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161 66
Chaffins School Lunch
87 00
Pinecroft Dairy
569 06
Megowan-Educator
27 49
Helen Nahkala
32 00
Salmon, Inc.
46 12
Holden Hardware
2 29
Mary Parsons
3 98
Hobart
195 00
Mrs. Smith
18 00
Total Expended
$ 3,377 34
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1958 Library
$ 898 21
Appropriation
$ 800 00
Refunds from Dog Taxes
229 68
Transferred from Income of Trust Funds
548 81
Total Available
$ 1,578 49
Expended for:
Wages and Salaries
Eleanor, Mayo, Librarian $ 300 00
Winthrop Boyd
100 00
$ 14,131 60
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Heat, lights, etc.
E. P. Wine Co.
157 02
Frederick Stone 163 08
Worcester County Electric 30 10
Building and Equipment Maintenance
George A. Barnard Co.
79 17
Chester M. Rood
176 84
Raymond Field
3 00
Waite's 2 76
Books and Magazines
Doubleday & Co., Inc.
81 70
Book of the Months Club, Inc.
54 14
Ephraim's
72 71
Encyclopedia Brittanica
93 90
Herman Goldberger Agency, Inc.
79 45
Follett Publishing Co.
15 47
National Geographic
7 00
Penguin Book Co.
4 64
Simon & Schuster
10 30
Gaylord Bros.
9 80
Longmans, Green & Co. Life
9 95
Don R. Phillips, Inc.
11 22
Others
21 13
Supplies, etc.
Demco Library Supplies
22 56
Narcus Bros.
3 36
Barnard's
6 90
Others
58 30
Total Expended
$ 1,578 49
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
4-H Clubs
Appropriation
$
100 00
Expended for:
Miscellaneous supplies
and equipment
Robert T. Quigley
$ 14 49
Elwood Adams
4 05
Wm. Fullam
13 33
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
30 00
Bernadette Dermody
99
Ruth LaCount
4 75
Butler's Store
12 81
3 87
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Services Elwin A. Ploof
15 00
Total Expended
$ 95 42
Unexpended balance
$ 4 58
CEMETERIES
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Appropriation
$ 500 00
Transfer from Sale of Lots Account
50 00
From Interest of Trust Funds
967 35
Labor
Leonard A. Hardy
$ 950 47
Leonard W. Hardy, Sr.
34 80
Ralph Downer
20 30
Paul Downer
24 05
William Wareing
102 23
David Kessler
11 60
Materials and Supplies
R. T. Quigley
28 45
David Labonte
5 79
Furnace Grain Co.
28 40
Jamara Bros., Inc.
75 50
Wirthmore Stores
102 82
A. Girard & Sons
42 90
St. Pierre Chain Co.
34 01
Office Expenses and Supplies A. Webb
16 03
Outside Equipment Hire
J. Narrow
1 00
William Wareing
39 00
$ 1,517 35 $
1,517 35
Annual and Perpetual Care
Balance Sale of Lots, Accts. 1-1-57
$ 57 50
Sale of Lots for 1957
30 00
Annual Care of Lots for 1957
79 05
Perpetual Care Fund Established
200 00
Transfer to Approp. Acct.
50 00
Paid Town Treas. Esti .- Rec. Acct.
79 05
Barre Sav. Bank No. 17992
200 00
Balance Sale of Lots Acct. 12-31-57
37 50
$ 366 55 $ 366 55
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RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY
Employees Compensation Insurance
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund
$ 679 00 32 06
Total Available $ 711 06
Expended for insurance: Frank A. Smith & Son $ 711 06
Total Expended $ 711 06
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Worcester County Retirement Assessment $ 526 99
Appropriation
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham by the Worcester County Commissioners and paid to the Worcester County Treasurer from tax revenue $ 526 99
Total Expended $ 526 99
Unexpended Balance
$
0 00
Worcester County Retirement Payments Amount withheld from wages of town em- ployees and turned over to the Worcester County Treas. from tax revenue $ 576 41 Total 576 41
Federal Withholding Tax
Amount withheld from wages of town em- ployees and turned over to the Federal Re- serve Bank $ 2,995 01 Total
$ 2,995 01
UNCLASSIFIED Memorial Day Observances
Appropriation
$ 100 00
Expended for:
Supplies Stayman's $ 27 70
Refreshments
Orton O. Butler
36 98
Shirley Wareing
4 00
Doris Erickson 4 00
Channing Billings
4 00
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Ethel Morse
4 00
Worcester Baking Co.
5 40
Total Expended
$
86 08
Unexpended Balance
$ 13 92
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$ 275 00
Transferred from Public Assistance and
Administration
150 00
Total Available
$
425 00
Expended for:
Dues
Mass. Selectmen's Ass'n $ 10 00
Worc. County Selectmen's Ass'n 6 00
Worc. County Col. & Treas. Ass'n
4 00
Mass. Town Clerk's Ass'n
7 50
Mass. Assessors' Ass'n
9 00
City and Town Clerk's Ass'n
4 00
N.E.S. Finance Ass'n
2 00
$ 42 50
Telephone, etc.
N. E. T. & T. Co.
$ 141 70
Worc. County Electric
2 00
Town Counsel
Igoe & Beaudette
$
75 00
Miscellaneous
E. W. Sykes
$ 34 00
Mass. Corr. Inst.
12 39
Dept. of Corp. & Taxation
16 00
Worcester Blueprint Co.
7 70
Worcester County Trust Co.
5 50
Chester Rood
3 62
$ 79 21
Total Expended
$ 340 41
Unexpended Balance
$ 84 59
Fire Insurance
Appropriation
$ 300 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
49 63
Total Available
$ 349 63
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Expended for Insurance on Town Buildings I. E. Irish Inc. $ 142 11
Frank A. Smith & Son
207 52
Total Expended
$ 349 63
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Care of Town Common
Appropriation
Expended for mowing lawn, etc.
Troop 144 Boy Scouts $ 60 00
Total Expended
$ 60 00
Unexpended Balance
$$
0 00
Veterans' Benefits
$
200 00
Appropriation
Expended for: :
Expenses
Anthony A. Lupa
$ 8 55
Dues
Mass. Veteran's Service
10 00
$ 18 55
Unexpended Balance
Fire Siren
Appropriated
Expended for purchase and installation
of siren David Deane $ 600 00
Total Expended
6 600 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Fire Station
Appropriated from Post War Rehabilitation Fund
$ 1,000 00
Borrowed from Worc. County Trust Co. 14,000 00
Total Available
$ 15,000 00
Expended for:
Plans, specifications, lines, grades, etc. R. H. Lonergan, C. E. $ 175 00
Printing and advertising
Gem Mailing Service, printing 70 02
Worc. Blue Print Co., printing 25 60
$
181 45
$ 600 00
$
60 00
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Oakham Star, printing
5 00
Ethel Morse, Adv. Worc. Tel.
115 03
Barre Publishing Co., Adv.
3 00
$ 218 65
Excavating and Grading
E. W. Sykes, bulldozer $ 204 00
Jamara Bros., truck and loader
172 00
R. T. Young, Jr., truck & shovel
188 00
Michael DeMarco, trucks
90 00
$
654 00
Foundations
Wilbur Sirois, forms
$ 713 40
R. T. Curtis, concrete
532 00
Central Supply, fittings
16 98
$ 1,262 38
Concrete floor
Prunier & Faucher, labor
$ 492 13
R. T. Curtis, concrete
410 75
Labor payroll
198 00
$ 1,100 88
Building
New England Erecting Co.
$ 6,100 00
Labor Erecting building
1,000 50
A. J. Regienus, doors
388 87
Chester Spinney, install doors
135 00
N. E. Glass Co.
26 38
Kesseli & Morse, blocks and bricks
96 38
R. T. Curtis
5 00
Prunier & Faucher, masonry wall
140 00
Miscellaneous Labor
130 50
$ 8,022 63
Drilling well
Scales Bros.
$ 797 50
Water supply system
Frank Comfort
441 75
Heating System
Robert Duval
1,525 00
Partition walls
Howard McGuiness,
labor and materials
146 78
Kesseli & Morse 11 50
Camosse Supply Co., blocks
65 46
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Holden Hardware
60
$ 224 34
Miscellaneous
Goldstein & Gurwitz, hardware $
11 86
Wirthmore Feeds, cement 13 60
Central Supply Co., Fittings
72 32
Ralph Downer, Elec. supplies
62 58
Robert Duval, plumbing
128 58
Frank Mucha, steel
20 00
$ 309 94
Total Expended
$ 14,732 07
Unexpended Balance, carried over to 1958
$ 267 93
Wright Ball Field
1956
$ 500 00
Received from Village
Improvement Society
80 43
Total Available
$ 1,080 43
Expended for:
Equipment hire
E. W. Sykes, Bulldozer $ 453 50
Jamara Bros., trucks & backhoe 279 00
Michael DeMarco, truck
140 12
R. T. Young Jr., shovel
48 00
Olympic Sports Co.
20 90
$ 941 52
Labor
Ralph T. Young, Jr.
$ 16 00
Percy Wilbur
60 00
Sumner Crawford
60 00
$ 136 00
Total Expended
1,077 52 $
Unexpended Balance
2 91
Painting Town Clock $ 600 00
Appropriation
Expended for
Labor - 190 hrs. @ $2.50 hr. $ 475 00
Materials
175 lbs. white lead at $29.15 51 01
71/2 gals. oil @ $2.00 15 00
Appropriated
1957
500 00
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3 qts, turpentine
96
1 pint dryer
41
10 lbs. whiting
60
2 gross wood screws
6 38
1 pt. Hastings gold size
1 71
1/2 pt. lamp black
35
5 qts. T. & T. black
10 31
17 lbs. gold leaf
33 15
15 lbs. smalt
3 45
$ 123 33
Total Expended
$ 598 33
Unexpended Balance
$ 1 67
Maturing Debts and Interest
Appropriation
$
2,000 00
Expended for:
Payments to Worcester County Trust Company $ 2,000 00
Total Expended
$ 2,000 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Interest on Maturing Debt
Appropriation
$ 500 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
37 50
Total Available
$ 537 50
Expended for:
Interest on Municipal building loan Worcester County Trust Co. $ 310 00
Interest of Fire Station Loan Worcester County Trust Co. 277 50
Total Expended
$ 537 50
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
Worcester County Tax
Amount assesed the Town of Oakham by the Worcester County Commissioners $ 2,303 05
Paid to the Worc. County Treas. $ 2,303 05
Total Expended $ 2,303 05
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Worcester County Tubercular Hospital
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham for care
and Maintenance of patients at the Worcester County Sanatorium $ 2,175 60
Paid to Worcester County Treas. $ 2,175 60
Total Expended
$ 2,175 60
State Parks and Reservations
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham for the maintenance of State Parks & Reservations $ 162 22 Paid to Treas. of Commonwealth $ 162 22
Total Expended $ 162 22
State Audit
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham for auditing town records $ 592 54
Paid to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth $ 592 54
Total Expended $ 592 54
TAX REFUNDS AND PAYMENTS
Excise Taxes
Total amount of abatements paid to motor
vehicle owners from excise tax receipts
$
241 65
Personal Property Tax Refunds
Total personal property abatements $ 7 80
Real Estate Tax Refunds
Total Real Estate Tax refunds $ 68 90
Dog Tax
Total amount of dog taxes collected less fees retained by Town Clerk $ 293 50
Total amount turned over to Worcester County Treasurer $ 293 50
TRUST FUNDS
Alden Fund
Total amount withdrawn from income of Alden Fund paid for baskets, flowers, medical aid, etc. $ 1,003 10
Cemeteries
Perpetual Care Bequests deposited in
North Brookfield Savings Bank $ 200 00
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TEMPORARY LOANS
Highway Maintenance and Construction Loan Total amount repaid to North Brookfield Branch of Worcester County Trust Co. $ 12,000 00
Reserve Fund
$ 1,000 00
Appropriated from Overlay Surplus Transferred to:
Town Officers' Supplies
$ 81 05
Stone Road Account
51 60
Snow Removal and Sanding
61 28
Police Department
20
Compensation Insurance
32 06
Fire Insurance
49 63
Printing
66 71
Interest on Maturing Dept
37 50
Memorial Hall Maintenance
69 58
Fire Department
96 47
Dutch Elm Disease
15 25
Total transferred
$ 561 33
Balance returned to Overlay Surplus
$ 438 67
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Oakham, in the County of Worcester:
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Oakham, qualified to vote in elections, and in town affairs to meet in the town hall, known as Memo- rial Hall, on Monday, the third day of March next at 12M at which time the polls will be opened and will be closed at 8 P.M.
Business meeting will open at 8 P.M., then and there to act on the following articles.
Article 1. To hear the annual reports of the several town officers and to act thereon.
Article 2. To choose one Selectman, one Assessor, one member of the School Committee, one Library Trustee and one member of the Cemetery Committee, all for three year terms; a Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Auditor, Tree Warden, six Constables, three Fence Viewers and a Mode- rator, for one year terms; and five Planning Board Mem- bers, one for a term of five years, one for a term of four years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of two years and one for a term of one year, all on one ballot.
Article 3. To choose all the necessary town officers and committees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by ballot.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to fix the sala- ries and compensation of all elective officers of the town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as amended; 1 Town Clerk, 3 Selectmen, 3 Assessors, 3 School Committee members, 3 Library Trustees, 3 Ceme- tery Committee members, 1 Moderator, 1 Tax Collector, 1 Treasurer and 1 Auditor, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
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Article 5. To see what compensation the town will allow for men and equipment used in repairing highways and opening roads for the ensuing year.
Article 6. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to bond its Treasurer, Collector, Town Clerk and their assistants.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the treas- ury such sums of money as are necessary to pay charges, expenses and outlays of the several town departments for the ensuing year.
Article 8. To see if the town will authorize the treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow during the current fiscal year, in anticipation of the revenue of said year such sums of money as may be necessary for the cur- rent expenses of the town, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, these notes to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the treas- ury a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the treasury a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Main- tenance or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds in the treasury a sum of money for the improvement of South and Spencer Roads, under Chapter 90 Highway Con- struction or take any action relative thereto.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 or any other amount for the Oakham Civilian Defense Organization or take any action relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $550 or any other amount to be used to pay the accrued interest due during the fiscal year on its Outstanding Funded and Fixed debts and on any tem- porary debts which may be necessary during the year, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used to pay the notes of the town coming due during the fiscal year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400 or any other amount for use to make repairs and improvements to Henry Wright Ball Park, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 or any other amount from the Overlay Surplus for the purposes of a Reserve Fund, or take any action relative thereto
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,000 or any other amount from the Highway Mach- inery Fund to the Highway Machinery Account, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Assessors to take the sum of $8,000 or any other amount from available funds in the treasury for the purpose of reducing the tax levy for the current year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to accept any trust funds which may be left for the care of the cemeteries or any other purposes.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to establish a police department under the provisions of Chapter 41 Section 97 of the General Laws as amended, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to give the Board of Selectmen authority to appoint one of its members Chief of Police, and to set the rate of pay for said work, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to accept as a Town way in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 82,. Section 22 of the General Laws, that certain alteration or relocation of Robinson road as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and recorded with the Town Clerk and author- ize the Selectmen to take any land within said way by emi- nent domain and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for land damages or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $500 to be used to make improvements to Lupa Road or take any action relative thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in at least three public places in said town, seven days at least before time of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding meeting as aforesaid.
Given unto our hand this first day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.
JOHN P. O'DONNELL ROGER H. LONERGAN WALTER W. NELSON
Board of Selectmen
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INDEX
Balance Sheet 27
Board of Health 41
Board of Selectmen 17
Cemetery Committee 57
Charlton Home Farm 46
Financial Report 59
School Committee 77
Public Welfare Department
73
Fire Department 38
Fobes Memorial Library
55
Highway Superintendent
42
Librarian 55
Moth Superintendent
40
Police Chief
38
Public Welfare 45
Quaboag Welfare District 46
School Committee 50
State Audit 30
Superintendent of Schools
52
Tax Collector
34
Town Auditor
35
Town Clerk
8
Town Officers 4
Town Treasurer
24
Warrant 90
Wire Inspector 39
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Important Telephone Numbers
Exchange - Browning FIRE DEPARTMENT
To Report a Fire BR 3-4362
Fire Station BR 3-4356
POLICE
Walter W. Nelson, Chief
BR 3-4422
State Police, Holden VA 9-4431
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Director W. Francis Brennan - No. Brookfield Vol. 7-2318
TOWN CLERK
Dorothy P. Day
BR 3-4452
TAX COLLECTOR
Walter G. Chapman
BR 3-4381
PUBLIC WELFARE
Quaboag Welfare District - No. Brookfield VOL 7-6727
Board of Selectmen BR 3-4349
Center School BR 3-4349
Board of Assessors
BR 3-4349
Board of Selectmen meet in the Selectmen's Room at the Town Hall on the Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month.
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