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$96 75
Unexpended
3 25
$100 00
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
Expended :
One person
$25 00
One person
$75 00
BONDS OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$115 50
Expended :
Maryland Casualty Co.
$5 00
Karl Bright
110 50
$115 50
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$85 00
Expended :
Milford Victory Band
$40 00
C. C. Shattuck, supplies
9 60
Nina M. Burr, supplies
8 25
Clayton Parkinson, wreath, geranium
6 00
...
50 00
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Gen. Wm. F. Draper Camp, S. of U. V.,
flags
5 00
C. F. Leonard, wreath 5 00
$73 85
Unexpended
11 15
$85 00
MOTH SUPPRESSION.
Appropriation
$200 00
Expended :
Carl Taft, moving tools and materials $3 00
Wm. R. Bowen, labor
122 50
Geo. M. Johnson, labor
41 25
N. Thiebault, labor 7 50
Wm. R. Bowen, salary
10 00
$184 25
Unexpended
15 75
$200 00
MOTOR VEHICLE TAX REFUND.
Expended : 1943
$30 88
REAL ESTATE TAX REFUND.
Expended: 1943
$9 00
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
Appropriation $850 71
Expended :
Rosenfeld Washed Sand & Stone Co., 1940 bill $501 11
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., 1940 and 1941 bill 349 60
$850 71
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$400 00
Expended :
One family in own home
$56 00
One family in own home
20 00
$76 00
Unexpended
324 00
$400 00
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' GRAVES.
Appropriation .. Expended :
$20 00
Paid Swandale Cemetery Ass'n.
....
$20 00
$20 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$627 00
Expended :
Wor. Sub. Elec. Co.
$627 00
$627 00
WORCESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Appropriation
$1,642 06
Expended :
Care and Maintenance
$931 04
Interest on Bonds
161 02
Construction
550 00
$1,642 06
RESERVE FUND.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Expended :
Transferred to Waterhole Removal $161 38
Transferred to Incidental Account 215 78
Transferred to Police Dept. 116 40
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Transferred to Road Machinery Account
263 43
Transferred to Chapter 81 1 97
$758 96
Unexpended
241 04
$1,000 00
ASSETS.
Uncollected Taxes :
1942 Property taxes
$300 79
1943 Excise taxes
64 24
1943 Property taxes
4,873 68
$5,242 71
Due from the State of Massachusetts on Highways:
Chapter 81
$2,583 27
Chapter 90M
80 04
$2,663 31
Due from the County of Worcester, on Highways:
Chapter 90M ..... ... $80 04
$80 04
Welfare:
Due from State of Massachusetts,
Temporary Aid
$941 06
$941 06
Old Age Assistance :
Due from State of Massachusetts
$1,680 00
$1,680 00
Tax Titles $861 78
$861 78
Welfare: Settlement in Question
$570 00
$570 00
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Cash in hands of Treasurer, January
1, 1944 $11,224 09
$11,224 09
Total
$23,262 99
LIABILITIES.
Due County of Worcester for Con-
struction and Equipment of Wor-
cester County Hospital
$1,750 00
Bonds on School House Addition
20,000 00
$21,750 00
LIST OF JURORS.
John J. Driscoll
Providence Street Machinist
William R. Bowen
Bates Street Poultryman
Gordon R. Good
North Avenue Machinist
Ernest E. Souls
Bates Street Pattern Maker
Henry Twitchell
Elm Street
Machinist
George G. Davenport
North Avenue Dairyman
Robert Chase
Hastings Street Collector
Roy A. Barrows
Blackstone Street Dairyman
William F. Irons, Jr.
Main Street Musician
Walter Taylor
Blackstone Street Factory Worker Main Street Farmer
Herbert S. Wood
Hartford Ave. W. Farmer
Eugene H. Chapman
Kinsley Lane Mechanic
Ralph W. Coffin, Jr.
Hastings Street Dairyman
Vernon A. Barrows
Blackstone Street Grinder
Respectfully Submitted,
D. VICTOR SMITH, Chairman, ROY A. BARROWS, SILAS H. DUDLEY,
Board of Selectmen.
Carl M. Taft
SUMMARY.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Incidentals
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$2,750.00 215.78
$2,965.78
$2,965.78
Salaries of Town Officers
1,800.00
1,742.95
$57.05
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
758.96
241.04
Worcester County Hospital
1,642.06
1,642.06
Moth Suppression
200.00
184.25
15.75
Bonds of Town Officers
115.50
115.50
Soldiers' Relief
400.00
76.00
324.00
Board of Health
800.00
681.50
118.50
$550.00
Police Department Transferred from Reserve Fund
116.40
$666.40
666.40
Interest on Loans
Memorial Day
85.00
73.85
11.15
Park Department
100.00
96.75
3.25
Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
20.00
20.00
Street Lights
627.00
627.00
Board of Public Welfare
6,000.00
3,806.50
2,193.50
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SUMMARY-Continued.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Aid to Dependent Children Received from U. S. Grant
$1,500.00 278.50
$1,778.50
652.00
1,126.50
Bureau of Old Age Assistance Received from U. S. Grant
10,800.00
9,364.75
$20,164.75
19,305.00
859.75
Administration Account for Old Age Assistance, Balance on hand Received from Federal Grant
$59.14 312.13
$371.27
279.00
92.27
General Repairs
1,000.00
804.49
195.51
Chapter 81
Transferred from Reserve Fund Town Appropriation State Allocation
$1.97 3,600.00 4,500.00
$8,101.97
8,101.97
Chapter 90 Maintenance Town Appropriation
$500.00
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SUMMARY-Continued.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
County Allocation State Allocation
500.00 500.00
$1,500.00
1,499.55
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Snow Removal
$1,500.00
1,489.81
10.19
Road Machinery Account Transferred from Reserve Fund
$125.00 263.43
$388.43
388.43
Tree Warden Taft Public Library
100.00
61.00
39.00
525.00
524.54
.46
Forest Fires
500.00
381.75
118.25
Fire Department
800.00
758.10
41.90
Insurance on Town Buildings
727.00
725.76
1.24
Thayer Cemetery Fund
11.83
11.83
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SUMMARY-Continued.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Schools Dog License Refund
$21,224.65 420.35
$21,645.00
21,377.25
267.75
Totals
$75,535.49
$69,806.15
$5,729.34
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Respectfully submitted, D. VICTOR SMITH, ROY A. BARROWS, SILAS H. DUDLEY, Selectmen of Mendon.
January 1, 1944.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN GENTLEMEN :
The year just passed was a difficult one insofar as the maintenance of the highways is concerned. For one thing, the availability of tar was restricted considerably. Then too, the labor situation was such that only a minimum of work requir- ing manual labor could be accomplished. For 1944, however, things look a little brighter; for restrictions on tar are lifted, and most of our efforts should therefore be on the maintenance of present roads. The recently acquired sand spreader saves both on sand and labor in the tarring of the streets, and so we do not expect to meet with any difficulties such as were pre- sented in 1943.
The project on Hartford Avenue West is practically com- pleted, save for drainage facilities and top coating of stone and tar. This road would have been coated with tar save for a technicality which would preclude our receiving further State aid in finishing the job permanently. The ever-present prob- lem of choosing between use of local equipment at higher cost to the Town or that of outside equipment at a saving to the Town presented itself on this project. One must look at all the angles carefully before reaching a decision. Most of the local trucks have been registered and put on the road for the main purpose of facilitating the highway work of the Town, since the Town does not own any trucks. These trucks work for the Town on snow removal at little or no profit when con- sidering the wear and tear on vital parts of the trucks. Without this service the majority of the townspeople would feel the ef- fects severely. The price charged for trucking is very fair to the
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Town; and yet we were faced with the choice of saving the Town half of the trucking expense on Hartford Avenue West graveling. This problem was resolved by splitting the work approximately in half between the outside haulers, who admit- ted loss in the transaction, and the local trucks. We feel that the citizens and taxpayers of the Town are entitled to the most at the least cost, and this feeling has been put into practice in buying materials and services, except when such a problem as the one mentioned above presents itself.
The Town of Mendon during the past year has bought sand and gravel as low in price and, in fact, lower than most of the surrounding towns. This is true also in the case of tar patch material. On the Hartford Avenue West project, your highway surveyor and the State engineer personally checked outside haulers' trucks for capacity and weight of full loads, and it can be safely asserted that we received more gravel than we were billed for.
During the past few years, the Town has paid $3.00 an hour for a truck and driver for plowing snow, and the Town has paid for the helper in addition to this rate. This practice will be continued.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR A. SABATINELLI,
Highway Surveyor and Superintendent of Streets.
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.
Chapter 81
$8,101 97
Chapter 90
1,499 55
Snow Removal
1,489 91
General Repairs
804 49
Road Machinery Account
388 43
Waterhole
421 38
Total
$12,705 73
SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES OF ALL HIGHWAY WORK IN 1943.
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Snow Removal
General Repairs
Waterhole
TOTALS
A. Sabatinelli
$977.00
$244.00
$22.00
$48.00
$40.00
$1,331.00
A. Auty
27.76
27.76
W. Auty
ยท 25.60
11.25
36.85
V. Barrows
4.90
4.90
W. Bowen
22.50
22.50
W. Butler
2.70
2.70
A. Cardasso
18.75
110.00
128.75
C. Demarus
5.00
5.00
N. Daige, Jr.
1.25
1.25
M. Daley
25.01
25.01
G. Finn
3.75
3.75
R. Gaskill
22.51
4.60
27.11
A. Hensell
21.60
4.20
25.80
W. Hutchinson
37.51
37.51
R. Jewett
2.50
2.50
G. M. Johnson
33.75
15.63
2.50
51.88
F. Mucconie
5.00
5.00
W. Munsell
475.47
154.00
7.50
39.20
26.40
702.57
C. Mosher
8.75
8.75
S. Nuttall
100.40
4.20
5.60
4.80
115.00
A. Pichierre
8.75
8.75
R. Steere
15.00
41.88
56.88
A. Taft
6.25
6.25
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SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES-(Continued).
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Snow Removal
General Repairs
Waterhole
TOTALS
D. Taft
.90
90
I. Thompson N. Thiebault
3.75
3.75
561.60
154.00
32.50
28.00
32.00
808.10
TOTALS
$2,262.92
$561.10
$280.90
$127.90
$217.40
$3,450.22
RENTED EQUIPMENT-TRUCKS.
D. K. Barnes
$257.55
$48.00
$111.75
$417.30
E. Goss
83.25
83.25
R. Gaskill
75.20
45.70
120.90
E. L. Sabatinelli
102.00
102.00
H. Metcalf
84.40
188.13
6.00
6.40
284.93
C. Taft
546.95
187.20
180.00
29.20
38.40
981.75
L. Tetreault
326.05
22.40
302.38
36.80
12.80
700.43
POWER SHOVEL.
H. Poirier
$780.00
L. Newton
$16.00
$780.00 16.00
E. L. Sabatinelli
$513.80
$565.80
Rosenfeld
Sand & Stone Co.
288.00
COMPRESSOR WORK $52.00
288.00
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SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES-(Continued).
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Snow Removal
General Repairs
Waterhole TOTALS
BLASTING
G. Sabatinelli
$154.50
$154.50
TOWN EQUIPMENT.
Power Grader
$160.40
$25.00
$185.40
Concrete Mixer
18.00
18.00
TOTALS
$3,288.10
$380.30
$884.26
$72.00
$73.60
$4,698.26
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CHAPTER 81.
Town Appropriation
$3,600 00
State Allotment
4,500 00
$8,100 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
1 97
$8,101 97
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$2,262 92
Equipment
3,288 10
$5,551 02
MATERIALS.
The Barrett Div., tar
$1,033 48
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., sand and
stone
988 04
State Prison Colony, pipe
147 00
E. L. Sabatinelli, bits
85 50
Varney Bros., patch
40 43
Carl Taft, burrow 38 20
Corbett Concrete Pipe, pipe
11 20
Fiske Lumber Co., bridge planking
7 48
L. N. Jaques, hardware 5 97
G. Sabatinelli, dynamite and exploders 193 65
$2,550 95
Total Expenditures $8,101 97
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE.
Town Appropriation
$500 00
County Allotment
500 00
State Allotment
500 00
Unexpended Balance
$1,500 00
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EXPENDITURES. PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$561 10
Equipment
380 30
$941 40
MATERIALS.
The Barrett Div., tar
$130 56
Corbett Concrete Pipe, pipe
13 60
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., patch and sand
413 99
$558 15
Total Expended
$1,499 55
Unexpended Balance
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$1,500 00
SNOW REMOVAL.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$280 90
Equipment
884 26
$1,165 16
SUPPLIES.
Eddie's Service Station, gas $5 86
Deke's Filling Station, gas
16 49
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., sand
261 60
Wor. Chemical Co., calcium
40 70
$324 65
Total Expended
$1,489 81
Unexpended Balance
10 19
$1,500 00
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GENERAL REPAIRS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$127 90
Equipment
72 00
$199 90
L. N. Jaques, hardware $2 87
Dyar Sales Machinery Co., hyd. pump 15 00
N. E. Asphalt & Tar Co., tarvia
165 00
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., sand
218 50
H. A. Daniels Co., insurance 140 86
Guido Sabatinelli, moving old dyn.
10 00
Eddie's Service Station, gas and oil
26 36
State Prison Colony, posts
26 00
$604 59
Total Expended
$804 49
Unexpended Balance
191 51
$1,000 00
WATERHOLE ON MAPLE STREET.
Appropriation
$260 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
161 38
$421 38
LABOR.
A. Sabatinelli
$40 00
A. Hensel
4 20
N. Thiebault
32 00
W. Munsell
26 40
A. Cardasso
110 00
S. Nuttall
4 80
$217 40
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EQUIPMENT. TRUCKS.
C. Taft
$38 40
H. Metcalf
6 40
L. Tetreault 12 80
Leo Newton, winch
16 00
$73 60
MATERIALS.
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., supplies $13 30
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., gravel and
concrete
117 08
$130 38
Total Expended $421 38
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT.
Appropriation
$125 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 263 43
$388 43
EXPENDITURES.
L. C. Woodfall, water pump $20 00
Clark & Shaughnessy, oil 7 98
Eddie's Service Station, gas
63 84
Deke's Filling Station, gas
2 96
L. N. Jaques, hardware
7 77
B. & S. Electric Auto Service
9 60
Fiske Alden Co. 5 64
D. Victor Smith, anti-freeze
2 59
Gleason's Service Station
2 70
E. O. Rose, welding 75
P. I. Perkins Co., sander
264 60
Total Expended
$388 43 $388 43
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ROAD MACHINERY FUND. PAID TO TOWN TREASURER.
J. White, use of mixer $10 00
C. Sibley, use of mixer 3 00
Chapter 81, use of grader 160 40
Chapter 90, use of grader 25 00
Chapter 81, use of mixer 18 00
$216 40
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
-
Appropriation
$800 00
Expended :
Worcester County Sanatorium, care of one patient
$541 50
Milford, Hopedale, Mendon District
Nursing Association 50 00
Harold Fairbanks, dog burial
2 00
Alec Wolec, Town dump
50 00
Dr. F. H. Lally, services
12 00
A. H. Sweet Co., supplies
2 00
George W. Gardner, inspecting live- stock
24 00
$681 50
Unexpended
118 50
$800 00
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, Chairman, D. VICTOR SMITH, SILAS H. DUDLEY,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
-
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDED.
William Nuttall, salary
$12 00
Pay rolls
49 00
$61 00
Unexpended
39 00
$100 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. NUTTALL,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Platform scales under 5000 lbs.
2
$1 00
Spring scales under 100 lbs.
2
20
Computing scales under 100 lbs.
1
10
Gasoline pumps, meter system
4
2 00
Gasoline pumps, hand system
1
50
Kerosene pumps, hand system
1
50
Counter scales under 100 lbs.
1
10
12
$4 40
I have collected $4.40 for fees and have turned the amount over to the Town Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER TAYLOR,
Sealer.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WEIGHER.
I have collected $2.40 for twelve weighings, and have turned the amount over to the Town Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
FELIX S. BESSETTE, Public Weigher.
(Report of Weigher Richard Gaskill was received too late to incorporate in this report.)
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
To the Honorable Board of Health:
The following animals have been slaughtered in my pres- ence and inspected by me :
Calves
Cows
Pigs
January
February
March
1
April
May
June
1
2
July
1
August
September
October
November
December
6
-
-
-
Totals
2
3
6
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK R. PHILLIPS, Inspector of Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$550 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
116 40
$666 40
Expenditures :
Meals for prisoners
$4 75
Court fees
38 50
Toll calls 16 42
Police duty, May 30
30 00
Police duty, July 3, 4 and 5
36 40
Police duty Oct. 31 and Nov. 1
32 60
Police duty patrolling the Center
43 05
Investigating accidents
45 00
Investigating complaints
256 59
Police duty on highways
161 00
Postage
2 09
$666 40
During the year the following arrests were made:
Breaking and entering
11
Drunkenness
2
Non-support
6
Assault and battery
2
Summons served
19
Commitments to State Hospital
2
Boys returned to Lyman School
2
Complaints and calls
307
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD C. BARROWS, Chief Police Dep't.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet of Aggregates is given below:
RECAPITULATION SHEET.
Town appropriations :
Annual Town Meeting, March,
1943
$58,129 50
Debt and Interest
2,495 00
State Tax, 1943
1,200 00
State Parks and Reservation Tax
40 03
County Tax
1,932 69
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
1,642 06
Overlay for 1943
1,329 63
$66,768 91
$66,768 91
Estimated Receipts
$23,541 16
Available Funds
545 35
$24,086 51
$24,086 51
Net amount raised on polls and property
$42,682 40
454 Poll Taxes at $2.00 each
908 00
Total Valuation
1,392,480 00
Tax Rate
$30 00
Personal Property
127,110 00
Real Estate
1,265,370 00
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Number of Assessments on Real
548 Estate
Number of Assessments on Personal Estate 99
647
647
Number of Male Polls assessed ....
454
Value of assessed stock-in-trade
$2,500 00
Value of assessed live stock
67,300 00
Value of assessed machinery
56,160 00
Value of all other assessed personal estate
1,150 00
Value of assessed personal prop-
erty
$127,110 00 $127,110 00
Value of assessed buildings, ex-
cluding land
933,190 00
Value of assessed land, exclud- ing buildings
332,180 00
Total value of assessed real estate $1,265,370 00$1,265,370 00
Total value of assessed property ....
1,392,480 00
Tax on personal estate 3,813 30
Tax on real estate 37,961 10
Tax on polls 908 00
$42,682 40 $42,682 40
Rate of tax per $1,000
$30 00
Number of horses assessed
53
Number of cows assessed 556
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed 58
54
Number of swine assessed 5
Number of dwelling houses assessed
443
Number of acres of land assessed
10,762
Number of fowl assessed
3,355
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR IN 1943.
Vehicles registered in 1943
$2,432 03
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED
1943 Taxes
.....
$37 06
$37 06
OVERLAY ACCOUNT
1942.
Balance in 1942 Overlay Account $250 18
1942 Abatements in 1943
61 87
1942 Overlay Balance
$188 31 $188 31
OVERLAY ACCOUNT
1943.
1943 Overlay
$1,329 63
1943 Abatements 1,050 50
1943 Overlay Balance
$279 13
$279 13
Respectfully submitted, CARL M. TAFT, EDWARD T. WHITING, CHARLES F. LEONARD,
Mendon Board of Assessors
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
January 1, 1944.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :-
The Fire Department answered seven alarms in 1943, as follows :
3 Chimney Fires,
2 Auto Fires, 2 Building Fires,
at a total estimated damage of $16,450.00.
Ladders were mounted on Engine 2 this year, so that we now have two fairly well equipped pieces of apparatus.
Owing to the demands on the time of the members, our auxiliary Fire Department was not as active as in previous years.
Appropriation
$800 00
Expended :
Payrolls
$146 40
Wor. Sub. Elec. Co., power
30 25
Edith Rogers
14 26
Clark & Shaughnessy, oil
28 00
Farrar Co., supplies
149 80
L. S. Mowry, ladders
36 00
Fire Protection Co., master light
14 00
George Johnson, janitor service
21 90
Ryan Motor Sales, repairs
57 75
Eddie's Service Station, tires and gas
99 95
Carrie Marlow, test blowing
36 50
Harold F. Lowell, salary
100 00
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Harold F. Lowell, misc. expenses
5 00
Barney Coal Co., oil
13 57
American La France, foamite, supplies
4 72
$758 10
Unexpended
41 90
$800 00
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL, Chief, NORRY J. DAIGE, EDWARD T. WHITING, Fire Engineers.
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REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN.
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
..... $500 00
Expended :
Payrolls
$131 50
Farrar Co., battery charger and supplies
204 25
H. F. Lowell, salary
25 00
L. N. Jaques, shovels
21 00
$381 75
Unexpended
118 25
$500 00
January 1, 1944.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :-
This department answered thirteen (13) brush and grass fire alarms, burning over approximately eighteen acres of brush and woodland, and six acres of grass land.
Through the suggestion of the Office of Civilian Defense and the cooperation of the Commissioner of Conservation, the Forest Fire Fighters Service (F.F.F.S.) was formed in March. Twenty-eight men and boys joined this Service and were trained in forest fire work. After passing satisfactory quali- fications, each member received an arm band and identifica- tion certificate.
These members were from all sections of the Town, and were on the alert at all times, watching for fires.
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The F.F.F.S. proved very satisfactory through the spring and fall forest fire seasons and saved putting out a patrol on the worst fire days.
I would like to thank the members of the F.F.F.S. for the fine cooperation given, both while in training, and at fires.
I would also like to thank the people of Mendon for their cooperation in respect to burning and remind you of the new permit law which does not allow the Forest Warden to give any permits for burning during the months of April and May, except on rainy days. Permits for burning are required at all times, "Except when the ground is substantially covered with snow."
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL,
Forest Warden.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT. FOR 1943.
1941 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1943 $223 31
Interest 2 91
$226 22
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$219 55
Abated
6 67
$226 22
1942 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1943
$25 65
Interest 31
$25 96
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$25 96
Uncollected
00
$25 96
1942 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1943 $6,654 88
Interest 203 63
$6,858 51
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$6,495 85
Abated
61 87
Uncollected
300 79
$6,858 51
1943 POLL TAXES.
DR.
Taxes committed, including omitted
assesssment of Dec. 1, 1943
$916 00
Demands
10 85
Interest
03
$926 88
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$748 88
Abated
174 00
Uncollected
4 00
$926 88
1943 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
First commitment March 15, 1943
$567 73
Interest 51
$568 24
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$567 33
Abated
91
Uncollected
00
$568 24
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DR.
Second commitment August 9, 1943 . . .. $1,664 62
Interest 1 45
$1,666 07
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,643 18
Abated
3 27
Uncollected
19 62
$1,666 07
DR.
Third commitment October 11, 1943
$135 53
Interest 07
$135 60
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$127 60
Abated
2 00
Uncollected
6 00
$135 60
DR.
Fourth commitment Dec. 2, 1943 $64 43
$64 43
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$25 81
Uncollected
38 62
$64 43
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1943 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Total Personal and Real Estate Taxes
committed
$41,972 40
Special warrant to estate 48 96
17 13
Interest
$42,038 49
CR.
Paid Treasurer including amount on special warrant $36,238 81
Abated
867 50
Subsequent tax title credit
58 50
Uncollected
4,873 68
$42,038 49
Total tax refund for 1943 $39 88
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR P. DALTON, Collector of Taxes.
January 1, 1944.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
TEMPORARY AID.
RESOURCES.
Town Appropriation
$6,000 00
Expended
$3,806 50
Unexpended
2,193 50
$6,000 00
DETAILED EXPENDITURES.
MENDON SETTLED CASES.
One person in own home $9 00
One person in own home
208 53
One person in own home
196 65
$414 18
PAID OTHER TOWNS FOR MENDON SETTLED CASES.
Town of Milford
$132 75
Town of Milford
388 35
Town of Bellingham
270 24
$791 34
CASE WITH SETTLEMENT IN QUESTION.
One family in own home ............ $538 50
$538 50
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CASES WITH NO SETTLEMENT, CHARGEABLE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE.
One family in own home $806 06
One family in own home
351 00
One family in own home
745 00
One person in own home
20 00
$1,922 06
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Mendon's share of cost of operating
Surplus Commodities Warehouse in Milford
$56 42
R. F. McDonald, trucking and deliver-
ing commodities
84 00
$140 42
PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF ABOVE EXPENSE.
State of Massachusetts
$1,922 06
Settlement in question 538 50
Mendon's share 1,345 94
$3,806 50
Respectfully submitted, SILAS H. DUDLEY, Chairman, D. VICTOR SMITH, ROY A. BARROWS,
Board of Public Welfare.
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REPORT OF AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1943.
Resources :
Town Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received from Federal Grant
278 50
$1,778 50
Expended :
For direct aid
$652 00
Unexpended
$1,126 50
$1,778 50
ADMINISTRATION.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1943 .. No money expended
$5 64
DISTRIBUTION OF ABOVE AMOUNTS.
Federal Grant's share
$155 00
State's share 332 00
Mendon's share
165 00
$652 00
We started the year with 3 cases and ended with one case.
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, Agent.
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REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943.
Resources (for Direct Aid)
Appropriation by the Town $10,800 00
Received from Federal Grant 9,364 75 - $20,164 75
Expended (for Direct Aid)
$19,305 00
Unexpended
859 75
- $20,164 75
Administration :
Resources :
Received from Federal Grant
$312 13
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1943
59 14
$371 27
Expended
$279 00
Unexpended
92 27
$371 27
Distribution of above amounts :
Federal Grant
$9,325 33
State's share
6,487 89
Mendon's share
3,491 78
$19,305 00
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Received from State in 1943
$7,993 59 Due from State 1,680 00
The year started with 43 cases and ended with 40 cases. Mendon settled cases 40
State cases 3
Respectfully submitted,
ROY A. BARROWS,
Agent.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation $525 00
Expenditures :
Barney Coal Co., fuel
$43 80
Worcester Sub. Electric Co. 9 50
Verena R. Daley, Librarian
225 00
Nancy Dudley, Janitor
52 00
Alanson Freeman, mowing
9 50
M. M. Goodnow Co., repairs
19 20
Nina M. Burr, magazines
39 65
Cahill's News Agency, books
23 83
Personal Book Shop, Inc., books
74 86
American Library Assoc., dues
3 00
H. W. Wilson Co., books
7 75
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