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Total $1,852.99
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Expenditures & Estimates
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants (Recipients) $1,376.30
Balance in Fed. Acct. on 12/31/58 189.52
State Reimb. to Estimated Receipts 287.17
Total. $1,852.99
1958
Year Gross Expense Reimbursements Net Expense $1,376.30 $653.67 722.63
Disability. Assistance Receipts
Disability Assistance Appropriation $450.00
Balance in Fed. Acct. on 1/1/58 743.33
Total .. $1,193.33
Expenditures & Estimates
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants (Recipients) $351.48
Balance in Fed. Acct. on 1/1/58 391.85
Returned to Public Control Act. 450.00
Total
$1,193.33
Year
Gross Expense
1958
$351.48
Reimbursement
Net Expense
$351.48
None
General Assistance
Receipts
General Assistance Appropriation $600.00
State Reimbursement for Unsettled Cases 27.91
Total
$627.91
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Expenditures & Estimates
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants (Direct Aid)
$328.81
Legal fees
20.00
State funds to Estimated Receipts
27.91
Returned to Public Control Acct.
251.19
Total
$627.91
Year
Gross Expense
Reimbursement
Net Expense
1958
$348.81
$27.91
$320.90
Respectfully submitted,
Oakham Board of Public Welfare
ROGER H. LONERGAN,
Chairman
JOHN P. O'DONNELL
WALTER W. NELSON
George H. Deotte, Welfare Agent
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ADMINSTRATION Federal Account
1958 Federal Reimbursements for four quarters : Old Age Assistance $5,921.11
Balance in Fed. O.A.A. on 1/1/58 1,693.97
Aid to Dependent Children
1,622.57
Disability Assistance 496.40
Total Receipts $9,734.05
Expended
Salaries
$7,447.82
Travel
176.42
Postage
87.50
Supplies
158.42
Telephone
170.75
Purchase of Equipment
50.19
Repair of Equipment
3.50
Other
11.00
Employee's Benefit Plan
187.13
Total Expenses
$8,292.73
Balance on Dec. 31st, 1958
$1,441.32
State Account
1958 State Reimbursements for four quarters:
Old Age Assistance
$3,947.40
Aid to Dependent Children
1,081.71
Balance in A.D.C. on 1/1/58
596.54
Disability Assistance
330.94
General Assistance
288.52
Total Receipts $6,245.11
Expended
Salaries
$4,205.61
Travel
120.64
Postage
102.59
Supplies
22.52
Telephone
135.11
Rent
600.00
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Repairs & Alterations
38.50
Other
60.00
Employee's Benefit Plan
128.70
Workmen's Compensation
94.68
Total Expenses
$5,508.35
Balance on Dec. 31st, 1958
$736.76
DISTRICT ACCOUNT Receipts
Advanced by Towns :
North Brookfield
$3,300.00
Hardwick
1,400.00
East Brookfield
600.00
Oakham
300.00
Bal. on 1/1/58
551.26
Total
$6,151.26
Expended
Salaries
$2,336.57
Travel
205.87
Postage
111.80
Supplies
111.28
Telephone
21.05
Employee's Benefit Plan
62.10
Assessment
847.66
Total
$3,696.33
Balance on Dec. 31st, 1958
$2,454.93
Federal and State reimbursements amount to 83-1/3% of those expenses which are properly incurred in administer- ing public assistance programs under a welfare district plan, making it possible for these towns to take advantage of additional revenue which they receive from the State.
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SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION Schools
General
School Committee Salaries
Willard C. Rutherford
$50.00
Mary H. Parsons
50.00
Philip E. Dwelly
25.00
$125.00
Superintendent's Salary
330.36
Clerks Salaries
261.44
Office Expenses
42.66
Printing forms and invoices
46.38
Traveling Expenses
108.22
School Census
15.00
Telephone
14.95
Columnar Book
6.12
Express
11.15
Expenses, Union Meeting
9.72
Teachers and Supervisors Salaries
11,849.58
11,849.59
Text Books and Supplies Text and Reference Books Supplies
419.08
409.26
828.34
High School Tuition
Wachusett Regional School Dist.
$8,839.07
Town of North Brookfield
2,151.66
10,990.73
Vocational Education Tuition
Wachusett Regional School District 1,610.66 Ind. Industrial School for Girls 46.15
1,656.81
Vocational Education Evening School Tuition City of Worcester
64.80
64.80
High Schol Transportation [ ....
Various persons 6,032.20
6,032.20
$846.00
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Elementary School Transportation
Leonard A. Hardy John P. O'Donnell
7,000.00
1,790.00
8,790.00
Janitors' Services
1,008.58
1,008.58
Fuel and Light
E. P. Wine
694.88
F. G. Stone
483.58
1,178.46
Maintenance of Building and Grounds
Garfield Wright
173.45
Holden Heating
34.11
Minneapolis-Honeywell
24.32
Leroy Spinney
79.69
Others
25.21
336.78
Janitors Supplies
136.34
136.34
Hangers, towels, soap
62.72
62.72
Paint, brushes, sander, denim
27.68
27.68
Duplicator
Mimeograph Distributors
90.00
90.00
Desks and Chairs
Gledhill Bros. Inc.
135.00
135.00
Sup'ts. Office Rent
37.80
Graduation Exercises
3.20
41.00
School Doctor
100.00
School Nurse
332.50
Health Supplies
15.88
Total Schools
$44,648.41
School Lunch Program
Salaries
$1,182.50
$1,182.50
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Expenses
Food and Supplies
$2,044.76
Equipment
Salmon Bros., refrigerator
545.00
Miscellaneous
Lehigh Bottled Gas
32.50
Others
31.00
2,653.26
Total
$3,835.76
Fobes Memorial Library
Salaries and Wages
Librarian
$300.00
Trustees
45.00
Janitor
100.00
$445.00
Expenses
Books
316.08
Periodicals
37.20
Books-Reed Fund
63.06
Fuel
F. G. Stone
343.36
Light
Worc. Co. Elec. Co.
31.13
Repairs
28.19
Repairs to roof
B. H. Cutler & Co.
1,250.00
Lawn Mower
Ralph Daniels
22.35
Maintenance
Gilman Field
41.88
Printing
11.90
To reimburse petty cash
15.43
Supplies
51.88
Other
8.00
Total
2,220.46 $2,665.46
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PARKS AND RECREATION Care of Town Common
Labor
Troop 144, Boy Scouts $60.00
Suppies
Lawn fertilizer
4.95
$64.95
Wright Ball Park
Hired Equipment
Edgar W. Sykes, Buldozer
27.00
$27.00
Supplies
Ross Bros. netting
$45.90
Athol-Orange Lumber Co.
17.60
Wirthmore Stores, cement
57.12
Jamara Bros., screened loam
240.00
Eastern States Farmers Ex.
Seed and fertilizer
27.74
Goldstein & Gurwitz, nails
1.92
$390.28
Total
$417.28
Total Parks and Recreation
$482.23
UNCLASSIFIED Memorial Day Observances
Flags and rope
Fuller Regalia and Costume Co.
$24.00
George H. Clark & Co.
3.41
$27.41
Food and Supplies-dinner
Butler's Store
.45.07
45.07
Labor, preparing and serving meals
20.00
20.00
Total
$92.48
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Printing
Annual Report
Barre Publishing Co. $472.90
$472.90
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Planning Board Rules and Regulations William A. Sampson 40.00
40.00
Discussion Meeting Information Sheets Rutland Training Center 11.00
11.00
Total
$523.90
State Assessments
State Parks and Recreation
$267.65
$267.65
4-H Clubs
Electric sewing machine
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
$40.00
$40.00
Food and Supplies
Butler's Store
$7.61
Mary H. Parsons (purchases)
7.62
R. T. Quigley
16.00
Hill Co.
4.56
Leon Cadaire
4.50
Holden Hardware
15.20
55.49
Total
$95.49
County Assesments
Worc. County Retirement System
$665.67
1958 Worcester County Tax 2,467.03
$3,132.70
CEMETERIES
Cemetery Commissioners
$45.00
$45.00
Regular Maintenance of Cemeteries
Labor
$1,012.10
$1,012.10
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Expenses
Screned loam Jamara Bros.
$63.00
Rotary mower R. T. Quigley
110.00
Seed and fertilizer Wirthmore Stores
42.33
Repairs to mower
18.00
A. Mimeault Others
2.25
Gas and Oil
18.30
$253.88
Total regular maintenance of cemeteries
$1,310.98
Centre Cemetery
Labor
$52.20
$52.20
Expenses
Hired Equipment
Wm. Wareing
49.00
Seed and Fertilizer
Wirthmore Stores
53.56
Screened loam
Jamara Bros.
304.00
406.56
Total Centre Cemetery
$458.76
Total all cemeteries
$1,769.74
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Temporary Loans
Highway Loan
Worcester County Trust Co. $12,200.00 $12,200.00
General Loans
Fire Station Loan
Worcester County Trust Co. $2,000.00
Municipal Building Remodeling Loan Worcester County Trust Co. 1,500.00
School Building Remodeling Loan Worcester County Trust Co. 500.00
$4,000.00
Total
$16,200.00
Interest on Debts
Temporary Loan
Worcester County Trust Co. $276.54
$276.54
General Loans
Fire Station Loan
Worcester County Trust Co.
$422.50
Municipal Building Remodeling Loan Worcester County Trust Co.
95.00
School Building Remodeling Loan
Worcester County Trust Co.
175.00
$692.50
Total Interest
$969.04
Agency, Trust and Investment Payroll Deductions
Federal Taxes
$2,816.03 549.74
$3,365.77
Dog Licenses for County
269.00
269.00
Cemetery Funds (Trust)
200.00
200.00
Alden Fund
792.00
792.00
Total for Agency Trust and Investment
$4,626.77
County Retirement
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Refunds
Taxes
Poll Tax
Real Estate Taxes
$2.00 180.00
$182.00
Motor Vehicle Excises
99.84
99.84
Total Refunds
$281.84
Grand Total of Expenditures
$152,631.24
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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 Memorial Hall, on Monday, the second 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 on Selectman, one Assessor, one member of the School Committee, one Library Trustee and one member of the Cemetery Committee, all for three year terms; one member of the Cemetery Committee, a Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Auditor. Tree Warden, six Constables. three Fence Viewers and a Moderator, for one year terms; and one Planning Board Member for a five year term, 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 salaries ond 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 appropri- ate 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 treasury such sums of money as are necessary to pay charges, ex- penses and outlays of the several town departments for the ensuing year.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the treasurer, 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 current expenses of the town, giving the note or notes of the town therefore, these notes to be paid from the revenue of said fiiancial year.
Article 9. 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 81 Highway Mainte- nance 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 Mainte- nance 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 Spencer and New Braintree 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 amount for the Oak- ham Civilian Defense Organization or take any action rela- tice thereto.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $800 or any other amount to be used to pay the accrued interest due during the fiscal year on its Oustanding Funded and Fixed debts and on any temporary loans 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 apropriate the sum of $400 or any other amount to com- plete the repairs and improvements to Henry Wright Ball Park, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to appropri- ate the sum of $1,000 or any other amount from the Over- lay 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 $1500.00 or any other amount from the High- way Machinery Fund to the Highway Machinery Account, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Assessors to take the sum of $5,000 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 to the town for the care of cemeteries or for any other purpose.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to adopt a set of rules governing the use of the town dump and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of said rules, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to establish a committee to make preparations for the observation of the town's Bicentennial Anniversary in 1962 or take any action relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to make the folowing amendment to the Town By-Laws, or take any action relative thereto:
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CHAPTER V
Board of Appeals
Section 1
A Board of Apepals is hereby established in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 81Z, of the Gen- eral Laws, consisting of three members to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, one for a term of three (3) years, one for a term of two (2) years and one for a term of one (1) year and thereafter one to be appointed each year for a term of three years.
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 fourteenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty nine.
ROGER H. LONERGAN
WALTER W. NELSON
JOHN P. O'DONNELL
Board of Selectmen
INDEX
Accounting Offiicer 31
Balance Sheet (Insert)
Board of Health
37
Board of Selectmen
15
Cemetery Committee 55
Charlton Home Farm
41
Financial Report
57
School Committee 81
Public Assistance 75
Fire Department 34
Fobes Memorial Library
53
Highway Superintendent
39
Librarian
53
Moth Superintendent
35
Planning Board
20
Police Chief
34
Public Welfare
41
Quaboag Welfare District
41
School Committee
46
Superintendent of Schools
49
Tax Collector
25
Town Clerk
8
Town Officers
4
Town Treasurer
21
Warrant 89
Wire Inspector 36
State Audit (Insert)
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