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These last two groups met for six weeks, every Thurs- day afternoon from three to four o'clock.
The final day, after the story program, each enter- tainer was hostess to her group, serving cookies and ice cream.
We are all grateful to Mrs. Dwelly, Mrs. Hodgkinson, Miss Day and Mrs. Lincoln, and to the mothers, who helped, by bringing children other than their own, thus assisting
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in making the season a successful one.
There are two-hundred forty applicants for library cards.
127 adults
3 summer residents
91 children 1 summer resident
9 non-residents
9 non-residents
139 adult
101 children
Total 240
These application cards are issued for three years. Thus the non-resident numbers.
There were 5,226 books in circulation.
ADULT YOUTH, GRADE Pre-school, 1st Gr.
532 fiction 1917 fiction 1743 fiction
249 non-fiction 506 non-fiction 170 non-fiction
109 loan 3 loan
1913
890 adult books 2426
890 adult books
Total children's books 4339 Total 5226
Showing an increase in adult circulation of 148 books, over last year's report.
And an increase of 600 books in the children's division this year. It is interesting to note, out of the 4339 books issued to the children this year, 676 of those were non- fiction books.
Books Accessioned
42 adult books purchased
100 children's books
106 adult books given
purchased
148 adult books
37 children's books given 137 children's books
Total 285 books
The thirty seven children's books were given by, Dar- lene Lupa, James Lupa, Jay Sampson, Ellen Dermody, George Butler, Mary Ellen Mann, Sandra Szczuka, Mrs. Troy, Mrs. Grace Rood and Mrs. Shepard.
The one-hundred-six adult books were given by Mr. Frederick Lane, Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Etta Wilkins, Mrs. Grace Rood, Mrs. Vera Dean, Mr. John Neelley, Mrs. Troy, Mrs. Grimes, Mr. Edward Young, Mr. Albert Parkman, Mr. Lee Conant, and Mrs. Robert Szczuka.
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Mr. Russell Dean, Mr. Charles Dean, Mr. Howard Dean, and Mrs. Augusta Dean, gave two books, in loving memo- ry of their aunt, Mrs. Emma Tracy, who was a former libra- rian, here.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hanson of Hardwick, Mass., gave three books in memory of their dear friend, and ours, Mr. George Dean.
A book from American Legion Post No. 378, was pre- sented to the Trustees, by Commander O. Harold Erickson.
There were many westerns from the Grace White Col- lection. We thank all these kind folks, for the books given to Fobes Memorial Library.
We have twenty-three magazines on the reading table. I wish to express appreciation, for the gift subscriptions from the Congregational Church, Grange and the P-TA organizations.
There were six hundred eighty-one magazines in circu- lation. It is a great joy, and pleasure, to greet, and serve the pupils, teachers, and local people, each week on Thurs- day afternoon and evening.
In closing, I wish to pay respect to the memory of Miss Sara Butler who served as librarian many years. To the untiring effort, and many contacts she made to bring about improvement and prosperity during those years. Her ever pleasant smile and cheerful words, will long be remem- bered by those who worked with her, and with whom she came in contact as librarian.
Respectfuly submitted,
MRS. LILA WILBUR, Librarian
Fobes Memorial Library - December 1955
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Report of the BOARD OF PUBLC WELFARE
Account
Town Funds Expended
Total Expended
Old Age Assistance
$ 6,009 11 $
10,790 10
Disability Assistance
760 25
1,408 05
Aid to Dependent Children
223 60
452 90
General Relief
1,284 58
1,284 58
Administration
115 05
220 24
The Board of Public Welfare is pleased to report that the first year of operation as a member of the Quaboag Wel- fare District has been very satisfactory.
The cost of Administration has been sharply reduced as shown in the report of the Prudential Committee and the work has been carried on efficiently and impartially by the staff of the District.
Inasmuch as the duties of the Board are now largely routine, it is our recommendation that in order to save some expense and duplication of work and to give a more workable set up, the duties of the Board of Public Welfare be turned over to the Board of Selectmen.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD C, AGAR MARGUERITE M. TROY ROGER H. LONERGAN
Board of Public Welfare
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Report of the PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE OF THE
QUABOAG WELFARE DISTRICT
For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1955
The Prudential Committee welcomes this opportunity to present its first Annual Report since the formation of the Quaboag Welfare District. The work has been done more efficiently because of a sufficient number of expe- rienced personnel.
There has been a substantial saving in administrative expenditures.
Comparison
1954 Prior to District
1955 Under District
Balance 12-31-55
OAKHAM
$ 430 60 $
195 51 $
9 68
East Brookfield
737 15
381 32
7 84
North Brookfield
2,944 82
1,067 73
307 27
Hardwick
2,147 83
549 01
0 00
(9 mos.)
The North Brookfield Treasurer pays all administra- tive costs ,each town paying its share according to the total case load after Federal reimbursement of 50% and 3312% from the State have been deducted, reducing admin- istrative costs to approximately 1/6 of the total.
All home visits have been made and all cases have been brought up to date.
Several Old Age recipients were found to be eligible for social security benefits, saving the town a minimum of $30.00 per month for each recipient who qualified.
The Committee takes this opportunity to congratulate the Agent, Mr. George H. Deotte, and his staff for a diffi- cult task well done, with courtesy and understanding to everyone concerned.
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Prudential Committee:
Silvieau Ledoux, Chairman North Brokfield
Roger H. Lonergan, Clerk, Oakham
Charles J. Woodis, East Brookfield
Romeo Kardas, Hardwick
Administrative Staff: George H. Deotte, Agent Yvonne S. Barr,
Social Worker Marjorie S. Flandreau, Sr. Clerk M. Alice Ledoux, Jr. Clerk
QUABOAG WELFARE DISTRICT Town Hall, 185 Main Street North Brookfield, Mass. Tel. No. Brookfield VO 7-6727
The Board of Public Welfare, Bureau of Old Age Assist- ance and Divisions of Aid to Dependent Children and Dis- ability Assistance reports are included with the financial reports of the town officials.
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Report of the CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
for the year ending December 31, 1955
Land and Buildings $ 14,000 00
Deposit in Savings Banks
12,533 48
3 U. S. Bonds 2,570 00
Personal Property
4,392 00
Amount Receivable from Towns, 878 62
Cash in Warden's Account 300 00
Balance in checking account
2,509 98
$ 37,184 08
Receipts
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1955
$ 960 42
Income from Farm
830 42
Windstorm Insurance
130 00
Received from Towns and Boarders $ 18,522 36
$ 20,443 20
Expenditures
Bills paid
$ 17,928 20 5 02
Bank charges
Bank balance, Dec. 31, 1955
2,509 98
$ 20,443 20
DONALD R. PERKINS, President
LESTER P. GATES Secretary and Treasurer
CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor
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Report of the
HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT
Account
Available Expended
Chapter 81 Maint.
$ 13,200 00 $ 13,199 21
Chapter 90 Maint.
4,800 00 4,794 37
Chapter 90 Const.
19,289 59
17,257 13
Snow Removal and Sanding
3,700 00
3,262 86
Purchase and Maintenance
3,500 00
3,324 32
Emergency Flood Relief
not to exceed 10,000 00 6,878 92
The following is a summary of the work done on roads and streets of the Town of Oakham during the year ending December 31, 1955.
Chapter 81 Maintenance
Ordinary maintenance work including cutting brush, scraping, patching, gravelling, and maintaining and im- proving the road drainage, was carried on as usual during the year. Also the following additional work was complet- ed with Chapter 81 funds:
Lupa Road, 1000 feet oil treated
Rutherford Rd., 540 feet oil treated
Happy Hollow Road, 1100 feet oil treated
Gaffney Road, 740 feet oil treated
Scott Road, 900 feet oil treated
South Road - widened intersection at North Brookfield Rd.
Crawford Road - reduced grade and increased sight distance at Lupa Rd.
Crocker Nye Rd. widened and regraded
Cost Breakdown
Brush
$ 1,738 49
Drainage
1,398 50
Grading
956 82
Gravelling
3,450 40
Patching
1,255 16
Scraping
350 00
Surface treatment
3,966 29
Signs
83 55
Total
$ 13,199 21
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Chapter 90 Maintenance
Work completed under Chapter 90 Maintenance in- cluded the installation of a drainage system at the junction of the Old Turnpike Road and Route 122 and patching and surface treatment of sections of the various Chapter 90 Roads.
Cost Breakdown
Surface Treatment $ 3,848 98
Drainage
627 99
Patching
225 40
Replacing Guard Posts
92 00
Total
$ 4,794 37
Chapter 90 Construction
Construction under Chapter 90 during the year was started at the Oakham-Spencer town line and carried on along South Road for a distance of approximately 1700 feet and along Spencer Road for a distance of 500 feet from the junction of South and Spencer Roads.
Equipment
The following is a list of the major items of equipment owned by the town at the end of the year: ,
1 1953 Ford F-6 Truck
1 Ferguson tractor
1 Tractor mower
1 Good Roads Automatic sander
1 Wagner loader
1 Sander
4 Snow plows
1 Power grindstone
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH T. YOUNG, JR.
Highway Superintendent
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Report of the
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Appropriation
$ 500 00
Transferred from Income of Trust Funds
331 49
Total Available
$
831 49
Expended for labor
$ 597 45
Repairs to equipment
50 12
New Equipment
134 45
Supplies
15 97
Excavation
12 00
Office Expenses and Mileage
21 50
Total Expended $ 831 49
Received for Annual Care of Lots
67 00
Perpetual Care Bequests
400 00
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR WEBB, Secretary
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Report of the
OAKHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE
for the year ending December 31, 1955
Appropriated
Expenditures
$ 35,890 43 $ 35,890 43 34,246 59
Unused Balance
1,643 84
Receipts
14,635 76
$ 16,279 60 $ 16,279 60
$ 19,610 83
Actual Cost to Town Receipts
Chapter 70
$ 5,484 73
Transportation
8,784 00
Superintendent
193 33
Vocational Aid
173 70
$ 14,635 76
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mrs. Mary H. Parsons, Secretary
Term expires 1958
Philip Dwelly
Term expires 1956
Willard C. Rutherford, Chairman
Term expires 1957
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
William H. Buker
Holden, Mass.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT
Mrs. Lois P. Drawbridge
Holden,Mass.
Mrs. Addie P. Wentworth
Holden, Mass.
TEACHERS
Mrs. Esther G. Hawkes
Grades VI, VII, VIII
Mrs. Winifred B. Lane
Miss Helena K. Rutherford
Grades III, IV, V Grades I, II
SUPERVISORS
Mrs. Dorothea S. Roth (resigned July 1955) ART
Lawrence J. Lesser (appointed August 1955) ART
Miss Ruth S. Innes (Leave of absence
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Sept. 1, 1955 - Sept. 1, 1956) Arnold M. Reppucci (appointed August 1955)
MUSIC
MUSIC
Rinehart Handwriting System
PENMANSHIP
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Channing H. Washburn, M.D. Paxton, Mass.
SCHOOL NURSE
Mrs. Brenda T. Sullivan, R.N. Holden, Mass.
BUS DRIVERS
Leonard A. Hardy John O'Donnell
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Donald Agar
Oakham, Mass.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term January 3 through February 17, 1956 Spring Term February 27 through April 18, 1956 April 23 through June 8, 1956 September 5 through December 21, 1956
Summer Term Fall Term
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
March 30, 1956 May 30, 1956
October 12, 1956
November 2, 1956
November 12, 1956
November 22, 23, 1956
Good Friday Memorial Day Columbus Day Teachers' Convention Veterans' Day Thanksgiving Recess
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP DWELLY WILLARD C. RUTHERFORD MARY H. PARSONS, Secretary
School Committee
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Report of the
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee and the citizens of Oakham:
According to the records this is the fifty-sixth of the series.
The committee has installed equipment in the class- rooms to equalize the heating system.
Playground equipment has been purchased and will be delivered and placed for use as soon as the weather per- mits.
Mrs. Shirley Wareing took over as manager of the school lunch program in September. The number of parti- cipants remains at a high level. Over 60% of the pupils purchase a complete lunch at the cost of twenty-five cents. The lunches served meet the requirements of the State as to service and calorie needs by each child. Mrs. Wareing is managing this program in a very efficient manner. On December 31, there was a balance of $829.23 in this account.
The three experienced and efficient classroom teach- ers, Mrs. Esther G. Hawkes, Grades VI, VII and VIII; Mrs. Winifred B. Lane, Grades III, IV and V; and Miss Helena K. Rutherford, Grades I and II are still in the system.
Miss Ruth S. Innes, music supervisor, is on leave of absence. She is teaching children of the Air Force person- nel stationed somewhere in France. Arnold M. Reppucci is serving as substitute instructor.
Mrs. Dorothea S. Roth, art supervisor moved from the area so she resigned in July. Lawrence J. Lesser was elected to fill this vacancy.
The Committee has added another bus route. This means that several of the pupils will be able to remain a longer time in school in the afternoon. The cost to the town will be no greater. The cost of transportation to the town is based upon the number of pupils transported and not on the number of routes. The conveyors are Leonard A. Hardy, John O'Donnell, Mrs. Alice Foley, Mrs. Mary H. Parsons, Miss Bertha Fontaine and Willard C. Rutherford. The students are fortunate in having such efficient convey- ors. The total number of pupils transported are -
Grades I to VIII
85
High School 26
Total
111
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Enrollment:
Center School
Grades I & II 28
Grades III, IV & V 32
Grades VI, VII & VIII 31
26
High School
Total
117
Mrs. Brenda T. Sullivan, school nurse, and Dr. Chan- ning H. Washburn have examined the pupils and made re- commendations where needed to the parents concerning the physical condition of their children. During the year the usual clinics were held.
The School Committee has had monthly meetings with the Superintendent of Schools. At these meetings policies are formed and the results of what goes on in the class- rooms are discussed.
During the year we have had so called workshops for the teachers of the Union. Teachers of the same grade spent a day studying the Curriculum. This is one method of im- proving instruction.
The State Report for the year ending June 30, 1955 showed,
1. Cost per pupil $185 79 Net cost to Oakham $136 34
2. Cost of transportation $9,339 Net cost to Oakham $555 00
3. Salary of Superintendent and Travel $370 04
Net cost to Oakham $176 71
In closing, again may I thank the Committee, town officials and citizens for the able assistance they have given me the past year.
WILLIAM H. BUKER,
Superintendent of School Union No. 26
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1 II
III
IV
V
VI
VII VIII
Totals
Boys
5
9
5
4
6
4
7
5
46
Girls
5
9
6
5
6
6
3
6
45
10
18
11
9
12
10
10
11
91
SCHOOL CENSUS - October 1, 1955
Boys
Girls
Totals
5 to 7 years of age
12
8
20
7 to 16 years of age
43
49
92
55
57
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ELEMENTARY GRADUATES - JUNE 1955
Lowell Vance Arms
Effie May Crawford
Jordan Allan Dean
Albert Rudolph Fontaine Donald Robert Hardy Mae Sally Hardy Timothy Edward Narrow
TUITION STUDENTS NORTH BROOKFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Patricia Foley, Grade XII
Joan Nahkala, Grade X
Arthur Bealand, Grade XI Sandra Wells, Grade X
Ruth Wells, Grade XI
Timothy Narrow, Grade IX
Judith Foley, Grade X
James Zelnia, Grade IX
WACHUSETT REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Valena Bechan, Grade XII Joan Butler, Grade X Beverly Gallant, Grade XII Patricia Dalton, Grade X Marilyn Parsons, Grade XII Virginia Rutherford, Grade XII Shirley Crawford, Grade XI Barbara Hutchins, Grade X Leslie LaCount, Grade X Leslie Downer, Grade X Lowell V. Arms, Grade IX Vivian Crawford, Grade XI Paul R. Downer, Grade XI Jordan A. Dean, Grade IX Effie Crawford, Grade IX Nancy Rutherford, Grade XI Albert Fontaine, Grade IX Donald Hardy, Grade IX
WORCESTER BOYS' TRADE HIGH SCHOOL Leonard W. Hardy
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICIALS of the
TOWN OF OAKHAM
For the financial year ending DECEMBER 31, 1955
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ANNUAL REPORT EXPENDITURES
TABLE OF ACCOUNTS
Appropriation Accounts
Available Expended
Unexpended Balance
Account
General Government
Town Officer's
Salaries
$ 2,020 00 $
2,020 00 $
0 00
Town Officer's Supplies
650 00
598 93
51 07
Bonding Town Officers
100 00
98 75
1 25
Elections and
Registrations
175 00
140 00
35 00
Printing
600 00
499 88
100 12
Memorial Hall
Maintenance
600 00
572 63
27 37
Totals
$ 4,145 00 $
3,930 19 $
214 81
Protection to Persons and Property
Police
$ 150 00 $
70 50 $
79 50
Fire Department
1,586 76
1,586 76
0 00
Sealer of Wghts. & Meas.
10 00
10 00
0 00
Moth Suppression
210 00
177 30
32 70
Dutch Elm Disease Control 205 00
193 42
11 58
Tree Warden
50 00
49 35
65
Inspection of Wires
25 00
5 00
20 00
Dog Officer
83 75
83 75
0 00
Civilian Defense
275 00
0 00
*275 00
Totals
$ 2,595 51 $
2,176 08 $
419 43
*Carried over to 1956
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health $ 25 00 $
25 00 $
0 00
Inspection of Animals
35 00
35 00
0 00
Inspection of Slaughtering
25 00
25 00
0 00
Totals
$ 85 00 $
85 00 $ 0 00
Highways
Chap. 81 Maintenance
$ 13,200 00 $ 13,199 21 $
79
Chap. 90 Maintenance
4,800 00 4,794 37
5 63
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Chap. 90 Construction
Contract 15,463
7,289 59
7,273 39
16 20
Contract 15,864 12,000 00
9,983 74
*2,016 26
Snow Removal & Sanding 3,700 00
3,262 86
437 14
Purchase & Maintenance
3,500 00
3,324 32
** 175 68
Street Lights
429 00
429 00
0 00
Totals $ 44,918 59 $ 42,266 89 $
2,651 70
*Carried over to 1956
** Returned to Machinery Fund
Welfare and Charities
Old Age Assistance $ 10,816 54 $ 10,790 10 $
26 44
Aid to Dependent Children 479 30
452 90
26 40
Disability Assistance
1,447 80
1,408 05
39 75
General Relief
1,295 76
1,284 58
11 18
Administration
355 19
220 24
134 95
Totals $ 14,394 59 $ 14,155 87 $ 238 72
Schools and Education
$ 35,890 43 $ 34,295 02 $
1,595 41
Library
1,801 88
1,801 88
0 00
4- HClubs
100 00
99 28
0 72
School Addition Account
375 67
375 67
0 00
Totals
$ 38,167 98 $ 36,571 85 $
1,596 13
Cemeteries
Cemeteries
$ 831 49 $
831 49 $
0 00
Unclassified
Care of
Town Common
$
60 00 $
60 00 $
0 00
Memorial Day
Observances
100 00
100 00
0 00
Worc. County Retirement
Assessment
458 64
458 64
0 00
Employee's Compensation Insurance
675 00
585 45
89 55
Veteran's Benefits
150 00
5 00
145 00
Fire Insurance
300 00
223 75
76 25
Miscellaneous
177 58
177 58
0 00
Maturing Debt
2,000 00
2,000 00
0 00
Schools
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Interest on
Maturing Debt
450 00
447 83
2 17
Totals
$ 4,371 22 $
4,085 25 $
312 97
Total Appropriation
Accounts
$ 109,509 38 $ 104,075 62 $ 5,433 76*
Refunds - to unexpended balances
Highways - Purchase and Maintenance
$ 1 00
Schools
48 43
Interest on Maturing Debt
57 83
Total refunds
$
107 26
Total unexpended balance
$
5,541 02
AMOUNTS PAID FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS
WITHOUT APPROPRIATION OR TRANSFER
Account
Expended
Worcester County Retirement Payments
$ 379 17
Worcester County Tax
1,738 76
Worc. County Tubercular Hosp. Assessment
774 42
Dog Tax, Paid to Worc. County Commissioners
316 20
Federal Withholding Tax
2,357 20
State Parks and Reservations
75 02
Excise Tax Refunds
205 07
Tax Levy Adjustments
184 40
Tax Title Account
2 00
Collector's Fees
11 41
State Audit
391 51
School Lunch Fund
2,968 10
Aerial Spraying (Gypsy Moth)
93 00
Emergency Flood Relief
6,878 92
Alden Fund
394 14
Total
$ 16,769 32
Bequests
Received Deposited On Hand
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Funds $ 400 00 $ 400 00 $ 0 00
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Loans
Carried
Borrowed
Repaid
Over
Highway Maintenance and Construction Loans
Loan No. 1
$ 12,000 00 $ 12,000 00 $
0 00
Loan No. 2
12,000 00 0 00 12,000 00
Total of all expenses, deposits and
loan repayments
$ 133,244 94
BALANCE SHEET --- DECEMBER 31st, 1955
ASSETS
LIABILITIES and RESERVES
Cash
Banks and office $ 55,017 23
Alden Fund Income 3,944 31
Advanced to Library 10 00
$ 58,971 54
Over Estimates Gypsy and Brown Tail $ 12 02
State Parks and Res. 10 26
Co. T. B. Hos. 92 87
$ 115 15
Accounts Receivable
Agency
Excess Sale of Land $ 469 95
Poll Tax
4 00
Pers. Prop.
10 13
Real Estate
9 75
Levy of 1955
Loans and Discounts Highway Loan
$ 12,000 00
Gifts to Library
30 00
Alden Fund Income
3,944 31
School Lunch Fund
828 23
Sale of Cemetery Lots
175 00
Motor Vehicle Excise
Levy 1954
5 83
Levy 1955
290 87
$
296 70
Tax Titles and Possessions
Tax Titles
1,037 68
D.A. Admin.
39 05
D.A. Aid
758 33
$ 2,977 67
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A.D.C. Admin. $ 15 70
A.D.C. Aid
195 16
O.A.A. Admin.
186 65
O.A.A. Aid
1,782 78
Tax Possessions 70 70
$ 1,108 38
Fed. W. H. Tax 31 19
$ 501 14
Poll Tax 28 00
Pers. Prop.
2,196 92
Real Estate
5,328 24
$
7,577 04
Federal Grants
Taxes - Levy of 1954
Departmental Aid to Dependent Children $ 93 35
General Relief Acct. 689 85
$ 783 20
Aid to Highways Commonwealth $ 13,794 35
Worcester County 6,477 00
$ 20,271 35
Appropriation Balances Revenue $
2,291 26
Revenue - Reserved for Collection Motor Vehicle Excise $ 296 70 Tax Titles and Posses. 1,103 38 Departmental 783 20
Aid to Highways 20,271 35
Library Petty Cash 10 00
$ 22,464 63
Surplus
36,310 44
$ 92,751 94
Reserve for Appropriation Machinery Fund 3,325 62
Reserved
Overlay Surplus $ 6,658 27
Overlay 1954 23 88 Overlay 1955 928 34
$
7,610 49
Tax Title Foreclosure $
178 00
Declared Emergency Flood Control Board $ 3,557 97 $ 3,557 97
Under Estimates
Worcester Cty. Tax $ 185 76
$ 185 76
$ 92,751 94
ANNUAL REPORT
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Fixed and Funded Debt Inside of Debt Limit Outside Debt limit
$ 9,000 00
Serial Loans Municipal Building & Remodeling $ 6,500 00
7,000 00
Loan 1951
Municipal Building & Remodeling Loan 1951
2,500 00
School Building Loan Acts of 1950
7,000 00
$ 16,000 00
$ 16,000, 00
TRUST and INVESTMENT FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$ 38,757 84
Mary Lincoln Alden Fund
$ 9,485 73
Library Funds
Alfred Parks Wright Fund
573 29
Fobes Memorial Library Fund
3,593 87
B. P. Clark Library Fund
1,531 74
G.H.O. Lovell Library Fund
355 39
Samuel P. Dean Library Fund
1,640 33
Ethel Bramman Library Fund
114 19
Carl Wheeler Library Fund
1,000 00
Harriett Gifford Library Fund
5,254 52
Cemeteries
Perpetual Care Funds 13,551 01
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Post War Rehabilitation Fund Income Henry Wright Park Fund
1,000 00
333 19
324 58
$ 38,757 84
$ 38,757 84
Respectfully Submitted,
W. G. CHAPMAN, Treasurer
ANNUAL REPORT
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ITEMIZED ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Officer's Salaries
Appropriation Paid To
$
2,020 00
Amount
Town Clerk
Dorothy P. Day
$ 150 00
Selectmen
Roger H. Lonergan,
Chairman and Clerk
$ 150 00
Walter W. Nelson
100 00
John P. O'Donnell
100 00
Assessors
Chester M. Rood. Chairman
$ 125 00
W. Francis Brennan
100 00
Ludwick Szczuka
100 00
Dorothy P. Day, Clerk
75 00
Board of Public Welfare
Donald C. Agar
$ 25 00
Walter G. Chapman
15 00
Marguerite M. Troy
20 00
Roger H. Lonergan
15 00
School Committee
Philip E. Dwelly
$ 25 00
Willard C. Rutherford, Chairman
50 00
Mary H. Parsons, Clerk
50 00
Moderator
Leroy C. Spinney
$
20 00
Tax Collector
Walter G. Chapman
$ 400 00
Treasurer
Walter G. Chapman
$ 400 00
O. Harold Erickson
$ 100 00
Total Expended
$ 2,020 00
Auditor
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
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Town Officers Supplies
Appropriation
$ 350 00
Transferred from Fire Insurance
300 00
Available
$ 650 00
Expended for Supplies
Hobbs & Warren
$ 58 89
Davis & Bannister
9 74
Yawman & Erbe
14 00
Palley Office Supply
16 65
Others
9 95
Total
$ 109 23
Purchase and Repair of Equipment
Office Equipment Co. Repairing typewriters
$ 35 00
Electric Adding Machine
220 00
Total
$ 255 00
Stamps, stationery, etc.
Orton O. Butler
92 00
Dorothy P. Day
12 10
Total
$ 104 10
Miscellaneous
Worc. Co. Abs. Co.
$ 50 42
Barre Publishing Co.
16 50
Others
63 68
Total
$ 130 60
Total Expended $ 598 93
Unexpended Balance
$
51 07
Bonding Town Officers
Appropriation
$
100 00
Expended for
Bonding Treasurer and Tax Collector Robert Dea $ 78 75
Bonding Assistant Treasurer Robert Dea 10 00
Bonding Deputy Tax Collector
Robert Dea 5 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Bonding Town Clerk
Healy Brothers 5 00
Total Expended $ 98 75
Unexpended Balance
$ 1 25
Elections and Registrations
Appropriation Expended for:
$ 175 00
Registering voters
Dorothy P. Day $ 14 50
State and Federal Census
Yvonne Barr
80 00
Ballot Clerks
Marguerite M. Troy
9 00
Annie C. Robinson
9 00
Annie H. Beland
9 00
Marion E. Butler
9 00
Policing
Leonard A. Hardy
9 50
Total Expended
$ 140 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 35 00
Printing
Appropriation
$
600 00
Expended for:
Annual Report, Barre Pub. Co. $ 430 17
Discussion Meeting Pamphlets Rutland Training Center 9 00
Misc. Forms, warrants sheets, etc Barre Publishing Co. 60 71
Total Expended $ 499 88
Unexpended Balance
$ 100 12
Memorial Hall Maintenance
$ 600 00
Appropriation Expended for:
Electricity, Worc.Co . Elec. Co. $ 389 68 Janitor service, Winthrop Boyd 120 00
Repairs to lights and wiring Leroy C. Spinney 49 95
57
ANNUAL REPORT
Piano tuning, C. Arthur Hanson
5 00
Miscellaneous supplies, etc. 8 00
Total Expended
$ 572 63
Unexpended Balance
$ 27 37
58
ANNUAL REPORT PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police
Appropriation
$ 150 00
Expended for:
Salaries and Expenses
Walter W. Nelson
$ 33 50
Walter E. Cole
21 00
Frederick G. Stone
16 00
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