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State allotment
3,600 00
$7,200 00
EXPENDITURES.
LABOR.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli, Superintendent $485 85
Albert A. Hackenson
244 80
Joseph Rosetti
230 40
Felix Lajoie
217 80
Lawrence B. Munhall
207 68
Frederick A. Hartshorn
184 05
Claire N. Thurber
115 20
Louis A. Leoncini
44 10
William L. Munsell
144 90
Ernest L. Barrows
153 45
George W. Romprey
164 70
John Zylinski 137 25
Francis D. Morrison
36 00
Raymond E. Thomas 86 40
Wilfred Taylor
56 25
Joseph Anesta
30 60
Herbert A. Alger
59 40
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Charles E. Larking
27 00
C. Smith
10 80
Charles E. Dowse
10 80
Aram Lamothe
81 45
Herbert A. Daige
6 30
Isaiah Bartlett
4 05
Walter Johnson
4 05
Roosevelt Mattson
41 40
Duncan J. Pond
37 80
Alanson Freeman
56 70
Joseph Lazzeri
25 20
Walter B. Mayo
3 60
Earl F. Kempton
67 05
Roy A. Barrows
6 40
$2,981 43
TRUCK HIRE.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
$387 45
Carl M. Taft
81 00
E. L. Sabatinelli & Son
21 60
$490 05
ROAD ROLLER HIRE.
M. Sullivan
$40 00
$40 00
USE OF ROAD MACHINERY.
Town of Mendon
$233 55
$233 55
CARTAGE OF GRAVEL.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
$539 70
E. L. Sabatinelli & Son
261 00
Carl M. Taft
604 50
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Edward C. Goss
690 60
John F. Powers
45 00
E. L. Sabatinelli
95 40
$2,236 20
GRAVEL.
Rose Russen
$14 00
Zoel Greenwood
178 60
Delia F. Henry
54 00
A. Rosenfeld
122 50
$369 10 -
MISCELLANEOUS.
Massachusetts State Prison, town line signs
$34 80
Boston & Albany R. R., freight 2 65
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., tools
20 75
F. A. Gould, hammer and pick handles
3 00
William A. Barry, repairing tools
5 50
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., pipe 118 04
The Texas Co., road oil
571 42
Koppers Products Co., coal patch tar
93 45
$849 61
$7,199 94
SUMMARY.
Received from State
$3,599 97
Town appropriation
3,600 00
$7,199 97
Expended
$7,199 94
Unexpended
03
$7,199 97
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CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE.
Department of Public Works Agreement No. 3796.
Town appropriation
$500 00
State allotment
1,000 00
County allotment
1,000 00
$2,500 00
EXPENDITURES. LABOR.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli, Superintendent ... $184 07
Frederick A. Hartshorn
84 60
Lawrence B. Munhall
83 48
George W. Romprey
70 20
Earl F. Kempton
66 60
Louis A. Leoncini
65 70
Felix Lajoie
62 10
Albert A. Hackenson
44 10
John Zylinski
26 10
Aram Lamothe
7 20
Joseph Rosetti
36 90
William L. Munsell
21 60
Walter B. Mayo
15 30
Herbert J. Bagg
6 30
Raymond Thomas
12 60
Walter Johnson
1 80
Duncan J. Pond
16 20
Ernest L. Barrows
6 30
Bernard Hartshorn
8 55
$819 70
TRUCK AND TEAM HIRE.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
$216 00
Carl M. Taft
10 80
Roy A. Barrows
2 00
$228 80
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ROAD ROLLER HIRE.
M. Sullivan $60 00
$60 00
CARTAGE OF GRAVEL.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
$74 90
Carl M. Taft
73 05
$147 95
GRAVEL AND SAND.
Rose Russen
$6 00
D. F. Henry
10 50
A. Rosenfield 167 13
$183 63
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Barrett Co., road tar $617 94
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., lumber
2 28
William A. Barry, guard rail posts
20 00
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., detour signs
15 00
Frederick A. Gould, supplies
4 64
E. L. Sabatinelli & Son., building cul- vert 400 00
$1,059 86
$2,499 94
SUMMARY.
Received from State
$999 97
Received from County
999 98
Town appropriation
500 00
$2,499 95
Expended
$2,499 94
Unexpended
01
$2,499 95
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GENERAL REPAIRS ON HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
LABOR.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli, Superintendent
$170 52
George W. Romprey
38 70
Ernest L. Barrows
45 00
Felix Lajoie
37 35
Albert A. Hackenson
71 10
Frederick A. Hartshorn
60 30
Lawrence B. Munhall
67 95
John Zylinski
30 60
Joseph Rosetti
34 65
Raymond E. Thomas
32 40
William L. Munsell
14 40
Louis Leoncini
30 60
Wilfred Taylor
26 10
$659 67
TRUCKS AND TEAMS.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli, truck
$234 90
Carl M. Taft, truck
12 15
W. Arthur Robinson, team
36 00
$283 05
CARTAGE OF GRAVEL.
Carl M. Taft
$93 60
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
94 50
$188 10
MISCELLANEOUS.
Charles C. Ballou, lumber $61 91
William H. Casey, supplies
15 88
Chester C. Shattuck, gasoline and oil
70 04
38
Nipmuc Filling Station, gasoline 2 21
Louis Pagani, shovels 3 60
H. S. Chadbourne Co., tools 10 50
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., pipe 12 96
Frederick A. Gould, spikes
4 00
Arthur V. Pond, ties 8 00
E. L. Sabatinelli & Son, building gutter
150 00
William A. Barry, pins for tractor
20 00
Uxbridge Auto Co., grease
10 00
$369 10
$1,499 92
SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Expended
$1,499 92
Unexpended
08
$1,500 00
SNOW REMOVAL.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDITURES.
LABOR.
A. A. Sabatinelli, Superintendent
$142 99
Felix Lajoie
30 15
Claire Thurber
31 80
Ernest Barrows
18 00
Herbert Daige
2 70
Albert Hackenson
38 65
Albert Alves
6 75
Walter Mayo
1 35
C. Larking
2 70
Duncan Pond
18 90
A. Freeman
90
39
F. Hartshorn 48 15
Lawrence Munhall
13 05
Francis DeWolfe
4 95
Kenneth Morrison
1 80
$362 84
TRUCK AND TEAM HIRE.
Edward Goss, truck
$12 00
A. A. Sabatinelli, truck
332 15
W. A. Robinson, team
15 00
H. S. Wood, team
6 00
R. McTurk, team 6 00
$371 15
MISCELLANEOUS.
H. S. Chadbourne, supplies $8 45
Felix Lajoie, timer
99
F. A. Gould, supplies
4 00
Thomas Service Station, gas and oil ..
11 65
Mendon Hill Garage, stock and labor 87 10
A. Szwec, labor 5 50
Delia F. Henry, sand
1 50
W. H. Casey, spark plugs
2 00
C. C. Shattuck, gas and oil
5 55
$126 74
$860 73
SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Expended
$860 73
Unexpended
339 27
$1,200 00
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BRUSH REMOVAL.
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED. LABOR.
A. Freeman
$97 65
D. Pond
94 05
$191 70
Unexpended
8 30
$200 00
Respectfully submitted,
A. A. SABATINELLI,
January 1, 1933.
Superintendent.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet and Table of Aggre- gates for 1932 are given below:
RECAPITULATION SHEET.
Town appropriations :
At Annual Town Meeting $44,647 37
At Special Town Meeting, August 2, 1932 1,500 00
$46,147 37
State Tax
1,950 00
State Parks and Reservations Tax
2 62
Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax
65 92
Special State Tax-Old Age Assistance
379 00
County Tax
2,434 00
$50,978 91
Overlay for 1932
747 08
$51,725 99
-
$51,725 99
Estimated Receipts
$13,870 99
Free Cash (used by vote of the town) 3,300 00
Total deductions
17,170 99
$17,170 99
Net amount raised on polls and
property 34,555 00
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379 Old Age Assistance Taxes @ $1.00 each
$379 00
363 Poll Taxes @ $2.00 each 726 00
Total valuation $1,338,000. Tax rate $25
Property tax
33,450 00
Total
$34,555 00
- $34,555 00
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of assessments on prop-
erty
506
Number of male polls assessed
363
Value of assessed stock in trade
$6,800 00
Value of assessed live stock 43,070 00
Value of assessed machinery 87,000 00
Value of all other assessed personal property 6,570 00
Value of assessed personal property
143,440 00
$143,440 00
Value of assessed buildings, exclud-
ing land 868,345 00
Value of assessed land, excluding
buildings
326,215 00
Value of assessed real estate
1,194,560 00
$1,194,560 00
Total value of assessed property
$1,338 000 00
Tax on personal property $3,586 00
Tax on real estate
29,864 00
Tax on polls
726 00
Total poll and property taxes
34,176 00
$34,176 00
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Rate of tax per $1,000
$25 00
Number of horses assessed
85
Number of cows assessed
548
Number of sheep assessed
none
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
66
Number of swine assessed
8
Number of dwelling houses
assessed
405
Number of acres of land assessed
10,829
Number of fowl assessed 3,240
LATE RATE ASSESSMENTS-NOT INCLUDED ABOVE.
Poll taxes
$6 00
Old Age Assistance taxes
3 00
$9 00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR IN 1932.
Vehicles registered in 1931 $38 85
Vehicles registered in 1932
1,897 88
$1,936 73
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED. IN 1932.
1930 taxes
$26 99
1931 taxes none
1932 taxes
78 90
OVERLAY ACCOUNT. 1930.
Overlay
$403 80
Abatements
$144 24
Balance
259 56
$403 80
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1931.
Overlay
$765 49
Abatements
$186 90
Balance
578 59
$765 49
1932.
Overlay
$747 08
Abatements
$67 50
Balance
679 58
$747 08
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT S. WOOD,
HENRY W. GASKILL,
GEORGE C. CADMAN,
January 1, 1933.
Assessors.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1930 PROPERTY TAX. DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 $25 12
Interest 3 53
$28 65
CR.
Cash paid Treasurer
$19 52
Interest
3 53
Uncollected
5 60
$28 65
1930 MOTOR EXCISE TAX.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 .... .....
$26 99
CR.
Abated by authority of Tax Com-
missioner
26 99
1931 POLL TAX.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1932
$4 00
Taxes abated 4 00
1931 MOTOR EXCISE TAX.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 $46 32
Fifth and sixth Commitments, Jan. 38 85
Interest 32
$85 49
46
CR.
Cash paid Treasurer
$80 24
Interest
32
Uncollected
4 93
$85 49
1931 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 $10 00
CR.
Abated by authority of Tax Com-
missioner
10 00
1931 PROPERTY TAX.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1932
$4,640 97
Interest
128 49
$4,769 46
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$4,002 61
Uncollected
766 85
$4,769 46
1932 MOTOR EXCISE TAX.
DR.
Taxes committed
$1,897 88
Interest
13
$1,898 01
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,796 82
Abatements
46 40
Uncollected
54 79
$1,898 01
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POLL TAXES. DR.
Taxes committed
$732 00
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$706 00
Uncollected
26 00
$732 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES.
DR.
Taxes committed $382 00
CR
Paid Treasurer
$356 00
Uncollected
26 00
$382 00
PROPERTY TAX, 1932.
DR.
Taxes committed
$33,450 00
Interest
56 28
$33,506 28
CR.
Paid Treasurer $26,043 92
Abatements
67 50
Uncollected
7,394 86
$33,506 28
Respectfully submitted, ELIZABETH C. CHAPMAN,
January 1, 1933.
Tax Collector.
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THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE TOWN OF MENDON SEPTEMBER 6, 1932, AS MADE BY THE STATE DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS.
GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS.
Cash :
In bank and office
$3,145 85 Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1930
$11 56
Levy of 1931
1,390 62
Levy of 1932
33,530 00
$34,932 18
Old Age Assistance Taxes, 1932
$49 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1931
$6 93
Levy of 1932
98 76
$105 69
Departmental :
Public Welfare
$2,669 69
Old Age Assistance
957 34
State Aid
40 00
School
1,475 36
$5,142 39
Aid to Highways:
State, Chapter 81
$931 64
County, Chapter 90 Mainten-
ance
1,000 00
State, Chapter 90
Mainten-
ance
$2,931 64
Estimated Receipts to be Col-
6,122 52
$52,429 27
TRUST ACCOUNTS Trust Funds Cash and Securities
$6,668 87
$6,668 87
lected
1,000 00
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THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE TOWN OF MENDON SEPTEMBER 6, 1932, AS MADE BY THE STATE DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS.
GENERAL ACCOUNTS LIABILITIES AND RESERVES.
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue, 1932
$15,000 00
Unpaid Orders
6 50
Dog Fund, 1931
291 51
Dog Fund, 1932
74 40
Road Machinery Reserve
125 55
Appropriation Balances
25,570 78
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus ....
248 00
Overlays Reserved for Abatements of Taxes :
Levy of 1930
$11 56
Levy of 1931
578 59
Levy of 1932
747 08
$1,337 23
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$105 69
Departmental
5,142 39
$5,248 08
Surplus Revenue
4,527 22
$52,429 27
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Austin Wood Relief Fund ... ......
$1,540 73
Austin B. Fletcher Library Fund
5,128 14
$6,668 87
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
The Board of Public Welfare submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1932.
Appropriation $7,500 00
Transferred from Electric Light ap- propriation by vote of Town at Special Town Meeting held Aug. 2, 1932 1,000 00
$8,500 00
TEMPORARY AID. MENDON SETTLEMENT CASES.
Aid rendered one family in own home $35 06
Aid rendered one family in own home 22 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 232 50 Aid rendered one family in own home 511 36
Aid rendered one family in own home 37 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 18 00
219 00
Aid rendered one family in own home Aid rendered one family in own home 32 39 Aid rendered one family in own home wife settlement 56 00
Aid rendered one person in private family 337 00
Paid Town of Blackstone, aid to one family 51 00
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Paid to Town of Townsend, aid to one person 89 65
Paid to Town of Attleboro, aid to one family 133 00
Paid Massachusetts Department of
Public Welfare, board of one per-
son in State Institution 85 00
Aid rendered one person in own home 110 00
$1,968 96
CASES HAVING SETTLEMENTS IN OTHER TOWNS.
Aid rendered one family in own home, Town of Hopedale settlement $193 00
Aid rendered one family in own home, Town of Uxbridge settlement 161 72
Aid rendered one family in own home, Town of Natick settlement 30 00
Aid of one family in own home, Town of Upton settlement 51 00 .. Aid of one family in own home, Town of Hopedale settlement 308 29
Aid of one family in own home, Town of Millville settlement 29 53
Aid of one family in own home, Town of Hopedale settlement 110 00
Aid of one family in own home, Town of Milford settlement 28 00
Aid of one family in own home, wife settlement, Boston, husband, no settlement 433 89
Aid of one family in own home, wife settlement, Northbridge, hus- band, no settlement 494 65
Aid of one family in own home, Town of Milford case 476 30
$2,316 38
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CASES WITH NO SETTLEMENT.
Aid of one family in own home $266 00
Aid of one family in own home 338 35
Aid of one family in own home 234 96
Aid of one family in own home
86 00
Aid of one family in own home
610 00
Aid of one family in own home 218 08
Husband's share of aid in own home 135 00
Aid of one family in own home 112 95
Husband's share of aid in own home 147 66
Husband's share of aid in own home 28 00
Aid of one person in private family .... 35 00
$2,212 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE. MENDON SETTLEMENT CASES.
Aid rendered one person in private family
$20 00
Aid rendered one person in private family 64 00
Aid rendered one person in private family 381 00
Aid rendered one person in private family 362 00
Aid rendered one person in own home 156 00
Aid rendered one person in own home 233 00
$1,216 00
CASES HAVING SETTLEMENTS IN OTHER TOWNS.
Aid rendered one person in own home, Town of Milford settlement $232 08 Aid rendered one person in own home, Town of North Brookfield 156 00
$388 08
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CASES HAVING NO SETTLEMENT.
Aid rendered one person in own home
$232 07
Miscellaneous expenses
123 49
$8,456 98
SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$8,500 00
Expended
$8,456 98
Unexpended
43 02
$8,500 00
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.
Total amount available $8,500 00
EXPENDED.
Chargeable to State $3,220 42
Chargeable to other towns and cities 2,540 77
Chargeable to Town of Mendon
2,695 79
$8,456 98
Unexpended
43 02
$8,500 00
FUND RECEIVED FROM MENDON TEACHERS.
Received
$55 98
Expended for groceries
55 98
RED CROSS FUNDS.
Received
$21 50
Unexpended 21 50
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NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED WITH PUBLIC WELFARE FUNDS.
Persons given Old Age Assistance 9
Other adult persons 53
Children 62
Total number of persons aided 124
Number of families aided
26
Number of persons aided individually 12
This Board received during the year from the American Red Cross 1,000 bags of Government flour, of which 950 bags were distributed to needy families, and 50 bags remain to be given out.
We also received from the American Red Cross a quan- tity of Government cloth and garments, which were given to needy families. Some of this cloth and some of these gar- ments remain to be given out.
Many articles of used clothing have been received and distributed, and some are still on hand.
Much of this flour and cloth, and some of these gar- ments have been given to families who were not aided other- wise by this board, but who were in straightened circum- stances.
We wish at this time to express our appreciation to those who helped us during the year by giving us the free use of their trucks for the cartage and distribution of flour, to those who gave us food and used clothing for distribution, and to all others who helped us in any way.
Respectfully submitted,
ROY A. BARROWS, GEORGE C. CADMAN, WILLIAM A. BARRY,
Board of Public Welfare.
January 1, 1933.
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CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND.
The committee in charge of the Christmas Cheer Fund make the following report:
Balance on hand from 1931
$5 34
Received from Mendon Y. P. R. U.
73 25
$78 59
Distributed 42 baskets
$78 19
Balance on hand
40
$78 59
Respectfully submitted,
SILAS DUDLEY, ROY A. BARROWS, GEORGE C. CADMAN, WILLIAM A. BARRY,
January 1, 1933.
Committee.
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 154 44
$354 44
EXPENDITURES.
Care one family quarantined for
Scarlet Fever
$43 28
Care one family quarantined for
Scarlet Fever 78 14
Paid Town of Milford for care one
Scarlet Fever case 95 20
Paid Town of Milford for care one Tuberculosis case 119 90
George C. Cadman, fumigating, pla- carding and supplies 17 35
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
57
$354 44
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM A. BARRY, GEORGE C. CADMAN, ROY A. BARROWS,
January 1, 1933.
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Appropriation $800 00
EXPENDED.
Pay Rolls :
No. 1. Cora Green Fire $10 00
No. 2. Alfred Auty Fire 12 00
No. 3. Henry W. Gaskill Fire 8 00
No. 4. George Johnson Fire
4 00
No. 5. Steve Desreausseaux Fire 8 00
No. 6. Bertha Wilson Fire 4 00
No. 7. Patrolling Hoothay Fire ...
6 00
No. 8. McTurk Fire
8 00
No. 9. Joseph Levesque Fire
29 00
No. 10. Anna Curley Fire
47 00
No. 11. Green Archer Fire
24 00
No. 12.
Lido Cottage Fire
12 00
No. 13.
S. E. D. Hartshorn Fire
6 00
No. 14. Noveski Fire
6 00
No. 15.
Green Archer Fire 18 00
No. 16. William Bowen Fire 4 00
No. 17. Dunford Fire
10 00
No. 18. Walter Gaskill Fire
12 00
No. 19. Leone Fire
12 00
$240 00
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Harold F. Lowell, Chief
$100 00
T. A. Gordon, blowing whistle
34 90
Ernest Muller, blowing whistle
2 20
Albert W. Sears, janitor
40 00
$177 10
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Worcester Suburban Electric Co.,
power for whistle
$78 00
Clark & Shaughnessy, fuel 26 80
M. M. Goodnow Co., oil burner 24 95
E. T. Powers, stock and labor 14 39
Bradbury-Locke Co., lumber
54 13
C. C. Shattuck, gas and oil
17 23
William A. Barry, stock and labor
40 50
Harold C. Barrows, paint
7 00
Harold F. Lowell, supplies
4 25
Niro & Niro, supplies 5 75
Hannaford Auto Service Co., supplies
9 50
H. S. Chadbourne Co., supplies 3 58
Henry K. Barnes Co., supplies
5 01
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., cement
4 80
Thomas' Service Station, tires
43 00
American La France Co., supplies
5 70
$344 59
$761 69
SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$800 00
Expended
$761 69
Unexpended
38 31
$800 00
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL, RAYMOND L. DALEY, ROY A. BARROWS,
Fire Engineers.
January 1, 1933.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN.
Appropriation $400 00
EXPENDED.
Pay Rolls :
No. 1. Bellingham Fire $7 50
No. 2. Millville Street Fire 11 50
No. 3. Airport Fire 3 50
No. 4. Mendon Hill Fire
2 00
$24 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Harold F. Lowell, salary
$25 00
Henry K. Barnes Co., supplies
138 69
H. S. Chadbourne, supplies
43 00
Bradbury-Locke Co., lumber
35 00
Harold F. Lowell, toll calls
80
Harold F. Lowell, express
75
American La France Co., supplies
12 54
$255 78
SUMMARY.
$280 28
Appropriation
$400 00
Expended
$280 28
Unexpended
119 72
$400 00
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL,
Forest Warden.
January 1, 1933.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED.
LABOR.
Herbert Daige
$26 00
Primo Bonati
26 00
Herbert S. Wood
36 00
Herbert S. Wood, truck
8 00
$94 00
Unexpended
6 00
$100 00
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT S. WOOD,
Tree Warden.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$300 00
Paid Police Officers :
Arthur E. Brown
$109 90
Carl E. E. Gustafson
71 75
Harold C. Barrows
19 05
Stanley Brown
26 50
Charles F. Leonard
4 25
Albert W. Sears
4 00
Norry Daige
29 00
$264 45
Unexpended
35 55
$300 00
ARRESTS.
For driving under influence of liquor
1
For assault and battery
2
For non-support
2
For malicious mischief
1
For drunkenness
1
SUMMONS.
For infraction of automobile laws
4
For investigating automobile accidents
22
Commitments to Monson State Hos-
1
pital
1
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR E. BROWN,
January 1, 1933.
Chief.
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Platform scale over 5000 lbs. (free) 1
Platform scale 100 to 5000 lbs.
1
50
Spring scale 100 to 5000 lbs
2
1 00
Spring scale under 100 lbs.
5
50
Counter scale under 100 lbs.
2
20
Computing scale under 100 lbs.
2
20
Liquid measures @ 3 cents each
18
54
Gasoline pumps @ 50 cents each
16
8 00
Total
47
$10 94
I have inspected the following licenses:
Meat peddlers
2
Fish peddlers
3
Bread peddlers
4
Fruit peddlers
12
Transient venders
2
Junk scales
-
Ice scales
3
Kerosene dealers
4
-
37
I have collected fees and turned over to the Treasurer of the Town of Mendon the sum of $10.94.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER TAYLOR, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Another year has sped around and the time has come for an accounting of the activities of our library.
It has been very pleasing to see the increasing interest on the part of the school pupils in study and research in our reading and reference room. This requires quiet so that everyone using the library should endeaver to assist by re- fraining from loud talk or unnecessary noise.
We would especially call your attention to the statistical report of the librarian. It is interesting to note that the cir- culation of History, Literature, and Useful and Fine Arts has very materially increased. A move in the right direction.
During the past year we have had the chairs recaned, cleaned and varnished, and tables varnished. The floors have also been done over.
Owing to the fact that our insurance proved to be much less than we estimated, we are pleased to report that we are able to turn back to the town $111.01 with all bills paid.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. BARRY, Chairman, EDWARD F. BLOOD, Secretary, LENA W. GEORGE, ANNIE B. COFFIN, CARROLL H. DROWN,
Library Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Regular appropriation
$500 00
Special appropriation for Insurance,
Lights and Repairs
250 00
$750 00
EXPENDITURES.
Joseph Dudley, janitor
$56 66
Anderson & Mattson, wood 31 00
Dura Binding Co. 25 20
Worcester Suburban Electric Co.
9 43
Junior Literary Guild, books
18 50
E. M. Crockett, labor and materials
23 80
H. J. George, insurance 83 68
Personal Book Shop, books
50 97
American Library Association
2 50
H. H. Wilson, readers' guide
7 00
Fuller & Wilson, express 50
Cahill News Agency, magazines
35 50
Verena Daley, librarian
250 00
Anderson & Mattson, labor and mate- rials 44 25
$638 99
Unexpended balance
111 01
$750 00
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FLETCHER FUND EXPENDITURES.
The Personal Book Shop
$217 85
Incidentals
24 09
$241 94
Respectfully submitted,
ANNIE B. COFFIN,
Finance Committee.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year (102 days) was 11,525 vol- umes. The largest number given out in one day was 214, the smallest 30, the average 112. The circulation by classes was as follows: Fiction, 8,445; Magazines, 1,750; Bound Magazines, 54; Biography, 217; Travel, 45; History, 305; Literature, 331; Useful and Fine Arts, 241; Science, 44; all others, 93.
There are 7,629 volumes in the library. 258 were added this past year. 49 were bought by the town, and the others as follows: Fletcher Fund, 155; Massachusetts Library Com- mission, 21; Secretary of the Commonwealth, 9; L. W. George, 21, and by gift, 3.
The library subscribes to the American, American Boy, Boy's Life, Child's Life, Colliers', Country Gentleman, De- lineator, Field and Stream, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Monthly, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, Literary Digest, Mc- Call's, National Geographic, Pictorial Review, Popular Me- chanics, Instructor, Review of Reviews, Saturday Evening Post and St. Nicholas. The Farmer's Wife, Dumb Animals, National Republic, Elk's, Columbia, Rotary, New England Poultryman, are given.
Many pupils in the Intermediate School are reading books for State Reading Certificates to be awarded at the end of the school year.
$16.62 was received in fines during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
VERENA R. DALEY,
Librarian.
Mendon, January 1, 1933.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Mendon, January 23, 1933.
This is to certify that I have examined the accounts of Town Officers who have received and disbursed funds belong- ing to the Town of Mendon for year ending December 31, 1932, and find that they correspond.
The information given below is at the request of many of the tax payers of the Town of Mendon.
High School Principal, 40 weeks 1,225 00
$2,150 00
Two Assistants, 40 weeks each 1,350 00
Grammar, 36 weeks
Intermediate, 36 weeks
1,044 00
Assistant, 36 weeks
1,053 00
Primary, 36 weeks
750 00
East Mendon, 36 weeks
900 00
Facts regarding the purchase of Town Tractor.
At a special town meeting, April 16th, 1927, the second article to be considered was the purchase of a tractor. Pay- ments to be made in manner as set forth by Selectmen.
The plan of purchase was on the hourly use of tractor at a cost of $3.50 per hour. In bringing this article before the voters the Selectmen acted on advice from the town council and consent of County Engineers and the town voted to buy the tractor on the above terms.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH W. COFFIN,
Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1932
SCHOOL DIRECTORY, 1932-1933. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Annie B. Coffin, Chairman Lester P. Mann
Term Expires 1935
Term Expires 1934
Ina M. Irons, Secretary
Term Expires 1933
Regular meetings held at the Center School building on the first Thursday of each month at 7 P. M. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-CARROLL H. DROWN.
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