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High School activities have been carried on with un- usual success when considered in the light of the restrictions and congestion necessitated by the building operations of the past year.
Six pupils were graduated June 17, 1938, at exercises held in the Mendon Unitarian Church: Matilda E. Allegrezza, Ruth L. Lee, Flora M. Leoncini, Florence A. Noyes, Myrtle A. Thomas, Esther K. Trott.
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The Annual Prize Speaking Contest was held in the Town Hall, May 20, 1938. Ten students availed themselves of the opportunity of this contest. Prizes were awarded as fol- lows : First Prize-Nancy R. Magliocca; Second Prize- Peter Oppewal; Third Prize-Dorcas M. Daley.
The Class of 1939 gave the annual senior play at the Town Hall, December 2, 1938. A comedy, A Good Egg, was presented in a very creditable manner by all those having a part in the production.
The school paper, The Netmocke Quill, continues to operate on a financially self sufficient basis. The work of the orchestra and chorus group has been continued, with each contributing to the programs of prize speaking and grad- uation. A schedule of educational films has been arranged and is now being shown with the motion picture projector.
As a result of a most satisfactory system of class dues instituted three years ago, the present senior class has been able to secure the necessary funds for the annual Washington trip. This task has been accomplished without making con- tinuous appeals to the community for support of numerous fund-raising activities. The size of the class this year is such that, under the old system, a trip to Washington would not have been possible for the Class of 1939.
The school acknowledges with gratitude the gift of a beautiful American flag and flag pedestal from the Women's Auxiliary of the Organization of the Sons of Veterans. This flag was presented to the school at appropriate exercises November 10, 1938.
Two new features are being introduced into the high school program. Several school clubs have been organized and a program of guidance is in the process of development.
A modest program of school clubs has been started in response to an apparent interest in them. There are many reasons which can be advanced to support this feature of
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school life. Among the most important is the opportunity afforded for widening the range of interests of pupils and for strengthening those interests which pupils already have. Any part of school activity which contributes to the develop- ment of worthy interests should be provided for and encour- aged.
To discuss guidance as something relatively new in school life is somewhat misleading for the aims and purposes of the guidance movement are those which teachers have at- tempted to accomplish for a long time. To give a definite place to guidance in the school program is only to make more effective what has been done in the past in a somewhat less definite and concrete manner. Guidance is based on the fact that pupils need help in choosing courses, in making plans for the future, in preparing for a position, and in making adjustments within the school itself. To the end that some of these things may be done more efficiently, provision is be- ing made to improve high school guidance.
In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere appreciation and that of the teachers to the Superintendent of Schools, Members of the School Committee, and to the members of the community for their hearty co-operation and support.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY P. CLOUGH,
Principal.
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MENDON HIGH SCHOOL PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST MENDON TOWN HALL, MAY 20, 1938 8.00 O'Clock
Winding the Maypole Grade Pupils
America's Responsibility and Opportunity
for World Peace Elliott
Peter Oppewal
Two Noblemen Littleton
Clayton A. Longton
The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones Leacock
Warren L. Daley
Ma's Berth-Night Black
Dorothy Oppewal
Group of Songs
Grade Pupils
A Football Romance Alexander
Ruth E. Ellison
The Death of Madame Defarge Dickens
E. Jane Coleman
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Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
Anonymous
Nancy R. Magliocca
Dutch Folk Dance
Grade Pupils
Liberty and Union Inseparable Webster Elliott B. Taft
Aunt Effie Goes Horseback Riding McMahon
Dorcas Daley
Armaments for Peace Breen
Robert D. Swanson
Selections
Brass Ensemble
Decision of Judges
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF MENDON HIGH SCHOOL UNITARIAN CHURCH FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938, 8 P. M.
Orchestra Selections
(a) Overture-Columbia Zamecnik
(b) March-Inauguration McCaughey
Invocation
Rev. Clarence E. Chamberlain
Salutatory and Essay-The Historical Background
of the Constitutional Convention Matilda E. Allegrezza
Essay-The Men Who Framed the Constitution Esther K. Trott
Songs
(a) Yo Ho! For the Rolling Sea O'Hara
High School Chorus
(b) Cradle Song Brahms
Girls' Chorus
Essay-The Constitution of the United States
Flora M. Leoncini
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Class History and Prophecy
Florence A. Noyes
Solo-"Anchored" Watson
Edgar L. White, Jr.
Essay-The Responsibility of the Individual Citizen Under the Constitution
Myrtle A. Thomas
Essay and Valedictory-The Future of the Constitution Ruth L. Lee
Song-"Oh, Italia, Italia, Beloved" Donizetti
High School Chorus
Presentation of Diplomas
Mr. Ernest E. Souls Chairman of School Committee
Benediction Rev. Clarence E. Chamberlain
Processional-March Romaine
Gounod
Mr. David N. Gellatly
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SCHOOL NURSE'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1938.
To MR. JULES I. PHILIE,
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :-
I herewith submit the annual school nurse's report for the year ending December 31, 1938.
When in session, the schools were visited on Tuesday of each week; Center School and Town Hall in the morning, and East Mendon in the afternoon up to September, when the new Cnner building was opened to accommodate all Mendon school children.
The fourth annual School Chest Clinic was in session in January. Thirty-three children were skin-tested, the first step of the clinic, and eight of these were examined and X- Rayed.
In March and April a Toxoid Clinic was in progress in the schools under the direction of Dr. Campbell, assisted by Miss Salmond. Three treatments for the prevention of diph- theria were given to seventy-one children. A few children who started the treatment late were transported to Dr. Camp- bell's office by the nurse to finish the series.
The annual Dental Clinic opened in Center school, April 25, with Dr. Fielding of the County Extension Service in charge. The clinic was in session daily, when schools were in session, for three weeks. The East Mendon children were transported to and from the clinic.
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The following is a summary of the work done at this clinic. Number of permanent teeth filled, 171; no. of tem- porary teeth filled, 126; no. of permanent teeth extracted, 13; no. of temporary teeth extracted, 60; no. of cleanings done, 71.
There were 131 mouths inspected by Dr. Fielding, and reports of defects were sent to parents. 92 consent slips were signed, and of the 86 children who had work done, 72 mouths were completed.
The school children were weighed and measured three times during the year, and weight tags were sent to parents.
General inspections of the children were done periodi- cally throughout the school year, checking on cleanliness and skin conditions.
Inspections for disease were made whenever necessary.
The following is a summary of the work done by the nurse within the school buildings. General inspections of pupils, 537; classroom inspections of pupils, 692; inspections for disease, 204; teeth inspections, 348; pupils given health advice, 296; pupils excluded as suspicious, 14; health talks to classes, 27; talks with teachers regarding pupils, 95; pupils given first aid treatment, 10; home visits made re- garding pupil's health, 100.
During the summer, home visits were made to urge the correction of defects found by Dr. Campbell in his 1937 school examination. About 32 of these defects were corrected during the year.
One girl, who is a contact to a case of tuberculosis, was sent to the Sterling Health Camp for the summer through use of the Christmas Seal money.
Twenty-seven home visits were made last summer, check- ing on children who were to enter school for the first time last September. These visits were to urge parents to have
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these children vaccinated early, as well as examined by their family doctor for possible defects that might be corrected before entering school.
The annual physical examination of the school children by Dr. Campbell, assisted by the school nurse, was started in October and finished in December.
The following is a list of defects found. Number of en- larged tonsils, 36; diseased tonsils, 2; heart conditions, 10; children found with cavities of teeth, 28; children with wax in ears, 12; children with anemia, 2; children with adenoids, 1; children with signs of chorea, 1; children with inflamed eyes, 1; bronchitis, 1.
Notices of these defects were sent to parents. Although the teachers do the eye and ear testing and send the notices to parents, the school nurse checks by home visiting to urge corrections.
The school children were quite free from contagious di- seases this past year. Two skin diseases, scabies and im- petigo, were reported and investigated.
In closing I wish to thank Mr. Gotschall, our former superintendent, and Mr. Philie for their co-operation; the teachers for their assistance and help; the School Committee, Board of Health and Welfare Board for the aid they have given the school nurses; and the parents for their under- standing and confidence.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN C. GRADY, MILDRED L. SALMOND,
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REPORT OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR.
MR. JULES I. PHILIE,
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :-
MENDON, MASS.
Dear Sir :-
I herewith offer my third annual report for the year end- ing December 31st, 1938.
The music in the primary grades is progressing very satisfactorily. At the beginning of the present school year, about two thirds of the first grade children were monotones. This number has been greatly reduced, however, and the gen- eral tone of the class vastly improved.
Throughout the upper grades the tone quality is good, and the work in musical theory seems to be understood thorough- ly by the children.
During the year, folk dancing and rhythmic drills have been used in grades one to six. This type of work has helped to develop the sense of rhythm in all the children who have taken part.
The High School chorus is well balanced this year, the quality of the boys' voices being especially fine. We may look forward to very artistic singing at the graduation exer- cises of 1939.
I wish to thank you, the School Committee, Principal, and teachers for the interest shown in the music of our schools.
Sincerely yours,
DAVID N. GELLATLY,
Supervisor of Music.
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TOWN WARRANT.
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 sixth day of March A. D., 1939, punctually at nine o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside over 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; one 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 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, 1939.
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, 1939, 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, of the General Laws.
Article 8. To see if the Town will 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 appropriate any sum of money for the care and improvement of the Old Cemetery, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the improvement and repairs 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 for Highways under Chapter 90 of the General Laws said money to be used in conjunction with allotments from the State and County, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the maintenance of all Chapter 90 roads, said money to be used in conjunction with allotments by the State and County for the same purpose; or take any action in rela- tion to the same.
Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $719.09 for the operation and repair of Town machinery; said amount to be taken from the Road Machinery Fund; or take any action in regard to the same.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise any sum of money for the care of Soldiers' and Sailors' graves or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors, with the approval of the Commissioner of Corpora- tion 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 1939.
Article 16. To see what action the Town will take re- garding any legal proceedings that may be brought by or against the Town.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise any sum of money to provide work relief, and to hire equipment and purchase necessary material to be used in connection with the Works Progress Administration projects.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the Dog License Refund received from the Worcester County in 1938 to be used for General School expenses in 1939 or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale, by posting such notice of sale in some conven- ient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least be-
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fore the sale, properly taken by the Town under tax title pro- cedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to prescribe the manner of giving notice of Town meetings by specifying the number of places where warrants shall be posted.
Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $627.00 for street lights for the ensuing year.
Article 22. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the tuition at the Worcester Industrial Trade School, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,624.88 for the Worcester County Hospital apportion- ment for Tuberculosis, or take any action in relation to the same.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up an attested copy thereof at the Post Office in said Mendon and causing a copy to be published once in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published in Milford, Mass., both said posting and publication to be at least seven days before the time of the meeting hereby ordered to be held.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town be- fore the time of meeting aforesaid.
HAROLD METCALF, ROY A. BARROWS, WILLIAM R. BOWEN, Selectmen of Mendon.
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, 1939
273RD ANNUAL REPORT
MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS. 1940.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT. 1939.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1939.
138 Males at $2.00 each $276 00
26 Females at $5.00 each 130 00
38 Spayed Females at $2.00 each 76 00
3 Kennell licenses at $25.00 each 75 00
$557 00
Less Clerk's fees, 205 licenses at 20c
41 00
Cash paid Town Treasurer as per
Monthly return $516 00
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED FROM JANUARY 1, 1939 TO DECEMBER 1, 1939.
Series 1 Resident Citizen Fishing 44
$2 00
$88 00
2 Resident Citizen Hunting 51 2 00
102 00
3 Resident Citizen Sporting 34
3 25
110 50
4 Resident Citizen Minor
and Female Fishing 33
1 25
41 25
6 Resident Citizen Trapping 1
5 25
5 25
7 Resident Citizen Sporting Free 8
10 Non-Resident Citizen
Fishing 2
5 25
10 50
Fees retained by Clerk 165
25
41 25
$357 50
Amount paid Division of Fisheries and Game as per Monthly reports
$316 25
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1939.
Date of Birth 1939
Name of Child
Parents with Maiden Name of Mother
Feb. 14
Linda Louise Carleton Bentley
Mar.
1
Mar.
16
Elizabeth Jane Perkins
Apr.
8
Wallace Richard Neely
May
22
David M. Gellatly
May
23
Irving Carroll Dudley
May
25
Norman Silbor
May
26
Mary Frances Lamothe
June
13
Barbara Jane Fairbanks
June
29
Barbara Elaine Rogers
June
30
Dorothy Jane Closson Hazard
July
5
Ernest Walter Souls
July
21
Paul Alfred Roy
July
24
Randall Lee Faneuf
Aug.
14
Edward Barry Neal
Sept.
12
Janis Ida Bracci
Oct.
10
Patricia Ann Gardner
Oct.
14
Marilyn Jane Mantell
Nov.
1
Carol Ann Babbitt
Nov.
2
Joan Silvia Bosma
Nov.
13
Theresa Mae Wiersma
Dec.
2
Allan Fred Hartshorn
Dec.
8
William Henry Yanski
Alfred L. and Helga E. Carlstrom Reginald and Catherine Gardner Milton and Bertha Novak George and Florence Barrows David and Martha E. Mears Raymond C. and Martha Thompson Hurley and Florence Thibeault Aram and Blanche Counter Harold and Helen O'Donnell Leonard and Bertha Martin Alfred and Sadie Hammond Richard and Anna O'Donnell Ernest E. and Florence Bergston Wilfred and Beatrice Garceau Allan and Irene Levesque Charles F. and Lillian R. Barry Willard and Louise Trematore Henry P. and Thelma Davies Andrew and Leslie M. Tucker Samuel M. and Ida May Guyette Henry and Wilma Visser Cornelius and Annie DeVries Frederick and Loleita Belcher Walter and Stella Hammond
July
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1939.
Date of Marriage 1939
Place of Marriage
Names
Residence
Apr. 1
Uxbridge, Mass.
Homer LaFrancois
Apr. 15
Bellingham, Mass.
Doris Hodgkins Henry J. Roy Nellie M. Murray George Wiersma Jennie Oosterman
Apr.
19
Whitinsville, Mass.
May
12
Medway, Mass.
Charles E. Larking Lois E. Wentzell
June
24
Hopedale, Mass.
Edward J. Kopeski Rita M. Tetreault
July 1
Uxbridge, Mass.
Arthur C. Silbey, Jr.
Mendon, Mass. Uxbridge, Mass.
July
5
Plymouth, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Sept. 25
Hopedale, Mass.
Hazel M. Palmer Harold Metcalf Lucille B. Levesque Samuel M. Babbitt Ida G. Latamore Veto A. Anesta Emily M. Cenedella
Uxbridge, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 7 Milford, Mass.
Oct. 7
Milford, Mass.
Albert Plechinger Marguerite I. Cole Martin J. Ploof Mildred E. Miller
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 21
Millville, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Nov.
18
Milford, Mass.
Harry C. York, Jr. Marie L. Soderlund Edward C. Goss
Nov.
27
Framingham, Mass.
Margaret M. Reilly Joseph S. Leoncini Anita G. Harback Charles F. Bagg
Nov.
28
Weston, Mass.
Frances M. Garland Asa Vear Marion McCabe
Dec.
30
Milford, Mass.
Raymond L. Gagne
Carmella E. DeLuzia
Dec. 31
Malden, Mass.
Lovett G. Kennedy
Margaret L. Eaton
Mendon, Mass.
Uxbridge, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Bellingham, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Whitinsville, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Bellingham, Mass. Millville, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Milford, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Milford, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 14
Milford, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Millville, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Blackstone, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Grafton, Mass.
Dec.
25
Millville, Mass.
Mendon, Mass. Weston, Mass. Millville, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Milford, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1939.
Date of Death 1939
Name
Y
Age M
D
Cause of Death
Jan.
28
Gilbert Moses Billings
85
11
21
Brights Disease
Mar.
28
Sarah C. Gross
48
2
9
Diabetic Gangrene
Mar.
30
Susan Iola (LeSheur) Wheeler
82
11
13
Broncho-pneumonia
Apr.
23
Hanson Leroy Craddock
36
8
9
Combined Sclerosis
6
May
4
Abbie Quinn
65
0
0
Carcinoma of Stomach
May
30
Maria Christine (Anderson)
Malnsten
85
6
13
Arteriosclerosis
June
14
Socrates Samaris
22
0
0
Accidental Drowning
July
6
Laura Ann (Gray) Hersey
85
5
14
Chronic Myocarditis
Aug.
13
Anthony Travers
29
11
29
Accidental Drowning
Aug.
29
Annie M. (McLaughlin) Boucher
73
0
26
Mitral Insufficiency
Sept.
2
Robert Wright
78
3
27
Cardio vascular renal disease
Oct.
14
Henry George Mitchell
64
2
19
Angina Pectoris
Nov.
20
Rufus Edwin Taft
49
11
5
Coronary Thrombosis
Nov.
22
William Newell Prentiss
73
4
0
Cardio renal vascular disease
Dec.
20
Hattie Everett (Bates) Gaskill
78
6
26
Broncho pneumonia
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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 complete notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town in which such child is born. Parents should give this their prompt attention as it is very important and necessary for complete record.
SOME OF THE MANY
REASONS WHY BIRTHS SHOULD BE RECORDED.
To establish identity.
To prove nationality.
To prove legitimacy.
To show when the child has the right to enter school.
To show when the child has the right to seek employ- ment under the child labor law.
To establish the right of inheritance to property.
To establish liability to military duty, as well as ex- emption therefrom.
To establish age and citizenship in order to vote.
To qualify to hold title to, and to buy or sell real estate.
To establish the right to hold public office.
To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into.
To prove age to determine validity of a contract entered into by an alleged minor.
To prove age for Old Age Assistance.
To prove age so as to have the right to take Civil Service Examinations.
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Your co-operation to the end that all births may be prop- erly recorded will be greatly appreciated.
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, 1940.
I take this opportunity in wishing the Townspeople much prosperity during the year 1940.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT S. COLEMAN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1940.
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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, 1939.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the follow- ing sums :-
Cash balance Jan. 1, 1939
$4,343 44
Revenue Notes 25,600 00
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses fees 516 00
License fees 123 50
Director of Standards, license 6 00
County Treasurer, Dog Licence fees 334 44
Town of Medway, Public Welfare 256 00
School Fund, Part II
2,231 53
State Treasurer, Income Tax 4,188 95
State Treasurer, for Indigent Persons 69 00
Town of Foxboro, Public Welfare
37 56
Farmers & Mechanics Savings
1 34
George A. Johnson, rent from Town Hall 286 00
Town of Hopedale, Old Age Assistance
40 00
State Treasurer, Old Age Assistance ....
3,760 00
Town of Milford, Old Age Assistance
42 50
State Treasurer, Aid to Dependent Children 349 00
State Treasurer, Temporary Aid 2,170 98
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