Town of Tewksbury annual report 1917-1925, Part 37

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
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Malden, Mass.


6 May 24 Berger Kundsen Lillian Sutherland


Tewksbury, Mass.


7 June 7 Harold F. Smith


Tewksbury, Mass.


Alma C. Skane


Billerica, Mass.


8 June 15 Charles L. Murphy Lowell, Mass.


Nora A. Morgan Tewksbury, Mass.


9 June 22 Michael Joseph Greaney Weymouth, Mass.


Catherine Duval Callaghan


Tewksbury, Mass.


10 June 21 Adolph B. Moore


Lillian E. Miller


Tewksbury, Mass. Tewksbury, Mass.


11 June 1 James Joseph Cook


Washington, D. C.


Winifred Pearl Greeno


Tewksbury, Mass.


12 June 2 Tewksbury, Mass. Joseph R. Dubuque Lucy (Littlefield) Brocklebank Ipswich, Mass.


13 June 28 Paul Joseph O'Connell Edna Farmer Tewksbury, Mass.


Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass.


15 Aug. 30 Lester B. Holt Carinne G. Marion


Tewksbury, Mass.


16 Sept. 19 John Anthony Spencer Cambridge, Mass.


Ethel Lillian Hagan Cambridge, Mass.


17 Sept. 6 Chauncey Henry Hartley Treva Helen Fulton Tewksbury, Mass.


U. S. Navy


18 Sept.


9 William Taylor Riverside, R. I.


Louise Sherman Tanner Tewksbury, Mass.


19 Oct. 13 Leo Francis Morris Lowell, Mass. Helen Louise Duffy Tewksbury, Mass.


Tewksbury, Mass.


14 Aug. 12 Freeland Secord Mary E. Sexton


Tewksbury, Mass.


9


Date of


No. Marriage Name


Residence


20 Oct. 23 Frank Gracia Wollaston, Mass.


Anna H. Campbell Tewksbury, Mass.


21 Oct. 26 Robert T. Garrett Lowell, Mass.


Helen Obrzut Tewksbury, Mass.


22 Oct. 31 Horace D. Colburn Tewksbury, Mass.


Charlotte Welts Dorchester, Mass.


23 Nov. 10


William Apotheker Tewksbury, Mass. Rose Brownstein Tewksbury, Mass.


24 Nov. 18 Arthur W. Lord Tewksbury, Mass.


Gertrude F. Kelly Bedford, Mass.


25 Sept. 24. Ross Everett Sargent Tewksbury, Mass.


Mary Adele Deveau Andover, Mass.


26 Nov. 26 Charles Francis O'Brien Tewksbury, Mass.


Margaret Mary Downs Lowell, Mass.


27 Nov. 26 Daniel David Sterling Margaret Cook Marsden Tewksbury, Mass.


Tewksbury, Mass.


28 Nov. 29 Frank P. J. Buyens Elizabeth Haffner Tewksbury, Mass.


29 Dec. 23 Ernest Albert Foster


Tewksbury, Mass.


Catherine Agnes Marsh Wilmington, Mass.


Attest:


HARRY C. DAWSON,


Boston, Mass.


Town Clerk, Pro. Tem.


10


Deaths Recorded in the Town of Tewksbury for the year 1924.


Date of


No. Death


Name


Yrs.


Mths.


Dys.


1 Jan. 11 Wojeisck Piekos


42


-


-


2 Jan. 10 Ada S. Bridges


60


5 26


3 Jan. 26 Barbara Helen Temple


1


24


4 Unknown Cornelius Keefe


24


5 Feb. 1 Eleonora Wiktorowiz


1


2


29


6 Feb. 14 Catherine Tully


76


9


2


7 Mar. 12 Alice E. Taylor


74


11


9


8 Apr. 2 Allan G. Buchanon


69


10


11


9 Mar. 16 Edmond O. Knox


78


2


12


10 about Apr. 1st. Name unknown


11


Apr. 3 Elizabeth M. Smith


71


-


19


12 Apr. 4 William E. Davenport


69


6


12


13 Apr. 6 Mary Riley


91


7


22


14 Apr. 26 Annis D. Phelps


86


3


24


15


Apr. 27


Mary A. Brennan


81


16


May 3 Chester W. Brown


59


11


25


17


May 25


Maria H. Ferson


86


6


18


June 22 Ethel C. Greeley


13


9


24


19 June 14 Fred White


35


1


-


20


June 4 Mary E. Littlefield


65


10


10


21 June 20


Ada MacDonald


56


3


29


22 July 4


Catherine Callahan


90


23 June 15


Mary I. McDonnell


51


6


18


24


June 28


June Roper


3 hrs.


25


July 13


Jacob Lewis Burtt


81


9


28


27


Aug. 13


Charles C. Blaisdell


86


7 12


28 Aug. 8


Mary Boungli


40


29 Aug. 27


Barbara Gillis


77


30 Sept. 17 Charlotte Caffrey


42


31 Sept. 5 Thomas Nesmith


76


4


9


32 Oct. 7 Elizabeth Clancy


53


2


25


33 Oct. 8 Peter W. Cameron


45


2


8


34 Oct. 15 James Melvin Chandler


68


8


12


35 Sept. 12 Timothy Zairphes


21


14


36 Oct. 17 Charles Coleman Small


20


5


-


37 Nov. 10 Maud L. Sullivan


40


38 Oct. 15 Patrick J. Carmody 47


-


-


-


-


26


Aug. 3 Anna E. Burns


76


-


-


-


11


Date of


No. Death


Name


Yrs.


Mths.


Dys.


39


Oct. 30


Emeline Elder


92


11


5


40


Nov. 7


Thomas Burtt Sawyer


11


10


41


Nov. 24


John Geddes


77


-


-


42


43


Nov. 12


Catherine Irene Haas


8


11


-


44


Nov. 1


Henry G. Wilbar


74


11


18


45 Dec. 21


Robert Hunt


3


-


46 Dec. 21


Robert Elevin Jackson


1


14


47


Dec. 24


John Penny


6


5


27


48


Dec. 28


Wm. Henry Lee


77


1


7


Attest:


HARRY C. DAWSON,


Town Clerk, Pro. Tem.


12


RECAPITULATION


Births Registered in 1924 61


Males


34


Females


27


Marriages Registered in 1924


29


Deaths Registered in 1924


48


Males


22


Females


26


Received and paid over to the County Treasurer six hundred nineteen and twenty hundreds dollars (619.20) for dog licenses.


The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to fur- nish parents, householders, physicians and midwives applying therefor, blanks for the return of births as required by law.


Attest:


HARRY C. DAWSON,


Town Clerk, Pro Tem.


13


ASSESSORS' REPORT


Value of land, exclusive of buildings, April 1, 1924. $ 881,605.00


Value of buildings, exclusive of land, April 1, 1924 1,621,125.00


Value of Personal property, April 1, 1924 662,897.00


$3,165,627.00


Supplementary valuation Dec. 10 to 20, 1924


18,735.00


Total valuation, 1924


$3,184,362.00


Total valuation, 1923


3,039,320.00


Net gain in valuation


$ 145,042.00


Poll tax, $2.00


Tax rate for 1924, $30.80 on $1,000.00


Tax levy for 1924:


State Tax $ 5,200.00


State Highway Tax


1,237.20


Special State Tax


4.18


County Tax


4,138.04


Town Appropriations:


Schools


$ 40,000.00


Addition to Foster School


5,000.00


Vocational Schools


2,000.00


High ways


10,000.00


Oil and Binder for Roads


3,000.00


Resurfacing East Street


4,000.00


Street Lighting and Maintenance


6,500.00


Electric Lights on Shawsheen Street


3,200.00


Electric Lights on Lee Street


600.00


Electric Lights on Old Boston Road


520.00


Incidentals


1,000.00


Public Library


750.00


Police Department


1,500.00


Board of Health


400.00


Stationery and Printing


775.00


Salaries


2,000.00


Park Commission


175.00


Tree Warden


50.00


Poor Department


5,000.00


Fire Department


2,000.00


Fire Truck


4.500.00


14


Fire Hose


1,200.00


Fire Whistle


600.00


Town Hall Maintenance


3,500.00


Town Hall Loan and Interest, 5th Payment


6,235.00


Assessors Department


1,650.00


Inspector of Meats and Animals


400.00


State Military Aid


500.00


Interest on Loans


2,700.00


Collection of Taxes


3,600.00


Memorial Day


225.00


Demonstration in Agriculture


150.00


Cutting Brush


500.00


Suppression of Brown Tail and Gypsy Moths


1,215.73


Total


$ 126,025.15


Available Revenue $ 30,000.00


Tax on 704 Polls


1,408.00


Levied on Real and Personal Property


97,501.31


Table of Aggregates


Number


Acres of Land


11,928 9-10


Houses


906


Horses


178


Cows


601


Swine


32


Sheep


11


Meat Cattle


87


Fowl


12,355


Tax Payers


2,269


Exempted Property


First Congregational Church, Land and Building $ 50,500.00


First Baptist Society, Land and Building 11,900.00


Oblate Fathers, O. M. I., Land and Building


33,800.00


St. Peter and St. Paul Society, Land


250.00


South Tewksbury M. E. Mission, Land and Building


1,000.00


Catholic Literary Asso. at Silver Lake, Land and Building


2,200.00


Silver Lake Evangelical Camp Meeting Asso.


Land and Building


2,000.00


Tewksbury Cemetery, Land


11,000.00


Total


$ 112,050.00


15


Schedule of Town Property, Exempt


School Buildings and Land


$ 50,000.00


Personal Property, School Department 5,000.00


Public Library


11,000.00


Receiving Tomb and Land


500.00


Town Cemetery Lot


50.00


Highway Department, Buildings and Land


2,500.00


Barge and Sleigh


250.00


Gravel Land, Highway Department


550.00


Public Parks


3,000.00


Cemeteries


1,000.00


Public Scales


2,500.00


Moth Department, Personal Property


1,280.00


Fire Department, Personal Property


8,000.00


Town Hall, Personal Property


5,000.00


Town Hall and Land


88,000.00


Moth Department Building


3,000.00


Electric Light Plant


500.00


Pringle Street Lot


50.00


Highway Department, Personal Property


2,065.00


Fire Department, Building and Land


1,200.00


Total


.$ 185,445.00


Massachusetts State Infirmary


Buildings


$ 1,626,109.00


Personal Property


397,600.00


$ 2,023,709.00


Respectfully submitted,


BUZZELL KING, ALBERT C. BLAISDELL, ALBION L. FELKER,


Board of Assessors, Tewksbury, Mass.


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AUDITOR'S REPORT


HIGHWAYS


Appropriation


$ 10,000.00


EXPENDITURES


Labor and Teams


Roland Robinson


$ 1,505.50


John Brown


1,284.00


Deward Monty


1,166.00


Isaac Brown


1,173.34


$


5,128.84


Breaking Roads


Dept. of Public Works, one-half cost of removing


snow on State highway


$ 214.32


Thomas P. Sawyer


50.00


Patrick Goggin


7.00


James Manley


82.00


Joseph Peters


7.00


Haines & Son


56.25


Carl Heidenreich


27.00


Howard F. Melanson


3,50


Ray Palmer


7.00


Charles R. Fitzgerald


9.75


William Penney


18,50


Ross E. Sargent


7.50


North Tewksbury Garage, gasoline & oil


29.50


Joseph H. Seamans


21.00


Frank A. Cote


12.00


Frederic N. Trull


29.25


Omer N. Blanchard


21,00


Albion Felker


8.75


P. J. Roux


23.00


$ 634.32


17


Hay and Grain


Fred Scarlett $ 640.32


Thorndike Coal & Grain Co. 194.55


A. B. Moore


805.74 -$ 1,640.61


Shoeing and Repairing


P. J. Roux $ 356.45


Repairs to tractor


124.15 -$ 480.60


Tools and Supplies


C. H. Hanson Co. balance due on horse $ 196.00


The Berger Mfg. Co.,culvert pipe $ 74.52


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas


86.14


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone


34.85


Cawley Coal Co., drain pipe


27.83


Roland Robinson, paid express


1.47


A. B. Moore, supplies


10.34


Boston & Maine R. R., freight


2.00


Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies


69.16


Robinson & Foster, labor


55.79


Donovan Harness Co., supplies


24.75


Lull & Hartford, dynamite, etc.


27.75


James E. McCoy, sand


.75


Edward Marshall, sand


9.00


Mrs. Hood, sand


10.50


P. J. O'Neil, sand.


24.50


George Dutch, gravel


4.50


Fred L. Roper, cinders


18.00


L. A. Derby & Co., supplies


6.00


American Express Co., express


.87


Tewksbury Garage, gasoline, oil and storage


41.33


James Chambers, sand


15.30


North Tewksbury Garage, gasoline and oil


3.65


John T. Gale, paid for registration of tractor


4.00


E. P. Chasse, cinders


20.00


S. R. McIntosh, lumber


60.00 $ 829.00


18


Equipment


Pitts Motor Sales Co., tractor & snowplow $ 950.00


A. H. Ash, gravel spreader 42.30


New England Road Machinery Co., blades for


scraper 21.00


$ 1,013.30


Total


$ 9,726.67


Appropriation


$ 10,000.00


Total expenditures


9,726.67


Unexpended balance


$ 273.33


OIL OR OTHER BINDER


Appropriation


$ 3,000.00


Expenditures


American Oil Products Co., patching compound .. $ 101.25


Antonio Pallato, crushed stone


303.08


Standard Oil Co., oil and binder 2,595.37 -$


2,999.70


Unexpended


$


.30


19


EAST STREET, RESURFACE


Appropriation $ 4,000.00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts 4,000.00


Middlesex County


4,000.00


-


-$ 12,000.00


Expenditures


Antonio Pallato, labor & materials as per contract $ 12 000.00


SCHOOLS


Balance Jan. 1, 1924 brought forward as per vote $ 3,303.81 Appropriation 40,000.00


-$ 43,303.81


Expenditures


Teachers


Ethelwyn Howard


$ 1,793.75


Cecelia Hodgkins


851.87


Bertha McElroy


503.13


Abby Westgate


260.00


Elizabeth Flynn


1,235.00


Ruth Piper


1,035.50


Dorothy Dickinson


1,206.50


Marguerite Tellier


978.50


Nettie L. Eagles


1,301.50


Miriam Wiggin


1,100.00


Ruth Tingley


988.00


Eva L. Hersey


1,100.00


20


Anna Mulligan


893.00


Louise Fay


570.00


Dorothy Rodden


48.00


Isabel Gregory


380.00


Gladys Pillsbury


398.00


Lena Coburn


248.00


George Robeson


240.00


Beatrice Lynch


4.00


Frances Lynch


42.00


Alice Carey


4.00


Eliza Spaulding


12.50


Sarah Loupret


355.50


Marion Adams


570.00


Marion Piper


361.00


Bertha McEvoy


147.75


Beulah Pain


12.00


$ 16,639.50


Fuel and Janitor


Arthur J. Mack, janitor


$ 468.00


Dawson Purdy, janitor


792.00


Irvin Bailey, janitor


630.00


Mrs. M. Anderson, janitoress


422.50


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


41.17


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas


68.14


Osterman Coal Co., coal


17.50


Austin F. French, wood


60.00


Bradford Gerrish, labor


9.00


James Manley, haulding coal 41.50


Daniel T. Sullivan, coal


1,188.31


George W. Trull, wood


20.00


George Garland, janitor


1,093.33


H. J. Dallman Co., floor brushes


52.52


Wm. H. Livingston, wood


5.00


A. B. Moore, supplies


3.84


-$ 4,912.81


Transportation


James Manley, driving barge $ 915.00


Louis Cote, driving barge 483.00


Joseph Pupkis, driving barge 201.00


21


Eastern Mass. Street Ry. Co., tickets 3,400.00


Town of Billerica, transporting jupils


351.00


Asahel Jewell, driving barge 270.00


Reimbursements for car tickets:


John R. Smith 5.20


Lucy Watson


12.80


Chester Trull


12.70


Mrs. Bertha M. Lovejoy


12.80


Frank Marr 25.60


James Hallett


25.20


Edgar Smith


12.40


Ralph Sowitzky 21.20


Henry Scarlett


12.80


Mark Roper


25.40


Zephir Sawyer


38,10


L. A. Roberts


12.60


Everett Mountain


25.60


John Peterson


25.60


L. E. Small


17.70


Leonard M. Pineau


6.00


Dennis J. O'Connell


48,40


Mrs. Dorothy Roper


12.80


P. D. Nash


17.70


Jennie B. Fuller


6.40


Joseph Jordan


12.20


Roscoe Millett


18,90


Alden Haines


12.80


Clarence Foster


12.80


Frank C. Guyer


12.40


George Garland


12.80


A. H. Hicks


12.80


John T. Gale


25.40


Joseph Barowsky 25.60


George H. Blake


24.60


John H. Botas


12.80


J. K. Chandler


14.10


Robert Bisbee


17.70


Stanislaw Kaszetta


12.60


Mrs. K. I. Burgess


20.80


Albert Katharena 18.30


Anthony Kelley 19i.20


Peter Lacey


21.20


James E. Chambers


24.80


Ludwick Chesus


20.80


James Clancy


12.00


22


Robert Johnson 12.10


Thomas Sullivan


12.60


Mrs. Patrick Sullivan 12.80


James Fletcher


19.20.


H. M. Larrabee


10.60


Thomas Davies


18.90


Robert Farmer


12.20


H. L. Farmer


18.30


Frank Corr


12.80


Walter Lavell


12.80


Frank Livingston 37.60


John E. Colby


12.60


E. C. Rood


18.90


P. J. O'Neil


25.60


Louis J. Cote


12.80


Philip Battles


6.40


Miss Nellie Collins


25.60


R. F. Carson


43.70


Mrs. Raymond LaFay


2.60


Mrs. J. Agnes Perkins


3.10


Frank Szurley


13.40


William J. Gelinas


6.40


Mrs. Thomas Parivoliotis


12.60


-$ 6,725.20


Supervision


Charles L. Randall $ 1,058.75


Books and Supplies


A. G. Pollard C. $ 188.93


Frye & Crawford Drug Co.


16.75


Houghton, Mifflin Co.


31.61


McKnight & McKnight


97.46


Ervin E. Smith


81.18


The Macmillan Co.


33.19


J. L. Hammett Co.


496.06


Amasa Pratt Co.


40.00


American Book Co.


52.23


23


Ginn & Co. 130.54


Edward E. Babb & Co.


194.43


Thompson Hardware Co.


6.00


Wheeler Publishing Co.


12.19


Little, Brown & Co.


11.43


Scott, Foresman & Co.


44.07


A. B. Moore


4.41


The Arlo Publishing Co.


29.30


Oliver Ditson Co.


3.35


Massachusetts Sales Service


1.00


The Robertson Co.


4.00


C. S. Hammond


12.00


D. C. Heath & Co.


33.51


Milton Bradley


5.39


F. M. Ambrose & Co.


11.48


A. N. Palmer Co.


13.39


Butterfield Printing Co. 19.00


8.09


F. G. Baldwin


.73


Reformatory for Women


14.15


Hall & McCreary Co. ...


5.25 $ 1,601.12


Houses


The Robertson Co., Inc., chairs & desks $ 31.00


Welch Bros. Co., plumbing


165.13


L. A. Derby & Co., installing electric pump, tank, etc.


75.04


W. I. Bailey, repairs to door


2.00


P. J. Clancy, plumbing


2.50


Leo J. Mckenzie, labor


31.10


J. R. Smith, repairs


312.31


Walter W. Lavell, steamfitting


21.29


Bennett Bros., Co. installing pumps, etc.


206.18


P. J. Roux, repairing engine


1.50


H. L. Farmer, batteries


1.26


Henry J. Cloutier, repairs to flag-pole


5.00


Hervey E. Cote, grates and labor


74.05


Kenney Bros. & Walkins, desks and seats 179.24


Farrell & Conaton, repairs


21,29


Samuel Brownstein


- -


24


Stepen W. Hands, repairs to furnace


42.56


Scannell Boiler Works, retubing boiler 38.90 $ 1,210.35


Tuition


Town of Billerica


$ 480.00


Town of Reading


100.00


Town of Wilmington 162.00


City of Lowell


7,009.91


City of Lawrence


23.76 -$ 7,775.67


Massacusetts School Fund


Massachusetts Board of Retirement $ 529.00


Miscellaneous


F. H. Garlick, trucking $ 18.00


Herbert A. Rugg, army blankets


40.00


P. J. Roux, repairs to barges 296.37


J. L. Fleming, premium on insurance 501.70


Arthur Mack, attendance officer


2.00


Emma Maclaren, expenses to hospital clinic


12.88


J. J. McMannon, maple tree


22.00


Nelson Huntley, filling in diplomas


7.50


", L. Randall, expenses


61.31


Mary E. Lynch, rent of land


25.00


Charles W. Dorr, tickets and programs


6.50


Emma Maclaren, taking school census


30.00


Courier-Citizen Co., advertising


3.36


W. I. Bailey, trimming shrubs


6.00


Ruth Cameron, making out working certifi-


cates, etc. 25.00


New England Tel, and Tel. Co., telephone ..


16.83


John H. Seifer, repairs to clock 2.50


25


William H. Bennett, water privileges 10,00 Leo Mackenzie, putting rope in flag-pole 5.00


Fred C. Church and Co., premium on policy 71.40


$ 1,163.35


School Nurse


Mrs. Emma Maclaren, services $ 970.00


Medical Inspection


H. M. Larrabee, M. D. $ 100.00


Total


$ 42,685.75


Appropriation


$ 43,303.81


Total expenditures


42,685.75


Unexpended


$ 618.06


Vocational Schools


Appropriation $ 2,009.00


Expenditures


City of Lowell, tuition $ 1,230.50


Town of Reading 47.50


James H. Seaman, reimbursement for car tickets 11.20


James Crosby, reimbursement for car tickets .. 5.10


Thomas McCormack, reimbursement for car tks. 14.40


Mrs. Jennie McCoy, reimbursement for car tickets 21.30


26


B. Stelnack, reimbursement for car tickets . .. . 14.00 Mrs. Mae E. Wilbar, reimbursement for car tks. 54.40


Unexpended


$ 1,398.40


$ 601.60


INSANE AND POOR


Appropriation


$ 5,000.00


Paid out for support of poor


3,363.50


Unexpended


$ 1,636.50


STATE AID


Appropriation


$ 500.00


Paid out for aid


96.00


Unexpended


$ 404.00


27


STATIONERY AND PRINTING


Appropriation


$ 775.00


Expenditures


Advertising $ 45.78


Balfe Service Co., printing annual reports


341.00


Balfe Service Co., printing warrants, etc. 109.50


Harry C. Kittredge, office supplies


14.65


A. J. Fairgrieve, envelopes and stamps


37.99


Frank J. Cox, printing


5.00


P. J. Murphy, license book


4.10


Hobbs & Warren, license blanks


22.06


A. W. Brownell Corp., printing


3.00


William Speke, printing 5.00


Mrs. Harry C. Dawson, advertising


5.04


Harry C. Dawson, paid for supplies


3.35


Miss Edith A. Foristall, advertising


3.36


Butterfield Printing Co., printing check lists & ..


82.50


Dumas Co., binding reports of treasurer and


auditor


9.00


Duval Printing House, registration posters .. 4.00


$ 695.33


Unexpended $ 79.67


SALARIES


Appropriation $ 2,000.00


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Expenditures


Peter W. Cameron, clerk, board of registrars $ 30.00


Dennis J. O'Connell, registrar of voters 25.00


George E. Marshall, registrar of voters 38.00


Adolph B. Moore, registrar of voters 38.00


Austin French, election officer 22.50


Wm. I. Bailey, election officer


5,00


George McCoy, election officer


22.50


Percy Haines, election officer


22.50


E. Howard King, election officer 10.00


7.50


Eugene N. Patterson, town treasurer


250.00


Robert E. Gay, town auditor


250.00


John T. Gale, chairman road commission


100.00


Arthur Foster, school committee


75.00


Estate of Peter W. Cameron, services of P. W. Cameron as town clerk 133.33


Estate of Peter W. Cameron, services of P. W. Cameron as clerk of board of registrars 20,00


A. C. Blaisdell, services as town clerk, pro tem .


14.45


Wm. H. Kelley, selectman


200.00


J. K. Chandler, selectman


200.00


Mrs. H. M. Larrabee, school committee


75.00


Hector Jackson, school committee


75.00


Harry C. Dawson, town clerk, pro tem ...


32.78 $ 1,896.56


Unexpended


$


103.44


INCIDENTALS


Appropriation


$


1,000.00


Expenditures


Sealer of Weights and Measures


P. J. Roux, trucking $ 2.50


Boston Nickel Plating Co., adjusting weights


15.75


29


Elmer Strickwald, election officer


Irving French, chairman, board of selectmen 250.00


American Express Co., express 6.36


Fred C. Church, premium on policy on sealer apparatus 14,40


W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies


8,90


Wm. H. Alexander, paid express on weights


.96


F. H. Garlick, trucking weights


1.00


Wm. H. Alexander, services as sealer


78.00


David Williams, use of horse for sealer


27.00


Hobbs & Warren, book for sealer 2.06


Charles S. Lyons, services as sealer


8.05


$ 164.98


Wm. E. Briggs, balance due account services as Fish and Game Warden, 1923 .$ 24.46


Wm. E. Briggs, Game Warden, 1924 37.50


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones 238.90


Qua, Howard & Rogers, legal services 158.25


Chas. L. Sweatser, M. D., reporting births


.50


Daniel Buzzell, reporting births


1.50


Sherman Perry, M. D., reporting births


2.25


George K. James, transporting ballots


3.00


J. F. W. Dorman Co., dog checks


7.35


Fred C. Church & Co., premium on treasurer's


bond 25.00


P. W. Cameron, recording births, deaths marriages


105.50


Director of Accounts, approval of notes


32.00


Appleton Safe Deposit Vaults, rent


5.00


A. J. Fairgrieve, premium on clerk's bond


2.50


A. J. Fairgrieve rent of P. O. Box


1.40


A. A. Brand, rebate on illegal sale of taxes


6.48


M. A. Buck, M. D., reporting births


1.00


Wm. J. Brown, M. D., reporting births


.25


Albert Trull, Est., rent of scale site


25.00


Jean M. Donelson, illegal sale of taxes 17.64


Hugh Cameron, care of park at No. Tewksbury ..


6.00


Estate of P. W. Cameron, services of P. W.


Cameron as Justice of Peace 5.00


Tewksbury Cemetery Corp. care of town lot


and tomb 10.00


Smith Bros., moving safe


12.00


John Gale care of soldiers' graves


25.00


Elizabeth Baptiste, rebate on moth tax


3.82


Harry C. Dawson services as Justice of Peace 1,00


P. J. Meehan, M. D., reporting births .25


&


30


Eugene N. Patterson, expenses to Lowell & Boston


13.50


A. C. Blaisdell, services as Justice of Peace . . 5.00


H. J. Patten, Collector, tax on property sold to town


9.28


George H. Brown, care South cemetery, 1924 ..


47.50


998.81 Total $


Unexpended


$


1.19


Unpaid bills: New England Tel. & Tel. Co., tels. $ 6.79


BOARD OF HEALTH


Appropriation


$ 400.00


Expenditures


F. & E. Bailey, vaccine points $ 24.50


State Infirmary, Rabies treatment for Flint


children


60.00


Mrs. H. M. Larrabee ,carfares to Westfield


15.00


J. C. & W. T. Monahan, preliminary survey and plan for proposed drainage system 157.00


H. M. Larrabee, M. D., services as physician for Board of Health


135.00


$ 391.50


Unexpended


$ 8.50


31


.


MEMORAL DAY


Appropriation


$ 225.00


Expenditures


Hon. Charles P. Howard, orator $ 10.00


Regan Military Band 110.00


Ladies Aid Society, dinner


52.50


Gertrude E. Bailey, flags


11.71


Mrs. Jessie Whitworth, soloist


6.40


Josie E. Blaisdell, cigars


9.30


Butterfield Printing Co., programs


5.75


A. C. Tingley, bouquets


4.00


-$


209.66


Unexpended


$


15.34


STREET LIGHTING


Appropriation $ 3,500.00


Appropriation, Special town meeting March 24 .. 3,000.00


Appropriation, Special town meeting (new lights) 200.00


- -$ 6,700.00


Expenditures


Welsbach Street Lighting Co. $ 544.61


Lowell Electric Light Corp.


5,043.91


Lowell Gas Light Co.


322.01 $ 5,910.53


Unexpended


$ 789.47


-


32


LIBRARY


Appropriation $ 750.00


Dog tax, 1923


505.34 -- $ 1,255.34


Expenditures


George K. James, trucking $ 4.00


Kate Folsom, expenses in Boston


27.00


DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books 680.69


Albert S. Briggs, repairs


3.50


Harriet G. Morse, magazine subscriptions 49.75


Abbie M. Blaisdell librarian


178.00


Ruth Cameron, asst. librarian


100.00


Edward Smith, asst. librarian


75.00


Gaylord Bros., supplies


1.95


Chas. W. Dorr, book lists


6.50


Edgar Smith, transporting books


91.00


David Farquhar, books


18.80


Edward E. Babb & Co., framed bulletin board


6,30


$ 1,242.49


Unexpended $ 12.85


TOWN HALL


Appropriation


$


3,500.00


Expenditures


Eugene N. Patterson, janitor


$


1,200.00


E. N. Patterson, Janitor, balance 1923


197.72


33


Commissioner of Public Safety, inspection of boilers


8,00


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity 314.81


A. F. French & Co., paper 29.96


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas 33.22


Edith I. Norris, 41 dish towels 1.50


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


100.35


Josie E. Blaisdell, supplies


1.96


Mass. State Prison, brushes


13.75


A. G. Pollard Co., supplies


15.60


Albert S. Briggs, repairs


14.50


Robinson & Foster labor and material


26.41


L. A. Derby & Co., lamps


12.60


Kant Blaze Mfg. & Fire Proofing Co., treating curtain with Kant Blaze Fire Proofing solution


60.00


Osterman Coal Co., coal


1,211.28


John C. Bennett, padlock & hasp


1.30


Chas. H. Kittredge, installing lights


31.81


Arthur Tremblay, soap .84


Hobson & Lawler Co., sharpening lawn-mower


1.90


Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., document file


18.00


W. H. Sawyer, labor on town barn


59,50


John H. Seifer, repairs on clock


9.00


Walter H. Lavell, repairs


9.25


Thomas Hemsworth lawn-mower blades


2.50


Bartlett & Dow Co., oil cans


.63


Farrell & Conaton, boiler brushes


4.00


Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co., supplies


.68


Philip Ginty, repairing roof


39,00


Fred A. Church, premium on policy on barn Delco plant


67.50


C. M. Vidito, rebate on use of town hall


5.00


$ 3,492.57


Unexpended


&


$ 7.43


34


GENERAL


Central Savings Bank, paid notes Nos. 15, 17,


19, 20, 21 & 22 $ 70,000.00


County treasurer County tax 4,138.04


Commonwealth of Mass. State tax


5,200.00


Auditing Municipal accounts 4.18


Repairs to State Highway


1,237.20


- $ 80,579.42


MOTH ACCOUNT, JAN. 1, TO NOV. 30, 1924, INCLUSIVE


Expenditures


Nelson Brown, labor $ 549.75


Harris M. Briggs, labor


952.76


Chester E. Sweat, labor


96.00


N. D. Lafleur, supplies


10,20


A. B. Moore, supplies 26.46


Edward Haskell, labor


219.94


Frank Goodwin, labor


187.50


M. E. Haines, supplies


1.00


George A. Gale, labor


120.00


John D. Purdy, labor


156.50


Louis Boogusch, labor


154.50


Jack Marsh, labor


23.00


Walter J. Marsh, labor


92.00


Thomas P. Sawyer, use of team


270.00


D. J. Williams, use of horse


65.93


C. B. Coburn Co. bbl. for sprayer .


2.00


$


2,927.54


Balance Jan. 1 1924


$ 1,097.87


Charged to private work


643.09


Reimbursements by State


1,186.58


-$ 2,927.54


35


MOTH ACCOUNT, DEC. 1, 1924 TO DEC. 31, 1924, INCLUSIVE


Expenditures


Harris M. Briggs, labor $ 139.80


Nelson J. Brown, labor


120.00


259.80


TREE WARDEN


Appropriation


$ 50.00


Expenditures


M. E. Haines, repairing pully blocks & cement . . $ 3.40


Nelson J. Brown, pruning trees 8.00


Harris M. Briggs, pruning trees 9.32


N. D. Lafleur, supplies 4.92


A. B. Moore, supplies 1,07


Fitzhenry-Guptill Co., supplies


5.00


Karl C. Greene, hauling supplies


5.00


George A. Norris, filing saws


1.40


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies for spraying and repair- ing trees 11.49


$ 49.60


Unexpended


$


.40


36


INTEREST


Appropriation


$ 2,700.00


Central Savings Bank, interest on Notes No. 20




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