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27,644 21
$55,991 82
$55,991 82
W. G. CHAPMAN, Treasurer
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Oakham, Mass.
Office W. G. CHAPMAN, Treasurer
BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31st, 1951 General Accounts
ASSETS
Cash, Banks & Office $35,094 88
Alden Fund (Income) 3,188 54
$38,283 42
Accts. Receivable
Tax Levy 1948 13 06
Tax Levy 1949
249 97
Tax Levy 1950
902 89
Tax Levy 1951
7,776 87
Motor Veh. Ex. 1949
7 89
Motor Veh. Ex. 1950
18 46
Motor Veh. Ex. 1951
602 45
Tax Titles
239 89
Departmental
Aid to Dep. Children
381 80
Old Age Assistance
893 96
Veterans' Benefits
169 50
LIABILITIES and RESERVES
Mary Lincoln Fund (Income)
$3,188 54
Road Machine Fund 4,215 20
90 00
Sale of Cemetery Lots & Gr. Federal Grants
Aid to Dep. Ch. Adm. $ 15 13
Aid to Dep. Ch. Aid 141 95
Old Age As. Adm. 9 51
Old Age As. Aid 590 68
757 27
TOWN OF OAKHAM
5,583 82
36
$8,942 79
Appropriation Balances
628 80
Local O.A. Adm. Acct. 2,000 00 Road Machine Acct. 447 08 Remodeling School House 63 04 School House Addition 2,923 70 Welfare Claims (Wor) 150 00
1,445 26
TOWN TREASURERS' BALANCE SHEET (Continued)
Aid to Highways
Funded & Fixed Debt
14,574 00 26,000 00
School Lunch account
40 53
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus 3,737 45
Overlay Reserved
Levy 1948 13 06
Levy 1949
249 97
Levy 1950
902 89
Levy 1951
803 27
1,969 19
Revenue Res. for Collection
Motor Vehicle Excise
628 80
Tax Titles
239 89
Departmental 1,445 26
Aid to Highways
14,574 00
16,887 95
ANNUAL REPORT
Outstandng Indebtedness School House
Remodeling Loan 15,000 00
School House
Addition Loan
11,000 00
Surplus Revenue
26,000 00 27,644 21
$90,114 16
37
$90,114 16
38
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Report of CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Town Appropriation
Trust Funds
$400 00 100 00
$500 00
Expenditures
497 52
Balance
2 48
EXPENDITURES
P. J. White
$269 11
Harold White
8 40
Merritt Peck
26 25
A. Mimeault
15 00
Glen N. Dickson
103 74
Howard Dean
12 60
Charles R. Dean
30 15
Arthur Webb
22 17
Repair and Tools
10 10
$497 52
LIST OF RECEIPTS
Annual Care
64 05
64 05
ARTHUR WEBB,
Secretary
For twelve years prior to his death on Nov. 14, Peter J. White served as superintendent of cemeteries. The Cemetery Committee wishes to pay tribute to the faith- ful service which Mr. White has rendered the Town of Oak- ham.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
Town Appropriation
Expended for Labor
$200 00 176 40
Balance
$ 23 60
DUTCH ELM CONTROL
Town Appropriation
$150 00
Expended for Labor
149 35
Balance
65
Two large elms suspected of harboring Dutch Elm disease were removed and destroyed by the Moth Con- trol Crew.
Respectfully submitted, ELMER V. NEWTON, Superintendent
BOARD OF HEALTH
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Report of BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Appropriation - Town Officers Salaries
$1,610 00
Town Clerk
Paid
Dorothy Day $125 00
Selectmen
Paid
John P. O'Donnell, Chairman
$100 00
W. Ernest Cole
75 00
Henry W. Stone, Jr.
75 00
Assessors
Paid
Chester M. Rood, Chairman
$100 00
W. Francis Brennan 75 00
Elmer V. Newton 75 00
Walter G. Chapman, Clerk
50 00
Board of Public Welfare
Paid
Donald C. Agar, Chairman $ 15 00
Walter G. Chapman, Clerk 25 00
Everett W. Mann
15 00
Treasurer
Paid
Walter G. Chapman $400 00
Tax Collector
Paid
Walter G. Chapman $350 00
School Committee
Paid
Mary H. Parsons, Chairman $ 10 00
Leone B. Daniels, Clerk 25 00
Willard C. Rutherford 10 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Auditor
Paid
Arthur Webb
$ 75 00
Moderator
Paid
Leroy C. Spinney $ 10 00
$1,610 00
$1,610 00
Inspection of Animals
Appropriation
$ 35 00
Paid - Elmer V. Newton
$
35 00
Inspection of Slaughtering
Appropriation
$25 00
Paid Elmer V. Newton
$
25 00
Inspection of Wires
Appropriation
$ 50 00
Paid - Ralph L. Downer
$
50 00
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$ 75 00
Paid - Charles T. Casault
$
12 60
Balance to Revenue
62 40
$ 75 00 $ 75 00
Moth Suppression
Appropriation
Paid for labor and material
$ 176 40
Balance to Revenue
23 60
$ 200 00
$ 200 00
Dutch Elm Disease
Appropriation
Paid for labor and material
$ 149 35
Balance to Revenue
65
$ 150 00
$ 150 00
$200 00
$ 150 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appropriation Paid Frederick G. Stone
$
10 00
Dog Officer
Appropriation
$ 25 00
Paid Waclaw S. Smichinski $ 25 00
Police Department
Appropriation
$ 50 00
Paid Donald C. Agar, Chief
$ 32 00
Balance to Revenue
18 00
$ 50 00 $ 50 00
Election and Registration
Appropriation
$200 00
Registrars of Voters:
Paid Dorothy P. Day, Registrar
$ 5 00
Myrtle K. Dwelly, Census Vital Statistics 7 00
Ballot Clerks & Tellers:
Paid Yvonne S. Barr 9 00
Myrtle K. Dwelly
9 00
Marguerite M. Troy
9 00
Lila C. Wilbur
9 00
Constable:
Paid Donald C. Agar
11 00
Balance to Revenue
106 00
$ 200 00
$ 200 00
Bonding Town Officers
Appropriation
$ 75 00
Paid Robert Dea -
For Treasurer and Collector
$ 52 25
Healy Bros. - For Clerk
5 00
Balance to Revenue
17 75
$ 10 00
$ 75 00 $ 75 00
35 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Town Officers Supplies
Appropriation Paid for supplies Balance to Revenue
$ 500 00
$ 331 84 168 16
$ 500 00
$ 500 00
Printing
Appropriation Paid for supplies
$ 537 10
Balance to Revenue
62 90
$ 600 00
$ 600 00
Town Hall Maintenance
Appropriation
Paid for labor and material
$ 445 69
Balance to Revenue
104 31
$550 00
$ $550 00
One Fourth of Insurance on Old Town Hall
Appropriation
$
27 50
Paid Oakham Congregational Church $ 27 50
Repairs to Old Town Hall
Appropriation Paid Oakham Congregational Church $ 200 00
$ 200 00
Fire Insurance
Appropriation $250 00
Paid I. E. Irish, Inc.
$ 169 47
Smiley Kingsbury
21 20
Frank A. Smith & Son
27 20
Balance to Revenue
32 13
$ 250 00 $ 250 00
$ 600 00
$ 550 00
44
TOWN OF OAKHAM
Town Common
Appropriation
$ 60 00
Paid Percy F. Wilbur $ 48 30
For Repairing Pump, Sharpening Mower and Lumber
9 10
Balance to Revenue 2 60
$ 60 00
$ 60 00
Street Lights
Appropriation
$ 510 00
Paid Gardner Electric Light Company $ 42 50
Worcester County Electric Co. $ 467 50
$ 510 00
$ 510 00
Cemeteries
Appropriation
$ 400 00
Received from Trust Funds
100 00
Paid Care of Cemeteries
$ 497 52
Balance to Revenue
2 48
$ 500 00
$ 500 00
Board of Health
Appropriation
$ 50 00
Received from Camp Renewal License
50
Returned to Revenue
$ 50 50
$ 50 50 $ 50 50
School Department
Appropriation - 2-5-51
$19,000 00
Appropriation - 12-27-51 Teacher Salary
1,000 00
Appropriation - 7-27-51 Oper. Exp.
500 00
Paid for support of School $20,500 00
$20,500 00
$20,500 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Old Age Assistance
Appropriation
$7,000 00
Received from Pub. Relief Acct.
499 20
Cash Refund
27 15
Transferred to Admin. Acct.
$ 1,000 00
472 19
Paid to Other Cities & Towns To O. A. Recipients
4,907 70
Balance to Revenue
1,146 46
$ 7,526 35
$ 7,526 35
Federal Grants O.A.A.
Received from Federal Govt.
$ 6,989 74
Paid to O. A. Recipients
$ 6,399 06
Balance to 12-31-51
590 68
$ 6,989 74
$ 6,989 74
Federal Grants O.A.A. Admin.
Balance 1-1-51
$ 225 45
Paid to Recipients
$ 215 94
Balance 12-31-51
9 51
$ 225 45 $ 225 45
Local Administration Account
Transferred from O.A.A. Account
$ 1,000 00
Transferred from A.D.C. Account
1,000 00
Balance 12-31-51 $ 2,000 00
$ 2,000 00
$ 2,000 00
Public Welfare
Appropriation Administrative Accounts
$ 139 08
O.A. Aid Account (Not Allowed) Federal Auditor
499 20
Hospital Bills (Old Accts.)
239 50
Balance to Revenue
122 22
$ 1,000 00
$ 1,000 00 $ 1,000 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Aid to Dependent Children
Appropriation
$ 3,000 00
Transferred to Admin. Acct.
$ 1,000 00
Paid to Recipients
1,938 90
Balance to Revenue
61 10
$ 3,000 00
$ 3,000 00
Federal Grants A.D.C.
Received from Federal Govt.
$ 759 00
Paid to Recipients
$ 617 05
Balance 12-31-51
141 95
$ 759 00
$ 759 00
Federal Grants A.D.C. Admin.
Balance 1-1-51
$ 17 93
Paid to Recipient
$
2 80
Balance 12-31-51
15 13
$ 17 93
$ 17 93
Fobes Memorial Library
Appropriation
$ 400 00
Received from Dog Tax Refund
233 02
Received from Trustees Funds
300 00
Paid on Warrants
$ 921 16
Balance to Revenue
11 86
$ 933 02 $ 933 02
Fire Department
Appropriation
Paid on Warrants (See Fire Dept. Report)
$ 1,194 61
Balance to Revenue
5 39
$ 1,200 00
$ 1,200 00
$ 1,200 00
Civilian Defense
Appropriation Balance to Revenue $ 200 00 $ 200 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
4-H Club (Girls' $50, Boys' $50)
Appropriation Paid on Warrants $ 100 00
$
100 00
Painting Town Hall
Appropriation
$ 1,000 00
Paid Charles Giguere - Painting $ 923 50
R. L. Whipple Co., Repairing 76 50
$ 1,000 00
$ 1,000 00
Memorial Day
Appropriation Paid on Warrants $ 100 00
$
100 00
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$ 150 00
Paid Ralph W. Igoe, Town Counsel $ 50 00
Dues for Town Officers Ass'n 40 25
Telephone Calls
21 30
Services
5 60
Balance to Revenue
32 85
$ 150 00 $ 150 00
Employee's Compensation Insurance
Appropriation Paid on Warrants $ 423 05
$ 550 00
Balance to Revenue
26 95
$ 550 00 $ 550 00
Selectmen's Reserve Fund
Appropriation
Balance to Revenue
$ 800 00
$
800 00
Wild Cat Bounty Received from A. G. Lajoie, Treas. $ 20 00
Paid Bounties on two wild cats
$
20 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Worcester County Tax Assessment
Under estimated 1950
$ 48 54
Estimated for 1951
1,583 57
Paid A. G. Lajoie, Treas.
$1,500 54
Over estimate to Revenue
131 57
$ 1,632 11
$ 1,632 11
Worcester County Tuberculosis Hospital
1950 Over Estimate
$ 105 97
1951 Estimated
548 49
1950 Over Estimated to Revenue
56 39
Paid A. G. Lajoie, Treas.
$ 604 88
1951 Over Estimated to Revenue
105 97
$ 710 85 $ 710 85
Trust Funds
Balance 1-1-50
$29,169 01
Interest Accrued and Paid
507 68
Adjustment of Alden Fund
349 79
Alden Fund Stock Dividend
177 95
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
100 00
Withdrawal Cemetery Fund
$ 100 00
Withdrawal Library Fund
300 00
Balance 12-31-51
29,904 43
$30,304 43
$30,304 43
Federal Taxes Withheld from Employees
Withheld from Employees $ 1,833 62
Paid U. S. Internal Revenue
$ 1,833 62
Veterans' Benefits
Appropriation Paid on Warrants
$ 1,000 00
$ 279 09
Balance to Revenue
720 91
$ 1,000 00 $ 1,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
School Lunch Fund
Received from Mrs. Hawkes
$ 100 14
Received from Federal Grant
11 44
Paid on Warrants
$
71 05
Balance 12-31-51
40 53
$ 111 58
$ 111 58
Remodeling School Building
Balance 1-1-51
$11,933 00
Received from Loan No. 1
12,000 00
Received from Loan No. 2
5,000 00
Transferred from School Addition
14 30
Refund from Contractor
27 70
Received from Available Funds
769 03
Paid on Warrants
$29,680 99
Balance 12-31-51
63 04
$29,744 03
$29,744 03
School Addition Account
Received on Loan
$11,000 00
Received Refund from Contractor
13 00
Paid on Warrants
$ 8,089 30
Balance 12-31-51
2,923 70
$11,013 00
$11,013 00
HIGHWAYS Highway Machinery Fund
Balance 1-1-51
$ 3,051 65
Received for Machine Rentals
4,163 55
Transferred to Machinery Account $ 3,000 00
Balance 12-31-51
4,215 20
$ 7,215 20 $ 7,215 20
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Machinery Account (Pur. & Main.)
Transferred from Highway Machinery Fund 2-5-51 $2,000 00
Transferred from Highway Machinery Fund 7-7-51 1,000 00
Paid for Liab. Insurance, Electricity,
Garage Labor and Parts, Gasoline Side Chains and Plow Blades, Freight,
Small Parts and Misc., Superintend- ent's time, Other labor, Tools, Etc. $ 2,552 92
Balance to 1952 Account
447 08
$ 3,000 00
$ 3,000 .00
Chapter 81 Maintenance
Appropriation
$ 1,100 00 12,100 00
Received State Allotment
Material Purchased and Used
$ 3,717 11
Material Purchased & Inventoried 511 19
Paid for Labor, Superintendent's
Time and Car, Town Equipment 8,971 20
Balance to Revenue 50
$13,200 00
$13,200 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Appropriation
$ 1,300 00
Received County Allotment
1,300 00
Received State Allotment
1,300 00
Material Purchased and Used
$ 3,206 73
Paid for Labor
692 93
Balance to Revenue
34
$ 3,900 00
$ 3,900 00
51
ANNUAL REPORT
Chapter 90 Construction (Old Turnpike & Spencer Road)
Appropriation Received County Allotment
Received State Allotment
Old Turnpike:
Paid for Material Labor
$ 3,136 06
3,884 43
$ 7,020 49
Spencer Road:
Paid for Materials 1,981 46
Labor
2,997 65
$ 4,979 11
Balance to Revenue
40
$12,000 00
$12,000 00
Snow Removal & Sanding
Appropriation - 2-5-51 Appropriation - 12-27-51
$ 4,000 00 500 00
Paid for Labor, Sand, Rock Salt, Telephoning, Town Equipment,
Outside Equipment, Superin- tendent's Time & Car, Other Misc. $ 4,499 45
Balance to Revenue
55
$ 4,500 00
$ 4,500 00
Worcester County Retirement System
Withheld from Employees $ 381 99
Paid U. S. Internal Revenue
$
381 99
Worcester County Retirement System
Appropriated Town Share 1950 Paid A. G. Lajoie, Treas. 374 12
$
374 12
$ 3,000 00 3,000 00 6,000 00
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
SELECTMEN'S WARRANTS
No. 1 January 31, 1951
$14,157 10
No. 2 February 28, 1951 8,239 36
No. 3 March 31, 1951
9,222 13
No. 4 April 23, 1951
1,835 18
No. 5 April 30, 1951
7,623 74
No. 6
May 31, 1951
5,802 81
No. 7 June 30, 1951
12,522 87
No .. 8
July 31, 1951
9,778 94
No. 9
August 31, 1951
10,607 09
No. 10
September 30, 1951
6,087 70
No. 11 October 31, 1951
13,132 22
No. 12
November 30, 1951
9,866 89
No. 13
December 13, 1951
18,063 94
$126,939 97
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN P. O'DONNELL, Chairman
W. ERNEST COLE
HENRY W. STONE, JR.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of BOARD OF HEALTH
Town Appropriation
$50 00
Receipt - Camp License
50
Balance to Revenue
50 50
$50 50
$50 50
LICENSES ISSUED
1 - Recreational Camp Renewal @ 50c
MILK PERMITS (No Charge)
2 - Issued
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED
6 - Mumps 1 - Pulmonary Tuberculosis
WORCESTER COUNTY SANATORIUM
1 - Outpatient 1 - Hospitalization
COMPULSORY CHEST X-RAYS TAKEN OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY W. STONE, JR.,
Chairman
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Report of FIRE DEPARTMENT
Town Appropriation
$1,200 00
Lehigh Petroleum Co.
$121 00
Gasoline
31 60
Antifreeze
7 53
Finan's Express
4 35
Murphy Ladder Co.
9 00
Fire Extinguisher
30 00
Batteries
8 15
David Dean - Equipment
405 00
No. Brookfield Fire Dept.
93 00
Frank A. Smith Co.
182 21
Bowker-Hamblin-Malmquist
182 52
Labor - Fighting Fires
120 25
1,194 61
$
5 39
Respectfully submitted,
CHIEF LEONARD A. HARDY
55
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Amount expended on the roads for 1951 on Chapter 90 Maintenance and Chapter 81 Maintenance
1 North Brookfield
$ 1,302 73
2 New Braintree
1,027 83
8 Coldbrook
1,237 34
9 Ware's Corner
636 69
10 Robinson
511 76
11
Parmenter
328 43
12
Sanders
220 98
13
South
770 34
14
Spencer
1,085 27
16
Bechan
201 06
17
Lupa
439 58
18
Crawford
311 24
20 Old Turnpike
2,161 09
22 Rutland
338 15
24
Hapgood
15 50
25
Sargent's Lane
12 14
26
Stone
532 45
27
Rutherford
369 75
28 Lincoln
1,421 99
29 Maple Street
130 23
30
Barre
824 54
32
Bullard
161 21
33
Edson
19 25
34
Happy Hollow
193 98
35
Hunt
215 80
36
Adams
188 24
37 George's Lane
29 21
38
J. Gaffney
410 28
39
Scott
254 12
40
Crocker Nye
278 12
41
Whitney
8 55
42
Gilboy Road
2 25
43
Common Drive
12 73
44
Town Hall Drive
74 30
45
Town Garage Drive
6'64
Stock& Repairs
511 19
$17,098 16
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Extended Hard Surface Road (Tar) 5,082 feet Chapter 81 Maintenance
Town Appropriation
State Allotment
$ 1,100 00 12,100 00
Material Purchased and used
$ 3,717 11
Material Purchased and stock piled
511 19
Expended for Labor
8,971 20
Balance to Revenue
50
$13,200 00
$13,200 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Town Appropriation
$ 1,300 00
County Allotment
1,300 00
State Allotment
1,300 00
Material Purchased and Used, Also Labor Material
Labor
1 No. Brookfield $967 20
$ 90 59
8 Coldbrook 774 24
239 20
14 Spencer
234 86 81 15
20 Turnpike
1,084 34
193 74
22 Rutland 146 09 88 25
$ 3,899 66
Balance to Revenue
34
$ 3 900 00
$ 3,900 00
Chater 90 Construction
Town Appropriation
$ 3,000 00
County Allotment
3,000 00
State Allotment
6,000 00
Old Turnpike
Material Labor $3,884 43
Expended for $3,136 06
$ 7,020 49
Spencer Road
Expended for 1,981 46 2,997 65
4,979 11
Balance to Revenue 40
$12,000 00
$12,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORT Opening and Sanding Roads
Town Appropriations
$ 4,500 00
Expended, Labor and Truck Hire
$ 4,499 45
Balance to Revenue
55
$ 4,500 00
$ 4,500 00
Machinery Account (Repairs & Maintenance)
From Highway Machinery Fund
$3,000 00
Expended for Departmental Upkeep 2,552 92
Balance to 1952 Account
447 08
$3,000 00
$ 3,000 00
Amount Expended for Labor on Highways
Ronald Wilkins
$ 2,481 95
Percy F. Wilbur
2,136 41
Joseph Zelnia
123 90
Ralph Bullard
169 05
Daniel Leno
1,058 46
Walter E. Cole
11 20
George Wells
506 64
Robert Riffenburg
483 65
Ed. H. Kennan
1,347 73
Francis Jakshtis
255 04
Wallace Grimes
120 75
Harold Gray
17 85
Charles R. Dean
9 98
Norman Dwelly
53 03
Valentine Russ
14 18
Chester Rood
5 25
Russell O. Dean
4 73
LeRoy Spinney
5 25
Geo. H. Parkman
227 85
George Prouty
20 44
Merle Morse
270 90
Joseph Curley
150 15
Karl Bullard
42 00
Richard Wilbur
50 93
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Harold Spielvogel
50 40
Henry R. Crawford
26 78
George McDonald
33 58
Lenwood Cummings
5 30
Ralph T. Young, Jr.
8 40
$ 9,691 78
RONALD W. WILKINS,
Superintendent of Streets
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of VETERANS' AGENT
Veterans' Benefits
$253 00
Administration and Expenses
23 84
Total
276 84
Emblem
2 25
279 09
Reimbursement from State
$126 50
Total Cost to Town
152 59
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Report of TOWN AUDITOR
This is to certify that I have audited all bills approved by the Selectmen, amounting to $126,939 97 for the year 1951 and find them correct.
ARTHUR WEBB, Auditor
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Fobes Memorial Library and Citizens of Oakham:
Many thanks to you all, for your interest and support this past year. Thanks to you kind folks who have given books, which have been put in circulation.
Carried over from last year, December into March, were 55 children's books, on loan from the Boston Division of Public Libraries. On special request, we received the loan of 5 adult books. From the Bookmobile Department of Worcester Public Library, we were loaned 48 adult books of light fiction.
There were 77 more application cards taken out this years.
BOOKS PURCHASED AND GIFTS
Adult
Youth
Children 61
From State and other
Purchased
5
Gifts
65
9 20
41
11
TOTAL 112
IN CIRCULATION HAVE BEEN
437 adult fiction - 81 adult non-fiction
295 youth fiction - 32 youth non-fiction
687 child fiction - 99 child non-fiction. Total 1,631 Books in Circulation
LOAN BOOKS IN CIRCULATION
303 Adult 7 Youth 101 Children's
Total 411 Loans in Circulation MAGAZINES - 475 IN CIRCULATION
I have made a special effort to bring in up-to-date books for the children, books to be used by the pupils in the school, as supplementary reading, in conjunction with the various courses of study according to grade. I express my appreciation to the Trustees, the School Committee, School Superintendent, and especially to the teachers for their cooperation. I have at hand more new books, on basic science to be put out in the new year for the same purpose.
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Thank you for the new typewriter, which is an indis- pensable article.
It was a privilege to attend the institute at the Univer- sity of Massachusetts last June at which I received class in- struction on cataloging, classifying and reference work, and the up-to-date methods of carrying on library work.
A special shelf has been allotted for material on child psychology in cooperation with the P .- T.A. organization.
I am pleased to report that a special work committee, appointed by the Historical Society, has been at work, cleaning and rearranging the cabinets in the Historical Room. An effort is being made to set aside a section of the room to display printed material, and whatever else is available, relative to local town history.
Our janitor has been most kind and helpful, all of which I appreciate.
There are many copies of the publication entitled: "The Fobes Memorial Library" available at a small cost, from which I have received inspiration as to my services as libra- rian.
It is my earnest desire in the coming year, to weed out and build up the adult reading material, so that your libra- ry will be attractive to you as well as to your children.
Respectfully,
MRS. LILA WILBUR, Librarian
Here are the titles of some of the Adult Books
World History Encyclopedia
Mv Patients Were Zulus
Walls of Jerico
Langer McCord Wellman DeLaRoche
Mary Wakefield
When Life Was Young
Stevens Allis
All in Good Time
They Sought a Country
Nygaard Barber
Condensed Dickens Digest
War and Peace
Dulles
Admiral of the Sea
Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod
Morrison Roberts Duval
Trembling Years
Family Living
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ANNUAL REPORT
Lydia Bailey Owen Glen Life of Jesus
My Folks in Maine
Quabbin Reservoir
Eagle in the Sky
Little Britches
Birds of America
Audubon
Reveille in Washington
Leech
Moors
Spoonhandle Hammond's World Atlas (Comprehensive) And 46 Others
Picture and Story Books
Big Book of Animals - Big Fire Engine Book
Big Book of Trains - Big Book of Cowboys
Trains At Work
Ugly Duckling
Alice in Wonderland
Night Before Christmas
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Barbara and Father Christmas
A King Is Born
Autumn Harvest
Little Kittens Mother Goose
Snip, Snap, Snur, and the Red Shoes
Pumpkin Moonshine
Geraldine Balinda
Henry Stossel Klara
Petunia
Follow the Leader
Mariana Duvoison Bryant Krauss
Backward Day
Kitten Who Listened
Nura
Camel with the Wrinkled Knees
Gruelle
Baby Animals Nature Book
Burgess
Intermediate Age Group
Gulliver's Travels Swift Paul Revere
Earth
Meyer
Ethan Allen
Bugs
Williamson
George W. Carver Coy
Creative Carpentry Crocker
Stephen Foster
Higgins Mason
Daniel Boone
McGuire
William Penn
Farley Caroll Newton May DeBrunhoff Myer Burnett Weston Lindman Tudor
Roxina Pretends
Johnny's Jennifer
Baby New Year
Roberts Williams Goodspeed Stevens Clark Mason Moody
E. Forbes Holbrook
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Thomas Jefferson
Monsel
Robert Lee
Kit Carson
Stevenson
Lucretia Mott
Andy Jackson
Stevenson
Robert Fulton
Miles Standish
Stevenson
Oliver Perry
Long
Franklin Roosevelt
Weil
Eli Whitney
Snow
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Widdemer
Henry Clay Abigail Adams
Monsel
Astronomy
Meyer
Kip Van Winkle
Irving
Paul Revere
Stevenson
Stones
Cormack
Wilbur, Orville Wright
Mozart
Mayo
Abe Lincoln
Gorham
John Quincy Adams Weil
Oh Watchman
Sanford
MacArthur
Kelly-Ryan Farley
Scorpion
Jinks of Jason Valley
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Wilderness Clearing
Brave Companions
Sky and Forest
Knight Forester Fisher Greenbie
Our Next Door Neighbor - Mexico
Donaldson
Paul Revere and the Minute Men
Fisher
Grant and Lee at Appomatox
Kantor
Poccahontas and John Smith
Lawson
First Continental Railroad
Nathan
Our Independence and the Constitution
Fisher
Christmas Horse
Balch
Beautiful Joe
Saunders
Black Horse of Culver
Watson Alcott
Little Men
Sewell
We Lived with Peter
Weston
Tawney
Lion's Paw
Wild Flowers
Hinkle White Blanchon
Commager Burnett Burt
Wagoner
Blood Bay Colt
James Rechnitzer Burnett Edmond
Children of God (Mormon)
Picture Geography of Columbia
Stevenson
Black Beauty
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ANNUAL REPORT
Pony Express
Landing of the Pilgrims
Beginners Stamp Book
Wright Brothers
Voyages of Columbus
California Gold Rush
Adams Daugherty Phillips Reynolds
Sperry McNeer
And Many Others Not Listed.
Magazines on the Reading Table
American Girl
Good Housekeeping Life
Popular Mechanics
Better Homes and Gardens
Reader's Digest
Consumer Report and Annual Buying Guide
Ladies' Home Journal
Jack and Jill
Saturday Evening Post
Etude
Open Road for Boys
Coronet
Sport
Holiday
National Geographic Time
Also Free Publications
Our Dumb Animals Grange Monthly Kentucky
Catholic Blind Veterans' Publication
Program Notes (suggestions for programs)
Catalogues from Play Houses
Smart Living (room arrangement and decorations)
U. S. Steel Corp. (monthly publications and addresses) T. V. Successful Servicing Worcester and Boston Art Museum Calenders and Programs
Student News Letters and Pamphlets on Farming Activi- ties from Division of Extension.
Government and State Publications
Mass. Acts and Resolves
Veterans and American Legion Publications
Various College Bulletins
The Freeman Tractor Farming Automobile Facts and Addresses by Henry Ford, 3rd Worcester County Farmer with 4-H news
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TOWN OF OAKHAM
Report of SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mrs. Mary Parsons, Chairman Term expires 1952
Mrs. Leone B. Daniels, Secretary Term expires 1953
Willard Rutherford Term expires 1954
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS William H. Buker Office Holden 2370 Residence Holden 4831
SUPERVISORS
Miss Ruth S. Innes, Music - Appointed 1949 Holden 2235
Gregory F. Bowes, Art - Appointed 1951 Princeton 43
Rinehart Handwriting System Waltham 5-6078
TEACHERS
Mrs. Esther G. Hawkes, Principal, Grades VI, VII, VIII
Appointed 1950
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Fisher, Grades III, IV, V Appointed 1951
Miss Helena K. Rutherford - Grades I, II Appointed 1946
CUSTODIAN
Winthrop H. Boyd SCHOOL NURSE
Oakham 5
Mrs. Brenda T. Sullivan Holden 4634
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. Leroy E. Mayo Holden 4441
ATTENDANCE OFFICE
Donald Agar
Oakham 11-12
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term - 7 weeks, January 2 to February 16, 1952 Spring Term - 8 weeks, February 25 to April 19, 1952 Summer Term - 7 weeks, April 28 to June 13, 1952 Fall Term - 16 weeks, September 3 to December 20, 1952
HOLIDAYS
May 30 - October 13 - November 7 (Teachers Convention) Thanksgiving Day and the following day.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of OAKHAM SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$20,500 00
Expenditures
20,500 00
Receipts
16,269 38
Actual cost to town
$ 4,230 62
Receipts:
Chapter 70
$ 5,484 73
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