
*_ Due from State, Chapter 81
$110 94
t-Due from Dept. Public Welfare ..
1,096 90
$1,207 84
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LIST OF JURORS, 1926.
William J. Bullard
Spindle Maker
George C. Cadman
Chauffeur
John J. Broughey
Carpenter
Harold C. Barrows
Painter
Charles H. Leonard
Florist
Herbert S. Wood
Farmer
Harvey E. Trask
Carpenter
Leonard E. Taft
Farmer
Carl F. Hoberg
Mechanic
Louis L. Marlow
Moulder
Patrick F. Quirk
Farmer
Alanson Freeman
Farmer
Charles J. Phillips, Jr.
Mechanic
Arthur V. Pond
Farmer
William J. Bowen
Farmer
FRANK M. ALDRICH, WILLIAM A. BARRY, JOHN C. RIPLEY,
Selectmen of Mendon.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Appropriations for 1926 $33,549 00
State tax 2,040 00
State assessments 457 60
County tax 1,524 00
$37,570 60
Estimated receipts including polls
9,250 77
Amount to be raised on property $28,319 83
Overlayings
487 31
Poll taxes committed to Collector
Aug. 23, 1926 668 00
Property taxes committed to Collector
Sept. 14, 1926 28,807 14
Omitted assessments committed to
Collector, Dec. 16, 1926 117 68
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of residents assessed on property 351
Number of non-residents assessed on property 197
Number of persons assessed on property 548
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only 83
Whole number of persons assessed 631
Number of male polls assessed 334
Value of assessed personal estate . . $131,485 00
Value of buildings excluding land . . 762,930 00
Value of land excluding buildings. . 347,185 00
Total valuation $1,241,600 00
Rate of tax per thousand $23 20
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Number of horses assessed
113
Number of cows assessed
453
Number of neat cattle assessed
79
Number of swine assessed
14
Number of dwelling houses
366
Numbers of acres of land
10,906
Number of fowls assessed
3,175
Value of fowls assessed
$3,175 00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY W. GASKILL, CHARLES H. ALLEN, JOHN C. RIPLEY,
Assessors of Mendon.
Mendon, January 1, 1927.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1922. DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926 . . $28 10
$28 10
CR.
Abatement
$28 10
$28 10
1923.
DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926 .. $96 40
$96 40
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$17 60
Abatements 78 80
$96 40
1924.
DR
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926 . . $916 57
Interest uncollected 68 27
$984 84
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CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer $867 07
Abatements 109 67
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1927 8 10
$984 84
1925.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926 .. $7,668 85
Interest 140 26
$7,809 11
By cash paid Town Treasurer $7,255 96
Abatements
112 45
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
440 70
$7,809 11
Dec. 10, 1926, paid Town Treasurer, sale
of land
$64 60
Respectfully submitted,
GLENVILLE C. COFFIN, Collector of Taxes 1921-'22-'23-'24-'25.
1926.
Poll tax warrant
$668 00
Additional 2 00
$670 00
Abatements
12 00
Paid Town Treasurer
$658 00
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DR.
Taxes committed
$28,807 14
Additional
113 68
Interest
118 78
$29,039 60
CR.
Cash paid to Town Treasurer $26,588 59
Abatements 131 89
Uncollected taxes
2,319 12
$29,039 60
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD E. CHAPMAN,
Collector of Taxes 1926.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
March 15, 1926.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, MENDON, MASS.
Gentlemen :-
The following is a list of roads in the town of Mendon, giving the names, approximate mileage, and the proportional allotment for each.
This allotment does not mean that this amount must be spent upon each road, but only enough to put the roads in a good passable condition, care being taken of the drainage, cul- verts, and brush work along the roads, with necessary repairs for the year.
In no case must the amount spent upon each road exceed the allotment unless it is absolutely necessary, in which case an order must first be obtained from the State Engineer before doing so.
All money, if any, saved during the year from these allot- ments may later be spent for permanent improvements where necessary.
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MAIN ROADS.
No.
Name
Miles
Amount
1
North
2.2
$220.00
2
Main
.3
50.00
4
Milford
(State Highway)
.1
5
Hastings
(State Highway)
14
Whitin
1.3
130.00
15
Uxbridge
(State Highway)
.4
40.00
29
Providence
3.2
100.00
37
Elm
.2
20.00
$560.00
SECONDARY ROADS.
3
George
1.
$500.00
6
Washington
1.
100.00
8
Hopedale
.6
50.00
17
Blackstone
3.1
300.00
19
Millville
3.2
500.00
20
Park
2.4
180.00
28
Emerson
.4
100.00
32
Hartford Ave.
2.1
500.00
33
Bates
1.1
100.00
35
Bellingham
1.3
100.00
10
Northbridge
1.6
300.00
$2,730.00
16 Maple
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BACK ROADS.
No.
Name
Miles
Amount
7
Miscoe
.6
$25.00
9
Powers
.2
10.00
11
West Hill
.8
25.00
12
Morey
.7
20.00
13
Thornton
.6
150.00
18
Inman Hill
.4
15.00
21
Trask
.7
20.00
22
Carpenter Hill
.2
5.00
23
Pleasant
1.0
30.00
24
Asylum
1.1
35.00
25
Southwick
.6
50.00
26
Lovell
.6
15.00
27
Tower
.6
25.00
30
Quissett
.7
35.00
31
Cemetery
.5
15.00
34
Thayer
.6
15.00
36
Gaskill
.3
20.00
$510.00
SUMMARY.
Allotted to Main Roads
$560 00
Secondary Roads
2,730 00
Back Roads
510 00
$3,800 00
Held in reserve until October 1
600 00
Held in reserve until November 1 for repairs on air compressor
54 00
Oiling roads
1,500 00
Balance not allotted 346 00
$6,300 00
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State allotment
$3,600 00
Town allotment
2,700 00
$6,300 00
Yours truly, R. A. VESPER, Chapter 81 Assistant.
RAV-N
January 5, 1927.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, MENDON, MASS.
Gentlemen :-
REPORT OF WORK DONE ON MENDON ROADS DURING THE YEAR 1926-UNDER CHAPTER 81.
Work began April 14, 1926.
1. North Avenue :
Scraped twice 400 ft. gravelled, 10 ft. wide and 6 in. deep. 900 ft. drainage ditches opened. 10 cu. yds. K.P. patching done. 2 miles oiled, 15 ft. wide, 1-4 gal. application. Gravelled.
2. Main Street : 1 cu. yd. K.P. patching done. . 3 mile oiled, 18 ft. wide, 1-4 gal. application.
3. George Street :
Scraped twice. 3-4 mile gravelled, 10 ft. wide and 6 in. deep. 200 lin. ft. of cobblestone gutter laid.
4. Milford Road : Now State Road.
5. Hasting Street : Now State Road.
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6. Washington Street :
Dragged twice. 150 ft. gravelled, 8 ft. wide and 6 in. deep. 1000 ft. oiled, 12 ft. wide, 1-5 gal. application.
7. Miscoe Street :
Scraped. 18 cu. yds. gravel used.
8. Hopedale Street :
Scraped twice. 1200 ft. gravelled, 8 ft. wide and 6 in. deep.
9. Powers Street :
Scraped. . 2 mile gravelled, 8 ft. wide and 4 in. deep.
10. Northbridge Road :
Scraped. 2 cu. yds. ledge removed. 24 lin. ft. of 14 in. corr. culvert installed.
11. West Hill Road : No work done.
12. Morey Road :
Scraped. 1000 ft. gravelled, 7 ft. wide and 4 in. deep.
13. Thornton Street :
Scraped. 200 ft. gravelled, 10 ft. wide and 6 in. deep.
14. Whitin Street :
Scraped. 300 ft. gravelled, 8 ft. wide and 6 in. deep.
15. Uxbridge Road : Now State Road.
16. Maple Street :
6 cu. yds. K.P. patching. Oiled 18 ft. wide, 1-4 gal. application.
17. Blackstone Street :
Scraped. 3-4 mile oiled, 12 ft. wide, 1-4 gal. applica- tion.
18. Inman Hill Road : No work done.
19. Millville Road : Scraped and carted.
20 Park Street : Scraped.
21. Trask Street : Scraped.
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22. Carpenters Hill Road : No work done.
23 Pleasant Street :
Scraped. 6 cu. yds. gravel used.
24. Asylum Street : No work done.
25. Southwick Street : Scraped.
26. Lovell Street : No work done.
27. Tower Street : No work done.
28. Emerson Street :
Scraped and carted. 700 ft. gravelled, 12 ft. wide and 10 in. deep. (2) 12 in. culverts each 24 ft. long, in- stalled.
29. Providence Street :
15 cu. yds. K.P. patching. 1.6 miles oiled 3 times, 15 ft. wide, 1-2 gal. application each time. Cut and burnt brush.
30. Quissett Road : Scraped.
31. Cemetery Road : No work done.
32. Hartford Avenue : Scraped twice. 50 cu. yds. gravel used.
33. Bates Street : Scraped.
34. Thayer Road : No work done.
35. Bellingham Street : Scraped.
36. Gaskill Street : No work done.
37. Elm Street : Scraped.
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REMARKS.
The work upon the roads during the season has been satis- factory, considerable gravelling has been done. Brush has been cut and burnt on some roads.
Under Chapter 90 there was constructed 4,250 ft. of road- way on the Providence Road which should be oiled the coming season. There remains 3.700 ft. yet to be completed to the Blackstone line. The town should continue this work this com- ing season, and thus complete this road to the line.
Mr. Saucier has proved a very capable man, and strongly recommend his re-appointment as Superintendent of Streets for the new year.
Respectfully submitted, R. A. VESPER,
Chapter 81 Assistant.
TOOLS
ON HAND IN TOWN OF MENDON, DECEMBER 1, 1926.
Name
Number
Augers
2
Mattocks
1
Picks
2
Bars, iron
3
Rakes, iron
1
Iron Drag
1
Road Machines, Austin Grader
1
Screens, sand
1
Scythes, brush
1
Snathes
1
Shovels, short rd.
4
Shovels, short sq.
1
Respectfully submitted,
R. A. VESPER,
Chapter 81 Assistant.
1
Lanterns
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AMOUNTS EXPENDED ON ROADS IN TOWN OF MENDON IN 1926 UNDER CHAPTER 81.
Amount.
1. No1th Ave.
$517 73
2. Main 66 58
3. George
632 66
4 Milford (now State road)
5. Hastings (now State road)
6.
Washington
18 00
7. Miscoe
32 40
8. Hopedale
59 25
9. Powers
26 33
10. Northbridge
54 25
11. West Hill
12. Morey
31 00
13. Thornton
169 72
14. Whitin
537 00
15. Uxbridge
16. Maple
95 60
17. Blackstone
237 87
18. Inman Hill
19. Millville
963 75
20. Park
20 00
21. Trask
22. Carpenter Hill
23. Pleasant
10 12
24. Asylum
19 00
25. Southwick
26. Lovell
27. Tower
6 00
28. Emerson
738 58
29. Providence
338 57
30. Quissett
25 00
31. Cemetery
32. Hartford
35 00
No .* Road.
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No .* Road. Amount.
33.
Bates
34. Thayer
35. Bellingham
36.
Gaskill
37. Elm
Culverts
11 84
Road Oil
1,322 98
Machinery Repairs
13 85
Tools
12 80
Road Rolling
220 00
K.P. Patching Tar
73 02
$6,288 90
Town Allotments
2,700 00
State Allotments
3,600 00
$6,300 00
Total Payroll
1,272 76
Total Material
5,016 14
$6,288 90
Overrun from Chapter 90
250 54
$6,539 44
Overdrawn on Chapter 81 Allotment
239 44
$6,300 00
Respectfully submitted,
R. A. VESPER,
Chapter 81 Assistant.
Approved, J. A. JOHNSTON,
District Engineer.
682 362 /044
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CHAPTER 81 RESOURCES.
Appropriation by Town $2,700 00
Allotment from the State 3,593 77
$6,293 77
Paid Frederick A. Gould, 6 shovels,
2 picks 12 80
Wm. A. Barry, repairs
12 00
The Texas Co., 15,863 gals. oil
1,322 98
The Barret Co., K.P.
65 19
B. & A. Railroad, freight and storage
9 68
H. M. Curtiss, drain pipe and cement
8 84
R. H. Newell Co., road rolling
220 00
Joseph Saucier, gravel
3,361 85
Joseph Saucier, Superintendent 246 26
Joseph Saucier, truck
152 50
Joseph Saucier, tractor
362 00
Harry Saucier, labor
12 50
Fred Saucier, labor
4 50
Wilfred Saucier, labor
13 50
John Gy Sylinsiki, labor
49 00
F. King 101 50
Earl .Kempton, labor
143 50
Henderson Gaskill, labor
12 00
Alanson Freeman, labor
118 00
Frank Grant, labor
17 00
Carl Johnson, labor
13 50
Wm. Nutall, labor
9 00
James Moore, labor
9 00
Fred Bertrand 4 50
Joseph DeCosta
4 50
Frank M. Aldrich, carting drain pipe
3 00
Unexpended 4 67
$6,293 77
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PRICES PAID FOR LABOR.
Superintendent 621/2 cents per hour
Labor 50 cents per hour
Truck, 212 ton $2.50 per hour
Truck, 5 ton 3.00 per hour
Gravel
$1.80 per cubic yard
GENERAL REPAIRS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Paid Whitin Machine Works, plank $51 53
E. L. Sabatinelli & Son, repairs on
Muddy Brook bridge 111 00
James L. Lilley, signs 2 50
Wm. A. Barry, repair catch basin
grates
2 00
G. Kenneth Taft, gravel
1 50
F. M. Aldrich, cement
85
C. C. Shattuck, lantern
1 50
Joseph Saucier, 95 yards gravel
171 00
Joseph S. Saucier, Superintendent 11 25
Joseph Saucier, truck 43 00
Fred Saucier
2 50
Earl Kempton
4 50
Harry Saucier
5 00
Wilfred Saucier
8 50
Earnest Miller 5 00
Charles Arrand 5 00
Unexpended 573 37
$1,000 00
CHAPTER 90.
Appropriation from Town $2,400 00
Allotment from the State 4,800 00
Allotment from the County 4,800 00
$ 12,000 00
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H. M. Curtiss, coal $38 89
Wm. A. Barry, repairs 13 45
C. C. Shattuck, lanterns and oil 6 10
John F. Rooney & Co., blasting rock 648 50
Frederick A. Gould, supplies 56 09
Berger Mfg. Co., culverts 531 36
E. R. Darling, dynamite fuse caps .. 9 05
Waite Hardware Co., supplies . .
27 94
R. E. Thomas, 1200 yards borrow, and oil, lumber 72 00
Joseph Levesque, care lanterns 78 92
The Bond Co., dynamite 51 00
Frank H. Wood, drag plank 5 00
Joseph Saucier, gravel 4,019 40
Joseph Saucier, Superintendent 426 90
Joseph Saucier, tractor
682 00
Joseph Saucier, 5 ton truck
894 00 -
Joseph Saucier, 212 ton truck
1,062 50
Joseph Saucier, shovel
1,787 50
Wilfred Saucier, labor 136 50
Earnest Miller, labor
115 00
Edward Goss, labor 71 00
E. Hazard, labor
31 00
L. Pautrese, labor
13 50
L. Bertran, labor 22 50
Alanson Freeman, labor 89 00
Bertie Bagg, labor
2 50
Louis Burnette, labor
66 00
Fred Bertrand, labor 35 00
F. King 170 50
Albert Burnette, labor 83 00
Peter Burnette, labor
102 00
Earl Kempton, labor
242 00
Joseph Levesque, labor
82 00
R. E. Thomas, labor
279 00
Albert Burnette, Jr. 30 50
Unexpended 18 40
$12,000 00
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PRICES PAID FOR LABOR.
Superintendent
Per hour $ 621/2
Labor
Per hour 50
Truck, 212 ton
2 50
Truck, 5 ton
3 00
Shovel
6 25
Blasting
Per cubic yd. 3 00
Gravel
Per cubic yd. 1 60
CLEARING ROADS OF SNOW.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Paid Pay roll No. 1
$47 00
Pay roll No. 2
38 00
Pay roll No. 3
105 00
Pay roll No. 4
1,331 25
Pay roll No. 5
335 00
Pay roll No. 6
354 63
Frederick A. Gould, 10 snow shovels
8 50
Clark Ellis, 4 snow shovels 3 65
Milo A. Gaskill, labor
8 00
George Hemond, labor
11 00
Austin Taft, labor
1 00
Manuel Rodgers, labor
3 00
Robert Taft, labor
3 00
A. V. G. Pond, labor
5 75
Patrick Quirk, labor 14 00
V. T. Lundvale, labor
17 75
W. C. Robinson & Sons, labor 85 50
Mario Pompiselli, labor
6 00
Vincent Firori, labor 6 00
John C. Ripley, labor
6 00
E. E. Chapman, labor 6 50
L. W. Holbrook, labor 3 00
Leonard Taft, labor 3 25
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Edward Muscijynisiki, labor 27 75
Charles Larkin, labor 4 50
Wm. G. Larkin, labor
5 10
Curran Express, freight on plow
10 00
C. C. Shattuck, lanterns
3 00
Unexpended
46 87
$2,500 00
Respectfully submitted, J. R. SAUCIER, 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, 1926.
Appropriation
$1,700 00
Paid Partial support of one family in their own home
$43 52
Partial support of one family in their own home
63 46
M
Partial support of one family in their own home
235 45
For support of one family in their own home (State case)
795 49*
For one person in private family 430 68
131 40
Unexpended
$1,700 00
Due from Department Public Welfare
*$795 49
WILLIAM A. BARRY, FRANK M. ALDRICH, JOHN C. RIPLEY,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1926.
164 Males and spayed females
$328 00
27 Females 135 00
$463 00
Less Clerk's fees
38 20
Cash paid County Treasurer
$424 80
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1926.
Resident Citizen's Sporting 50
$2 25
$112 50
Non-resident Citizen's Sporting. .
1
5 25
5 25
Resident Citizen's Trapping ....
2
2 25
4 50
Non-resident Citizen's Sporting. .
1
15 25
15 25
Duplicate Licenses
2
50
1 00
$138 50
Fees retained by Clerk
13 50
Amount paid Division Fisheries and Game.
$125 00
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1926.
Date of Birth 1926 Jan. 7
Name of Child
Barbara Elaine Taft
Jan. 12
Marie Gertrude Tetrault
Jan. 14
Thomas Joseph Murphy
Jan. 19 George Kenneth Taft
Jan.
29
Blanche Anna Bertrand
Jan. 30
Linwood Earle Lowell
Wilfred James and Josephine Saucier Harold Freeman and
Charlotte Etta Marlowe
Feb. 7 Cecelia Powers
Edward Thomas and Cecelia G. Powers
Feb.
13 Anna Mathilda Carlson
Apr. 9 Irene May Irons
William F. and Helen Fiske
Apr.
20 Richard Dean Grayson
May 3
Lois Bertha Coleman
Donald D. and Hermine Knight Albert Sumner and Emily Louise Hammann
May
3
Male
May
22
Lora Hemond
George and Helen Holbrook Frederick L. and Lucy M. Cote
Raymond L. and Maud E. Stusse
June 6 Wesley Clark Shattuck
June 22 Irene Threse Lavallee
July 31
John Francis Gaskill
Erle Frederick and Myrtle May Warner
Sept. 6
Eleanor Gunhild Halsing
Gunveld and Hilda Nyholm
Sept. 22
Donald Warner ChristiansonRalph William and
Myrtice Parker Barr
Sept
23
Irene Wolleck
Alexander and Anna Osadczuls Arthur Fletcher and M. Gladys Seagrave
Nov. 18
John Freeman Wilbur
Carl and Nellie Tucker
Dec. 8
Eleanor Hogarth
George and Jennie V. Brown
Dec. 19
Herbert Henry Mathewson
Parents with Maiden Name of Mother
Carl Mather and Grace Helen Taft Louis and Marie Benoit
Patrick J. and Dorothy F. Harney George Kenneth Taft and Lois Josephine Lawrence
Maurice and Anna Halsing
May 25 Donald Andrew Kempton
June 4 Raymond L. Coe
Chester C. and Edith E. Kinsley Napoleon and Valida Pare
Sept 25
Gladys Ann Paddock
Henry Hubbard and Olive Frances Wilbur
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1926.
Date of Marriage 1926
Names
Residence
Jan. 31 Stephen Edward Broughey Mary Etta Mooney
Mendon, Mass. Medway, Mass.
Feb. 1 George Albert Daige Florida Marie Jacques
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Feb.
8
Charles Joseph Gardner, Jr.
Anna Sylvia Bartlett
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Apr. 5 William E. Nuttall Viola I. Mathewson
Milford. Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Apr.
16
Benjamin Morse Nuttall
Florence Victoria Larking
Milford. Mass. Mendon, Mass.
June 5 Walter Francis Beal Geneva Wilber Hodges
Mendon, Mass. Foxboro, Mass.
June 27 Joseph Lazzari Catherine Clara Sabatinelli
Milford. Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass. Milford. Mass.
Aug.
24 Israel Feigenson Rose Werber
Worcester, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Sept. 2 Antonio Magliocca Reginalda Loranza Fiori
Sept. 3 William Kenneth Cameron Marjorie Anna Bullard 1
Oct. 6 Ralph A. Baldwin Margaret L. Callahan
Dec. 13 Harry Saucier Blanche Blanchard
Mendon, Mass. Uxbridge, Mass.
Dec.
19
Henderson Gaskell
Grace Wood
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
June 30 John Curley Ripley . Beulah C. Thompson
Aug. 24 Samuel Allie Werber Ethel Abrams
Uxbridge, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Woonsocket, R. I.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass. Milford, Mass.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1926.
Date of Death 1926
Name
Y
Age M
D
Jan. 8
Martha Essirphene Allen
71
11
16
Feb.
2 Franklin Wood White
8
4 21
Mar
29 Adelaide Wilhelmina Bagg
52
11
13
Apr. 27
Henry Everett Rockwood
80
11
24
Apr.
22 Charles A. Henry
84
7
3
May
9 Emily Eliza Bennett
68
1
11
June
6
Fred Caswell
62
. .
July
5
George Sumner Buck
76
0 0
7
Aug. 4
Josephine Granger
69
6
18
Aug.
26
Mary Agnes Kelley
55
3
. .
Aug.
31
Sarah J. Wood
61
7
1
Oct.
24
Oscar Freemont Wilbur
65
2
27
Oct.
29
Sarah Senecal
29
. .
. .
Dec.
30
George Homer Darling
66
10
23
Dec.
31
Richard Townsend Hoggarth
69
5
18
Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the above lists and if any errors or omissions are discovered report them at once to the Town Clerk, that the record may be corrected, as it is of importance that the records of Vital Statistics should be complete.
Blanks for the return of all Vital records can be obtained of the Town Clerk.
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT S. COLEMAN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1926.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Appropriation
$300 00
Transferred from Emergency Fund 20 62
$320 62
Paid J. F. Damon, Supplies $ 2 50
G. M. Billings, printing fire cards ..
4 50
H. M. Curtiss, coal 32 25
Clark Ellis & Son., supplies
9 62
American Fire Equipment Co.,
First Aid Kit and supplies 26 60
C. C. Shattuck, 3 cans 3 in 1 and mdse. 3 58
C. C. Shattuck, soda 9 96
C. C. Shattuck, inner tubes 2 00
Joseph Dudley, blowing siren 33 90
Albert Sears, janitor 40 00
A. V. G. Pond, plank 1 80
George M. Aldrich, labor and material 40 94
Pay roll No. 1, Wheeler fire 8 00
Pay Roll No. 2, L. E. Taft fire 14 00
Pay Roll No. 3, Jacob Brown fire ...
6 00
Pay Roll No. 4, John Towne fire . .
10 00
Pay Roll No. 5, D. H. Barnes fire .. . 24 00
Pay Roll No. 6, Gaskill fire 10 00
Pay Roll No. 7, Wilbur fire 2 00
Pay Roll No. 8, Wilbur fire 14 00
Pay Roll No. 9, Nelson fire 14 00
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Pay Roll No. 10, Hazard fire 11 00
$320 62
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE M. ALDRICH, RAYMOND L. DALEY, WM. A. BARRY,
Engineers
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$400 00
Paid Norry Daige
$3 00
Isiah Bartlett 3 50
Wm. Munsell
158 50
Francis Morrison
198 50
Herbert S. Wood
10 00
Unexpended
26 50
$400 00
HERBERT S. WOOD,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Sealed 20 gasoline pumps
$12 00
Sealed 96 liquid measures
2 88
Sealed 9 platform and counter scales
2 30
Total
$17 18
Sealed hay scales included in salary.
Paid Treasurer
$17 18
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD C. BARROWS,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN,
Gentlemen :-
The Memorial Day Committee submit the following report : Appropriation from Town $70 00
Expenditures :
Hopedale Band $57 00
C. C. Shattuck, supplies 12 00
Balance on hand 40
$70 00
Received from public donations .. Expenditures :
22 50
Post 22, G. A. R., for flags and car $15 00
Milford Daily News
75
Baseball game, for ball
1 75
Balance in hands of committee
5 00
$22 50
Respectfully submitted, RAYMOND L. DALEY, ARTHUR P. DALTON, LEONARD G. BURR.
Mendon, January 1, 1927.
50
FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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In reviewing the records of the past year, it is interesting to note the general upward trend along all lines in this branch of the life of the town. While the general circulation has increased over seventeen per cent, that of literature shows over fifty per cent, and History nearly one hundred per cent.
The building has been painted the past summer, at a cost of two-thirds more than the original estimate, causing a curtailment along other needed lines.
It is with pleasure that we announce the receipt of Five Thousand Dollars by the town, under the will of the late Austin Barclay Fletcher. That portion of the will which refers to the library is as follows :-
"To the Taft Library, Mendon, Mass., I give Five Thousand Dollars in trust, however, the income to be used for the purchase of books, and to be known as the "Fletcher Fund."
Austin Barclay Fletcher was born in Mendon, Mass., March 13, 1852 He was the son of Asa Austin Fletcher and Harriet Edna (Durkee) Fletcher. He graduated from Tufts College in 1876, later taking courses in law, and oratory at Boston Univer- sity, of which he was afterwards a trustee. It has been said of him that he never sought public office, and the time which he was able to give to outside matters was mainly devoted to educational and philanthropic enterprises. This is shown to a marked degree
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in this gift to our library, for which the town should be highly appreciative.
This means far more than appears on the surface, as this gift will now warrant the procuring of many needed works of reference that we have previously not been able to consider, and greatly raise the standard of our library. This is a truly pleas- ing recognition of his birthplace.
FRANK M. ALDRICH, Chairman, EDWARD F. BLOOD, Secretary, LENA W. GEORGE, GEORGE H. PICKARD, CARROLL H. DROWN,
Trustees of Taft Public Library.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.
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Report of the Finance Committee of the Taft Public Library for the year ending December 31, 1926.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$650 00
Fines 22 76
$672 76
EXPENDITURES.
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books
$81 07
Library Book House, books 6 85
American Library Association, books 90
H. W. Wilson Co., books
7 00
H. W. Wilson Co., catalogue
1 00
Dura Binding Company, binding
35 50
Gaylord Bros, supplies
10 70
Verena Daley, salary and supplies
201 00
Joseph Dudley, salary and supplies
57 10
L. E. Taft, wood 14 00
Eldredge & Sons, painting
233 00
James F. Lilley, painting
14 75
Grafton & Upton R. R., freight
2 57
Balance
7 32
$672 76
G. H. PICKARD,
Finance Committee.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year (103 days) was 9886 volumes. The largest number given out in one day was 187, the smallest 37, the average 96. The circulation for Albeeville for 10 weeks was 152 volumes. The circulation by classes was as follows :-
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