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4.65
Edwin S. Parker, Sealer
50.50
To Surplus Revenue
Appropriation
100.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
Joseph F. Merritt, Secretary
$100.00
Horace D. Gaudette, Member
25.00
Minot Williamson, Member
25.00
Joseph Totman, Postage
2.00
Joseph's Garage, Transportation
2.00
Horace D. Gaudette, Expenses
11.04
Minot Williamson, Expenses
5.00
Dr. Raymond G. Vinal, Clinic and Treatment
66.00
Dr. Nicholas J. Drynan, Treatment
56.00
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Vaccine
8.60
Plymouth County Hospital, Board and Care
1,083.10
N. H. Ranney, Clothing
15.40
Appropriation
$900.00
Transfers-Reserve Fund
499.14
$1,399.14
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
J. Warren Foster, Inspector
$ 9.00
To Surplus Revenue
51.00
$60.00
Appropriation
60.00
SCHOOL AND DISTRICT NURSE
Catherine A. Roe, Nurse
$1,400.00
Appropriation
1,400.00
TRANSPORTATION OF NURSE
Norwell Visiting Nurse Association
$300.00
Appropriation
300.00
$150.00
Comm. of Massachusetts
$69.59 30.41
$100.00
$1,399.14
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TOWN OF NORWELL
DENTAL CLINIC
Willis B. Parsons, D. M. D.
$700.00 700.00
HIGHWAYS-TOWN
Perry H. Osborn, Surveyor
$18.00
Perry H. Osborn, Truck and Man
48.00
Charles E. Davis, Labor
16.00
Edward T. Dwyer, Equipment Rental
67.50
Gulf Oil Corp., Supplies
98.61
Herbert E. Joseph, Repairs
79.15
International Harvester Co., Repairs
30.25
Thomas R. Stearns, Repairs
22.00
M. F. Ellis Co., Equipment
18.00
George A. Beach, Repairs
2.08
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., Repairs
27.00
Chandler's Express
1.00
A. K. Finney, Express
.53
Phillips, Bates & Co., Equipment and Supplies
73.44
Welch Co., Supplies
23.40
New England Road Machinery Co., Repairs
53.30
R. W. McDonald, Repairs
14.60
Perry H. Osborn, Tel., Stationery and Postage
21.40
Rome Bros., Equip
9.85
To Surplus Revenue
$624.11 375.89
Appropriation
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 90
Perry H. Osborn, Surveyor
$228.00
Perry H. Osborn, Trucks and Men
450.00
Lyman Lincoln, Truck and Man
12.00
Robert Maybury, Labor
34.25
John Prince, Labor
86.00
William Hayes, Labor
45.75
Russell Gauley, Labor
12.00
William H. Turner, Labor
10.50
Paul Paradis, Labor
10.25
Frank Osborne, Labor
23.38
Francis Paradis, Labor
5.00
Samuel Turner, Labor
22.00
Frank White, Labor
24.00
James Ross, Labor
37.25
Albert Lapham, Labor
8.00
Charles E. Davis, Labor
103.30
Stafford Hardwick, Labor
46.25
Lyman Lincoln, Jr., Labor
2.00
Bradford Weston, Stone
109.20
Thomas R. Stearns, Equipment
8.00
Warren Liley, Loam
48.00
Welch Co., Supplies
7.50
State Prison Colony, Equipment
78.00
Perry H. Osborn, Supplies
2.30
Edward T. Dwyer, Equipment Rental
290.00
$1,702.93
Balance, December 31, 1941
2,841.52 500.01
Unexpended Balance, December 31, 1942
$5,044.46
$1,000.00 1,000.00
Appropriation
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NINETY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
Receipts, Massachusetts $3,362.97 1,681.49
Receipts, Plymouth County
$5,044.46
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81
Perry H. Osborn, Supt.
$ 835.56
l'erry H. Osborn, Trucks and Men
2,823.50
F. Howard Hall, Truck and Man
439.50
Lyman Lincoln, Truck and Man
364.50
Walter Barker, Jr., Truck and Man
85.50
Ralph Winslow, Truck and Man
157.50
Robert Ames, Truck and Man
153.50
Basil Simmons, Truck and Man
13.50
Charles E. Davis, Labor
584.00
Edward Winslow, Labor
73.20
Ernest Sawyer, Labor
186.00
William Hayes, Labor
37.50
Sam Turner, Jr., Labor
16.00
Frank White, Labor
47.00
Albert Lapham, Labor
77.50
Stafford Hardwick, Labor
36.00
Lyman Lincoln, Jr., Labor
14.00
James Ross, Labor
179.00
Ralph Winslow, Labor
19.20
Fred Sherman, Labor
19.20
Herbert Casey, Labor
19.20
Clifford Stoddard, Labor
19.20
Arthur Davis, Labor
19.20
John Prince, Labor
29.00
Russell Gualey, Labor
8.00
New England Metal Culvert Co., Materials
201.04
Thomas R. Stearns, Repairs
9.00
Bradford Weston, Inc., Materials
70.53
Traffic & Road Equipment Co., Equipment
80.46
The Barrett Division, Tarvia
2,734.93
Phillips, Bates & Co., Equipment
65.78
M. F. Ellis Co., Equipment
15.00
Lewis R. Jackson, Equipment Rental
216.25
Boston Sand & Gravel Co., Materials
154.80 ·
State Prison Colony, Materials
65.00
Wilson Brown, Equipment Rental
64.00
Frank Donovan, Materials
167.20
Warren Liley, Materials
302.60
Edward T. Dwyer, Equipment Rental
1,894.00
Balance, December 31, 1941
2,327.96
Receipts, Massachusetts
$5,112.78
Appropriation
5,875.00
Balance, December 31, 1942
3,636.53
$14,624.31
SIGN BOARDS
To Surplus Revenue
$75.00
Appropriation
75.00
HIGHWAYS-SNOW REMOVAL
Perry H. Osborn, Surveyor
$187.86
Perry H. Osborn, Trucks and Men
862.50
Lyman Lincoln, Truck and Man
304.50
$12,296.35
$14,624.31
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TOWN OF NORWELL
F. Howard Hall, Truck and Man
192.00
Charles E. Davis, Labor
152.50
Roy Roundsville, Labor
4.20
Donald Oakman, Labor
4.20
John Prince, Labor
12.60
Melvin Prince, Labor
10.20
Arnold Joseph, Labor
5.00
Samuel Turner, Jr., Labor
16.00
John T. Osborn, Labor
61.90
Bertram Joseph, Labor
29.00
Frank Osborne, Labor
57.90
Robert Molla, Labor
7.50
Perley Keene, Labor
4.00
Stephen A. Mott, Labor
5.25
Lloyd Henderson, Labor
4.00
Lyonal Forkey, Labor
9.50
Lyman Lincoln, Jr., Labor
2.40
Edward Winslow, Labor
9.00
William Mesheau, Labor
2.40
Quenton Wilder, Labor
2.40
William Maynard, Labor
8.40
William Beach, Labor
3.00
Joseph Henderson, Labor
3.60
Frank Osborne, Jr., Labor
7.20
Robert Mott, Labor
6.00
Clark Wilcox Co., Repairs
79.20
New England Road Machinery Co., Repairs
30.36
Thomas R. Stearns, Repairs
84.50
George A. Beach, Repairs
20.63
R. W. McDonald, Repairs
19.50
Boston Sand & Gravel Co., Sand
23.74
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Transfers-Reserve Fund
732.94
$2,232.94
SNOW PLOW
Unexpended Appropriation
$375.00
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Brockton Edison Co.
$727.80
To Surplus Revenue
2.20
$730.00
Appropriation
730.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
James A. Liddell, Chairman
$300.00
A. Lester Scott, Member
100.00
Ralph H. Coleman, Member
100.00
Helen E. Norris, Clerk
409.50
Joseph Totman, Postage and Box Rental
1.80
H. C. Metcalf, Repairs and Supplies
2.07
Sanderson Bros., Supplies
13.64
Mass. Assn. of Relief Officers, Dues
2.00
Cash Grants to Individuals
444.00
Homestead Farms, Inc., Milk
4.48
Alice Henderson, Groceries
247.49
Josselyn's Market, Groceries
127.81
Lyman W. Lincoln, Fuel
13.00
New England Deaconess Hospital, Treatment
42.07
$2,232.94
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Wainshalbaum Bros., Furniture
33.00
Town of Hanover, Aid
386.50
Town of Rockland, Aid
194.64
Town of Plymouth, Aid
81.11
City of Boston, Aid
390.67
City of Everett, Aid
9.32
To Surplus Revenue
Appropriation
4,500.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Ward's, Forms
$ 4.00
James A. Liddell, Postage
2.00
Cash Grants to Individuals
26,681.75
Pondville Hospital, Board and Care
175.00
Town of Hingham, Aid
53.42
Town of Rockland, Aid
123.34
Town of Hanover, Aid
187.06
City of Brockton, Aid
75.62
City of Boston, Aid
95.71
City of Everett, Aid
295.17
Balance-U. S. Grant, December 31, 1942
2,278.61
To Surplus Revenue
1,892.68
$31,864.36
Appropriation
$22,000.00
Receipts-U. S. Grant
9,857.07
Balance-U. S. Grant, December 31, 1941
7.29
$31,864.36
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Grants to Individuals
$1,217.70
To Surplus Revenue
192.30
192.30
Balance-U. S. Grant, December 31, 1942
53.36
$1,463.36
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Receipts-U. S. Grant
172.50
Balance-U. S. Grant, December 31, 1941
90.86
$1,463.3€
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION
Helen E. Norris, Clerk
$233.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Forms
6.19
$239.19
Balance-U. S. Grant, December 31, 1942
28.86
$268.05
Receipts-U. S. Grant
$267.47
Balance-U. S. Grant, December 31, 1941
.58
$268.05
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN-ADMINISTRATION Helen E. Norris, Clerk
$12.00
Balance-U. S. Grant, December 31, 1942 ..
7.48
$19.48
$2,903.10 1,596.90
$4,500.00
$27,693.07
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Receipts-U. S. Grant
$ 8.49
Balance-U. S. Grant, December 31, 1941 .. 10.99
$19.48
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
$699.00
$600.00
99.00
$699.00
STATE AID
Cash Grants to Individuals
Appropriation
120.00
SCHOOLS
School Committee:
Salaries:
James P. Hall
$ 75.00
Horace D. Gaudette
75.00
Nellie L. Sparrell
150.00
$300.00
Expenses :
Joseph Totman
$2.87
Rockland Standard Pub. Co.
2.50
James P. Hall
6.00
Horace D. Gaudette
6.00
Nellie L. Sparrell
19.38
Superintendent of Schools:
Salaries :
Thomas E. Rush
$1,233.18
Gertrude Shurtleff, Clerk
151.20
Florence Shurtleff, Clerk
39.60
Expenses
Thomas E. Rush
$265.18
John C. Winston Co.
2.04
Sanderson Bros.
13.48
$280.70
Supervisors :
Salaries
Rodman Booth
$745.35
Esther Seaverns
497.85
Expenses :
Rodman Booth
36.00
High School Principal:
Edward Rogean
$2,179.99
Elizabeth Wadsworth, Clerk
65.00
Anna Makowski, Clerk
115.00
Teachers:
Anna Olson
$ 933.33
Margaret Duncan
1,099.26
Mildred Irving
366.67
Gunhilde Milbury
1,106.64
Ella Osborn
1,349.99
Grace Cole
1,349.99
Ethel Sproul
366.67
Martha Harris
1,366.65
Patience Sanderson
433.33
$36.75
$1,423.98
$1,243.20
$2,359.99
Cash Grants to Individuals Appropriation Transfers-Reserve Fund
$120.00
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Carleton Ryder
466.67
Delia Will
686.67
Lois Turner
1,573.29
Marion Joyce
1,525.39
Virginia Kingman
1,349.99
Louise Hatch
5.00
Benjamin Lockhart
5.00
Annie Richmond
5.00
Sarah Axon
5.00
Evelyn Slattery
135.00
Beatrice Ames
5.00
Lochlin Huth
510.25
Helen M. Loud
125.00
Tillie L. Coburn
35.00
Gracia Stewart
30.00
Florence Lambert
5.00
Florence B. Pinson
21.00
Ruth Lawrence
5.00
Wallace Knowlton
848.00
Frances Mayo
848.00
Elsa Anderson
829.32
Bernice Phillips
706.70
$18,097.81
Janitors and Supplies :
Salaries :
Frank Lind
$1,999.99
Almon Bruce
155.00
Ben Lawrence
131.00
Richard Whiting
153.00
Louis Whiting
121.40
Wallace Knowlton
20.00
Lochlin Huth
18.00
$2,598.39
Supplies :
William M. Horner
$ 19.75
Boston Janitors' Supply Co.
124.48
Hall & Torrey Co.
.40
Rome Bros.
83.71
Welch Co.
2.82
Chas. A. Waterman & Co.
29.88
Jordan Marsh Co.
.30
Brockton Edison Co.
10.74
Gledhill Bros.
17.37
C. B. Dolge Co.
212.55
Brockton Gas Light Co.
2.40
Thomas H. Campbell
1.75
Marcy Hardware Co.
6.03
Transportation :
Frank MacFarlane
$2,652.00
Minot Williamson
1,287.00
Herbert Joseph
945.00
Fuel :
Penn Oil Co.
$1,046.72
Phillips, Bates & Co.
348.00
J. S. Fitts Co.
343.92
Howard Power
23.50
Brockton Gas Light Co.
96.38
$512.18
$4,884.00
$1,858.52
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Brockton Edison Co., Light & Power New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
Books and Supplies :
F. A. Owen Pub. Co.
$ 16.00
World Almanac
1.40
World Book Co.
82.17
Ginn & Co.
156.93
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
35.86
American Educational Press
2.38
Law. E. Babb Co.
68.65
Josselyn's Market
4.09
National Geographic Society
3.00
Cooperative League of U. S. A.
.56
School Service
1.97
Scott, Foresman & Co.
237.25
Southwestern Pub. Co.
21.26
Gledhill Bros.
379.28
Carrie M. Ford
9.75
J. L. Hammett Co.
367.50
Civic Educational Service
5.40
Joseph Totman
15.88
Harper Bros.
.78
Prentice Hall, Inc.
7.20
Arlo Pub. Co.
9.83
Champion Pub. Co.
3.13
Bureau of Publications
3.15
A. B. Dick Co.
17.00
Remington-Rand, Inc.
2.10
Acme Paper Co.
17.50
Mcknight & McKnight
16.37
Laidlaw Bros.
85.91
American Book Co.
38.60
Carl Fischer, Inc.
2.39
Sanderson Bros.
68.91
Jordan Marsh Co.
8.38
Ockers Co.
19.65
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
8.82
Noble & Noble
13.63
United Publishers' Service
20.01
Royal Typewriter Co.
2.00
Silver-Burditt Co.
56.80
D. C. Heath & Co.
28.02
Gregg Pub. Co.
3.79
MacMillan Co.
16.68
Palmer Co.
6.25
Cambosco Scientific Co.
44.24
Reed Lumber & Coal Co.
6.00
Visual Education Service
6.20
National Educational Assn.
3.37
Boston Music Co.
4.75
Equipment :
Lena Curran
$ 4.95
Cambosco Scientific Co.
18.75
Comm. of Mass.
35.50
Berkley-Cardy Co.
1.20
Fred Burnside
45.00
Gledhill Bros.
22.20
J. L. Hammett Co.
1.35
Rome Bros.
6.60
895.18 209.93
$1,930.79
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NINETY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
Royal Typewriter Co.
94.00
Underwood-Elliott-Fisher Co.
188.00
Jas. W. Brine Co.
218.88
Phillips, Bates & Co.
2.43
Mass. Women's Defense Corps
5.90
Boston Janitors' Supply Co.
5.94
Jordan Marsh Co.
1.40
O. H. Toothaker
9.79
Percy W. Bonney
1.50
$663.39
Health :
Dr. Raymond G. Vinal
$57.00
Willis B. Parsons, D. M. D.
20.50
A. T. S. Co.
28.50
Fred S. Delay
3.79
Miss E. L. Kelley
3.50
Plymouth County Health Assn.
1.00
Insurance :
Herbert A. Lincoln
$182.02
Herbert E. Robbins
7.20
Charles H. Pike
560.80
Merrimack Mutual Fire Ins. Co. .. 166.50
$916.52
Repairs and Maintenance :
Howard A. Delano
$177.66
Robert Montgomery
39.93
Penn Oil Co.
11.50
Perry H. Osborn
108.50
Phillips, Bates & Co.
2.06
George A. Beach
541.48
Wright's Sewerage Co.
35.00
W. D. Sproul
22.75
Donald Crothers
54.00
Howard W. Maxim
829.75
F. Howard Hall
50.00
Scituate Highway Dept.
32.63
Percy W. Bonney
1.00
Joe Cifre, Inc.
.50
Thomas E. Rush
1.00
Rome Bros.
32.04
Philip Towle
7.98
John Hood Co.
3.75
J. B. Hunter Co.
33.00
Ockers Co.
6.45
W. A. Manson
12.00
W. C. Soule
264.03
Henry Jenkins Trans. Co.
.53
Comm. of Mass.
28.00
Thomas R. Stearns
56.00
R. W. McDonald
.50
Homestead Farm, Inc.
13.75
N. A. Bennett
3.00
A. J. Neilsen
1.50
General Electric Co.
12.07
Miscellaneous:
F. Howard Hall
$ 8.00
Paul Skelding
15.00
Weymouth School Dept.
75.60
$114.29
$2,382.36
25
TOWN OF NORWELL
Lyonal Forkey
87.00
Railway Express Co.
11.51
Freeman's Express
.60
New England Trans. Co.
1.16
Rockland Trans. Co.
.50
Chandler's Express
1.50
Carrie M. Ford
29.00
Sanderson Bros.
8.25
$238.12
$40,982.10
Appropriation
$39,558.88
Dog Tax-Transfer
506.03
Transfers-Reserve Fund
917.29
$40,982.10
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
City of Boston
$226.18
City of Brockton
25.00
To Surplus Revenue
448.82
$700.00
Appropriation
700.00
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. Raymond G. Vinal
$150.00
Appropriation
150.00
JAMES LIBRARY
$300.00
James Library Assn.
Appropriation
300.00
W. J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Personal Book Shop, Books
$56.13
Old Corner Book Store, Books
6.24
Womrath Bookshops, Inc., Books
14.60
Junior Literary Guild, Books
15.05
Wilcox & Follett Co., Books
4.03
The Book Shop, Books
14.11
Pauline W. Leonard, Librarian
50.00
Mrs. Thomas S. Cann, Services
35.25
Atlantic Monthly, Magazines
4.00
To Surplus Revenue
$199.41 .59
Appropriation
$200.00 $200.00
UNPAID BILLS
Norwell Motor Sales, Fire Department
$91.86
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., Fire Dept.
31.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Fire Dept.
10.24
John S. Fitts, Fire Dept.
45.00
George A. Beach, Fire Dept.
40.00
Gulf Oil Corp., Fire Dept.
5.86
George A. Beach, Town Hall Expense
9.92
J. Warren Foster, Animal Inspection
51.00
Pinehrust Cemetery, Care of Veterans' Graves
24.00
Appropriation
$309.38 $309.38
$251.18
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DEFENSE
Donald A. Crothers, Wiring
22.96
M. Lincoln Simpson, Supplies
4.62
Stone House Gardens, Flowers
10.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
91.47
E. E. Alley Co., Blankets
65.96
Kenneth A. Torrey, Express
.41
Superior Ribbon & Carbon Co., Supplies
1.22
Perry H. Osborn, Wood and Carting
20.00
Arthur L. Merritt, Labor and Materials
30.90
Pepperell Mfg. Co., Supplies
35.01
Railway Express Agency
2.43
Norwell High School, Supplies
5.65
McIver-Johnson Co., Supplies
23.00
Rockland Standard Pub. Co., Printing
10.15
Stanley R. Ames, Amplifier Service
5.00
South Weymouth Laundry, Cleansing
.71
Chandler's Auto Express
1.00
George A. Beach, Labor and Material
25.00
Joseph Totman, Postage
7.00
Visual Educational System, Film
1.50
M. Hoffman & Co., Supplies
28.70
Standard-Modern Printing Co., Supplies
5.50
Paul Skelding, Supplies
4.64
Arthur F. Wood, Supplies
.75
Jarvis Engineering Co., Blood Bank Unit
250.00
Welch Co., Supplies
1.44
J. L. Hallett, Signs
4.00
Nellie L. Sparrell, Supplies
2.85
Carrie M. Ford, Printing
1.25
Sears, Roebuck & Co., Supplies
6.37
C. F. Hovey Co., Supplies
7.14
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., Supplies
1.20
Mass. Comm. on Public Safety, Demonstration
81.00
Chandler Radio Service, Amplifier
15.00
Rome Bros., Supplies
5.12
Thomas S. Cann, Telephone
6.35
Donald Porter, Stationery and Postage
1.11
Appropriation
$500.00
Transfers-Reserve Fund
292.53
RESERVE FUND
Transfers to:
Selectmen's Dept.
$ 40.84
Assessors' Dept.
79.80
Town Clerk's Dept.
181.18
Election and Registration Dept.
25.25
Incidentals
441.17
Town Hall Expense
340.39
Fire Dept.
300.65
Board of Health
499.14
Highways-Snow Removal
732.94
Soldiers' Relief
99.00
Schools
917.19
Defense
292.53
$792.52
$792.53
$3,950.08
B. L. Makepeace, Inc., Maps
6.12
27
TOWN OF NORWELL
To Overlay Surplus
49.92
Transfer from Overlay Surplus
4,000.00
W. P. A. EXPENSE AND DELIVERY OF MATERIALS Historical Records Survey Balance, December 31, 1942
$ 21.25
418.38
Balance, December 31, 1941
439.63
MEMORIAL DAY
Acme Novelty Co., Flags
$ 20.00
Stanley H. Blanchard, Express
.50
Olive E. Dolan, Wreaths
23.63
Norwell Legion Band
125.00
W. T. Dunbar, Flowers
40.50
C. W. Thomas, Ammunition
8.00
Herbert E. Joseph, Bus
8.00
Rockland Standard Pub. Co., Printing
6.75
William O. Prouty, Transportation
5.00
To Surplus Revenue
$237.38 12.62
Appropriation
250.00
ARMISTICE DAY
To Surplus Revenue
$150.00
Appropriation
150.00
SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
John T. Osborn, Truck
$ 2.25
Kenneth Burnside, Labor
4.00
Lee H. Coombs, Labor
13.00
George Joseph, Labor
12.80
Robert Ouellette, Labor
3.20
Mrs. Charles T. Fish, Repairs
4.00
To Surplus Revenue
60.75
Appropriation
$100.00 100.00
MOWING BUSHES
John T. Osborn, Supt.
$ 74.15
John T. Osborn, Man and Truck
124.00
Donald Oakman, Labor
30.00
Bertram Joseph, Labor
14.40
Roy Rounseville, Labor
26.40
A. P. Billings, Repairs
2.00
Phillips, Bates & Co., Equipment
26.68
$297.63
To Surplus Revenue
2.37
Appropriation
$300.00 300.00
$250.00
$39.25
$4,000.00
$439.63
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CARE OF TOWN DUMP
Lyman A. Weatherby, Gravel
$15.00
Gustaf Osberg, Labor
63.50
Samuel Sylvester, Burning
18.00
To Surplus Revenue
$96.50 28.50
Appropriation
125.00
CARE OF VETERANS' GRAVES
W. C. Bowker, Labor
$ 22.75
Pinehurst Cemetery, Care
45.00
Thomas Rose, Labor
9.00
First Parish Cemetery Assn., Care
175.00
To Surplus Revenue
$251.75 8.25
Appropriation
$260.00 260.00
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
Perry H. Osborn, Scraping
$ 20.00
W. C. Bowker, Labor and Supplies
106.92
W. D. Jacobs, Mowing
18.00
To Surplus Revenue
5.08
Appropriation
150.00
INTEREST
Rockland Trust Co., Interest
$1,547.50
Merchants National Bank, Discount
88.59
To Surplus Revenue
163.91
Appropriation
1,800.00
INDEBTEDNESS
Merchants National Bank (Anticipation)
$35,000.00
Rockland Trust Co. (Old School-Final Note)
2,000.00
Rockland Trust Co. (New School)"
5,000.00
$42,000.00
Appropriation (Debt)
$7,000.00
General Fund (Not Appropriated)
35,000.00
$42,000.00
AGENCY AND TRANSFERS
Comm. of Mass., State Tax
$5,957.75
Plymouth County, County Tax
3,990.11
Plymouth County, County Hospital
1,350.11
Plymouth County, Dog Licenses
666.40
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Expenditures
224.60
Charity Fund Expenditures
30.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Transfers
560.00
Charity Fund Transfers
30.00
$12,808.97 12,808.97
General Fund (Not Appropriated)
$144.92
$150.00
$1,636.09
$1,800.00
$125.00
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REFUNDS
1939 Taxes
$ 18.12
1940 Taxes
4.59
1941 Taxes
43.42
1942 Taxes
146.97
1941 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
65.86
1942 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
63.52
Warrants and Demands to Collector
274.90
Interest and Costs
1.42
General Fund (Not Appropriated)
$618.80 618.80
TRANSFERS
Collector's Change Fund
$100.00
General Fund (Not Appropriated)
100.00
RECAPITULATION
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1942 Receipts
$ 20,907.95
203,587.06
Payments
172,713.75
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1942 Treasurer's Balance
$51,681.26
Collector's Change Fund
100.00
$51,781.26
$224,495.01
$51,781.26
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TOWN OF NORWELL Balance Sheet-December 31, 1942 ASSETS
Cash :
Treasurer's Cash
$51,681.26 100.00
Collector's Change Fund
$51,781.26
Cash Discrepancy-Former Collector --- Alfred H. Prouty
15.41
Accounts Receivable :
Poll Taxes :
Levy of 1941
$ 4.00
Levy of 1942
22.00
$26.00
Personal Taxes:
Levy of 1940
$ 18.18
Levy of 1941
142.50
Levy of 1942
363.20
$523.88
Real Estate Taxes:
Levy of 1940
$ 2.22
Levy of 1941
800.33
Levy of 1942
20,532.26
$21,334.81
$21,884.69
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1940
$ 2.55
Levy of 1941
2.10
Levy of 1942
157.07
Special Assessments:
Moth Levy of 1941
$ 3.00
Moth Levy of 1942
98.00
$101.00
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles
$1,524.22
Tax Possessions
573.52
Departmental:
Public Welfare
$198.00
Old Age Assistance
80.00
State Aid
40.00
School Department
160.00
Overdrawn Accounts:
Highways-Chapter 81 (a)
$3,636.53
(a) To be refunded by State under contract.
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Fixed Debt-Inside Debt Limit
$60,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds-Cash and Other Securities: In Custody of Treasurer In Custody of State
$18,293.72 200.00
$18,493.72
.
$161.72
$2,097.74
$478.00
$80,156.38
TOWN OF NORWELL
TOWN OF NORWELL Balance Sheet-December 31, 1942 LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Trust Fund Income-Sawyer Fund Dog Licenses Due County Tailings
320.79
Federal Grants :
Old Age Assistance: Assistance
$2,278.61
Administration
28.86
$2,307.47
Aid to Dependent Children:
Assistance
$53.36
Administration
7.48
$60.84
$2,368.31
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
Fire Department Equipment
$175.93
Fire Department Building Repairs
31.12
Highways-Chapter 90
500.01
W. P. A. Expense and Delivery of Materials
418.38
Snow Plow
375.00
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
Overlays-Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1940
$ 20.40
Levy of 1941
946.83
Levy of 1942
3,703.00
$4,670.23
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$ 161.72
Special Assessment
101.00
Tax Title
2,097.74
Departmental
478.00
Surplus Revenue (Excess and Deficiency)
$61,734.31
$80,156.38
DEBT ACCOUNTS
$60,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Annabel Wakefield Library Fund
$ 171.50
Annabel Wakefield Charity Fund
1,379.76
Coffin Charity Fund
2,496.73
Abigail T. Otis Cemetery and Tomb Fund
1,771.88
Washington Street Cemetery Permanent Fund
2,137.12
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
7,753.22
Sawyer Cemetery Lot Fund
200.00
Abigail T. Otis Charity Fund
2,583.51
$18,493.72
Respectfully submitted, KENNETH A. TORREY, Town Accountant.
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$ 16.20
7.20
$1,500.44 6,700.44
$ 2,838.46
New School Loan
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NINETY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
Annual Town Meeting March 2, 1942
Pursuant to a Warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, duly executed and return thereof made by Lloyd B. Henderson, a Constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall Monday, March 2, 1942, at 7:30 P. M. and took the following action on the Articles in the Warrant.
Moderator Cecil E. Whitney was in the Chair.
Article 1. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committtes of the town and act thereon.
Voted to accept the reports of officers and committees as printed in the Report.
Article 2. To see if the town will make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the town and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient for the following purposes : Legislative Department, Selectmen's Department, Accounting Department, Treasury Department, Collector's Department, Assessor's Department, Town Clerk's Department, Election and Registration Department, Police Depart- ment, Incidentals, Town Hall Expenses, Town Reports, Fire Department, Fire Department Equipment, Fire Department Equipment, special, Tree Warden, Spraying Elms, Moth Department, Tent Caterpillar, Mosquito Con- trol, County Aid to Agriculture, Sealing Weights and Measures, Board of Health, Inspection of Animals, School and District Nurse, Transportation of Nurse, Dental Clinic, Highways, Sign Boards, Snow Removal, Electric Lights, Unpaid Bills, Public Welfare, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Chil- dren, Soldiers' Relief, State Aid, Schools, Vocational Training, School Physi- cian, James Library, W. J. Leonard Memorial Library, Reserve Fund, W. P. A. Expense, Memorial Day, Armistice Day, Town Forest, Squares and Triangles, Mowing Bushes, Gaffield Park, Care of Town Dump, Care of Veterans' Graves, Washington Street Cemetery, Interest, Town Debt, De- fense, Forest Fire Patrol, Snow Plow, Fire Department Building Repair.
Voted to appropriate the following amounts :
Legislative Department
$ 10.00
Selectmen's Department
900.00
Accounting Department 575.00
Treasury Department 800.00
Collector's Department
1,300.00
Assessors' Department
1,400.00
Town Clerk's Department
725.00
Election and Registration Department
550.00
Police Department
300.00
Incidentals
100.00
Town Hall Expense
2,600.00
Town Reports
325.00
Fire Department
2,200.00
Fire Department, Special
1,200.00
Tree Warden
200.00
Spraying Elms
525.00
Gypsy Moth
1,750.00
Tent Caterpillar
150.00
Mosquito Control
400.00
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Sealing Weights and Measures
100.00
Board of Health
900.00
Inspection of Animals
60.00
School and District Nurse
1,400.00
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Transportation of Nurse
300.00
Dental Clinic
700.00
Highways
1,000.00
Highways, Chapter 81
5,875.00 75.00
Higsways, Snow Removal
1,500.00
Electric Lights
730.00
Unpaid Bills (Unanimous Vote)
4,500.00
Old Age Assistance
22,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,200.00
Soldiers' Relief
600.00
State Aid
120.00
Schools
39,558.88
Vocational Training
700.00
School Physician
150.00
James Library
300.00
Reserve Fund (By Transfer, Surplus Overlay)
4,000.00
Memorial Day
250.00
Armistice Day
150.00
Squares and Triangles
100.00
Mowing Bushes
300.00
Care of Town Dump
125.00
Care of Veterans' Graves
260.00
Washington Street Cemetery
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