Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1921-1930, Part 14

Author: Lynnfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1921-1930
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1126


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The following pupils of the Center School were perfect in at- tendance during the school year 1922-1923:


Gordon Tuttle, Lillian Pratt.


Graduates Lynnfield Centre Grammar School June, 1923


Caldwell, Sanborn


Ober, Ruth


Clark, John


Ober, Walter


deMasellis, Robert


Russell, Ruth


Flannigan, Dorothy


Smith, Henry


Looke, Lowell


Wilkinson, Jessie


Graduates Lynnfield Grammar School June, 1923


Fletcher, Alice


Schefisch, Hazel


Hayward, Grace


Smith, Donald


Pelton, Douglass


Swain, Frederick


Sayers, Esther


Graduates Wakefield High School June, 1923


Clark, Paul


Gordan, Millar


Clark, Ernest J. Jr.


Graduate Peabody High School June, 1923 Gilbo, Gladys


Graduate Melrose High School June, 1923 Bond, Louise


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PUPILS ATTENDING WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL


Senior Clara Looke


Harry Pratt Edna Smith Charles Tuttle Isabel Winchester


Juniors Elery Dewing Ralph Flannigan Leonard Joll


Freshmen


Sanborn Caldwell


John Clark


Helen Milligan


Robert de Masellis


Dorothy Flannigan


Alice Fletcher


Grace Hayward


Sophomores Constance de Masellis


Lowell Looke Ruth Ober


Beatrice Farello


Walter Ober


Ruth Russell


Mary Gilbo


Hazel Schefisch


Emily Gray


Donald Smith Henry Smith


Warren Knowland


Charles McCarthy


Frederick Swain


Robert Moulton


Charles Sweetser


Franklin Neat


Albert Tuttle


Philip Nute


Jessie Wilkinson


PUPILS ATTENDING LYNN CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL


Elizabeth Deans


Rudolph Schmidt


Fred Moulton


Daniel Killorin


Philip Lane


Lawrence Kenney


Oscar Swain


Katherine Walsh


Richard Stokes


LYNN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL


Helen Schmidt


PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL


Alice Eliott


Frank Melanson


Alice Gilbo


Velma Morse


Avis Haywood


Irene Preston


Marjorie Ingraham


Marie Stokes


Clara Melanson


The following pupils attended school at Essex County Agricul- tural School during 1922-23. Francis Bowen


Walter Wilkinson, Jr.


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Elva Richards


Violet Savage Christine Smith


Elmer Flannigan Francis Gilbo


Esther Sayer


ENROLLMENT BY AGES AND GRADES APRIL 1, 1923


AGES


Grade


4 5 678 9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


Totals


% Retarded


1


20 3


1


24


.04


2


6 12 9


28


.03


3


10 10 3 1


2


1


1


28


.18


4


5 7


5


1


1


1


20


.15


5


5


9


6


1


2


1


1


25


.20


6


1


6


10


3


4


1


1


26


.23


7


2


5


7


5


1


20


.30


8


4 10


6


1


21


.04


Total


192


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1


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TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY,.1924


Name


School


Grades


Salary Appointment


Education


Ona K. Ridley, Mrs.


South


Grades 7-8


$1,500


1921


Farmington Summer


Helen M. Lundgren


South


Grades 5-6


1,050


1922


Salem Normal


Margaret Hamblen


South


Grades 3-4


1,300


1922


Castine Normal


g - Catherine P. Hill


South


Grades 1-2


1,100


1922


Castine Normal


Della Rich


Center


Grades 6-8


1,350


1923


Castleton Normal


Grace E. Hughey


Center


Grades 3-5


1,350


1921


Hyannis Summer


Marion E. Swett


Center


Grades 1-2


1,250


1921


Fitchburg Normal


Maude L. Thomas


All


Music


225


1923


Boston University


Madeleine S. Hopkins


All


Drawing


200


1923


Normal Arts


Helen E. Purdy


All


Nurse


300


1923


Mary Fletcher Hospital


CALENDAR YEAR 1924-1925 1924


January 2


Schools open


February 21


Schools close


March 3


Schools open


April 25


Schools close


May 5


Schools open


May 30


Holiday


June 27


Schools close


SUMMER VACATION


September 2 Teachers' Meeting


September 3


Schools open


November 26


Close at noon


December 1


Schools open


December 19


Schools close


December 29


Schools open


1925


January 1


Holiday


February 20


Schools close


March 2


Schools open


April 24


Schools close


May 4


Schools open


June 26


Schools close


Appropriation


$28,000.00


SUMMARY OF DISBURSEMENTS


General Administration


$ 1,668.01


Centre School


11,527.64


South School


14,598.63


$27,794.28


Unexpended balance


205.72


FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Appropriation


$28,000.00


DISBURSEMENTS


School Committee


Salaries :


General


Total


Edward A. Russell


$ 8.34


Nelson B. Todd


1.39


John A. Caldwell


6.94


Martha D. Mansfield


8.33


$ 25.00


. . · Other Expenses


Wakefield, Daily Item


25.25


E. A. Russell ..


11.41


Wright & Potter


2.31


Martha D. Mansfield


58.49


97.46


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Superintendents Salaries :


A. B. Lord $ 190.00


J. D. Whittier


387.50


$ .77.50


Other Expenses


A. B. Lord


42.32


J. D. Whittier


.


59.54


Ruth B. Perley


99.00


Citizens Printing Co. .


7.20


$ 208.06


Supervisors' Salaries :


Alice Genthner


$ 135.00


Doris Nutter


120.00


Madeleine Hopkins


80.00


Maud Thomas


90.00 S 425.00


EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION


Teachers' Salaries :


Center School


South School


Total


Gladys Mann


$ 750.00


Grace E. Hughey


1,320.00


Marion E. Swett


1,220.00


Della Rich


540.00


Ona K. Ridley


$ 1,440.00


Margaret Hamblen


1,240.00


Helen M. Lundgren


. .


1,020.00


Catherine Hill


1,070.00


John C. Gray


. . 7.00


7.00


$ 8,614.00


$ 3,837.00


$ 4,777.00


Text Books and Supplies


Ginn & Co.


$ 17.47


$ 2.43


Silver Burdett & Co.


7.70


E. E. Babb & Co.


309.08


278.56


Macmillan Co.


19.72


George M. Roundy


15.14


J. L. Hammett Co.


2.63


12.86


Houghton Mifflin Co.


.67


Teachers' College


1.30


Public School Publishing Co.


2.68


Keystone View Co.


73.60


American Book Co.


11.00


Hamilton School Dept.


.62


.63


Comstock Book Publishing Co.


3.35


Current Events


9.00


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.


.


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Harry Houston


.58


1.84


D. C. Heath & Co.


8.47


Harris & Gilpatrick


23.43


22.82


Iroquois Publishing Co.


50.33


J. B. Lippencott Co.


1.60


Citizens Printing Co. ...


7.40


7.40


$ 442.38


$ 449.93


$ 892.31


Expenses of Operating School Plants


Janitors' Wages:


Louis Southworth


$ 1,160.00


William F. Griffin


. .


$ 750.00


$ 1,160.00


$ 750.00


$ 1,910.00


Fuel :


Thomas Hickey


$ 252.91


Pickering Coal Co.


$ 722.44


562.50


Ralph E. Cox


24.00


$ 722.44


$ 839.41


$ 1,661.85


Miscellaneous :


Reading Light Plant


$ 23.15


Peabody Light Plant


$ 20.16


Lynn Gas & Electric Co.


1.22


Lewis F. Pope


14.25


L. F. Southworth


9.23


C. O. Bayrd


4.70


Melville Pratt


4.50


H. W. Treamer


7.05


George M. Roundy


21.88


6.50


E. E. Babb & Co.


34.23


20.04


Salem Window Cleaning Co.


12.00


Harvey Grocery


2.27


Roy Millar


1.50


Titus & Buckley


4.00


Martha D. Mansfield


2.10


,Reformatory for Women ..


8.18


4.09


$ 121.62


$ 79.43


$ 201.05


Maintenance :


Repairs :


Lewis F. Pope


$ 1.75


Perkins & Bancroft


9.00


$ 126.55


H, E. Todd


90.58


99.25


Titus & Buckley


. .


24.86


.


4


53


E. A. Russell


5.00


W. H. Griffin


21.40


George M. Roundy


275.30


Herbert Ramsdell


286.60


W. E. Knox


112.43


J. W. Maxwell


148.57


M. J. Neagle


60.00


350.00


Thomas Hickey


6.75


O. M. West


32.91


W. E. Gilson


7.00


Commissioner Public Safety


2.00


2.00


$ 182.08


$ 1,479.87 $ 1,661.95


Auxiliary Agencies


Health


General


Etta Carlton


$ 176.05


Mass. Tub. League


2.44


Helen Purdy


82.50


C. E. Montague, M. D.


60.00


F. W. Freeman, M. D.


14.00


$ 334.99


F. A. Davis


3.15


W. H. Willis . .. ....


2.58


$


5.73


$ 340.72


Transportation


Charles McCarthy Grammar


$ 475.00


High


230.00


Melville Pratt Grammar


70.00


Warren J. Bond


18.12


Phillip Lane


8.28


Reimbursement to Parents


186.76


$ 167.04


Lynnfield Com. Inc., Gram ...


300.00


386.00


High


505.00


2,587.50


$ 1,793.16


$ 3,140.54


$ 4,933.70


Tuition .


City of Lynn


$ 850.00


Town of Wakefield


$ 2,822.34


$ 614.79


City of Peabody


$ 1,224.00


City of Melrose


124.73


$ 2,947.07


$ 2,688.79 $ 5,635.86


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Sundries :


Ona K. Ridley


$ 91.50


Mary J. Henfield


$ 93.00


Martha D. Mansfield


12.00


Mrs. Hattie Russell


12.00


Roy Millar


5.00


Dr. F. W. Freeman


5.00


E. A. Russell


1.93


Charles Pratt ··


7.00


Melville Pratt


4.00


...


$ 122.93


$ 108.50


$ 221.43


Outlay :


New Grounds


Ralph E. Cox


$ 40.90


$ 40.90


New Equipment


Byron Jackson


102.00


Perkins & Bancroft


$ 56.50


Robert Robertson Co.


12.50


Martha D. Mansfield


6.50


Slatington Slade Co.


80.31


H. E. Todd


14.33


23.50


$ 116.33


$ 179.31


$ 295.64


Insurance :


Dewick & Flanders


·


$


105.85


George Bancroft


.


$ 36.00


$ 141.85


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Financial Statement


of


Town Accountant


Showing Receipts and Expenditures of the Town for the Year Ending December 31, 1923


D


ALSO Report of the Trust Funds Taxes Outstanding Cash in Hand, etc.


RECEIPTS FOR 1923


$11,130.82


F. W. Freeman, taxes, polls


$ 1,682.00 58,933.69


F. W. Freeman, interest on taxes


996.56


F. W. Freeman, moth tax 1923


72.75


$61,685.00


F. W. Freeman, Treas., Tax Title


32.91


F. W. Freeman, Treas., interest on deposits


126.50


159.41


Com. of Mass. income tax


3,134.50


Com. of Mass. corporation tax


849.84


Com. of Mass. bank tax


75.58


Com. of Mass. soldiers' exemption


26.31


Com. of Mass. state aid


240.00


Com. of Mass. peddlers' license


6.00


Com. of Mass. inspection of animals


25.00


$ 4,257.23 $ 253.55


Board of Selectmen, rent of both halls


309.00


Board of Selectmen, licenses


73.00


Board of Selectmen, arsenate of lead


1.40


$ 383.40


Police Department, court fines


60.00


Police Department, advertising


2.12


$ 62.12


Fire Department, sale of forest wagon


20.00


Fire Department, credit on empty carboys


10.50


$ 30.50


Sealer of weights and measures


17.87


School Department, sale of loam


$ 5.00


School Department, parents for tuition


49.73


School Department, City of Peabody tuition


100.00


School Department, City of Lynn, tuition .


150.00


School Department, rebate on shingles


1.88


School Department, State for tuition


960.80


School Department, State for H. S. transp. ..


2,675.56


School Department, Supt. salary


277.91


$ 4,220.89


Park Department, sale of wood


.


$ 12.00


Cemetery Department, sale of lots . .


60.00


Cemetery Department, one grave


5.00


Cemetery Department, sale of wood


40.00


$ 105.00


Wakefield Trust Co., Temporary loans ...


$30,000.00


Harris Forbes, sale of Bond (Suntaug Fund)


1,000.00


Suntaug Fund, for Library building


1,196.00


$ 2,196.00


Teachers' Retirement Fund


$ 492.50


Trust Fund Income ·


$ 548.48


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.


Essex County, dog licenses


Supt. of Moth Work, cash for private work .


$ 442.30


. . Library Department, fines


$ 57.71


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1923


F. W. Freeman, personal and property


Refunds, Memorial Day (Returned)


5.00


Refunds, Police (from County for dogs killed) 14.00


Refunds, Town of Wakefield, setting bounds


59.50 $ 78.50


Total


$116,233.28


APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1923 FROM THE TAX LEVY


Memorial Day


$ 150.00


Schools


18,000.00


Highways


11,200.00


General Government


4,000.00


Police


575.00


Sealer


75.00


Inspection of Animals


50.00


Health and Sanitation


50.00


Charities


1,000.00


Street Lights


2,800.00


Reserve Fund


1,000.00


Fire Department


3,000.00


Interest


1,600.00


Maturing Debt


5,500.00


Compensation Fund


500.00


State Aid


240.00


Moth Liability


862.81


Cemeteries


400.00


Library


550.00


Tree Warden


500.00


Hospital Tax


494.11


Parks


300.00


Painting Center Library


200.00


Fire Alarm extension


300.00


Branch Library Building


804.00


Repairing Old Meeting House


200 00


·


Total for Town Purposes


$54,450.92


State Charges:


State Tax


$ 4,200.00


State Highways


418.60


State for Moth . . .


564.78


Civilian War Poll Tax


1,131.00


$ 6.314.38


Essex County, Tax


3,973.93


Overlay of 1923


1,546.56


RECAPITULATION


. Town purposes


$54,450.92


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.


.


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. .


State purposes County purposes


6,314.38


3,973.93


Overlay of 1923


1,546.56 11


$66,2º5.79


TAXES OF 1922


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1923


$17,980.06


Cash paid Treasurer


$13,173.82


Abatements


498.96


Balance Dec. 31


4,307.28


$17,980.06


$17,980 06


DECEMBER ASSESSMENT 1922


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1923


$ 213.88


Cash paid Treasurer ....


$ 213.88


$ 213.88


$ 213.88


TAXES OF 1923


Commitment


$56,293.79


Cash paid Treasurer


$40,896.75


Abatements


. .


333.23


Balance December 31


15,063.61


$56,293.79


$56,293.79


STATE AID


Due from State Jan. 1, 1923


$ 240.00


Payments in 1923


240.00


Cash from State


$ 240.00


Due from State Dec. 31


$ 240.00


$ 480.00


$ 480.00


$5


OVERLAY 1922


Balance Jan. 1, 1923


$ 878.88


Abatements 1923


$ 498.96


Balance Dec. 31


379.92


$ 878.88


$ 878.88


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OVERLAY 1923


Commitment Abatements 1923


$ 1,546.56


$ 333.23


Balance Dec. 31


1,213.33


$ 1,546.56


$ 1,546.56


TEMPORARY LOAN


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923


$10,000.00


Borrowed in 1923


30.000.00


Payments in 1923


$40,000.00


$40,000.00


$40,000.00


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


CREDIT


Appropriation, March 12, 1923. $ 4,000.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund 360.00


DEBIT SELECTMEN


Salary :


Albert P. Mansfield, Ch. 2 mos. $ 27.77


Frank C. Newhall, Ch. 10 mos.,


2 mos. clerk 166.67


Carl H. Russell, 12 mos. 166.66


Wesley W. Munroe, 10 mos. .. 138.90 $ 500.00


Expense :


Wakefield Item Press, pay roll blanks $ 19.00


Carl Russell, blanks


.95


Lynn Item pubishing petition. . 8.50


Wakefield Item Press, 500 moth notices 2.75


Wells & Wells, posting petition


9.50


Lynn Item, publishing petition


31.45


F. C. Newhall, perambulation Town bounds 15.00


F. C. Newhall, tel. calls, etc. ..


15.00


Carl Russell, perambulating Town bounds 15.00


Albert P. Mansfield, tel.


calls, etc.


10.70 $


127.85


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ACCOUNTANT


Salary :


Oscar E. Phillips, one year .


$


300.00


Expense :


Edward A. Russell,


mailing Reports


$


1.87


Hazel M. Phillips, typ'g report 10.00


Wakefield Item, printing


500 Town Reports


203.50


Harry A. Simonds, assistance on books 19.12


Oscar E. Phillips, office expense


10.58


$


245.07


TREASURER


Salary :


Franklin W. Freeman, 1 year


$


300.00


Expense :


Thomas Groom & Co. acct. book $ 2.25


E. A. Russell, stamped env ... 58.46


Wakefield Trust Co., box rent. . 6.00


Wakefield Item, letter heads .. 6.00


F. W. Freeman, office expense


8.50


$


81.21


COLLECTOR


Salary :


Franklin W. Freeman 1 year


$


150.00


Expense :


Wakefield Item, 500 tax bills .. $ 7.00


Hobbs & Warren, two books .. 4.00


Wake. Item, 500 tax warrants 4.75


Wake. Item, 1000 tax bills ....


10.00


F. W. Freeman, tax sale . ... 36.40


F. W. Freeman, office expense


6.60


$


68.75


ASSESSORS


Salary :


Everett E. Harvey, 103 hrs., at 50c in 1922. $ 51.50


Everett E. Harvey, 151 hrs., at 50c in 1923 75.50


Geo. H. Bancroft, 320 hrs., at 50c in 1923 160.00


Chas. J. Bolton, 87 hrs.,


at 50c in 1923


43.50


$


330.50


63


Expense :


Everett E. Harvey, auto in 1922 $ 25.00


Everett E. Harvey, tel. in 1922 .50


Hobbs & Warren, sup. in 1923


2.80


Wright & Potter, 100


tax blanks 3.00


Wake. Item, notices and blanks 4.00


Lilla D. Stott, abstracts from records 24.31


Doris Cotting, clerical work ..


20.00


The Office Appliance Co.,


repairs to add. mac. . 5.60


Hobbs & Warren, tax scales ..


1.30


Geo. H. Bancroft, office exp.


6.30


Everett E. Harvey, auto


and miscellaneous 27.30


Chas. J. Bolton, telephone ...


.60


$


120.71


TOWN CLERK


Salary :


Oscar E. Phillips, sal. 1 yr. ..


$


200.00


Expense :


Geo. W. Abbott, dog posters .. 4.00


E. A. Russell, 1000 stam. env. 23.63


O. E. Phillips, office expense. . 19.13


O. E. Phillips, recording births,


marriages and deaths .


...


43.50


$


90.26


REGISTRARS


Services :


Sidney M. Eaton, 1 year $ 15.00


Everett B. Richards, 1 year .. 15.00


Wm. R. Delamater, 10 mos.


. .


12.50


Geo. E. Pillsbury, 2 mos.


...


2.50


$


45.00


ELECTIONS


Pay roll, 4 election officers,


annual meeting $ 20.00


Harvey's Grocery, lunch 1922 bill 8.00


Geo. Abbott, ballots and tally sheets 32.00


Wake. Item, Town warrants ..


16.50


Albert G. Tedford, posting


warrants and services


7.00


$


83.50


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TOWN HALL


Janitor :


E. L. Phillips, 1 year .


$


209.38


Fuel and Light:


Reading Light Board $ 26.69


Lynn Gas


.26


Geo. W. Pickering, 8 tons coal


120.00 $ 146.95


Repairs:


Simon Muse, lab. on cesspoll .. 10.50


Griffin & Merrow, repairs to furnace


169.95


Lewis F. Pope, repairs to pump


5.00


C. O. Bayrd, tuning piano . ..


4.70


Geo. M. Roundy, floor brush ..


4.50


$ 194.65


Total for Town Hall $550.98


PRECINCT 2 HALL


Janitor :


Geo. Williams, 1 year


$ 105.00


Fuel and Light:


Peabody Light Plant $ 22.92


Lynn Gas & Elec. Co. 2.63


Thomas Hickey, 1940 lbs. coal 16.01


Thomas Hickey, 1 ton coke ..


18.00


Thomas Hickey, 1000 lbs.


1


coal and coke


6.70


Geo. W. Pickering, 5 ton coal ..


77.50


$ 143.76


Repairs :


Daniel La Mont, repair- ing clock


3.00


E. Q. Moulton, repairing doors All others:


2.50


$ 5.50


Harvey's Grocery, supplies .. $ 17.66


Lewis of Lynn, inside signs ..


27.00


W. H. Griffin, lab. on drain ..


4.15


F. C. Newhall, clean'g grounds Wesley W. Monroe, rope


10.00


for flag 1.70 $ 60.51


Total for Precinct 2 hall $314.77


Other General Government Expense: Edgerly & Bessom, return of death


.75


Ernest W. Westover, Ins.


259.69


Martin Diploma Co., war tab.


300.00


Director of account.


65


Reg. of notes 6.00


L. F. Pope, repair to


Town pump 7.00


Robert Sisson & Co., Ins. 28.13


Rutherford E. Smith, Council fees, etc. $ 188.60 $ 790.17


Total payment to General Government:


$4,298.77


Balance December 31 61.23


$ 4,360.00


$ 4,360.00


POLICE DEPARTMENT CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923


$ 575.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


100.00


DEBIT


Chief Albert G. Tedford, duty .. $ 242.50


Chief Albert G. Tedford, toll calls


5.00


$ 247.50


John F. Currier, traffic officer ..


125.50


John F. Currier, transportation


13.00


John F. Currier, police duty 17.50


John F. Currier, marking road .


31.00


187.00


Allison Tedford, duty


18.50


Fred W. Bryant, duty . .


77.15


Fred W. Bryant. transportation


7.00


Fred W. Bryant, killing dogs .


14.00


98.15


Lewis F. Pope, duty


9.00


Roy Millar, transportation


4.00


Ernest Savage, transportation


10.00


Wm. Hayes, transportation


26.00


Louis Gersinovitch, transp.


48.00


Wesley W. Munroe, supplies


$


3.53


Balance December 31


23.32


$ 675.00 $ 675.00


BOARD OF HEALTH CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923 $ 50.00


DEBIT


Albert P. Mansfield, sal. 2 mos .. .


$


1.67


Wesley W. Munroe, sal. 10 mos. .. 4.16


66


Frank C. Newhall, sal. 12 mos.


9.17


Carl H. Russell, sal. 12 mos.


5.00


Balance Dec. 31


30.00


$ 50.00


$ 50.00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CREDITS


Appropriation March 12, 1923 DEBIT


$ 75.00


Ralph E. Cox, services $ 50.00


Ralph E. Cox, auto


14.50


64.50


Hobbs & Warren, sup. ...


10.50


$ 75.00


$ 75.00


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923


DEBIT


Walter Gray, services


$ 50.00


$ 50.00


$ 50.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923


$ 3,000.00


DEBIT


E. A. Russell, chief 1 year $ 100.00


W. H. Griffin, supt. of fire alarm


75.00


Permament Men House No. 1: Lewis F. Pope, Capt. $ 75.00


Oscar E. Phillips, Lieut.


50.00


Geo. A. Westover


35.00


Raymond Pope


35.00


Harold B. Pope


35.00


Minot Carter 35.00


Charles Pratt 35.00 $ 300.00


Permanent Men House No. 2:


William Griffin, Capt. $ 75.00


Lymon H. Twiss, Lieut 50.00


Arthur Elliott


35.00


$ 50.00


1


67


William Moxham 35.00


Joseph Donovan 35.00


Harry Griffin 35.00


Lester Preston


35.00


$


300.00


Pay roll, extra hrs. and watchmen. .... 209.50


HOUSE NO. 1 EXPENSE


Fuel and Light:


Reading Light Board $ 9.00


Geo. W. Pickering, 6 tons stove and nut coal


90.00 $ 99.00


Janitor: E. A. Russell $ 18.00


Auto Repairs:


Wake. Garage, repair to White 5.00


W. E. Gilson, rep. to battery


2.00


$ 7.00


Auto Supplies :


Geo. M. Roundy, soda, oil,


gas, etc. $ 55.72


Merrimac Chemical Co., acid 9.37


Gilson & Dayton, bat. charge .. 19.00


Edward Hitchcock


6.50


Elec. Storage Battery Co., sup.


2.86 $ . 93.45


All others:


Lewis F. Pope, painting,


cleaning and repairs $ 50.97


Geo. M. Roundy, miscel. 5.07


Minot Carter, recharging


private extin. 5.00


Knut. Thornberg, tel. ser.


5.00


$


66.04


Total expense to House No. 1, $283.49


HOUSE NO. 2 EXPENSE


Fuel and Light :


Peabody Light Plant, Light $ 32.25


Peabody Light Plant, Power . . 32.00


Thomas Hickey, 1 ton coke ... 18.00


Thomas Hickey, 1940 lbs. coal


16.00


Thomas Hickey, 1000 lbs coal, and coke 6.70


Lynn Gas


.50


Geo. Pickering, 5 tons coal . .


77.50 $ 182.95


Janitor : Geo. Williams 36.00


Auto Repairs:


Harry Griffin, labor ·


$


13.00


68


Lyman H. Twiss, labor 2.00


Loco. Co., of Mass., repairs ..


84.38


E. E. Walker, labor on Ford


19.03


Chas. W. Elliott, rep. on Loco. Lynnf'd Com. Inc., lab. on Loco.


12.50


Kelter & Harvey, rep. to tube. . Harry F. Griffin, rep. and frgt.


1.75


1.67


Josiah Poeton, hood for


inner tube


3.85


E. A. Russell, expense


19.86


Donovan Supply Co., Ford


tire and tube


12.10


Lester J. Crawford, weld'g rim


.75 $ 493.75


Auto Supplies :


Harvey's Grocery, supplies .. $ 10.06


Geo. M. Roundy, gas, soda, oil, etc. 45.35


Jenney Mfg. Co., gas and alcohol


29.38


Donovan Motor Supply Co., miscellaneous


4.75


Merrimac Chem. Co., acid


9.36


Preston's Garage Supplies ..


14.86 $ 113.76


All Others:


Pay roll, clearing snow and


cleaning House $ 11.50


Minot Carter, recharging private extin. 3.00


Harry Griffin, care of Ford and running Loco. 36.93


W. H. Griffin, labor on Ford and


in House


7.90


$


59.33


Total expense to House No. 2, $885.79


FIRE ALARM


Harry F. Griffin, labor $ 20.50


Wm. H. Griffin, labor 12.50


Gamewell Fire Alarm Co. repair to striker 3.21


E. A. Russell expenses and cartage on battery 4.00


Elec. Storage Battery Co., recharging battery 49.15


Elec. Storage Battery Co., bolts .39


Harry Griffin, sundries .25


$


90.00


69


322.86


FOREST WARDEN


Labor as per pay roll


$ 163.00


H. I. Dallman, brooms


7.84


N. E. Fire Appliance Co.,


8, 5 gallons pumps


29.50


Harold C. Cox, rep. to pumps . .


5.00


Albert G. Tedford, care of wagon


10.00


Albert G. Tedford, 28 fire permits


2.80


Ralph E. Cox, post'g & cler. work


12.25


Ralph E. Cox, 18 fire permits . .


1.80


E. A. Russell, 145 fire permits. .


14.50


Lyman H. Twiss, 136 fire permits


13.60


$ 260.29


Total payment Fire Department


$ 2,504.07


Balance Dec. 31


495.93


$ 3,000.00


$ 3,000.00


FIRE ALARM EXTENSION CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923


$ 300.00


DEBIT


Gamewell Fire Dept. Co., 1 box $ 59.04


Reading Light Board, wire & lab.


232.81 $ 291.85


Balance Dec. 31


8.15


$ 300.00


$ 300.00


MOTH DEPARTMENT CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923


$ 862.81


DEBIT


Labor as per pay roll $ 671.20


L. H. Twiss, auto for transp.


175.00


L. H. Twiss, tel. and incidentals Balance Dec. 31


16.15 $ 862.35


.46


$ 862.81


$ 8€2.81


70


TREE WARDEN CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923 DEBIT


500.00


Labor as per pay roll


$ 265.37


L. H. Twiss, auto for transp. . 68.13


A. M. Tuttle Co., 26 Nor. maples


71.50


$ 405.00


Balance December 31


95.00


$ 500.00


$ 500.00


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923 $11,300.00


DEBIT


Labor as per pay roll


$ 2,870.39


Teams as per pay roll


1,098.21


Sand and Gravel:


N. E. Sand & Gravel Co. $ 589.06


Lynn Sand & Stone Co. 276.40


Robert P. Brown, 30 Ids. cind. 60.00


Mary H. Upton, 43 Ids. loam ..


21.50


A. W. Mansfield, 10 lds. gravel


2.00


Chas. J. Bolton, 28 lds. gravel


5.60


Lewis Schefisch, 42 lds. gravel


8.40


Thomas E. Cox, 24 lds. gravel


4.80


Edwin A. Skinner, 48 lds. grav. 9.60


E. L. Phillips, 7 Ids. gravel .. 1.40


W. Mansfield, 135 lds. gravel .. Tarvia :


27.00


$ 1,005.76


The Barrett Co., 10,906 gal.


tarvia at 121/2 cents 1,363.25


The Barrett Co., 5 bbls.


patching tarvia 41.99


Indep. Coal Tar Co., 1,050 gals.


tar binder at 121/2 cents . .. . Oil :


Alden Speares Sons' Co.,


17,474 gal. oil at 71/2 cents .. $ 1,310.55


The Barrett Co., 345 gal. oil at 14 cents 48.30


The Barrett Co., 489 gals. oil


131.25 $ 1,536.49


at 17 cents 83.13


71


The Barrett Co., trucking 15.00 $ 1,456.98


Removal of Snow:


Labor as per pay roll $ 1,498.44


Gerry Co., truck


50.00


Lynnfield Community Bus


617.50


$ 2,165.94


Equipment :


Eastman Tractors Co.,


1 truck plow $ 335.00


Geo. H. Taylor, 4 shovels 3.60


G. M. Roundy, supplies 19.90


H. I. Dallman, brooms


12.19


Waldo Bros., mixer


240.10


Amer. Gas Accumulator Co., Traffic Beacon


290.00


John Temple, labor on Traffic Beacon 15.00


Ralph E. Cox, road plow pickpoint


23.00


Harvey's Grocery, supplies


.


4.31 $ 943.10


All Others :


Ralph E. Cox, freight, tel. and expense


19.75


B. & M. freight on tank


.80


H. F. Nesbitt, tractor work ..


42.50


Thomas Hickey, cement and pipe


36.90


Wannamaker & Feindel, sharp-


ening tools and repairs


7.00


John Lucas & Co., paint for street


13.20


Young's Sign Studio, signs


4.00


A. E. Croughwell, signs


2.00


Frank A. Newhall, 20 lbs. grass seed


9.00


L. E. Bennett, 1,070 lbs.


soft coal


6.41


Frank C. Newhall, fertilizer ..


10.00


Town of No. Reading, 3 days hire roller


21.00


$ 172.56


$11,249.43


Balance Dec. 31


50.57


$11,300.00


$11,300.00


72


STREET SIGNS CREDIT


Balance Jan. 1, 1923


$ 57.10


DEBIT


Chas. L. Auld, posts


$ 16.10


Balance Dec. 31


41.00


$ 57.10


$ 57.10


CHARITY AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923


$ 1,000.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


140.00


DEBIT


Salary :


A. P. Mansfield, Overseer of Poor, 2 mos. $ 4.17


Wesley W. Munroe, Overseer of Poor, 10 mos. 20.83


Frank C. Newhall, Overseer of


Poor, 12 mos.


25.00


Carl H. Russell, Overseer of Poor, 12 mos.


25.00 $ 75.00


Fuel :


Frank E. Russell, kerosene oil


49.93


Food :


Frank E. Russell, Groceries ..


63.85


Clothing:


Frank E. Russell


8.75


Board :


Peabody Almshouse $ 365.00


Essex Sanatorium, 39 weeks,


1 day


200.40


City of Lynn


32.50


Com. of Mass.


38.29 $ 636.19


Partial Support :


Cash Allowance


156.00


Soldiers' Relief :


Cash Allowance


72.00


$ 1,061.72


Balance Dec. 31


78.28


$ 1,140.00


$ 1,140.00


73


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923


$18,000.00


10,000.00


Appropriation from Surplus Revenue DEBIT


(For itemized account see committee's report)


School Committee, salaries


$ 25.00


Superintendent, salaries


578.75


Teachers, salaries


9,467.00


Janitors, salaries


1,910.00


School Physician, services


74.00


Clerical work


149.00


Transportation, H. S. and local


4,942.20


Books and supplies


1,140.37


Tuition


5,635.86


Fuel and light


1,606.38


Care of buildings


1,972.57


DeWick & Flanders, Ins.


105.85


All Others:


187.30


$27,794.28


Balance December 31


205.72


$28,000.00


$28,000.00


LIBRARY DEPARTMENT CREDIT


Appropriation March 12, 1923


$ 550.00


Dog Tax of 1922


253.55


Trust Fund Income


304.14


DEBIT MAIN LIBRARY


Salaries and Wages:


Elizabeth W. Green


$ 130.00


Seth Russell, Janitor


49.00 $ 179.00


Fuel and light:


Reading Light Board $ 9.00


L. E. Bennett, 1 ton coal


16.50


$ 25.00


Books and Magazines:


DeWolfe & Fisk Co., books .. $ 168.88


Nat. Geo. Society, subscription




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