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Article 26. To see what action, if any, the Town will take with respect to its rights and interests in the estate of Samuel B. Taft, late of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, whether as a legatee under his will, or of whatever character or nature they may be.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to have a street light installed in front of the High School building, and appropriate the sum of $16.00 for the maintenance of same, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 48, Sections 42 and 43 of the General Laws.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to have the Highway Surveyor appointed by the Board of Selectmen, in- stead of being elected by ballot as at the present time.
Article 30. To see what action, if any, the Town will take with respect to a legacy of one hundred ($100.) dollars left to the Town of Mendon under the will of J. Stuart Cox, late of Bellingham, Mass. for the following purpose: "to expend the income annually for the care of my father's (John S. Cox) and Joseph Bates' lot and my lot in the Bicknell Cemetery, so-called, located in the Easterly part of Mendon, Massachusetts."
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Polls will close at 8.00 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 before the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this 12th day of February, A. D., 1951.
HAROLD J. FAIRBANKS, HAROLD METCALF, JOHN L. LUNDVALL, Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy, attest :
RAYMOND W. ROGERS, Constable of Mendon.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Article 5.
1950 Appropriation
Transfers
1950 Expenditures
1951 Recommendation
Moderator's Salary
$10.00
$10.00
$25.00
Selectmen's Salaries
550.00
550.00
550.00
Selectmen's Expense
250.00
248.19
150.00
Treasurer's Salary
550.00
550.00
550.00
Treasurer's Expense
150.00
142.67
170.00
Town Accountant Salary
400.00
400.00
400.00
Town Accountant Expense
25.00
18.92
43.92
50.00
Town Clerk's Salary
..
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk's Expense ..
500.00
342.26
500.00
Tax Collector's Expense
200.00
177.54
200.00
Assessor's Salaries
650.00
650.00
650.00
Assessor's Expense
300.00
253.72
300.00
Elections and Registrations
700.00
218.41
918.41
550.00
Town Counsel Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Town Counsel Expense
75.00
9.50
84.50
75.00
Clerical Hire for Town Officers
300.00
300.00
300.00
Town Officers' Bonds
145.50
145.50
190.00
Town Hall Maintenance
700.00
675.65
800.00
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Record Room Maintenance
350.00
344.41
350.00
Heat and Lights-Town Buildings
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Constable's Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Police Department
1,500.00
765.37
1,500.00
Fire Department
1,500.00
1,498.57
1,650.00
Forest Fire Department
500.00
452.76
500.00
Hydrant Rental
500.00
500.00
500.00
Dog Officer
50.00
5.50
55.50
75.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
45.00
45.00
50.00
Board of Health
1,900.00
982.84
2,500.00
Tree Warden
250.00
250.00
500.00
Elm Beetle Suppression
500.00
500.00
500.00
Moth Suppression
200.00
200.00
200.00
Inspector of Animals
150.00
150.00
150.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
25.00
25.00
25 00
Worcester County Hospital
1,403.85
1,403.85
3,483.58
General Repairs
1,500.00
1,488.12
1,500.00
Snow Removal
2,800.00
761.69
3,561.69
6,000.00
Street Lighting
684.00
684.00
684.00
Public Welfare Salaries
45.00
45.00
45.00
Public Welfare Temporary Aid
12,000.00
6,792.61
6,000.00
105
Wire Inspector Salary
25.00
25.00 3,000.00
50.00 3,000.00 20,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
3,000.00
Old Age Assistance
18,000.00
17,957.39
Old Age Assistance Administration
500.00
500.00
500.00
Veterans' Benefits
500.00
500.00
School Department
48,963.31
378.89
49,341.76
57,964.79
Taft Public Library
625.00
611.15
625.00
Vocational Education
1,500.00
169.40
1,500.00
Administration of Veterans' Benefits
100.00
100.00
100.00
Water Department Maintenance
700.00
900.00
566.10
500.00
Soldier's and Sailor's Graves
30.00
30.00
30.00
Park Department
200.00
147.75
200.00
Memorial Day Celebration
150.00
17.35
167.25
175.00
Insurance on Town Buildings
1,860.58
1,860.58
1,815.00
Town Reports
492.57
492.57
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
1,967.73
2,000.00
Maturing Debt
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Interest on Maturing Debt
1,037.50
1,026.25
923.75
Interest on Temporary Loans
100.00
11.46
111.46
200.00
Tax Title Foreclosure
50.00
50.00
Wor. Co. Retirement Exp. Fund
401.00
401.00
640.20
..
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1951 RECOMMENDATIONS.
Article 6 11/4%, not to exceed $925.00
Article 19 $175.00
Article 7 $3,700.00
Article 20 $35.00
Article 9 $2,000.00
Article 21 $1,000.00
Article 10
$1,500.00
Article 22 $300.00
Article 11 $2,000.00
Article 23 $1.40
Article 14 Approved
Article 24 Not Approved
Article 16
$5,000.00
Article 25
$1,500.00
Article 17 $300.00
Article 27 Not Approved
Respectfully submitted,
LEE P. McFARLAND,
FRANKLIN GOODNOW,
ROY A. BARROWS,
Finance Committee.
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108
INDEX.
Aid to Dependent Children
Page 23
Assessors' Report
51
Assessors' Expenses
9
Balance Sheet
37
Births
56
Board of Health Expenditures
15
Collector's Report
45
Collector's Expenses
8
Deaths 59
Elections and Registrations
9
Finance Committee Report
104
Financial Reports
6
Fire Engineer's Report
62
Fire Engineers' Expenditures
Graduation Exercises
13 95 17
Highway Department Expenditures
66
Highway Surveyor's Report
Inspector of Slaughtering
Jurors
Librarian's Report
Library Trustees' Report
Library Expenditures
Marriages
Old Age Assistance
Park Department
64
Police Department
Police Department Expenses 13
64 40 70 69 26 57 23 27
109
Page
Prize Speaking Contest
94
Public Welfare Expenditures
21
Reserve Fund
29
Road Machinery Account
19
Road Machinery Fund
20
School Committee
71
School Expenditures
77
School Music Supervisor
90
School Nurse
92
School Principal
87
School Superintendent
81
Sealer of Weights and Measures
65
Selectmen's Expenses
6
Town Accountant's Report
32
Town Clerk's Report
54
Town Clerk's Expenses
8
Town Hall Maintenance
11
Town Officers and Committees
3
Town Warrant
98
Treasurer's Report
41
Treasurer's Expenses
7
Trust Funds
42
Vocational Education
25
Water Commissioners' Report
68
Water Department 27
Wire Inspector's Report 65
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, 1951
285th ANNUAL REPORT
UXBRIDGE PRINTING CO. UXBRIDGE, MASS. 1952
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TOWN OF MENDON
Town of Mendon Incorporated May 15, 1667.
Population 1619, 1950 Census. Registered Voters in 1951, 949.
Annual Election :
First Monday in March.
Annual Meeting :
First Friday Evening after the first Monday in March.
County Commissioners :
Francis E. Cassidy, Chairman Webster
P. Eugene Casey Milford
Fourteenth Congressional District:
Congressman, Joseph William Martin, Jr. North Attleboro
Fourth Senatorial District :
Senator, Joseph E. Gibney
Webster
Ninth Worcester Representative District:
Representatives General Court:
Peter F. Fitzgerald
Blackstone
Charles Mullaly, Jr.
Millville
Sheriff for Worcester County:
William A. Bennett Worcester
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TOWN OFFICERS
SELECTMEN (Selectmen serve as Board of Public Welfare, Board of Health and Fence Viewers) John L. Lundvall Harold Metcalf Ernest P. Wood
TOWN CLERK Albert S. Coleman
TOWN TREASURER
Silas H. Dudley
TAX COLLECTOR
Arthur P. Dalton
ASSESSORS
Donald B. Lowell D. Kinsley Barnes Charles F. Leonard, Clerk
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Herbert Bowen Gordon R. Good Richard F. Harding
TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Harold Metcalf Percy Rowe Nina M. Burr
Richard Harding Henry P. Clough, Secretary
4
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Asa Vear Fred L. Kempton
Joseph W. McEwen Albert S. Coleman, Clerk
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Franklin E. Goodnow Roy A. Barrows Lee P. McFarland
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Norry J. Daige George A. Johnson Fred Phipps
Chief of Police Harold C. Barrows
Constable
Harold C. Barrows
Tree Warden William E. Nuttall
Town Solicitor Shelley D. Vincent
Dog Officer
Raymond A. Miller
Wiring Inspector Walter J. Channing
Sealer of Weights and Measures Raymond A. Miller
Superintendent of Schools Percy Rowe
Fire Chief and Forest Warden Harold F. Lowell
Superintendent of Streets William R. Bowen
Burial Agent Norry J. Daige
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Inspector of Slaughtering Willard Seibert
Inspector of Animals Roy Barrows
Town Accountant
Helen F. Irons
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Franklin Goodnow Everett Watson Donato Leone
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK
Arthur V. Pond Carl Wagner
FIELD DRIVERS Alex Woleck Edward Goss W. Arthur Robinson
6
FINANCIAL REPORTS
MODERATOR-SALARY
Appropriation
$25 00
Expended :
Roy A. Barrows $25 00
SELECTMEN-SALARIES
.
Appropriation
$550 00
Expended :
Harold J. Fairbanks $ 41 67
Harold Metcalf 233 33
John L. Lundvall
150 00
Ernest P. Wood
125 00
Total expended $550 00
SELECTMEN-EXPENSES
Appropriation
$150 00
Expended :
Postage
$18 84
Lock Box
2 25
Stationery and Supplies .. 2 95
Advertising licenses
21 50
Delivering Town Reports
20 00
Dues to State and
County Associations .... 21 00
Expenses to State
and County Meetings 25 75
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.,
forms 8 21
7
Photos of Town Bounds 15 00 Total expended $135 50
Unexpended
14 50
$150 00
TREASURER-SALARY
Appropriation
$550 00
Expended :
Silas H. Dudley
$550 00
TREASURER-EXPENSES
Appropriation
$170 00
Expended :
Postage
$35 00
Forms and Stationery
23 91
Dues to State Asso.
2 00
Check books
19 36
Certification of Notes
8 00
File
41 87
Preparing Schedule A
15 00
Miscellaneous supplies
8 81
Use of car
5 00
Total expended
$158 95
Unexpended
11 05
$170 00
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURE
Appropriation
$50 00
Unexpended
$50 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT-SALARY
Appropriation
$400 00
Expended :
Helen F. Irons $400 00
8
TOWN ACCOUNTANT-EXPENSE
Appropriation $ 50 00
Expended :
Comm. of Mass., forms $30 94
19 06
Unexpended
$50 00
TOWN CLERK-SALARY
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
Albert S. Coleman $200 00
TOWN CLERK-EXPENSE
Appropriation $500 00
Expended :
Mass. Laws $ 2 00
Binding Records 18 00
Printing and postage 38 95
Recording Fees
80 00
Advertising 7 20
Cahill's News Agcy., supplies
6 70
Palley Office Supply ...... 21 44
Dues and expenses to
Town Clerks' Meetings 55 30
Swearing to Town Papers 4 25
Miscellaneous supplies .... 18 06
Total expended
$251 90
Unexpended 248 10
$500 00
TAX COLLECTOR-SALARY
Appropriation
$925 00
Expended :
Arthur P. Dalton, Collector $925 00
9
TAX COLLECTOR-EXPENSE
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
Stationery and printing $92 77
Postage 48 00
Deputy Collector's Bond 5 00
Dues to State Assn.
2 00
Advertising
18 00
Miscellaneous supplies ..
12 50
Total expended $178 27
Unexpended 21 73
$200 00
ASSESSORS-SALARIES
Appropriation
$650 00
Expended :
Charles F. Leonard, Clerk $250 00
D. Kinsley Barnes 200 00
Donald B. Lowell 200 00
Total expended $650 00
ASSESSORS-EXPENSES
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended :
Engineering services $14 50
Deed Abstracts 206 95
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms 7 24
Dues to State
and County Assn. 9 00
Expenses to State and
County meetings 22 00
Postage
5 00
Use of auto 20 00
Total expended
$284 69
15 31
Unexpended
$300 00
10
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Appropriation
$550 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
45 51
Total
$595 51
Expended :
Pay rolls, Town Meeting $ 83 00
Pay rolls, Listing
115 18
Printing and postage 209 28
Advertising 48 05
Registrars' Salaries
100 00
H & C Cabinet Co.
40 00
Total expended $595 51
TOWN COUNSEL-SALARY
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended :
Shelley D. Vincent
$100 00
TOWN COUNSEL-EXPENSE
Appropriation
$ 75 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 170 75
Total
$245 75
Expended :
5 .
Shelley D. Vincent, con-
ferences, etc. $ 75 00
Trial before Appellate Tax Brd. 100 00
Settlement, Samuel Taft
legacy 50 00
Recording fees 9 00
Charlescraft Press stationery
11 75
Total expended $245 75
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CLERICAL HIRE FOR TOWN OFFICERS
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended :
Helen F. Irons
$294 30
5 70
Unexpended
$300 00
TOWN OFFICERS' BONDS
Appropriation $190 00
Expended :
Karl A. Bright
$177 25
12 75
Unexpended
$190 00
TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
Appropriation ..... ....... $800 00
Expended :
Frank Barsanti, plumbing
$ 50 00
Raymond Dudley,
janitor service 488 50
Janitor's supplies 36 91
C. L. Goss, installation of sink counters 110 00
Bottled gas
74 69
Emergency light,
supplies
9 00
Fuller Regalia Co., flag ..
22 36
Total expended $791 46
Unexpended 8 54
$800 00
12
TOWN HALL DINING TABLES
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended :
J. L. Hammett Co.
$292.29
Unexpended
7 71
$300 00
RECORD ROOM MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$350 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
34 60
Total
$384 60
Expended :
Carrie Marlow, janitor
$ 50 00
Fuel
144 56
Lights
13 92
Telephone
114 77
Repairing chair
10 00
Cleaning and repairing typewriter 11 00
Cleaning and repairing oil burner
17 50
Glass desk top
14 65
Miscellaneous supplies
8 20
Total expended
$384 60
RECORD ROOM SHINGLING
$175 00
Appropriation
Expended :
C. L. Goss
$168 75
Unexpended 6 25
$175 00
13
HEAT AND LIGHTS
TOWN HALL, FIRE STATION, AND HIGHWAY BARN
Appropriation ... $2,000 00
Expended :
Worc. County Elec. Co. .. $ 197 40
H. J. Shaughnessy Oil Co. 1,555 96
E. T. Powers,
installing sump pump 107 63
Frank Barsanti, repairs to oil burner 100 00
Lester Hill, repairs 4 50
Bill Power, repairs 5 75
Total expended
$1,971 24
Unexpended 28 76
$2,000 00
CONSTABLE-SALARY
Appropriation $25 00
Expended :
Harold C. Barrows
$25 00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
392 38
Total
$1,892 38
Expended :
Officers' pay rolls
$1,658 70
Toll calls 17 43
Mileage
181 45
Accident photos 20 80
Printing
14 00
Total expended
$1,892 38
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,650 00
Expended :
Pay rolls
$442 00
Carrie Marlow, test
blowing
50 00
Repairs to apparatus
63 60
Worc. County Elec. Co.
35 25
Gasoline, oil, etc.
84 42
Supplies for apparatus ....
76 25
Harold Lowell, salary ....
100 00
Maintenance of bldg.
97 55
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co.
12 00
Bellingham Lumber Co.
490 00
Electrical repairs
42 60
Telephone
132 72
Miscellaneous supplies
17 20
Total expended
$1,643 59
Unexpended 6 41
$1,650 00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Forest Warden $ 25 00
Farrar & Co., hose and extinguisher 173 50
Pay rolls 190 10
C. L. Goss, build-
ing material
111 40
Total expended
$500 00
HYDRANT RENTAL
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Town of Mendon, 10 hydrants $500 00
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DOG OFFICER
Appropriation
$75 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
36 00
Total
$111 00
Expended :
Raymond Miller, boarding
and destroying dogs $96 00
Raymond Miller, salary 10 00
Raymond Miller, use of car
5 00
Total expended $111 00
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Appropriation $1,000 00
Expended :
Farrar Co., siren $530 00
E. H. Coleman, swearing
in defense workers 25 00
Niro & Niro installa- tion of siren 272 03
Use of films 9 52
Telephone and postage .. 4 32
First aid supplies
23 49
Total expended $864 36
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1951
135 64
$1,000 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation $50 00
Expended :
Worcester Stamp Co., screw die $ 1 23
Hobbs & Warren, seals
and Record Book
3 63
16
Raymond A. Miller
salary 40 00
Raymond A. Miller,
use of car 5 00
Total expended
$49 86
Unexpended
14
$50 00
WIRING INSPECTOR-SALARY
Appropriation ..
$50 00
Expended :
Walter J. Channing, salary $50 00
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation $2,500 00
Expended :
District Nursing Assn. .... $ 75 00
Willard Seibert, meat inspection 1 00
A. Woleck, rent and labor
on Town Dump 346 75
Soda Water permit 10 00
No. Reading State Sani-
torium, board and
treatment, one case ....
390 00
Worcester County Sani- torium, board and
treatment, two cases .... 540 00
Cleaning Willow Brook 17 00
Pay roll for work on Town Dump 15 50
Henry Poirier, for work on Town Dump 236 00
Harold Metcalf, burial
of dog 2 00
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John Lundvall, burial
of dog 2 00
Advertising 4 05
A. S. Ingham, signs 15 00
M. M. Goodnow, repairs
to Town Pump 32 65
Total expended
$1,686 95
Unexpended
813 05
$2,500 00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
$150 00
Expended :
Roy A. Barrows $150 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Appropriation
$25 00
Expended :
Willard Seibert
$25 00
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
William Nuttall, salary .... $ 12 00
William Nuttall, labor 191 25
Vernon Barrows 8 00
George Blanchard 192 00
Harold Metcalf
46 00
Mark Wagner
30 00
Theodore Brothers
20 75
Total expended
$500 00
18
ELM BEETLE SUPPRESSION
Appropriation $500 00
Expended:
P. A. Millis, spraying .... $481 00 William Nuttall, salary
and labor
19 00
Total expended
$500 00
MOTH SUPPRESSION
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
William Nuttall, salary
and labor
$ 12 00
P. A. Millis, spraying
188 00
Total expended
$200 00
WORCESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL
Appropriation $3,483 58
Expended :
Worcester County Treasurer
$3,483 58
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
Town Appropriation
$2,000 00
County Allotment
2,000 00
State Allotment
4,000 00
Total
$8,000 00
Expended :
Labor $1,669 55
Town Equipment:
982 40
Hired Equipment :
Grader
481 00
Trucks
333 60
19
Roller
192 00
Shovel
912 00
Compressor 116 00
Bulldozer
48 00
Material:
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co. 167 45
H. Poirier, gravel
2,599 20
Clark-Shaughnessy Co. 8 30
N. E. Metal Culvert Co.
394 21
Roland Temple
24 50
H. A. Daniels,
Insurance
70 96
Total Expended
$7,999 17
Unexpended
83
$8,000 00
CHAPTER 81
Town Appropriation
$ 3,700 00
State Allotment
10,175 00
Total
$13,875 00
Expended :
Labor $4,814 83
Town Equipment 1,823 55
Hired Equipment 841 40
H. A. Daniels, Insurance 197 59
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co. 1,268 68
Trimount Bituminous
Products 2,278 69
Barrett Co. 525 66
N. E. Metal Culvert Co. 410 16
Attilio Ferritti, blocks ....
33 00
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co. 61 68
H. Poirier, gravel
1,533 85
20
Roland Temple 9 28
Comm. of Mass., signs .... 62 50
Medway Cement
Block Co. 11 70
Curtiss Coal Co., supplies 2 40
Total expended $13,874 97
03
Unexpended
$13,875 00
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
884 77
Total
$6,884 77
Expended :
Labor $1,937 03
Hired Equipment 1,797 25
Town Equipment 738 00
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co. 1,036 14
The Chemical Corp., salt
901 08
Dyer Sales & Mach. Co. 290 00
Express charges 77
E. F. Edson Co., Inc. 43 50
Files & O'Keefe Co. 21 00
Ross Bros., salt
120 00
Total expended $6,884 77
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
GENERAL REPAIRS
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Expended :
Labor
$779 95
Town Equipment 8 00
21
Files & O'Keefe, supplies 29 40
Henry Poirier, welding .... 57 89
C. L. Goss, labor 15 69
W. G. Fiske Lumber Co. 12 96
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co.
53 97
State Prison, signs
20 50
C. C. Shattuck,
paint supplies
46 75
Leonard Jaques & Sons,
supplies
83 19
Wagner Bros., lumber 12 60
Worcester Co. Assn., dues
2 00
Express
5 16
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co.
44 55
Curtis Coal Co., supplies
18 82
Telephone
124 02
Insurance
68 28
Clark-Shaughnessy, oil ....
15 05
Milford Daily News,
advertising 3 00
United Door Co., repairs 8 00
Julia Swan, land damage
25 00
Anna Ingham, signs ......
20 00
Frederick Lemieux, painting
10 16
Medical care
23 50
Total expended $1,488 44
11 56
Unexpended
$1,500 00
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Town Appropriation
$1,500 00
State Allotment
1,500 00
County Allotment
1,500 00
Total
$4,500 00
22
Expended :
Labor $1,343 63
Town Equipment 418 00
Hired Equipment
601 75
Materials :
Trimount Bituminous
Products 1,802 05
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co.
287 03
H. A. Daniels Insur-
ance Co.
47 45
Total expended
$4,499 91
Unexpended
09
$4,500 00
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Appropriation from Road Machinery Fund
$2,000 00
Expended :
Arthur Warren, gasoline .... $ 9 76
O'Grady's Filling Station, supplies 83 80
Karl Bright, insurance .... 135 73
E. O. Rose & Sons 5 55
Lyman Hazard, sander ....
150 00
Ruhan, signs
15 00
Desmarais Body Works, repairs 12 00
Mendon Gulf Station,
supplies 782 97
Lakeside Garage, repairs
410 18
Henley-Kimball Co. ...
25 12
Scott White Truck Inc.
21 79
Dyer Sales & Mach. Co.
27 50
Truck registration 4 00
H. A. Daniels Insurance 89 41
23
A. S. Antolini, inspections 2 00
Interest on truck note ....
37 50
Labor
42 80
Anchor Steel Co.
56 21
E. F. Edson Co., Inc.
45 96
Total expended
$1,957 28
Unexpended 42 72
$2,000 00
ROAD MACHINERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
$2,943 42
Transferred to Road Machinery Account
2,000 00
Balance
$ 943 42
Paid to Town Treasurer:
Chapter 81, use of
Town equipment $1,823 55
Chapter 90 Construction
982 40
Chapter 90 Maintenance 418 00
General Repairs
8 00
Snow Removal
738 00
Miscellaneous revenue ...
478 15
Total receipts $4,448 10
Unexpended balance in Road Mach. Acct.
42 72
$4,490 82
Balance December 31, 1951 $5,434 24
TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKING
Appropriation $300 00
Expended :
Frederick Lemieux, road marking $170 62
Files & O'Keefe, signs .... 128 23
Seaver's Express 1 15
Total expended $300 00
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STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation $700 00
Expended :
Worc. County Elec. Co. .. $684 00
Unexpended
16 00
$700 00
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE-SALARIES
Appropriation
$45 00
Expended :
Harold Metcalf $15 00
John Lundvall 15 00
Ernest P. Wood 12 50
Harold Fairbanks
2 50
Total expended $45 00
PUBLIC WELFARE-TEMPORARY AID
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Expended :
(Mendon Settlement)
One family in own home $368 26
One family in own home 188 80
One family in own home 40 00
One person in own home 149 98
One person in own home 255 14
One person in own home 473 50
One person in own home 529 36
One person in private home 11 88
One family in other town 330 81
$2,347 73
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(Settlement in other Towns)
One person in own home $831 96
One family in own home 145 28
977 24
(Unsettled Cases, Chargeable to State)
One family in own home $1,237 62
One family in own home 1,367 87
2,605 49
Expended for Disability
Assistance 56 40
United Community
Services 10 00
Total expenditures
$5,996 86
Unexpended
3 14
$6,000 00
Proportionate share of above expenses :
State of Massachusetts
$2,605 49
Town of Milford
977 24
State & Federal on
Disability Aid 42 30
Town of Mendon
2,371 83
$5,996 86
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Town Appropriation $3,000 00
Received from Federal Government:
(Direct Aid) 1,901 07
(Administration ) 21 60
Total
$4,922 67
Expended :
For Direct Aid
$3,322 01
Unexpended
1,600 66
$4,922 67
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Summary :
Federal Govt. Share $1,780 67
State of Mass. Share 1,079 01
Town of Mendon's Share .... 462 33
Total $3,322 01
Amounts due Town :
Federal Government
$249 02
State of Massachusetts 162 82
$411 84
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Town Appropriation
$20,000 00
Received from Federal Govt. 23,836 58
Total
$43,836 58
Expended :
For Direct Aid $30,687 94
Unexpended
13,148 64
$43,836 58
Summary :
Federal Govt. Share $13,981 80
State of Mass. Share 11,426 10
Due from other Towns 914 10
Town of Mendon's Share .... 4,365 94
$30,687 94
Amounts due the Town :
Federal Government $ 20 68
State of Massachusetts 1,955 35
Town of Milford 635 29
Town of Upton
177 52
Town of Westboro
62 67
Total $2,851 51
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION
Town Appropriation
$500 00
Federal Government
356 05
Total $856 05
Expended :
Helen F. Irons, Welfare
Worker, Salary $500 00
Postage .... 29 00
Traveling expense 25 17
Hobbs & Warren Inc.,
forms 2 30
Total expended $556 47
299 58
Unexpended
$856 05
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Aid rendered one family $ 26 00
Aid rendered one person .. 205 45
Total expended
$231 45
268 55
Unexpended
$500 00
ADMINISTRATION OF VETERANS' BENEFITS
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended :
Harold J. Fairbanks $ 8 33
Harold Metcalf 50 00
Ernest P. Wood 41 67
Total expended $100 00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $57,964 79
Dog Tax Refund 430 21
Total $58,395 00
Expended
$58,389 19
Unexpended
5 81
$58,395 00
(For detail of expenditures see School Report)
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Appropriation
$ 1500 00
Expended :
City of Worcester $342 88
Transportation 164 45
Cascade Paper Co.,
supplies
72 50
Total expended
$579 83
Unexpended
920 17
$1,500 00
SPECIAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Balance on hand January 1, 1951
$468 90
Revenue from meals 5,254 42
State Reimbursement 1,864 96
Total
$7,588 28
Expended :
Pay rolls $1,877 00
Food supplies 4,820 98
Equipment 23 66
Seaver's Express
35 47
Globe Ticket Co.
18 40
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Dr. John Cicchetti 20 00
Edna Brown, expenses 13 00
Repairs
11 60
Commodities from State
103 80
Suburban Propane Gas Co.
145 51
Nancy Dudley, laundry .. 30 00
Miscellaneous expenses ..
9 55
Total expended $7,108 97
479 31
Unexpended
$7,588 28
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation .... ........
$625 00
Expended :
Personal Book Shop .. $116 62
Daniel N. Barnes,
magazine subscriptions 48 87
H. W. Wilson Co. ...... 11 80
American Library Assn. .. 5 00
Worcester County
Elec. Co.
13 24
Gaylord Brothers, Inc.,
supplies 10 68
C. C. Shattuck,
supplies 1 93
C. L. Goss, construction book shelves 45 26
Barney Coal Co.
46 60
Vestella M. Daniels, Librarian 225 00
Raymond C. Dudley,
Janitor 100 00
Total expended
$625 00
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Expenditures from Fletcher Library Fund :
Personal Book Shop ......... $92 39
Expenditures from Samuel B. Taft Library Fund :
Hillside Nursery, tree,
shrubs, landscaping
...
$150 00
OLD LIBRARY REPAIRS
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