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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 twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
EDWARD T. POWERS, MOSES U. GASKILL, HENRY W. GASKILL,
A true copy, attest :
Selectmen of Mendon.
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, 1919. (253d ANNUAL REPORT)
MILFORD, MASS .: G. M. BILLINGS, PRINTER, GAZETTE OFFICE. 1920.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned Treasurer of the Town of Mendon for the financial year ending December 31, 1919, submits an ac- count of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the follow- ing sums, viz. :-
To cash received from Treasurer for the year ending Dec. 31, 1918 $1,078 59
To cash received from Milford Savings
Bank 1,000 00
To cash received from Collector, 1916 . 3 79
To cash received from Collector, 1917 . 595 05
To cash received from Collector, 1918 . 2,279 36 To cash received from Collector, 1919 . 13,714 36 To cash received from Worcester Con- solidated St. Ry. Co., 1918 . 761 93 To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry. Co. . 283 59
To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry. Co. 106 91
To cash received from Worcester Con- solidated St. Ry. Co. 553 00 To cash received from State Treasurer, School Fund 1,187 07 · To cash received from State Treasurer, Income tax . 614 65 To cash received from State Treasurer, State General Fund 100 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, balance Corporation tax 10 83
To cash received from State Treasurer, account State road, 1918 500 00 To cash received from State Treasurer, account State road, 1919 500 00
3
To cash received from State Treasurer,
tuition school children $ 37 40
To cash received from State Treasurer,
Inspection of animals 24 71
To cash received from State Treasurer, highway and bridges 2,150 00
To cash received from State Treasurer,
Public Service Corporation tax 160 92
To cash received from State Treasurer, National Bank tax . 672 21
To cash received from State Treasurer, Street Railway tax . ·
43 42
To cash received from State Treasurer, State Aid 216 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Soldiers' Exemption ·
45 58
To cash received from State Treasurer, Supervision of Schools 875 00 · To cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation tax business 11 06
To cash received from County Treas- urer, dog tax 208 62
To cash received from N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R, account fires 151 90
To cash received from City of Boston, Tuition 86 10
To cash received from City of Worces- ter, Tuition . 44 00
To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry., Grove license ·
100 00
To cash received from damages to school building 4 70
To cash received from rent of Alliance room 12 00
To cash received from Janitor Town Hall . 107 50
To cash received from sale of old books 8 75
4
To cash received from T. Frank Rogers, Skating Rink license $ 10 00 To cash received from Commissioner of Weights and Measures 3 00
To cash received from Welcome Home committee 38 78
To cash received from F. M. Aldrich, old junk and lumber 25 22
To cash received from 3d District Court ·
81 54
To cash received from R. Daley, Pool Table license 2 00
To cash received from Taft Public Li- brary, fines . 12 50
To cash received from Taft Public Li- brary, sale of lamp . 75
To cash received from W. A. Barry, } fees hay scales 5 20
To cash received from School District No. 1 fund .
31 43
To cash received from Rosa F. Taft 500 00 ---- $37,959 42
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz. :-
By paying Town orders . $18,825 10
By paying School Department . 2,546 13
By paying two notes new school build- ing . 650 00
By paying one note anticipation of rev- enue 1918 1,500 00
By paying four notes anticipation of revenue 1919 · By paying interest on notes 388 48
9,000 00
By paying State Treasurer, State tax . 1,912 00
By paying County Treasurer, County tax . ·
801 00
By paying Bureau of Statistics 10 00
5
By paying Taft Public Library . $ 22 13 By cash on hand to balance 2,304 58
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$37,959 42
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND. DR.
To cash received L. T. Gaskill, treasur- er, deposited in Milford Savings Bank 1918 $846 18
To cash received Worcester County Institution for Savings 302 39
To cash received Interest Milford Sav- ings Bank 37 33
To cash received Interest Worcester County Institution for Savings 13 75
To cash received U. S. Liberty Bond registered 500 00
To cash received Interest on Bond de- posited in Miltord Savings Bank 21 25
$1,720 90
CR.
By cash paid Town orders $ 62 24 By cash deposited in Milford Savings
Bank 842 52
By cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings 316 14
By one U. S. Liberty Bond .regis- tered 500 00
$1,720 90
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 FUND.
DR.
To amount deposited Milford Savings Bank Jan. 1, 1919 . $605 26
To Interest received on same to Oct. 15, 1919 . .
27 52
$632 78
6
CR.
By cash received Milford Savings Bank, Interest School District No. 1
Fund for use of School Department
$ 31 43
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank 601 35
$632 78
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND. DR.
To cash deposited in Milford Savings
Bank $200 00 To cash, Interest on same to Oct. 15, 1919 . 6 80
$206 80
CR.
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank. $206 80
The notes against the Town January 1, 1920, are :- 4 New School Building notes, $500 each $2,000 00
4 New School Building notes, $150 each 600 00
1 Note anticipation of revenue .
1,000 00
$3,600 00
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer.
Mendon, January 1, 1920.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of Mendon submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1919 :-
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid George M. Taft, auditor $ 6 00
Charles H. Allen, assessor 105 00
Samuel W. Wood, assessor .
90 00
C. A. Fletcher, assessor ·
90 00
Arthur E. Brown, dog officer 10 00 .
Carl M. Taft, selectman 50 00 ·
Carl M. Taft, fire warden 10 00
George G. Davenport, selectman ·
35 00
George G. Davenport, overseer of poor .
6 00
Herbert S. Wood, selectman 30 00 ·
Arthur E. Brown, constable 25 00 ·
F. M. Aldrich, moth scout .
10 00
F. M. Aldrich, tree warden .
10 00
F. M. Aldrich, overseer of poor
6 00
Charles H. Allen, town clerk and registrar 75 00
Charles H. Allen, sealer of weights and measures, less fees 11 15
Leonard T. Gaskill, treasurer, 1919 100 00
P. John Hoberg, overseer of poor . 45 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, collector, 1917
100 00
$814 15
MOTH SCOUT.
Paid Clarence H. Moores, 34} days' labor $102 60
Frank M. Aldrich, labor
168 63
G. M. Aldrich, labor .
3 50
$274 73
8
STREET LIGHTING.
Paid Worcester Suburban Co. .
$503 68
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Memorial Day committee .
$60 00
CARE OF OLD CEMETERY.
Orders to park commissioners
$47 25
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid E. T. Powers, inspecting meats $ 6 50
G. G. Davenport, inspecting meats 15 00
Dr. F. H. Lally, Pennell case 20 00
Nora Rowell, Pennell case . 24 00
Dr. F. H. Lally, fumigating
6 00
$71 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING FOREST FIRES.
Paid State of Massachusetts, chemicals . $ 9 39
Carl M. Taft, chimney fire, B. Whit- ing's
1 00
Pay roll, Mill River fire
18 20
Pay roll, Craggin Hill fire .
19 60
Pay roll, fire near electric road
4 70
C. M. Taft, express and carting
1 37
Lock-up fire pay roll
15 50
Knight & Thomas, acid bottles
10 00
H. M. Burr, electric bulbs . 2 60
Worcester Suburban Elec. Co., heat
32 40
$114 76
TREE WARDEN.
Paid F. M. Aldrich, pruning and cutting trees ·
$25 50
Clarence H. Moores, cutting trees 3 00
G. M. Aldrich, cutting trees
12 25
Clark Ellis & Sons, creosote
85
$41 60
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STATE AID TO PENSIONERS, 12 MONTHS. State aid to pensioners, 12 months $216 00
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Order to trustees $327 24
INCIDENTALS.
PRINTING.
Paid Charlescraft Press, printing re-
ports
$72 40
Charlescraft Press, tax bills, etc. 12 00
A. W. Brownell, assessors' blanks 5 08
Hobbs & Warren, blanks
3 71
G. M. Billings, ballots, tally sheets, etc. Milford Daily News, notices and warrants
23 50
46 40
$163 09
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Paid Moses M. Coleman .
$4 00
Rufus E. Taft
·
3 00
R. L. Daley .
3 00
John J. Driscoll
5 00
E. F. Driscoll
4 50
$19 50
POLICE.
Paid Frank S. Brown, traffic officer at
Park
$116 00
Frank S. Brown, services July 3
and 4
4 00
F. K. Brown, services July 3 and 4 Arthur E. Brown, services July 3 and 4
4 00
4 00
Arthur E. Brown, service in Skavis- ki case . 11 00
$139 00
IO
TOWN HALL.
Paid Worcester Sub. Elec. Co., light $46 59
George M. Taft, 2 cord wood 18 00
C. H. Allen, repairs 7 43
Moore & Shattuck
8 15
Arthur E. Brown, janitor 80 00
J. F. Leonard, lettering doors 1 00
P. Norman, sawing wood 6 00
Nathan F. Towne, housing wood 1 50
E. H. Taft, ¿ cord wood
6 00
$174 67
INCIDENTALS.
Paid E. T. Powers, auto and time look- ing up damage, etc., State road
$ 5 50
W. and L. E. Gurley, supplies for sealer . George W. Wood, returning deaths
3 45
2 00
L. T. Gaskill, car fares, postage, etc. 4 18
W. E Whitney, repairing clock 2 50
N. E. Tel. Co., toll calls 5 45
H. J. George, 5 insurance policies . 128 95
H. G. Ramsey, electrical supplies .
3 75
On account of Tubercular Hospital 3 00
Carl M. Taft, labor on watering trough . 3 00
C. M. Wilbur, labor on watering trough . 1 00
M. U. Gaskill, cattle inspector 49 42
C. M. Taft, use of auto by assessors
15 00
Jarvis Thayer, burying dog
2 00
Charles Kimball, trucking . 2 00
Sanford, Putnam Co., book for over- seers
9 50
H. J. George, insurance 36 82
L. H. Barney Est., coal for record room 12 40
II
S. D. Vincent, legal services for collector $ 2 00
Sanford, Putnam Co., book for se-
lectmen . 32 00
Worcester Abstract Co., returns for assessors 17 95
James L. Lilley, signboards at Park 24 10
J. T. Murphy, services in criminal case 4 72
Arthur E. Brown, killing and bury- ing dog 2 00
E. T. Powers, labor on watering trough . 4 50
H. M. Burr, fuse plugs 21
F. M. Aldrich, removing old scales
30 00
C. H. Allen, sealing hay scales and setting glass 2 40
C. H. Allen, preparing duplicate valuation book . 21 55
Samuel W. Wood, preparing dupli- cate valuation book 21 00
Carter Ink Co., State ink
42
E. A. Sears, care of lawns . 16 00
Wendell Williams, recording deeds and advice to surveyor ·
5 00
G. Kenneth Taft, use of tear 2 00
H. J. George, insurance policies on chapel 46 75
H. J. George, teller, and administer- ing oaths 12 00
C. H. Allen, recording and indexing 10 births 10 00
C. H. Allen, recording and indexing 16 marriages .
8 00
C. H. Allen, recording and indexing 20 deaths 10 00
C. H. Allen, administering oaths to 34 officers 8 50
12
C. H. Allen, care of record room and lawn $12 00
C. H. Allen, car fare and express 3 00
C. H. Allen, postage 3 50
C. H. Allen, expenses to clerks' meeting . 2 00
C. H. Allen, blanks for clerk and ink for ballot box 1 25 ·
Leonard T. Gaskill, postage .
7 50
Leonard T. Gaskill, car fares
9 60
Leonard T. Gaskill, expenses to Boston 2 33
Leonard T. Gaskill, bunting
75
Leonard T. Gaskill, use of well
5 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, making reports for bureau statistics 7 00
Emerson & Co., dies for sealer 3 60
Walter Watson, returning deaths 2 00
Frank H. Wood, moderator
5 00
$1,131 81
NEW GUIDE BOARDS.
Paid E. T. Powers, auto and time $ 2 00
J. F. Leonard, painting and lettering 19 35
J. F. Leonard, painting and lettering Staples & Gould, paint
6 25
4 40
Lebanon Machine Co., metal sign boards . 79 00
Charles A. Fletcher, posts, labor,etc. 28 30
C. H. Allen, labor and materials
16 40
Carl M. Taft, express, carting and labor 9 63
G. G. Davenport, labor and use of truck
14 00
H. S. Wood, labor
2 00
$181 33
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid H. A. Daniels $82 00
I3
WELCOME HOME DAY.
Paid George G. Davenport, medals and
napkins $76 32
J. J. Gibbs, ice cream 27 00
F. E. Stevens, turkeys and cooking 61 79
H. S. Wood, prizes . 19 00 ·
Cahill's News Agency, crepe paper 1 80
E. F. Lilley, prizes .
9 25
C. L. Barnard, prizes 1 00
F. C. Lowell, advertising, etc. 3 00
Charlescraft Press, printing 12 75
J. A. Mckenzie, orchestra . 16 42
P. O. Gaskill, Hopedale Band 70 00
National Decorating Co. 45 00
H. J. George, soda
18 00
W. J. Carley, rolls
2 40
Frank H. Wood
9 30
Moore & Shattuck, sundries
17 70
Florence Darling, sundries . 1 28
Florence H. Towne, silk
1 50
$393 51
The selectmen report the liabilities and assets of the town as follows :-
LIABILITIES.
4 New School Building notes · $2,000 00
4 New School Building notes 600 00 ·
1 Note anticipation of revenue .
1,000 00
Outstanding bills, estimated ·
110 00
Collector's salary, 2 years
200 00
$3,910 00
ASSETS.
Due from State for aid to pensioners $ 216 00
Due from Collector, 1917 87 93
Due from Collector, 1918
381 91
Due from Collector, 1919
2,337 96
Due from Collector, Cunningham estate 228 99
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Bequest E. C. Fletcher, Library
Cash in bands of treasurer
. $ 206 80 . 2,304 58
$5,764 17
RECAPITULATION.
Salaries
$ 814 15
Moth scout
274 73
Street lights
503 68
Memorial Day
60 00
Old cemetery
47 25
Board of Health .
71 50
Fire Department
114 76
State Aid .
216 00
Tree Warden
41 60
Taft Public Library
327 24
Incidentals
1,131 81
Guide Boards
181 33
Welcome Home .
393 51
Bonds for officers
82 00
Support of poor
837 07
Support of schools
6,056 43
Soldiers' relief
.
5 00
State road, North Avenue
1,058 04
Hay scales
693 00
Austin Wood relief
62 24
Highway, general repairs
5,440 37
Outstanding highway bills
507 06
-$18,918 77
LIST OF JURORS, 1919.
Frank M. Aldrich,
Farmer.
Daniel H. Barnes,
Real Estate Dealer.
John J. Curley,
Carpenter.
Raymond L. Daley,
Clerk.
Franklin E. Goodnow,
Plumber.
Luther W. Holbrook,
Farmer.
.
.
.
15
Freeman C. Lowell, Louis L. Marlow,
Archibald E. Miller,
Everett D. Robinson,
Smith A. Steere,
Farmer.
Harry Taft,
Carpenter,
John M. Towne,
Watchman.
Edgar L. White,
Box Maker.
John P. Hoberg,
Tool Maker.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1919.
Support of schools, transportation of scholars, etc. $6,000 00
School physician
25 00
Repair of highways under direction of Massachu- setts Highway Commission ·
2,150 00
Repair of highways under direction of highway surveyor .
850 00
Support Taft Public Library
275 00
Interest
·
300 00
Town debt
650 00
Incidentals
800 00
Salaries of town officers
.
800 00
Officers' bonds
.
100 00
Board of health
.
150 00
Fire department, including forest fires
100 00
Tree warden .
50 00
Moth scout
275 00
Street lights .
310 00
Support of poor
1,000 00
Memorial day
60 00
New street lights.
150 00
Care of old cemetery
50 00
Suppression of liquor selling
50 00
New hay scales
· 650 00
Farmer. Moulder. Pattern Maker. Farmer.
16
Welcome Home day .
$400 00
New library building
800 00
$15,995 00
Respectfully submitted,
CARL M. TAFT, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, HERBERT S. WOOD, Selectmen of Mendon.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1916. DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1919 ·
$3 60
Interest collected
.
19
$3 79
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer .
·
$3 79
1917.
DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1919 ·
$621 86
Interest received
61 12
$682 98
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer .
.
$595 05
Amount uncollected
87 93
$682 98
1918.
DR.
To balance uncollected
·
. $3,312 47
Interest received
110 73
.
$3,423 20
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer .
·
$3,041 29
Amount uncollected
.
·
381 91 - $3,423 20
.
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1919. DR.
To taxes committed for collection . $15,941 70
Additional assessments ·
· $1,015 50
Interest received
38 62
·
$16,995 82
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer . . $14,657 86
Amount uncollected .
2,337 96
$16,995 82
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes.
Mendon, January 1, 1920.
Report of Committee on Hay Scale.
Paid for scale
$193 72
Paid for setting .
40 10
Paid for labor, material and freights
434 96
$667 78
Respectfully submitted, FRANK M. ALDRICH, WM. A. BARRY, CHARLES H. ALLEN,
Committee.
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
The Highway Surveyor submits the following report for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1919 :-
RESOURCES.
Balance of excise taxes, 1918
.
$ 298 52
Appropriation under Chapter 155, 1918,
Town and State
·
4,300 00
Appropriation for general repairs
850 00
Excise taxes, 1919
. 943 50
$6,392 02
EXPENDITURES. TEAMS.
Paid Charles A. Fletcher, $896 00
Percy T. Kinsley,
749 00
Moses W. Gaskill, .
210 00
Erle F. Gaskill,
63 00
Wm. C. Robinson & Sons,
31 50
Frank Harding,
112 00
Wm. F. Irons,
94 50
John F. Powers,
77 00
$2,233 00
LABOR.
Paid James C. Bassett
$354 75
John M. Towne
312 75
Manuel T. Rogers
175 00
Roy Flooks .
91 50
Joseph Stenson
51 00
Ernest L. Barrows
71 50
George Foster
216 00
George B. Cromb
88 50
Charles S. Kelly
·
268 75
2 1
Everett Ballou
$ 6 00
Alonzo E. Brown
·
5 25
George G. Davenport
8 30
Joseph Maranda
40 50
Samuel W. Wood
2 25
Charles H. Allen
2 25
Edward Hoffses
50 00
Fred Gifford
50 00
Thomas McTurk
5 00
$1,799 30
INCIDENTALS.
Paid W. A. Barry, blacksmithing and
repairs
$ 29 65
Charles C. Ames, gravel
11 20
Clark Ellis & Sons, hardware
51 35
Charles A. Fletcher, plank and rail- ing
58 90
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co., carting gravel
191 95
Fred A. Davenport, repairs on road 5 00
W. G. Vogel, repairs on State road
30 00
Standard Oil Co., oil 408 00
Town of Uxbridge, gravel .
20 32
Frank Taft, repairs on wall
50 00
Staples & Gould, hardware
1 50
N E. Road Machine Co., scraper blade 12 00
Moses U. Gaskill, sand
10 50
Charles A. Fletcher, gravel
15 00
Moses U. Gaskill, gravel
5 40
George M. Taft, gravel
20 60
Abbie F. O'Connor, gravel .
70
Walter A. Gaskill, gravel
5 90
Frank Russo, gravel
3 60
22
Charles A. Fletcher, surveyor $476 50
$1,408 07
Amount expended .
$5,440 37
Unexpended balance
$951 65
IMPROVEMENTS ON NORTH AVENUE. RESOURCES.
Town appropriation
$500 00
From State of Massachusetts
500 00
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Fred Hoyle, labor . $12 75
J. C. Bassett, labor .
58 50
J. M. Towne, labor .
58 50
C. S Kelly, labor
58 50
George Foster, labor 58 50
Edward Hoffses, chauffeur . 68 84
Fred Gifford, chauffeur
68 84
Joseph Maranda, labor
43 50
George B. Cromb, labor
47 50
P. T. Kinsley, team
21 00
M. U. Gaskill, team and gravel
8 40
C. A. Fletcher, surveying and use of team 67 00
P. A. Phipps, moving water cart 6 00
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., coal
26 10
Uxbridge Auto Co., oil and gas
20 90
James Daley, oil and gas 1 40
R. H. Newell, steam roller .
225 00
Carl M. Taft, trucking ·
10 00
Moore & Shattuck, gas and oil
159 31
C. A. Fletcher, gravel
37 50
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$1,058 04 OUTSTANDING HIGHWAY BILLS, JANUARY 1, 1919. CR.
Highway Department, credit by balance $ 43 65
23
Highway Department, credit by excise tax .
$735 81
Highway Department, credit by inter- est on excise tax
26 12
$ 805 58
DR.
Howard King's bill for plank
$ 72 85
H. W. Gaskill, bill
·
32 38
H. W. Gaskill. bill
.
8 00
H W. Gaskill, bill
152 65
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co., labor on culvert
36 00
George R. Whiting, bill
3 89
H. W. Gaskill, bill
10 00
George R. Whiting, bill
15 54
Town of Bellingham, repairs on bridge
2 00
Wm. F. Irons, pay roll .
85 75
Frank Harding, bill
.
56 80
Staples & Gould, drain pipe
31 20
$507 06
Balance unexpended
$298 52
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. FLETCHER,
Surveyor. Mendon, January 1, 1920.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1919 :-
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Board of State Charities, support of one person
$ 49 30
Board of two persons in private families 496 02
On account of three persons assisted in their homes . 291 75
837 07
Balance unexpended
.
$162 93
Respectfully submitted, P. JOHN HOBERG, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, FRANK M. ALDRICH,
Overseers of Poor.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1919.
91 males and spayed females at $2 each
$182 00
18 females at $5 each .
90 00
·
$272 00
Clerk's fees
21 80
$250 20
Cash paid County Treasurer
248 40
Cash on hand January 1, 1920
$1 80
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1919.
Name of Child.
Parents, with Maiden Name of Mother.
Date of Birth. 1919. Jan. 2. Frank Russo,
Frank and Julia Grasso.
Mar. 20. John Bernard Powers,
Edward T. and Cecelia Con way.
Mar. 29. Mildred Adaline Taft,
Clarence A. and Mary E. Benner.
July 12. Flora Mary Leonchini,
Luigi and Anunciatta Simoncelli.
July 30. Female.
Ang. 11. Mildred Louise Pennell,
Jacob L. and Miriam Alger. Runer and Elsa Grytzell.
Ang. 11. Carl Roner Swanson,
Sept. 4. Shirley Wright Brown,
James A. E. and Edna Caswell.
Nov. 23. Alfred Auty,
Alfred and Mary B. Mathews.
Nov. 25. Eleanor Julia Brown,
Francis S. and Beatrice I. Cowee.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1919.
Date of
Names.
Residence.
Marriage. 1919. Jan. 22. Clyde B. Gregson,
Mendon, Mass.
Lulu Lillian Weeks,
Mendon, Mass.
Mar.
Uxbridge, Mass.
1. Henry Eugene Alger, Eva Belle Burlingame, Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mar. 16. Berton Genette Brown, Ethel Marion Alexander, Upton, Mass.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1919 .- CONTINUED.
Date of Marriage. 1919. 5. Raner Swanson, Clara Elsie Grytzell,
Names.
Residence.
April
Hopedale, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
April 21. Francis K. Rondeau, Jr.,
Ora Mary Bartlett,
Mendon, Mass.
April 30. John Bailey, Maybelle Henry.
Pontiac, R. I. Mendon, Mass.
Jane 18. Henry Jason Ripley, Doris Bicknell Thayer.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
June 23. Hormidas Lemieux, Almira Ferris,
Mendon, Mass.
June 30. Edmond Joseph Courtemanche, Marie E. Y. Beauchesne,
Ang.
6. George Ameer, Lois Annie Congdon,
Mendon, Mass.
Sept. 15. George Lewis Hemond, Helen Howard Holbrook,
Oct.
6. Oscar Camille Courtemanche, Beatrice Amanda Ethier,
Mendon, Mass.
Woonsocket, R. I.
Oct.
11. Harley Oramel Houghton, Albertina Patterson Brackett.
Portland, Maine.
Oct.
26. Bernard Alvin Rogers, Helen Flora Gaskill,
Mendon, Mass.
Oct.
28. Rufus Edwin Taft,
Mendon, Mass.
Pearl Frances Phipps,
Milford, Mass.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1919.
Date of Death. 1919.
Name.
Y.
Age. M. D.
Jan. 2.
George Albert Parkinson,
46
8
5
Feb.
8. Thomas J. McHugh,
27
7
16
Feb. 15. Alfred Irving Barrows,
62
1
29
Feb. 20.
Alderman Clark Cook,
80
3
3
Mar.
5.
M. Louisa Rice,
64
4
18
Mar.
7. Dorothy Maria MoTurk,
17
11
21
Mar. 28. John Carey Wood,
69
1
14
May 11. John Thomas Byrne,
35
0
29
May 12. Ella Jane Wood,
67
0
5
June 5. Ferdinand Niro,
20
5
24
June 17.
Eleanor Wood,
14
5
23
June 18. Catherine Schuyler Jones,
90
6
8
Northbridge, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass. Uxbridge, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Holyoke, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
27
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1919 .- CONTINUED.
Date of Death. 1919.
Name.
Age.
Y.
M.
D.
July 13.
Louise Mabel Holbrook,
1
0
15
July 30. Female
0
0
0
Sept. 7. Isabel G. McComb,
83
5
9
Sept. 14. Ernestine Nason Neally,
8
2
4
Oct. 22. Edward Lyman Cook,
87
6
21
Nov. 21. George Mather Taft,
58
0
26
Nov. 24. Moses Milton Coleman,
23
9
21
Dec. 6. Ada Clara Taft,
61
8
6
Dec. 23. Almira Lemieux.
71
0
0
If errors or omissions are discovered in the list 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 may be ob- tained of the Town Clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. ALLEN, Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1920.
THIE THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees are pleased to report another successful year in the history of the Library.
The gifts of magazines and books during the year has been greatly appreciated, and in behalf of the citizens the Trustees wish to thank all who contributed in any way to the welfare of the Library.
Your Trustees would call the attention of the citizens to the report of the Finance Committee. With only the actual necessary running expenses and many hours of earnest work given freely by those interested in its welfare there is a deficit of $30.11 in the Library funds Your Trustees would recom- mend that the sum of $400.00 be appropriated for the year 1920.
We are also pleased to mention the generous gifts by Mrs. Rosa F. Taft of Uxbridge of the Chapel building (so- called) and the sum of $500.00, to be expended toward fitting it into a library, and with the $800.00 appropriated by the Town your Trustees hope to have the structure put into suita- ble shape for a convenient and attractive home for our Libra- ry early in the year.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL M. TAFT, FREEMAN C. LOWELL, EDWIN L. WILSON, Trustees of Taft Public Library.
Librarian's Report.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year was 5698 volumes. The largest for one week was 146, the smallest 61, the average 110. The circulation by classes was as follows : Fiction 4022, magazines 1126, bound magazines 51, biography 94, travel 47, history 84, literature 81, useful and fine arts 111, science 27, all others 55.
There are now 5589 volumes in the library ; 128 have been added the past year; 45 were bought by the town; 27 were bound magazines, and 56 were given as follows : Massa- chusetts Free Public Library Commission 48, R. F. Taft 5, League to Enforce Peace 1, U. S. War Department 1, anony- mous 1.
The library subscribes for the Century, Harper's Month- ly, Scribner's, National Geographic, Field and Stream, Illus- trated World, Scientific American, St. Nicholas, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion.
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