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May I take this opportunity to thank you and the mem- bers of the teaching staff for the fine cooperation and help you have given us.
Sincerely yours,
FRANCIS L. BERRY, M. D.
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SCHOOL NURSE'S ANNUAL REPORT
To Mr. Percy L. Rowe, Superintendent of Schools, Mendon, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Rowe:
May we submit to you the Annual School Nursing report for the year ending December 1949.
Mendon school was visited Tuesday of each week, when school was in session.
Measles, mumps and chicken pox were prevalent this year.
Two cases of poliomyelitis were reported.
Vision testing and audiometer testing of all pupils was completed in September and October.
Both examinations were an addition to the health of our School children, and we are greatly indebted to our State De- partment for the loan of machines.
Mass. Vision Test 273 pupils examined, 50 defects
Audiometer Test 269 pupils examined, 24 defects
The nurse assisted Dr. Berry with physicals. The pupils in the first, fifth and ninth grades were examined during the month of October.
Referred for dental evaluation 12
Enlarged tonsils 7
Enlarged glands 1
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At Dr. Berry's request the members of the Senior Class were given chest x-rays in November, at the clinic, conducted by the State Department of Public Health.
Tox-oid clinics were held in Mendon School March 16th, April 13th. Dr. Campbell assisted by the nurses, conducted the clinic.
32 Booster doses.
1 Protective dose.
The following is a summary of the work done by the nurse in her visits to the school:
1. Classroom inspection 614
2. Inspection of pupils 483
3. Pupils inspected for disease 117
4. Pupils recommended for exclusion 5
5. Pupils and nurse conference 141
6. Pupils treated for minor injuries 43
7. Nurse and teacher conferences 145
8. Home visits 39
In closing, may we express our thanks to Dr. Campbell for his kindness, consideration and co-operation through the many years of our work together.
May we thank Mr. Rowe, Dr. F. L. Berry, the School Com- mittee, the Principal and Teachers of Mendon School for their courtesy and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, GRACE MORAN, R. N.,
Supervisor of Nurses.
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Mendon in the County of Worcester, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Mendon qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Mendon on Monday, the sixth day of March A. D., 1950, punctually at 9 o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, 1 and 2. Article 3 and all following Articles on this Warrant will be acted upon Friday, the tenth day of March at 7 P. M.
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside over said meeting.
Article 2. To bring in their ballots for the following Town Officers :
One Town Clerk for one year;
One Selectman for three years;
One Assessor for three years;
One Town Treasurer for one year;
One Constable for one year;
One Tree Warden for one year;
One Trustee of the Taft Public Library for one year;
One Trustee of the Taft Public Library for two years;
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One Member of the School Committee for three years;
One Park Commissioner for three years;
One Highway Surveyor for one year;
One Water Commissioner for three years;
all on one ballot designating the office intended for each per- son voted for.
Article 3. To hear the reports of the several Town Of- ficers and Committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town expenses for the financial year beginning January 1, 1950.
Article 6. To determine the compensation of the Tax Collector for the ensuing year.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1950 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for the period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the improvement and repairs of highways, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Depart- ment of Public Works as provided under Chapter 81 of the General Laws as amended, or take any action in relation to the same.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the operation and repairs of Town machinery, a part or whole to be taken from the Road Machinery fund, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any sum of money for the maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State and County for this purpose, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any sum of money for Chapter 90 New Construction provided the State and County will contribute for such work under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Article 12. To see what action the Town will take regard- ing any legal proceedings that may be brought against or by the Town.
Article 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to sell any or all real estate owned by the Town by reason of the foreclosure of Tax Title thereon and to execute, ac- knowledge and deliver a proper deed or deeds therefor, authority therefor to terminate March 5, 1951 or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the dog license refund received from the Worcester County in 1949 to be used for general school expenses in 1950, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors with the approval of the Commissioner of Corpora- tions and Taxation to use such an amount of the free cash in the treasury as in their judgment should be used to reduce the tax levy of 1950, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $7,500.00 for the purchase and installa- tion of a new steam heating boiler, oil burner, 5,000 gallon oil tank, and hot water tank in the Mendon High School building, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $700. to purchase and install a 5,000 gal- lon tank for fuel oil storage for the Town buildings, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $400.00 to repaint Taft Public Library, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $5,000 from available funds to the Stabilization Fund as defined in Chapter 124, Acts of 1945 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the permanent Honor Roll Fund to the New Honor Roll account, or take any action in relation there- to.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the erection of a permanent Honor Roll for World War II veterans, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing the water system for the extinguishing of fires and for domestic and other purposes, substantially in accordance with the plan submitted in a report of the proposed water supply system by Hayden, Harding & Buchanan, Engineers, and determine how the money shall be provided for, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the Administration of Veterans' Benefits, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the purchase of twelve dining tables for the supper room in the Town Hall, (such as are be- ing used in the school building) or take any action in relation to same.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to install a light on Elm Street, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the highway surveyor to grant two weeks vacation with pay to himself and to those employees of said highway department that have worked at least thirty weeks of the preceding cal- endar year, such pay to be taken from the General Repair account.
Article 27. To see if the Town will accept the lay-out of Harrington Avenue, so-called, as layed out by the County Commissioners and filed with the Board of Selectmen, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money for material to finish off the second story of the fire station, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to clean the interior walls and re- paint the ceiling of the Town Hall, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate $500.00 as an annuity to be paid to Mrs. Dorothy
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Mantoni for life, or until she remarries, or take any action in relation thereto.
Polls will close at 6.00 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 20th day of February, A. D., 1950.
D. VICTOR SMITH, HAROLD J. FAIRBANKS, HAROLD METCALF, Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy, attest :
RAYMOND W. ROGERS,
Constable of Mendon.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Article 5.
1949
Account
Appropriation
Transfers and Allotments
1949 Expenditures
1950 Recommendation
Moderator's Salary
$10.00
$10.00
$10.00
Selectmen's Salaries
550.00
550.00
550.00
Selectmen's Expense
150.00
149.89
250.00
Treasurer's Salary
350.00
350.00
550.00
Treasurer's Expense
159.00
154.22
150.00
Town Accountant Salary
300.00
300.00
400.00
Town Accountant Expense
25.00
12.17
25.00
Town Clerk's Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk's Expense
500.00
327.89
500.00
Tax Collector's Expense
200.00
179.31
200.00
Assessors' Salaries
650.00
650.00
650.00
Assessors' Expense
300.00
263.92
300.00
Elections and Registrations
700.00
407.46
700.00
Town Counsel Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Town Counsel Expense
75.00
75.00
75.00
Clerical Hire for Town Officers
300.00
299.70
300.00
Town Officers' Bonds
126.75
126.75
145.50
Town Hall Maintenance
600.00
112.40
712.40
700.00
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Record Room Maintenance
500.00
487.16 1,390.40
350.00
Heat and Lights-Town Buildings 2,200.00
2,000.00
(Town Halls, Hwy. Barn, Fire Sta.)
Constable's Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Police Department
1,000.00
26.11
1,026.11
1,500.00
Fire Department
1,000.00
665.63
1,664.91
1,500.00
Forest Fires
500.00
436.72
500.00
Hydrant Rental
500.00
500.00
500.00
Dog Officer
30.00
21.00
51.00
50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
45.00
45.00
45.00
Board of Health
1,500.00
881.30
1,900.00
Tree Warden
250.00
245.60
250.00
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
Inspectors of Slaughtering
25.00
25.00
25.00
Worcester County Hospital
1,745.56
1,745.56
1,403.85
General Repairs
1,500.00
1,495.51
1,500.00
Snow Removal
2,800.00
406.63
3,206.63
2,800.00
Street Lighting
627.00
57.00
646.00
684.00
Public Welfare Salaries
125.00
125.00
45.00
Public Welfare Temporary Aid
3,500.00
544.00
4,034.13
12,000.00
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Aid to Dependent Children
2,000.00
481.01 12,783.63
2,099.70
3,000.00
Old Age Assistance
18,000.00
27,863.51
18,000.00
Old Age Assistance Admin.
350.00
161.96
499.38
500.00
Veteran's Benefits (Soldiers' Relief)
500.00
411.90
500.00
School Department
46,262.65
399.35
46,139.58
48,963.31
Vocational Education
1,500.00
564.19
1,500.00
Taft Publc Library
625.00
619.67
625.00
Water Dept. Maintenance
1,050.00
463.27
700.00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
30.00
30.00
30.00
Park Department
200.00
107.00
200.00
Memorial Day
150.00
131.85
150.00
Insurance on Town Buildings
3.323.70
3,211.30
1,860.58
Town Reports
385.12
385.12
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
1,644.10
2,000.00
Maturing Debt
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,930.00
Interest on Maturing Debt
1,140.00
1,140.00
1,037.50
Interest on Temporary Loans
50.00
37.01
100.00
Tax Title Foreclosure
50.00
Wor. Co. Retirement Expense Fund
.. 340.20
340.20
401.00
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1950 RECOMMENDATION.
Article 6. 11/4 %, not to exceed $875.00.
Article 8. $3,600.00.
Article 21.
$885.00.
Article 9.
$2,400.00.
Article 10. $1,500.00.
Article 11.
$2,000.00
Article 24. $360.00.
Article 14.
$378.69.
Article 25.
No action taken.
Article 16.
$7,500.00.
Article 26.
Disapproved.
Article 17.
$500.00.
Article 28.
$600.00.
Article 29.
$600.00.
Article 30.
$500.00.
Respectfully submitted,
LEE P. McFARLAND,
FRANKLIN GOODNOW,
ROY A. BARROWS,
Finance Committee.
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Article 18. $400.00.
Article 19.
$5,000.00.
Article 20. $366.99.
Article 22.
No action taken.
Article 23.
$100.00.
INDEX.
Page
Aid to Dependent Children
27
Assessors' Report
55
Assessors' Expenses
9
Assets and Liabilities
40
Births
60
Board of Health Report
71
Board of Health Expenditures
16
Collector's Report
49
Collector's Expenses
9
Deaths
62
Elections and Registrations
10
Finance Committee Report
111
Financial Reports
6
Fire Engineers
68 13 70
Graduation Exercises
98 18
Highway Surveyor's Report
74 72
Inspectors of Slaughtering
Jurors
41
Librarian's Report
Library Trustees' Report
78 77 30
Library Expenditures
Marriages
61
Old Age Assistance
28
Police Department
67
Fire Engineers' Expenditures
Forest Warden
Highway Department Expenditures
116
Page
Police Department Expenses
13
Prize Speaking Contest
97
Public Weigher
72
Public Welfare
25
Public Welfare Expenditures
24
Road Machinery Account
22
Road Machinery Fund
22
School Committee
79
School Expenditures
85
School Music Supervisor
100
School Nurse
103
School Physician
102
School Principal
95
School Superintendent
89
Sealer of Weights and Measures
73
Selectmen's Report
42
Selectmen's Expenses
6
Town Accountant's Report
35
Town Clerk's Report
58
Town Clerk's Expenses
8
Town Hall Maintenance
11
Town Officers and Committees
3
Town Warrant
105
Treasurer's Report
46
Treasurer's Expenses
7
Trust Funds
46
Vocational Education
30
Water Department
31
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, 1950 284th ANNUAL REPORT
MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS. 1951
TOWN OF MENDON.
Town of Mendon Incorporated May 15, 1667.
Population 1504, 1945 Census.
Registered Voters in 1950: 861.
Annual Election :
First Monday in March.
Annual Meeting :
First Friday Evening after the
first Monday in March.
County Commissioners :
Francis E. Cassidy, Chairman
Webster
George W. Jones
Worcester
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
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN. (Selectmen serve as Board of Public Welfare Board of Health and Fence Viewers). John L. Lundvall Harold Metcalf Harold J. Fairbanks
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 Fairbanks Percy Rowe Nina M. Burr
Gordon Good 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
Raymond W. Rogers
Constable
Raymond W. Rogers
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 $10 00
Expended :
Roy A. Barrows $10 00
SELECTMEN-SALARIES.
Appropriation
$550 00
Expended :
D. Victor Smith $41 67
Harold J. Fairbanks 233 33
Harold Metcalf 150 00
John L. Lundvall
125 00
Total Expended $550 00
SELECTMEN-EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$250 00
Expended :
Postage
$18 00
Stationery and Supplies .. 35 45
Advertising licenses and
bids 55 06
Delivering Town Reports
15 00
Dues to State Asso.
15 00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms 9 68
Perambulating Town
bounds 100 00
$248 19
Total Expended
1 81
Unexpended
$250 00
7
TREASURER-SALARY.
Appropriation
$550 00
Expended :
Silas H. Dudley
$550 00
TREASURER-EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$150 00
Expended :
Postage $50 00
Forms and Stationery 39 04
Dues to State Asso. 2 00
Check books 17 98
Certification of Notes 4 00
Preparing Schedule A
15 00
Miscellaneous supplies
14 65
Total Expended
$142 67
Unexpended
7 33
$150 00
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURE.
Appropriation
$50 00
Unexpended $50 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT-SALARY.
Appropriation
$400 00
Expended :
Helen F. Irons
$400 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT-EXPENSE.
Appropriation
$25 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
18 92
Total
$43 92
Expended :
Comm. of Mass., forms $43 92
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TOWN CLERK-SALARY.
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
Albert S. Coleman
$200 00
TOWN CLERK-EXPENSE.
Appropriation $500 00
Expended :
Typewriter
$116 95
Printing, stationery and
postage 48 81
Recording Fees 97 00
Advertising
3 75
Photostats
15 75
Expenses to Town Clerk's
meetings 60 00
Total Expended
$342 26
157 74
Unexpended
TAX COLLECTOR-SALARY.
Appropriation $875 00
Expended :
Arthur P. Dalton, Collector ...
$875 00
TAX COLLECTOR-EXPENSE.
Appropriation $200 00
Expended :
Stationery and printing $58 72
Postage 68 00
Deputy Collector's Bond 5 00
Dues to State Asso. ...
2 00
Advtg. Tax Titles
23 50
Miscellaneous Supplies
20 32
$500 00
9
Total Expended
$177 54
Unexpended
22 46
$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-EXPENSE
Appropriation $300 00 .......
Expended :
Tax Tables
$1 00
Deed Abstracts 159 46
Stationery and forms 44 26
Dues to State and County
Asso. 6 00
Expenses to State Meet-
ings
12 00
Postage
11 00
Use of auto
20 00
Total Expended
$253 72
Unexpended
46 28
$300 00
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS.
Appropriation
$700 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
218 41
Total
$918 41
Expended :
Pay rolls, Town Meeting $51 15
State Primaries and Election 215 11
10
Pay rolls, listing 103 23
Recount
20 40
Printing and supplies
141 77
Advertising
52 00
Registrars' salaries
100 00
Repairing and building voting
booths
122 00
Loud speaker
10 00
Voting lists and ballots
102 75
Total Expended
$918 41
TOWN COUNSEL-SALARY.
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended :
Shelley D. Vincent
$100 00
TOWN COUNSEL-EXPENSE.
Appropriation
$75 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
9 50
Total
$84 50
Expended :
Shelley D. Vincent, confer-
ences and expenses
$84 50
CLERICAL HIRE FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation ...
$300 00
Expended :
Helen F. Irons
$300 00
TOWN OFFICERS' BONDS.
Appropriation ....... $145 50
Expended :
Karl A. Bright $145 50
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TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE.
$700 00
Appropriation Expended :
Supplies for toilets $66 36
Janitor's Salary 460 00
Janitor's Supplies
22 59
Carlton L. Goss, repairs
79 09
Bottled gas
24 00
Batteries for emergency lights
3 75
Express on tables
19 86
Total Expended
$675 65
Unexpended
24 35
$700 00
TOWN HALL- PAINTING AND CLEANING INTERIOR.
Appropriation
$600 00
Expended :
Breault & Jacques
$575 00
Unexpended
25 00
$600 00
TOWN HALL DINING TABLES.
Appropriation
$360 00
Expended :
J. L. Hammett Co. $360 00
TOWN BUILDINGS-OIL STORAGE TANK.
Appropriation $700 00
Expended :
E. T. Powers, tank and installa- tion
$660 00
Unexpended
40 00
$700 00
12
TOWN HALL-SANITARY AND HEATING FACILITIES.
Balance January 1, 1950
$2,565 27 Expended :
William L. Power & Son, plumbing $2,215 27
C. L. Goss, repairs 350 00
$2,565 27
RECORD ROOM MAINTENANCE.
Appropriation $350 00
Expended :
Janitor Service
$50 00
Fuel
130 68
Lights
15 52
Telephone
116 15
Oil Heater
10 76
Cleaning and repairing oil
burner
18 50
Miscellaneous Supplies
2 80
Total Expended
$344 41
Unexpended
5 59
$350 00
HEAT AND LIGHT-TOWN BUILDINGS. TOWN HALL, FIRE STATION AND HIGHWAY BARN.
$2,000 00
Appropriation Expended :
General Fuel & Heating Co. $702 65
Worcester Suburban Elec. Co. 229 94
Clark-Shaughnessy 212 76
H. J. Shaughnessy 757 42
John T. Jordan, Engineering ser- vice 35 00
Dept. of Public Safety, boiler
inspections 10 00
13
Bill Power, repairs
31 23
Jesse White, batteries
21 00
Total Expended
$2,000 00
CONSTABLE-SALARY.
Appropriation
$25 00
Expended :
Raymond W. Rogers
$25 00
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Expended :
Pay rolls $656 24
Safety belts
39 79
Toll calls 5 49
Mileage
31 90
Badges
26 00
Accident photos
3 50
Miscellaneous
2 45
Total Expended
$765 37
Unexpended
734 63
$1,500 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Expended :
Pay rolls $629 00
Painting truck
200 00
Test blowing 50 00
Repairs to apparatus 129 50
Worcester Sub. Elec. Co.
33 00
Gasoline, oil, etc.
44 57
Supplies for apparatus ..
41 00
Harold Lowell, salary
100 00
Maintenance of building 49 70
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Extinguishers
50 15
Telephone
126 70
Filing cabinet
44 95
Total Expended
$1,498 57
Unexpended
1 43
$1,500 00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Forest Warden
$25 00
Farrar & Co., hose
150 00
Pay rolls
186 25
Tires, batteries, etc., for truck 91 51
Total Expended
$452 76
Unexpended
47 24
$500 00
HYDRANT RENTAL.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Town of Mendon
$500 00
DOG OFFICER.
Appropriation
$50 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
5 50
Total
$55 50
Expended :
Richard Gaskill, boarding and
destroying dogs
$28 50
Raymond Miller, boarding and
destroying dogs
17 00
Dog Officer salaries
10 00
Total Expended $55 50
15
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Appropriation
$45 00
Expended :
Phyllis Saunders, (for Clyde
Saunders) salary
$36 67
Phyllis Saunders, (for Clyde
Saunders) use of car 2 50
Raymond A. Miller, salary 3 33
Raymond A. Miller, use of car
2 50
Total Expended
$45 00
WIRING INSPECTOR-SALARY.
Transferred from Reserve Fund ..
$25 00
Expended :
Walter Channing, salary ..
$25 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appropriation $1,900 00
Expended :
District Nursing Asso. .... $75 00
Willard Seibert, meat in-
spections 1 00
A. Woleck, rent and
labor on Town Dump 335 30
Soda water permit 10 00
License forms 5 04
Worcester County Sani-
torium, board and treatment 556 50
Total Expended
$982 84
917 16
Unexpended
$1,900 00
16
TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$250 00
Expended :
William Nuttall, salary
$10 00
Pay rolls :
William Nuttall 82 00
William Munsell 64 00
George Blanchard
72 00
Harold Metcalf
10 00
Mark Wagner
12 00
Total Expended
$250 00
ELM BEETLE SUPPRESSION.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
P. A. Millis, spraying $470 00
William Nuttall 30 00
Total Expended
$500 00
MOTH SUPPRESSION.
Appropriation
$200 00
Expended :
William Nuttall
$13 00
P. A. Millis, spraying
187 00
Total Expended
$200 00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
Appropriation
$150 00
Expended :
Roy A. Barrows
$150 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
Appropriation
$25 00
Expended :
Willard Seibert $25 00
17
WORCESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Appropriation
Expended :
$1,430 85
Worcester County Treasurer .... .. $1,430 85
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL REPAIRS.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Expended :
Labor
$776 40
Town Equipment
104 00
Hired Equipment
96 00
Gravel
21 00
Concrete pipe
127 08
Telephone
118 15
Insurance
78 59
Paint
53 65
Leonard Jaques & Sons,
supplies
42 68
Miscellaneous supplies 70 57
Total Expended
$1,488 12
Unexpended
11 88
$1,500 00
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE.
Town Appropriation
$1,500 00
State Allotment
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