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500.00
500.00
Town Accountant's Expense
50.00
9.87
59.87
50.00
Town Clerk's Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
Town Clerk's Expense
350.00
14.30
364.30
350.00
Tax Collector's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Tax Collector's Expense
275.00
274.22
400.00
Assessors' Salaries
700.00
700.00
700.00
Assessors' Expense
300.00
221.50
300.00
Elections and Registrations
1,200.00
296.20
1,496.20
700.00
Town Counsel Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Town Counsel Expense
75.00
75.00
75.00
119
Expendi- Recommen-
Finance Committee Expense
25.00
Clerical Hire for Town Officers
350.00
347.50
400.00
Town Officers' Bonds
321.50
284.80
282.00
Town Hall Maintenance
900.00
709.78
1,300.00
Record Room Maintenance
600.00
364.82
600.00
Heat and Lights-Town Bldgs.
2,500.00
2,037.17
2,500.00
Constable's Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Police Department
5,800.00
5,796.79
7,200.00
Fire Department
2,100.00
2,057.13
2,100.00
Forest Fires
750.00
637.00
900.00
Dog Officer Account
300.00
271.00
300.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
65.00
60.00
70.00
Wire Inspector
80.00
80.00
80.00
Board of Health
2,250.00
2,169.44
2,250.00
Tree Warden
1,400.00
1,399.47
2,200.00
Insect Pest Control
500.00
499.87
700.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control
600.00
600.00
750.00
Inspector of Animals
150.00
150.00
150.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
25.00
25.00
25.00
Highways-General Repairs
2,500.00
2,499.80
3,000.00
Snow Removal
12,000.00
10,916.72
12,000.00
Street Lights
1,083.96
1,083.96
1,083.96
120
Public Welfare-Salaries
45.00
45.00
45.00
Public Welfare-General Relief
7,000.00
1,679.63
8,679.63
7,000.00
Administration-Public Assistance
1,470.00
1,470.00
1,645.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Old Age Assistance
22,000.00
20,716.42
20,000.00
Veterans' Benefits
3,350.00
2,216.86
3,350.00
Administration-Veterans' Services
350.00
350.00
350.00
School Department
97,987.64
591.36
96,024.47
(Dog Tax)
General Expenses
5,039.08
Expenses of Instruction
74,117.00
Expenses of Operating School Plants
10,032.00
Maintenance of Plants
4,300.00
Capital Outlay
2,300.00
Auxiliary Agencies
18,577.00
Vocational Education
2,800.00
927.45
2,000.00
Taft Public Library
1,400.00
1,398.14
1,707.00
Park Department
450.00
449.30
450.00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
50.00
50.00
50.00
Water Dept. Maintenance
1,620.00
1,392.05
1,461.00
Memorial Day Observance
275.00
255.87
275.00
121
Worcester Co. Retirement Fund
1,664.66
1,664.66
1,616.33
Insurance-Town Buildings
2,518.40
2,518.40
2,518.40
Town Reports
750.91
750.91
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Interest on Temporary Loans
350.00
350.00
Maturing Debt
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Interest on Maturing Debt
258.75
258.75
236.25
122
123
Article 6. Approved appropriation $3,700; transfer $10,175, Chapter 81.
Article 7. Approved appropriation $1,500.00; trans- fer $3,000, Chapter 90 Maintenance
Article 8. Approved transfers of $9,200.00, Chapter 90 Construction.
Article 9. Approved transfer of $2,500, Road Ma- chinery.
Article 12. Approved Dog Refund for School Ex- penses.
Article 14. Approved transfer $5,000 for Stabiliza- tion Fund.
Article 15. Approved $400 for Civilian Defense.
Article 16. Approved $3,000 for Blackstone Street.
Article 17. No action.
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INDEX
REPORTS OF
Page
Assessors
53
Balance Sheet 39
Dog Officer 60
Finance Committee
117
Financial Reports :
Assessors
10
Board of Health
16
Board of Public Welfare
24
Board of Selectmen
7
Civilian Defense
16
Clerical Hire
11
Debt and Interest
37
Dog Officer
16
Dutch Elm Control 17
Elections and Reg.
11
Fire Dept.
14
Forest Fire Dept.
15
Heat & Lights-Town Bldg.
13
Highway Dept.
18
Insect Pest Control
17
Memorial Day
30
Park Dept.
30
Police Dept.
13
Record Room Maint.
12
Reserve Fund
31
School Lunch
29
Tax Collector
9
Town Accountant
8
Town Clerk
9
Town Hall Maint.
12
Treasurer
8
Tree Warden
18
Veterans' Benefits
28
Vocational Education
28
REPORTS OF
Page
Fire Chief
68
Forest Fire Warden
69
Highway Surveyor
70
Jurors
48
Librarian
73
Library Trustees
75
Police Chief
61
School Reports:
School Calendar
82
School Directory
78
Financial
85
Graduation Exercises
110
Music Supervisor
107
Nurse
104
Physician
103
Principal
99
Prize Speaking
109
School Committee
87
Superintendent
91
Sealer of Wgts. & Meas. 59
Tax Collector
43
Town Accountant
32
Town Clerk
47
Births
49
Marriages
50
Deaths
52
Town Officers & Comm. 3
Town Treasurer
56
Town Warrant
112
Tree Warden
65
Water Commissioner
72
Wiring Inspector
64
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, 1959 293rd ANNUAL REPORT
CHARLESCRAFT PRESS MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 1960
TOWN OF MENDON
Town of Mendon Incorporated May 15, 1667 Population 1905, 1955 Census Registered Voters in 1959, 1095 Annual Election: First Monday in March
Annual Meeting:
First Friday Evening after the First Monday in March
County Commissioners:
Francis E. Cassidy
Webster
Edward P. Bird, Chairman Fitchburg
Joseph A. Aspero Worcester
Fourteenth Congressional District:
Congressman, Joseph William Martin, Jr.
North Attleboro
Fourth Senatorial District:
Joseph E. Gibney Webster
Eighth Worcester Representative District:
Representatives General Court: Charles Mullaly, Jr. Charles E. Luke Driscoll
Millville
Northbridge
Sheriff for Worcester County: William A. Bennett Worcester
3
TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator Clarence E. Grant
Selectmen
Ernest P. Wood
Term expires 1960
Harold Metcalf
Term expires 1961
Vernon A. Barrows
Term expires 1962
Board of Public Welfare Board of Health and Fence Viewers Harold Metcalf Vernon A. Barrows Ernest P. Wood
Town Clerk Albert S. Coleman
Town Treasurer
Charles F. Leonard Term expires 1961
Tax Collector
Arthur P. Dalton Term expires 1961
Assessors
D. Kinsley Barnes Term expires 1960
Thomas D. Hackenson
Term expires 1961 Term expires 1962
Charles H. Wood
4
School Committee
Gordon R. Good
Term expires 1960
William M. Kimball
Term expires 1961
Harry C. York
Term expires 1962
Superintendent of Schools Anthony C. Minichiello
Trustees .. of Taft Public Library
Vestella M. Daniels Term expires 1960
Henry P. Clough, Secretary Term expires 1961
Harold Metcalf Anthony C. Minichiello Gordon R. Good
Water Commissioners
Clarence E. Varney Term expires 1960
Donato F. Leone Term expires 1961
M. Morton Goodnow Term expires 1962
Park Commissioners
George E. Johnson Term expires 1960
Russell E. Phipps Term expires 1961
Rodolph L. Roy Term expires 1962
Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent
William E. Nuttall
Highway Surveyor William R. Bowen
5
Constable William D. Rondeau
Regional School District Committee
William M. Kimball
Term expires 1960
L. Everett Murch
Term expires 1961
Frederick M. Magee Term expires 1962
Officers Appointed by the Selectmen
Chief of Police William D. Rondeau
Town Counsel
Shelley D. Vincent
Dog Officer William D. Rondeau
Wiring Inspector Walter J. Channing
Sealer of Weights and Measures William D. Rondeau
Fire Chief and Forest Warden William F. Irons
Superintendent of Streets William R. Bowen
Burial Agent
Norry J. Daige
Custodian of
Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
Richard F. Harding
Inspector of Slaughtering Willard N. Seibert
Inspector of Animals Roy A. Barrows
Town Accountant Helen F. Irons Term expires 1962
Surveyor of Wood and Bark Irvine Broom
Veterans' Agent Philip W. Harding
Public Welfare Administrator Helen F. Irons
Director of Civil Defense
Asa B. Vear
Registrars of Voters
Joseph W. McEwen
Term expires 1960
Walter O. Rapps
Term expires 1961
Asa B. Vear
Term expires 1962
Albert S. Coleman, Clerk
6
Finance Committee
*Leonard Rogers Term expires 1960
John L. Lundvall
Term expires 1961
Arthur Wiersma Term expires 1962
* Resigned. Joseph Taylor appointed to fill unexpired term.
Forest Committee
Norry J. Daige
Term expires 1960
Charles F. Leonard
Term expires 1961
Harold F. Lowell
Term expires 1962
Field Drivers
Alex Woleck W. Arthur Robinson
Edward Goss
Caucus Committee
Joseph Taylor George P. Hutchinson James H. Grant
7
FINANCIAL REPORTS
SELECTMEN - SALARIES
Appropriation
$ 700.00
Expended:
Harold Metcalf $ 283.33
Ernest P. Wood 200.00
Vernon A. Barrows 166.67
Robert P. Congdon
50.00
Total expended $ 700.00
SELECTMEN - EXPENSES
Appropriation
$
250.00
Expended:
State and County
dues
$
21.00
Woonsocket Type.
Company
4.96
Hobbs & Warren Inc.
6.77
Cahill's News Agy.
4.22
P.O. Lock Box
3.60
Postage
19.00
Milford Daily News
62.00
Miscellaneous
16.30
Use of cars
30.00
Total expended
$
167.85
Unexpended
82.15
$ 250.00
8
TREASURER - EXPENSES
Appropriation
..
$ 330.00
Expended:
State Ass'n. Dues $ 4.00
E. E. Mariner
2.00
Forbes Press
10.50
Hobbs & Warren Inc.
9.98
Cahill's News Agy.
60.06
Postage
173.40
Schedule A
15.00
Use of car
35.00
Total expended
$
309.94
Unexpended
20.06
$ 330.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT - EXPENSES
Appropriation ..
$
50.00
Expended:
Mass. Div. of Ac-
counts
$
40.08
Taft Printing Co.
9.00
Total expended
$
49.08
Unexpended
.92
$ 50.00
9
TOWN CLERK - EXPENSES
Appropriation ....
$ 350.00
Expended:
State & Co. Dues $ 11.50
State & Co. Meetings
76.00
Recording Fees
84.00
Postage
17.67
Clarke Printing Co.
38.75
Hobbs & Warren Inc.
6.93
Miscellaneous
53.05
Total expended
$ 287.90
Unexpended
62.10
$
350.00
TAX COLLECTOR - EXPENSES
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Expended:
State Ass'n. Dues $ 4.00
The Byam Prnt. Co.
62.27
Forbes Press
56.00
Hobbs & Warren Inc.
22.82
Postage
116.00
Milford Daily News
3.75
Collectors' Meetings
35.00
Use of car
30.00
Miscellaneous
2.15
Total expended $ 341.99 Unexpended 58.01
$ 400.00
10
ASSESSORS - SALARIES
Appropriation
..
$ 700.00
Expended:
Charles H. Wood $ 150.00
D. Kinsley Barnes .. 200.00
Thomas D. Hacken-
son 275.00
Carl M. Taft
75.00
Total expended
$ 700.00
ASSESSORS - EXPENSES
Appropriation ..
$ 300.00
Expended:
Hobbs & Warren Inc. $ 39.19
Postage 8.05
Tax Tables 1.00
Deed Abstracts 93.30
State & Co. Dues
9.00
Cahill's News Agy. ..
4.20
Use of cars
20.00
Total expended
$
174.74
Unexpended 125.26
$
300.00
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Appropriation $ 700.00
Transfer from Reserve
Fund
250.00
Total
$ 950.00
11
Expended:
Town Election
$
174.20
Special Town Meet- ing
130.20
Street Listing
185.00
Registrars' Salaries
140.00
Chilson's Radio Serv.
15.00
Upton Mimeo. Serv.
46.50
Clarke Printing Co.
150.25
Milford Daily News
58.50
Total expended
$ 899.65 50.35
Unexpended
$ 950.00
CLERICAL HIRE FOR TOWN OFFICERS
Appropriation
$
400.00
Transfer from Reserve
Fund
36.25
$ 436.25
Expended:
Helen F. Irons
$ 436.25
FINANCE COMMITTEE EXPENSE
Appropriation
$
25.00
Expended:
State Ass'n. Dues
$
10.00
Taft Printing Co.
9.25
Total expended
$
19.25
Unexpended
5.75
$ 25.00
12
TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Expended:
The C. B. Dolge Co. $ 94.58
Robert J. Rossetti 15.40
Grand Union Tea Co. 21.16
Act-Way Welding
7.00
Jesse F. White
21.00
Sub. Propane Gas Corp.
24.99
Raymond Dudley
480.00
Total expended
$ 664.13
Unexpended
635.87
$1,300.00
RECORD ROOM MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$ 600.00
Expended:
Carrie Marlow $ 50.00
Sub. Propane Gas
Corp.
251.31
Worc. Co. Elec. Co. 22.22
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
17.80
Royal McBee Corp.
17.75
Cahill's News Agy. ..
3.55
Norm's Office Equip.
147.00
Total expended
$
509.63
90.37
Unexpended
$ 600.00
13
HEAT AND LIGHTS - TOWN BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Expended:
Robert J. Rossetti $ 356.40
Worc. Co. Elec. Co.
235.72
H. J. Shaughnessy 1,369.00
Boiler Inspection
10.00
Thompson Oil Co., Inc.
405.60
Comm. of Mass.
75.00
Total expended
$2,451.72
Unexpended
48.28
$2,500.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$ 7,200.00
Expended:
Salaries:
William D. Ron-
deau $ 689.40
Harold Metcalf 757.90
Philip W. Harding 435.50
Harold Barrows, Jr. 667.00
Norry J. Daige 482.00
Raymond Rogers 599.30
Paul Tyler 217.00
E. John Magliocca 118.50
Thomas Stevens 547.40
Freeman H. Lowell
168.90
William Hazard 35.00
Mary Ames 5.00
14
Mileage
859.90
Chryslerville, Inc.
86.98
Mendon Gulf
Station
347.03
Lakeside Garage
136.65
Postage
4.00
N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
320.84
Arthur Sibley
8.80
Forbes Press
32.00
Hopedale Coal & Ice Co.
2.24
Hopedale Pharmacy
10.49
L. R. Berger
23.50
Dept. of Public
Safety
5.00
Mass. Police
Chief's Ass'n.
5.00
Miscellaneous
7.93
Total expended
$ 6,573.26
Unexpended
626.74
$ 7,200.00
POLICE CRUISER (Special Appropriation)
Appropriation
$ 3,500.00
Expended:
Milford Daily News $ 11.25
Comm. of Mass. 641.00
So. End Auto Ser. 2,406.40
Ingham Sign Shop 15.00
D. B. Lowell, Ins. 259.10
Sargent-Sowell Inc. 56.24
15
Trubuilt Truck
Body Inc.
75.00
Lakeside Garage
15.00
Chryslerville, Inc.
21.00
Total expended
$ 3,499.99
Unexpended .01
$ 3,500.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$ 2,100.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
125.00
Total
$ 2,225.00
Expended:
Salary of Chief $ 100.00
Pay Rolls
683.98
W. H. Gibbons
178.50
Mendon Gulf Sta.
42.02
O'Grady's Ser. Sta. 4.43
Nat. Fire Protection Ass'n.
25.51
Lowell's Dairy
2.70
Chas. P. Norman
15.00
The Warwick Press
20.00
Fire Engineering 6.00
Walter J. Butler, Jr.
14.00
Harron Laboratory
37.50
Linwood Lumber Co. 10.80
Comm. of Mass.
6.00
Jesse F. White
12.20
Mendon Cash Mkt.
14.68
Postage
5.51
Cahill's News Agy.
4.70
16
Ingham Sign Shop
3.00
Carrie Marlow
50.00
Lakeside Garage
242.84
Worc. C. Elec. Co.
36.80
Farrar Co.
279.80
N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
286.61
N.E. Fire Chiefs'
Ass'n. 3.00
Mendon Auto
Salvage
139.42
Total expended
$ 2,225.00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$ 900.00
Expended:
Wm. F. Irons,
Warden $ 25.00
Pay Rolls
679.00
Farrar Co., hose
196.00
Total expended $ 900.00
DOG OFFICER
Appropriation
$
300.00
Expended:
Wm. D. Rondeau,
Salary and use of car $ 35.00
Boarding 15 dogs
150.00
Destroying 13 dogs
26.00
Total expended
$
211.00
Unexpended 89.00
$ 300.00
17
CIVIL DEFENSE
Balance, January 1, 1959
$ 92.08
Appropriation
400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
199.03
Total
$
691.11
Expended:
Asa B. Vear,
Salary
$ 100.00
Use of car
19.00
Comm. of Mass.
2.05
Cahill's News Agy.
4.95
Marjorie E. Vear
25.00
Lakeside Garage
67.90
Linwood Lowell
35.00
Mendon Auto
Salvage 437.21
Total expended $ 691.11
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation
$ 2,250.00
Expended:
Comm. of Mass. $ 10.00
District Nurse Ass'n.
126.00
Medical Supplies 19.50
The Children's
Hospital
72.00
Ruggerio Bros.
55.00
Milford Daily News
42.75
Hobbs & Warren Inc.
2.75
Meat Inspections
1.00
Rutland State San. 44.00
Worcester Co. San.
228.00
18
Jas. Ferrucci, rent of dump 1,000.00
Total expended
$ 1,601.00
Unexpended
649.00
$ 2,250.00
DUTCH ELM DISEASE CONTROL
Appropriation $ 750.00
Expended:
W. Nuttall, Salary
and labor
$
65.00
J. W. Virchow,
spraying
605.00
Price-Fletcher, Inc.
80.00
$
750.00
INSECT PEST CONTROL
Appropriation . .. ...
$
700.00
Expended:
J. W. Virchow,
spraying
$
605.00
Price Fletcher, Inc.
95.00
Total expended
$
700.00
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation $ 2,200.00
Expended:
Wm. Nuttall,
salary
$
12.00
19
Labor:
W. Nuttall
541.19
Geo. Hutchinson
371.20
Harold Metcalf
399.00
Clifford Mathewson
43.50
Arthur Hutchinson
10.00
Stanley Nuttall
10.00
Stanley Chapin
12.00
Tree Warden's Ass'n., dues 2.00
Jesse F. White,
saw and chains
423.85
Mendon Gulf Sta.
18.50
Roger Crooker
10.50
Hired Equipment
346.00
Total expended
$ 2,199.74
Unexpended
.26
$ 2,200.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GENERAL REPAIRS
Appropriation
$ 3,000.00
Expended:
Labor $ 1,617.08
Hired Equipment
160.00
Town Trucks
152.00
N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
160.55
State & Co. Supt.
Ass'n. 7.00
Mendon Cash Mkt.
27.07
Norman Rogers
193.25
Lakeside Garage
182.60
20
Medway Block Co.
15.00
Robert J. Rossetti
15.50
B. & M. Crushed
Stone Corp.
70.35
Roger B. Crooker
2.75
Upton Fuel & Const. Co.
238.10
Clark-Shaughnessy, Inc.
18.00
Jesse F. White
23.45
Lester Hill
7.00
Mendon Lumber Co.
5.46
Hopedale Coal &
Ice Co.
64.57
C. L. Goss
6.00
L. Anderson
4.00
Rubenstein Elec.
Supply 4.40
Karl A. Bright, Ins.
8.75
Files Equip. Co.
13.75
Total expended
$ 2,996.63
Unexpended 3.37
$ 3,000.00
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$12,000.00
Expended:
Labor $ 2,509.65
Town Equipment
1,658.00
Hired Equipment 1,956.55
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co. 1,534.08
Inter. Salt Co. 560.00
21
Hopedale Coal &
Ice Co.
40.64
Richard Bethel
11.50
Sandburg Equip. Co. 14.15
Lakeside Garage
106.70
Jesse F. White
20.00
E. F. Edson Co., Inc.
35.00
Total expended
$ 8,446.27
Unexpended
3,553.73
$12,000.00
CHAPTER 81
Appropriation
$ 3,700.00
State Allotment
10,175.00
Total
$13,875.00
Expended:
Labor
$ 6,662.93
Town Equipment
748.00
Hired Equipment
1,676.60
H. A. Daniels, Ins.
338.34
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co. 898.50
Trimount Bit.
Products
2,205.52
Upton Fuel & Const. Co.
827.10
Penn. Culvert Co.
105.37
B. & M. Crushed
Stone Corp.
335.99
Roland Temple 16.65
W. Arthur Robinson
60.00
Total expended $13,875.00
22
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
State Allotment
1,500.00
County Allotment
1,500.00
Total
$ 4,500.00
Expended:
Labor
$ 1,080.50
Town Equipment
80.00
Hired Equipment
729.00
Trimount Bit
Products 1,647.14
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co.
906.21
H. A. Daniels, Ins.
56.41
Total expended
$ 4,499.26
Unexpended
.74
$ 4,500.00
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
State Allotment
$ 4,600.00
County Allotment
2,300.00
Chapter 718, Acts of 1956
2,300.00
Total
$ 9,200.00
Expended:
Labor $ 2,280.95
Town Equipment
376.00
Hired Equipment 2,345.30
Upton Fuel &
Const. Co. 2,019.20
Medway Block Co. 76.00
23
Roland Temple
9.90
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co.
3.15
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co. 1,259.52
H. A. Daniels, Ins.
120.36
S. E. Construction Co. 46.34
Trimount Bit.
Products 573.83
E. L. LeBaron Foundry Co. 88.40
Total expended
$ 9,198.95
Unexpended
1.05
$ 9,200.00
BLACKSTONE STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation
... $ 3,000.00
Expended:
Labor $ 554.75
Town Equipment
80.00
Hired Equipment
401.30
Roland Temple
54.40
Upton Fuel &
Const. Co.
1,167.45
Trimount Bit.
Products 668.71
Rosenfeld Sand &
Stone Co. 53.93
Total expended $ 2,980.54
Unexpended
19.46
$ 3,000.00
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HIGHWAY MACHINERY - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
Transfer from Road Machinery Fund
$ 2,500.00
Expended:
The Fisher Co.,
Inc.
$ 96.26
Lakeside Garage
431.85
Mendon Gulf Sta.
957.93
H. A. Daniels, Ins.
139.91
Donald B. Lowell, Ins.
135.93
Karl Bright,
Ins. Agy.
140.20
F. Frabotta & Sons
120.39
Mendon Texaco Sta.
70.41
Jesse F. White
4.85
Premier Fastener Co.
20.38
Koopman Tractor Co.
26.50
Bowker-Hamblin-
Malmquist, Inc.
41.65
Upton Fuel &
Const. Co.
7.20
Files Equip. Co.
150.00
O'Grady's Ser. Sta.
62.20
Mendon Auto
Salvage
78.50
Total expended
$ 2,499.16
Unexpended .84
$ 2,500.00
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HIGHWAY MACHINERY FUND
Balance, January 1, 1959 $ 6,657.26
Paid Town Treasurer for use of equipment:
General Repairs $ 152.00
Blackstone St. Const. 80.00
Snow Removal
1,658.00
Chapter 81 748.00
Chapter 90 Maint. 80.00
Chapter 90 Const. 376.00
Rent of Truck
25.00
Total receipts
3,119.00
Unexpended 1959 Maint. Acc't. .84
Total available
$ 9,777.10
Transfers:
To Highway Machinery Maint. and Repairs 2,500.00
Balance December 31, 1959
$ 7,277.10
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE - SALARIES
Appropriation $ 45.00
Expended:
Vernon A. Barrows $ 12.50
Harold Metcalf 15.00
Ernest P. Wood 15.00
Robert P. Congdon
2.50
Total expended $ 45.00
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PUBLIC WELFARE - TEMPORARY AID
Appropriation
$ 7,000.00
Expended:
For 8 Cases, Local:
Cash
$ 1,514.38
Maintenance
685.87
Medical Care
340.10
Hospitalization
521.10
For 8 Cases, other
Cities and Towns:
Town of Milford 16.50
Town of Blackstone 275.93
Town of Uxbridge
439.06
Town of Foxboro
5.53
City of Worcester
1,544.55
For 2 Disability
cases
577.40
Total expended
$ 5,920.42
Unexpended 1,079.58
$ 7,000.00
Above expenditures prorated:
State Share
$
682.95
State & Federal - Disability
433.05
City of Boston
621.15
Local Share
4,183.27
$ 5,920.42
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Total Federal Grants
1,127.92
Total available $ 2,627.92
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Expended:
Direct Aid, 2 cases
Unexpended
$ 2,160.11 467.81
$ 2,627.92
Above expenditures prorated:
Federal Share $ 779.00
State Share
720.04
Local Share
661.07
$ 2,160.11
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE - FEDERAL GRANT
January 1, 1959, balance $ 93.13
1959, Cash Receipts
498.00
Total available
$
591.13
Expended:
Direct Aid, 2 cases
$
395.40
Unexpended
195.73
$
591.13
Above expenditures prorated:
State and Federal Share
$
296.55
Local Share
98.85
$
395.40
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation $20,000.00
Total Federal Grants 18,629.96
Total available $38,629.96
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Expended:
Direct Aid-
30 Cases $30,261.67
Town of Blackstone 2 Cases 840.96
Town of Milford
2 Cases
29.48
Town of Hopkinton 1 Case 145.62
City of Worcester 1 Case 91.11
Total expended
$31,368.84
Unexpended 7,261.12
$38,629.96
Above expenditures prorated:
Federal Share
$13,778.00
State Share
12,700.56
Local Share
4,781.97
Town of Milford
14.70
City of Boston
93.61
$31,368.84
ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
$ 1,645.00
Total Federal Grants
1,536.11
Total available $ 3,181.11
Expended:
Salaries $ 2,440.00
Travel Expense 19.44
Postage
46.00
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Telephone
155.65
Supplies
15.72
Total expended
$ 2,676.81
Unexpended
504.30
$ 3,181.11
Above expenditures prorated:
Federal Share
$ 1,169.26
State Share
25.42
Local Share
1,482.13
$ 2,676.81
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Appropriation $ 3,350.00
Expended for 10 Cases:
Cash payments $ 2,156.00
Maintenance 531.56
Medical Care 593.85
Postage
12.00
Supplies 48.03
County Ass'n. Dues
5.00
Total expended
$ 3,346.44
Unexpended 3.56
$ 3,350.00
Above expenditures prorated:
State Share
$ 1,722.88
Local Share
1,623.56
$ 3,346.44
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Appropriation
$
927.45
Expended:
Tuition:
Town of Norwood $
380.00
City of Worcester
195.58
City of Boston
20.40
David I. Davoren
18.00
Transportation:
Carlstrom Bus Lines
47.25
Sandra Harvey
181.00
Total expended $ 842.23
Unexpended
85.22
$
927.45
SPECIAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Balance January 1, 1959
$
536.87
Revenue from Meals
4,126.64
State Reimbursements
2,332.32
Total Available $ 6,995.83
Expended:
Salaries
$ 2,604.00
Food supplies
4,074.16
Equipment
30.10
Express charges
74.80
Repairs
3.00
Laundry
12.60
Total expended
$ 6,798.66 197.17
Unexpended
$ 6,995.83
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PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$
450.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund 140.70
Total
$
590.70
Expended:
Labor:
George Johnson $ 523.20
Rodolph Roy 27.20
Clayton Parkinson 16.80
Lakeside Flower
Shop
23.50
Total expended $ 590.70
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
Appropriation
$
275.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund 4.54
Total $ 279.54
Expended:
Clayton Parkinson $ 28.50
D. C. Ryan, band 175.00
Perkins & Butler, flags 20.75
Mendon Cash Mkt. 49.35
R. L. Wood Post, A.L. 5.94
Total expended $ 279.54
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TOWN REPORTS
Appropriation
$
730.60
Expended:
Charlescraft Press
$
700.60
Distribution 30.00
Total expended
$
730.60
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation $ 2,000.00
Transfers by Finance Committee:
To Clerical Hire for Town Offi-
cers
$
36.25
To Elections and
Registrations 250.00
To Fire Department
125.00
To Civil Defense
199.03
To Memorial Day Observance 4.54
To Park Department
140.70
Total transfers
755.25
Balance
1,244.48
$ 2,000.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
December 31, 1959 RECEIPTS General Revenue
Taxes:
Current Year:
Poll
$ 1,018.00
Personal Property
9,736.96
Real Estate
120,937.26
Previous Years:
Personal Property
167.88
Real Estate
9,247.69
From the State:
Corporation (Business)
7,354.49
Income Tax
6,989.83
School Aid, Chapter 70
17,653.46
Licenses and Permits:
Alcoholic Beverage
6,259.50
All other
310.00
Court Fines
5.00
Grants and Gifts:
From Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance, Aid
13,451.95
Old Age Assistance, Admin.
923.28
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid
697.00
Aid to Dependent Children,
Admin. 154.60
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Disability Assistance, Aid
283.44
Disability Assistance, Admin. 43.27
From State:
O.A.A.Meal Tax
1,045.23
Vocational Education 749.62
School Transportation
12,853.80
Highway, (Ch. 81) 1958
7,006.22
Highway, (Ch. 81) 1959
4,361.75
Inspection of Animals
75.00
From County:
Dog License Refund
490.92
Commercial Revenue
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Current Year
$ 17,005.68
Previous Years
4,363.46
Farm Animal Excise:
Current Year
271.43
Previous Years
13.75
Certification of Municipal Liens
3.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
7.97
Town Hall Rent
421.50
Wire Inspections
43.00
Sealer's Fees
17.50
Pistol Permits
8.00
Dog Officer Account
236.00
State Withholding Tax, 3%
27.33
State Health Subsidies
111.43
Meat Inspections
1.00
Highways:
From State:
Chapter 90 Maint., 1958
1,499.99
Chapter 90 Const., 1958
5,997.82
Chapter 718, Acts of 1956
3,000.00
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From County:
Chapter 90 Const., 1958 2,998.91
From Town:
Truck and Machinery Rent- al 3,119.00
Charities:
Temporary Aid:
From the State
770.65
Aid to Dependent Children: From the State
700.60
Disability Assistance:
From the State
64.53
Old Age Assistance:
From the State
13,223.10
From Cities and Towns
10.84
From Individuals
1,000.00
Veterans' Services:
From the State
881.10
Schools:
Tuition State Wards
1,625.53
No. Smithfield, Tuition
240.00
School Lunch Program
6,458.96
Library Fines
27.73
Rental Fire Tower land
50.00
Sale of Town Maps
9.00
Sale of Town Annals
40.00
Water Dept. Revenue
2,117.96
Water Installations
150.75
Interest:
Thayer Cemetery Fund
5.00
Deferred Taxes
337.94
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Motor Vehicle Excise 138.40
Farm Animal Excise
.56
Charges and fees
35.90
Agency, Trust and Investment
Town Clerk, Dog License Fees $ 624.50
Trust Fund Income 185.02
Federal Withholding Taxes
14,945.59
State Withholding Taxes 911.16
Worcester Co. Ret. Fund
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