Town of Tewksbury annual report 1933-1938, Part 9

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1933
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 980


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Appropriation


.... $ 1,000.00


Expenditures


Alice A. Pike, expenses in Boston in connection with C. W. A.


$ 9.00


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


323.17


Harry C. Dawson, expenses in Boston


2.50


Middlesex Co. Selectmen's Association, member- ship dues $ 4.50


Appleton National Bank, safety deposit box rent


5.50


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


92.50


Bartlett & Dow Co., axe handles and files


3.88


Director of Accounts, approval of notes


16.00


39


A. J. Fairgrieve, P. O. box rent


3.20


A. J. Fairgrieve, premium on town clerk's bond 5.00


Harry C. Dawson, recording births, marriages and deaths


112.00


Harry C. Dawson, Justice of the Peace


20.75


Cyril Barker, game warden


100.00


James Manley, care of soldiers' lots 1933-34.


42.00


E. H. King, expenses to Boston


5.00


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


.75


Burroughs Adding Machine Co., service contract Singer Sewing Machine Co., cleaning and re- pairing machine


3.50


J. R. Rainey, range oil for burning rubbish


1.80


Balfe Service Co., seals


13.75


William Pringle, labor at So. Cemetery


28.00


Tewksbury Cemetery Corp., Care of Town Tomb and Lot


10.00


Massachusetts Town Clerks' Association, mem- bership fee 2.00


Howard, Rogers & Sherburne


54.30


$ 864.10


Unexpended


$ 135.90


BOARD OF HEALTH


Appropriation


$ 1,000.00


Expenditures


Samuel A. Dibbins, M. D., professional services $ 5.00


Fred Howard, supplies


1.25


H. M. Larrabee, M. D., professional services. ..


478.54


Webster Drug Co., supplies


1.17


F. & E. Bailey & Co., vaccine points


12.70


Rutland State Sanatorium, care of Ida Shanks ..


105.14


$ 603.80


Unexpended $ 396.20


MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation $ 250.00


40


5.00


Expenditures


Dr. G. A. Pierce, traveling expenses $ 8.00


Dr. G. A. Peirce, paid express .51


Lawrence Fife, Drum & Bugle Corp., music


80.00


Bon Marche Dry Goods Co., flags


21.95


Marjorie W. Leadbetter, soloist 25.00


Henry Robinson & Co., wreaths


11.99


Sullivan Bros., programs


5.75


Mrs. Bessie Koebele, music


5.00


F. I. Carter & Sons, flowers


5.00


Ladies' Aid Society, dinners


75.00


$ 238.20


Unexpended


$ 11.80


STREET LIGHTING


Appropriation


...


$ 6,500.00


Expenditures


Lowell Electric Light Corp., street lights


5,690.41


Unexpended


$ 809.59


LIBRARY


Appropriation


$ 850.00


Dog Tax ...


556.74


$ 1,406.74


Expenditures


Abbie M. Blaisdell, librarian


$ 175.00


Abbie M. Blaisdell, P. O. box rent


2.25


Charles Scribner's Sons, books


37.50


DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books


803.65


R. Wesley Barron, assistant librarian


12.00


Blanche King, assistant librarian


100.00


William Brooks, assistant librarian


50.84


Mrs. Maud B. Gray, magazine subscriptions.


46.85


Kate Folsom, expenses in Boston


30.00


George K. James, labor and supplies


1.40


41


Russell Lumber Co., lumber


6.99


Remington Rand, Inc., call slips 5.22


R. W. Wagner Co., books


13,50


Houghton Mifflin Co., books


18.98


The Junior Literary Guild, Inc.


18.50


Edgar Smith, transporting books


84.00


$ 1,406.68


Unexpended


$ .06


TOWN HALL


Appropriation


$ 3,000.00


Expenditures


George K. James, janitor


$ 1,034.75


George K. James, paid freight


.50


Nelson Brown, labor


6.00


Peter DeMaris, labor


6.00


Thomas McCoy, labor


6.00


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas


31.92


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


203.26


Osterman Coal Co., coal


7.00


Bartlett & Dow Co., tools and paint


4.55


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


674.46


Winthrop Jones, shoveling snow


3.00


Joseph Golen, shoveling snow


3.00


Robert McCausland, shoveling snow


3.00


Joseph Willett, shoveling snow


3.00


G. C. Prince & Son, supplies


93.95


C. B. Coburn Co., garbage cans, wax


5.88


Walter Robinson, labor


35.42


A. F. French & Co., roll of paper


24.57


Russell Lumber Co., panel for Legion Hall door


.82


E. A. Wilson Co., coal


436.76


Commissioner of Public Safety, inspecting


boilers


10.00


Bon Marche Co., supplies


14.73


Legion Post, keys


3.00


William M. Horner, disinfectant


8.33


A. B. Moore, supplies


11.62


Walter W. Coburn, tuning piano


4.00


C. B. Dolge Co., disinfectant and cleanser


19.60


42


Bennett Bros., labor and transportation


3.50


Alfred J. Ilg, repairing boiler


46.68


George E. Gray, wood


5.00


Watch & Clock Shop, cleaning and oiling clock


5.00


Herman Pfeiffer, painting


105.00


Herman Pfeiffer, paid for material


2.35


William O. Hamilton, painting


105.00


Frank P. McCartin Co., electrical supplies.


2.48


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies


65.30


Daniel T. Sullivan, lime etc. for repairs.


2.93


$ 2,997.82


Unexpended


$ 2.18


GENERAL


Commonwealth of Mass., special state tax $ 8.00


Commonwealth of Mass., state tax


5,600.00


Commonwealth of Mass., auditing municipal ac- counts


740.01


Commonwealth of Mass., state parks and res- ervations


53.63


Central Savings Bank, paid notes nos. 99, 101, 111, 115, 108


90,000.00


Middlesex Co. Treasurer, tuberculosis district tax


587.59


Middlesex Co. Treasurer, dog license fees


747.60


Middlesex Co. Treasurer, county tax


5,571.08


Jackson & Curtis, paid note no. 117


20,000.00


$123,307.91


TREE WARDEN


Appropriation $ 500.00


Expenditures


Harris M. Briggs, labor


$ 481.43


William Rondeau, labor


10.00


C. B. Coburn Co., tanglefoot


2.69


A. B. Moore, gas and oil


5.88


-


$ 500.00


INTEREST


$


3,500.00


Appropriation


43


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, interest on notes nos.


99, 101, 108, 110, 111, 115, 116 $ 2,970.83 Jackson & Curtis, interest on note due Dec. 19, 1934 127.51 $ 3,098.34


Unexpended


$ 401.66


POLICE


Appropriation


....


$ 3,000.00


Expenditures


City of Lowell, use of jail


$ 11.00


City of Lowell, use of ambulance


15.00


Cyril L. Barker, services


1,346.25


Cyril L. Barker, use of auto


421.90


Cyril L. Barker, toll calls and stamps


9.67


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


12.82


A. H. Jewell, services


27.00


Anthony G. Kelley, services


25.00


Warner Bancroft, services


354.30


Warner Bancroft, use of auto


6.30


Peter Cawley, transferring prisoners


17.28


James Broadbent, printing


9.00


Ross E. Sargent, services


253.75


Ross E. Sargent, use of auto


5.75


James Burns, transporting prisoners.


12.80


Chester Burgess, services


190.00


Spencer Mfg. Co., badges


12.60


Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., police sup- plies


95.57


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps


4.50


The Robertson Co., steel filing cabinet


19.50


Balfe Service Co., index file and cards


4.85


The Lake Erie Chemical Co., supplies


24.74


Ernest R. Currier, express


.45


Abbott Battles, services


32.50


Bernard Greene, services


26.00


H. L. Gonzales, badges


1.50


Larchie McPhail, services


28.75


Larchie McPhail, use of auto


2.70


44


Frank J. Donovan, expenses to Cambridge


2.53


$ 2,974.01


Unexpended


$ 25.99


PARKS AND COMMONS


Appropriation


$ 200.00


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


10.59


R. W. Wolm, replacing flag pole rope 7.50


Harris M. Briggs, repairs to band stand roof ....


5.00


Harris M. Briggs, painting


30.00


A. B. Moore, supplies


9.91


H. E. Fletcher Co., granite dust


11.04


Bartlett & Dow Co., paint


26.00


H. M. Briggs, care of flag and common


90.00


-


190.04


Unexpended


$. 9.96


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$ 3,500.00


Expenditures


A. S. Haines, chief $ 1,200.00


Leo M. Bonugli, storage of truck


109.50


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


89.88


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


170.35


Arthur Tremblay, gas and supplies


99.51


Arthur Tremblay, lunches


3.57


Maryland Casualty Co., premium on policy cov- ering firemen


187.50


John A. Simpson, brick


15.83


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies


14.58


American Fire Equipment Co., supplies


70.75


E. A. Wilson Co., coal and lime


116.10


Wilbur K. Foss, lettering truck


8.80


Edith A. Foristall, advertising


4.00


F. Brooks Co., repairing pump


14.70


North Tewksbury Garage, gasoline, labor and parts


219.25


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies


26.06


45


Scannell Boiler Works, flange, pump cover and iron 55.86


Fairview Garage, gasoline, oil, labor and ma- terial 38.56


Daniel E. McQuade, wheel and tire


17.40


C. A. Hutchins, polishing cloths


.85


Town of Wilmington, rent of 3 hydrants


120.00


Homer L. Darby, paper and cement


1.55


Thompson Hardware Co., Hardware and paint Samuel Brownstein, oil


7.20


Donovan Harness & Auto Supply So, supplies


10.65


Lowell Iron & Steel Co., steel, hardware and iron


9.95


J. W. Stark, meat for lunches


3.55


Charles F. Kappler, gas and oil


27.81


George Brabant, hauling hand tub from Lowell


2.00


S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., hat badges


27.16


Russell Lumber Co., lumber


5.67


Margaret Jackson, first aid kit


2.00


F. H. Garlick, trucking


5.00


Carpenter Mfg. Co., switch


.93


E. R. Currier, express


1.50


Chester Burgess, tending heater at So. Tewks- bury 26.50


Chester Burgess, range oil


5.20


Chester Burgess, paid for keys


1.50


P. I. Perkins Co., hose and couplings


34.00


Middlesex Machine Co .. valve


3.50


Division of Forestry, pump can


3.00


T. C. McCausland, connecting fire alarm


7.00


H. R. Gourley, lunches for firemen


2.30


E. S. Haines, labor on truck 4.00


Charles F. Young, decorating


10.00


$ 2,788.77


LABOR AT FIRES


H. L. Darby $ 24.75


E. S. Haines


80.75


James Bancroft 37.50


Andrew Kohanski


23 75


Lyle Holt


30.75


Albert Bancroft


16.25


Frank Goodwin


23.75


Leonard Gath


58.75


46


3.75


Leslie Burgess


30.50


C. E. Burgess


22.76


John R. Smith


12.50


Daniel Sterling


16.00


Omer Blanchard


15.25


George K. James


54.75


Charles Bowden


28.25


Harold Mills


43.00


Thomas Sullivan


9.00


Clifford Edgecomb


10.75


John Carter


11.50


W. R. Millett


59.25


William Bailey


24.35


Edward J. Walsh


9.75


Ross Sargent


5.50


Fred Carter


12.00


James T. Hallett


9.00


Leo Bonugli


3.50


Patrick Lacey


1.00


Wallace Farwell


5.25


Edward Hoyt


3.75


William McGoogan


8.75


John Cummings


2.50


Frank Corr


8.00


Harry Gleason


1.50


Harry Patterson


4.75


709.35


Total


$ 3,498.12


Unexpended


$


1.88


ASSESSORS


Appropriation


$ 1,800.00


Expenditures


Gertrude B. Sweeney, cards $ 21.50


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., blanks etc.


24.49


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


40.51


Buzzell King, services


609.00


Mark J. McCann, services


602.00


Albion L. Felker, services


178.50


Albion L. Felker, use of auto


93.00


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps 5.00


47


George R. Barnstead & Son, tax tables 1.00


James Broadbent, envelopes 4.50


The Duval Printing House, blanks etc. 16.00


Spaulding-Moss Co., paper 2.90


Alice A. Pike, abstracts from Registry of Deeds, probates and expenses to Cambridge 79.10


Sullivan Bros., books and lists of polls 70.00


Mary A. Collins, services 52.50


$


1,800.00


MOTOR EXCISE TAX REFUNDS


Victor N. Cluff, refund on motor excise tax. $ 2.00


F. A. Osterman, refund on motor excise tax 1.92


$ 3.92


INSPECTION OF MEAT AND ANIMALS


Appropriation $ 600.00


Expenditures


A. H. Jewell, inspection of slaughter houses, barns and cattle, quarantining and releas- ing cattle and dogs 568.00


Unexpended


$ 32.00


MUNICIPAL INSURANCE


Appropriation


$


1,500.00


Deposits


Central Savings Bank, deposited $ 1,500.00 .... ....


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Appropriation


Expenditures $ 225.00


n. J. Cameron, services


$


200.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies 12.73


$ 212.73


Unexpended


$


12.27


48


COLLECTION OF TAXES AND REFUNDS


Appropriation


...... $ 3,500.00


Expenditures


James C. Marshall, commission $ 45.24


James C. Marshall, abatements paid by collec-


tor and refunds


20.49


Harry C. Dawson, certifying deeds


50.00


Adolph B. Moore, commission


406.26


Adolph B. Moore, demands paid treasurer


45.50


Adolph B. Moore, envelopes and stamps 9.59


Mrs. Alice A. Pike, making out deeds


158.00


J. Edward Norton, refund


12.40


Middlesex No. District Registry, recording


deeds


301.65


Edith A. Forristall, advertising


238.80


James L. McHale, refund


1.00


James Broadbent, printing


62.25


G. C. Prince & Sons, file


9.80


Harry C. Dawson, premium on bond


180.00


R. Wesley Barron, collector, envelopes and stamps


32.24


R. Wesley Barron, preparing and recording deeds


287.50


R. Wesley Barron, commission


1,118.16


R. Wesley Barron, demands


103.95


Mrs. Alice A. Pike, foreclosures of tax titles. ...


50.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., office supplies


58.62


W. Melvin Ellis, premium on bond of deputy tax collector 10.00


Maryland Casualty Co., collector's bond (A. B. Moore) for J. H. Fenton


10.00


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps


85.00


Massachusetts Envelope Co., envelopes


12.00


James Fay, refund


8.68


R. W. Barron, preparing, posting and advertis- ing taxes


167.00


The Owl Stamp Works, stamp and pad


1.25


A. A. Smith & Co., typewriter ribbons


1.50


Harry C. Dawson, acknowledging deeds


8.75


$ 3,495.63


Unexpended


$ 4.37


49


1


SHAWSHEEN SCHOOL LOAN


Appropriation


.... $ 2,196,00


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, interest on notes nos.


103 to 106


$


396.00


Central Savings Bank, paid note 103


1,800.00 $ 2,196.00


REIMBURSEMENT FOR C. W. A. WORK


Appropriation


...


$ 250.00


Expenditures


Mrs. Alice A. Pike, extra work account C. W. A. $ 250.00


MIDDLESEX COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL


Appropriation .... ...........


$


2,169.53


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, paid note no. 90 $ 2,000.00


Central Savings Bank, interest on notes nos. 90 to 92 incl. 169.53


$ 2,169.53


SHAWSHEEN SCHOOL


Balance brought forward from 1933


$


523.59


...


Expenditures


Waltham Lumber Co., lumber $ 486.52


Hall-Greg Co., lumber


37.07


-


$


523.59


CIVIL WORKS SERVICE


Received from Emergency Finance Board


249.00


50


Expenditures


Velma Murray $ 104.40 Bell Norris 103.20


Emergency Finance Board, refund of balance


received for C. W. S. projects 41.40 -


$ 249.00


PURCHASE OF HIGH SCHOOL SITE


Appropriation


$


5,000.00


Expenditures


Louisa F. Carter, land on Pleasant Street for High school $ 375.00


Louisa Carter and Charlotte Carter, land on


Pleasant Street for High school 2,800.00


Herbert W. Pillsbury, land on Pleasant Street for High school 625.00


Central Savings Bank, land on Pleasant Street


for High school 1,200.00


---- $ 5,000.00


FOSTER SCHOOL LOAN


Appropriation


..... ...


$


2,502.00


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, paid interest on note


no. 35


$ 102.00


Central Savings Bank, paid note no. 35


2,400.00


-


$ 2,502.00


FOSTER SCHOOL FUND


Central Savings Bank, interest


$ 5.50


Anderson Bros., load dressing


$ 5.50


PURCHASE OF FIRE TRUCK


Appropriation


$


3,500.00


51


Expenditures .


Daniel E. McQuade, Reo truck chassis $ 1,617.00


Daniel E. McQuade, driving charges 15.00


Daniel E. McQuade, tail lamp and parts 2.70


103.35


American Fire Equipment Co., suction hose .... American Fire Equipment Co., electric siren ..


35.35


American Fire Equipment Co., fire pump on Reo chassis


800.00


American Fire Equipment Co., hose


115.90


American Fire Equipment Co., parts


199.64


Lowell Iron & Steel Co., hardware, iron and steel


54.27


Russell Lumber Co., lumber


77.19


Scannell Boiler Works, tank, irons, etc.


127.10


Scannell Boiler Works, steel plates and labor on truck 14.46


Middlesex Supply Co., pipe


12.50


Thompson Hardware Co., hardware


28.15


E. S. Haines, labor on truck


69.50


Wilbur K. Foss, lettering and striping truck


48.90


C. B. Coburn Co., paint etc.


4.54


Middlesex Machine Co., parts


3.15


Donovan Harness & Auto Co., matting


12.55


F. N .. McIntire Brass Co., parts


157.00 $ 3,498.25


Unexpended


$ 1.75


PURCHASE OF LAND FOR FIRE PROTECTION $ 1,700.00


Appropriation


.... ...


Expenditures


Mrs. Amelia Frost, land on Whipple Street. $ 800.00


Eva R. Colby and Florence A. Colby, land on Pine and Pond Streets 450.00


A. Warren Stearns, Administrator, John A. Richardson Estate 450.00


-


$ 1,700.00


PURCHASE OF FIRE HOSE


Appropriation


$


1,200.00


52


Expenditures


American Fire Equipment Co., fire hose $ 930.00


American Fire Equipment Co., play pipes and shut-off nozzles


93.30


The Adams Hardware Co., fire hose


171.50


$ 1,194.80


Unexpended


$ 5.20


LAND DAMAGES


Appropriation


$ 750.00


Expenditures


Agnes Mildrum, lot no. 184, Silver Lake Ter-


race


$ 100.00


Mary L. Nolan, lot no. 181, Silver Lake Ter-


race


100.00


Georgianna E. Melzar, land in So. Tewksbury.


500.00


Howard, Rogers & Sherburne, legal services and expenses


33.53


-


$ 733.53


Unexpended


$ 16.47


ยท REBUILDING FIRE TRUCK


Appropriation


$ 850.00


Expenditures


American Fire Equipment Co., portable forest fire pump $ 500.00


American Fire Equipment Co.,, equipment 160.25


Scannell Boiler Works, pump and tank


58.00


Scannell Boiler Works, steel trough and iron ....


9.20


Wilbur K. Foss, lettering and striping truck ..


11.50


Andrew Kohanski, labor on truck


11.55


Lowell Iron & Steel Co., hardware


9.68


Donovan Harness & Auto Supply Co., uphol-


stery


9.42


Middlesex Supply Co., hardware 14.45


53


Acme Welding Works, welding bracket 1.60


C. B. Coburn Co., paint etc.


10.51


The Thompson Hardware Co., paint etc.


3.95


Franklin Steel Metal Co., repairs


2.00


E. S. Haines, labor


7.50


Russell Lumber Co., lumber


16.32


North Tewksbury Garage, labor and welding ....


16.50


$ 842.43


Unexpended


$ 7.57


TAXES PAID TO TAX COLLECTOR


Robert W. Barron, collector, money received


for taxes by Treasurer $ 296.70


HIGH SCHOOL


Appropriation


$ 80,000.00


Expenditures


Brooks, Jordan & Graves, blue prints $ 2.00 ..


Boston Herald-Traveler Corp., printing propos-


als


42.00


Banker & Tradesman, advertising proposal. 32.50


Edith A. Forristall, advertising


36.00


Director of Accounts, approval of notes for loan


57.00


John R. Smith, clerk of works


72.00


Joseph M. Concannan, account contract 5,778.57


American Bank Note Co., printing coupon notes 41.18 $ 6,061.25


Unexpended


$ 73,938.75


CEMETERY TRUST FUND


Receipts


Central Savings Bank, Wm. Prindle Fund $ 4.00


Central Savings Bank, Martha Page Fund 5.00


Central Savings Bank, Louisa Bridge Fund. ..... 3.00 Central Savings Bank, Samuel Jaques Fund .. 3.00


Central Savings Bank, Jeremiah Kittredge Fund 3.00


54


City Institution For Savings, Martha Shedd Fund


6.00


City Institution For Savings, Peter Clark Fund 5.00


$ 29.00


Expenditures


William Pringle, care of Martha Shedd lot. ..... 6.00


William Pringle, care of Wm. Prindle lot. 4.00


William Pringle, care of Ebenezer Page lot. 5.00


William Pringle, care of Peter Clark lot


5.00


Tewksbury Cemetery Corp.,


Care of the Jeremiah Kittredge lot


3.00


Care of the Louisa Bridge lot


3.00


Care of the Samuel Jaques lot


3.00


$ 29.00


TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY


Appropriation


$ 1,000.00


Appropriation July 16, 1934


500.00


Received from sale of Town Book and adver- tisements


1,853.05


$ 3,353.05


Expenditures


Balfe Service Co., printing envelopes, letter-


heads, invitations, etc.


$ 126.59


Balfe Service Co., "Ye Towne Book"


1,099.38


Bartlett & Dow Co., mail box


.59


H. E. Casey Co., banner


26.00


Irving F. French, postage


23.00


Donaldson's, note folder


1.95


Donaldson's, pictures enlarged


15.00


Highland Cleansers, cleaning flag


1.25


The Marion Studios, photographs and scenes ...


230.91


Fred A. Church & Co., rain policy


97.20


A. G. Pollard Co., supplies for pageant


3.36


Methodist Episcopal Church, commission on sale of books and pins 25.00


Harris M. Briggs, services collecting ads


73.87


Mrs. H. J. Patten, material for pageant 16.51


Harriet G. Lee, organist


10.00


55


The Wentworth Co., services of sound truck. 90.00


Reading Post No. 62 Band Asso., services .... 150.00


Whitehead Hoag Co., 2500 pins and badges .....


130.77


Charles McGuire, police duty 5.50


Walter Kivlen, police duty


5.50


Albert Bushnell Hart, address at celebration .... 50.00


Patrick D. Nash, watchman 22.00


Winthrop Jones, transportation 15.00


Harold Mills, rent of land 10.00


Miss Josephine Ockington, coach for pageant .... 100.00


Giblins Military Band


80.00


William B. Goodwin, services on organ


17.31


John J. Sullivan, clerks hired at booth


5.00


George James, work in connection with anni- versary 15.00


John McDonald, services of 4 men at parking area 20.00


Charles F. Young & Co., decorating stands and hall, use of flags


104.90


Wilbur K. Foss, lettering cards, signs, etc.


17.95


Edith A. Foristall, advertising


2.00


Jane Akerblod, wool for wigs 2.00


N. G. Wood & Sons, Inc., badges, ribbons, etc. 68.39


11.75


Arthur Tremblay, nails and roofing paper . .. ..... American Fireworks Co., fireworks


350.00


F. F. Spaulding, burlap, cards and hangers for Historical exhibit 7.50


Melvin G. Rogers, rental of costumes for Bil- lerica Selectmen


8.00


Gerald Hickey, commission on collection of ads


10.00


The Lydon Catering Co.


47.10


Eastern Mass. St. Railway Special Buses


60.00


Lowell Post 87 Corps, services


50.00


Lowell Sun, advertising


1.00


Courier Citizen Newspaper Co., advertising .. .::


1.00


Wilmington News, 100 Pledge forms


1.25


Russell Lumber Co., lumber for stand


45.75


Anthony Furtado, transporting children to pa- geant rehearsals 10.00


Omer N. Blanchard, transporting children to pageant rehearsals 10.00


4.32


Mark Roper, paid for nails and lumber


3.55


Harold J. Patten, paid for photographs


2.95


Lowell Electric Light Corp., lamps


56


Harold J. Patten, postage on "Ye Towne Book" to Tewkesbury, England


2.52


Two Hundredth Anniversary Committee,


personal expenses


63.25


$ 3,351.87


Unexpended


$ 1.18


UNPAID BILLS-1933


Appropriation


$ 1,108.25


Expenditures


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity $ 81.54


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones 28.79


Derby Electric Motors Co., supplies


1.90


George K. James, janitor


73.75


Warner Bancroft, services


28.00


Anthony G. Kelley, services


27.50


A. H. Jewell, services


13.00


F. H. Garlick, plowing snow


65.00


Bartlett & Dow Co., tools


93.50


Howard, Rogers & Sherburne, legal services.


...


27.74


Explosive Supply Co., dynamite and caps


77.89


D. P. O'Neil, plowing snow


151.58


Bartlett & Dow Co., tools


66.14


John Brady, plowing snow


352.00


$ 1,088.33


Unexpended


$ 19.92


SUMMARY


High ways


$ 22,354.42


Oil or Other Binder


4,955.28


Andover Street (1933)


4,857.44


Andover St. Chapter 90, 1934


14,000.00


Chapter 90, Maintenance of Highways


6,000.00


Whipple Road


2,434.75


Schools


52,988.36


Vocational Schools


1,879.35


Public Welfare


11,995.56


State Aid


1,771.92


Old Age Assistance


1,522.67


57


Stationery and Printing


825.57


Salaries


2,455.00


Incidentals


864.10


Board of Health


603.80


Memorial Day


238.20


Street Lighting


5,690.41


Library


1,406.68


Town Hall


2,997.82


General


123,307.91


Tree Warden


500.00


Interest


3,098.34


Police


2,974.01


Parks and Commons


190.04


Fire Department


3,498.12


Assessors


1,800.00


Motor Excise Tax Refunds


3.92


Inspection of Meat and Animals


568.00


Municipal Insurance


1,500.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


212.73


Collection of Taxes and Refunds


3,495.63


Shawsheen School Loan


2,196.00


Reimbursement for C. W. A. Work


250.00


Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital


2,169.53


Shawsheen School


523.59


Civil Works Service


249.00


Purchase of High School Site


5,000.00


Foster School Loan


2,502.00


Foster School Fund


5.50


Purchase of Fire Truck


3,498.25


Purchase of Land for Fire Protection


1,700.00


Purchase of Fire Hose


1,194.80


Rebuilding Fire Truck


842.43


Land Damages


733.53


Taxes Paid to Treasurer


$ 296.70


High School


6,061.25


Cemetery Trust Funds


29.00


Two Hundredth Anniversary


3,351.87


Unpaid Bills


1,088.33


Total expenses


$312,681.81


Cash in bank,-General-Account $ 21,891.42


58


Cash in bank High School Building Account P. W. A. no. 6998


53,938.75


$ 75,830.17


Treasurer's receipts


$388,511.98 $388,511.98


TRUST FUNDS


Condition of funds, December 31, 1934:


Foster School Fund


$ 1,015.27


Municipal Building Insurance Fund


6,309.23


Wm. Prindle Fund


99.91


Martha Page Fund


377.54


Louisa Bridge Fund


162.66


Samuel Jaques Fund


121.20


Jeremiah Kittredge Fund


121.20


Peter Clark Fund


109.93


Martha Shedd Fund


609.59


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of town officials who were authorized to receive and expend money, for the year ending December 31, 1934, and to the best of my knowledge they are correct, with proper vouchers on file, and $75,830.17 in the treas- ury.


ROBERT E. GAY,


Town Auditor.


Personally appeared before me on this seventeenth day of January, 1935, Robert E. Gay, and made oath that the foregoing statements were correct.


THOMAS F. GLYNN,


Justice of the Peace.


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TREASURER'S REPORT


Cash balance January 1, 1934


$ 8,780.86 Loans in Anticipation of Revenue


130,000.00


Loan, High School Site


2,500.00


Loans, High School Notes, P. W. A. Project No. 6998


57,000.00


Taxes


1931 Tax Account


$ 1,110.65


Interest


92.98


Old Age Tax


6.00


Poll Tax


16.00


Excise Tax


124.83


Excise Interest


42.53


Costs and Charges


9.80


1932 Tax Account


10,096.81


Interest


713.59


Old Age Tax


76.00


Poll Tax


182.00


Excise


497.62


Excise Interest


293.97


Cost and Charges


165.55


1933 Tax Account


18,763.27


Interest


779.90


Old Age Tax


145.00


Poll Tax


300.00


Excise Tax


389.45


Excise Tax Interest


6.47


Costs and Charges


52.80


1934 Tax Account


94,491.32


Interest


9.39


Poll Tax


1,160.00


Excise Tax


2,725.67


Excise Interest


26.21


Costs and Charges


9.10


$132,286.91


Tax Title Redemptions


$ 3,462.86


Land of Low Value


232.00


$ 3,694.86


60


Highways


State Treasurer


County Treasurer


$ 21,026.00 7,050.00


$ 28,076.00


Schools


State Treasurer, Education


$ 1,890.05


State Treasurer, School Supt.


491.45


State Treasurer Tuition, Children


115.71


Lena Coburn, Household Arts Dept.


44.37


-


$ 2,541.58


Public Welfare


State Treasurer, F. E. R. A. $ 835.36


State Treasurer, Temporary Aid


68.85


State Treasurer, Burial Indigent Persons


22.00


State Treasurer, Burial Indigent Soldiers and Sailors


100.00


State Treasurer, Old Age Assistance


474.00


State Treasurer, State Aid


120.00


City of Woburn


620.30


City of Somerville


423.81


City of Waltham


193.00


City of Lowell


255.25


City of Boston


603.21


Town of Andover


117.00


Town of Dracut


417.64 $ 4,250.42


Town Hall


.


Rent of Hall


$


335.00 $


335.00


Public Library


Abbie Blaisdell, Cards, Fines, etc.


$


7.00


County Treasurer, Dog License Refund


556.74


$ 563.74


Police




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