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The Library Commission sends us the World's Work, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics, and American Boy.
$12.50 was received for fines.
75 cents was received for old lamps.
Respectfully submitted,
LENA W. GEORGE,
Librarian.
Mendon, January 1, 1920.
Books Added in 1919.
Fiction :- Arrow of gold. Joseph Conrad. Black stone. George Gibbs. Buccaneer farmer. Harold Bindloss. Christopher and Columbus. M. A. B. Arnim. City of Comrades. Basil King. Common cause. S. H. Adams. Dere Mable. E. Streeter. Desert of wheat. Zane Grey. Dwellers in Arcady. A. B. Paine. Flexible Ferdinand. J. M. Lippman. Four horsemen of the Apocalypse. V. B. Ibanez. Gay Dombeys. Harry Johnston. Girl in the mirror. Elizabeth Jordan. His friend Miss McFarlane. K. L. Bosher. Jinny the carrier. Israel Zangwill. Joan of Arc. Mark Twain. Land girl's love story. Berta Ruck.
Man from the clouds. J. S. Clouston. Mare Nostrum. V. B. Ibanez. The Marne. Edith Wharton. Miss Maitland, secretary. Geraldine Bonner. Mr. Standfast. John Buchan. Mystery of the 13th floor. Lee Thayer.
Number seventeen. Louis Tracy.
Over the sea for Uncle Sam. Elaine Sterne. Patricia Brent, spinster. Rainbow Valley. L. M. Montgomery. Roll call. Arnold Bennett. Secret city. Hugh Walpole. Sky Pilot in No-Man's Land. Ralph Connor. Strange case of Cavendish. Randall Parrish.
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Thunder bird. B. M. Bower. Twenty· six clues. Isabel Ostrander. The undefeated J. C. Snaith. Under the greenwood tree. Thomas Hardy. White horse and the red-haired girl. Kenyon Gambier. Youth Plupy. H. A. Shute.
Juveniles : ---
Adventures of Mabel. H. T. Peck. American boy's engineering book. A. R. Bond. Belgium. G. W. T. Omond. Betty Bide-at home. B. M. Dix. Blue Heron cove. F. L. Mckinney.
Boy's life of Napoleon. E. S. Brooks. Boy's life of Theodore Roosevelt. H. Hagedorn. Children's book of patriotic stories. A. B. Dickinson. Cornelia. L. F. Perkins. Dormitory days. A. S. Pier. English history story book. Blaisdell and Ball. Four great Americans. James Baldwin.
Girls of Old Glory. M. C. Du Bois. Girls of '64. E. B. Knipe. Golden goose. E. M. Tappan. Grit-a-plenty. Dillon Wallace. Home and country reader. M. A. Lasalle. I am an American. S. C. Bryant. In Santa Claus' house. Florence Irwin. John Bunyan's dream story. James Baldwin. Land of fair play. Geoffrey Parsons. Lest we forget. J. G. Thompson. Little Buffalo Robe. R. E. Beck. Little Cuba Libre. J. P. Duggan. Little girl's knitting book. F. Klickmann. Little Jean. H. D. Brown. Little tailor of the Winding Way. Gertrude Crownfield. Lost island. R. H. Barbour. Lords of the wild. J. A. Altsheler. Magic slippers. Mabel Blodgett.
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Makers of many things. E. M Tappan. Melissa-across-the-fence. A. H. Seaman. Mighty animals. J. I Mix. My country's part. Mary Synon. Nature myths of many lands F. V Farmer. Nature stories to tell to children. H. W. Seers. Old-time Hawaiians. M. S. Lawrence. Our patriots. W. F. Gordy. Peter and Polly. 4 Vols. Rose Lucia.
Raven patrol of Bobb's Hill. C. P. Burton. Soldiers of the sea. W. J. Abbot.
Stories from Dickens. J. W. McSpadden. Stories of other lands. James Johonnot. Stories of the Pilgrims R. G. Usher. Tom Slade on a transport. P. K. Fitzhugh.
Ways of the six footed. A. B. Comstock Wonder of war in the air. F. Rolt- Wheeler. Working my way around the world. L. M. Franck. St. Nicholas. 4 Vols. 1917-18.
Non-Fiction :-
Belgium. 2 Vols. Brand Whitlock. Breath of life. John Burroughs. California desert trails. J. S. Chase. English for coming citizens. H. H. Goldberger. Have faith in Massachusetts. Calvin Coolidge. Letters to his children. Theodore Roosevelt. Our flag in verse and prose. R H. Schauffler. Pilgrim in Palestine. John Finley. Revolutionary days. Princess Cantacuzene. Summit and the years. John Burroughs. Time and change. John Burroughs. Treasury of war poetry. Vol. 2. G. H. Clarke, ed. Truth about China. B. L. P. Weale. Under the apple trees. John Burroughs. Vacation tramps in New England. A. Chamberlain. War readings.
War with Germany. L. P. Ayers.
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What happened to Europe. F. A. Vanderlip. Win the war for peace. W. H. Taft. With the Yankee Division in France. F. P. Sibley. Yashka. Maria Botchkareva.
Century Magazine. 3 Vols. 1917-18.
Harper's Magazine. 6 Vols. 1916-18.
National Geographic. 4 Vols. 1917-18.
Finance Committee Report.
The report of the Finance Committee of the Taft Public Library for the year ending December 3, 1919 :- RESOURCES.
Appropriation ·
$275 00
Balance of year 1918
8 88
Fines for year 1919
12 50
Sale of lamps
75
$297 13
EXPENDITURES.
Edwin H. Taft, wood
$12 00
Jordan, Marsh Co, books
5 49
Edward F. Driscoll, magazines .
18 40
The H. R. Bunting Co., books
30 79
Lena W. George, salary
50 00
Jordan, Marsh Co., book
28
Carl M. Taft, express and cartage
6 59
Jacob R. Brown, janitor and labor
20 75
James Brown & Sons, binding .
69 40
Denholm & Mckay Co., books .
16 78
The Old Corner Book Store, books
25 71
Edward F. Driscoll, magazines .
6 95
Kinsley Barnes, janitor .
3 50
Edwin L. Wilson, janitor and boxes
5 40
Lena W. George, salary .
50 00
Lena W. George, cash paid for express
5 20
$327 24
Overdrawn
$30 11 Respectfully submitted, FREEMAN C. LOWELL, Finance Committee.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of all the Town Officers who have received or disbursed funds belonging to the town for the fiscal year ending January 1, 1920, and find them cor- rectly kept and with proper vouchers.
Respectfully submitted,
LUTHER W. HOLBROOK, Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
School Year 1919.
ORGANIZATION OF School Committee, 1919.
FREEMAN C. LOWELL (Chairman), CLARENCE A. TAFT (Secretary), J. FRANK LEONARD,
Term expires 1922. Term expires 1921. Term expires 1920.
SUPERINTENDENT. F. G. ATWELL. TRUANT OFFICERS.
LYMAN COOK,
F. G. ATWELL,
JACOB R. BROWN.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee submits the following report for the year ending Jan. 1, 1920 :-
RESOURCES.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1919 $ 137 46
Appropriation ·
6,000 00
Appropriation for School Physician
25 00
From State of Massachusetts, Income School F'und
1,187 07
From State of Mass., High School Grant 500 00
From F. J. Dutcher, Superintendent 375 00
From County Treasurer, dog tax
·
208 62
From City of Boston, tuition .
86 10
From damages to building
4 70
From E. E. Babb & Co., .
15 75
From Milford Savings Bank, interest from North Ave. School Fund to balance ·
31 43
$8,571 13
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers .
. $4,813 79
Superintendent
714 00
Transportaton ·
1,088 81
Fuel
998 66
Care of rooms
534 70
Text books and supplies .
230 42
School Physician
25 00
Incidentals
227 18
Tuition
38 57
$8,571 13
TEACHERS.
Herbert A. Wisbey
$1,372 50 .
Caroline Stearns .
·
·
675 00
Beatrice Taft
.
·
264 00
·
40
Verena Daley
$534 83
Mary E. Dudley .
. 620 50
A. M. Lincoln
270 83
Maria E. Allen
253 00
Delphia Streeter .
210 00
Gertrude Rhodes
549 13
Gertrude Arey .
32 00
Ernestine H. Wilcox
32 00
$4,813 79
SUPERINTENDENT.
F. G. Atwell
$714 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. $276 81
J. F. Leonard
456 00
H. J. George
96 00
C. M. Taft
260 00
$1,088 81
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Dr. K. A. Campbell
. $25 00
FUEL.
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
.
$840 66
L. F. Thayer & Son
12 00
C. A. Fletcher
.
46 00
$898 66
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
E. E. Babb & Co.
$64 54
American Book Co.
13 20
Ginn & Co.
9 64
D. C. Heath & Co.
10 24
J. L. Hammett Co.
93 04
McMillan Co. .
32 01
F. G. Atwell
7 75
$230 42
.
·
CARE OF ROOMS.
Jacob R. Brown .
·
$424 00
Maria E. Allen
.
.
·
12 50
Minnie F. Thayer
·
.
50 00
N. LaChance
9 00
Frank Hoyle
39 20
$534 70
TUITION.
City of Worcester
. $38 57
INCIDENTALS.
Werber & Rose, shades . $15 00
Pierre Norman, sawing wood 3 00
Sanford, Putnam Co., order book
9 58
Forbes Co., lettering diplomas .
75
J. J. Gibbs, denatured alcohol .
2 00
E. T. Powers, labor on heating plant and supplies furnished
33 11
Charles H. Kimball, express and cash paid .
6 64
Minnie F. Thayer, labor at East Men- don and supplies furnished . 11 75
E. Luis Sabbatinelli 8 49
Moore & Shattuck, supplies furnished . 2 43 F. G. Atwell, telephone, supplies and cash paid 20 14
H. S. Chadbourne, floor oil, glass, broom, brushes, curtain cord, etc. . 21 47
Lillian F. White, taking school census 15 00
Worcester Rubber Co., rubber tips .
3 72
Wright & Potter Printing Co, record cards 1 45
Jacob R. Brown, oiling floor, setting glass, varnishing desks, etc. ·
18 50
The Charlescraft Press, graduation pro- grams ·
4 75
Henry L. Patrick Co., lawn mower .
10 00
.
42
Freeman C. Lowell, attending two dis- trict committee meetings . J. F. Leonard, attending two district committee meetings 2 50
$ 2 50
Clarence A. Taft, cleaning vault, at- tending three district committee meetings, salary, etc. 17 15
J. H. Dudley, services at church gradu- tion 2 00
James F. Newton, transportation 1 00
Leslie A. Cole, sawing and housing wood . · 8 25
George E. Thayer, use of well two years
6 00
$227 18
Respectfully submitted,
FREEMAN C. LOWELL, CLARENCE A. TAFT, J. FRANK LEONARD, School Committee.
January 1, 1920.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :
It is unfortunate that the school reports of the district are due this year at a time when a change of superintendents is taking place. Not that school reports are very important, but they are customary.
The town is fortunate to have all its schools in session, for there are hundreds of schools in our country which have been obliged to close entirely or accept a teacher of much lower grade of preparation than usual, and especially in towns where salaries are as low as they have been in Mendon. It is very gratifying to me at this time to know that salaries in Mendon bave been equalized so that they are much nearer the stand- ard than formerly.
I shall repress whatever inclination I may have to write a farewell report or a resume of my term of service. There is however one fact I wish to mention. It is refreshing to find a town whose teachers yet have the old-fashioned New England conscience ; who would be just as devoted to the work whether their salary was twelve dollars per week or twenty-five; who feel the sacredness of that old expression, "A charge to keep, I have"; who are still proud of the fact that they belong to a profession and are not tainted by a desire to strike or join a union of the Soviet.
Respectfully submitted,
F. G. ATWELL.
Hopedale, Mass., January 19, 1920.
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TEACHERS AND SALARIES, JANUARY, 1920.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
SALARIES PER YEAR.
PREPARATION.
High,
Herbert A. Wisbey,
$1400 00
Rhode Island State College. Mt. Holyoke College.
Grammar,
Verena Daley,
650 00
Mendon High School.
Intermediate,
Annie M. Lincoln,
650 00
Hyannis Summer School.
Primary,
Mary E. Dudley,
750 00 Mendon High School.
East Mendón,
Gertrude Rhodes,
650 00 Franklin High School.
Albeeville,
Mildred Irons,
$14 per week Mendon High School.
Music,
Ernestine Harding Wilcox,
$4 per week Private Instruction.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1919-1920.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM,
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades.
40 weeks. 36 weeks.
1919 Sept. 2 Sept. 8
1919. Dec. 19 Dec. 19
1919 Dec. 29 1920 Jan. 5
1920. March 19 March 12
1920. March 29 March 29
1920 June 18
June II
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1920-1921.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades,
40 weeks.
1920 Sept. 7 36 weeks. Sept. 13
19.20 Dec 24. Dec. 24.
1921 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 -
1921 March 25 March 18
1921 April 4 April 4
1921 June 24 June 17
Holidays :-
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, January 1, February 22, April 19, and May 30.
Principal, Assistant,
Caroline E. Stearns,
750 00
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ATTENDANCE DATA, 1918-1919.
RANK OF SCHOOLS BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCE.
East Mendon
Gertrude Rhodes
91.26
High School .
.
Mr. Wisbey
90.21
Intermediate .
.
Verena Daley
.
.
89.06
Grammar
Beatrice Taft
.
.
86.82
Primary .
Miss Dudley
.
85.64
Albeeville Mrs. Allen
80.60
Average for the Town, 1918-1919
87.26
RANK OF SCHOOLS BASED ON DAYS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
Miss Rhodes
59
Mrs. Allen
33
Mr. Wisbey
· 24
Miss Taft .
. 16
Miss Dudley
.
15
Mrs. Daley ·
· 12
.
STATISTICAL TABLE, SEPTEMBER, 1918, TO JUNE, 1919.
High School.
Grammar.
Intermediate.
Primary.
East Mendon.
Albeeville.
Summaries and averages.
Total enrolment
·
·
·
·
32
30 3573
44
31
12
24
173 21749
Average attendance
25
22
35
23
12
16
133
Days of actual schooling
166
159
159
159
159
167
161
Average membership
28
26
39
27
13
20
153
Per cent of attendance
90.21
86.82
89.06
85.64
91.26
80.60
87 26
Between 5 and 7 years of age
0
0
0
11
6
2
19
Between 7 and 14 years of age
5
20
43
20
6
20
114
Between 14 and 16 years of age
15
10
1
0
0
2
28
Over 16 years of age .
9
0
0
0
0
0
9
Total days of absence
467
549
629
641
182
611
3079
Instances of tardiness
172
97
96
32
12
149
558
Instances of dismissal
42
66
13
6
3
15
145
Visits by superintendent
39
37
39
33
10
3
161
Visits by school physician
0
1
1
2
1
0
5
Visits by others
13
6
12
17
27
23
98
·
4308
5526
3687
1876
2779
·
46
·
·
·
.
Aggregate attendance
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE
MENDON HIGH SCHOOL AT THE
UNITARIAN CHURCH
Thursday Evening, June 19, 1919 AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
PROGRAM.
Processional March .
Mrs. Gertrude Arey.
Invocation
-
Rev. Charles F. Niles.
Song-"Holy Art Thou" . Handel High School Chorus.
Essay-"Theodore Roosevelt"
Leonard Macuen Rogers.
Song-"Water Lilies" Linders
Girls' Chorus.
Essay-"Life of the French People" Ethel Bernice Eldredge
Song-(a) "Those Evening Bells" .
. Sheppard
High School Chorus.
(b) "Snow-time"
.
Johnson
Girls' Chorus.
Class History and Prophecy
George Kenneth Taft.
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Song-"Dreaming" .
Girls' Chorus. Denza
Address-"The Education Worth While" . H. C. Cowell, Principal of Cushing Academy. Presentation of Diplomas
"Star Spangled Banner"
.
.
Recessional March · . . .
CLASS OF 1919. Ethel Bernice Eldredge, George Kenneth Taft, Leonard Macuen Rogers.
Class Motto-He Conquers Who Endures. Class Colors-Copenhagen and White. Class Flower-White Rose.
TOWN WARRANT.
Worcester, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Mendon, in the County of
Worcester, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Mendon, qualified to vote in Elections and in Town Affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the first day of March next, punctually at nine o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Article 2. To bring in their ballots for the following offi- cers : A Town Clerk, for one year ; Three Selectmen for one year ; One Assessor for three years ; Three Overseers of Poor for one year; Town Treasurer for one year; Collector of Taxes for one year ; Auditor for one year ; One Constable for one year; One Highway Surveyor for one year; One Tree Warden for one year; One Trustee for Taft Public Library for two years ; One School Committee for three years ; One Park Commissioner for three years; One Park Commissioner for two years to fill vacancy ; also bring in their votes Yes or No, in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" All on one ballot designating the office intended for each person voted for.
Article 3. To hear the report of the several town officers and committees, and act thereon.
Article 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To raise such sums as are necessary to pay town charges and make appropriations for the same.
Article 6. To see what measures the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE VARIOUS
BOARDS OF TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
INCLUDING THE REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
Municipal Year Ending December 31, 1920. (254TH ANNUAL REPORT.)
MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS, 1921.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned Treasurer of the Town of Mendon for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1920, submits an account of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following sums, viz :-
To cash received from Treasurer for the year ending Dec. 31, 1919 .... $2,355 60
To cash received from Milford Savings Bank 6,000 00
To cash received from Collector, 1917 .. 103 22
To cash received from Collector, 1918. . 306 86
To cash received from Collector, 1919 .. 2,106 20
To cash received from Collector, 1920. . 13,918 52
To cash received from Collector Civilian Poll taxes 1,250 00 To cash received from State Treasurer, School Fund 2,293 33
To cash received from State Treasurer, tuition school children 24 50
To cash received from State Treasurer, Inspection animals 25 50
To cash received from State Treasurer, Highways 2,000 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Highway Commission 437 50
To cash received from State Treasurer, Street Railway tax 20 67
To cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation tax 135 70
To cash received from State Treasurer,
General School fund 866 10
3
To cash received from State Treasurer, Bank tax 703 31
To cash received from State Treasurer, State aid 216 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Supervision of Schools 875 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Soldiers' Exemption 47 16
To cash received from State Treasurer, Income tax 1,118 15 To cash received from C. H. Allen, Town Annals sold 6 00
To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry. Co., Grove license 100 00
To cash received from Third District Court 100 00
To cash received from City of Boston, Tuition school children 102 00
To cash received from Arthur Brown, Janitor 6 00
To cash received from Edward A. Whit- ing, Janitor 95 50
To cash received from Director of Stand- ards 3 00
To cash received from sale of Chapel Bell 12 00
To cash received from sale of Grass, Founders' Park 6 00
To cash received from rent of Alliance room 12 00
To cash received from County Treasurer 197 21
11 60
To cash received from Library fines ... To cash received from 1-2 fees from Hay Scales 17 50
To cash received from Interest on depos- its Home Bank 35 67
To cash received from telephone tolls .. 65
4
To cash received from Fletcher Library Fund 216 19
To cash received from Edwin L. Wilson 5 60
To cash received from estate Catherine Cunningham 228 99
- $35,959 23
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums viz :-
By paying Town orders $23,548 64
By paying Wendell Williams, costs in Cunningham case
50 00
By paying Three revenue notes
7,000 00
By paying two school building notes. 650 00
By paying State tax
2,240 00
By paying County tax 963 00
By paying Civilian war poll tax 804 00
By paying Special State tax 105 00
By paying interest on notes 263 70
By paying repairs of State highways 46 40
By paying failure to make returns 6 00
By paying Director of Accounts
4 00
By cash on hand to balance 278 49
$35,959 23
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received L. T. Gaskill, treasurer, deposited in Milford Savings Bank 1919 $842 52
To cash received Worcester County In- stitution for Savings 316 14 To cash received U. S. Liberty Bond Registered 500 00
To cash received Interest Milford Sav- ings Bank 38 01
To cash received, Interest Worcester County Institution for Savings . 14 38 To cash received Interest on bond 21 25
$1,732 30
CR
By cash paid two Town orders $50 00 By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank 851 78
By cash deposited in Worcester County
Institution for Savings
330 52
By cash U. S. Liberty Bond Registered. .
500 00
$1,732 30
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 FUND.
DR.
To amount deposited in Milford Savings Bank Jan. 1, 1920 $601 35
To interest received on
same Oct. 15,
1920 27 34
$628 69
CR.
By cash Deposited in Milford Savings Bank $628 69
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TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND.
DR.
To cash Deposited Milford Savings Bank $206 80 To cash, interest Milford Savings Bank 9 39
$216 19
CR.
By cash received from Milford Savings Bank and paid to Taft Public Library
216 19
The notes against the Town January 1, 1921 are :- 3 New School Building Notes $1,500 00
3 New School Building Notes 450 00
$1,950 00
Respectfully Submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Mendon, January 1, 1921.
Treasurer.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
-
The Selectmen of Mendon submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1920 :-
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Luther W. Holbrook, auditor $6 00
Samuel W. Wood, assessor 95 00
Charles H. Allen, assessor
115 00
Charles A. Fletcher, assessor
40 00
Frank M. Aldrich, moth scout
10 00
Frank M. Aldrich, tree warden ... 10 00
Frank M. Aldrich, overseer of poor
6 00
John P. Hoberg, overseer of poor ..
45 00
Herbert S. Wood, selectman
35 00
George G. Davenport, selectman . .
35 00
George G. Davenport, overseer of poor 6 00
Carl M. Taft, selectman
50 00
Carl M. Taft, fire warden
10 00
Arthur E. Brown, constable
25 00
Arthur E. Brown, dog officer
10 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, treasurer 1920
150 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, collector, 1918
100 00
Frank H. Wood, moderator 5 00
Charles H. Allen, town clerk
75 00
Charles H. Allen, sealer of weights
and measures, less fees 10 99
$838 99
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MOTH SCOUT.
Paid Clarence H. Moore, labor $54 25
Carl M. Wilbur, labor 62 25
Frank M. Aldrich, labor
126 50
George M. Aldrich, labor
96 00
$339 CO
STREET LIGHTING.
1
Paid Worcester Suburban Co. . . $619 92
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Memorial Day Committee $50 00
CARE OF OLD CEMETERY.
Paid Alonzo E. Brown
$6 CO
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid George G. Davenport, inspecting
meats
$41 50
Dr. F. H. Lally, fumigating 5 00
Herbert S. Wood, fumigating . 2 00
$48 50
STATE AID TO PENSIONERS.
State aid to pensioners, 12 months $186 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING FOREST FIRES.
Paid Worcester Suburban Elec. Co., heat $24 63
Payroll, Norman fire 5 00
Payroll, Sullivan fire 3 00
Payroll, Mill River fire
43 00
Hopedale Fire Department 55 00
James K. Mathewson, L. E. Taft fire 2 00
Frank M. Aldrich, Park fire 6 00
George M. Aldrich, Park fire
4 00
9
George E. Thayer, Mill River fire. . 1 50
Isaac Gill, Mill River fire 2 00
$146 13
TREE WARDEN.
Paid Frank M. Aldrich, pruning and
cutting trees
$97 50
William A. Barry, labor 2 00
$99 50
INCIDENTALS.
PRINTING.
Paid G. M. Billings, printing reports ... $70 20
G. M. Billings, ballots 11 50
Hobbs & Warren, stationery 6 85
Charlescraft Press
6 50
A. H. Bartlett, blanks
1 91
Hobbs & Warren, stationery
55
A. H. Bartlett, blanks 45
Charlescraft Press
6 50
G. M. Billings
7 50
Charlescraft Press, tax bills, etc. ..
30 95
Charlescraft Press
15 65
G. M. Billings
10 50
Milford Daily News, notices and warrants 77 45
Hobbs & Warren 4 87
$251 38
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Paid Raymond L. Daley
$9 50
Herbert J. George
9 50
John J. Driscoll 9 00
8 00
Edwin A. Walsh . . $36 00
10
POLICE.
Paid Jeremiah T. Murphy $12 48
Arthur E. Brown, Kingman case .. 62 85
Arthur E. Brown, criminal 44 17
Fred K. Brown, services July 3 and 4
4 00
Frank S. Brown, services July 3 and 4 4 00
Arthur E. Brown, services July 3
and 4 4 00
Arthur E. Brown, Robillard case ..
16 00
Arthur E. Brown, Cloth and Still
case
18 00
$165 50
TOWN HALL.
Paid Worcester Suburban Elec. Co.,
lights and bulbs $32 68
Charles A. Fletcher, wood 10 00
Edward H. Taft, wood 6 50
Arthur E. Brown, janitor
20 00
Edward A. Whiting, janitor, etc. ..
79 50
$148 68
INCIDENTALS.
Paid New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co.
$7 80
Lewis H. Barney, coal for record room 13 50
Henry M. Burr, wrappers and
postage 3 69
Carl M. Taft, auto for assessors 18 00
A. E. Brown, killing 2 dogs 4 00
Henry M. Burr, postage
1 00
J. F. W. Dorman, license tags . ... Arthur Pearson, painting Record
4 68
room 15 00
11
Edward T. Powers, repairing water- ing tub 14 81
Carl M. Taft, coal and carting 3 00
Carters Inks, ink 83
J. R. Brown, painting Record room 14 65
W. H. Nelson, repairing roof .... 18 00
Worcester County Abstract Co. ... 12 84
E. T. Powers, repairing park rail .. 10 35
Clark Ellis & Sons, stove grate, etc.
6 00
Joseph Dudley, care of lawns . ....
39 75
Moses U. Gaskill, Inspector of animals 51 00
Planet Co., voting booths
14 00
G. G. Davenport, paint and brushes
1 75
Carl M. Taft, express and cartage of booths
1 50
Traffic Sign & Signal Co., sign boards 10 00
H. S. Wood, perambulating .
10 00
G. G. Davenport, perambulating .. 10 00
Carl M. Taft, perambulating . .... 10 00 H. S. Wood, auto for Robillard case 6 00
Carl M. Taft, auto for Robillard case 3 00
Dr. P. E. Joslin, criminal case 2 00
W. W. Watson, returning deaths .. 1 25
Leonard T. Gaskill, postage, ex- press, etc. 33 26
Charles H. Allen, recording and in- dexing 14 births 14 00
Charles H. Allen, recording and in- dexing 22 marriages 11 00
Charles H. Allen, recording and in- dexing 15 deaths 7 50
Charles H. Allen, oaths to 39 officers 9 75
Charles H. Allen, care of Record room and lawn 12 00
12
Charles H. Allen, postage 4 74
Charles H. Allen, sealing hay scales 1 00
Charles H. Allen, expenses to
Clerk's meeting 2 00
Charles H. Allen, repairs, etc. for Record room 4 59
Charles H. Allen, carfare and express 2 75
H. J. George, insurance 65 32
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