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Received from County
1,099 96
Due from State and County
03
Town appropriation
500 00
$2,699 95
Expended
2,699 95
GENERAL REPAIRS ON HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$136 20
Trucks
39 70
$175 90
CARTAGE OF GRAVEL BY THE YARD.
Robert M. Donnelly
$113 90
A. A. Sabatinelli 15 20
Carl M. Taft 30 60
$159 70
MISCELLANEOUS.
E. F. Migneault, gravel $64 00
C. C. Shattuck, gas and oil
35 86
Wm. A. Barry, stock and labor on
road hone 15 00
Fino & Co., tractor spring
5 00
W. H. Casey, tractor parts
70
F. A. Gould, supplies 85
Uxbridge Auto Co., grease
10 00
Thomas Service Station, gas
18 12
Dyer Sales and Machinery Co., signs ....
4 00
Fisk, Alden Co., tractor parts 1 31
35
Parker Danner Co., tools 7 50
Registry of Motor Vehicles, registra-
tion for tractor 2 00
$499 94
SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended
$499 94
Unexpended
06
$500 00
SNOW REMOVAL.
Appropriation $800 00
EXPENDED.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$245 22
Trucks with plows
430 00
Teams with plows
56 00
$731 22
MISCELLANEOUS.
C. C. Shattuck, gas
8 00
Thomas Filling Station, oil
3 75
Wm. A. Barry, repairing snow plow ..
57 00
$799 97
SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$800 00
Expended
$799 97
Unexpended
03
$800 00
36
TOTAL AMOUNTS PAID VARIOUS PERSONS ON THE FOLLOWING PAYROLLS
CHAPTER 81, CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION, CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE, GENERAL REPAIRS AND SNOW REMOVAL.
FOR LABOR.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli, Superintendent
$990 72
Frederick Hartshorn
204 70
Frank Hoyle
266 40
Ernest Miller
81 60
Albert Hackenson
278 60
Earl Kempton
41 20
Francis De Wolfe
24 00
John Zylinski
61 60
Rosevelt Mattson
111 60
Lawrence Munhall
162 80
Emil Anderson
104 80
Claire Thurber
129 60
F. Phipps
25 60
Isaiah Bartlett
98 00
J. Lazzeri
6 40
R. Perron
38 40
Raymond Barrows
42 00
M. Croteau
170 00
Louis Leoncini
92 40
Felix Lajoie
112 20
Joseph Rosetti
368 00
George Romprey
167 60
Raymond Thomas
224 40
Wilfred Taylor
28 00
William Curliss
24 80
Ernest Barrows
250 20
Gilbert Hammond
172 40
Leo Tetreault
405 10
Rudolph Diana
146 80
37
Benjamin Levesque 209 30
Joseph Anesta
34 00
Alanson Freeman
114 40
Duncan Pond
227 00
T. Oppewall
30 80
William Nuttall
270 00
Harold Lawrence
11 20
Ellsworth Hazard
6 40
George Wilbur
48 00
Herman Svedine
153 20
Lewis Holbrook
128 40
Ernest Leone
123 20
Fred Bagg
107 00
Robert Donnelly
22 00
Vernon Barrows
139 20
Arthur Mckean
4 80
L. Hickmott
81 80
R. Hickmott
83 00
Nils Carlstrom
91 60
G. Perron
31 20
William Holbrook
31 20
J. Coleagni
5 20
Aram Lamothe
3 20
Ernest Irons
1 60
Henry Roi
11 20
P. Phipps
6 40
William Armitage
3 00
A. A. Harnden
24 00
J. DeCosta
3 20
C. Larking 4 00
A. Lightfoot 2 70
Erle Gaskill
3 20
Edwin Gordon
1 60
Ernest Kempton
2 40
$6,848 32
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FOR TRUCKS.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
$997 80
Carl M. Taft
345 40
Robert M. Donnelly 401 65
Edward Goss
250 50
Daniel Leone 357 50
L. Bracci 45 00
J. Shaughnessy 49 00
E. Fecteau
35 00
E. Harrington 30 00
M. Wagner
8 75
J. Rosenfeld 42 00
$2,562 60
FOR GRADER.
Town of Mendon
$337 10
FOR ROAD ROLLERS.
Town of Hopedale
$171 00
R. H. Newell 40 00
$211 00
FOR AIR COMPRESSOR.
E. L. Sabatinelli $412 50
FOR POWER SHOVELS.
Joseph De Vries & Sons
$475 00
J. De Pasquale 318 00
$793 00
TRUCKS WITH SNOW PLOWS.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
$419 50
Edward Goss
10 50
$430 00
39
HORSES WITH SNOW PLOWS.
Herbert S. Wood
$16 00
R. McTurk
10 00
A. Szwec
14 00
W. Arthur Robinson
16 00
$56 00
$11,650 52
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION ON MILLVILLE ROAD-1932 Project.
Department of Public Works Agreement No. 3861. Joseph De Vries & Son, Contractors. 1933.
CASH AVAILABLE.
Jan. 1, Balance from 1932 appropria-
tion
$55 16
Received from State
1,125 63
Received from County
1,125 63
$2,306 42
EXPENDED.
Joseph De Vries & Son, on contract $2,189 63
Worcester County, road bounds
29 25
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., pipe
68 40
$2,287 28
Cash balance Jan. 1, 1934 19 14
$2,306 42
40
SUMMARY.
Total cost of work
$5,404 28
Amount paid by State $2,161 71
Amount paid by County
2,161 71
Amount paid by Town
1,080 86
$5,404 28
Town appropriation
$1,100 00
Amount paid by Town
$1,080 86
Town's unexpended balance Jan. 1, 1934 19 14
$1,100 00
BRUSH REMOVAL.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED.
Alanson Freeman, labor $48 00
Duncan Pond, labor
48 00
C. C. Shattuck, kerosene
80
$96 80
Unexpended
3 20
$100 00
ROAD MACHINERY.
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDED.
C. C. Shattuck, gasoline and oil $103 40
Fisk, Alden Co., parts for tractor 45 79
Wm. Casey's Big Store, parts for tractor 2 77
Thomas Service Station, supplies 6 65
Wm. A. Barry, labor on tractor 5 00
41
W. L. Corey, parts for tractor 2 00
Dyar Sales and Machinery Co., blade 8 00
Seaver's Express, express on blade
70
Curran's Express, express
50
Uxbridge Auto Co., grease
20 00
Arcand Spring Co., retempering spring
4 69
$199 50
Unexpended
50
....
$200 00
ROAD HONE.
Appropriation
$75 00
Paid William A. Barry for road hone
75 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM A. BARRY, ROY A. BARROWS, GEORGE C. CADMAN,
Selectmen.
ALDO A. SABATINELLI, Superintendent of Streets.
January 1, 1934.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet and Table of Aggre- gates for 1933 are given below :
RECAPITULATION SHEET.
Town appropriations :
At Special Town Meeting August 2, 1932, transferred from Street Lights to Public Wel- fare $1,000 00
Annual Town Meeting, March 6, 1933 40,826 12
$41,826 12
State Tax
$1,800 00
State Parks and Reservations Tax
3 57
Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax
228 75
Special State Tax-Old Age Assist- ance
401 00
County Tax
2,070 00
Overlay for 1933
805 28
Total $47,134 72 $47,134 72
Estimated Receipts $13,363 99
Available Funds (voted by Town
meeting and authorized by
Tax Commissioner) 1,743 73
Total Deductions $15,107 72 $15,107 72
Net amount raised on polls and property $32,027 00
43
401 Old Age Assistance Taxes at $1.00 each
$401 00
380 Poll Taxes at $2.00 each 760 00
Total valuation $1,342,000. Tax rate $23
Property Tax $30,866 00 $32,027 00
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of
assessments on real
estate 482
Number of assessments on personal estate 135
Total
617
Number of male polls assessed
380
Value of assessed stock-in-trade.
$5,350 00
Value of assessed live stock
41,070 00
Value of assessed machinery 88,000 00
Value of all other assessed personal estate
6,670 00
Value of assessed personal prop- erty $141,090 00 $141,090 00
Value of assessed buildings, ex- cluding land $877,875 00
Value of assessed land, excluding buildings 323,035 00
Value of assessed real estate
$1,200,910 00
$1,200,910 00
Total value of assessed property
$1,342 000 00
Tax on personal estate $3,245 07
Tax on real estate 27,620 93
Tax on polls 760 00
Total poll and property taxes
31,626 00
$31,626 00
44
Rate of tax per $1,000
23 00
Number of horses assessed
83
Number of cows assessed
570
Number of sheep assessed
none
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
78
Number of swine assessed
none
Number of dwelling houses
assessed
405
Number of acres of land assessed
10,832
Number of fowl assessed 3420
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED
TO COLLECTOR IN 1933.
Vehicles registered in 1932
$25 36
Vehicles registered in 1933
1,782 37
$1,807 73
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED.
IN 1933.
1931 taxes
$2 93
1932 taxes
32 81
1933 taxes
57 33
$93 07
OVERLAY ACCOUNT.
1930.
Overlay
$403 80
Abatements
$144 24
Balance
259 56
$403 80
45
1931.
Overlay
$765 49
Abatements
$346 94
Balance
418 55
$765 49
1932.
Overlay
$747 08
Abatements
$89 50
Balance
657 58
$747 08
1933.
Overlay
$805 28
Abatements
$76 93
Balance
728 35
$805 28
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT S. WOOD,
GEORGE C. CADMAN,
HENRY W. GASKILL,
Board of Assessors.
January 1, 1934.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1930 PROPERTY TAX.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1933 $5 60
Interest 80
$6 40
CR.
Cash paid Treasurer $6 40
1931 MOTOR EXCISE TAX.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1933
$4 93
CR.
Collected
$2 00
Abated by authority of Tax Com-
missioner
2 93
$4 93
1931 PROPERTY TAX.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1933
$766 85
Interest 52 16
$819 01
CR.
Cash paid Treasurer
$477 67
Three Tax Titles
181 30
Abated
160 04
$819 01
47
1932 MOTOR EXCISE TAX.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1933 $54 79
Additional assessment Jan. 11, 1933 25 36
$80 15
Interest
35
$80 50
CR.
Cash paid Treasurer
$58 10
Abated by authority of Tax Com-
missioner
22 40
$80 50
1932 POLL TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1933 $26 00
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$4 00
Abated
22 00
$26 00
1932 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES.
DR.
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1933 $26 00
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$5 00
Refunded by authority of Tax Com-
missioner
21 00
$26 00
48
1932 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1933 $7,394 86
Interest 161 69
$7,556 55
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$4,546 23
Uncollected
3,010 32
$7,556 55
Respectfully submitted, ELIZABETH C. CHAPMAN, Collector of Taxes for 1930, 1931 and 1932.
January 1, 1934.
POLL TAXES, 1933.
DR.
Taxes committed
$760 00
Interest
04
$760 04
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$750 04
Abated
10 00
$760 04
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES, 1933.
DR.
Taxes committed
$401 00
Interest 03
$401 03
49
CR.
Paid Treasurer $386 03 Abated by authority of Tax Com-
missioner
15 00
$401 03
1933 MOTOR EXCISE TAX.
DR.
Taxes committed
$1,782 37
Interest
2 16
$1,784 53
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,712 67
Abatements
15 38
Uncollected
56 48
$1,784 53
1933 PROPERTY TAX.
DR.
Taxes committed
$30,866 00
Interest
75 74
$30,941 74
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$22,681 33
Abatements
66 93
Uncollected
8,193 48
$30,941 74
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR P. DALTON, Collector of Taxes.
January 1, 1934.
50
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
The Board of Public Welfare submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1933.
Appropriation
$9,000 00
EXPENDED.
TEMPORARY AID.
MENDON SETTLEMENT CASES.
Aid rendered one family in own home $574 07
Aid rendered one family in own home 60 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 4 91
Aid rendered one family in own home
239 50
Aid rendered one family in own home 25 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
14 25
Aid rendered one family in own home
16 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
39 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
126 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
78 00
Aid rendered one family in own home Aid rendered one family in own home 9 53
96 50
Aid rendered one family in own home 61 90
Aid rendered one family in own home 57 37
Aid rendered one person 60 00
Aid rendered one person
33 00
$1,495 03
51
PAID OTHER TOWNS FOR CASES SETTLED IN MENDON.
Case No. 1
$196 00
Case No. 2
148 00
Case No. 3 21 00
Case No. 4
378 13
Case No. 5
131 00
Case No. 6
21 75
Case No. 7
136 75
$1,032 63
CASES SETTLED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Aid rendered one family in own home $120 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
104 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 186 00
Aid rendered one person
15 00
$425 00
UNSETTLED CASES.
Aid rendered one family in own home $350 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
429 10
Aid rendered one family in own home
529 90
Aid rendered one family in own home
34 38
Aid rendered one person
18 00
Aid rendered one person
135 00
$1,496 38
CASES IN WHICH HUSBAND WAS UNSETTLED AND REST OF FAMILY WERE SETTLED IN TOWNS OTHER THAN MENDON.
Case No. 1
$504 71
Case No. 2 340 50
$845 21
ONE CASE IN WHICH SETTLEMENT IS QUESTIONED.
$647 25
52
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE. MENDON SETTLEMENT CASES.
Aid rendered one person in own home $111 00 Aid rendered one person in own home 130 60 Aid rendered one person in own home 92 00
Aid rendered one person in private family 290 78 Aid rendered one person in private family 370 09
Aid rendered one person in private family 279 00
Aid rendered one person in private family 303 07
Aid rendered one person in private family 180 00
Paid Town of Milford for Mendon settlement case 153 33
$1,909 87
CASES SETTLED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Aid rendered one person in private family $111 00
Aid rendered one person in own home 67 25
$178 25
AID RENDERED ONE PERSON WITHOUT SETTLEMENT
73 25
Miscellaneous expenses 98 79
Funds contributed to Civil Works Ad-
ministration Projects 798 06
Total expended $8,999 72
53
SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$9,000 00
Expended
$8,999 72
Unexpended
28
$9,000 00
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation
$9,000 00
EXPENDED.
Chargeable to Town of Mendon $5,334 38
Chargeable to Other Towns and Cities and State 3,665 34
$8,999 72
Unexpended
28
$9,000 00
RED CROSS FUNDS.
Balance from 1932
$21 50
Expended
$20 00
Transferred to Christmas Cheer Fund 1 50
$21 50
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED IN MENDON WITH
PUBLIC WELFARE FUNDS.
Persons given Old Age Assistance
11
Other adult persons
52
Children
53
Total number of persons aided
116
Number of families aided
24
Number of persons aided individually exclusive of Old Age Assist-
ance cases
5
54
This Board distributed 450 bags of government flour, and a quantity of cotton cloth and garments which were sup- plied by the government through the American Red Cross.
Many of these government supplies were given to per- sons who were not on the welfare rolls, but who were in need.
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, GEORGE C. CADMAN, WILLIAM A. BARRY, Board of Public Welfare.
January 1, 1934.
55
CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND.
-
The committee in charge of the Christmas Cheer Fund make the following report:
Balance from 1932 $ 40
Received from Y. P. R. U. 25 35
Received from Police Officers 5 00
Balance of Red Cross funds
1 50
$32 25
Distributed 18 baskets at cost of
32 25
Respectfully submitted,
SILAS DUDLEY, ROY A. BARROWS, GEORGE C. CADMAN, WILLIAM A. BARRY,
January 1, 1934.
Committee.
56
BOARD OF HEALTH.
-
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
Town of Milford to care of one person $24 70
G. M. Billings, supplies 1 50
Dr. K. A. Campbell, professional ser- vices 2 00
Worcester County Sanatorium, care of one patient 129 50
A. H. Sweet & Co., supplies 3 50
George C. Cadman, placarding, fumi- gating and use of auto
36 00
$197 20
Unexpended
102 80
$300 00
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE C. CADMAN, ROY A. BARROWS, WILLIAM A. BARRY,
January 1, 1934.
Board of Health.
57
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Pay Rolls :
No. 1. Fred Kempton Fire $4 50
No. 2. Rest Haven Fire 7 50
No. 3. McAdams Fire 18 00
No. 4. Harold Barrows Fire
3 00
No. 5. W. A. Robinson Fire
3 00
No. 6.
Geo. Ferris Fire
4 50
No. 7. Shoddy Mill Fire
38 25
No. 8. B. N. Rogers Fire
4 50
No. 9. Wm. Casey Cottage Fire
10 50
No. 10. Auto Fire, Darling Corner
10 50
No. 11. Mrs. Wilson Fire
3 00
No. 12. Wm. Bowen Fire
3 00
No. 13. S. A. Steere Fire
12 50
$122 75
SALARIES.
Harold F. Lowell, Chief $75 00
EXPENSES TO FIREMAN'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER.
Harold F. Lowell $15 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Harold F. Lowell, toll calls $ 70
Worcester £ Suburban Electric Co.,
power for whistle 66 00
58
C. C. Shattuck, gas and oil 12 06
Forbes Press, printing and supplies 6 80
Harold F. Lowell, cash paid for sup- plies and stamps 2 59
Lester D. Hill, stock and labor 1 00
Joseph L. Kelly, supplies 6 50
Albert W. Sears, services at fire house
9 36
Thomas A. Gordon, blowing whistle and services at fire house 42 60
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., cement pipe 11 40
M. M. Goodnow, stock and labor 10 19
W. A. Barry, stock and labor
20 00
W. J. Ward, one strainer
2 50
H. S. Chadbourne Co., supplies
6 70
Edward T. Powers, supplies 45
Bradbury-Locke Co., lumber 8 25
The Fyr-Fyter Co., supplies
6 49
C. B. Hardy, clamps for hose
56
Edward T. Powers, repairs on fire truck 6 50
Clark & Shaughnessy, fuel
36 29
H. S. Chadbourne Co., rope 1 68
$258 62
$471 37
Unexpended
28 63
$500 00
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL, RAYMOND L. DALEY, ROY A. BARROWS,
Fire Engineers.
January 1, 1934.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
Pay Rolls :
No. 1. Bellingham Fire $6 85
No. 2. Hatfield-Bowl Fire 1 50
No. 3. Bates Street Fire 14 50
No.
4. Washington Street Fire 1 00
No. 5. Blackstone Fire 11 00
No. 6. Mahern Fire 2 00
$36 85
SALARY.
Harold F. Lowell, Warden $25 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Harold F. Lowell, toll calls
$ 30
D. J. Pond, burning brush
1 50
J. B. Hardy, supplies and equipment 99 70
$101 50
$163 35
Unexpended
136 65
$300 00
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL,
Forest Warden.
January 1, 1934.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES.
LABOR.
Herbert Daige
$10 00
Primo Bonati
6 00
Harry Anthony
24 00
John Towne
28 00
Herbert Wood
30 00
Herbert Wood, use of truck
2 00
$100 00
Respectfully submitted, · HERBERT S. WOOD,
January 1, 1934.
Tree Warden.
61
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Police Officers :
Carl E. E. Gustafson
$85 50
Norry J. Daige
91 10
Arthur E. Brown
7 82
Harold C. Barrows
4 30
Albert W. Sears
4 00
Joseph Levesque
4 00
Cahill's News Agency, card file com-
$196 72
plete
75
$197 47
Unexpended
2 53
$200 00
Respectfully submitted, CARL E. E. GUSTAFSON, Chief.
January 1, 1934.
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
1 Platform scale over 5000 lbs. (free) ..
1
Spring scales 100 to 5000 lbs 3 1 50
Spring scales under 100 lbs. 5
50
Liquid measures @ 3 cents each
20
60
Gasoline pumps @ 50 cents each
12
6 00
Total
41
$8 60
I have inspected the following licenses :
Meat peddlers
2
Fish peddlers
3
Bread peddlers
5
Fruit peddlers
12
Venders
2
Junk
7
Kerosene dealers
7
Ice scales
3
-
41
I have collected fees and turned over to the Treasurer of the Town of Mendon the sum of $6.60 and I have still to collect the sum of $2.00.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER TAYLOR, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
December 31st, 1933.
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FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the Taft Public Library present the report of the Librarian and financial report for the fiscal year ending December 30, 1933.
One needs only to be in our library on an evening when it is open for business and observe the coming of both old and young to realize the importance of such an institution in our Community.
We would particularly call your attention to the report of our Librarian, who is very enthusiastic in her labors and is ever ready to render any needed assistance.
The Trustees desire to thank the Townspeople for their hearty cooperation and ask that it may be continued through- out the coming year to the end that our Library may prove to be of still greater benefit to the town.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. BARRY, EDWARD F. BLOOD, LENA W. GEORGE, GEORGE DAVENPORT, CARROLL H. DROWN,
Library Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year (102 days) was 11,682 vol- umes. The largest given out in one day was 223, the smallest 35, the average 114. The circulation by classes was as fol- lows: Fiction, 8,568; Magazines, 2,128; Bound Magazines, 33; Biography, 213; Travel, 36; History, 178; Literature, 185; Useful and Fine Arts, 183; Science, 39; all others, 119.
There are 7,739 volumes in the library. 192 were added this past year and 82 were taken out as they were worn out. 32 were bought by the town, and the others as follows: Fletcher Fund, 132; Massachusetts Library Commission, 19; Secretary of the Commonwealth, 4; Gifts, 5.
The library subscribes to the American, American Boy, American Home, Boy's Life, Child's Life, Colliers', Country Gentleman, Delineator, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Month- ly, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, Literary Digest, McCall's, National Geographic, Pictorial Review, Popular Mechanics, Instructor, Review of Reviews, Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Home Companion.
Twenty-one pupils in the Intermediate School received State Reading Certificates for reading 5 books and one pupil received a large certificate for reading 20 books during the year.
$23.76 was received in fines during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
VERENA R. DALEY,
Librarian.
Mendon, January 1, 1934.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
General appropriation $450 00
EXPENDITURES.
Anderson & Mattson, wood $43 00
Anderson & Mattson, labor
3 00
Verena Daley, librarian
225 00
Joseph Dudley, janitor
51 00
Worcester Suburban Electric Co.
13 00
Cahill News Agency, magazines
29 00
Cahill News Agency, Finance Com- mittee book 1 00
Raymond Barrows, setting glass
1 50
Personal Book Shop, books
44 65
Herbert J. George, insurance
25 50
Frank C. Albee, repairing ceiling
10 00
American Library Association
2 50
$449 15 85
Unexpended balance
FLETCHER FUND EXPENDITURES.
Personal Book Shop
$165 08
H. W. Wilson Co.
7 00
Dura Binding Co.
17 56
$189 64
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD F. BLOOD, Finance Committee.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Mendon Mass,, Feb. 6, 1934.
This is to certify that I have examined the accounts of Town Officers who have received or disbursed funds belong- ing to the Town of Mendon for year ending December 31, 1933, and find they correspond.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH W. COFFIN, Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
CALENDAR YEAR 1933
SCHOOL DIRECTORY, 1933-1934. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
George G. Davenport, Chairman
Term Expires 1936
Lester P. Mann
Term Expires 1934
Mrs. Annie B. Coffin, Secretary
Term Expires 1935
Regular meetings held at the Center School building on the first Thursday of each month at 7.15 P.M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-CARROLL H. DROWN.
Office-High School Building, Hopedale. Telephone, Milford, 1630. Office open 8-12 A. M. and 1-5.30 P. M. on school days and during summer vacation. Employment and 68
educational certificates granted at any time during office hours.
TEACHERS.
Name. HIGH SCHOOL. Henry P. Clough, Principal
Subject or Grade. Preparation.
Years of Service in Town.
Marion D. Remmert Ruth M. Parker
English and History Latin and French
Mathematics and Science Dartmouth College and N. H. Univ .- Harvard Summer Schools Worcester Normal, 4 years Wellesley College
Sixth
Fourth First
CENTER SCHOOL. Orrilla F. Park Edith M. Davenport Velzora Thompson Mary M. Ross
Grades 6, 7, 8 Grades 4 and 5 Assistant, Grade 3 1 and 2
Castleton, Vermont, Normal Ninth Framingham Normal Fourth Perry Kindergarten Normal First Fourth Framingham Normal
EAST MENDON. Etta Christiansen 1-7
Hyannis Normal Third
MUSIC SUPERVISOR. 69
Amy Young Burns
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, Study in Germany, etc. Third
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
K. A. Campbell, M. D.
Telephone, Milford, 102
SCHOOL NURSES. Helen C. Grady, R. N. Milford District Nursing Association, Telephone, Milford, 862 Mildred Salmond, R. N., Assistant
JANITORS.
Raymond Barrows Fred Bullard
Center School
East Mendon
TRANSPORTATION AGENTS. Harold C. Barrows Kenneth Taft
TRUANT OFFICER. Harold C. Barrows
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MENDON SCHOOL CALENDAR
1934.
ELEMENTARY.
Winter Term Jan. 2-Mar. 16 Vacation two weeks
Eleven Weeks
Spring Term April 2-June 8 Ten Weeks
Summer Vacation
Fall Term Sept. 10-Dec. 21
Fifteen Weeks
Vacation two weeks
Winter Term Opens Jan. 7, 1935
HIGH SCHOOL.
Winter Term Jan. 2-Mar. 23 Vacation one week
Twelve Weeks
Spring Term April 2-June 22 Summer Vacation
Twelve Weeks
Fall Term Sept. 5-Dec. 21 Vacation one week
Sixteen Weeks
Winter Term
Opens Dec. 31
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LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
New Year's Day, January 1; Washington's Birthday, February 22; Patriots' Day, April 19; Memorial Day, May 30; Labor Day, September 3; Columbus Day, October 12; Armistice Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, November 29; Christmas Day, December 25.
When a holiday comes on Sunday, the following Monday becomes a holiday. There will be no session of schools on the Friday following Thanksgiving Day.
AGE OF ENTRANCE TO SCHOOL.
A regulation of the School Department is that no child can enter school for the first time unless such child shall be- come six years of age on or before January 1 of the year following the Fall term when he wishes to enter schood. For entrance to school this coming fall term a child must be six years of age on or before January 1, 1935. A child entering school for the first time must present a birth certificate.
REPORT OF SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS
OCTOBER, 1933.
Number of pupils examined 229
Number found defective in eyesight
18
Number found defective in hearing 0
Number of parents notified 17
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS OF MENDON :-
I hereby submit the report for the year ending December 31, 1933, it being the writer's fourteenth annual report, and the fortieth report of the superintendent of the Mendon schools.
The same number of schools have been maintained this year as in recent years. There are three grade schools and the high school in the Center building, and one mixed grade school in the East building. At the Center the enrollment in the primary school is fifty-two; in the intermediate, sixty- three; in the grammar, forty-one; and in the eighth grade and high school, fifty-five. The schools are much handicapped by being so overcrowded, which presents our most immediate need, and perhaps the largest problem before the schools at present. It is very evident that the best work can not be done where there are so many children in one room. Also they are becoming crowded to the danger point, especially in case of fire. If present conditions continue, the schools will be more crowded next year, and more room will be imperative.
Some other needs of the schools are: (1) A new well. (2) A toilet system. Number 2 is an improvement which is really essential, and we can not think of any other town any- where around here in which the schools are not provided with these modern conveniences. (3) New curtains in part of the
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