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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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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
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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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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
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24.86
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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
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$
105.85
George Bancroft
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$ 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
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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
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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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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
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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.
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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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