Town annual reports of the officers of Mendon, Massachusetts 1933-1937, Part 7

Author: Mendon (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1933
Publisher: Town of Mendon, Massachusetts
Number of Pages: 546


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The usual program of school activities is being steadily carried on. A three act play, under the direction of Miss Marion Remmert, was presented in the Town Hall, December 8, 1934. A short schedule of baseball was played in the spring


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months and other school features proceed in the customary manner.


A brief comment relative to the annual Washington trip may well be in order. The pressure of community activities and the rather constant appeal to the public for financial sup- port of the many worthy local organizations and interests make it more and more apparent that the present methods of raising the necessary money are inadequate. Some sort of individual saving must supplement, to a considerable degree, the system now in use if the Washington trip is to continue.


Valuable improvements have been made in organization and in the physical condition of the building. The crowded school rooms, common for the past few years, have been great- ly relieved through the use of the basement room of the Taft Public Library. The drilling of a new well has provided a water supply which, undoubtedly, will prove fully adequate for future needs, and painting the exterior of the building has added to its attractiveness.


Once more, I take the opportunity to express the appre- ciation of the teaching staff to the Superintendent of Schools, the School Committee, and the townspeople for their support and cooperation.


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY P. CLOUGH,


Principal.


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SCHOOL NURSE'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1934.


To MR. MELDEN SMITH,


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :-


May I present to you the Annual Report of nursing work done in the Mendon Schools for the year ending De- cember 31, 1934.


One day a week was spent in school nursing during the school year. Usually the morning was given to Center and the afternoon to East Mendon, the library school and home visiting.


Home Nursing Classes were held each Tuesday after school hours for the seventh grade girls.


The following contagious diseases were reported: measles, chicken-pox, impetigo, ring-worm, scabies, grippe colds and scarlet fever.


In January an outbreak of measles was reported at Center School. Daily visits were made for two weeks advis- ing the exclusion of suspicious-looking children.


The homes of absent children were visited to be sure all cases were under the care of a physician; as we con- sider measles one of our most dangerous diseases.


The pupils were weighed and measured as usual. The underweights were re-weighed at regular intervals. One child was sent to a summer health camp and was benefited by the change.


Child Health Day was celebrated in May and the pro- gram was greatly enjoyed by the large number of parents and friends present. The Center school program was held in the Town Hall, each class taking part. The Home Nurs-


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ing Class enacted a play showing some of the lessons the girls have learned. The seventh grade teacher kindly assisted in coaching them. In East Mendon the pupils were able to give their entertainment out-of-doors.


Health tags, as awards for improvements shown through- out the year in health habits, were given to a large number of children.


Two children were transported to the Milford Chest Clinic for a follow-up examination.


During the summer one or more visits were made to sixty-five homes relative to the previous health examination. Fourteen defects were corrected, five others were under care, and several, due to illness or family finances, were postponed. There are many children left in need of dental care.


During the summer, visits were also made to pre-school children. Early vaccination and physical examination were advised. If the physical defects are corrected before enter- ing school, a child is better prepared for his work.


In November and December Dr. Campbell visited the three schools, and all pupils present were examined. Notices of defects were sent home to parents.


The following physical defects were found:


Defective teeth


39


Enlarged tonsils 36


Symptoms of adenoids


8


Diseased tonsils


5


Anaemia 4


Wax in ears


10


Eye conditions


4


Poor nutrition


1


Seven pupils with defective vision were reported by the teachers. The homes of these children were visited. Two pupils were taken to the Memorial Hospital Eye Clinic in Worcester, and three others obtained glasses.


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In December Dr. Dudley, the District Health Officer of Worcester County, began the school chest clinic. This clinic will be held each year for seventh, ninth and eleventh grade pupils. One hour was spent in skin testing and one in read- ing the tests later.


Sutton was used as a center for X-Ray work, and three pupils were transported there.


A visit was made by Dr. Dudley and the county health nurse to arrange details of a Diphtheria Toxin-Antitoxin Clinic which will be held later. These prevention clinics are an important item in safe-guarding the future health of our school children.


We are looking forward to the installation of indoor toilets and hope it may be accomplished before another winter.


The following is a summary of the work done:


Cleanliness inspections 861


Pediculosis inspections 269


Inspected for disease 365


Teeth inspections 214


Excluded as suspicious


19


Treated for minor injuries, etc.


25


Pupils advised 238


Health talks to classes 52


Home visits


257


May I take this opportunity to thank the parents, teach- ers, school committee, Welfare and Health Boards for their co-operation. Without this co-operation, our new projects would be unsuccessful.


Respectfully submitted,


MILDRED L. SALMOND,


School Nurse.


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REPORT OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR.


MR. MELDEN E. SMITH,


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :


MENDON, MASSACHUSETTS :


I hereby submit my report of the work done in music in the Mendon Public Schools for the year ending December 31, 1934.


The goal of our music instruction is the unfolding of the beauty of music in all its manifestations. We aim to bring every boy and girl into such contact with music that they may give richer, finer, and larger intake and outlet to their lives.


In our first three grades we directed our efforts toward giving every child the use of his or her singing voice, pleas- ure in song as a means of expression, sing pleasingly a rep- ertory of thirty to forty rote songs appropriate to the grade, imitative exercises for curing so called "monotones," and learning to read simple music. In the intermediate grades we have stressed further study of song analysis, two part singing, drill in tonal and rhythmical problems, and oral and written music dictation.


There has been an increased development of group and individual ability to sing and read songs in two and three parts in the upper grades, also effective experience with more advanced tonal and rhythmic problems, a knowledge of the Bass Clef, a cumulative repertory of memory songs, and an expanding appreciation of good music.


In our High School, choral works from the masters are being studied, new beauty in these works are disclosed, new


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thrills experienced, and new emotions expressed. As a con- sequence there is a corresponding growth in knowledge, skill, and power.


I wish to express my thanks and deep appreciation for the splendid co-operation shown by my co-workers as well as the many courtesies extended me by the Superintendent, Principal of the High School, and the School Committee.


Respectfully submitted,


AMY YOUNG BURNS, Supervisor of Music.


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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF


MENDON HIGH SCHOOL


Unitarian Church THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934. Eight O'Clock.


PROGRAMME.


-


Processional-March of the Classes Preston Mrs. Sadie B. Gaskill


Invocation


Rev. Clarence E. Chamberlain


Song-Cheer Song Huerter


High School Chorus


Salutatory and Essay-The Man of the Hour Marion R. Bouchard


Essay-The Wind Band and Its Instruments G. Godfrey Davenport


Song-(a) The Call of Home


Ambrose Manney


(b) Amaryllis


Girls' Glee Club


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Essay-The Past and Present of the Future


Winifred R. Larson


Essay-The Prison Problem


Raymond C. Dudley


Essay and Valedictory-The Future Trend in Education Janet M. Barrows


Song-(a) Merry June Vincent


(b) Dancing on the Green Manney


High School Chorus


Presentation of Diplomas


Mrs. Annie B. Coffin, Member of School Committee


Benediction


Rev. Clarence E. Chamberlain


Recessional-March from Athalia Mendelssohn Mrs. Sadie B. Gaskill


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MENDON HIGH SCHOOL PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST MAY 25, 1934.


Cheer Song Huerter High School Mixed Chorus


Fear God and Take Your Own Part Brinig


Janet Barrows


The Lady of Sharlott Tennyson


Flora Leoncini


Liberty or Death Henry


Dwight J. Davenport


The Little Hatchet Story Annonymous


Helen Beal


(a) After Sunset


(b) Sweet Genevieve


Loomis Tucker-Edwards


High School Mixed Chorus


Our Debt to Our National Heroes Roosevelt


Raymond Dudley


Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Annonymous


Marion Bouchard


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The Supposed Speech of John Adams Webster


George Lee


Down in the Woodland Elgar-Bliss


Girls' Glee Club


Gavroche and the Elephant Hugo


Louise Davenport


Life Is Bitter Parcher Martha Thompson


Plea for the Prosecution of the Hayward Trial Borah


G. Godfrey Davenport


(a) Come Tramp Along


Huerter


(b) Down in the Valley Repper


High School Mixed Chorus


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HOME CRAFT CLUB.


The "Crafty Girls" continued their work with a mem- bership of eleven. Ten girls finished the year's requirements and received the club pins. Janet Barrows received a 4-H National Pin having completed six years of Club Work.


The prizes awarded at the annual exhibit were as fol- lows:


First Year:


First Prize-Alma Hersey. Second Prize-Grace Ellison. Third Prize-Ruth Ellison.


Second Year.


First Prize-Janet Barrows. Second Prize-Helen Taft. Third Prize-Florence Beal.


Respectfully submitted,


MRS. GRACE H. TAFT,


Leader.


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4-H SEWING.


The girls in the third and fourth year work made school and sport outfits under the direction of Mrs. Frank Hersey. Mrs. Orrilla Park was the leader of the first and second year work. The beginners made samples of stitches and seams, also made aprons and learned to darn. The girls do- ing the work for the second year, made dresses and slips.


Prizes were given as follows:


First Year:


First Prize-Eleanor Hersey, Marjorie Barrows. Second Prize-Dorothy Oppewal. Third Prize-Ruth Corey, Eleanor Parkhurst.


Second Year:


First Prize-Regina Auty. Second Prize-Blanche Mankus.


Third Year:


First Prize-Hazel Brown.


Second Prize-Helen Taft. Third Prize-Helen Beal.


Fourth Year:


First Prize-Alma Hersey.


ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1933-1934.


Total Enrollment


Schools


Total


Boys


Girls


Non-Resident


Aggregate Attendance


Average


Total


Boys


Girls


Total


Boys


Girls


5 to 7 Years of Age


7 to 14 Years of Age


14 to 16 Years of Age No. of Pupils


No. of Pupils


No. of Pupils


Having Perfect Attendance


Per Cent of Attendance


High School Center School


38


21


17


1


5757.


30.79


33.58


37


20


17


37


20


17


0


0


17


20


3


91.69


Grades 6-8


59


32


27


4


8238.


49.32


53.77


58


32


26


59


32


27


0


49


9


1


1


91.72


Grades 3-5


66


44


22


4


8984.5


53.79


58.74


61


39


22


63


41


22


0


63


0


0


1


91.59


Grades 1-2


52


30


22


2


7038.5


42.14


48.58


49


28


21


52


30


22


31


21


0


0


0


86.74


East Mendon Grades 1-7


28


15


13


2


4016.


23.90


25.16


27


15


12


27


15


12


5


22


0


0


2


94.99


Totals


243


142


101


13


34034.


199.94 219.83 232


134


98


238


138


100


36


155


26


21


7


90.95


Daily Attendance Average


Membership


Enrollment October 1, 1933


Total No. of Pupils Not Enrolled in Any Other Town in State


No. of Pupils


No. of Pupils


16 Years of Age or over


105


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TOWN WARRANT.


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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


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 fourth day of March A. D., 1935, punctually at nine o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz:


Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.


Article 2. To bring in their ballots for the following Town Officers :- A Town Clerk, for one year; one Selectman, for three years; one Assessor, for three years; a Town Treas- urer, for one year; a Collector of Taxes, for one year; an Auditor, for one year; one Constable for one year; one Tree Warden, for one year; one Trustee of the Taft Public Library, for two years; one Member of the School Committee, for three years; one Park Commissioner, for three years; all on one ballot designating the office intended for each person voted for.


Article 3. To hear the reports of the several Town Officers and Committees, and act thereon.


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Article 4. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.


Article 5. To appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town expenses for the financial year beginning January 1, 1935.


Article 6. To determine the compensation of the Tax Collector for the ensuing year.


Article 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to 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 appropriate any sum of money for the care and improvement of the Old Cemetery, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any sum of money for the improvement and repair of high- ways, to be expended under the direction of the Massachu- setts Department of Public Works as provided by Chapter 81 of the General Laws as amended, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money to be expended for reconstruction of the Millville Road, provided the State and County will contribute for such work, under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws.


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Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money to be expended for reconstruction of the North- bridge Road, provided the State and County will contribute for such work under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the Gen- eral Laws.


Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1000 to be expended for the maintenance of Chapter 90 roads, in connection with State and County allot- ments for the same purpose, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $400 for the operation and repair of town road machinery, said amount to be taken from the Road Machinery Fund, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any sum of money to be expended for the removal of brush from the highways, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $20. for the care of soldiers' and sailors' graves, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the Dog License Refund received from the County of Wor- cester in 1935, amounting to $295.95, to be used for General School Expenses in 1935, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $1462.19 to be paid the County of Worcester for care and maintenance, interest on bonds, and construction of the Wor- cester County Sanatorium, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors, with the approval of the Commissioner of


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Corporations and Taxation, to use such an amount of the free cash in the treasury as in their judgment should be used, to reduce the tax levy of 1935.


Article 20. To see what action the Town will take re- garding any legal proceedings that may be brought by or against the Town.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote that the $1500 appropriated for work relief at a special town meeting held November 24, 1934, be taken from surplus revenue.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate $2500 for the installation of toilets and cesspool at the Centre School, provided that the Public Works Administra- tion will contribute a like amount, or take any action in re- lation thereto.


(This is not the complete warrant. It contains only such articles as were ready for insertion when the town report went to the printer.)


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF MENDON


INCLUDING THE REPORT OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


FOR THE


Municipal Year Ending December 31, 1935 269TH ANNUAL REPORT


MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS. 1936.


TOWN OFFICERS.


SELECTMEN.


Term Expires


(Selectmen serve as Board of Public Welfare, Board of Health and Fence Viewers).


George C. Cadman, Chairman of Selectmen March, 1936


George G. Davenport, Chairman of Board of Health March, 1937


Peter O. Gaskill, Chairman of Board of


Public Welfare March, 1938


TOWN CLERK.


Albert S. Coleman March, 1936


TOWN TREASURER.


Moses U. Gaskill March, 1936


TAX COLLECTOR.


Arthur P. Dalton March, 1936


ASSESSORS.


Herbert S. Wood, Chairman March, 1936


Charles F. Leonard, Clerk March, 1938


Carl M. Taft March, 1937


AUDITOR.


William A. Barry March, 1936


4


Term Expires


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Ernest E. Souls, Chairman


March, 1937


Donald B. Lowell, Clerk


March, 1938


George G. Davenport


March, 1936


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Melden E. Smith


TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Ernest E. Souls, Chairman


Edward F. Blood, Secretary


March, 1937


Lena W. George


March, 1936


Melden E. Smith


George C. Cadman


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


Albert S. Coleman, Clerk March, 1936


Peter O. Gaskill


March, 1938


George G. Davenport March, 1937


George C. Cadman


March, 1936


FINANCE COMMITTEE.


W. Arthur Robinson, Chairman


May, 1937


Heman K. Hersey, Clerk


May, 1936


Daniel H. Barnes


May, 1938


CONSTABLE.


Harold C. Barrows March, 1936


PARK COMMISSIONERS.


Norry J. Daige, Chairman March, 1937


Louis L. Marlow March, 1938


Luther W. Holbrook


March, 1936


5


Term Expires


TREE WARDEN.


Herbert S. Wood March, 1936


Town Solicitor, Alfred B. Cenedella. Dog Officer, Harold C. Barrows.


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Walter Taylor.


Superintendent of Streets, Aldo A. Sabatinelli.


Moth Superintendent, Alanson Freeman. Forest Warden, Harold F. Lowell.


Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves, Harold C. Barrows. Burial Agent, Raymond L. Daley. Inspector of Slaughtering, Frank R. Phillips.


Inspector of Animals, Moses U. Gaskill.


PUBLIC WEIGHERS.


William A. Barry, resigned July 2, 1935. Felix Bessette, appointed August 21, 1935.


FIRE ENGINEERS.


Raymond L. Daley, Roy A. Barrows, Harold F. Lowell, Chief.


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.


Arthur V. Pond,


Harvey E. Trask.


FIELD DRIVERS.


Rufus E. Taft, W. Arthur Robinson. Charles F. Leonard.


SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK.


Arthur V. Pond, Luther W. Holbrook, Herbert S. Wood.


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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.


DOGS LICENSED IN 1935.


124 Males at $2.00 each $248 00


29 Spayed Females at $2.00 each 58 00


18 Females at $5.00 each 90 00


$396 00


Less Clerk's fees, 171 licenses at 20c


34 20


Cash paid to Town Treasurer


$361 80


SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED FROM


JANUARY 1, 1935 to DECEMBER 31, 1935.


Resident Citizen Fishing


41


$2 00


$82 00


Resident Citizen Hunting


41


2 00


82 00


Resident Citizen Sporting


20


3 25


65 00


Resident Citizen Minor and


Female Fishing


15


1 25


18 75


Resident Citizen Trapping


1


5 25


5 25


Resident Citizen Minor Trap- ping


1


2 25


2 25


Duplicate license


1


50


50


Resident Citizen Sporting, free


4


........


$255 75


Fees retained by Clerk


119


25


29 75


Amount paid Division of Fish-


eries and Game


$226 00


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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1935.


Date of Birth 1935


Name of Child


Parents with Maiden Name of Mother


Jan. 5


Marjorie Eloise Tweedie


Jan.


10


Elizabeth Clair Bosma


Jan.


15


Marie Loise Y. Tetreault


Feb.


23


Frederick Grant


Mar.


10


Janet Mae Parkinson


Mar.


12


Mar.


13


Apr.


9


Thomas Dawe Richard Grayson Morton Allan Wilber Holbrook


Apr.


16


Robert Richard Rhodes


May


17


Francis William Shurtleff


May


22


Wayne Freeman Wagner


July Aug.


15


Bruce Arthur Thomas Estelle Garland


Sept.


2


Joyce Ann Twitchell


Sept.


27


Shirley Ann Hazzard


Oct.


28


Adalaide Claire Brown


Nov.


28


Iris Beverly Rogers


Dec.


4


Claire Margaret Lamothe Adelaide Julia Halsing


Dec.


31


4


John M. and Helen J. Sawyer George W. and Gladys McCaffrey Louis and Maria Benoit Harry B. and Helen Sutton Harold J. and Frances M. Lilley John and Ruth Muhleib Richard and Clara Hickmott Lewis and Ethel Larking Richard H. and Lillian E. Pierson Francis and Evelyn Gaskill Carl F. and Fern Fernesden Raymond E. and Bertha M. Fernald Benjamin J. and Anna Esempis Henry B. and Dulcy V. Pond Richard E. and Anna McDonald Ralph H. and Esther Gibbs Leonard M. and Bertha G. Martin Aram A. and Blanche Comtois Carl and Doris Kempton


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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1935.


Date of Marriage 1935


Names


Residence


Feb. 23


Harry E. Anthony


Mendon Hopedale, Mass.


Mar. 1


George Wesley York


Mendon


Inez L. V. Thurber


Mendon


Apr. 27


Charles Bonci


West Boylston, Mass.


Inez A. Elce


Mendon


May


19


Leon Wojnowski


Mendon


Stella Marchewka


Peabody, Mass.


June


3


Cornelius Wiersma


Mendon


Annie DeVries


Uxbridge, Mass.


June 14


James Roy Dalrymple


Mendon


Florence Gertrude Johnson


Hopkinton, Mass.


June 29


David Scott Gay


Wallingford, Conn.


Florence Isabella bagg


Mendon


July


4


Victor R. Mainville


Upton, Mass.


Marion Flooks


Mendon


Aug. 10


Austin Benner Taft


Mendon


Shirley Louise Smith


Blackstone, Mass. Mendon


Aug. 31


John Lars Lundvall


Phebe Myrtle Briggs


Franklin, Mass.


Nov.


16


Maynard K. Wassenar


Uxbridge, Mass.


Sylvia Southwick


Mendon


Nov.


25


Diano A. Quattracchio


Mendon


Leona Berneche


Woonsocket, R. I.


Mary Walker


DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1935.


Date of Death 1935


Name


Y


Age M


D


Cause of Death


Jan.


3


John Mellen Towne


62


3


11


Coronary Sclerosis


Jan.


25


James Thomas Fickett


82


5


30


Broncho-pneumonia


Mar.


1


Harry A. Thayer


67


4


18


Peritonitis


Mar


23


Owen J. McDonald


74


11


28


Septic Sore Throat


Mar.


26


Harriet Marshall


78


4


12


Cardio Renal Syndrome


Apr.


4


Elizabeth Corbin Chapman


72


6


7


Cerebral Apoplexy


May


7


Nunziata S. Leone


54


12


Papiliary Adenocarcinoma


May


13


Abbie Hicks Gaskill


70


6


20


Empyema


June


6


Rosabelle Kelley


53


2


11


Carcinoma of Breast and Lungs


June


25


Mary Anderson Alger


80


0


3


Arterio Sclerosis


July


3


Harry Elliot Bates


50


9


11


Cerebral Hemorrhage


July


12


Lucy Briggs Scribner


84


7


19


Carcinoma of Nose


Sept.


12


Exilda Julien Cote


62


5


26


Chronic Myocarditis


Nov.


12


Myra Coleman Allen


73


10


1


Chronic Myocarditis


Nov.


23


Lucy Ann Carlin Ross


90


6


13


Coronary Sclerosis


Nov.


23


Allen Richard Hensel


1


2


20


Acute Meningitis


Nov.


27


Anna Loretta Moran


40


6


17


Chronic Nephritis


Dec.


21


Thomas Albin Gordon


82


0


12


9


10


NOTICE.


Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the above lists and if any errors or omissions are discovered, report them at once to the Town Clerk, that the record may be corrected, as it is of importance that the records of Vital Statistics should be complete.


Parents within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after the birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town in which such child is born.


Your attention is called to the provisions of Section 36 and 55 of Chapter 207 of the General Laws relating to mar- riages solemnized out of this state, which are as follows:


"Section 29 of Chapter 151 of the Revised Laws: If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties liv- ing in this Commonwealth who return to dwell here they shall, within seven days after their return, file with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which either of them lived at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage, including the facts relative to marriages, which are required by law, and for neglect thereof shall forfeit ten dollars."


Blanks for the return of all Vital records can be obtained from the Town Clerk.


Attention is called to the fact that all dogs three months old or more must be licensed at the Town Clerk's office on or before April 1, 1936.


I take this opportunity in wishing the Townspeople much prosperity during the year 1936.


Respectfully submitted,


ALBERT S. COLEMAN,


Town Clerk.


Mendon, January 1, 1936.


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


The Treasurer of the Town of Mendon submits the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31, 1935.


The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the follow- ing sums :-


Cash balance Jan. 1, 1935 $1,028 08


Home National Bank, Revenue Notes 18,500 00


County Treasurer, Dog Tax 295 95


Verena R. Daley, Library Fines 17 09


License Fees 933 00


County Treasurer, Division of High-


ways, Contract (4346) 210 94


State Treasurer, Div. of Highways, Contract (4346) 210 95


Town of North Brookfield, Old Age Assistance 36 00


State Treasurer, Temporary Aid 1,139 81


State Treasurer, School Fund, Part II 1,744 16


State Treasurer, Income Tax


3,643 50


Town of Milford, Public Welfare




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