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923 75
923 75
825 75
Interest on Temporary Loans
200 00
125 00
200 00
Tax Title Foreclosure
..
50 00
50 00
Worcester County Retirement Expense Fund
640 20
640 20
731 45
109
110
1952 RECOMMENDATIONS
Article
6. $ 952 00
"
8. $3,700 00
9. $3,000 00
" 10. $1,500 00
" 11. $2,000 00
14.
Approved
"
16. Approved
17. Approved
18. No action
111
INDEX
Assessors Annual Report 51
Collector's Annual Report
45
Dog Officer's Report
65
Finance Committee Report
107
Financial Reports :
Aid to Dependent Children
25
Assessors
9
Board of Health
16
Board of Public Welfare
24
Board of Selectmen
6
Civil Defense
15
Debt and Interest
33
Dog Officer
15
Elections and Registrations
10
Fire Department
14
Heat and Lights-Town Buildings
13
Highway Department
20
Memorial Day
32
Old Age Assistance
26
Park Department
30
Police Department
13
Public Library
29
Record Room Maintenance
12
Reserve Fund
33
School Department
28
Sealer of Weights and Measures
15
Tax Collector
8
Town Accountant
7
Town Clerk
8
Town Counsel
10
Town Hall Maintenance
11
Treasurer
7
112
INDEX - Continued
Tree Warden 17
Veterans' Benefits
27
Vocational Education
28
Water Department 30
Fire Chief's Report
61
Graduation Exercises
101
Highway Surveyor's Report
67
Inspector of Slaughtering
64
Jurors
40
Librarian's Report
71
Library Trustees' Report
70
Police Chief's Report
63
Prize Speaking Contest
100
School Committee Report
81
School Music Supervisor's Report
98
School Nurse's Report
95
School Physician's Report School Principal's Report
92
School Superintendent's Report
83
Sealer of Weights and Measures
65
Town Accountant's Report
35
Town Clerk's Report
54
Births
56
Marriages
57
Deaths
58
Town Officers and Committees
3
Town Warrant
103
Treasurer's Report
41
Trust Funds
42
Water Commissioners' Report 69
Wiring Inspector's Report 66
97
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, 1952
286th ANNUAL REPORT
UXBRIDGE PRINTING CO. UXBRIDGE, MASS. 1953
4
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Asa Vear Joseph W. McEwen Albert S. Coleman, Clerk
Fred L. Kempton
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 Shelly 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
5
Inspector of Slaughtering William Seibert
Inspector of Animals Roy Barrows
Town Accountant
Helen F. Irons
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Franklin Goodnow Everett Watson Donato Leone
SURVEYOR OF WOOD AND BARK Arthur V. Pond
FIELD DRIVERS
Alex Woleck Edward Goss W. Arthur Robinson
VETERANS' AGENTS
Harold Metcalf
Ernest P. Wood
6
FINANCIAL REPORTS
MODERATOR-SALARY
Appropriation $25 00
Expended :
Roy A. Barrows
$25 00
SELECTMEN-SALARIES
Appropriation
$550 00
Expended :
Harold Metcalf $166 67
John L. Lundvall
233 33
Ernest P. Wood
150 00
Total expended
$550 00
SELECTMEN-EXPENSES
Appropriation
$150 00
Expended :
Postage
$21 00
Lock Box
3 00
Cahill's Supplies
7 04
Advertising
29 13
Delivering Town Reports
20 00
Dues to State Asso.
15 00
Dues County Association
6 00
Expenses to State
and County Meetings .. 23 00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.,
forms 15 46
7
Forbes Press, printing .... 8 00 Total expended $147 63
Unexpended 2 37
$150 00
TREASURER-SALARY
Appropriation $700 00
Expended :
Charles F. Leonard
$700 00
TREASURER-EXPENSE
Appropriation
$150 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 67 70
$217 70
Expended :
A. Neally, safe repairs .... $25 00
Postage and stationery .... 76 40
Forms, Hobbs & Warren 9 24
Dues to State Asso.
2 00
Check books
20 31
Certification of Notes
2 00
Forbes Press, printing 8 50
Preparing Schedule A
15 00
Office supplies
11 00
Transportation
10 00
Karl Bright, bond and insurance
38 25
Total expended $217 70
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURE
Appropriation
$50 00
Expended :
Hobbs & Warren Inc.,
forms
$ 8 28
Unexpended :
41 72
$50 00
8
TOWN ACCOUNTANT-SALARY
Appropriation $400 00
Expended :
Helen F. Irons $400 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT-EXPENSE
Appropriation
$50 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 28 65
$78 65
Expended :
Mass. Division of Accounts
forms $53 65
Cahill's News Agy., supplies
25 00
$78 65
TOWN CLERK-SALARY
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
Albert S. Coleman $200 00
TOWN CLERK -EXPENSE
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Hobbs & Warren
forms
$2 20
Toll calls 4 45
Printing
63 76
Recording Fees 83 00
Advertising
4 00
Postage 3 87
Dues & expenses, Town Clerks'
Meetings
66 25
Adjusting & swearing to
papers 10 00
9
Miscellaneous expenses .. 28 71 Total expended $266 24
Unexpended 233 76
$500 00
TAX COLLECTOR-SALARY
Appropriation $925 00
Expended :
Arthur P. Dalton, Collector
$925 00
TAX COLLECTOR-EXPENSE
Appropriation $225 00
Expended :
Karl Bright, insurance .... $32 00
Use of car
10 00
Stationery and printing ..
65 13
Postage
80 00
Deputy Collector's Bond .. 5 00
Dues to State Asso. 2 00
Advertising
15 40
Office supplies
13 48
Total expended $223 01
1 99
Unexpended
$225 00
ASSESSORS-SALARIES
Appropriation
$700 00
Expended :
Donald B. Lowell $200 00
D. Kinsley Barnes 200 00
Carl M. Taft 200 00
Charles F. Leonard
100 00
Total expended $700 00
10
ASSESSORS-EXPENSES
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended :
Postage $5 00
Deed Abstracts
146 72
Hobbs & Warren,
forms
22 69
Dues to State & County Asso. 9 00
D. K. Barnes, use of car 10 00
Miscellaneous supplies .... 13 70
Total expended $207 11
Unexpended 92 89
$300 00
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Appropriation
$900 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
46 07
Total
$946 07
Expended :
Election payrolls
$293 09
Listing
130 48
Printing
243 75
Milford Daily News,
Advt. 82 15
Registrars' Salaries 150 00
Ballot cases
20 11
Repairs to Voting booths 8 73
Miscellaneous supplies
17 76
Total expended $946 07
TOWN COUNSEL-SALARY
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended :
Shelley D. Vincent $100 00
11
TOWN COUNSEL-EXPENSE
Appropriation $75 00
Expended :
Shelley D. Vincent $75 00
CLERICAL HIRE FOR TOWN OFFICERS
Appropriation $300 00
Expended :
Helen F. Irons 300 00
TOWN OFFICERS' BONDS
Appropriation $201 00
Expended :
Karl A. Bright $201 00
TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$800 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 86 30
Total
$886 30
Expended :
Frank Barsanti, repairs .... $132 00
Raymond Dudley,
Janitor service 480 00
Janitor's supplies 131 45
C. L. Goss, repairs 114 80
Bottled gas.
28 05
Total expended $886 30
RECORD ROOM MAINTENANCE
Appropriation $380 00
Expended :
Carrie Marlow, janitor .... $50 00
Fuel
114 02
12
Lights 13 20
Telephone
129 43
Shoveling paths 3 00
Cleaning typewriter
12 00
Cleaning oil burner 6 00
Chimney repairs
33 54
Miscellaneous supplies
2 50
Total expended 363 69
16 31
Unexpended
$380 00
HEAT AND LIGHTS
TOWN HALL, FIRE STATION, AND HIGHWAY BARN
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Transferred from O.A.A. Account 450 00
Total
$2,450 00
Expended :
Worc. Co. Elec. Co. ...... $ 224 16
H.J. Shaughnessy Oil Co. 1,871 68
Boiler inspection 5 00
Frank Barsanti, repairs .... 348 75
Total expended $2,449 59
Unexpended
41
$2,450 00
CONSTABLE-SALARY
Appropriation
$25 00
Expended :
Harold C. Barrows $25 00
13
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
600 00
Total
$2,600 00
Expended :
Repairs $75 40
Officers pay rolls
1,942 58
Telephone
102 12
Mileage
306 90
Accident photos 10 00
Printing and supplies
55 02
Badges & handcuffs
82 20
Bicycle plates
6 34
Advertising
5 40
Total expended $2,585 96
14 04
Unexpended
$2,600 00
NEW POLICE ROOM
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 200 00
Total
$800 00
Expended :
Lumber and material
$252 15
M. M. Goodnow,
plumbing 70 44
Lester Hill, wiring 40 00
Paint and supplies
94 16
Furnishings and
equipment 302 06
Miscellaneous expenses .... 21 95
Total expended $780 76
Unexpended 19 24
$800 00
14
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,685 00
Expended :
Pay rolls
$954 50
Carrie Marlow,
test blowing
50 00
Repairs to apparatus
154 40
Worc. Co. Elec. Co.
33 00
Gasoline, oil etc.
78 68
Maintenance of building
82 74
Farrar Co., equipment ....
92 55
Niro & Niro, repairs
65 22
Telephone
170 46
Total expended $1,681 55
3 45
Unexpended
$1,685 00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Forest Warden $25 00
Farrar & Co., equipment 314 50
Pay rolls 158 00
Total expended $497 50
Unexpended 2 50
$500 00
HYDRANT RENTAL
Appropriation ......... $550 00
Expended :
Town of Mendon,
11 hydrants $550 00
15
DOG OFFICER
Appropriation
$75 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
16 50
Total $91.50
Expended :
Raymond Miller, boarding
and destroying dogs 76 50
Raymond Miller, salary 10 00
Raymond Miller, use of car 5 00
Total expended
$91 50
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Balance on hand January 1, 1952 ..
$135 64
Expended :
Fire Prevention Guides .... $15 00
Expenses for
Blood Typing Unit 16 69
Herbert Round, expenses to
Civil Defense
conference 40 00
Total expended $71 69
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1952
63 95
$135 64
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation $45 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 3 75
Total $48 75
Expended :
Hobbs & Warren, supplies $3 75
Raymond A. Miller,
salary and use of car 45 00
$48 75
16
WIRING INSPECTOR-SALARY
Appropriation $50 00
Expended :
Walter J. Channing, salary $50 00
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation $1,700 00
Expended :
District Nursing Assn. ....
$75 00
A. Woleck, rent and labor on
Town Dump
505 35
Soda Water permit
10 00
No. Reading State Sanitorium,
treatment one case ... .. 364 00
Pondville Hospital,
one case
180 00
Henry Poirier,
labor on Town Dump 120 00
Hobbs & Warren, forms
3 92
M. M. Goodnow, repairs Town Pump .... 38 95
Total expended
$1,297 22
Unexpended
402 78
$1,700 .00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Appropriation $150 00
Expended :
Roy A. Barrows $150 00
17
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Appropriation
..... $25 00
Expended :
Willard Seibert
$25 00
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 75 00
Total
$575 00
Expended :
William Nuttall, salary $ 12 00
William Nuttall, labor 180 00
George Blanchard, labor 193 00
Theodore Brothers, labor
118 00
Earl Arnold, power saw
72 00
Total expended $575 00
ELM BEETLE SUPRESSION.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
P. A. Millis, spraying $472 00
William Nuttall, salary & labor 28 00
Total expended $500 00
MOTH SUPRESSION
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
William Nuttall, salary & labor $ 12 00
18
P. A. Millis, spraying 188 00
Total expended $200 00
WORCESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL
Appropriation $3,843 88
Expended :
Worcester County Treasurer $3,843 00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
General Repairs
Appropriation
$1,700 00
Expended :
Labor
$906 38
Town Equipment 38 00
Telephone 147 48
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., Gravel
75 94
Henry J. Poirier, gravel
5 00
Seaver's Express 2 86
Leonard Jaques & Son, supplies 63 27
H. A. Daniels Co., insurance 5 42
C. C. Shattuck, supplies
70 59
C. L. Goss, repairs 3 00
Geo. H. Clark Co., paint 78 70
Hwy. Supt. Assoc., dues
2 00
Sandberg Equip. Co., supplies
16 18
Walter Killian, jack 23 50
Emmott Valley Trans. Co. 1 70
Clark-Shaughnessy Co.,
15 50
Mrs. Frances Morrison, land damage
100 00
A. S. Antolini, wrecker service 5 00
Ernest Wood
15 00
S. H. Wasserman, supplies 6 00
H. J. Poirier, welding
10 63
19
Anna Ingham, signs 35 00
Ernest Mellen, painting
22 00
Wm. H. Casey, Co., supplies 11 52
Postage 2 00
H. J. Shaughnessy, oil
5 57
Dyar Sales & Mach. Co., ram. ... 30 00
Roland Temple, caps and dynamite 1 69
Total expended
$1,699 93
Unexpended
07
$1,700 00
BELLINGHAM STREET BRIDGE
Appropriation
$4,000 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 110 56
$4,110 56
Expended :
Labor $1,525 26
Town Equipment 130 00
Hired Equipment 213 00
Dept. Public Works,
license 1 00
Phil & Co., boots
20 85
N. E. Metal Culvert Co.
1,321 04
R. Mattson, bags 12 00
E. Pearson, bags 2 40
W. Bowen, bags
2 40
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co., Cement 522 14
Curtis's Coal Co., lumber 67 31
H. J. Poirier, gravel
110 25
Bellingham Lumber Co. 175 91
C. L. Goss, lumber
Total expended 7 00
$4,110 56
20
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Expended :
Labor $1,921 35
Town Equipment 1,163 00
Hired Equipment 1,355 00
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co., sand 570 24
Dyar Sales Co.,
plow blades 137 70
E. F. Edson Co.,
plow blades 21 75
Upton Fuel Co., salt 105 00
Milford Grain Co., salt
210 00
Seaver's Express
1 96
Rose Machine Shop,
labor
4 00
Chemical Corp., salt
510 00
Total expended $6,000 00
CHAPTER 81
Town Appropriation
$ 3,700 00
State Allotment 10,175 00
Total
$13,876 00
Expended :
Labor $5,160 48
Town Equipment 1,828 45
Hired Equipment 943 18
H. A. Daniels Co.
insurance 213 03
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co.
1,541 06
21
Trimount Bituminous
Products
3,315 60
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co. 31 20
N. E. Metal Culvert Co.
82 79
Henry J. Poirier, gravel and bits
727 05
Roland Temple, blasting
7 10
Wm. H. Casey Store,
wire
25 00
Total
$13,875 00
Unexpended
06
$13,875 00
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Town Appropriation
$1,500 00
State Allotment
1,500 00
County Allotment
1,500 00
Total
$4,500 00
Expended :
Labor $1,155 40
Town Equipment 451 40
Hired Equipment 504 25
H. A. Daniels Co.,
insurance 35 54
Trimount Bituminous
Products 2,010 40
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co. 312 38
H. J. Poirier 2 50
Roland Temple
4 56
22
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co ...
23 52
Total expended
$4,499 95
Unexpended
05
$4,500 00
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
Town Appropriation
$2,000 00
State Allotment
4,000 00
County Allotment
2,000 00
Total
$8,000 00
Expended :
Labor $1,869 70
Town Equipment
886 00
Hired Equipment
1,967 00
Henry J. Poirier,
gravel and bits
2,593 55
Roland Temple, blasting
12 37
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co. 43 68
N. E. Metal Culvert Co.
263 89
Frances Morrison, gravel 193 20
Ross Bros., fence
72 00
Wm. H. Casey Store,
fence
25 00
H. A. Daniels, insurance 73 32
Total expended $7,999 71
Unexpended 29
$8,000 00
.
23
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Appropriation from Road
Machinery Fund $3,000 00
Transfer December 29, 1952
203 57
$3,203 57
Expended :
Labor $ 9 60
Lakeside Garage, repairs
342 75
Scott White Truck Inc. 19 27
Mendon Gulf Station, supplies 1,089 64
H. A. Daniels Co.,
insurance 114 47
Karl Bright, insurance ....
157 58
Home Nat'l. Bank,
truck note and interest 1,062 50
O'Grady's Service
Station, oil 125 90
Rosenfeld Garage, supplies 10 43
Seaver's Express Inc. 1 03
Bowker-Hamblin Co. tire 54 70
Jesse F. White, repairs .... 15 00
E. F. Edson Co.,
supplies 4 08
H. J. Poirier, repairs
16 50
Fisk-Alden Co., parts ....
4 43
Henley-Kimball Co.,
parts
22 47
Louis Benotti, gas
41 34
Vater's Garage,
inspections 1 00
So. Milford Service Sta. 2 20
Perkins-Milton Co.,
repairs
82 18
24
Mendon Auto Salvage,
repairs
26 50
Total expended
$3,203 57
ROAD MACHINERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1952 $5,434 24
Transferred to Road
Machinery Account 3,203 57
Balance $2,230 67
Paid to Town Treasurer for use of equipment :
Chapter 81 $1,828 45
Chapter 90 Construction 886 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance 451 40
General Repairs 38 00
Snow Removal
1,163 00
Bridge Project
130 00
Town of Milford, sale of plow
300 00
Miscellaneous revenue
37 50
Total receipts $4,834 35
Balance on hand December
31, 1952 $7,065 02
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation .. $684 00
Expended :
Worc. County Elec. Co. $684 00
25
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE-SALARIES
Appropriation $45 00
Expended :
Harold Metcalf $15 00
Ernest P. Wood 15 00
John L. Lundvall
15 00
Total expended
$45 00
PUBLIC WELFARE-TEMPORARY AID
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Transferred from O. A. A. 1,500 00
Total $7,500 00
(Mendon Settlement)
Two families in own homes $775 77
Four persons in own homes 704 75
One person in Rest Home 1,465 10
Two families in other towns 393 30
$3,338 92
(Settlement Other Towns)
One person in own home $854 00
Two families in own homes 596 93
1,450 93
( No settlement-chargeable to State)
Three families in own
homes
2,214 26
26
(Disability Assistance)
Two cases in own homes .... 484 15
United Community Services 10 00
Total expended
$7,498 26
Unexpended
1 74
$7,500 00
Proportionate share of above expenses :
State of Massachusetts .. $2,214 26
Town of Milford
1,271 27
City of Northampton 118 41
State and Federal share
of Disability Assistance 363 11
Town of Mendon
3,531 21
$7,498 26
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE-Federal Grant
Received from Federal Government:
(Direct Aid)
$272 70
(Administration)
6 94
Total
$279 64
Expended :
For Direct Aid
$242 65
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1952 36 99
$279 64
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Town Appropriation
$2,000 00
27
Received from Federal
Government:
(Direct Aid)
1,841 52
(Administration )
37 75
Total
$3,879 27
Expended :
For Direct Aid
$2,749 72
Unexpended
1,129 55
$3,879 27
Summary :
Federal Govt. Share .. ...... $1,354 05
State of Mass. Share .... 916 57
Town of Mendon's Share 479 10
$2,749 72
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Town Appropriation
$16,000 00
Received from Federal Govt. 23,745 67
$39,745 67
Expended :
For Direct Aid $31,307 58
Transfer to Board of Public Welfare 1,500 00
Transfer to Water Dept.
520 15
Transfer to Heat &
Lights-Town Buildings 450 00
Total $33,777 73
Unexpended
5,967 94
$39,745 67
28
Summary :
Federal Govt. Share $14,361 74
State of Massachusetts ..
11,286 58
Due from other Towns 1,911 45
Town of Mendon's Share 3,747 81
$31,307 58
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION
Town Appropriation
$750 00
Federal Government 707 79
Total $1,457 79
Expended :
Helen F. Irons, Welfare
Worker $1,050 00
Cahill's News Agy. supplies 35 00
Postage 36 36
Traveling expense 21 54
Hobbs & Warren Inc.,
supplies
4 41
Total expended $1,147 31
310 48
Unexpended
$1,457 79
Summary :
Federal Govt. Share ........ $573 66
Town of Mendon's Share
573 65
$1,147 31
29
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Aid rendered two families $302 84
Unexpended
197 16
$500 00
ADMINISTRATION OF VETERANS' BENEFITS
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended :
Harold Metcalf, Agent
$50 00
Ernest P. Wood, Agent 50 00
Total expended $100 00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$58,352 30
Dog Tax Refund 487 70
Total
$58,840 00
Expended :
$58,830 90
Unexpended
9 10
$58,840 00 (For detail of expenditures see School Report)
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Appropriation $1,000 00
Expended :
Town of Framingham, tuition $ 13 80
30
City of Worcester, tuition 286 42
Transportation 132 65
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies 131 96
Total expended
$564 83
Unexpended
435 17
$1,000 00
SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
Appropriation $2,500 00
Expended :
Willard Brown, Engineering
services $ 100 00
Balance Dec. 31, 1952
2,400 00
2,500 00
SPECIAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1952
$ 479 31
Revenue from meals 4,659 90
State Reimbursement
1,746 77
From Parent-Teachers Assoc.
25 00
Total
$6,910 98
Expended :
Pay rolls $1,955 00
Food supplies 4,345 34
Equipment 6 63
Transportation charges .. 59 24
31
Miscellaneous expenses ..
25 64
Total expended ... $6,391 85
Balance on hand Dec. 31
1952 519 13
$6,910 98
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation $700 00
Transferred from
Reserve Fund 350 00
Total
$1,050 00
Expended :
Carlton Goss,
Labor and Materials .... $350 00
American Library Assn. 5 00
H. W. Wilson Co. 11 80
Barney Coal Co., fuel
91 35
Worc. Co. Elec. Co. 11 40
The Personal Book
Shop Inc.
90 13
Vestella M. Daniels,
Librarian
300 00
Gaylord Bros. Inc., supplies 11 90
J. L. Hammett Co., filing case 8 66
Daniel N. Barnes
magazine subscriptions 56 43
Raymond Dudley, janitor 100 00
Hillside Nursery 13 00
Total expended $1,049 67
Unexpended 33
$1,050 00
32
FLETCHER LIBRARY FUND
To Personal Book Shop, Inc. $84 05
PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
George Johnson, labor $128 00
M. Creasia, labor 7 00
Herbert Alger, labor 14 00
Clayton Parkinson
7 20
Lakeside Flower Shop
12 00
Total expended :
$168 20
Unexpended
31 80
$200 00
WATER DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
400 00
Transferred from O.A.A Acc't
520 15
Total $1,520 15
Expended :
Johns Manville, pipe .... $206 53
Town of Bellingham,
water
257 96
Hersey Mfg. Co., meters
101 40
Varney Bros., labor and equipment .....
471 78
Lloyd Nelson
labor and material 475 08
George Allen, meter reading 6 00
Postage
1 40
Total expended
$1,520 15
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SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' GRAVES
Appropriation $30 00
Expended :
Swan Dale Cemetery
Association $30 00
WORCESTER COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEM-
EXPENSE FUND
Appropriation
... $731 45 ..
Expended :
Worcester County Treas. $731 45
MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
Sons of Union Veterans
flags
$8 00
D. C. Ryan, band 125 00
Clayton Parkinson, flowers 6 50
Lakeside Flower Shop,
flowers 10 00
C. C. Shattuck, supplies .... 29 75
Roger L. Wood Post, A.L., regalia 19 00
Total expended $198 25
Unexpended 1 75
$200 00
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INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$1,800 00
Expended :
Donald B. Lowell, Agent $1,659 59
Unexpended 140 41
$1,800 00
TOWN REPORTS
Appropriation $696 00
Expended :
Uxbridge Printing Co. .... $696 00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation $2,000 00
Transfers :
To Public Library Acc't $350 00
To Bellingham St. Bridge
Project
110 56
To Police Room
Construction 200 00
To Election and Regis-
trations Account 46 07
To Water Dept. Maint ... 400 00
To Interest Debt 3 00
To Town Accountant's
Expense 28 65
To Treasurer's Expense .. 67 70
To Sealer of Wts. &
Measures Account ....
3 75
To Town Hall Maint. .... 86 30
To Police Department .... 600 00
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To Dog Officer Account 16 50 To Tree Warden Account 75 00
Total $1,987.53
Unexpended 12 47
$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
$4,000 00
INTEREST ON MATURING DEBT
Appropriation
$825 00
Transferred from Reserve
Fund
3 00
Total
$828 75
Expended :
On Fire Station Loan
....
$300 00
On Water Construction
Loan
393 75
On School House Loan ..
135 00
Total expended
$828 75
INTEREST ON TEMPORARY LOANS
Appropriation
$200 00
Expended :
The Home Nat'l Bank
of Milford
$112 50
Unexpended
87 50
$200 00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
December 31, 1952 RECEIPTS General Revenue
Taxes :
Current Year:
Poll $ 914 00
Personal Property 6,878 92
Real Estate
72,835 77
Motor Vehicle Excise
11,650 60
Previous Years :
Personal Property
769 68
Real Estate
6,518 92
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,714 26
From the State:
Corporation Tax
7,300 02
Income Tax
17,819 10
Licenses and permits :
Liquor
400 00
All other 457 75
Grants and Gifts:
From Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance 14,717 40
Aid to Dependent Children 1,081 54
Disability Assistance 279 64
From State:
School Aid, Chap. 70
2,015 00
Vocational Education 191 45
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High School Tuition
and Transportation 7,266 90
Union Superintendency 1,499 49
Highways, Chapter 81 3,431 00
Inspector of Animals 75 00
Meal Tax, Old Age Assistance
1,032.60
From County, Dog Licenses
487 70
Rent of Fire Tower Land
50 00
Other:
Uncashed checks
30 78
Commercial Revenue
Collector, Certification of Municipal Lien 1 00
Town Clerk, sale of Town Annals 12 00
Town Hall Rent 474 00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Dept., Town Pump damage 38 95
Wire Inspections 59 00
Sealing Fees 22 25
Health and Sanitation :
State subsidies from Tuberculosis 949 14
Highways:
Chapter 90 Maintenance, State. 1,499 98
Chapter 90 Maintenance, County 1,499 98
Chapter 90 Construction, State 3,999 86
Chapter 90 Construction, County 1,999 93
Truck and Machinery Rental 4,834 35
Charities :
Reimbursements from Individuals 16 60
Reimbursements from cities and towns 977 24
Aid to Dependent Children, State 995 21
Disability Assistance, State 29 79
Old Age Assistance, State 11,829 71
38
Old Age Assistance, Cities and Towns 1,004 26
Temporary Aid, State
2,285 87
State Sick Poor 173 00
Veterans' Services :
Reimbursement from the State 161 79
Schools :
Tuition, Transportation, State Wards 381 99
Tuition, Boston City Wards 511 85
Sale of old furniture 25 00
School Lunch revenue 6,431 67
Library Fines 23 36
Water Department Revenue 1,613 94
Interest Thayer Cemetery Fund 5 00
Interest on Deferred Taxes
308 78
Interest, Motor Vehicle Excise 26 90
Revenue Anticipation Loan
15,000 00
Agency, Trust and Investment :
Dog License Fees due County 596 20
Trust Fund Income 84 05
Federal Withholding Taxes
5,984 56
Retirement Fund Deductions
960 03
Total Receipts for 1952 $224,234 76
Balance January 1, 1952
38,050 05
$262,284 81
EXPENDITURES
General Government
Moderator's Salary $ 25 00
Selectmen's Salaries 550 00
Selectmen's Expense
147 63
Town Accountant's Salary
400 00
Town Accountant's Expense
78 65
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Treasurer's Salary 700 00
Treasurer's Expense
217 70
Collector's Salary
925 00
Collector's Expense 223 01
Assessors' Salaries 700 00
Assessors' Expense
207 11
Town Counsel's Salary
100 00
Town Counsel's Expense
75 00
Town Clerk's Salary
200 00
Town Clerk's Expense
266 24
Election and Registrations
946 07
Clerical Hire for Town Officers
300 00
Bonds for Town Officers
201 00
Town Hall Maintenance
886 30
Record Room Maintenance
363 69
Heat and Lights-Town Buildings
2,449 59
Protection of Persons and Property
Constable's Salary $ 25 00
Police Department
2,585 96
Police Room Construction
780 76
Fire Department
1,681 55
Wire Inspector's Salary
50 00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
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