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L. N. Jaques, bolts
2 90
Haynes Welding, repairs
50
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Fiske Lumber Co., lumber 3 50
Sunnyside Station, grease 4 50
Deke's Station, oil
8 35
C. C. Shattuck, gas
66 21
Dyar Sales Co., tractor blade
8 00
Dyar Sales Co., V-plow
300 00
Unexpended balance
$458 51 82
ROAD MACHINERY FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from 1941
$ 82
Road charges during 1941
175 00
Town of Sutton, roller rental
27 00
Town of Upton, grader rental
56 25
Town of Millville, roller rental
88 50
Town of Blackstone, roller rental
140 50
$488 07
EXPENDITURES.
Bowen's Garage, gas and oil
$15 85
Fisk-Alden, roller parts
95 01
C. C. Shattuck, gas and oil
46 63
Deke's Station, gas and oil
19 52
R. Brownly, operator
26 50
$203 51
Total receipts
$488 07
Total expenditures
203 51
Balance available for 1942
$284 56
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RECEIPTS FROM STATE AND COUNTY FOR HIGHWAYS. CHAPTER 81-Contract No. 3678.
Town Appropriation
$4,375 00
State Allotment
5,250 00
Total expended
9,625 00
Received from State
$5,151 15
Due from State
98 85
$5,250 00
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE-Contract No. 7830.
Town Appropriation
$1,200 00
State Alllotment
1,200 00
County Allotment
1,200 00
$3,600 00
Total expended
3,600 00
Received from State $1,198 64
Received from County
1,198 64
Due from State
1 36
Due from County
1 36
$2,400 00
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION-Contract No. 7974.
Town Appropriation
$2,100 00
County Allotment
2,100 00
State Allotment
4,200 00
$8,400 00
Total expended
8,399 92
Balance unexpended 08
$9,625 00
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Received from State
$2,999 99
Received from County
1,499 99
Due from State
1,200 01
Due from County
600 01
$6,300 00
MILLVILLE ROAD-Special Contract No. 7660.
State Allotment
$212 63
County Allotment
212 63
$425 26
Total expended
425 26
Received from State
$212 63
Due from County
212 63
$425 26
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WPA
During the early part of the winter, the WPA finished in- stalling the drainage on North Avenue and then the men were transferred to a state-wide stream clearance project operating in Uxbridge and Northbridge, for which our contribution was the transportation charge.
By Spring, most of the men employed on the local WPA had secured work in private industry. We were notified by the district WPA office that the number of men left was in- sufficient to operate a project here in Mendon, and if we de- sired to continue with the program we would have to trans- port the men to Shrewsbury. A month later all of the men had secured work in private industry and we closed down all WPA work after a period of 8 years.
CONCLUSION.
With industry absorbing the unemployed labor it will be unnecessary to appropriate any funds for WPA work in 1942. However we are still preparing local projects to have on hand against the day when the present war employment is over and private industry must of necessity lay off many employees. These projects approved by the Federal government will be then available for immediate use.
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT M. DONNELLY,
WPA Coordinator.
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WPA APPROPRIATION.
Appropriation $2,500 00
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES.
Treasurer of U. S., music project
$10 00
Dyar Sales, shovels 16 25
L. N. Jaques, supplies
6 74
Clark-Shaughnessey, oil
34 50
M. Goldthwaite, gravel
82 60
M. U. Gaskill, gravel
56 70
Wm. Ross,, tool repairs
1 00
Milford Cabinet Co., glass
50
Phil & Co., boots
7 70
Deke's Station, gas
2 55
Corbett Pipe, pipe
216 00
H. M. Curtiss, lumber
44 08
E. T. Powers, pipe
21 85
C. C. Shattuck, gas
68 94
Louis Tetreault, transportation
164 00
Carl Taft, trucking
90 00
Harold Metcalf, trucking
94 50
$917 91
Transferred to Police Dept.
$550 00
Transferred to Incidental Account
300 00
$850 00
Unexpended balance
732 09
$2,500 00
SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES ON ALL HIGHWAY WORK IN 1941.
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Chapter 90 Construction
General Repairs $42.25
Snow Removel $174.00
TOTALS
Robert M. Donnelly
$525.00
$253.74 101.50
213.50
4.00
486.50
William Barry
31.00
17.00
4.00
52.00
Robert Bartlett
51.50
63.50
115.00
William Bowen
93.50
42.50
75.50
8.00
6.00
225.50
Lewis Bronson
38.00
20.00
89.00
1.80
148.80
Robert Brownly
152.00
31.00
95.75
50.00
61.50
390.25
R. Deiana
13.00
13.00
George Hutchinson
179.50
82.50
153.50
2.95
16.50
434.95
George Johnson
44.00
62.00
247.00
353.00
Everett Kempton
11.50
49.50
101.00
1.50
163.50
Clayton Longton
4.00
4.00
Russell Longton
4.00
4.00
Lester Mann
118.50
97.50
106.50
322.50
Willard Mathewson
93.00
56.00
183.00
332.00
William Munsell
275.00
142.50
275.00
45.50
788.00
Goodsil Peters
79.50
36.00
8.00
123.50
Joseph Randor
5.00
5.00
William Rondeau
4.00
4.00
Arthur Sibley, Jr.
10.50
10.50
Roscoe Steere
282.00
112.00
291.50
28.00
10.00
723.50
Kenneth Taft
8.00
Leo Tetreault
66.50
150.00
72.00
74.50
363.00
Napoleon Thiebault
227.00
121.50
260.50
8.00
617.00
Raymond Thomas
17.50
55.50
24.00
97.00
Harold Ward
4.00
51.50
90.50
146.00
Curtis Woodfall
7.00
46.50
53.50
TOTALS
$2,418.00
$1,315.24
$2,876.25
$329.50
$523.00
$7,461.99
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$1,477.99
William Auty
167.50
$483.00
50.00
SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES-(Continued).
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Chapter 90 Construction
General Repairs
Snow Removel
TOTALS
RENTED EQUIPMENT-TRUCKS.
D. Kinsley Barnes
$486.00
$111.00
$381.00
$978.00
Edward Goss
444.00
99.00
334.50
877.50
Harold Metcalf
655.00
189.00
532.50
69.00
96.00
1,541.50
Aldo Sabatinelli
194.00
194.00
Carl Taft
633.00
174.00
447.00
12.00
212.00
1,478.00
Leo Tetreault
522.00
186.00
550.50
78.00
1,336.50
$2,740.00
$759.00
$2,245.50
$81.00
$580.00
$6,405.50
POWER SHOVEL.
Rosenfeld
Sand & Stone Co.
1,549.00
88.00
1,808.50
3,445.50
COMPRESSOR.
Aldo Sabatinelli
123.75
11.15
171.55
306.45
GAS ROLLERS.
Town of Northbridge
87.00
87.00
R. H. Newell Co.
24.00
66.00
90.00
TOWN EQUIPMENT.
Power Grader
10.00
20.00
145.00
175.00
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
4,533.75
944.15
4,370.55
81.00
580.00
10,509.45
TOTAL PAYROLLS
$6,951.75
$2,259.39
$7,246.80
$410.50
$1,103.00
$17,971.44
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Dr. K. A. Campbell, services $31 00
Transportation 8 20
F. R. Phillips, salary as Inspector of Slaughtering 50 00
Milford, Hopedale, Mendon Nursing Ass'n. 50 00
Roy A. Barrows, placarding and fumi- gating 14 00
A. H. Sweet, supplies
50
B. F. Hartman, services
3 00
Hastings Drug Co., vaccine
2 19
Alec Wolec, town dump
50 00
J. J. Gibbs, supplies
1 55
State Department of Public Health,
one-half Miscoe license 10 00
$220 44
Unexpended
279 56
...
$500 00
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, Chairman, HAROLD METCALF, WILLIAM R. BOWEN,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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Appropriation
$550 00
Transferred from WPA Appropriation 550 00
$1,100 00
Expenditures :
Meals for prisoners
$4 35
Court fees
57 65
Toll calls
26 09
Postage
50
Police duty May 30
26 50
Police duty July 3 and 4
62 50
Police duty October 31
34 00
Police duty November 11
14 00
Investigating accidents
198 00
Investigating complaints
154 00
Police duty on highways
182 00
Additional police work
at Mendon
Airport
336 87
$1,096 46
Unexpended
3 54
$1,100 00
During the year the following arrests were made:
Breaking and entering
16
Drunkenness
4
Non-support
2
Bigamy
1
Assault and battery
1
48
Summons to court for out of Town Police
16
Arrests for out of Town Officers 8
Investigated complaints
61
Answered calls for year
361
During the year there were 32 accidents reported to the Police Department with 28 injuries.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD C. BARROWS, Chief Police Dept.
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WEIGHER.
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I have had 29 weighings at 20 cents each and have turned over to the Town Treasurer the sum of $5.80.
Respectfully submitted, FELIX S. BESSETTE, Public Weigher.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT. 1941.
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet of Aggregates is given below:
RECAPITULATION SHEET.
Town appropriations :
Annual Town Meeting, March, 1941
$61,320 82
Debt and Interest
2,383 60
State Tax, 1941
4,125 00
State Parks and Reservation Tax
64 33
County Tax
2,840 92
Repairs and Reconstruction of Bridges
84 02
Tuberculosis Hospital Assess-
ment
1,555 19
Overlay for 1941
999 26
$73,374 14
$73,374 14
Estimated Receipts
$31,661 86
Available Funds (voted by Town
Meeting and authorized by Tax Commissioner)
820 52
$32,486 27 $32,486 27
Net Amount raised on Polls and Property
$40,887 87
477 Poll Taxes at $2.00 each 954 00
Total Valuation
1,377,030 00
Tax Rate $29 00
50
Personal Property
127,900 00
Real Estate
1,249,130 00
Number of Assessments on Real
Estate 527
Number of Assessments on Personal Estate 102
629
629
Number of male polls assessed
........
477
Value of assessed stock-in-trade ....
$3,450 00
Value of assessed live stock
44,780 00
Value of assessed machinery
72,350 00
Value of all other assessed personal estate
7,320 00
Value of assessed personal prop-
erty
$127,900 00 $127,900 00
Value of assessed buildings, ex- cluding land $918,789 00
Value of assessed land, exclud-
ing buildings
330,341 00
Value of assessed real estate $1,249,130 00$1,249,130 00 Total value of assessed property .... 1,377,030 00
Tax on personal estate 3,709 10
Tax on real estate 36,244 77
Tax on polls
954 00
Total poll and property taxes $40,887 87 $40,887 87
Rate of tax per $1,000 29 00
Number of horses assessed 54
Number of cows assessed 574
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed 98
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Number of swine assessed
38
Number of dwelling houses assessed
435
Number of acres of land assessed
10,780
Number of fowl assessed
3,616
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR IN 1941.
Vehicles registered in 1940
$59 39
Vehicles registered in 1941
3,965 27
$4,024 66
$4,024 66
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED
1941.
1940 Taxes
$2 00
1941 Taxes
162 31
$164 31
$164 31
OVERLAY ACCOUNT
Balance in Overlay Account
$483 44
1941 Overlay
999 26
Total Overlay
$1,482 70
$1,482 70
OVERLAY.
Total Overlay
$1,482 70
Abatements 1941
1,144 24
Overlay Balance
$338 46 $338 46
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD T. WHITING, CARL M. TAFT, CHARLES F. LEONARD, Mendon Board of Assessors
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR 1941.
Platform scale over 5000 lbs. (free)
1
Platform Scales under 5000 lbs.
2
$1 00
Spring Scales under 100 lbs.
3
30
Counter Scales under 100 lbs.
1
10
Computing Scales under 100 lbs.
1
10
Gasoline Pumps, Meter System
8
4 00
Gasoilne Pumps, Hand Pumps
1
50
Kerosene Pumps, Hand Pumps
1
50
18
$6 50
I have inspected the following licenses :
Peddlers
3
Fruit and Vegetable
5
Junk
2
10
I have collected $6.50 for fees and have turned same over to the Town Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER TAYLOR, Sealer.
Mendon, Mass., Dec. 31st, 1941.
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REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN.
FOREST FIRES.
Appropriation
$300 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
572 80
$872 80
EXPENDED.
Payrolls
$720 20
H. Lowell, toll calls
1 20
Farrar Co., supplies
151 40
$872 80
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL,
Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Appropriation
$700 00
EXPENDED.
Payrolls
$353 50
L. N. Jaques & Sons, supplies 2 44
Deke's Filling Station, gas and oil
16 56
Ryan Motor Sales, supplies
8 80
Niro & Niro, labor and supplies
2 30
Farrar Co., supplies
82 50
Perkins & Butler, supplies
63
Harold Lowell, supplies
13 88
Joseph W. McEwen, gas
70
Forbes Press, supplies
11 50
Harold Lowell, salary
75 00
Eddie's Service Station, supplies
1 50
Geo. A. Johnson, janitor service
15 20
Charlotte Lowell, test blowing
36 50
Wor. Sub. Elec. Co., power
33 00
Clark-Shaughnessey, oil
36 83
$690 84
Unexpended
$9 16
$700 00
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL, Chief, NORRY J. DAIGE, EDWARD T. WHITING, Fire Engineers.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED.
William Nuttall, salary
$10 00
Payrolls
83 25
$93 25
Unexpended
$6 75
$100 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. NUTTALL,
Tree Warden.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 1941.
1939 PROPERTY TAXES. DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1941 $1,901 73
Interest
95 33
Tax Taking costs
2 84
$1,999 90
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,893 47
Tax Takings
45 53
Subsequent Tax Title Credit
60 90
$1,999 90
1940 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1941
$112 35
Interest
19
$112 54
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$110 54
Abated
2 00
$112 54
1940 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
Committed Jan. 18, 1941
$59 39
Interest
09
$59 48
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CR.
Paid Treasurer $59 48
$59 48
1940 POLL TAXES. DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1941
$16 00
Demands
70
Interest
02
$16 72
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$12 72
Abated
4 00
$16 72
1940 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1941
$8,218 34
Interest 211 19
$8,429 53
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$7,124 49
Tax Title Credit
104 40
Uncollected
1,200 64
$8,429 53
1941 POLL TAXES.
DR.
Taxes committed, including omitted
assessments of August 4, 1941
$974 00
Demands
16 80
Over paid to Treasurer
2 00
$992 80
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$850 80
Abated
142 00
Uncollected
00
$992 80
1941 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
First commitment Feb. 17, 1941
$954 24
Interest 65
$954 89
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$948 43
Abated
6 46
Uncollected
00
$954 89
DR.
Second commitment June 23, 1941
$2,199 52
Interest
1 46
$2,200 98
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$2,146 31
Abated
52 67
Uncollected
2 00
$2,200 98
DR.
Third commitment, August 4, 1941
$473 75
Interest 22
$473 97
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$463 91
Abated
10 06
Uncollected
00
$473 97
DR.
Fourth commitment, October 7, 1941 ..
$255 72
Interest 32
$256 04
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$237 76
Abated
2 00
Uncollected
16 28
$256 04
DR.
Fifth commitment, Dec. 2, 1941
$82 04
$82 04
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$47 05
Uncollected
34 99
$82 04
1941 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Total Personal and Real Estate Taxes
committed
$40,097 92
Interest 15 99
$40,113 91
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$32,385 20
Abated
996 44
Subsequent Tax Title Credit
156 60
Uncollected
6,575 67
$40,113 91
Total tax refunds for 1941 $94 92
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR P. DALTON, Collector of Taxes.
January 1, 1942.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
TEMPORARY AID.
RESOURCES.
Town Appropriation
$7,000 00
Expended
5,289 28
Unexpended
1,710 72
$7,000 00
DETAILED EXPENDITURES.
MENDON SETTLED CASES.
One family in own home
$285 80
One person in own home
127 55
One family in own home
120 00
One family in own home
55 74
One person in own home
96 00
One family in own home
33 00
One family in own home
12 75
One family in own home
40 00
$770 84
PAID OTHER TOWNS FOR MENDON SETTLED CASES.
Town of Franklin
$90 00
Town of Milford
812 25
Town of Milford
396 07
Town of Bellingham
498 30
$1,796 62
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WIFE AND CHILDREN SETTLED IN MENDON, HUSBAND STATE CASE.
One family in own home $20 00
$20 00
CASES RESIDING IN MENDON SETTLED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Milford case $39 00
$39 00
CASES WITH NO SETTLEMENT, CHARGEABLE
TO THE STATE.
One family in own home
$132 00
One family in own home
10 00
One family in own home 2 75
One family in own home
547 87
One family in own home
813 05
One family in own home
479 00
One person in own home
109 50
One person in own home
31 00
$2,124 72
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Mendon's share to Federal Government for Surplus Commodities Adminis- tration
$272 19
Mendon's share of cost of operating Surplus Commodities Warehouse in Milford
108 16
Helpers for commodities truck
126 00
Supplies, postage and telephone calls
19 75
Hauling wood
12 00
$538 10
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PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF ABOVE EXPENSE.
State of Massachusetts
$2,124 72
Other towns
39 00
Mendon's share
3,125 56
$5,289 28
CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND.
The Welfare Department received a check for $10 from the Bright Oak Club, Inc., which was used for Christmas Cheer Baskets for the needy.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES. SURPLUS COMMODITIES WAREHOUSE.
Goods delivered in the Town of Mendon
for the year of 1941 valued as fol- Ilows :
Food $3,183 15
576 60
Clothing
$3,759 75
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM R. BOWEN, HAROLD METCALF, ROY A. BARROWS, Board of Public Welfare,
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Town Appropriation
$2,400 00
Federal Grant
600 45
$3,000 45
Expended :
5 families with total 9 children $1,910 25
Unexpended
1,090 20
$3,000 45
APPORTIONMENTS OF ABOVE EXPENSE.
Fed. Government based on one-third up to $18.00 for first child and $12.00 for each additional child in each family $431 87
State of Mass., one-third of balance ....
492 79
Town pays the remainder
985 59
$1,910 25
ADMINISTRATION.
Federal grant $5 64
No expenditures
Balance unexpended $5 64
AMOUNT DUE TOWN.
Federal Government for Nov. and Dec. $68 66
State of Mass. for 1941
492 79
$561 45
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS,
Agent.
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REPORT OF AGENT OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE.
43 persons aided, Mendon settlement .. $14,219 80
2 persons aided, no settlement 383 50
1 person aided, Milford settlement ....
360 00
7 out-of-town cases with Mendon set- tlement
316 67
1 indirect payment (funeral)
100 00
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$15,379 97
Appropriation by town $9,000 00
Received from Federal grant
7,140 38
Total amount available
$16,140 38
Total spent
15,379 97
Unexpended
$760 41
APPORTIONMENT OF ABOVE EXPENSES.
Town of Mendon share $2,719 98
Federal Government 7,481 90
State of Mass. 5,118 09
Town of Milford
60 00
$15,379 97
ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE.
Unexpended Fed. Grant, Jan. 1, 1941 $8 01
Fed. grant received 1941
238 12
$246 13
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Expended :
Salary .. .....
$120 00
Office expense
107 43
Total expended
$227 43
Unexpended
18 70
$246 13
AMOUNT DUE TOWN.
Federal Gov. for Nov. to Dec. 31, 1941 $1,238 50
State of Mass. from May to Dec.
31, 1941
1,836 30
$3,074 80
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, Agent.
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SIXTY FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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This year we have run the Library at a minimum of ex- pense to the townspeople. There have been no repairs or al- terations of any kind done to the Library.
This coming year we would like an increased appropria- tion to install and change over book cases to make way for the ever increasing number of books. Also the Library building needs painting on the outside and if it is possible we would like to see it done.
Things have run along smoothly, with splendid coopera- tion from the Librarian and every one connected with the Library.
Respectfully submitted, ERNEST E. SOULS, Chairman, JEROME FOGWELL, HAROLD METCALF, LENA W. GEORGE, EDWARD T. WHITING, Secretary,
Library Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation $475 00
Expenditures :
Barney Coal Co., fuel
$36 50
Rubenstein Bros., electrical repairs 2 00
Worcester Sub. Elect., lights
10 02
The R. H. Hunting Co., children's books
8 85
Personal Book Shop, books
73 06
Verena R. Daley, Librarian
225 00
Gaylord Bros., Inc., library supplies
8 60
A. Freeman, mowing
7 00
Nina M. Burr, magazines
42 30
Nancy Dudley, janitor
52 00
American Library Association, dues ....
3 00
$468 33
Balance
6 67
FLETCHER FUND.
Expended :
Personal Book Shop, Inc.
$156 35
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD T. WHITING, Finance Committee.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :---
The circulation for the year (100 days) was 11,625 vol- umes. The largest given out in one day was 274, the small- est, 64, the average, 116. The circulation by classes was as follows: Fiction, 8136; Magazines, 2694; Biography, 231; Travel, 101; History, 134; Literature, 63; Useful and Fine Arts, 150; Science, 38; All others, 78.
There are 9015 volumes in the library. 226 were added this year. 88 were bought by the town, 122 with the Fletcher Fund, and 16 gifts.
The library subscribes to American Magazine, American Home, Atlantic Monthly, Better Homes and Gardens, Boy's Life, Child Life, Country Gentleman, Colliers', Good Housekeeping, Instructor, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, McCalls', National Geographic, Parents' Magazine, Popular Mechanics , Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post and Woman's Home Companion.
$14.40 was received in fines during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
VERENA R. DALEY,
Librarian.
Mendon, January 1, 1942.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF MENDON:
Pursuant to Chapter 41, Section 50, of the General Laws, I have examined and checked the accounts of the various Town Officers receiving and disbursing municipal funds for the fis- cal year ending December 31, 1941 and find their accounts correctly cast with vouchers carefully filed.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. A. BARRY,
Mendon, January 20, 1942.
Auditor.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1941
SCHOOL DIRECTORY, 1941-1942. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Ernest E. Souls, Chairman Term Expires 1943
Donald B. Lowell, Secretary
Term Expires 1944
Silas Dudley Term Expires 1942
Regular meetings held at the Center School building on the first Monday of each month at 7.30 P. M. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-JEROME P. FOGWELL, B. S.
The Superintendent may be met every Wednesday morning between 9 and 12 at the Mendon Centre High School or by appointment.
Office-Center School, Bellingham Center
Office Hours-4 to 5 o'clock P. M. on school days.
Telephone, Office-Milford 152-4 72
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
K. A. Campbell, M. D. Telephone, Milford, 102
SCHOOL NURSE.
Helen C. Grady, R. N., Supervisor Milford District Nursing Association JANITOR. Raymond Barrows Center School TRANSPORTATION AGENTS ATTENDANCE OFFICER Harold C. Barrows Harold C. Barrows Kenneth Taft
TEACHERS.
Name. Subject or Grade.
Preparation. Degrees Yrs. Ser. or Yrs. in Town
Henry P. Clough, Principal Math., Science, French
Dartmouth College and B.S.
New Hampshire University Ed.M. Fourteenth
Frances A. White Nellie Walent
Commercial, History English, Latin
Salem State Tea. Col. B.S. Fourth Keene Tea. Col., Boston Uni. 3 yrs. Dip. B.S. Second
Helen Rand
Domestic Science, General Framingham State Tea. Col.
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Science, Biology, Civics
B.S. First
Elizabeth DeWitt
History, Geography,
Worcester State Tea. Col.
Physiology, Arithmetic
B.S.
First
Maxine M. Hale
Grades 5 and 6
Worcester State Tea. Col. B.S.
First
Eleanor C. Olson
Grades 4 and 5
Bridgewater State Tea. Col.
B.S. First
Grace Gaskell
Grades 2 and 3
Framingham State Tea. Col.
Two Third
Alice V. Daniels
Grades 1 and 2
David N. Gellatly
Music Supervisor
Perry Kindergarten N. S. 3 yrs. Dip. First Boston Conservatory of
Music-Private Lessons Grad. Sixth
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR PERIOD FROM JANUARY, 1942 TO JUNE, 1943.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Open January 5, 1942
Close April 17, 1942
Open April 27, 1942
Close June 19, 1942
SUMMER VACATION.
Open September 9, 1942
Close December 24, 1942
Open January 4, 1943
Close April 16, 1943
Open April 26, 1943
Close June 18, 1943
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Close June 4, 1943 Otherwise, same as High School
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
October 12, Columbus Day. November 11, Armistice Day. November 26, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following. February 22, Washington's Birthday. All legal holidays.
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AGE OF ADMISSION TO SCHOOL.
Any child who becomes six years of age on or before January first of the year following the term when he wishes to enter school may be admitted into the first grade, but in every case the admission of a child under six shall be de- pendent upon the fitness of the child to profit by the work of the school, such fitness to be determined by the superin- tendent. Pupils under seven years of age who have not previously attended school shall not be permitted to enter later than thirty days after the opening of school in Sep- tember of any school year.
REPORT OF SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS.
OCTOBER, 1941.
Number of pupils examined 296
Number of pupils found defective in eyesight 20
Number found defective in hearing 2
Number of parents or guardians notified 22
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SCHOOL FINANCIAL REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
General Appropriation $18,650 00
Dog Tax, 1941
411 19
Total Receipts
- $19,061 19
Total Expenditures
$18,768 61
Balance
$292 58
REIMBURSEMENTS.
General School Fund, Part I
$1,471 25
General School Fund, Part II
2,437 79
Superintendent's Salary 746 66
Tuition from State 206 49
Tuition from Industrial School 3 60
High School Grant
678 50
Total Reimbursements
$5,544 29
TAXATION COST OF SCHOOLS.
Total Expenditures
$18,768 61
Reimbursements 5,544 29
Net Cost by Taxation
$13,224 32
EXPENDITURES.
School Committee Expenses
$38 00
Superintendent's Salary
902 30
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Superintendent's Expenses
142 88
Salaries of Teachers
9,686 34
Textbooks
208 16
School Supplies
432 94
Janitor's Wages
1,222 71
Miscellaneous Operation
525 97
Fuel
854 71
New Equipment
134 57
Health
401 50
Transportation
3,924 13
Total Expenditures
$18,768 61
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REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF MENDON:
In reviewing another school year as members of your committee, we find that our school has grown steadily, there being an increase of 27 pupils in 1941.
By adding another teacher to our staff in the High School we have lowered the number of pupils in each class, and by changing the High School schedule, we have given Mr. Clough two periods for supervision. The results have been most gratifying.
The number of pupils per teacher in the grades is also very high and another teacher should be added.
During the year four teachers left our staff either to get married or to accept other positions at higher salaries. We have been very fortunate in selecting teachers to replace them.
Your committee has made every effort to keep costs of school administration as low as possible, keeping in mind to maintain as high a standard in its teaching force as it was able to obtain. By very close supervision of our expenditures we have kept within our appropriation during the year 1941. The Town of Mendon has expended under the direction of the School Committee $18,768.61 from an appropriation of $19,061.19, leaving a balance of $292.58, to be turned back to the Town.
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