Town annual reports of the officers of Mendon, Massachusetts 1917-1927, Part 9

Author: Mendon (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Town of Mendon, Massachusetts
Number of Pages: 896


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30 tooth brushes were sold and a few given to those who were unable to buy.


During the year 550 inspections were made and 35 home visits and an effort has been made to secure the cooperation of parents.


Respectfully submitted,


FANNIE S. BUCK.


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In Memoriam of


Clarence A. Caft


who faithfully served the town as school committee member for 5 years and as an especially careful secretary for 3 years.


G.d.


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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, quali- fied to vote in Elections and in Town Affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the seventh 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 1 year; Three Selectmen for 1 year ; One Assessor for 3 years; Three Overseers of Poor for 1 year ; Town Treasurer for 1 year; Collector of Taxes for 1 year ; Auditor for 1 year ; One Constable for 1 year ; Tree Warden for 1 year ; One Trustee of Taft Public Library for 2 years ; One School Committee for 3 years; One Park Commissioner for 3 years ; also bring in their votes Yes or No, in answer to the ques- tion, "Shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxi- cating beverages in this town?")


Article 3. To hear the reports of the several town officers and committees, and act thereon.


Article 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the en- suing year.


Artcile 5. To raise such sums as are necessary to pay town charges and make appropriations for the same.


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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 to hire money, and to what amount, to pay current expenses for the financial year commencing January 1, 1921, in anticipation of revenue.


Article 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for Memorial Day services, and appoint a committee to expend the same.


Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate any sum of money to be expended on highways provided the Massachusetts Highway Commission will contribute for the same.


Article 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for care and improvement in the Old Cemetery, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 11. To see if the town will elect a finance com- mittee, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 12. To see if the town will vote to fix the salary of any town officers.


Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money for the improvement and repair of highways to be expended under the direction of the Massachu- setts Highway Commission, as provided by Chapter 155 of the General Acts of 1918, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 14. To see if the town will vote to buy a stone crusher ; choose a committee to carry out any vote, or votes ; or act in any way in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise any sum of money for the purchase of a stone crusher ; or make any pro- visions for the payment of said stone crusher.


Article 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro-


1


850


2,00


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priate any sum of money to repair the Albeeville school house or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 17. To see if the town will vote to lease to the Mendon Historical Society, the brick building formerly used for a library building, at a nominal rent for a specified term of years, or act in any way in relation to the same.


Article 18. To see if the town will instruct any one or more of its officers or other person, to execute and deliver, on the part of the town, proper paper or papers to carry into effect any vote passed under the preceding article.


Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $100 to pay the salary of a school nurse, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 20. To see if the town will vote to install street lights on George street, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 21. To see if the town will erect a tablet for an honor roll for those who took part in the World War, choose loca- tion, raise and appropriate any money for the same or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 22. To see what action if any the town will take in relation to placing a tablet in memory of Mrs. Rosa F. Taft in the Public Library building.


Article 23. To see if the town will vote to install street lights on Providence street, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 24. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to sign an agreement to indemnify the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts against damages which may be caused by the laying out and construction of a section of State highway through the Town of Mendon by the Department of Public Works, Division of Highways.


The polls may be closed at 4 o'clock P. M.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up an


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attested copy thereof at the Post-office in said Mendon, and caus- ing a copy of the same to be published one time in the Milford Daily News, published in Milford, Mass., both said posting and publication to be at least seven days before the time of the meet- ing hereby ordered to be held.


Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen and Town Clerk, before the time and place of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands at Mendon, this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.


CARL M. TAFT, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, HERBERT S. WOOD,


Selectmen of Mendon.


A true copy. Attest :


ARTHUR E. BROWN,


Constable of Mendon.


D 1300


350


Internet


650 Debt Incidentalo 900 850


1 1 0.0 25


00


Fire Dept


350 800


tout Lighter 1


29 50 900


Emergency


50


450


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, §1921. (255TH ANNUAL REPORT.)


MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS, 1922.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


The undersigned Treasurer of the Town of Mendon for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1921, submits an account of his doings.


The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following sums, viz :-


To cash received State Treasurer Corporation Tax $144 49


To cash received State Treasurer Income Tax, 1921 441 28


To cash received State Treasurer, In- come Tax, School Fund 1,075 00


To cash received National Bank Tax 839 14


To cash received State Treasurer, Street Railway Tax 24 91


To cash received State Treasurer, High School Tuition 500 00


To cash received State Treasurer, State Aid 186 00


To cash received State Treasurer, Soldiers' Exemption 51 30


To cash received State Treasurer, Balance on Account 60 12


To cash received State Treasurer, Income Tax 1920 80 00


To cash received State Treasurer, School Tuition 231 63


To cash received State Treasurer, In- come Tax, 1919 16 00


To cash received Milford Savings Bank 12,000 00


To cash received State Treasurer In- spection of Animals 26 38


3


To cash received City of Boston, School Tuition 102 00


To cash received Edward A. Whiting, Rent of Town Hall 151 50


To cash received M. & U. Street Rail- way Co., Park License 100 00


To cash received, Ladies Alliance 15 00


To cash received, Southern District Court 10 00


To cash received State Treasurer, Account Superintendent of Schools 575 36 To cash received, Library fines 30 50


To cash received, Town Clerk for Town Annals . 4 50


To cash received Director of Accounts 3 00


To cash received Home National Bank, Interest 33 14


To cash received State Treasurer. Corporation Tax, Public Service 1921 3 05


To cash received State Treasurer, Income Tax, 1921 80 00


To cash received County Treasurer, Dog Tax 237 51


To cash received State Treasurer, Highway Division 2,150 00


To cash received County Treasurer, Highway Division


748 08


To cash received State Treasurer, Highway Division 388 03


To cash received State Treasurer, Income Tax, 1920 32 00


To cash received for Grass at Town Hall 2 00


To cash received L. W. Holbrook, Highway Division 7 00


1


4


To cash received H. E. Darling, High School Fund


105 09 To cash received H. E. Darling, Library Fund 105 10


To cash received Milford Savings Bank, Interest 10 63


To cash received G. C. Coffin, Collector


17,259 32


To cash received G. C. Coffin, Civilian Poll Taxes 1,270 00


To cash received L. T. Gaskill, Taxes 1919 and 1920 1,228 93


To cash received from 1/2 fees from Hay Scales 16 30


To cash received by former Treasurer 6202 35


$46,546 64


The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz :-


By paying Town orders $23,961 98


By paying two School House notes 650 00


By paying Director of Accounts 8 00


By paying five Revenue notes


13,000 00


By paying Milford Savings Bank, In- terest 346 46


By paying County Tax


1,125 00


By paying State Tax


2,240 00


By paying Special State Tax


105 60


By paying Repairs of State Highways 46 40


By paying Civilian War Poll Tax .. 810 00


By paying. Milford Savings Bank Interest 10 63


By Orders paid by former Treasurer. .


3,062 29


$45,366 36


Cash in Treasury


$1,180 28


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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.


DR.


To cash received former Treasurer .... $851 78 To cash received Worcester County In- stitution for Savings 289 97


To cash received U. S. Liberty Bond. . 500 00


To cash received Interest Milford


Savings Bank 38 97


To cash received Interest Worcester


County Institution for Savings ... 55 56


To cash received Interest on Bond


. .


21 25


$1,757 53


CR.


By cash paid one Town order $25 00


By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank 887 00


By cash deposited in Worcester County


Institution for Savings 345 53


By cash U. S. Liberty Bond 500 00


$1,757 53


SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 FUND.


DR.


To amount deposited in Milford Savings Bank Jan. 1, 1921 $628 69


To interest received on same Oct. 10, 1921 28 58


$657 27


6


CR.


By cash deposited in Milford Savings


Bank


$657 27


The notes against the Town January 1, 1922 are :-


2 New School Building Notes $1,000 00


2 New School Building Notes 300 00


1 Revenue Note 1,000 00 $2,300 00


Respectfully Submitted,


MOSES U. GASKILL,


Treasurer.


Mendon, January 1, 1922.


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


The Selectmen of Mendon submit the following report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1921 :-


SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.


Paid Luther W. Holbrook, auditor $8 00


Charles H. Allen, assessor 115 00


Carl M. Taft, assessor 40 00


Samuel W. Wood, assessor 95 00


Arthur E. Brown, constable


25 00


Arthur E. Brown, dog officer


10 00


Frank M. Aldrich, tree warden .


10 00


Frank M. Aldrich, moth scout


10 00


Charles H. Allen, clerk


75 00


Charles H. Allen, sealer of weights and measures, less fees 9 86


Herbert J. George, selectman


P. John Hoberg, selectman 50 00


35 00


Franklin E. Goodnow, selectman. .


35 00


P. John Hoberg, overseer of poor


45 00


Franklin E. Goodnow, overseer of poor 6 00


Herbert J. George, overseer of poor


6 00


Moses U. Gaskill, treasurer 150 00


Frank H. Wood, moderator 5 00


..


$729 86


8


MOTH SCOUT.


Paid Frank M. Aldrich $126 00


George M. Aldrich


114 00


Carl M. Wilbur


68 00


Clark Ellis & Sons, creosote


1 75


$309 75


SOLDIER'S RELIEF.


Paid toward support of one person in


a home


$72 00


Toward support of a family in a city 365 00


$437 00


STREET LIGHTS.


Paid Worcester Suburban Electricity Co.


$790 65


MEMORIAL DAY.


Paid Memorial Day Committee ... $56 99


CARE OF OLD CEMETERY.


Paid Alonzo E. Brown $51 50


BOARD OF HEALTH.


Paid George G. Davenport, inspecting


meats


$40 50


Carl M. Taft, fumigating


6 00


Roy A. Barrows, fumigating .... 3 00


- $49 50


STATE AID.


Paid State Aid to pensioners $144 00


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FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Paid Worcester Suburban Electric Co. .. $24 15


H. L. Patrick Co., soda 4 75


Knight & Thomas, supplies ·


36 24


Payroll, Lake Nipmuc fire, April. . 3 00


C. C. Shattuck, use of auto, 3 fires 3 00


Payroll, 3 bridges fire 13 25


Payroll, Nipmuc fire, June 7 00


Payroll, Mill River fire 19 63


Payroll, South Milford fire 4 50


Payroll, Lakeside fire 6 00


Payroll, Albeeville fire 6 00


Payroll, brush fire


4 50


$132 02


TREE WARDEN.


Paid Frank M. Aldrich


$76 00


William A. Barry, grab hooks 1 50


-- $77 50


ROSA F. TAFT MEMORIAL TABLET.


Paid T. F. McGahan & Sons Co. .


$96 00


BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS.


Paid Herbert J. George $62 00


ICE STORM.


Paid Joseph Saucier


$38 20


Wilfred Saucier 4 40


Fred Saucier


7 20


Francis Morrison


9 60


George Cromb


12 40


10


George Ferris 11 60


John Broughy 3 20


Luther Holbrook 9 60


William Flooks


3 20


Frank H. Wood


1 20


Herbert S. Wood


1 60


Fred Kempton


1 20


Norry Daige


3 60


Clayton Osgood


3 60


Raymond Rogers


80


Roland Rogers


80


Frank King


80


William Larking


6 00


Repairs to record room


38 47


George Daige


3 60


J. H. Smith


4 40


John J. Sullivan 4 00


L. W. Brown 1 60


Joseph DeCosta 1 60


Dison Thebeault 1 60


Peter Burnett


1 60


George Cromb, ladder


7 75


Joseph Lamothe 4 00


Leslie Cole


4 00


Eugene Cole


4 80


William Robinson & Sons


28 00


George Thebeault


1 60


Bert Harding


5 60


Ralph Harding


5 60


Frank M. Aldrich


120 50


G. M. Aldrich


77 50


Carl M. Wilbur


35 00


John Powers


5 00


Alloted from emergency appropriation


$475 22 $475 22


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INCIDENTALS.


PRINTING.


Paid Charlescraft Press, town reports ..


$115 80


Charlescraft Press, other printing. .


24 15


Milford Daily News


22 00


Wm. P. Clark


12 75


G. M. Billings


13 75


M. P. Murphy


10 35


Wright & Potter


1 05


$199 85


POLICE.


Paid Arthur E. Brown, court fees


$62 34


Services July 3-4


4 00


Vagrant case


19 00


Batesville accident


24 00


Robillard case and killing 2 dogs. .


48 60


Robbery case


43 50


Frank S. Brown, services July 3-4 and Nov. 11


7 00


Robbery


14 00


John J. Noyes, July 3-4


4 00


George Hemant, July 3-4


4 00


Ernest E. O'Brien, robbery


18 00


$248 44


TOWN HALL.


Paid Worcester Suburban Electric Co. $35 45


Otis Whitney & Sons, attaching


flag rope 8 35


Edward H. Taft, wood


27 00


George G. Davenport, wood


10 00


Chester C. Shattuck, supplies ..


6 18


Clark Ellis & Sons, flag rope


2 67


Edward Whiting, janitor


150 00


$239 65


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BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.


Paid, Leonard G. Burr


$3 00


Edwin Walsh 3 00


$6 00


Paid Emerson & Co. $4 05


New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 4 30


F. A. Gould, stove pipe and labor. .


6 62


Mary E. Dudley, accident


176 00


John J. Lynch, legal advise


50 00


Clifford A. Cook, legal advise 22 00


Herbert J. George, insurance 147 74


Moses U. Gaskill, cattle inspection 52 75


H. M. Burr, paper wrappers 3 00


Wendell Williams, legal advise


10 00


A. Taylor, moving safe


15 00


Luther W. Holbrook, parks


23 00


Joseph H. Dudley, mowing parks


21 00


Lewis H. Barney Estate, coal


23 50


Worcester Abstract Co.


14 86


New England Adding Machine Co.


60 00


Carl M. Taft, auto for assessors ..


20 00


Joseph Saucier, work .on town


hall lot


26 66


William Munsell, work on town


hall lot 3 06


Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies


2 80


Glenville C. Coffin, postage


10 00


Hobbs & Warren, book


4 87


Edgar White, use of auto


10 00


Secretary of State, register


2 75


W. & L. E. Gurley, sealing clamp and dies 8 67


Charles H. Allen, administering


oaths to 30 officers 7 50


Charles H. Allen, recording 18


births, 12 deaths, 16 marriages 32 00


13


Charles H. Allen, sealing scales .. 1 00


Charles H. Allen, postage and sup-


plies, record room 7 00


Charles H. Allen, car fare and ex- penses 2 50


Charles H. Allen, care of record


room


12 00


W. A. Flannery, photographs of Batesville corner 10 00


James B. Edwards, returning


2 deaths 50


Walter Watson, returning 4 deaths 1 00


Leonard T. Gaskill, use of well .. 5 00


Making returns to Bureau of


statistics 7 00


Leonard T. Gaskill, postage and


carfare


2 38


Moses U. Gaskill, postage 4 10


Total


$814 61 $1,508 55


The Selectmen report the liabilities and assets of the town as follows :-


LIABILITIES.


2 School House notes $1,000 00


2 School House notes 300 00


1 Revenue note 1,000 00


Outstanding bills 277 38


Salary of Collector, 3 years 400 00


$2,977 38


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ASSETS.


Due from State for Aid to Pensioners. .


$144 00


From Collector, 1918


70 74


From Collector, 1919


108 56


From Collector, 1920


214 00


From Collector, 1921


3,474 96


From State on account of roads


103 29


Cash in hands of Treasurer


1,180 28


$5,295 83


RECAPITULATION.


Salaries


$729 86


Support of schools


13,229 91


Highways


6,450 80


State aid


144 00


Support of poor


986 76


Taft library


703 61


Moth Scout


309 75


Board of Health


49 50


Tree Warden


77 50


Street Lights


790 65


Old cemetery


51 50


Memorial day


56 99


Fire department


132 02


Incidentals


1,508 55


Soldiers' relief


437 00


Ice storm


475 22


Bonds


62 00


Interest


346 46


Payment of Town Dept


650 00


Library tablet


96 00


$27,298 41


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LIST OF JURORS, 1921.


George M. Aldrich,


Farmer.


Arthur P. Dalton,


Mechanic.


George M. Barrows,


Clerk.


Raymond H. Goss,


Mechanic.


Luthur W. Holbrook,


Farmer.


John A. Kelly,


Mechanic.


Charles F. Leonard,


Farmer.


Louis L. Marlow,


Moulder.


Edward Smethurst,


Mechanic.


Smith A. Steere,


Farmer.


Leonard E. Taft,


Farmer.


Harvey E. Trask,


Carpenter.


Edwin A. Walsh,


Mechanic.


William L. Munsell,


Mechanic.


Herbert S. Wood,


Farmer.


APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1921.


Support of Schools, including School Physician . . $13,000 00


Support of Poor


1,000 00


Taft Public Library


600 00


Interest 350 00


Payment of Town Dept


650 00


Incidentals


900 00


Salaries


800 00


Bonds for Town Officers


100 00


Board of Health


100 00


Fire Department


100 00


Soldiers' Relief 600 00


Memorial Day


65 00


General Repairs of Highways


850 00


Old Cemetery


60 00


Highways, 155 Act


2,150 00


Albeeville School House


150 00


16


School Nurse 100 00


Library Tablet


100 00


Street Lights, George Street


60 00


Street Lights, Providence Road


54 00


Moth Scout


350 00


Tree Warden


75 00


Street Lights


800 00


Highways, (improved road) 500 00


900 00


Emergency


$24,439 00


From Emergency Appropriation alloted to Ice


Storm


$475 22


Alloted to Incidentals 424 78


Respectfully submitted,


HERBERT J. GEORGE, FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW, P. JOHN HOBERG,


Selectmen of Mendon.


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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


1918.


DR.


To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1921 .. $101 36


Interest received 5 27


Amount to 1919 collection


7 14


$113 77


CR.


By cash paid Treasurer


$37 55


Abatements


5 48


Amount uncollected


70 74


$113 77


1919.


DR.


To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1921 .. $308 00


Interest received 17 56


$325 56


CR.


By cash paid Treasurer


$209 00


Abatements


8 00


Amount uncollected


108 56


$325 56


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1920.


DR.


To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1921 . $2,452 20


Interest received 75 42


$2,527 62


CR.


By cash paid Treasurer


$2,228 62


Abatements


85 00


Amount uncollected


.214 00


$2,527 62


Respectfully submitted,


LEONARD T. GASKILL,


Collector of Taxes.


1921.


4


DR.


To taxes committed for collection $22,104 52


Interest received 22 36


$22,126 88


CR.


By cash paid Treasurer $18,614 32


Abatement


37 60


Amount uncollected 3,474 96


$22,126 88


Respectfully submitted, GLENVILLE C. COFFIN, Collector of Taxes, 1921.


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HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT.


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The Highway Surveyor submits the following report for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1921 :-


RESOURCES.


Appropriation under Chapter 155, Acts


of 1918


$4,300 00


Appropriation for general repairs 850 00


24 91


Street Railway tax


$5,174 91


EXPENDITURES.


SNOW BILL.


Paid Luthur W. Holbrook


$7 00


William S. Larking


9 50


John H. Smith


3 00


Joseph Saucier (payroll)


85 75


Frank Russo


4 00


W. C. Robinson & Sons (payroll)


59 25


Joseph Lamothe 5 00


Alec Woleck


12 00


William Irons


23 00


Henry W. Gaskill


10 00


Milo A. Gaskill


2 40


$220 90


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REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.


Paid Joseph Saucier, Highways Sur-


veyor $487 89


Joseph Saucier, Team 748 00


William Irons, team 559 88


Percy T. Kinsley, team


221 00


Wm. C. Robinson & Sons, team


52 00


John T. Powers, team


15 00


George Ferris, single team


31 85


Joseph Saucier, tractor


976 25


M. F. Sullivan, truck


40 00


George Ferris, labor


118 55


George Ferris, Jr., labor


241 49


Lewis Holbrook, labor


136 07


Francis Morrison, labor


181 60


James Bassett, labor


45 50


Gus. Hagstrom, labor


75 25


Danice Mackneil, labor


26 65


Fred Saucier, labor


3 50


Carl M. Taft, trucking


15 00


The Barrett Company, tar


60 40


The Texas Company, oil


741 34


George G. Davenport, trucking


24 33


William A. Barry, repairs


27 75


Clark Ellis & Sons, tools


25 55


James Lilley, signs


10 50


Frank Marshall, repairs


2 00


Carl M. Taft, gravel


6 90


Moses · U. Gaskill, gravel 10 80


2 70


John T. Powers, gravel 3 20


Herbert J. George, use of auto


7 00


P. John Hoberg, use of auto


4 00


$4,905 95


$5,126 85


$277 38


Bill for Metal Culvert unpaid


Leonard E. Taft, gravel


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IMPROVED ROAD, PROVIDENCE STREET.


RESOURCES.


Town Appropriation


$500 00


From State


500 00


From County (1920 and 1921)


746 08


$1,746 08


EXPENDITURES.


Superintendent


$138 13


Tractor


462 50


Teams


153 00


Labor


336 37


Gravel


45 00


Metal Culvert


73 30


Incidentals


55 65


Steam Roller


60 00


$1,323 95


Total expended on the highways


$6,450 81


JOSEPH R. SAUCIER,


Highway Surveyor.


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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1921 :-


RESOURCES.


Appropriation


$1,000 00


EXPENDITURES.


Paid for support of one person in private family $293 71 For support of one person in State Hospital and burial expenses 403 00


On account of three persons assisted in their homes 290 05


$986 76


Balance on hand


13 24


$1,000 00


Respectfully submitted,


P. JOHN HOBERG, FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW, HERBERT J. GEORGE,


Overseers of the Poor.


Mendon, Mass., January 1, 1922.


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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.


DOGS LICENSED IN 1921.


116 Males and spayed females 17 females


$232 00


85 00


Less Clerk's fees


26 60


Cash paid County Treasurer


$290 40


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1921.


Date of


Birth 1921.


Name of Child.


Parents, with Maiden Name of Mother.


Feb. 8. Marjorie Ellinor Hogarth,


Apr. 5. Edgar Lapham White,


Apr. 7. Warren Leroy Daley,


Apr. 13. Eileen Hartshorn,


Apr. 15. Priscilla Virginia Hartshorn, Samuel E. D. and Alice B. Holbrook.


Apr.


25. Hazel Eunice Brown,


Apr. 30. Raymond Earl Jennison,


June 18. Mildred Elizabeth Bowen,


June


23. James Latimer Ballou,


Everett and Minnie Lavina Green.


July 4. Ernest Joseph Amede Bouchard,


Nere J. and Delina R. Jacques. Girolomo and Cecelia Travelini.


July 21. Mary Elce, Female


Aug. 4.


Aug. 8. Luigi Russo,


Aug. 13. Richard Mackenzie


Gaskill, Earl F. and Myrtle M. Warner.


Sept. 5. Female


Oct.


21. Male


Nov.


1. Robert Earl Whiting,


Nov. 19.


Nelson Norman Perron,


Edward A. and Alice Geraldine Taft. Samuel H. and Rose Thompson.


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1921.


Date of Marriage 1921.


Names.


Residonce.


Feb. 5.


Robert Smith,


Edna Elizabeth Butterfield.


Feb. 12.


Bert Edgar Harding,


Mary Louise Farr.


Feb. 22. Earle Francis Thayer,


Hilda Margaret Thayer.


Mendon, Mass. Hopedale, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Providence, R. I. Bellingham, Mass. Mendon, Mass.


$317 00


John S. and Elizabeth F. Smith. Edgar L. and Lillian Freeman. Raymond L. and Ruby Verena Springer. Bernard M. and Mary E. Smith.


Arthur E. and Edna M. Caswell. Charles Thomas and Clara Frances Annear. William Russell and Mary Elizabeth Carey.


Frank and Julia Grosso.


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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1921 .- CONTINUED.


Date of


Marriage 1921.


Names.


Residence.


Apr. 25. Edward F. Castiglioni,


Rose Fiori.


Mendon, Mass.


June 15. Henry Klay Osgood,


Hopedale, Mass.


Esther Cecelia Daige.


Mendon, Mass.


June 15. Robert Flooks, Jr.,


Mendon, Mass.


Alice Eliza Prentiss.


Upton, Mass.


July 18. Carl Mather Taft,


Grace Helen Taft.


Mendon, Mass.


Sept. 6. George Ferris, Jr.


Helen Gertrude Best.


Milford, Mass.


Sept.


12. Raymond Henry Goss.


Mendon, Mass.


Ada Melora Wood.


Upton, Mass.


Sept.


28.


Arthur John Price,


Mendon, Mass.


Angie Belle Battis.


Mendon, Mass.


Oct 8. George M. Aldrich,


Mendon, Mass.


Oct.


29.


Judson Joseph Randlett,


Mendon, Mass.


Nov.


9. Americo Rubeo,


Milford, Mass.


Nov.


19. Earl Arnold,


Woonsocket, R. I.


Nov.


21. Charles Henry Knights,


Hopedale, Mass. Mendon, Mass.


DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1921.


Date of


Death 1921.


Name.


Age.


D.


Feb. 12.


Francis W. Springer,


54


4


12


Mar. 21. Rosaline Verretti,


1


10


5


June 6. Rosanna E. Mathewson,


13


9


26


Aug. 5. Sarah A. M. Horton,


61


7


12


Aug. 24. Edwin R. Irons,


75


10


29


Sept 5. Female


82


9


12


Oct.


10. Helen L. K. Russell,


84


2


3


Oct.


26. Minnie Randlett,


60


8


9


Nov. 21. Daniel J. Doherty,


73


8


14


Dec.


2. Joseph H. Stenson,


67


9


29


Dec.


24. Harry Leath,


56


3


8


.


Sept.


21.


Lowell Cleveland Cook,


Y.


M.


Feb. 13. Joseph Hicks,


93


2


Jennie Harriet Anderson.


Milford, Mass.


Annie Louise Hynes.


Milford, Mass.


Mary Elizabeth Springer.


Mendon, Mass.


Gladys Durkee.


Mendon, Mass.


Mildred Theda Goodnow.


Milford, Mass.


Mendon, Mass.


Mendon, Mass.


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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, Jan. 1, 1922.


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THE FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY


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