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Appropriation $35 00
Expended :
C. L. Goss, repairs
$35 00
PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
George A. Johnson,
labor
$120 00
Austin Taft, Jr. labor 3 00
Leonard Jaques & Sons, supplies 2 70
Chester O. Avery, labor .. 40 00
Clayton Parkinson, plants
13 60
Total expended
$179 30
20 70
Unexpended
$200 00
WATER DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 125 76
Total
$625 76
Expended :
Central Supply Co., pipe $45 98
Town of Bellingham,
water 205 92
31
Lloyd Nelson, water
services 349 57
George Allen, meter
reading 10 00
Printing and postage 14 29
Total expended $625 76
WATER EXTENSION-EAST MENDON
Appropriation .. .. ...
$ 1,500 00
Expended :
Lloyd Nelson, hydrant,
water services and labor
$733 33
Johns-Manville, pipe
278 17
Norman Rogers, truck
..
12 00
Varney Bros, Co.,
excavation and backfill 476 50
Total expended
$1,500 00
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' GRAVES
Appropriation
$30 00
Expended :
Swan Dale Cemetery Association .... $30 00
WORCESTER COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEM-
EXPENSE FUND
Appropriation $640 20
Expended :
Worcester County Treasurer $640 20
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MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION
Appropriation $175 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 51 61
Total
$226 61
Expended :
Sons of Union Veterans,
flags
$ 6 00
Band
125 00
Wreaths and flowers
.....
17 50
C. C. Shattuck, supplies
21 78
Roger L. Wood Post,
A. L., ammunition
56 33
Total expended
$226 61
INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$1,815 00
Expended :
Donald B. Lowell, Agent $1,804 20
Unexpended
10 80
$1,815 00
ANNUITY FUND
Appropriation $500 00
Expended :
Dorothy S. Mantoni $500 00
TOWN REPORTS
Appropriation $510 00
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Expended :
Charlescraft Press
$450 00
Unexpended 60 00
$510 00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Transfers :
To Elections and
Registrations 45 51
To Water Department Maintenance 125 76
To Record Room
Maintenance 34 60
To Town Counsel's Exp. 170 75
To Memorial Day
Account 51 61
To Snow Removal 884 77
To Police Department 392 38
To Dog Officer Account
36 00
Total Transfers
$1,741 38
Balance
258 62
$2,000 00
MATURING DEBT
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Expended :
School House Addition
Loan $1,000 00
Fire Station Loan
2,000 00
Water Construction
Loan
1,000 00
Total expended $4,000 00
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INTEREST ON MATURING DEBT
Appropriation $923 75
Expended :
On Fire Station Loan .... $350 00
On Water Construction
Loan
416 25
On School House Loan ..
157 50
Total expended
$923 75
INTEREST ON TEMPORARY LOANS
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
On loans in anticipation
of revenue $125 00
Unexpended
75 00
$200 00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DETAIL OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1951
Cash on hand January 1, 1951 $23,161 23
RECEIPTS :
1951 Taxes:
Poll Taxes
$ 940 00
Personal Property Taxes
6,903 00
Real Estate Taxes
72,368 07
Excise Taxes
12,103 77
Previous Year's Taxes :
Personal Property Taxes
704 53
Real Estate Taxes
8,375 16
Excise Taxes
1,077 16
Tax Titles Redeemed
74 80
Recording Tax Titles
1 00
State Corporation Tax
6,788 01
State Income Tax
5,402 32
State Meal Tax
437 69
Public Service Franchise Tax
3 40
Withholding Taxes
4,856 02
Contributory Retirement Deductions ..
854 84
Licenses and Permits
1,036 60
Federal Grant, Old Age Assistance
15,941 31
Federal Grant, Old Age Assist. Adm. ..
238 84
Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent Chil.
1,578 88
Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent
Children Administration 16 50
State, Inspector of Animals
75 00
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State, School Aid Chapter 70
10,118 46
State, Division of Tuberculosis 264 29
State, Highways, Chapter 81, 1950 3,207 00
State, Highways, Chapter 81, 1951
10,175 00
State School Transportation
7,035 11
State Supt. of Schools
1,498 24
State, Highways, Chapter 90 Maintenance 1950 1,499 96
State, Highways, Chapter 90
Maintenance 1951
1,499 97
County, Highways, Chapter 90 Maintenance, 1951 1,499 97
State, Highways, Chapter 90 Const. ....
3,999 59
County, Highways, Chapter 90 Const. ..
1,999 79
Town of Mendon, Road Machinary ....
4,448 10
Home Nat'l Bank, Truck Loan
3,000 00
Court Fines and Forfeitures 13 77
Town Hall Rentals
493 25
Meat Inspection Fees 1 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
19 75
Reimbursement of Dog Officer Fees
41 50
Wire Inspections 20 00
State, Temporary Aid
2,321 53
State, Sick Poor
40 00
State, Aid to Dependent Children
1,102 10
State, Old Age Assistance
11,014 67
Town of Upton O.A.A. 167 68
Town of Westboro O.A.A. 61 60
Town of Hopedale O.A.A. 61 08
Town of Milford O.A.A. 271 58
Town of Milford, Temporary Aid 130 36
State, Vocational Education
72 14
Special School Lunch Program
7,119 38
School Athletics 79 72
School Equipment sold
30 00
Library Fines 15 60
Algonquin Gas Co., land damage
250 00
37
Water Department Revenue
1,483 77
Uncashed checks
49 38
Samuel B. Taft, Library Fund
226 00
Interest on Deferred Taxes
398 84
Interest, Thayer Cemetery Fund
5 00
Transfers from Trust Funds
92 39
Revenue Loans
15,000 00
Town Clerk, Dog License Fees
627 80
Refunds, O.A.A.
30 00
Refund, Collector's Salary
24 20
Refund, Veteran's Benefits
20 00
Refunds, N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
14 36
Total Receipts for 1951
$231,320 83
$254,482 06
Expenditures :
Moderator's Salary
$25 00
Selectmen's Salaries
550 00
Selectmen's Expense
135 50
Treasurer's Salary
550 00
Treasurer's Expense
158 95
Town Clerk's Salary
200 00
Town Clerk's Expense
251 90
Collector's Salary
956 43
Collector's Expense
178 27
Assessors' Salaries
650 00
Assessors' Expense
284 69
Town Officers' Bonds
177 25
Town Accountant's Salary
400 00
Town Accountant's Expense
30 94
Clerical Hire for Town Officers
294 30
Elections and Registrations
595 51
Town Counsel's Salary
100 00
Town Counsel's Expense
245 75
Record Room Maintenance
384 60
Record Room Shingling
168 75
Civilian Defense 864 36
38
Constable's Salary 25 00
Heat and Lights, Town Buildings
1,971 24
Town Hall Maintenance
791 46
Town Hall Dining Tables
292 29
Police Department
1,892 38
Dog Officer
111 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures 49 86
Wiring Inspector's Salary 50 00
Inspector of Animals
150 00
Inspector of Slaughtering
25 00
Fire Department
1,643 59
Forest Fire Department
500 00
Hydrant Rental
500 00
Board of Health
1,686 95
Worcester County Hospital
3,483 58
Highways, General Repairs
1,488 44
Highways, Snow Removal
6,884 77
Highways, Chapter 81
13,874 97
Highways, Chapter 90 Maintenance ...
4,499 91
Highways, Chapter 90 Construction 7,999 17
Highway Machinery Maintenance 1,957 28
New Highway Truck and Plows
6,275 00
Street Lighting 684 00
Public Welfare, Salaries
45 00
Public Welfare, Temporary Aid
5,996 86
Veterans' Benefits
251 45
Veterans' Benefits, Administration
100 00
Aid to Dependent Children
3,322 01
Old Age Assistance 30,717 94
Old Age Assistance, Administration
556 47
Traffic Signs and Road Marking
300 00
School Department
58,389 19
Special School Lunch Program
7,108 97
Tuition for Vocational Schools
579 83
School Athletic Fund
79 72
Taft Public Library
625 00
Old Library Repairs
35 00
39
Samuel B. Taft Library Fund
150 00
Austin Fletcher Library Fund
92 39
Revenue Loan
15,000 00
Cemetery Funds
200 00
Tree Warden
500 00
Moth Suppression
200 00
Elm Beetle Suppression
500 00
Park Department
179 30
Memorial Day 226 61
Insurance on Town Buildings
1,804 20
Federal Withholding Taxes
4,850 36
Worcester County Retirement System ..
853 27
Retirement System, Expense Fund
640 20
Water Extension, East Mendon
1,500 00
Water Department Maintenancee
625 76
Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves 30 00
Annuity Fund 500 00
School House Loan and Interest
1,157 50
Fire Station Loan and Interest
2,350 00
Water Construction Loan and Interest
1,416 25
Interest on Temporary Loans
125 00
Town Reports
450 00
State Parks Assessment
191 15
State Auditing of Accounts
326 15
Stabilization Fund
5,000 00
County Treasurer, Dog License Fees
615 20
County Tax
4,501 61
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Refunds
220 69
Commonwealth of Mass., uncashed
checks
33 00
Poll Tax Refunds
2 00
Real Estate Tax Refunds
45 84
Total expenditures 1951
$216,432 01
Balance on hand December 31, 1951
$38,050 05
HELEN F. IRONS,
Town Accountant
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LIST OF JURORS
Chester O. Avery
Draftsman
George Street
D. Kinsley Barnes
Realtor
Maple Street
Gordon R. Good Machinist North Avenue
Mildred A. Goss
Housewife
Maple Street
Donald B. Lowell
Dairyman
North Avenue
John L. Lundvall
Photographer Hartford Ave., E.
Lester P. Mann
Patternmaker Washington Street
Margaret G. Morrison
Housewife
Providence Street
Clayton Parkinson
Florist
Hastings Street
Marjorie H. Shattuck
Housewife Elm Street
Marion G. Stevens
Hat worker Main Street
Douglas Taylor
Carpenter George Street
Joseph J. Trainor
Chauffeur Milford Street
Jesse F. White
Boat Dealer Uxbridge Road
Harry L. Wilbur
Retired Hastings Street
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
CASH RECEIPTS JANUARY 1, 1951-DECEMBER 31, 1951
Cash on hand, January 1, 1951 $ 23,161 23
Receipts for year 1951 231,320 83 254,482 06
Paid per Selectmen's Warrants
year 1951
$216,432 01
Cash balance December 31, 1951 38,050 05
254,482 06
Cash Balance December 31, 1951
38,050 05
Balance in the Home National Bank
of Milford, December 31, 1951 .. $39,283 49
Cash in the hands of Treasurer as of
December 31, 1951
4,195 45
$43,478 94
Less outstanding checks as of Decem-
ber 31, 1951
$5,428 89
$38,050 05
See Town Accountant's Report for detail of Receipts and Expenditures.
27 Tax Titles
$2,237 40
42
TRUST FUND REPORTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1951 AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND
DR
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $546 91
To Interest Received from Milford
Savings Bank 13 74
To Cash in Worcester County
Institution for Savings 750 47
To Interest Received from Worcester County Institution for Savings .... 20 77
$1,331 89
CR.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank .... $560 65
By Cash in Worcester County Institu-
tion for Savings 771 24
$1,331 89
U. S. DEFENSE BOND DR
To One U. S. Defense Bond $1,000 00
To Interest Received on Bond 25 00
To Interest received previous to 1951 and on deposit in The Home Na- tional Bank of Milford 183 07
To Interest received from The Home
National Bank of Milford 2 78
$1,210 85
CR.
By one U. S. Defense Bond $1,000 00
By Cash in The Home National Bank of Milford 210 85
$1,210 85
STABILIZATION FUND
DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank .... $6,113 13
43
To Interest received from Milford Savings Bank 134 87
To Cash in Milford Federal Savings and Loan Association 9,052 08
To Interest received from Milford Federal Savings and Loan Asso- ciation 177 09
$15,477 17
CR.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank $6,248 00
By Cash in Milford Federal Savings
and Loan Association
9,229 17
$15,477 17
ANNA ELLIS LIBRARY FUND
DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $584 75
To Interest received from Milford
Savings Bank
14 70
$599 45
CR.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank
...
$599 45
$599 45
NATHAN R. GEORGE, Jr. TRUST FUND
DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank .. $1,182 71 To Interest received from Milford
Savings Bank 29 74
CR. $1,212 45
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank
...
$1,212 45
$1,212 45
44
AUSTIN B. FLETCHER LIBRARY FUND
DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank .... $5,145 22
To Interest received from Milford Savings Bank 129 42
$5,274 64
CR.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank $5,182 25
By two Library Orders 92 39
$5,274 64
ANNIE E. GASKILL LOT-BICKNELL CEMETERY
DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank .... $100 00
To Interest received from Milford Savings Bank 1 25
$101 25
CR.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank
$101 25
$101 25
JOSEPH S. COX, JOSEPH BATES AND JOHN S. COX LOTS-BICKNELL CEMETERY
DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank .... To Interest received from Milford
$100 00
Savings Bank
1 25
CR. $101 25
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank
$101 25
$101 25
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
1951
1949 Personal Property Taxes
DR
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1951
$132 75
Interest
7 49
$140 24
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$140 24
Uncollected
00
$140 24
1949-Real Estate Taxes
DR.
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1951 $1,736 56
Interest
34 24
Costs of Tax Taking
4 15
$1,774 95
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,734 45
Tax Taking
40 50
Uncollected
00
$1,774 95
46
1950 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
DR.
Total Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1951 $934 30
Interest 12 92
$947 22
CR
Paid Treasurer
$898 73
Abated
48 49
Uncollected
00
$947 22
1950 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
DR.
Taxes Committed Jan. 17, 1951
$195 56
Interest
54
$196 10
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$191 89
Abated
4 21
Uncollected
00
$196 10
1950 Personal Property Taxes
DR.
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1951 $655 96
Interest
15 59
$671 55
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$587 37
Uncollected
84 18
$671 55
47
1950 Real Estate Taxes
DR.
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1951 $7,208 83
Interest 242 93
$7,451 76
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$6,922 03
Abated
132 86
Subsequent Tax Title Credit
41 40
Uncollected
355 47
$7,451 76
1951-Poll Taxes
DR.
Taxes Committed
$1,134 00
Interest
2 66
Costs
23 45
$1,160 11
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$966 11
Abated
194 00
Uncollected
00
$1,160 11
1951-Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
DR.
First Commitment April 5, 1951 $4,731 71
Interest
5 49
$4,737 20
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$4,608 00
Abated
129 20
Uncollected
00
$4,737 20
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DR.
Second Commitment April 30, 1951 $1,477 78
Interest
2 60
$1,480 38
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,449 15
Abated
31 23
Uncollected
00
$1,480 38
DR.
Third Commitment June 6, 1951
$2,565 08
Interest
4 54
$2,569 62
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$2,482 83
Abated
70 86
Uncollected
15 93
$2,569 62
DR.
Fourth Commitment July 18, 1951
$2,391 61
Interest
1 98
$2,393 59
1
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$2,258 54
Abated
127 33
Uncollected
7 72
$2,393 59
49
DR.
Fifth Commitment November 23, 1951 $1,829 14
$1,829 14
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,319 86
Abated
11 71
Uncollected
497 57
$1,829 14
1951-Personal Property Taxes
DR.
Taxes Committed
$7,671 50
Interest
30
$7,671 80
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$6,903 30
Abated
5 50
Uncollected
763 00
$7,671 80
1951 Real Estate Taxes
DR.
Taxes Committed
$80,809 50
Interest
37 79
$80,847 29
CR
Paid Treasurer $72,405 86
Abated 1,577 50
50
Subsequent Tax Title Credit 292 00
Uncollected 6,571 93'
$80,847 29
Tax Refunds for 1951
1950 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes $ 28 15
1950 Real Estate Taxes 8 34
1951 Poll Taxes 2 00
1951 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 192 54
1951 Real Estate Taxes 37 50
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR P. DALTON,
January 1, 1952
Collector of Taxes
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
The Assessor's Recapitulation Sheet and Table of Aggregates is given below:
RECAPITULATION 1951
Town Appropriations :
Voted since 1950 Tax rate
was fixed
$154,703 95
State Taxes, 1951
597 85
County Taxes, 1951
6,396 20
Overlay for 1951
2,320 35
$164,018 35
Estimated Receipts
$ 56,849 47
Available Funds
17,677 38
74,526 85
Net amount raised on Polls
$ 89,491 50 and Property
564 Poll Taxes at $2.00
$
1,128 00
Personal Property
7,671 50
Real Estate
80,692 00
Total
$ 89,491 50
AGGREGATES 1951
Number of Assessments on
Real Estate 737
Number of Assessments on
Personal Estate 72
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Value of Assessed Stock-in-trade .. $ 6,700 00
Value of Assessed Live Stock- 65,180 00
Value of Assessed Machinery .. 77,300 00
Value of All Other Assessed
Personal Property
4,250 00
Total value of Assessed
Personal Property
$153,430 00
Value of Assessed Buildings,
excluding land
$1,281,990 00
Value of Assessed Land,
excluding buildings 331,850 00
Total value of Assessed
Real Estate
$1,613,840 00
Total value of Assessed Property ..
$1,767,270 00
Tax on Personal Estate
$ 7,671 50
Tax on Real Estate
80,692 00
Tax on Polls
1,128 00
Total
$89,491 50
Rate of Tax per $1,000
$50 00
Number of Horses assessed
26
Number of Cows assessed
542
Number of Neat Cattle other
than cows assessed
87
Number of Swine assessed
45
Number of Goats assessed
12
Number of Fowl assessed
3210
Number of Dwelling
Houses assessed
558
Number of Acres of Land assessed 10,721
53
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR IN 1951
Value of Vehicles
registered in 1951
$13,263 69
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED
1951 Taxes
$562 87
1950 Taxes 80 83
OVERLAY ACCOUNT 1951
1951 Overlay
$2,320 35
1951 Abatements 1,957 70
Respectfully submitted, DONALD B. LOWELL, D. KINSLEY BARNES, CHARLES F. LEONARD
Board of Assessors
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT 1951
DOGS LICENSED IN 1951
169 Males at $2.00 each 338 00
33 Females at $5.00 each 165 00
72 Spayed Females at $2.00 each 144 00
4 $10.00 Kennel Licenses 40 00
$687 00
Less Clerk's fees: 278 licenses at 20c 55 60
Cash paid Town Treasurer as per
$631 40 monthly statements
Much credit is due our Dog Officer Raymond Miller for the extra amount of dog tax collected this year. He has devoted much of his time rounding up unlicensed dogs in 1951.
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, 1952. No bills are sent for this tax, so please co-operate by paying your Dog License promptly. Dog owners should real- ize that the Dog Refund is added to the General School Fund, and should be more prompt in paying this tax.
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED FROM JANUARY 1, 1951 TO DECEMBER 31, 1951 Series 1 Resident Citizen Fishing. 117 $ 2 00 $ 234 00
2 Resident Citizen Hunting 110 2 00 220 00
55
3 Resident Citizen Sporting ...... 117 3 25 380 25
4 Resident Citizen Minor and Female Fishing. 73
1 25
91 25
6 Resident Citizen Trapping.
2
5 25
10 50
7 Special Non-resident Fishing ..
1 1 50
1 50
9 Non-resident Citizen Fishing ..
10 5 25
52 50
10 Non-resident Citizen Hunting 6
10 25
61 50
12 Duplicate
4
50
2 00
15 Resident Citizen Sporting Free 12
16 Resident Citizen Military or
or Naval Sporting Free ...... 10
17 Resident Citizen Fishing (Old Age 'Asst.) Free .......... 1
$1,053 50
Less Fees retained by Clerk .... 436 at 25c
109 00
Amount paid to Division of
Fisheries and Game as per
monthly statements
$ 944 50
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1951
Date of Birth 1951
Name of Child
Name of Parents with Maiden Name of Mother
Jan.
5
Ronald Bruce Hart
7
William Bennett Hackenson
25
Anthony John Warren
31
Elaine Marie Barrows
Feb.
4
Linda Marie Daige
12
Allen Thomas Calcagni
Mar.
14
4 Randall Brian Harding Harriet Beth Wiersma
26 Patricia Jeanne Barron
28 Rose Mary Kempton
.
29 Kathy Lynne Fagan Richard Allan Taft
Apr.
10 10 Paula Margaret Kopeski
18 Charles Warren Johnson
19 Edward Wallace Phillips Barbara Ellen Davenport
28 2 Robert Taft Hackenson
4 Sharon Craddock
22
6 Marsha Jean Bradley Gerald Lee Wiersma
June
8 Roland Lind Carlson, Jr.
15
Elizabeth Elaine Hurlimann
18 Stuart Loring White
20 Victoria Ann DiAntonio
July
15 Wayne Emory Garrett
11 Edward Joseph Rondeau, Jr.
23 Janet Louise Kinnecome
Aug.
Patricia Ann Roy
11 12 Paul Davis Whiting 14 Baby Girl Taylor
16 Cheryl Marguerite Demers
22 Paul Gilbert Beal
20
Alice May Hunt
Sept. Oct.
9 Dianne Marie Bond
1 9
Thomas Michael Hackenson Robert Ernest Lamothe
29
Dennis Ernest Tetreault
Dec.
14 Dale Robbin Colby
14 Karleen Louise Barrows
26
Stanley Allen Walenty
John J. and Margaret Seay William E. and Frances E. Cichanowicz Arthur and Nancy Magliocca
Harold C. Jr. and Avis E. Mckinley George A. Jr. and Gladys L. Care Charles W. and Bernice Beiersdorf William V. and Alta Sears Philip W. and Beverly Taft Cornelius and Annie De Vries Alfred J. Jr. and Edna Laren Donald A. and Shirley Wright Robert K. and Shirley A. Christensen
Daniel H. and Lois E. Rosenquist Edward J. and Rita M. Tetreault Arthur F. and Mary R. Bowden George and Barbara Packard George G. and Anne Corcoran Robert H. and Helen Charge Hugh and Dorothy Chapin Albert and Dorothy Varney George and Jennie Oosterman Roland L. and Marjorie E. Boyd Henry O. and Edith Gaskill Edgar L. and Gloria Stuart Joseph F. and Eva L. Silvi William E. and Myrtle Cole Edward J. and Jane Ann Hetherington Willard E. and Ruth A. Lyon Raymond T. and Florida Daige Robert E. and Beatrice Sanborn Harold E. and Marion W. Burrill Norman H. and Lillian Lamontagne Gilbert W. and Evelyn M. Sullivan Raymond and Pierrette Mongeon Henry Delbert and Jean E. Farr Thomas D. and Dorothy A. Charge Francis J. and Edwina Tetreault Aldore E. and Pauline A. Leclaire Ira M. and Josephine Higgins Merton F. and Janet Smith Edward E. and Louise C. Knowlton
May
17 Susan Lynn Campbell
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1951
Date of Marriage 1951
Place of Marriage
Names
Residence
Jan.
27
Hopedale
James A. Carmody, Jr.
Mendon Uxbridge
Feb.
3
Uxbridge
William D. O'Brien
Uxbridge
Irene C. Wilde
Mendon
3
No. Bellingham
Robert H. Bennett
Bellingham
17
No. Bellingham
Arthur Richards
Mendon
Apr.
19
Mendon
Rupert L. Greenleaf
Mechanic Falls, Me.
May
5
Northbridge
Frank Roy
Mendon
Eva R. Hill Thurber
Mendon
5
Milford
Peter Nicholas Morelli
Mendon
26
Uxbridge
Shirley Ruth Fessinden Herbert S. Wood
Mendon
June
9
Boston
Charlotte R. Thompson
Mendon
June
17
Milford
Frank Edward Dudley
Mendon
20
Hopedale
William M. Wagner, Jr.
Mendon
30
Milford
Nancy L. Charge Elliot G. Halsing Helen Jean MacDonald
Hopedale Mendon
July
7
Milford
Alvar M. Halsing
Mendon
7
Uxbridge
Victor L. Tetreault
Mendon
8
Wrentham
Frederick G. Harvey
Mendon
28
Worcester
Mary E. G. Demers
Worcester
Aug.
25
Milford
Mendon
Blackstone, Mass.
Sept.
8
Woonsocket, R. I.
Mendon
15
Medway
Mary Margaret Fletcher
Medway, Mass.
Oct.
13
Mendon
James M. Rogers, Jr. Joyce Lillian Palıner Edgar I. Ayotte Pauline Martin
Mendon
Dec.
1
Mendon
William L. Auty
Mendon
29
Milford
Mary J. Whitney Laundry Furnie R. White, 3rd Margaret L. Dowden
Mendon
Mendon
Hopedale
Marjorie Bowen
Mendon
Rita Belland
Medway
Anna C. Nelson
Framingham, Mass.
Beatrice C. Tetreault Arthur E. White
Mendon
Geneva Mae Wilbur
Milford
Harriet F. Santosuosso
Milford
Theresa M. Nolet
Northbridge
Rae J. MacLellan William Taylor
Mendon
Walter J. Butler, Jr. Patricia Osbourn Robert Edward Lemire Leah M. Garneau Robert John Rossetti
Woonsocket, R. I.
Mendon
Mendon
Gorham, N. H.
18
Hopedale
Woonsocket, R. I.
Mendon
Mendon
Natick, Mass.
Mendon
Susan I. Seagrave
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1951
Date of Death 1951
Age
Cause of Death
Name
Y M
D
March
6
John J. Manning
37
6
11
Mitral stenosis with auricular fibrila- tion and cardian failure
10
Arthur Frederic Rugg
39
0
14
Shot gun wound through mouth
April
5
Patrick F. Quirk
64
1
29
Coronary Thrombosis
9
Lucinda M. Esty
93
1
5
Congestive heart failure
May
23
Henry Ace Hammond
74
3
7
Cerebral hemorrhage
26
Thomas F. Kelley
85
7
1
Arterio sclerosis
Aug.
3
George Loftis Smith
48
10
18
Cardiac Pulmorale
16
Mary J. Taylor
2
Congenital diffuse atelectasis
June
6
Mabel B. Fletcher
64
6
13
Myocarditis
Oct.
28
Sophronia Louise Daniels
83
7
17
Broncho pneumonia
Nov.
7
George Metcalf Barrows
56
9
27
Cancer of kidney
Dec.
28
Helen Maria Taft
88
5
25
Myocarditis
58
1
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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.
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
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.
To show when the child has the right to seek employment under the child labor law.
To establish the right of inheritance to property.
To establish liability to military duty, as well as exemption therefrom.
To establish age and citizenship in order to vote.
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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 properly recorded will be greatly appreciated.
Parents will please return the supplemental birth report sent them by the Clerk, even though they have received one from the Clerk of the town in which the child was born. The corrections are not forwarded to the Mendon Town Clerk.
Blanks for the return of all Vital records can be obtained from the Town Clerk.
In submitting the 25th Annual report I would like to say that it has been a pleasure to serve the Townspeople during these years, and may I be able to serve you a great many more.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT S. COLEMAN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1952.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
December 31, 1951
To the Selectmen of Mendon,
Gentlemen :
The Fire Department answered 16 alarms in 1951 as follows:
3 Chimney Fires
1 False Alarm
3 Dwelling House Fires
1 Garage Fire
4 Automobile Fires 2 Hen House Fires
2 Mercantile buildings
Called to wash off road where a large amount of fuel oil had spilled.
Called twice for use of floodlights at auto accidents.
A new siren was installed in the library building.
The firemen held their usual Fourth of July parade enter- tainment and refreshments for the children. The soap-box derby was held in October and with the Grange the Department decor- ated the tree on Founders Park for Christmas.
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This year Christmas carols were played over a public address system from the fire station.
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