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48 75
Hydrant Rental
550 00
Moth Suppression
200 00
Elm Beetle Suppression
500 00
Tree Warden
575 00
Forest Fires
497 50
Dog Officer
91 50
Civilian Defense
71 69
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health $ 1,297 22
Worcester County Hospital 3,843 88
Inspector of Animals 150 00
Inspector of Slaughtering
25 00
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Highways
General Repairs $ 1,699 93
Bellingham Street Bridge
4,110 56
Highway Machinery Maintenance 3,203 57
Snow Removal 6,000 00
Chapter 81
13,874 94
Chapter 90 Maintenance
4,499 95
Chapter 90 Construction
7,999 71
Street Lighting
684 00
Charities
Public Welfare Salaries $ 45 00
General Relief 7,498 26
Disability Assistance, Federal Grant 242 65
Aid to Dependent Children
2,749 72
Old Age Assistance
31,307 58
Administration of O.A.A., A.D.C. & D.A. 1,147 31
Veterans' Benefits 302 84
Administration of Veterans' Benefits 100 00
Schools and Library
School Department $ 58,830 90
Vocational Education 564 83
School Playground
100 00
School Lunch Program
6,391 85
Taft Public Library
1,049 67
Unclassified
Park Department $ 168 20
Memorial Day Celebration
198 25
Annuity Fund
500 00
Insurance on Town Buildings
1,659 59
Worcester County Retirement Expense
Fund 731 45
Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
30 00
Town Reports 696 00
Tax Title Foreclosure 8 28
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Public Service Enterprise
Water Department $ 1,520 15
Interest
On Temporary Loans $ 112 50
On Maturing Debt 828 75
Municipal Indebtedness
Revenue Loan $ 15,000 00
Payment on Notes 4,000 00
State Parks & Reservations 252 63
Agency, Trust and Investment
County Tax $ 4,548 93
Dog Licenses for County 626 20
Austin Fletcher Library Fund 84 05
Federal Withholding Taxes
5,984 56
Worcester County Retirement Deductions 960 03
Stabilization Fund 5,000 00
Refunds
1952 Real Estate Taxes $ 94 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
498 70
Total Expenditures $218,841 34
Cash Balance December 31, 1952
43,443 47
$262,284 81
HELEN F. IRONS,
Town Accountant
TOWN OF MENDON Balance Sheet - December 31, 1952 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash :
S. B. Taft Library Gift $76 00
In Bank and Office
$43,443 47
Thayer Cemetery Fund Income 45 06
Accounts Receivable :
Overestimates of 1952:
Taxes :
Worcester County Hospital
Levy of 1951 :
Assessment $374 65
Personal Property
$25 00
Real Estate 398 88
775 84
Sale of Real Estate Fund
700 00
School Lunch Program
519 13
Personal Property
610 06
Road Machinery Fund
7,065 02
Real Estate 5,875 60
6,909 54
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Federal Grants :
Levy of 1952 795 52
Tax Titles
2,519 25
Departmental:
Town Hall $106 00
Assistance 2,984 06
Temporary Aid 1,389 68
Aid to Dependent Children 311 23
Administration 310 48
County Tax 401 19 42
Levy of 1952 :
Tailings 47 16
Aid to Dependent Children : Administration $37 75
Old Age Assistance :
O.A.A. Recovery 188 75
O.A.A. Cities and Towns 66 66
Disability Assistance 11 60
Veterans' Benefits 69 00
2,442 92
Aid to Highways :
Civilian Defense
$63 95
State :
Chapter 81
6,744 00
Water
87 04
Reserve Fund- Overlay Surplus
3,892 24
Overdrafts : A.D.C. Federal Grant
Assistance
1 00
Chapter 81
6,743 94
Underestimates 1952:
State Parks and Reservations
16 99
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $795 52
Tax Title
2,519 25
Departmental
2,442 92
Water 87 04
Aid to Highways
6,744 00
$12,588 73
Surplus Revenue
37,136 21
$69,703 67
$69,703 67
Disability Assistance:
Administration 6 94
Assistance 30 05
3,369.28
Appropriation Balances:
School Playground 2,400 00
2,463 95
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1951
$446 35
Levy of 1952 578 70 43
1,025 05
Revenuc Reserved Until Collected :
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt ....
$34,000 00
Fire Station Loan
$10,000 00
Highway Equipment Loan
2,000 00
School Addition Loan 5,000 00
Water Construction Loan 17,000 00
$34,000 00
$34,000 00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds :
Austin B. Fletcher Library Fund
$5,234 04
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 1,239 02
Stabilization Fund
20,902 37
Austin Wood Relief Fund
1,358 26
Nathan R. George, Jr. Relief Fund 1,244 47
Anna Ellis Library Fund
615 27
Annie E. Gaskill, Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 103 91
Jos. Bates, John S. Cox and
Jos. S. Cox, Cemetery Per- petual Care Fund 103 91
$30,801 25
$30,801 25
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Cash and Securities
$30,801 25
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LIST OF JURORS
Chester O. Avery
Draftsman
George Street
Gordon R. Good
Machinist North Avenue
Mildred A. Goss
Housewife Maple Street
Norman H. Handley Storekeeper North Avenue
Alice H. Leonard
Housewife Providence Street
Donald B. Lowell
Dairyman North Avenue
Madelaine W. Mann
Housewife Washington Street
Marjorie Mathewson
Coat Maker Hartford Ave., West
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
Fern Wagner
Tile Worker
Millville Street
Everett G. Watson
Sales Supervisor Bates Street
Jesse F. White
Boat Dealer Uxbridge Road
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
CASH RECEIPTS JANUARY 1, 1952-DECEMBER 31, 1952
Cash on hand, January 1, 1952 $ 38,050 05
Receipts for year 1952 224,234 76
$262,284 81
Paid per Selectmen's Warrants year
$ 218,841 34 1952
Cash balance December 31, 1952 43,443 47
$262,284 81
Balance on hand December 31, 1952 ..
$ 43,443 47
Balance in The Home National Bank
of Milford December 31, 1952 $ 48,611 86
Cash in the hands of Treasurer as of
December 31, 1952 3,519 27
$ 52,131 13
Less outstanding checks as of December
31, 1952
8,687 66
$ 43,443 47
See Town Accountant's Report for detail of Receipts and Expenditures )
28 Tax Titles $ 2,519 25
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TRUST FUND REPORTS - DECEMBER 31, 1952
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND
Dr.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $560 65
To Interest received from Milford Savings Bank 14 80
To Cash in Worcester County Institution for Savings 771 24
To Interest received from Worcester
County Institution for Savings
11 57
$1,358 26
Cr.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank
$575 45
By Cash in Worcester County Institution
for Savings
782 81
$1,358 26
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 1952 and
on deposit in The Home National Bank of Milford 210 85
To Interest received from The Home
National Bank of Milford
3 17
$1,239 02
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Cr.
By one U. S. Defense Bond $1,000 00
By Cash in The Home National Bank of Milford 239 02
$1,239 02
STABILIZATION FUND
Dr.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $10,248 00
To Interest received from Milford Savings Bank 165 08
To Cash in Milford Federal Savings
and Loan Association 10,229 17
To Interest received from Milford Federal
Savings and Loan Association
260 12
$20,902 37
Cr.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank
$10,413 08
By Cash in Milford Federal Savings and
Loan Association
10,489 29
$20,902 37
ANNA ELLIS LIBRARY FUND
Dr.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $599 45
To Interest received from Milford Savings
Bank
15 82
$615 27
Cr.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank $615 27 $615 27
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NATHAN R. GEORGE, JR. TRUST FUND
Dr.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $1,212 45
To Interest received from Milford Savings
Bank
32 02
$1,244 47
Cr.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank $1,244 47
$1,244 47
AUSTIN B. FLETCHER LIBRARY FUND
Dr.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $5,182 25
To Interest received from Milford Savings
Bank
135 84
$5,318 09
Cr.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank
$5,234 04
By two Library Orders 84 05
$5,318 09
ANNIE E. GASKILL LOT - BICKNELL CEMETERY
Dr.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $101 25
To Interest received from Milford Savings Bank 2 66
$103 91
50
Cr.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank $103 91
$103 91
JOSEPH S. COX, JOSEPH BATES AND JOHN S. COX LOTS - BICKNELL CEMETERY
Dr.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $101 25
To Interest received from Milford Savings Bank 2 66
$103 91
Cr.
By Cash in Milford Savings Bank
$103 91
$103 91
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
1952
1950 Personal Property Taxes
Dr.
Taxes Outstanding an. 1, 1952
$84 18
Interest
5 64
$89 82
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$89 82
Uncollected
00
$89 82
1950 Real Estate Taxes
Dr
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1952
$355 47
Interest
8 95
$364 42
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$359 82
Abated
4 60
Uncollected
00
$364 42
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1951 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Dr.
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1952 including
Taxes committed Jan. 2, 1952 and Jan. 17, 1952
$1,890 87
Correcting error in total of 4th Comm. .. 09
Interest 15 46
$1,906 42
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$1,729 72
Abated
176 70
Uncollected 00
$1,906 42
1951 Personal Property Taxes
Dr
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1952
763 00
Interest
22 80
$785 80
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$708 30
Abated
52 50
Uncollected
25 00
$785 80
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1951 Real Estate Taxes
Dr.
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1952 $6,571 93
Interest
210 56
$6,782 49
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$6,378 61
Abated
5 00
Uncollected
398 88
$6,782 49
1952 Poll Taxes
Dr.
Taxes Commited
$1,088 00
Interest
1 26
Charges and Fees
21 35
$1,110 61
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$936 61
Abated
174 00
Uncollected
00
$1,110 61
1952 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Dr.
Total Taxes Committed
$12,770 57
Interest
11 44
- $12,782 01
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Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$11,662 04
Abated
324 45
Uncollected
795 52
- $12,782 01
1952 Personal Property Taxes
Dr.
Taxes Committed
$7,488 98
Interest
86
$7,489 84
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$6,879 78
Uncollected
610 06
$7,489 84
1952 Real Estate Taxes
Dr.
Taxes Committed
$80,738 01
Interest
37 36
$80,775 37
Cr
Paid Treasurer $72,873 13
Abated 1,775 66
Subsequent Tax Title Credit 250 98
Uncollected 5,875 60
$80,775 37
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Tax Refunds for 1952
1951 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes $169 67
1952 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 329 03
1952 Real Estate Taxes 94 00
$592 70
Dr.
Rackeman, Sawyer and Brewster for
Certificate of Municipal Lien $1 00
$1 00
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $1 00
$1 00
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR P. DALTON
January 1, 1953
Collector of Taxes
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet and Table of Aggregates is given below:
RECAPITULATION 1952
Town Appropriations :
Voted since 1951 Tax Rate
was fixed
$146,088 20
State Taxes 1952
235 64
County Taxes 1952
11,006 75
Overlay for 1952 2,622 36
Gross Amount to be raised
$159,952 95
Estimated Receipts
$62,036 28
Available Funds
8,770 18
70,806 46
Net amount raised on Polls and
Property Taxes
$89,146 49
542 Poll Taxes at $2.00
$1,084 00
Personal Property 7,488 98
Real Estate
80,573 51
$89,146 49
AGGREGATES 1952
Number of Assessments on
Real Estate 695
Number of Assessments on
Personal Estate 78
Number of Polls Assessed 542
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Value of Assessed Personal Estate:
Stock-in-trade $8,200 00
Machinery 79,500 00
Livestock 65,340 00
All other tangible Personal Prop. ..
6,300 00
Total value of Assessed
Personal Estate
$159,340 00
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land exclusive of buildings $347,265 00
Buildings exclusive of land 1,367,065 00
Total value of Assessed Real Estate 1,714,330 00
Total valuation of Assessed Estate .... $1,873,670 00
Tax on Personal Estate
$7,488 98
Tax on Real Estate
80,573 51
Tax on Polls
1,084 00
Total
$89,146 49
Rate of Tax per $1,000
$47 00
Number of Livestock Assessed :
Horses
21
Cows
552
Other Neat Cattle
65
Swine
9
Fowl
5,680
All other
15
Number of Dwelling
Houses Assessed 569
Number of Acres of
Land Assessed 10,761
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Committed to Collector:
Vehicles registered in 1951
$1,369 65
Vehicles registered in 1952 12,770 57
Total $14,140 22
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED
1951 Taxes
$176 70
1952 Taxes
324 45
Total abatements $501 15 1
OVERLAY ACCOUNT 1952
1952 Overlay
$2,622 36
1952 Abatements 2,043 66
Respectfully submitted, DONALD B. LOWELL D. KINSLEY BARNES CARL M. TAFT
Board of Assessors
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
1952
DOGS LICENSED IN 1952
160 Males at $2.00 each $320 00
27 Females at $5.00 each 135 00
69 Spayed Females at $2.00 each 138 00
5 $10.00 Kennel Licenses 50 00
$643 00
Less Clerk's Fees: 261 licenses at 20c . 52 20
Cash paid Town Treasurer as per monthly statements $590 80
Again I must give much credit to our Dog Officer Raymond Miller for his efforts in collecting delinquent dog licenses in 1952.
Attention is called to the fact that all dogs three months old or more must be licensesd at the Town Clerk's Office on or before April 1, 1953. 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, 1952 TO DECEMBER 31, 1952 133 Resident Citizen Fishing 99 Resident Citizen Hunting
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86 Resident Citizen Sporting 30 Resident Citizen Minor Fishing 43 Resident Citizen Female Fishing 3 Resident Citizen Trapping 3 Special Non-resident Fishing 5 Non-resident Citizen Fishing 6 Resident Alien Fishing 1 Non-resident Citizen Hunting 1 Non-resident Citizen Sporting 3 Duplicate licenses
1 Non-resident Military Sporting 12 Resident Citizen Sporting-Free 6 Resident Citizen Military-Free 3 Resident Citizen Fishing-Free
- Total amount received for licenses $1,488 00 Less amount retained for fees-411 at 25c. 102 75
Amount sent to the Division of Fisheries and
Game as per monthly statements $1,385 25
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1952
Date of Birth 1952
Name of Child
Name of Parents with Maiden Name of Mother
Jan.
1
Nancy Maria Tinio
Salvatore and Nancy Mencarelli
6
Holly Gail Holmes
Edward S. and Mabel Buckland
24
Jean Mary Nolet
24
Joan Mary Nolet
25
Dennis Edward Partridge
Feb.
1
Patricia Agnes Davenport
10 Sherry Ellen Butler
21
Sandra Florence Roy
23
Catherine Anne Roper
26
Denise Mary Taylor
Mar.
9
Donna Ruth Kearsley
13 John Michael Magliocca
19 Richard Arthur Robinson
20
Sandra Kay McCallum
25
Theresa Clara Cresia
28
Vicki Dona Bouchard
Apr.
13 James George Hackenson
20
Scott Rawson Phillips
28
Billie Jean Simpson
29
Melanie Craddock
May
2 Peter Holmes Robinson
17
Amy Mather FitzGerald
26
Michael Kendrick Flanagan
28
Ronald Keith Youngsma
8
Robert Jeffrey Hensel
8 Arthur Douglas Paddock
9
Bonnie June Hart
10
Judith Marie Kraft
10
Linda Jane Auty
14
Susan DelSignore
29
9 Lorraine Irene Round Donna Marie Dudley John Francis Kloth
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
5 Barbara Lee Bennett
11 Beverly Jeanne Rondeau
24
13 James Richard Vander Sluis
Nov. Dec.
6 Victoria Maria Benotti
12 Paul Andrew Kempton
18
Bruce Douglas Harding
Dwight J. and Marion A. Gorman Gordon V. and Dorothy P. Bracci Arthur and Virginia E. Longton Lawrence F. and Theresa C. White Kenneth and Lois Wagner Donald W. and Ruth Dalton E. John and Viola M. Brenna Lawrence and Marjorie Kell Fred E. and Winsel Hilburn Nicholas L. and Theresa Merolli Ernest J. A. and Frances Wojnowski Robert H. and Helen Charge John P. and Stacia Adamski James and Alice Anderson Hugh and Dorothy Chapin John M. and Shirley Holmes Chester F. and Hazel Nelson James P. and Claire Power Harvey J. and Anna Berghuis William T. and Anne T. Bosma Arthur F. and Laurita Phipps John J. and Margaret Seay Steven S. and Florence Noyes William L. and Mary Whitney Alfred and Jean Creamer Edward T. and Marilyn Beal Roland L. and Marjorie Boyd Herbert and Pauline Morency Raymond C. and Martha Thompson Victor V. and Adele Monnier Edward J. and Jane A. Hetherington Arthur A. and Mary A. Venhuizen Harry and Ethel Roorda Robert H. and Marjorie Bowen William and Ellen Simmons John and Dorothy Murray George A. Jr. and Gladys L. Care Robert and Elizabeth Heerdt Louis W. and E. Louise Morey Donald and Shirley Wright Phillip and Beverly Taft
July
19 Edward Allan Gardner Richard Philip Carlson
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11 27 Rodney Oliver Rondeau 1 Louis Andrew Wiersma 1 Larry Peter Wiersma
16 Mary Louise Gaskill Stephen George Daige
June
Adelard J. and Jean A. LaBossiere Adelard J. and Jean A. LaBossiere Robert and Mildred Junkins
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1952
Date of Marriage 1952
Place of Marriage
Names
Residence
Jan.
5
Milford, Mass.
Earle W. Gaskill Margaret A. McCracken Gaskill
Mendon Milford
Feb.
2
Barnstable, Mass.
Henry A. Marsolini
Mendon
14
Worcester
Merrill R. Bracci, Jr.
Mendon
Mar.
27
Northbridge
Dale Wayne Kuiper
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Gertrude Oppewal
Mendon
Apr.
19
Milford
-
Gertrude Ann Doherty
Milford
May
3
Hopedale
Herbert Lee Johnson Margaret Catherine Desmarais
Mendon
10
Worcester
Ernest S. Thomas
Mendon
10
Milford
Charles C. Salvia
Milford
Helen M. Auty
Mendon
24
Brighton
Edward J. Gray
Mendon
June
21
Hopedale
John J. Pagnelli
Milford
Irene A. Rossetti
Mendon
21
Mendon
John S. Hogarth, Jr.
Mendon
Gloria Mae Mantoni
Mendon
July
13
Mendon
Robert M. Adams
Uxbridge
Florence S. Adams
Uxbridge
Aug.
9
Mendon
Terrance D. Munhall Lucille Slotnick
Norfolk, Mass.
Sept.
1
Hopedale
Leonel U. Geoffroy
Pawtucket, R. I.
12
Mendon
Uxbridge
Oct.
4
Hopedale
Woonsocket, R. I.
10
Uxbridge
William L. Hutchinson
Mendon
Grace Wood Gaskell
Mendon
Nov.
8
Mendon
Ralph A. Green
Spencer, Mass.
Ruth L. T. Whitcomb
Northbridge
Maude E. Stusee Coe
Mendon
Carman Segovia
San Antonio, Texas
Paul Peter Rossetti
Mendon
Hopkinton
Mary Louise Lebaire
Worcester
Rose M. Petersen
Boston
Mendon
Doris H. Martin Arthur W. Jones
Mendon
West Stockbridge
Doris I. Stanley Edmond Boisvert Cecile Lamothe
Mendon
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1952
Date of Death 1952
Name
Y M
D
Jan.
8
Primo F. Bonati
Coronary Occlusion
22
Andrew C. Henry
85
0
4
Polycystic Kidneys
25
Dale Colby
42
7
9
Cancer of Lung and Lymphatic Gland
Feb.
4
Silas Henry Dudley
74
11
4
Coronary Thrombosis
7
William F. Logee
75
6
3
Cerebral Hemorrhage
10
Edward Wilson
75
1
1
Generalized Arteriosclerosis
23
Eva H. Wilkinson
62
6
2
Diverticula of sigmoid
25
George F. Simmons
52
0
0
Cancer of bladder
Mar.
29
Marion Lancour
85
0
21
Cerebral hemorrhage
.
63
June
2
Daniel Morrison
61
9
29
Carcinoma of left adrenal
8
Nina Marion Burr
77
9
0
Arterio sclerotic Heart Disease
22
Lillian M. Irons
49
4
15
Coronary Thrombosis
25
John F. Kerkhof
32
3
18
Coronary Occlusion
5
Henry F. Campbell
67
0
0
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Aug.
7
James C. Cram
78
6
6
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
8
Louis R. Hickmott
80
4
5
Myocardial Infarction
70
Joanna Grace Lowell
53
11
24
Coronary Thrombosis
19
Lester E. Hodgkins
92
1
7
Generalized Arteriosclerosis
Sept.
1
Ellen C. Barry
84
0
13
Coronary Thrombosis
21
Lyman H. Sweet
73
7
4
Coronary Thrombosis
Nov.
12
Almira W. Lilley
Age
Cause of Death
59
6
0
Pulmonary Infarction
0
1
July
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Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the above lists and if any errors or ommissions 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.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT S. COLEMAN,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
December 31, 1952
To the Selectmen of Mendon,
Gentlemen :
The Fire Department answered 26 alarms in 1952.
5 Chimney Fires
1 Garage Fire
3 Oil burner Fires
2 Smoke Scares
2 Dwelling Fires 1 False Alarm
1 call, when wires were crossed between light pole and house causing short circuit. 11 Fires set by boys Fourth of July and Halloween.
Pumped out ten wells; pumped water at Bellingham St. while Highway Department made and filled forms at new bridge. Pumped water into steam boiler during dry spell.
After answering 2 alarms October 22 and 5 October 23, it was decided to put five men on at the Fire Station every night until Halloween. This proved to be worth while. Where as it cost the Town twenty-five dollars each night for eight nights and four alarms were answered, it was not as expensive as the fifty-eight dollars it cost October 23rd to answer five alarms.
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The Firemen held the "night-before-the-fourth" parade and entertainment which was well attended. The soap box derby was omitted this year for lack of interest.
The Firemen decorated the Fire Station and played Christ- mas carols over a loud speaker, and with the Grange lit the tree on Founders Park at Christmas.
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL, Fire Chief.
The Forest Fire Department answered 16 alarms in 1952, burning approximately 11 acres of grass and 4 acres of brush. Six were started from incinerators, one from chimney, three from burning rubbish, one from glass jug, one roadside fire, one set by boys and three started from Town Dump.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL,
Fire Warden.
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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
1952
Complaints received and answered 182
Accidents investigated 34
Persons injured 21
Persons admitted to Hospital 12
Arrests made 12
Summons issued 19
Summons served
10
Warrants issued
16
Warrants served 6
Summons served for out of Town Police
14
Warrants served for out of Town Police 3
Hours patrolling 1194
Miles covered patrolling 2788
Miles covered patrolling with School Bus 422
Hours patrolling with School Bus 31
Stolen cars recovered 3
Stolen bicycles recovered 2
Breaking and entering cases investigated 17
Court cases 19
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Bicycles inspected 132
Bicycle plates issued 64
Motor vehicle transfer forms issued 59
The complaints that were received and answered this past year were more than double those of 1951.
There was a decrease in accidents, being 34 as compared to 47 the previous year. This reduction was due to the patrol- ling of the highways during the busy weekends and holidays, as recommended by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Rudolph F. King.
The Registry of Motor Vehicles suspended 46 licenses and issued 32 warning letters as recommended by me during the year. There were 129 motor vehicle violations reported.
My recommendations for the coming year would be to have an Officer on duty every evening from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. during the Summer months. This would tend to reduce the speeding which was the cause of 60% of the accidents. And 90% of the accidents occured during these hours. This arrangement would also tend to eliminate some of the petty larceny which might occur. Furthermore, the Officer on duty would be able to spot fires and be available for traffic duty in connection therewith, should the need arise. A system could be arranged whereby the Chief of Police or any Officer of this deparment would know where to find the Officer on duty, and direct him to any disturbance or accident that might occur.
This is the first year that the Police Department has had rooms for its use. These were made available with the permission of the Selectmen to use a lower portion of the Town Hall. The Finance Committee approved the sum of six hundred
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dollars for the renovation of this part of the building for the Police Department. At the annual Town Meeting, the voters very generously appropriated this amount, making it possible to proceed with the plans for a Police Station.
We now have two rooms completed and a third one parti- ally done. All of the Officers donated their time in order to accomplish this work and many local contractors donated ma- terial. Later in the year, the Finance Committee transferred the sum of two hundred dollars from the Reserve Fund. This was used for toilet facilities in the room that is not yet completed. With a small appropriation to complete this other room, we will have a Police Station that will be an asset to the Town and of which the Police Department may feel very proud. The public is invited to inspect these rooms at any time there is an Officer on duty.
At the present time the Station is open from seven until nine every evening. The Officers that are on duty during these hours are giving their time. This donated time amounts to a yearly saving to the Town of $910.00. Many townspeople have taken advantage of these hours in which to obtain Motor Ve- hicle Transfer forms, accident reports, license forms etc.
I would like to thank the Board of Selectmen and the Fi- nance Committee for their cooperation. Also many thanks go to Carlton L. Goss, E. L. Sabatinelli and Sons, Rosenfeld Sand and Stone Co., and all others who donated time and material, making it possible to have this Station.
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