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MARRIAGES IN OTHER YEARS
Date Name
Age Occupation
Residence
1932
December
31
John Frank Robbins
Mary Beatrice Meuse
20 Housework
Reading
1937
June
26 Roy A. Nason Winifred B. Rogers
45 Ice cream Maker
No. Reading
45 Teacher
Gloucester
1940 May
28 Ernest Gilman Marshall 24
Reading
Ruth Ellen Johnson 19
Reading
1940
June 2 John William Done
21
Rita Blanche Parker 19
Reading® Andover
1940
November 16 Robert Joseph Raymond Elaine Newhouse 18
Melrose
Reading
1940
November
20 George Mead Guibord, Jr. 20
Eunice Estella Randlett 20
Reading Salem Depot, N.H.
1942
March
14 Harley Cummings Nelson 23 U. S. Army
Priscilla Mildred Garey 19 Receptionist
Reading Reading
26 Millhand
Reading
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1943
Date Name
Y M D Cause of Death
January.
4 Rosalie H. Jones
84 4
26 Intracapsula
Fracture of Hip
6 Harriett A. Clarkson
80
1
26 Arteriosclerosis
6 Elizabeth Bernard (Crook)
49
9 16 Asphyxiation
9 Helen S. Poland
78 3 22 Uremia Poisoning
15 John N. Weston
82
1
10 Cerebral Hemorrhage
21 Addie E. Runkle
77
5
11 Heart Disease
21 Jane A. Gorton
81
2 Acute Heart Attack
23 May Adams
71 9
23 Chronic Myorcarditis Stillborn
24 Turenne
24 Catherine M. Turenne
37
14 Eclampsia of Pregnancy
27 Fortunato Schiaffino
83
Arteriosclerosis
31 Henry W. Battles
78
8
9 Intestinal Obstruction
February
1 Mabel V. Freeman
51
- Chronic Myocarditis 3
1 Howard D. Goodwin
27
5
21 Concussion of Brain Stillborn
3 Barry W. Madden
5 Abel E. Prescott
84
7
26 Myocarditis
8 Georgia F. Rich
63
1 10 Carcinoma of Lung 55 Min. Prematurity
9 Sardell
1 Hour Prematurity
11 Cynthia M. Wedge
-
4 Days Prematurity 2 Hours Prematurity
13 Uella W. Currell
72
11 26 Coronary Heart
Disease
14 Emily D. Gaskill
67
8 17 Carcinoma
18 Alfred F. C. Neilsen
56 7 10 Acute Cardiac Failure
22 Minerva C. Carnes
85 7 30 Cerebral Hemorrhage
22 Josephine Bonanno
62 - Coronary Occlusion
23 John F. Corrigan
87
10 Coronary Thrombosis
24 Peter W. Libby
14 Hours Cerebral Hemorrhage
24 Christine M. MacKay (MacEachen) 63 -
28 Frances A. Batchelder
93
4 6 Bronchial Pneumonia
3 Warren L. Fletcher
3 Margeson
67 5 23 Arteriosclerosis 10 Mins Monstrosity
4 Margaret Bond (Cole)
80
11 4 Chronic Nephritis
66
March
- Rheumatic Heart
Disease
9 Sardell
13 Marchetti
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1943
Date
Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
March
5 Sarah A. Collins
65
5
13 Coronary Thrombosis
7 John A. Miner
63
7
17 Coronary Thrombosis
12 William F. O'Brien
55
2
1 Cerebral Hemorrhage
16 Thomas R. Hogan
95
14 Cardio Vascular
Disease
20 Perley L. Conrey
64
2
12 Cerebral Hemorrhage
20 Laura M. Krook
90
9
21 Arteriosclerosis
23 Cora M. Page
78
2
23 Cerebral Hemorrhage
30 Peter Ainsworth
82
- Carcinoma
31 Charles R. Henderson
75
8
2 Coronary Thrombosis
April
3 Araminta Eames
78
5
3 Cerebral Hemorrhage
7 Mary A. Kingman
92
4 6 Coronary Thrombosis
7 Henry P. Harnden
69
1 13 Chronic Myocarditis
8 Frank S. Ferreira
78 7 23 Cerebral Hemorrhage
10 Winifred E. Manley
70
3
18 Heart Disease
12 William B. Gifford
42
4
13 Cerebral Thrombosis
12 Ethel E. Grant
64
10
30 Pulmonary Embolism
14 Orville B. Johnson
86
5
17
Chronic Myocarditis
17 Minerva G. Ellingwood (Gilman)
47
Lobar Pneumonia
20- George H. Pomfret
62
4
20
Carcimonia Of
Intestine
21 Mary E. Tonry
66
- Coronary Thrombosis
24 Charles B. Harris
65
11
9 Chronic Myocarditis
27 Frank A. Surrette
68
8
9 Carcimonia of Bowel
28 : Eliza MacVarish
71
1
13 Chronic Myocarditis
28 Edna S. Herrick
61
3
19 Cerebral Hemorrhage Arteriosclerosis
May
3 Ada L. Rodgers
76
4
7 Coronary Thrombosis Stillborn
4 Baby Palotta
5 Mary E. Scott
84
4
5 Myocarditis Arteriosclerotic Heart
12 Anita Broder (Sasco)
21
22 Struck by Train
12 Ann Mitchell
66
5
3 Heart Disease
13 Charles William Abbott
77
6
27 Cancer
19 Annie E. Wildon
82
1
24 Fracture of Right
Femur
19 Mabel W. Wiley
75
9
20 Cerebral Hemorrhage
67
-
30 John Hardiman
78
10 Maude C. (Elliott), Hill
64
Date
Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
May
20 Warren A. Chalmers
11
17 Cerebro Spinal
Meningitis
23 Lizzie F. Danforth
80
1
23 Carcinoma
24 Addie W. Ireland (Woodcock)
63
7
8 Heart Disease
24 Charles N. Rogers
15
1
20 Accidental Drowning
27 Walter E. Johnson
67
7
7 Pernicious Anemia
30 Milledge A. Crossman
77
8
14
Cerebral Hemorrhage
June
2 Herbert D. Comey
58
6 28
Cardio-vascular
Disease
3 Casper Arzigian
63
Chr. Myocarditis
9 William Chester Dulong
45
8
19
Epilepsy
11 Anders T. Bernston
64
5
28 Carcinoma
11 Samuel Dean Rounds
58
11
26 Heart Failure
12 William D. Williams
70
4
19
Chronic Myocarditis
12 Louise E. Thieme 49 (Hammann) 7
2 Subacute Bacterial endocarditis
16 Ina C. Hartwell
74
7
24 Arteriosclerosis
22 Nellie Danforth
(Brown)
79
11
6 Intestinal obstruction
23 Thomas Francis Walsh
47
9
- Coronary Thrombosis
25 Clara M. Fogg
77
5
1 Terminal Broncho-
pneumonia
28 Philip H. Tirrell
73
2
17 Cerebral hemorrhage
July
4 John Turcheta
22
1 28 Epilepsy
5 Maria Richards
100
6
20
Myocarditis
6 George A. Spencer
76
11
3 Cardio Renal Disease
8 Charles De Mar
8
11
19 Rheumatic Heart Disease
10 Catherine Farrell
51
Uremia
10 Olive S. Perry
54
6
19 Carcinoma
13 Blake
Stillborn
20 Christian Herbolzheimer
80
5
20 Cerebral Hemorrhage
25 Beulah J. Platts (Bancroft)
87
5
1 Senility
25 Maria Bartley
91
12 Senility
27 Clara F. Pitman
72
10
23 Cancer of Colon
29 Charles H. Duren
74
9
15 Coronary Thrombosis
-
-
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1943
Date
Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
July
August
2 Louise B. Goodwin
5 Flora DeLaske (Jones)
77
4
30
14 Josephine M. Goff
54
-
3 Bronchial Pneumonia Broncho Pneumonia Vaginal Uterine Prolapse
14 Elma I. Kenney
85
4
29 Cerebral Hemorrhage
14 Homer A. Durgin
58
25
Cardio Vascular
14 Eva E. A. Dunphy
81
9
14 Arteriosclerotic Heart Stillborn
September
2 Carrie F. Stinchfield
86
7
28
Arteriosclerosis Carcinoma
6 Annie T. Pulsifer
68
7 Susan L. Jarvis
64
9
15 Cerebral Hemorrhage
9 Stephen M. Allen
80
5 10 Coronary Thrombosis
12 Herman T. Goodwin
53
5 26 Accidental Drowning
18 Percy M. Graves
58
- Coronary Occlusion
19 John Bradbury
70
8
29 Coronary Occlusion Prematurity
23 Lillian K. Sawyer
75
18 Cardio Vascular Disease
23 Lulu Yorke
73
9
27
Cancer
23 Jennie T. Merrill
85
9
11 Cerebral Hemorrhage
24 Henrietta S. Stosez
35
11
23 Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
26 Elizabeth C. Fennell
84
7
2 Carcinoma
27 John A. MacDonald
55
2
1 Ventricular Flutter
28 Frederick H. Miller
59
7
26 Coronary Thrombosis
28 Mary H. Hibbard
59
9
13 Carcinoma
30 George W. Stevens
77
10 Arteriosclerosis
October
8 Skidmore
6 Min.
Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage
17 Margaret C. Zitzow
20
2
18
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
20 Edward W. Tasney Sr.
71
8
17
Cancer
20 Galan A. Parker
94
5
10 Coronary Thrombosis
23 Edward L. Chamberlain
86
9
3 Chronic Nephritis
24 Elina Conti (Fiorani)
65
2
3 Cerebral Hemorrhage
26 Margaret B. Sherritt
77
7 28 Coronary Thrombosis
-
Dis'ease
14 Berry
68
6
-
20 Carter 2 hrs. 45 mins.
10
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1943
Date
Name Y M D
Cause of Death
October
29 Ida J. Page
87
1 29 Coronary Thrombosis
6 16 Pulmonary Tuberculosis November
2 Emma Hutchinson (Newhouse)
72
2 Robert W. French
34
3 Broncho Pneumonia
11 Mary (Higgins) Murray
82
- Cancer
12 Lena Radulski
56
-
- Acute Cardiac Dilatation
14 Horace E. Fellows
78
10
14 Carcinoma Broncho Pneumonia
19 John W. Griswold
85
L
20 Winifred R. White (Burbine)
59
- Carcinoma
25 Sadie S. Bogle (Stewart)
66
5
18 Cerebral Hemorrhage
25 Bertena E. Temple
70
4
29 Coronary Thrombosis
26 Henry H. Pierce
79
6
19 Liver Cirrhosis
December
6 Nellie A. Gould
69
Coronary Thrombosis
7 Alexander W. Hodson
70
3
4 Heart Disease
8 Frank A. Butters
81
2
8 Cardio Vascular Disease Cerebral Hemorrhage
10 Michael F. Keating
73
10 Burton K. Symonds
73
10
12 Cardio Vascular
Disease
12 Bertha L. Childs
71
1
27 Cerebral Hemorrhage Chr. Myocarditis Arterisclerosis
18 Elvy M. Prentiss
70
6
17 Carcinoma
18 Albin Starke
66
1 30 Cerebral Hemorrhage
18 Frederick Wakeling
80
6
0 Cardiac
Decompensation
21 Joseph 'W. Bradeen
87
6
Coronary Thrombosis 4
21 James F. Carroll
49
1
24 Broncho Pneumonia
21 Frank L. Noble
82
2
10 Carcinoma Rectum Blow on the Head (Fracture Skull)
22 Paul K. MacDonald Jr.
-
22
Hydrocephalus (congenital)
25
Latham
-
- Stillborn
26 Wilmon B. Chipman
42
5
17 Lobar Pneumonia
27 Clara A. Ford
87
3
- Arteriosclerosis
28 Ella M. Chipman
79
9
14 Chronic Myocarditis
31 Annie C. Swanson (Larson)
85
10
6 Chronic Nephritis
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31 Evelyn L. (Goodale) Taber
7
8 Cerebral Thrombosis
-
22 Annie Trueworthy
81
-
70
15 Ella A. Smith
16 Harris E. Bowers
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK ON FISH AND GAME LICENSES ISSUED IN 1943
147 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00 $ 294.00
· 113 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00 226.00
44 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 143.00
26 Women's and Minors Licenses @ $1.25 32.50
3 Trapping Licenses @ $5.25 15.75
19 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses-Free
2 Duplicate Licenses 1.00
1 Non-Resident 3-Day Fishing License @ $1.50 1.50
1 Non-Resident Fishing 'License 5.25
9 Military and Naval Licenses-Free
1 Old Age Assistance Fishing License-Free
366 Licenses issued-Value $ 719.00
Less Fees to the Town-335 @ 25c $ 83.75
Amount to Fish and Game Commission $ 635.25
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK ON DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1943
472 Male Dog Licenses @ $2.00 $ 944.00
88 Female Dog Licenses @ $5.00 440.00
289 Spayed Female Dog Licenses @ $2.00 578.00
3 Kennel Licenses @ $25.00 75.00
Total Value of Licenses Issued $ 2,037.00
Less Fees to the Town 170.40
Amount to County $ 1,866.60
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK ON FEES PAID TO THE TOWN
Birth Certificates $ 98.00
Death Certificates 31.00
Voters' Certificates 2.00
Bill of Sale 1.00
Marriage Licenses and Certificates 264.50
Mortgages and Discharges
181.50
Postage
1.43
Pole Locations 51,75
Dog License Transfers .50
Affidavits of Birth and Marriages
4.75
Bill of Sale
1.00
Certificate of Business and Doctors
3.75
Duplicate Dog Tag
2.00
Assignment of Mortgages and Wages
1.50
Gasoline Permits
22.50
Certified Paper
.25
Transfer of Interest
.75
Certificate of Residence
.25
Agreement
2.00
-
$ 670.43
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
The annual report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ended December 31, 1943 is hereby submitted :
At a special meeting held March 1, 1943 the Board organized as follows :
Herbert K. Miller, Chairman Kenneth C. Latham, Secretary Charles E. Wilkinson Leon G. Bent, Clerk
Meetings were held regularly throughout the year on Monday even- ings and such other times as were required. To better acquaint the townspeople with the workings of their Board of Selectmen, we this year inaugurated the publishing of a weekly summary in the Reading Chronicle of our agenda.
Reports of the various Town Departments under the jurisdiction of your Board of Selectmen, appear on other pages of this report. We, this year, will report only the highlights of the Board's activities for 1943 :
Revised the Taxi By Laws and Regulations for the first time since 1925.
Closed W.P.A. Feb. 1, 1943 and disposed of W.P.A. equipment.
Amended several existing traffic regulations. Entire regulations to be completely revised and corrected in 1944.
Reorganized civilian defense under Mr. Edward F. Drew, Winifred F. Spurr and John B. Russell. The organization, although less active, is still intact and ready for any emergency that may arise.
Redistricted the town into four precincts under the new limited form of Town Meeting Government and conducted educational work among various groups to explain the same.
Again sponsored Servicemen's Auxiliary Drive for funds for Christ- mas boxes for Reading men and women in the service. Drive was con- ducted by the Reading Associates and headed by Mr. John Griffin.
Sponsored a curfew law of 10:00 P.M. for children under 16 years of age for the Town. After enactment of same, have maintained en- forcement.
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Board perambulated all Town bounds. Plans to recommend cer- tain boundary changes as a result thereof.
Town received excellent co-operation from Auxiliary Police under Chief Cullinane and Capt. Smith on enforcement of town curfew law and regular police cruising and police patrol work.
Board received excellent co-operation and support from the Aux- iliary Fire Department under Chief Eames. On the job twenty-four hours a day, their efforts have resulted in immeasurable benefits to the townspeople and property.
Board sold several parcels of land taken for taxes and set up a schedule of all Town land available for sale, which citizens may look over at the Selectmen's office.
Salvage Committee reorganized first under Mr. Philip P. Welch and Mr. George G. Rogers and then again under Mr. Otis B. Ruggles. Conducted numerous drives which resulted, not alone in cash to the Town, but great aid to the war effort.
Appointed Commander H. Wilson Powers and an American Legion Committee to plan Honor Roll. Same was built by school pupils under expert guidance of Mr. Roderick E. MacDonald of the Reading School Dept. A fitting ceremony of dedication was held when Reading's Honor Roll, a tribute to the more than 1,300 Reading Citizens in the Armed Services of our Country, was unveiled.
These are but a few of the many highlights of our year. The co- operation of our departments, and those who make up these depart- ments, has been excellent. Their fine work has made our tasks easier. The ready volunteering of their services by our citizens for civilian de- fense, for town committees, etc. has indeed been gratifying. The friendly helpful efforts of our fellow town officers and their Boards and the Reading Chronicle, has continued throughout 1943. To them, one and all, our heartfelt appreciation.
Respectfully submitted :
HERBERT K. MILLER, Chairman KENNETH C. LATHAM, Secretary CHARLES E. WILKINSON
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Twenty-third Annual Report
of the
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
For the Year Ended December 31, 1943
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
The Board of Public Works submits herewith its Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1943.
The Board reorganized on March 8, 1943 at the first regularly scheduled meeting after the March election. Wendell P. Davis was re- elected Chairman; Edward A. Brophy was reelected Secretary; Philip Welch was reappointed as Superintendent.
Mr. Edward A. Brophy, a member of the Board for seven years, re- signed on September 27, 1943, as his business had caused him to change his residence from Reading to Bristol, New Hampshire. The Board accepted Mr. Brophy's resignation with sincere regret and extended to him their thanks for his years of faithful and conscientious service on the Board.
Mr. Alexander Lindsay was elected Secretary of the Board follow- ing Mr. Brophy's resignation.
Regularly scheduled Board meetings were held during the year, as well as several special meetings. Members of the Board were also ap- pointed to serve on several special committees. Thirty-three Public Hearings were advertised and held on varied matters including trunk sewer extensions, storm water drainage easements, water main exten- sions, Municipal Light Department and New England Telephone and Telegraph pole and conduit locations, etc.
The Board has endeavored to carry on the services of the various Departments under its control insofar as the shortage of man-power and scarcity of material will allow. Many of our employees have been forced to work long hours overtime to make such services possible, which they have willingly done. This was particularly true during snow removal work.
Relative to snow removal work, the Board caused to be printed in the Reading Chronicle an article addressed to the citizens of Reading acquainting them with the problems of the department which would arise from heavy snowfalls, and requesting their forebearance in event of possible temporary delays in snow removal. The Board feels that the townspeople will recognize the problems that snow storms will bring and that they will be both cooperative and patient.
After due deliberation and investigation, the Board went on record at a public hearing in the State House in opposition to House Bill 1334, later enacted as Chapter 543 Acts of 1943, being an Act relative to the furnishing of water to towns in the Metropolitan Water District and certain other towns, by the Metropolitan Water Commission.
The provisions of Chapter 75 Acts of 1943, being an Act authoriz- ing towns and cities to plough and harrow or furnish other aid in the cultivation of private land for the purpose of conserving the food sup-
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ply, was adopted by the Board, and many Victory Vegetable Gardens were ploughed and harrowed by the department, as a war-time emer- gency service.
Early in May, the Board invited a large group of citizens represent- ing all church, fraternal and civic groups to a joint meeting, the pur- pose of which was to discuss the necessity for and the scope of a rec- reational and educational program for children during the 1943 summer months, as a curb to and preventative of possible juvenile delinquency. The result of this meeting was the formation of the Reading Recrea- tion Committee, composed of the following citizens: Mr. Gilbert M. Lothrop, chairman, Mrs. Charles A. Holcomb, Mr. Herbert K. Miller and Rev. Dr. Charles Lancaster.
A well balanced, excellently administered recreation program was carried out at the parks, playgrounds and schools during July and August by the Committee. The Board recommends a similar program be carried on in 1944.
In the will of the late Dr. Ethel Grant was a stipulation that the residue of her estate be used for the erection of either a fountain or swimming pool in Memorial Park or a fountain in Reading Common. The Board is grateful for this bequest, and believes that either of the two installations would be of benefit to the Town.
The Board has actively cooperated with the Post-War Planning Committee, and has presented to it a detailed list of worthwhile Public Works for post-war use, broken down into estimated costs for labor and material. A member of the Board was appointed to this Committee, as well as to the Capital Expenditures Budgeting Committee.
For a more detailed report of the work accomplished by the various departments comprising the Board of Public Works, reference is made to the report of the Superintendent which follows this report.
The Board wishes to extend its thanks to the other Town depart- ments for their courtesy, help and cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
GILBERT M. LOTHROP WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman
EDWARD TEER ALEXANDER LINDSAY, Secretary Board of Public Works
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Public Works : Gentlemen :
As required by Section 4, Chapter 118 of an act authorizing the Town of Reading to establish a Board of Public Works, I respectfully submit for your consideration the twenty-third annual report of the Department of Public Works, (Water, Highway, Sewer and Park) in- cluding a financial report of each department, and a chronicle of the principal work performed with recommendations for the coming year.
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WATER DEPARTMENT -
Maintenance Account :
Appropriation and Transfers
$ 52,428.69
Expenditures :
1. Office Maintenance :
Pay Roll $ 4,210.24
Supplies, Printing, etc. 710.91
Insurance
1,849.77
$
6,770.92
2. Pumping Station Costs :
Station No. 1, Mill St.
Pay Roll
$
379.58
Light, Phone, Fuel 484.56
Misc. Supplies and Repairs
42.05
$ 906.19
Station No. 2, Strout Avenue
Pay Roll
$ 1,430.78
Light and Power
5,142.56
Fuel Oil
241.10
Misc. Supplies and Repairs
273.40
$ 7,087.84
Filtration Plant
Pay Roll
$ 1,714.62
Engrs. Weston & Sampson 300.00
Coke Bed
1,608.13
Misc. Supplies and Repairs
236.43
$ 3,859.18
3. Well Line :
Pay Roll
$
686.48
Misc. Supplies
43.70
$ 730.18
4. Maintenance of Meters :
Pay Roll
$
1,821.58
Supplies, Misc. 395.89
$
2,217.47
5. Maintenance of Service Pipes :
Pay Roll $ 3,276.86
Water Department : 78
Supplies, Misc. 145.89
$ 3,422.75
6. Maintenance of Main Pipes :
Pay Roll $ 761.69 Supplies, Tools and Misc. 1,353.59
7. Maturing Bonds
$ 2,115.28 9,000.00
8. Bond Interest
655.00
9. Garage Maintenance : Fuel Oil $ 176.90
Supplies and Misc. 215.46
$
392.36
10. Main Pipe Construction : None.
11. Service Pipe Construction : Pay Roll $ 276.99
Supplies
99.10
12. Meter Construction :
New Meters $ 100.80
$ 100.80
13. Hydrant Maintenance :
Pay Roll $ 324.58
Supplies and Repairs 148.78
14. Standpipe Maintenance : $ 473.36
Pay Roll and Misc. $ 10.90
15. Defense :
Pay Roll-Guards $ 3,825.34
Misc. Lights, Phone, etc. 227.78
$
4,053.12
16. Miscellaneous :
Pay Roll-General $ 1,891.29
Victory Gardens
123.77
Salvage Collection 140.43
Road Machinery Account
1,099.10
Water Department
79
$ 376.09
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Grand Total Expended ... Balance December 31, 1943
$ 3,254.59
$ 45,426.03
$ 7,002.66
1943 Receipts
Meter Rates
$ 53,823.94
Service Pipe Maintenance
467.73
Service Pipe Construction
77.49
Rent
180.00
Fines
16.20
Hydrant Rental
500.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Sprinklers
42.00
Water Liens and Fines
80.30
Refunds
99.48
Misc. Receipts
172.80
$ 55,559.94
Total Cost of Water System from Beginning to January
1, 1943
$832,970.65
Meters
$ 100.80
$ 100.80
Total Cost December 31, 1943
$833,071.45.
Water Bonds and Interest
There were $9,000.00 in bonds payable in 1943.
The interest on serial bonds for the year 1943 amounted to $685.00.
There are $9,000.00 in bonds and $480.00 interest due in 1944 as fol- lows :
Payable
Interest
Bonds
April 1, 1944
$ 22.50
April 15, 1944
195.00
$ 2,000.00
June 1, 1944
80.00
2,000.00
October 1, 1944
22.50
2,000.00
October 15, 1944
160.00
3,000.00
$ 480.00
$ 9,000.00
Water Department
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Rainfall At Pumping Station
Month
Normal Rain- Fall-inch'es
Rainfall in 1943-inches
Excess or Deficiency-1943
January
3.41
3.09
- . 32
February
3.20
1.03
-2.17
March
3.78
3.57
- . 21
April
3.89
2.60
-1.29
May
2.98
5.54
+2.56
June
3.53
2.09
-1.44
July
3.39
4.79
+1.40
August
3.23
1.35
-1.88
September
3.64
.67
-2.97
October
2.99
5.84
+2.85
November
3.23
4.45
+1.22
December
3.45
1.02
-2.43
Totals
40.72
36.04
-4.68
The average rainfall for Massachusetts as deduced by the State De- partment of Public Health from long continued observation in various parts of the Commonwealth is 44.54 inches.
As may be seen by a table in this report showing the amount of rainfall for the years 1900-1943 inclusive, the average annual rainfall at the Reading Hundred Acre Pumping Station No. 2 on Strout Avenue is 40.72 inches.
The rainfall in 1943 in Reading was a deficiency of 8.50 inches com- pared with the State observations and a deficiency of 4.68 inches com- pared with the Reading Pumping Station observations.
There was a deficiency of rainfall in the months of January, Feb- ruary, March, April, June, August, September and December of 12.71 inches, and an excess in the months of May, July, October and Novem- ber of 8.03 inches, comparing each month with an average rainfall at Reading Pumping Station between the years 1900-1943 inclusive.
The greatest amount of rainfall in 1943 for any one month was in October, with a fall of 5.84 inches; in any one day, Saturday, March 6, 1943 with a fall of 1.81 inches. The years' total rainfall of 36.04 inches was a deficiency of 9.34 inches from the total rainfall of 1942, which was 45.38 inches.
The elevation of the Hundred Acre Meadow Pumping Station is ap- proximately eighty feet above sea level.
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Table Showing Amount of Rain and Melted Snow
Day of Month
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
1
.04
. 88
2
.13
T
.12
. 04
T
.10
T
4
.10
.01
.01
.07
.40
.02
.02
T
5
.52
.03
.27
6
.30
1.81
.11
T 46
.08
T
8
.41
9
.03
.64
10
T
.05
.25
.30
11
.24
.01
. 27
.01
12
. 07
. 23
.32
.50
.01
13
.35
.03
.65
.01
.38
.10
14
.08
.19
.08 T
1.45 .23
.22
16
.45
.11 .01
33 T
.02
T
.01
18
.46
.10
19
.34
.47
.55
.45 1.19
.16 .02
.02 .03
.23 .04
. 65
23
. 12
.06
.30
24
.04
.09
.03
26
.04
.09
.05
. 26
.01
1.58
. 67
28
1.18
29
.21
.07
1.03
30
.30
T
.40
.23
31
.03
Monthly Totals
3.09
1.03
3.57
2.60
5.54
2.09
4.79
1.35
.67
5.84
4.45
1.02
Totals to Date
3.09
4.12
7.69
10.29
15.83
17.92
22.71
24.06
24.73
30.57
35.02
36.04
3
.24
.10
.59
.32
7
.06
.71
.01 T
T
15
.20 T
.C5
. 16
21
.03
1.22 .12
1.80
25
T
.18
27
.61
.06
. 22
.06
1.44 .02
T
.03
T
.08
17
.50
20
.02 1.28
22
.18 .21
Water Department
82
.09
.01
.38
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FOR YEARS 1900 TO 1943 INCLUSIVE
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
1900
5.32
8.69
5.03
2.15
4.60
3.13
1.90
3.17
4.15
3.31
5.05
2.44
48.94
1901
1.33
1.08
5.88
9.59
7.21
1.74
4.65
2.66
3.59
2.76
3.06
8.10
51.65
1902
1.80
6.11
4.69
6.22
1.69
1.98
3.02
3.75
4.01
4.91
0.99
5.60
44.77
1903
3.84
3.16
6.38
4.95
0.48
8.91
3.40
3.42
2.29
3.69
1.33
2.59
44.44
1904 .
4.42
2.21
2.21
9.90
3.56
2.56
1.88
4.26
5.16
2.02
1.80
2.25
42.23
1905
5.44
1.47
2.92
2.59
1.39
6.11
1.19
3.30
7.87
1.20
2.22
3.72
39.42
1906
2.60
2.53
6.48
2.84
5.14
2.63
5.88
4.18
1.36
2.38
3.31
3.08
42.41
1907
3.97
2.10
2.40
3.21
2.89
3.80
3.58
1.33
7.90
3.36
6.83
3.60
44.97
1908.
3.07
4.28
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