Town annual reports of the officers of Mendon, Massachusetts 1943-1947, Part 4

Author: Mendon (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1943
Publisher: Town of Mendon, Massachusetts
Number of Pages: 546


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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 improvement and repairs of high- ways, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works as provided under Chapter 81 of the General Laws as amended, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.


Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $216.40 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 11. 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.


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Article 12. To see what action the Town will take re- garding any legal proceedings that may be brought by or against the Town.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the Dog License Refund received from Worcester County in 1943 to be used for general school expenses in 1944, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for Street Lights for the ensuing year.


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


The polls may be closed at 8 o'clock P. M.


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.


Given under our hands at Mendon this 20th day of Febru- ary, A. D., 1944.


D. VICTOR SMITH, ROY A. BARROWS, SILAS H. DUDLEY.


A true copy. Attest :


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, 1944


278TH ANNUAL REPORT


MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS. 1945.


TOWN OF MENDON.


Town of Mendon Incorporated May 15, 1667. Population 1315, 1940 Census. Registered Voters in 1944: Men, 406. Women, 394. Total, 800. Annual Meeting: First Monday in March.


County Commissioners :


Elbert M. Crockett, Chairman Milford


George W. Jones Worcester


Francis E. Cassidy Webster


Fourth Congressional District


Congressman, Joseph William Martin, Jr. .... North Attleboro


Seventh Councillor District


Councillor, George E. Nelson Worcester


Fourth Senatorial District


Senator, John Albetski Webster


Ninth Worcester Representative District Representative General Court, Peter F. Fitzgerald, Blackstone


Sheriff for Worcester County


William A. Bennett Worcester


TOWN OFFICERS.


SELECTMEN. (Selectmen serve as Board of Public Welfare Board of Health and Fence Viewers). Harold Metcalf Roy A. Barrows D. Victor Smith Silas H. Dudley (for unexpired term of Harold Metcalf serving in Armed Forces.)


TOWN CLERK. Albert S. Coleman


TOWN TREASURER. Moses U. Gaskill


TAX COLLECTOR. Arthur P. Dalton


ASSESSORS.


Carl M. Taft Edward T. Whiting Charles F. Leonard, Clerk


AUDITOR. William A. Barry


SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Leonard M. Rogers Atty. George F. Lee Silas H. Dudley


TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.


D. Victor Smith Atty. George F. Lee Percy Rowe Lena W. George Edward T. Whiting, Secretary


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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


D. Kinsley Barnes Robert Maynard


Joseph W. McEwen Albert S. Coleman, Clerk


FINANCE COMMITTEE.


Herman K. Hersey


Herbert S. Wood


Franklin E. Goodnow


PARK COMMISSIONERS.


Norry J. Daige Charles F. Neal Edward T. Whiting


Constable and Chief of Police Harold C. Barrows


Tree Warden William E. Nuttall


Town Solicitor Shelley D. Vincent


Dog Officer Harold C. Barrows


Public Weigher Richard Gaskill


Sealer of Weights and Measures Walter Taylor


Superintendent of Schools Percy Rowe


Fire Chief and Forest Warden Harold F. Lowell


Superintendent of Streets Arthur A. Sabatinelli


Burial Agent Norry J. Daige


Inspector of Slaughtering Frank Phillips


Inspector of Animals Moses U. Gaskill


Rationing Board : Nathaniel B. Cox Asa B. Vear


Ralph W. Coffin, Chairman Vestella M. Daniels, Clerk


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In Memoriam


It is fitting that we, who live to enjoy the fruits and liberties for which they fought and died, dedicate to them this 278th Annual Report. May we not forget the cause for which they died. May we with diligence root out the ignorance and self-complacency that brought about the present holocaust. And may we learn the les- sons of cooperation and goodwill, that they shall not have died in vain.


RAYMOND BESSETTE ORVILLE LAPHAM KENNETH STYMEST GEORGE H. SCOTT ROGER L. WOOD


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT. 1944.


DOGS LICENSED IN 1944.


121 Males at $2.00 each $242 00


27 Females at $5.00 each 135 00


44 Spayed Females at $2.00 each 88 00


2 Kennel licenses at $10.00 each 20 00


2 Kennel licenses at $25.00 each 50 00


$535 00


Less Clerk's Fees, 196 licenses at 20c


39 20


Cash paid Town Treasurer as per


Monthly returns


$495 80


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, 1945. No bills are sent for this tax, so please assist the Town Clerk by paying your Dog License promptly.


SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED FROM JANUARY 1, 1944 TO DECEMBER 31, 1944.


Series


1 Resident Citizen Fishing 86


$2.00


$172.00


2 Resident Citizen Hunting 40


2.00


80.00


3 Resident Citizen Sporting


51


3.25


165.75


4 Resident Citizen Minors


and Female Fishing 49


1.25


61.25


7


6 Resident Citizen Sporting (70 years and over) Free


7


........


..........


Resident Military and Naval Free


8


........


..........


Resident Citizen Fishing


(Old Age Asst.) Free


2


........


..........


8 Special Non-resident


Fishing


6


1.50


9.00


10 Non-resident Citizen


Fishing


3


5.25


15.75


12 Non-resident Citizen


Sporting


1


15.25


15.25


$556.25


Fees retained by Clerk 253


.25


63.25


Amount paid Division of Fisheries


and Game as per monthly reports


$493.00


Attention is called to the fact that all applications for Sporting licenses of any kind MUST be made in person. This is the ruling of the Attorney General.


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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1944.


Date of Birth 1944


Name of Child


Parents with Maiden Name of Mother


Jan.


3


Franklyn Jon DeWolfe


5


Mary Louise Yanski


10


Norman David Woodfall


11


Deborah Elinor Taft


26


Virginia White


Feb.


6


Edgar Arthur White


15


Wayne Edward Kopeski


Mar.


5


Linda Mary Lapworth


8


William Charles Scott Roy Alfred Barrows, 2nd


Apr.


3


29


3


9


31


June


10


14


22


Peter William Chase


July


1


22


Oct.


1


6


8


Nov.


27


Dec.


12


Edward Russell Boover David Bryant Longton Mildred Ann Gaskill Roger Robert Brothers Willliam David White John Robert Vander Sluis Susan Elaine Whiting Drolet


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James F. and Jean F. Sails Walter and Stella A. Hammond Lawrence C. and Eleanor B. Jackson Austin B. and Shirley L. Smith Jesse F. and Margherita O. Cassino Edgar L. and Gloria Merle Stuart Edward J. and Rita M. Tetreault William and Katherine Collins William and Sadie Roshier Merton F. and Janet L. Smith Charles F. and Frances M. Garland George F. and Grace Marion Ellison William E. and Mary M. Foley Richard Ellsworth and Anna O'Donnell Louis S. and Dorothy Halsing Herbert V. and Eva Dalrymple Norman I. and Dorothy Brown Robert W. and Anne E. O'Donnell Edward J. and Mildred E. Bowen Russell C. and Ruth Perron Richard M. and Dora G. Streeter Theodore A. and Yolande Guy David F. and Christine M. Pirie Robert and Elizabeth Heerdt Edward T. and Sadie B. Springer Leo E. and Mildred Riley


26,3 17 "


1945


May


25


Charles Garland Bagg Jo Ann Elizabeth Lee Ellen Elizabeth Grant Priscilla Jean Hazard Louis Stratton Racicot, Jr. Robert Norman Johnson Sheila Mae Rogers


Name of


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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1944.


Date of Marriage 1944


Place of Marriage


Names


Residence


Jan.


1


Mendon


Roy Oscar Johnson


Franklin, Mass.


Pauline May Nason


Mendon


15


Hopedale


Robert Dexter Turner


Hopdale, Mass.


Leslie Frances Richardson


Mendon


15


Whitinsville


Ercole L. Sabatinelli


Mendon


Mar.


18


Providence


Dorothy A. Corron John Francis Vaughan Evelyn Eva Shurtleff Louis L. Racicot


Mendon


18


Uxbridge


Uxbridge, Mass.


Apr.


1


Mendon


Dorothy Rose Halsing Edward N. Kinsley


Mendon


Edith F. Carlson Rogers


Mendon


9


Milford


Norman S. Mason Clara Mae Boover Charles William Davidson, Jr. Jean Claflin Tisdale


Mendon


30


Mendon


Merton Everett Gill


Eastham, Mass.


May


30


Hopedale


Mendon


June


2


Mendon


Mystic, Conn.


July


21


Mendon


William David Rondeau


Mendon


Aug.


4


Hopedale


Victor D'Alessandro


Mendon Milford, Mass


19


Hopedale


Wilfred Joseph Rousseau


Woonsocket, R. I.


26


Mendon


Kenneth A. Flanders, Jr.


Hartford, Conn.


Sept.


16


Mendon


Otis L. Clark


Mendon


Bertha E. Phipps Lynch


Mendon


Oct.


31


Mendon


William T. Eaton


Pittsfield, N. H.


Nellie Rose Bradley Whitney


Pittsfield, N. H.


18


West Roxbury


Dorcas Mary Daley


Mendon


John Alden Lawson Pearl Evelyn Proctor Frederic H. Gilbert


Hopedale, Mass.


Louise Jean Peltier


New London, Conn.


Ellen Ella Simmons


Julia Noesky


Mendon


Yvette Desrosiers


Mendon


Doris Marilyn Fisk


Mendon


17211. 1944 15 mg


24/18 1414 13Q 1945


Northbridge, Mass.


Mendon


Mendon


Holliston, Mass.


Mendon


Mendon


DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1944.


Date of Death 1944


Name


Y M


D


Jan.


27


Nellie Frances Hurd Gordon


83


4


29


Broncho pneumonia


Feb.


18


Sadie Wyga Wiersma


59


8


. .


Acute Glomerulos Hephritis


20


Warren B. Phipps


79


10


5


Arterio sclerosis


Mar.


4


Annie W. Gaskill


83


5


15


Arterio sclerosis


8


Richard Parkinson


83


10


18


Arterio sclerosis


29


William Francis Irons


74


3


17


Cerebral apoplexy


Apr.


3


George W. Romprey


71


·


·


Arterio sclerosis of the brain


15


Eldora Martin Freeman


78


10


7


Cancer of the liver


10


14


Duncan Jeffery Pond


81


2


10


Carcinoma of Colon-Peritonitis


16


Ellen Maria Sears


76


9


. .


Chronic Endocarditis


21


Roy A. Barrows, 2nd


27


Josephine Elizabeth Lundvall


75


10


Broncho pneumonia


May


1


Gertrude Palmer Newcomb


61


9


8


Cardio Renal Disease


5


Eliza J. Hammond


67


.


. .


13


Peter Orlo Gaskill


76


1


24


Myocarditis


July


16


Michael Diorio


17


. .


. .


28


Kenneth Gordon Stymest


21


1


12


Chronic Pulmonary


tuberculosis


Sept.


11


Maria Courtemanche


42


. .


..


Broncho pneumonia


Oct.


3


Florence Gertrude Grayson


36


3


22


Barbiturate poisoning


Nov.


24


Per John Hoberg


73


8


25


Cerebral Hemorrhage


28


Harry Bernard Grant


50


7


10


Chronic Parenchymatous nephritis


Dec.


13


Susan E. Whiting


. .


1


Prematurity


14


Lewis George Bronson


59


1


15


Coronary Thrombosis


. .


28


Congenital Heart Disease


.


·


Multiple emboli of brain and lungs


19


Leopoldo Bracci


72


.


:


Broncho pneumonia


Accidental Drowning


Age


Cause of Death


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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. Herewith are extracts from the General Laws, Chapter 46.


GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 46, SECTION 3.


(As Amended by Chapter 281, Section 1, Acts of 1925).


Every physician, or hospital medical officer registered under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve, in this chapter called officer, shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which he was in charge, showing date and place of birth, the name, if any, of the child, its sex and color, the name, age, birthplace, occupation and residence (including the street number, if any, and the ward number, if in a city) of each parent, the maiden name of the mother and the name of the physician or officer, if any, personally attending the birth. If the child is illegitimate, the name of, and other facts relating to the father shall not be set forth except upon written request of both the father and mother; provided, that if an illegitimate child shall have be- come legitimate by the intermarriage of his parents and the acknowledgment of his father, as provided in section seven of chapter one hundred and ninety, prior to the mailing or delivery of any report herein required, such report shall read, in all respects, as if such child had been born to such parents in lawful wedlock. Said physician or officer shall, within fifteen days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the town where such birth occurred, a report stating the facts hereinabove required to be shown on said record and also the said written request, if any; provided, that if said report is not so made within forty-eight hours after such birth, said physician or officer shall, within said forty-eight hours, mail or deliver to said clerk or registrar


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a notice stating the date and place of the birth, the street number, if any, the ward number, if in a city, and the family name. Upon presentation to him of a certificate of the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly reported, the town treasurer shall pay to such physician or officer a fee of twenty-five cents for each birth so reported. Any physician or any such officer violating any provision of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars. The said town clerk or registrar shall file daily with the local board of health a list of all births reported to him, showing, as to each, the date of birth, sex, color, family name, residence, ward and physician or officer in charge.


GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 46, SECTION 6.


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


Blanks may be obtained upon application to the town clerk.


NOTICE


-


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.


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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.


Parents be sure to record the birth of your child with given name in full.


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


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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.


I take this opportunity in wishing the Townspeople peace and prosperity during the year 1945.


Respectfully submitted,


ALBERT S. COLEMAN,


Town Clerk.


Mendon, January 1, 1945.


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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, 1944.


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


Cash balance Jan. 1, 1944 $11,224 09


County Treasurer, Dog License Refund 452 24


State Treasurer, High School Tuition 900 00


State Treasurer, Highways (4036) .... 2,583 27


State Treasurer, Highways (8796)


....


80 04


County Treasurer, Highways (8796) .... 80 04


State Treasurer, Vocational Education


91 89


L. N. Jaques & Sons, Refund 1 06


Sale of Town Annals 2 00


School Fund, Part II


2,839 01


State Treasurer, Old Age Assistance ..


6,669 46


State Treasurer, Highway Fund


3,238 76


State Treasurer, Income Tax


5,977 40


State Treasurer, Corporation Tax


3,842 45


Refund on Collector's Bond


6 70


District Court Fines


100 00


State Treasurer, Meal Tax


446 31


George Johnson, Town Hall Rent


404 60


Fees from Hay Scales


6 60


State Treasurer, Inspsection of Animals


75 00


Redemption of Tax Titles


37 16


State Treasurer, Forestry Dept.


92 00


State Treasurer, Highways (4216)


3,055 50


State Treasurer, Dept. of Public Health


244 29


State Treasurer, Highways (9113) ....


1,405 67


County Treasurer, Highways (9113) 1,405 67


State Treasurer, Supt. of Schools 701 87


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State Treasurer, War Allowance 20 00


Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grant 8,261 23


Mothers' Aid, U. S. Grant 150 00


Road Machinery Reserve Fund


263 50


Town Clerk, Dog License Fees 495 80


License Fees


596 00


Temporary Aid and Transportation


1,252 80


Library Fines


18 71


Sealer of Weights and Measures


3 90


Aid to Dependent Children


117 84


Frank R. Phillips. Inspector of Meats


46 50


Interest on Defense Bond


12 50


Other Receipts


5 40


Collector of Taxes, A. P. Dalton :


1942 Property Taxes


$291 14


1943 Excise


82 64


1943 Poll


5 00


1943 Property


4,976 97


1943 Tax Taking Costs


5 50


1944 Poll Taxes


729 69


1944 Excise Taxes


1,807 51


1944 Property


36,719 20


Total Receipts


-$101,824 91


RESERVE FUND


$1,000 00


Transferred to Tree Warden Dept. .. $128 60


Transferred to Moth Scout


200 00


Transferred to Incidentals


184 38


Transferred to Highways, Chap. 81


82 03


Transferred to Highways, Chap. 90 1 00


Transferred to Board of Health


34 38


Transferred to Police Dept.


42 56


$672 95


Balance


327 05


$1,000 00


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The Treasurer Credits himself with paying the following amounts :-


Incidentals


$2,934 38


Support of Schools 22,184 82


Snow Removal


1,232 91


Town Water Survey


250 00


Officers' Salaries


1,728 15


Soldiers' Relief


347 94


Insurance


723 60


Bonds for Town Officers


94 25


Fire Dept.


661 74


General Repairs


884 07


Road Machinery Account


212 29


Street Lights


627 00


Board of Health


834 38


Worcester County Hospital


1,615 31


Forest Fires


485 24


Library


524 66


Moth Scout


399 70


Police


742 56


Chapter 81


7,582 03


Town Hall


1,293 41


Park Dept.


123 52


Motor Tax Refund


7 37


Tree Warden


328 60


Chapter 90, Highways


4,501 00


Memorial Day


84 00


School House Notes


2,000 00


Interest on Notes


450 00


State Tax


2,904 00


County Tax


2,492 74


State Parks and Reservations 56 19


County Treasurer, Dog License Fees 503 00


Property Tax, 'Refund 37 70


Old Age Assistance


17,389 80


Aid to Dependent Children


376 00


Public Welfare


1,870 09


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Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves 20 00


Home National Bank, Interest on Bond


12 50 Total Payments


$78,514 95


Cash balance, Dec. 31, 1944


23,309 96


$101,824 91


TAX TITLES.


12 Tax Titles


$956 77


AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.


DR.


To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $726 23


To Cash in Worcester Savings Bank 743 94


To Interest Received 13 84


To Interest Received, Worcester Bank


14 94


$1,498 95


CR.


By Cash in Milford Savings Bank


$665 07


By Two Town Orders


75 00


By Cash in Worcester Bank


758 88


$1,498 95


F. N. THAYER CEMETERY FUND.


DR.


To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $11 83


To Cash Received


3 50


To Interest Received


24


$15 57


CR.


By Cash in Milford Savings Bank $15 57 U. S. Defense Bond $1,000 00


19


Interest Received 25 00


$1,025 00


ANNA ELLIS LIBRARY FUND.


DR.


To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $507 52


To Interest Received 10 19


$517 71


CR.


By Cash in Milford Savings Bank ..... $517 71


NATHAN R. GEORGE TRUST FUND.


DR


To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $1,026 89


To Interest Received 20 63


$1,047 52


CR


By Cash in Milford Savings Bank


...


$1,047 52


HONOR ROLL FUND.


DR.


To Cash in Home National Bank $175 55


To Interest Received 2 19


$177 74


By Cash in Bank


CR


$177 74


FLETCHER LIBRARY FUND.


DR.


To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $5,144 59


To Interest Received


103 40


$5,247 99


20


CR.


By Cash in Milford Savings Bank $5,127 50


One Library Order


120 49


$5,247 99


Respectfully submitted,


MOSES U. GASKILL,


January 1, 1945.


Treasurer.


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


The past year has seen the Town of Mendon substantially better its financial condition. At the end of 1943, the Town for the first time in many years emerged with a slightly larg- er amount of assets over liabilities,-$1,512.99. During the past year, the trend has continued, and the assets have been increased in 1944 by about $13,000 over the liabilities. For the first time in over thirty years there has been enough cash in the treasury so that borrowing in anticipation of revenue was not necessary. And at the end of 1944, more than twice as much money was in the treasury than at the end of 1943; so that it would seem unlikely that it would be necessary to borrow in anticipation of revenue in 1945. In this connection, a bouquet goes to our efficient tax collector; for no outstand- ing taxes of 1943 are on the books, and ninety percent of the 1944 taxes are in. Our financial condition is far better than at the end of 1940, when Mendon enjoyed (?) the lowest cash balance and funds available of any town in the State between 450 and 2000 population.


It would be well for the Town to continue building up this financial surplus, rather than try to reduce the taxes with free cash at this time. For no one knows to what extent our financial condition may be strained if there is a general slack- ening off of work in industrial plants during a readjustment period from war to peace. Several towns in the State have sufficient free cash to enable them to operate normally for two and three years without collecting any taxes.


One matter which should be seriously considered is our present accounting system. With our present system, the books are closed at the end of each year, and there is nothing to indicate any debit balances due the Town, or to check upon


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whether or not bills due the Town are paid during the ensuing year. It is for this reason that, appearing in the State Auditor's report, there are a few overdrafts and unpaid bills due the Town that must be adjusted at the next Town meet- ing. 300 of the 350 towns of the State are using the State- approved form of accounting system. Mendon is not one of them. The State system would prevent loose ends in account- ing; and due to the increasing complexity of the Town busi- ness, we recommend the State system for your consideration.


Respectfully submitted,


D. VICTOR SMITH, Chairman, ROY A. BARROWS, SILAS H. DUDLEY, Board of Selectmen.


INCIDENTALS.


Appropriation


$2,750 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund 184 38


$2,934 38


CARE AND OPERATION OF TOWN HALL.


George A. Johnson, janitor $150 00


George A. Johnson, misc. expenses 1 75


Worcester Suburban Elec. Co., lights


93 86


Barney Coal Co., coal


307 60


Fuller Regalia Co., flags


25 03


Leon Zocchi Co., shades 41 25


Boston Janitor Supply Co., supplies 7 81


Harvey E. Trask, labor and material


9 35


Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., supplies


3 24


L. N. Jaques & Sons


24 23


$664 12


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CARE AND OPERATION OF RECORD ROOM.


Cahill's News Agency


$31 26


Carrie Marlow, janitor 36 50


Lester Hill, electrical work 5 00


Harvey Trask, labor


14 94


R. O. Sweet, oil burner service


7 00


Florabelle Hammond, cleaning


5 50


Nina Burr, supplies


1 15


Milford Locksmith, keys


50


Charlescraft Press, supplies


20 00


R. B. Dalrymple, paint and labor 4 97


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms 5 51


Forbes Press, supplies


31 25


Postage


12 00


Worcester Suburban Elec. Co., lights


19 29


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


31 60


Telechron Co., repairs


1 52


Barney Coal Co., oil 82 32


Uxbridge Printing Co., supplies


3 40


C. C. Shattuck, supplies


58


$314 29


CIVILIAN DEFENSE.


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


$34 47


$34 47


BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.


Payrolls, (5)


$122 56


Lowell's Dairy


4 30


$126 86


TOWN CLERK.


Walter Watson, death returns $ 50


Town Clerks' meeting, Worcester, ex- penses 14 00


A. S. Coleman, swearing in town officers 9 00


Postage and telephone calls 16 73


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Recording 24 births 24 00


Recording 6 delayed births 6 00


Recording 17 marriages


8 50


Recording 24 deaths


12 00


Spaulding-Moss Co., stapler and staples


2 95


Charlescraft Press, supplies


4 00


Cahill's News Agency, supplies


4 98


Meeting at Swampscott, expenses


14 50


County Clerks' meeting, expenses


4 60


Milford Daily News, advertising


9 65


Robinson Seal Co., supplies


13 23


Overcharge in error


10 00


$154 14


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


A. S. Coleman, salary $20 00


A. S. Coleman, listing 55 00


A. S. Coleman, use of car 8 00


Robert Maynard, salary


10 00


Joseph McEwan, salary


10 00


Joseph McEwan, use of car


3 00


Joseph McEwan, listing


4 50


D. Kinsley Barnes, salary 10 00


D. Kinsley Barnes, use of car 2 50


D. Kinsley Barnes, listing 7 00


Helen Fairbanks, listing 5 00


Anna Ingham, listing 7 00


Rose O'Grady, listing


3 50


Robinson Seal Co., supplies


6 15


$152 15


SELECTMEN.


Selectmen's Association of Worcester


County, dues $9 00




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