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Chapter 90 Cons.
3,000.00
Snow and Sand
7,000.00
Street Lights
350.00
$ 13,050.00
Public Assistance and Veterans' Services:
Public Assistance and Administration $ 8,500.00
Veterans' Services 200.00
$ 8,700.00
Schools and Education:
School Com. Salaries $ 125.00
School Expenses
60,551.28
Library Tr. Salaries 45.00
Library Expenses
1,200.00
plus dog tax returns $ 61,921.28
Recreation and Unclassified:
Town Common $ 75.00
Wright Park Maint. 100.00
Wright Park Facilities
300.00
Memorial Day
Observances 100.00
Annual Reports
600.00
4-H Clubs
100.00
Care of Town Clock
50.00
Worc. Co. Retirement
552.50
$ 1,877.50
74
ANNUAL REPORTS
Cemeteries:
Cemetery Com. Salaries $ 45.00
Cemetery Expenses 600.00 plus int.
Centre Cem. Imp. 500.00 $ 1,145.00
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest $ 650.00
Maturing Debt 4,000.00
$
4,650.00
Total Appropriations (to be raised in 1960 Tax Levy) $101,203.78
Appropriations from Available Funds in the Treasury
Voted at Annual Town Meeting
For Chapter 81 Maint. $12,100.00*
Chapter 90 Maint. 3,200.00*
To Reduce Tax Levy 8,000.00 $ 23,300.00
*In anticipation of reimbursement.
Voted at Special Town Meeting July 20 Veterans' Services $ 350.00
Bicentennial Committee 100.00
$
450.00
Voted at Special Town Meeting October 21: Regional School Planning Committee $ 50.00
Adult Vocational
Education Tuition
600.00
Total Appropriated from
$
650.00
Available Funds in the Treasury
$ 24,400.00
Appropriations from Overlay Surplus
Voted at Annual Town Meeting:
Reserve Fund
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
Total Appropriated from Overlay Surplus $ 1,000.00
Transfers
From Highway Machinery Fund to Highway Machinery Account: Annual Town Meeting $ 1,700.00
75
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Special Town Meeting July 20 1,500.00 Special Town Meeting October 21 1,000.00 $ 4,200.00
Total Transfers
$
4,200.00
Assessments (Included by Assessors in 1960 Tax Levy)
Worcester County
Tubercular Hospital $ 1,792.33
County Tax 2,404.33 $ 4,196.66
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Audit of Accounts $ 223.74 State Parks & Reservations 225.00 $ 448.74
Total Assesments
$ 4,645.40 Emergency Expenditures in Excess of Appropriations (To Be Included in 1961 Tax Levy) For Snow Removal and Sanding $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00
Funds Raised and Appropriated After Annual Town Meeting (To be included in 1961 Tax Levy)
Special Town Meeting July 20
For Purchase of Fire Truck $ 2,500.00
$ 2,500.00
Revolving Accounts Carried Over from 1959 On Hand 1-1-60
Receipts
Available
Fire Station Constr. $ 13.22
$
13.22
Civil Defense
265.88 $
50.00*
315.88
Public Assistance - Federal Accts.
Old Age Assistance
1,842.59
6,760.75
8,603.34
Aid to Dep. Children
290.72
82.00
372.72
Disability Assistance
316.92
316.92
School Cafeteria Classroom
1,058.60
1,058.60
School Lunch Program
305.17
3,345.87
3,651.04
Totals $ 4,093.10 $ 10,238.62 $ 14,331.72
76
ANNUAL REPORTS
Transfers from Reserve Fund
Appropriated from Overlay Surplus $ 1,000.00 Transferred to
Memorial Day Observances $ 1.04
Compensation Insurance 184.47
Fire Truck Purchase 120.85
Elections and Registrations 52.70
Interest on Debts
41.18
Treasurer's Expenses
.80
Chapter 81 Maint.
172.96
Assessors' Expense 35.47
Sealer of W'ts. and Meas. 32.37
Cemetery Maintenance
81.58
$ 723.42
Balance 12-31-60 (Returned to Overlay Surplus $ 276.58 $ 1,000.00
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS General Government
Amount Available
Amount Spent
Balance 12-31-60
Moderator
$
20.00 $
20.00 $
0.00
Selectmen
600.00
589.33
10.67
Auditing
450 00
420.00
30.00
Treasury
575.80
575.80
.00
Collector
600.00
533.74
66.26
Assessors
685.47
685.47
0.00
Planning Board
50.00
3.95
46.05
Legal
85.00
85.00
0.00
Town Clerk
225.00
223.71
1.29
Elec. & Regis.
327.70
327.70
0.00
Town Hall Maint.
1,150.00
1,104.66
45.34
Total
$ 4,768.97 $
4,569.36 $
199.61
Public Safety
Police Department
$ 800.00 $
799.43 $
0.57
Fire Department
2,500.00
2,380.27
119.73
Sealer of Wghts. & Meas.
52.37
52.37
0.00
Inspector of Wires
25.00
25.00
0.00
77
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Insect Pest Control
200.00
52.00
148.00
Dutch Elm Disease
500.00
432.26
67.75
Tree Warden
100.00
99.50
0.50
Dog Officer
75.00
75.00
0.00
Civil Defense
315.68
128.94
186.74
Compensation Insurance
784.47
784.47
0.00
Total
$ 5,352.52 $
4,829.23 $
523.29
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
$
50.00 $
20.00 $
30.00
Town Dump
200.00
146.50
53.50
Inspector of Animals
35.00
35.00
0.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
25.00
25.00
0.00
Totals
$ 310.00 $
226.50 $
83.50
Highways
Chap. 81 Maintenance
$ 13,372.96 $
13,372.96 $
0.00
Chap. 90 Maintenance
4,800.00
4,799.41
0.59
Chap. 90 Construction
12,000.00
7,018.99
4,981.01
Snow Removal & Sanding
9,500.00
9,342.62
157.38
Street Lights
350.00
342.00
8.00
Machinery Account
4,200.00
3,989.59
210.41
Totals
$ 44,222.96 $ 38,865.57 $
5,357.39
Public Assistance and Veterans' Services
Public Assistance
Town Account
Old Age Assistance $
8,161.70 $
8,161.70 $
0.00
Administration
350.00
350.00
0.00
Federal Account
Disability Assistance
316.92
0.00
316.92
Aid to Dep'nd'nt Children 372.72
0.00
372.72
Old Age Assistance
8,603.34
7,104.80
1,498.54
Veterans' Services
550.00
540.00
10.00
Totals
$ 18,354.68 $
16,156.50 $
2,198.18
Schools and Education
School Comm. Salaries $
125.00 $
125.00 $
0.00
School Expenses
60,551.28
59,671.50
879.78
School Lunch Program
3,651.04
3,646.73
4.31
Adult Vocational Education
600.00
559.66
40.34
78
ANNUAL REPORTS
Cafeteria Classroom
1,058.60
0.00
1,058.60
Library Trustees' Salaries
45.00
45.00
0.00
Library Expenses
1,384.23
1,255.76
128.47
Total
$ 67,415.15 $ 65,303.65 $
2,111.50
Recreation and Unclassified
Town Common
$
75.00 $
75.00 $
0.00
Wright Park Maint.
100.00
72.50
27.50
Wright Park Facilities
300.00
297.31
2.69
Memorial Day Observances
101.04
101.04
0.00
Annual Reports
600.00
583.00
17.00
4-H Clubs
100.00
75.31
24.69
Care of Town Clock
50.00
46.53
3.47
Worc. Co. Retirement
552.50
552.50
0.00
Bicentennial Committee
100.00
15.00
85.00
Reg. School Planning Comm.
50.00
0.00
50.00
Fire Station Cons.
13.22
0.00
13.22
Tax Title Foreclosures
211.17
0.00
211.17
Totals
$ 2,252.93 $
1,818.19 $
434.74
Cemeteries
Cemetery
Committee Salaries
$ 45.00 $
45.00 $
0.00
Cemetery Expenses
1,174.38
1,174.83
0.00
Centre Cemetery Improvements
500.00
500.00
0.00
Totals
$ 1,719.38 $
1,719.38 $
0.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest
$ 691.18 $
691.18 $
0.00
Maturing Debt
4,000.00
4,000.00
0.00
Totals
$ 4,691.18 $
4,691.18 $
0.00
Assessments
County Tuberculosis Hospital
$ 1,792.33 $
1,792.33 $
0.00
County Tax
2,404.33
2,413.77
*9.44
Audit of Accounts
223.74
223.74
0.00
State Parks & Reservations
225.00
286.78
*61.78
Total Assessments
$ 4,645.40 $
4,716.62 $ 71.22
*Overdraft
79
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Refunds
Motor Vehicle Excise $ 81.67 $
81.67 $
0.00
Personal Property
8.17
8.17 0.00
Real Estate
218.00
218.00
0.00
Total Refunds $ 307.84 $
307.84 $
0.00
Retirement and Withholding Payments
Federal Withholding
$ 3,596.21 $
3,596.21 $
0.00
County Retirement
516.15
516.15
0.00
State Income Tax
294.61
290.91
3.70
Total Retirement and Withholding Paym'nts $
4,406.97 $
4,403.27 $
3.70
Highway Loan
Temporary Loans $ 7,800.00 $
7,800.00 $
0.00
General Loan
15,000.00
15,000.00
0.00
Total Temporary Loans $ 22,800.00 $
22,800.00 $ 0.00
Commissions
Handling State Income Tax $ 1.81 $
1.81 $ 0.00
Licenses
Dog Licenses to County $
298.75 $
298.75 $
0.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
Perpetual Care Funds $ 800.00
800.00 $
0.00
General Expenditures $ 171,507.85
Mary Lincoln Alden Fund
701.00
Total
$ 172,208.85
80
ANNUAL REPORTS
ITEMIZED ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
F. W. Lane, Salary
$
20.00 $
20.00
Selectmen
Salaries
R. H. Lonergan,
Chairman & Clerk $ 150.00
J. P. O'Donnell
100.00
W. W. Nelson
100.00
$ 350.00
Expenses
N. E. T. &. T. Co. $ 138.50
Clark University
30.00
R. Langley
20.00
Barre Gazette
19.83
Dues
16.00
Miscellaneous
15.00
$ 239.33
$ 589.33
Auditing
R. Langley, Accounting Officer
$ 400.00
C. M. Billings
20.00
$
420.00
Treasury
Salaries
F. W. Brennan
Max H. Kuhner
$ 100.00 300.00
$ 400.00
Expenses
W. Francis Brennan, Stamps, etc.
$ 10.50
Max H. Kuhner, Stamps, etc.
53.00
Burroughs Corp.
46.00
R. Dea
34.40
A. L. Purrinton
17.90
Other
14.00
$ 175.80 $ 575.80
Collector
Maude M. Stone, salary $
400.00 $ 400.00
81
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Expenses
Maude M. Stone, stamps, etc. 24.16
Robert Dea
52.20
Barre Gazette
35.77
Hobbs & Warren
14.61
Other
7.00
$ 133.74 - -
$
533.74
Assessors
Salaries
C. M. Rood, Chairm'n $
125.00
L. Szczuka
100.00
W. F. Brennan
100.00
Dorothy Day, Clerk
75.00
$ 400.00
Expenses
Barre Gazette
$ 183.60
Worc. Co. Abs. Co.
62.97
Hobbs & Warren
23.35
Other
15.55
$ 285.47
$ 685.47
Planning Board
Expenses
Palley Office Supply $
2.45
R. Wile
1.50
$ 3.95 $
3.95
Legal Expenses
Igoe & Beaudette $ 50.00
Arthur L. Beaudete, Att'y 35.00
$ 85.00 $
85.00
Town Clerk
Dorothy P. Day, Salary $
150.00
Expenses
Dorothy P. Day, stamps, etc 37.64
North Brookfield News 11.92
Healy Bros.
10.00
Others
14.15
Elections and Registrations
$
73.71 $
223.71
Ballot Clerks &
Constables
$
184.50
82
ANNUAL REPORTS
Dorothy P. Day,
Registering Voters 19.00
$ 203.50
Expenses
Barre Gazette $ 52.20
Leonne C. Sampson, census
60.00
Others
12.00
$ 124.20
-
$
327.70
Town Hall Maintenance $ 144.50
Charles Casault, Custodian
Expenses
Worc. Co. Elec. Co. $
520.43
I. E. Irish
163.76
Krussell Ins. Agency
150.60
Leroy Spinney
52.38
R. T. Quigley
29.75
C. A. Hanson
15.00
Waites
18.43
Others
9.81
$ 960.16
$ 1,104.66
Total General Government $ 4,569.36
83
FINANCIAL REPORTS
PUBLIC SAFETY Police Department
Wages and Salaries Various persons
$
231.00
Equipment
Radio Electronic Sales $
233.59
Audionics Co., Inc.
68.91
David Hinkley
106.00
Heath Company 77.96
DeMambro Radio Supply Co. 1.75
$ 487.91
Insurance
Krussell Insurance Agency
$ 62.50
Miscellaneous
Comm. of Mass.
$
5.00
L. R. Berger
2.75
Walter A. Marcil
10.27
$ 18.02
$ 799.43
Fire Department
Firemen's Wages and Salaries
None
Fuel, Power, Telephone, etc.
Worc. Co. Elec. Co. $ 86.25
N.E.T.&T. Co.
284.40
Stone's Oil Service
268.89
$ 639.54
Equipment and Supplies
John Lane $ 129.06
Chas. Clogherty
20.67
Geo. Green Elec. Co.
26.79
City Auto Parts
18.53
Lyman T.V. & Appliances
11.60
Maynard Fire Apparatus
573.52
Wirthmore Feeds
83.52
Anthony Lupa
32.76
$ 896.45
Gas Oil, etc.
Labonte's Filling Sta. $ 57.93
C. S. Lyman & Son 59.96
$
117.89
_
Insurance
Krussell Insurance Agency 622.17
84
ANNUAL REPORTS
Miscellaneous
Jamara Bros. $ 40.00
Hobbs & Warren
12.58
Holden Farmers Supply
45.80
Miscellaneous
5.84
$ 104.22
$ 2,380.27
Sealer of Weights and Measures
F. W. Stone, Salary $ 20.00
Krussell Insurance Agency 32.37
$ 52.37 $
52.37
Wire Inspector
$ 25.00 $
25.00
Insect Pest Control
H. Roscoe Crawford
$
42.00
E. Budnik
10.00
$
52.00
Dutch Elm Disease
Labor and Equipment
H. Roscoe Crawford. $
235.25
Gilbert Shepard 12.00
$ 247.25
Blackstone Tree and
Landscape Service
185.00 $
432.25
Tree Warden
Wages and Salaries
Gilbert Shepard $ 12.00
Roscoe Crawford
87.50
$ 99.50 $
99.50
Dog Officer
Waclaw Smichinski
$ 75.00 $
75.00
Civil Defense
Wirthmore Stores
$ 128.94 $
128.94
Krussell Insurance Agency
Compensation Insurance $ 784.47 $
784.47
Total Public Safety
$ 4,829.23
L. C. Spinney
85
FINANCIAL REPORTS
HEALTH and SANITATION
Tuberculosis Control
Worcester County Hospital District $ 1,792.33 $ 1,792.33
Polio Inoculations
Donald Cotter, M.D. $ 20.00 $ 20.00
Town Dump
Bulldozing, Edgar W. Sykes $
106.00
Notices - Barre Gazete 10.50
Rodent Control, Braman Chemical Co.
30.00
$ 146.50
Inspection of Animals
Henry W. Stone, Jr.
$
35.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
Henry W. Stone, Jr. $ 25.00
$ 60.00
Total Health and Sanitation $ 2,018.83
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Paid to
Chap. 81 Maint.
Chap. 90 Maint.
Chap. 90 Cons.
Snow Removal Sanding
Total
Labor
$ 4,185.40 $
612.70 $
836.80 $
2,935.10 $
8,570.00
Town Equipment
1,777.40
316.20
412.80
2,014.20
4,520.60
Outside Equipment
96.00
96.00
Dean Co., Inc.
104.00
104.00
Demarco, Michael
96.00
96.00
192.00
Hebert, Charles
152.00
152.00
304.00
Jamara Bros.
755.00
281.50
629.50
367.00
2,033.00
Lee, Francis
250.00
200.00
450.00
Sykes, Edgar
208.00
208.00
Walker, Norman
96.00
96.00
West Brookfield, Town of
18.00
18.00
Wiley, James D.
142.50
135.00
277.50
Young, Ralph T.
1,529.00
187.00
1,732.50
1,936.00
5,384.50
Fontaine, George
24.00
24.00
Total Cutside Equipm'nt $ 2,924.50 $
773.50 $ 3,058.00 $
2,431.00 $
9,187.00
ANNUAL REPORTS
86
Blake Bros.
Materials
Brewer
$ 200.00 $ 145.56
200.00
Chemical Corp.
145.56
Curtis
$
33.75 $
33.75
Holden Trap Rock Co.
70.69
$
372.26
20.63 2,315.34
463.57
Ind. Coal Tar Co.
2,869.79
2,394.41
7,579.54
Jamara Bros.
707.20
330.34
144.42
1,229.93
2,411.89
N. E. Metal Culv. Co.
379.90
379.90
Worc. Chem. Dist.
236.84
236.84
Zukus, Wm.
187.50
231.00
418.50
Int. Salt Co.
386.83
386.83
Total Materials
$ 4,485.66 $
3,097.01 $
2,711.39 $
1,962.32 $
12,256.38
Grand Total
$
13,372.96 $
4,799.41 $
7,018.99 $
9,342.62 $ 34,533.98
FINANCIAL REPORTS
87
88
ANNUAL REPORTS
Purchase and Maintenance
Fuel, Lights, Telephone
W. R. Bentley $
728.00
N. E. T. & T. Co.
131.26
Worc. Co. Elec. Co.
17.09
$ 876.35
Equipment
Beard Motors
$
174.53
E. J. Bleiler Co .
28.60
Eastern Sales & Equip.
23.65
Federal Tool & Steel
475.66
Files Sales & Equip.
82.83
Goldstein & Gordon
99.40
N. Gordon
130.55
R. Gordon
58.50
Klem Tractor Sales
18.37
Kelly Square Tire Co.
220.22
John Lane
11.55
Rayem Enterprises
48.70
United Steel Co.
179.60
Varney's Garage
373.61
Worc. Co. Trust Co.
821.27
Gordon Young
20.00
Others
16.43
$
2,783.47
Supplies, Materials, etc.
Bennie Cotton $ 106.18
Chase & Kingsbury
15.00
Hardwick Farmers Coop.
27.48
Krussell Ins. Agency
128.64
R. T. Quigley
13.58
O. D. Rafferty
31.25
Others
7.64
$ 329.77
Total
$ 3,989.59
Street Lights
Worcester County Electric Co. $ 342.00 $ 342.00
Total Highways $ 38,865.57
89
FINANCIAL REPORTS
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
Public Assistance Administration Quaboag Welfare District $ 350.00
Old Age Assistance Town Account
Cash Grants $ 5,751.21
Board & Medical Care 2,300.49 Other Cities & Towns 110.00 $ 8,161.70
Federal Accounts
Cash Grants
$ 5,300.09
Medical Care 1,804.71 $ 7,104.80
Veterans' Benefits
Cash Grants $ 540.00
Total Public Assistance and
Veterans' Benefits $ 16,156.50
SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION
Schools
School Committee Salaries $ 125.00
General
Superintendent's Salary $
322.04
Clerk in Supt's. Office
330.05
Stationary
24.44
Travel Expenses
680.23
School Census
15.00
Elem. Supervisor
134.62
Dues
35.00
All other
119.74
$ 1,661.12
Teachers' Salaries
Rinehart System
$ 250.00
Elementary
16,200.00
Special Courses
797.68
Substitutes
204.00
$ 17,451.68
90
ANNUAL REPORTS
Text Books and Supplies
Text & Reference Books $
758.59
Testing Programs 41.71
Library
141.38
All Other
707.84
$ 1,649.52
Tuition
Wachusett
Regional High $ 12,992.84
N. Brookfield High
5,351.01
Vocational Education
247.64
$
18,591.49
Transportation
Elementary School
$ 9,168.00
High School
7,569.10
Other
6.00
16,743.10 $
Janitor's Services 1,100.00
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs $ 415.96
Janitor's Supplies
268.54
All other
127.68
$ 812.18
Fuel and Light
Fuel - Stone's Oil Service
962.01
Rent (Supt's. Office)
$
48.00
New Equipment
Desks
$ 60.00
File Cabinet
25.00
$
85.00
Diplomas and Graduation
$
11.93
Physician
$
100.00
School Nurse
$
393.87
All Other
$
61.60
$ 59,796.50
School Lunch Program
Wages and Salaries
$ 1,279.00
Food, Milk, Gas, etc.
2,367.73
$ 3,646.73
Adult Vocational Education
Transportation
Various Persons $ 190.40
91
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Tuition
City of Worcester
369.26
$ 559.66 $ 559.66
Libraries
Salaries and Wages
Trustees
$
45.00
Librarian
300.00
Custodian
100.00
$ 445.00
Books and Periodicals
Books
$
276.48
Periodicals
13.35
$ 289.83
Fuel and Light
Stone's Oil Service $
322.93
Worc. Co. Elec. Co. 30.78
$
353.71
Building Repairs
Various persons
$
72.08
Library Supplies Various persons
$
13.13
Equipment
Narcus Bros.
$
117.46
All Other
9.55
$ 1,300.76
Totals Schools and Education $ 65,303.65
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Care of Town Common
Stephen Casault
$ 75.00 $
75.00
Wright Park Maintenance McDonald and Donovan Stephen Casault
$
17.50
55.00 $
72.50
Wright Park Facilities W. H. Brine Co.
$ 270.00
Eastern States Farmers Exch.
27.31
$ 297.31
Memorial Day Observances Post No. 378 American Legion
$ 26.04 75.00
Oakham Cong. Church
$ 101.04
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92
ANNUAL REPORTS
Annual Reports
Barre Gazette
Norman Drolet
$ 580.00 3.00
$ 583.00
4-H Clubs
Services
Leon O. Marshall
$ 25.00
Supplies
R. T. Quigley $ 24.95
Rice & Gadaire
15.50
Singer Sewing Mach. Co. 3.48
Butler's Store
6.38
$ 50.31
$
75.31
Town Clock
Krussell Insurance Agency
$ 46.53 $
46.53
Bicentennial Celebration
William Sampson $
15.00 $
15.00
ASSESSMENTS
Worc. County Retirement
Worcester County Treasurer $ 552.50 $
Worcester County Tax
Worcester County Treasurer
2,413.77
Audit of Accounts Comm. of Mass.
223.74
State Parks and Reservations
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
286.78
$
3,476.79
Total Recreation and Unclassified $ 4,742.48
CEMETERIES
Cemetery Committee Salaries
$ 45.00
General Maintenance Wages and Salaries Superintendent $ 965.65
Labor
127.50 $ 1,093.15
Gas and Oil
David Labonte $ 19.02
Leonard A. Hardy
1.96
$
20.98
All Other
60.25 $
60.25
-
$ 1,219.38
93
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Center Cemetery Improvements Jamara Bros $ 500.00 $ 500.00
Total Cemeteries
$
1,719.38
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBTS
Interest - General
Worc. Co. National Bank
Municipal Bldg. Loan $ 40.00
School Building Loan 150.00
Fire Station Loan 292.50 $ 482.50
Temporary Loans
Worc. Co. National Bank
Highway Loan $ 124.80
General Loan 83.88
$ 208.68
$ 691.18
Maturing Debt
Fire Station Loan
Worc. County National Bank $ 2,000.00
Municipal Building Loan
Worc. County National Bank
1,500.00
School Building Loan
Worcester County National Bank
500.00
$ 4,000.00
Total Interest and Maturing Debt $ 4,691.18
TEMPORARY LOANS
Highway Loan (Anticipation of reimbursement)
Worc. County National Bank $ 7,800.00
General Loan (Anticipation of revenue) Worc. County National Bank 15,000.00
Total Temporary Loans
$
22,800.00
AGENCY & TRUST REFUNDS & TRANSFERS
REFUNDS
Motor Vehicle Excise Various persons $ 81.67 Personal Property Various persons 8.17
94
ANNUAL REPORTS
Real Estate Various persons 218.00
Total Refunds
$ 307.84
RETIREMENT AND WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS
Federal Withholding Taxes
Worc. County National Bank $ 3,596.21
Worcester County Retirement Worcester County Treasurer 516.15
State Income Tax
Comm. of Mass. 290.91
Total Retirement and Withholding
$
4,403.27
LICENSES
Dog License Receipts
Worcester County Treasurer
$
298.75 $
298.75
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE BEQUESTS
Perpetual Care Bequests
Deposited to Perpetual Care Acct. $
800.00 $
800.00
COMMISSION FOR HANDLING STATE INCOME TAX PAYMENTS
Commission Town of Oakham $ 1.81 $ 1.81
Total Agency & Trust Refunds annd Transfers
$
5,811.67
Total General Expenditures $171,507.85
MARY LINCOLN ALDEN FUND
Baskets, flowers, etc. Various persons $ 561.00
Medical payments, etc. Various persons 140.00 $ 701.00
Total Alden Fund Expenditures $
701.00
Total All Expenditures
$ 172,208.85
95
TOWN WARRANT
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 sixth 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 Town Clerk, 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 Moderator, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Anditor, Tree Warden, three Fence Viewers, and six Con- stables, 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 and compensation of all elective officers of the town as pro- vided for by Section 108. Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
Article 5. To see what compensation the town will allow for men and equipment used in repairing highways and open- ing roads during the ensuing year.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate or appropriate from available funds in the treasury such sums of money as are necessary to pay salaries, expenses and outlays of the several town department for the ensuing year.
96
ANNUAL REPORTS
Article 7. 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 therefor, these notes to be paid from the revenue of said fiscal year.
Article 8. 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 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 90 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 treas- ury a sum of money for the improvement of New Braintree Road under Chapter 90 Highway Construction or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 from the Overlay Surplus for the purposes of a Reserve Fund or take any action relative thereto.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,500 or any other amount from the Highway Mach- inery Fund to the Highway Machinery Account, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Assessors to appropriate the sum of $5,000 or any other amount from available funds in the treas- ury for the purpose of reducing the tax levy for the current year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 14. 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 15. To hear the report of the Oakham Bi- centennial Celebration Committee and to act thereon.
97
TOWN WARRANT
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 or any other amount for the. Oakham Bicentennial Celebration, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $350 for purposes of the National Defense. Education Act - Title III, - 50 percent of any sums expended up to $350 to be reimbursed under the provisions of the act, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300, or any other amount, for improve- ments to Wright Park, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 19. To hear the report of the Oakham School Study Committee and to act thereon.
Article 20. To hear the report of the Oakham Regional. School District Planning Committee and to act thereon.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to establish a stabilization fund under the provisions of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended and to raise the sum of $1,500 or any other amount therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
And you are required to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in at least three public places in said town seven days at least before the 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 under our hand this tenth day of February in the. year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one.
ROGER H. LONERGAN WALTER W. NELSON JOHN P. O'DONNELL
Board of Selectmen
INDEX
Accounting Officer 35
Accounting Officer Balance Sheet 68
Balance Sheet 64
Board of Health
41
Board of Selectmen 16
Cemetery Committee 61
Charlton Home Farm 50
Financial Report 63
School Committee 89
Public Assistance
89
Fire Department 38
Fobes Memorial Library
59
Highway Superintendent
42
Librarian
59
Moth Superintendent 39
Oakham Bicentennial Committee
36
Planning Board 33
Police Chief
38
Public Welfare 44
Quaboag Welfare District 45
School Committee 52
School Study Committee 21
Superintendent of Schools 55
Tax Collector 30
Town Clerk
7
Town Officers
4
Town Treasurer
24
Warrant
95
Wire Inspector 40
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