Town of Tewksbury annual report 1945-1949, Part 23

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 870


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3.49


J. H. Broadbent & Co., envelopes and letter- heads


5.50 $


2,998.58


Unexpended


$ 1.42


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$ 13,801.88


Expenditures


Cyril L. Barker, Chief


$ 2,712.68


Leroy Curseaden, services


2,114.80


George Gale, services


2,128.40


George Hazel, services


855.80


Jeremiah Houlihan, services


1,169.60


Lauchie McPhail, services


896.75


Ross Sargent, services


62.05


Walter Lavell, services


453.25


Louis Haas, services


582.65


James Kane, services


264.50


James Manley, services


64.25


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


213.84


Cities Service Oil Co., gasoline


316.83


Myers Auto Supply Co., supplies


23.89


Gardner & Hart Ambulance Service, use of ambulance


30.00


City of Lowell, radio service


60.00


City of Lowell, use of jail


26.75


New England Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., maintenance of radio service 5.00


Golen's Garage, storage, labor and supplies ...


578.53


City of Lowell, ambulance service


5.00


53


Mass. Chiefs of Police Association, dues 5.00


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps 6.00


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., supplies 5.00


Eastern States Police Radio League, dues 5.00


Lowell Motor Sales, Ford Tudor with spare tire, plus 1942 Police Car 490.00


Fearon Sign Service, lettering new car 7.22


Dr. Joseph Risoli, professional services 18.00


Henry A. Morrison, installing two-way radio in cruiser 35.00


Towers Motor Parts Corp, seat covers, etc. ...


42.52


Don's Radio Sales & Service, parts for radio .... 2.90


Post Office Locksmith, keys


1.75


Bonnell Motors, carburetor air cleaner


4.00


Graybar Electric Co., Inc., radio transmitting equipment


499.68 $ 13,686.64


Unexpended


$ 115.24


INTEREST


Appropriation


$ 400.00


Expenditures


The National Shawmut Bank of Boston, dis-


count on notes Nos. 258 and 259


231.83


Unexpended


$ 168.17


PARKS AND COMMONS


Appropriation


$ 450.00


Expenditures


J. C. Bennett Hardware Co., rakes $ 5.00


Power Lawn Mower Service Co., power mower John L. Collins, care of parks and commons ......


180.00


200.00


Frank Sherlock, care of flag


45.00 $


430.00


Unexpended


$ 20.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$ 12,444.19


Expenditures


Alden Haines, Chief


$ 2,610.30


Andrew Kohanski, services


2,297.00


Philip Burgess, services


273.20


Harry Curtis, services


2.00


54


Thomas Hogan, services


1.50


Francis Brown, services


1.50


William Kane, services


1.00


Patrick Askell, services


1.00


Harry Treadwell, services


133.68


Fred King, services


20.00


Luke Record, services


25.00


Fred Record, services


2.00


Everett Haines, services


278.68


Leslie Collins, services


35.00


Richard Davis, Jr., services


34.00


John Merrill, services


32.50


Charles Bowden, services


16.00


Gordon Dodge, services


42.00


Harry Gleason, services


90.50


William I. Bailey, services


89.50


Benjamin Stalmack, services


32.50


John Carter, services


55.50


Howard King, services


5.50


Harold Mills, services


114.00


George K. James, services


124.50


Bronislaw Kohanski, services


104.00


Frank Corr, services


35.50


Omer Blanchard, services


23.00


Frederick Carter, services


46.50


Robert Haines, services


113.50


Albert Labonte, services


20.00


Walter Kohanski, services


86.00


Wallace Farwell, services


43.00


Edgar Hinton, services


106.50


Anthony Cidado, services


63.50


Edgar Hinton, Jr., services


120.50


Richard O'Neill, services


5.50


John Smith, services


1,462.50


Daniel Sheehan, Jr., services


20.50


Frederick Millett, services


177.50


John Smith, Jr., services


1.00


Walter Marsh, services


2.00


Thomas Sands, services


2.00


Herbert Patterson, services


105.50


Eugene Manley, services


204.00


Roy Patterson, services


124.50


Harry Patterson, services


125.00


James Kane, services


78.50


Earl Sands, services


72.00


Elmer Southmayd, services


29.50


Bernard Greene, services


4.50


William McKay, services


1.00


Willard Perkins, services


2.00


55


Raymond Scott, services


5.00


Dana Perkins, Jr., services


2.00


Harold Shapcott, services


5.00


William Bennett, Jr., services


13.50


Richard Haines, services


227.17


Richard W. Davis, services


24.50


Eben Prescott, services


8.00


Edward Bowley, Jr., services


3.00


Paul Finlayson, services


12.00


Earl Brown, services


6.50


Alan Mahoney, services


5.50


Stephen Bowden, services


4.00


Charles Carter, services


11.50


Leslie Hadley, services


11.50


William Gray, services


8.50


Charles Gray, services


10.50


George Gray, services


11.50


Shirley Batchelder, services


7.50


Vernon Darby, services


7.50


Floyd Darby, services


4.50


Thomas O'Connor, services


4.00


Ervin White, services


4.00


Rocco Cipollo, services


4.00


Lester Burns, services


4.00


Walter Ellsworth, services


4.00


William K. Irwin, services


4.00


Charles Richie, services


4.00


Joseph Bradley, services


4.00


Mark Roper, Jr., services


10.00


John Carter, Jr., services


9.50


Charles Button, services


7.50


James Farley, services


1.00


Peter W. Haddell, Jr., services


14.50


Donald Sheehan, services


5.00


Leroy Thing, services


5.00


James Chandler, services


5.00


Robert Doucette, services


5.00


James Manley, services


3.50


$ 9,985.03


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


293.34


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas


17.39


John G. MacLellan, fuel oil


198.40


J. H. Broadbent & Co., printing


15.00


Frederick Millett, physician's services account foot injury 2.00


Frank Sherlock, gasoline


115.11


North Tewksbury Garage, storage, labor and


supplies


256.43


56


Hinton's Service Station, garage rent, labor and supplies 274.18


Frank J. Sullivan, tires 57.90


American Fire Equipment Co., repairs & parts 791.30


Dr. Joseph Risoli, professional services 23.00


W. L. Farwell, screen


6.00


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies


33.75


The Thompson Hardware Co., supplies


27.06


L. & M. Auto Spring Service, parts


4.65


Anthony Cidado, exhaust fan


18.00


Russell Lumber Co., lumber


61.76


Tewksbury Diner, lunches


21.92


Middlesex Supply Co., chain link fencing


82.28


G. C. Prince & Son., Inc., supplies


1.55


Town of Wilmington, rental of hydrants.


120.00


Lowell Iron & Steel Co., steel


.76


Fred Howard, knee cap


2.50


Wilmington Builders Supply Co., cord


1.75


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps and envelopes


1.89


Arthur Tremblay, supplies


14.36


St. John's Hospital, X-Ray, Andrew Kohanski


5.00


F. I. Carter & Sons, recharges


6.00 $ 12,438.31


Unexpended


$ 5.88


ASSESSORS $ 4,030.00


Expenditures


Austin F. French, services $ 869.00


Austin F. French, use of car and expenses to assessors' meetings


72.25


Harry P. Nash, services


887.00


Harry P. Nash, use of car and expenses to as- sessors' meetings


236.00


Ethel M. Phillips, services


1,799.00


Ethel M. Phillips, expenses to Registry


10.00


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


26.74


Royal Typewriter Co., Inc., carbon paper


3.50


Association of Mass. Assessors, dues


6.00


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., supplies


7.96


The Stoneham Independent, excise cards


1.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies


70.25


Typewriter Service, repairs


2.00


Ellen Woodworth, services


4.38


J. H. Broadbent & Co., printing


8.50


A. J. Fairgrieve, envelopes


22.56 $


4,026.14


Unexpended


$ 3.86


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Appropriation


COLLECTION OF TAXES


Appropriation


Expenditures $ 1,150.00


A. J. Fairgrieve, envelopes $


46.04


A. J. Fairgrieve, rent of P. O. box 1.80


A. J. Fairgrieve, envelopes 32.76


William J. Houlihan, for petty cash account ....


75.00


William J. Houlihan, expenses at Collector's meetings, travel, etc. 63.15


William Doyle, Deputy Collector's bond


5.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies


82.00


Mass. Collectors & Treasurers Association, dues 1.00


Underwood Corp., maintenance electric adding machine 23.04


The Marion Press, signature cuts


10.00


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., typewriter ribbons.


3.45


Lawrence E. Desmond, collector's bond


209.25


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


94.01


Maude Lucia, envelopes and stamps


86.88


Fred. C. Church & Co., insurance


37.75


Owl Rubber Stamp Works, stamp


2.35


Lowell Stationery Co., Inc., typewriter table.


9.00


The Lowell Sun, advertising


20.50


Middlesex No. District Land Registration Of- fice, recording 1.00


Middlesex No. District Registry of Deeds, recording


9.00


Stella M. Houlihan, typing and preparing tax bills 300.00


Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., revolver and cartridges


23.01


Donovan's, revolver case, etc.


7.05


John E. McDonald, deputy collector's bond.


5.00


Kathryn Chandler, mimeograph paper and


1.150.00 stencils 1.96 $


INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING


Appropriation


$ 800.00


Expenditures


Horace P. Sweet, services as inspector $ 800.00


INSPECTION OF ANIMALS


Appropriation


$ 100.00


Expenditures


George R. Gray, services as inspector


$ 100.00


58


MAINTENANCE OF LEGION HALL


Appropriation


$ 125.00


Expenditures


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity $ 64.96


Middlesex Supply Co., wire 4.70


Thomas Groom & Co., Inc., place cards and punchers


26.00


Thompson-Winchester Co., dishes and spoons .. 22.19


117.85


Unexpended


$ 7.15


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT


Appropriation


$ 700.00


Expenditures


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies $ 37.16


Ethel M. Phillips, clerical services


105.00


Fred. C. Church & Co., insurance


37.75


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


141.50


A. J. Fairgrieve, envelopes


52.92


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


32.86


Mass. Collectors & Treasurers Association, dues


1.00


H. R. Collins Typewriter Service, servicing typewriter


23.50


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., supplies


5.85


The Marion Press, printing envelopes


1.50


George A. Marshall, travel expenses


30.25


J. H. Broadbent & Co., envelopes


2.00


F. & E. Check Writer Sales Co., electric check writer


150.00


A. A. Smith & Co., supplies


8.85


Lowell Stationery Co., Inc., supplies


16.95


Louise I. Marshall, services


5.00


Mildred A. Fish, clerical services


10.00 $


662.09


Unexpended


$ 37.91


DOG OFFICER


Appropriation


$ 300.00


Expenditures


George R. Gray, services, telephone, etc.


$


300.00


HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING LOAN


Appropriation


$ 3,247.50


Expenditures


Merchants National Bank of Boston, interest .. $ 247.50


Paid notes Nos. 169, 170, 171 3,000.00 $ 3.247.50


59


BOARD OF REGISTRARS


Appropriation


Expenditures $ 850.00


Bertha Benner, services


$ 70.00


Bertha Benner, use of car


25.00


Alice A. Pike, services


220.00


Alice A. Pike, use of car


25.00


William H. Bennett, services


125.00


William H. Bennett, use of car


25.00


Herbert A. Fairbrother, services


110.00


George J. McCoy, services


150.00


George J. McCoy, use of car


25.00


J. H. Broadbent & Co., envelopes


3.50


M. A. Lucia, envelopes


45.80 $


824.30


Unexpended


$ 25.70


STEAM HEATING PLANT AT SHAWSHEEN SCHOOL Appropriation brought forward from 1946 ... $ 10,881.52


Expenditures


C. H. Hobson & Son, installing heating plant, boiler pit, boilers, heaters, pump, radiators, etc. $ 5,275.09


Osterman Coal Co., installing storage tank and


oil burner


1,143.57


6,418.66


Unexpended


$ 4,462.86


MAINTENANCE OF STADIUM $ 500.00


Appropriation


Expenditures


C. H. Hobson & Son, labor and plumbing parts $ 100.37


John G. MacLellan, fuel oil 58.20


James W. Brine Co., Inc., pitcher's plate and spikes


10.10


Horace Partridge, supplies


14.30


E. A. Wilson Co., lime


18.20


John Brady, clay


92.00


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


21.16


Stephen Shanley, scraping & painting flag pole


33.95


Patten & Co., labor and supplies 15.82


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies 59.50


Charles Hazel, painting floor


15.00


McKittrick Hardware Co., supplies


12.23


Emmet Millett, cutting grass


5.76


60


Alvin T. French, mowing


7.00


J. C. Bennett Hardware Co., supplies


7.75


John L. Collins, mowing


20.00 $ 491.34


Unexpended


$ 8.66


TAX TITLE FORECLOSURES


Appropriation


$ 250.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


75.00 $ 325.00


Expenditures


Middlesex No. District Registry of Deeds,


recording deeds


$ 212.67


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps


13.32


The Lowell Sun, advertising 53.50


George A. Marshall, stamps for deeds


1.10


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms


2.13


Ethel M. Phillips, clerical services


8.25


Middlesex No. District, Land Registration Of- fice, recording deeds 4.00


Robert E. Gay, acknowledging deeds


8.25


Alice A. Pike, acknowledging deeds


4.00 $


307.22


Unexpended


$ 17.78


EXCISE TAX REFUND


Allan J. Murphy, refund


$ 2.00


Albert D. Hinckley, refund


.90


Walter Deputat, refund


.90


Bertha L. Barnes, refund


21.13


William F. Fleming, refund


.90


Ursula Horgan, refund


1.62


Arthur Osterman, refund


22.94


Russell Evans, refund


.90


Wilfred Manseau, refund


.90


Elizabeth Murphy, refund


1.62


George A. Stilwell, refund


1.62


Agatha Stergowski, refund


1.62


Edward Aspell, refund


.90


Algot L. Osterman, refund


1.62


William A. Smith, refund


14.79


Alden T. Peavey, Jr., refund


1.62


S. Nelson Ringsmuth, refund


13.59


Arlene Davis, refund


2.00


Chester Burgess, refund


.54


George Kaulin, refund


1.62 $


93.73


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REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL TAX REFUND


Abraham M. Elfman, refund 1945 tax $ 30.40


Laura Larson, refund 1947 tax 4.91


Ernest A. Foster, refund 1946 tax 3.62


Colonial Beacon Oil Co., refund 1947 tax 13.20


Howard Cosgrove, refund 1947 tax (Personal)


3.30


Madeline Bonugli, refund 1947 tax


23.10


Lena H. Clogston, refund 1947 tax


66.00


Robertine R. Diamond, refund 1947 tax


.99


Roscoe H. Winter, refund 1947 tax


1.65


Arthur H. Finlay, refund 1947 tax


1.65


Carl Garabedian, refund 1947 tax 3.30


Roland LeBouef, refund 1947 tax 1.65


Nellie T. O'Connell, refund 1947


tax 1.65


Helen Rappaconstantinou, refund 1947 tax


6.60


Emile Theriaut, refund 1947 tax 6.60


Reading Cooperative Bank, refund 1947 tax 3.30


Harry B. Topping, refund 1947 tax (Personal) 1.65


Louis Oliveira, refund 1947 tax 3.30


George McDermott, refund 1947 tax 66.00


Edgar G. Hinton, refund 1947 tax


46.20


Mary J. Shean, refund 1947 tax


3.65


William J. Houlihan, refund 1947 tax


.20 $


292.92


POLL TAX REFUND


Bert Swistak, refund 1946 tax $ 2.00


John C. O'Toole, refund 1946 tax 2.00


Edmund Corbin, refund 1946 tax


2.35


Bernard Schnupfke, refund 1946 tax


2.00


Joseph Jacob, refund 1947 tax


2.00 $


10.35


MUNICIPAL INSURANCE FUND


AAppropriation


$ 500.00


Expenditures


Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank, deposited to credit of


Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund $ 500.00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES $ 225.00


Appropriation


Expenditures


.


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., record book and dies renewed $ 12.45


Robinson Seal Co., Inc., seal 3.12


Leslie Collins, services as Sealer


200.00 $


215.57


Unexpended


$ 9.43


62


Balance, Athletic Equipment Appropriation, 1945 $ 811.90


Appropriation


Expenditures


Whitworth's, basketball equipment, suits, etc. $ 401.38


James W. Brine Co., basketballs and knee pads 52.17


Harold Driscoll, Kodak timer 20.00


Arrow System, reconditioning equipment 338.35 $ 811.90


SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM


Appropriation


$ 3,937.50


Brought Forward from 1946


534.74


$ 4,472.24


Expenditures


Mrs. Madeline Bonugli, services


$ 130.00


Mrs. Margaret Sanger, services


357.50


Mrs. Jessie Winters, services


655.00


Mrs. Ethel Bennett, services


602.50


Mrs. Jane Wiley, services


655.00


Mrs. Evelyn Farrell, services


507.50


Louise H. Dewing, services


17.50


Mrs. Pearl Lawler, services


280.00


Mrs. Lillian Moore, services


56.00


Mrs. Mabel Dewing, services


38.50


Mrs. Edgar Hinton, services


35.00


Mrs. Louis Brazee, services


140.00


Mrs. Edna Perrier, services


35.00


Mrs. Earl Sands, services


105.00 $


3,614.50


Unexpended, carried forward to 1948 $ 857.74


REPAIRS TO FIELD HOUSE AT STADIUM $ 1,200.00


Appropriation


Expenditures


Demers Plate Glass Co., glass and putty $ 6.33


Charles Habel. scraping and painting


76.50


Hjahnan Johnson. labor and material repairing field house 1,100.00


(. B. Coburn Co., paint


8.45 $ 1,191.28


Unexpended


$ 8.72


REFUND FOR CARE OF DOGS


Received from Treasurer of Middlesex County ...


. .


$ 70.00


Expenditures


George R. Gray, care of dogs $ 57.00


George R. Gray, destroying dogs


13.00 $ 70.00


63


INSTALLING CARD SYSTEM


Appropriation, brought forward from 1946 $ 97.00


Expenditures


J. H. Broadbent & Co., printing cards $ 7.50


Unexpended $ 89.50


ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT FOR GYMNASIUM


Balance Brought Forward from 1945 $ 105.27


Expenditures $ 105.27


CELEBRATION FOR RETURNING VETERANS


Brought Forward from 1946


$ 3,000.00


The Marion Press, printing $ 226.75


A. J. Fairgrieve, envelopes and stamps 24.86


Carl Fischer, Inc., music


16.10


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., labels .80


Kendall Catering Co., dinners, tax, etc.


1,389.00


Highland Chair Service, chairs


45.00


Rossi Radio Service, sound service


40.00


David R. Taylor, moving piano


20.00


Arthur Tremblay, refreshments


212.00


Postmaster, Lowell, Mass., stamps


10.20


Rev. James P. Ryan, director of St. Joseph's Band 350.00


Edward Watts, cleaning grove after celebration


20.00


Lull & Hartford, soft balls and bats


13.00


Arthur Lavergne, tuning piano


5.00


Daniel Gage, Inc., ice


10.50


Lowell Coca Cola Bottling Co., coca cola


6.30 $


2,389.51


Unexpended $ 610.49


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Receipts


Central Savings Bank, interest from


Willian Pringle Fund


$ 2.00


Samuel Jaques Fund


3.00


Jeremiah Kittredge Fund


3.00


Louisa Bridge Fund


3.00


Ebenezer Page Fund


5.00


City Institution for Savings, interest from


Martha Shedd Fund 6.00


Peter Clark Fund 2.00


U. S. Treasury, interest on Anna Boynton Bond


5.00


$ 29.00


64


Whitworth's, baseballs, etc.


Expenditures


Tewksbury Cemetery Corp. -


Care of Samuel Jaques lot $ 3.00


Care of Jeremiah Kittredge lot 3.00


Care of Thomas Bridges lot 3.00


Care of Anna Boynton lot 5.00


Leslie Collins, care of Martha Shedd lot 6.00


Care of Ebenezer Page lot


5.00


Care of Wm. Pringle lot


2.00


Care of Peter Clark lot


2.00


$ 29.00


ZONING LAWS


Appropriation brought forward from 1946 $ 434.00


Expenditures


The Lowell Sun, advertising $ 258.00


J. H. Broadbent & Co., printing letterheads and books


47.50


305.50


Unexpended, carried forward to 1948 $ 128.50


MEMORIAL MONUMENT TO WORLD WAR II VETERANS Appropriation


$ 1,500.00


Expenditures


Colmer Monument Works, part payment for


Memorial


600.00


Unexpended, carried forward to 1948 $ 900.00


SUMMARY


Highways-General


$ 11,749.89


Highways-Chapter 81


21.034.78


Highway Machinery Fund


10.944.29


Highways. Chapter 90. Maintenance


927.99


Highways. Chapter 90, Construction-River Road. 1946. 7,098.75


Highways, Chapter 90, Construction - River Road. 1947 5.938.57


Schools


102,308.62


Vocational Schools


1,076.00


Public Welfare


7,101.44


Aid to Dependent Children


16,657.90


Old Age Assistance


50,014.84


Aid, State and Military and Veterans' Relief


673.33


Stationery and Printing


1,592.30


Salaries: Town Treasurer


2,500.00


Town Auditor


1,000.00


Town Clerk


1,000.00


Tax Collector


2,500.00


Selectmen


1.041.67


65


Highway Commissioners


400.00


School Committee


225.00


Election Officers


120.00


Incidentals


994.45


Board of Health


1,512.62


Memorial Day


487.30


Street Lighting


6,502.44


Library


2,099.02


Town Hall


4,594.72


General


89,034.32


Moth Department


1,979.11


Tree Warden


2,998.58


Police Department


13,686.64


Interest


231.83


Parks and Commons


430.00


Fire Department


12,438.31


Assessors


4,026.14


Collection of Taxes


1,150.00


Inspection of Slaughtering


800.00


Inspection of Animals


100.00


Maintenance of Legion Hall


117.85


Treasurer's Account


662.09


Dog Officer


300.00


High School Building Loan


3,247.50


Board of Registrars


824.30


Steam Heating Plant at Shawsheen School


6,418.66


Maintenance of Stadium


491.34


Tax Title Foreclosures


307.22


Excise Tax Refund


93.73


Real Estate and Personal Tax Refund


292.92


Poll Tax Refund


10.35


Municipal Insurance Fund


500.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


215.57


Balance. Athletic Equipment Appropriation, 1945


$11.90


School Lunch Room


3.614.50


Repairs to Field House at Stadium


1.191.28


Refund for Care of Dogs


70.00


Installing Card System


7.50


Athletic Equipment for Gymnasium


105.27


Celebration for Returning Veterans


2,389.51


Zoning Laws


305.50


Memorial Monument to World War II Veterans


600.00


Cemetery Trust Funds


29.00


Total Expenditures


$411,576.84


Cash on hand


$ 1,666.61


Cash in bank


97,957.78


99,624.39


Treasurer's Receipts


$511,201.23


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Note: No expenditures have been made from the following appropriations :


4-H Club, Support of County Aid to Agriculture $ 50.00


Fees for Special Counsel (Voted Aug. 27, 1947, from free cash) 500.00


Highway Department, Whipple Road


1,000.00


Revising By-Laws


50.00


Plans for remodeling High School Building, and con- struction of gymnasium 500.00


RESERVE FUND


Appropriation


$ 3,500.00


Transferred by vote of Finance Committee, to


Stationery and Printing Account $ 200.00


Foreclosure of Tax Titles


75.00


Aid to Dependent Children


1,000.00


Highway Department


1,500.00


2,775.00


Balance reverting to Town Treasury $ 725.00


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TOWN OF TEWKSBURY TENTATIVE BALANCE SHEET - JANUARY 1, 1948


GENERAL ACCOUNT


Assets


Cash


$ 99,624.39


Accounts Receivable :


Outstanding taxes:


Levy of 1946 $ 2,835.81


Levy of 1947 15.600.58 18,436.39


Departmental : -


Public Welfare:


Cities and towns 208.12


Old Age Assistance :


Cities and towns


842.35


Commonwealth of Mass .:


Old Age Assistance 3,557.65


Aid to Dependent Children 2,975.06


7,583.18


Highways, Chapter 81 7,033.73 Highways, Chapter 90, Con-


struction 7,000.00 14,033.73


Liabilities and Reserves


Highway Machinery Fund


$


5,552.26


Land of Low Value Surplus


485.23


.Federal Grants: Aid to Dependent Children ....


$


1,046.51


Aid


to


Dependent


Children,


Administration


38.53


Old Age Assistance 2,661.81


Old Age Asst., Administration 39.14 3,785.99


Special Appropriations, Unexpended and carried forward to 1948: Highways, Whipple Road $ 1,000.00 School Lunch Project 857.74


For Investigator, Welfare, O.A.A. and A.D.C. 240.41


.


Securing Plans for Remodeling High School Building, and


for new Gymnasium


500.00


Installing Card System 89.50


Middlesex County : Highways, Chapter 90, Con- struction


3,500.00


Steam Heating Plant at Shaw- sheen School 4,462.86 Special Legal Counsel Fees .... 500.00 Highways, Chapter 90, Con- struction 7,043.30


14,693.81


Tax Titles and Tax Possessions: Tax Titles $ 471.82


Tax Possessions, (Value Es-


timated )


8,000.00 8,471.82


Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus 12,525.60


Overlays Reserved for Abatement: Levy of 1946 $ 2,241.61


Levy of 1947 4


409.57


2,651.18


Revenue Reserved until Collected : Tax Titles and Possessions. $ 8,471.82


Departmental 25,116.91 33,588.73


Surplus Revenue $ 78,366.71


$151,649.51


$151,649.51


NOTE: Compiling the above balance sheet on a straight Assets and Liability basis, without withholding department assets until connected, the balance would be as follows:


Total Assets $151,649.51


Liabilities and Reserves $ 48,165.89 Collectable Assets and Surplus Revenue. 103,483.62


-


$151,649.51


$151,649.51


DEBT ACCOUNT


Net Funded or Fixed Debt $ 6,000.00 High School Building Loan $ 6,000.00


TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNT


Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities, in custody of Town


Treasurer $ 74,666.35


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $ 1,908.58


Foster School Fund


1,243.42


Dr. George A. Peirce, book fund 113.67


Municipal Building Insurance Fund.


26,814.80


Post War Rehabilitation Fund


36,365.58


Stabilization Fund


8,220.30


$ 74,666.35


$ 74,666.35


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of all Town officials who were authorized to receive and ex- pend money, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1947, and to the best of my knowledge and belief they are correct, with proper vouchers on file and $99,624.39 in the Treasury.


ROBERT E. GAY, Town Auditor.


Personally appeared before me, this 2nd day of February, 1948, Robert E. Gay, Town Auditor, and made oath that the foregoing statements are correct.


THOMAS F. FLYNN, Justice of the Peace.


TREASURER'S REPORT


Cash Balance January 9, 1947


$116,116.50


Loans in Anticipation of Revenue


60,000.00


TAXES


Taxes Collected as Itemized in Report of Col-


lector of Taxes


202,723.05


TAX TITLES


Redeemed


$ 746.67


Partial Payments


25.00


771.67


Tax Title Possessions sold


1,119.70


Recording Fees Collected


47.06


1,166.76


HIGHWAYS


Commonwealth of Massachusetts:


Highway Chapter 81 Contract No. 4538 ...


$ 1,348.61


Highway Chapter 90 Maintenance


300.00


Highway Contract No. 4718


2,716.27


Highway River Road Contract No. 10080


6,998.75


Highway Fund Acts of 1945


5,854.29


Highway Snow Removal


92.50


Hire of Town Equipment, Butler Ames


581.12


17,891.54


Middlesex County :


Highway Maintenance $ 300.00


River Road


3,499.36


3,799.36


PUBLIC WELFARE


Commonwealth of Massachusetts:


Aid to Dependent Children $ 3,923.46


Aid to Dependent Children, U. S. Grant. 4,563.25


Old Age Assistance 20,267.06


Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grant


22,361.44


Meal Tax (Old Age Assistance)


1,330.60


Temporary Aid


656.75


Tuition and Transportation


1,422.96


Old Age Assistance Reimbursement Other Cities and Towns


1,967.46


Public Welfare Reimbursement Other


Cities and Towns


576.66


57,069.64


STATE AND MILITARY AID


Commonwealth of Massachusetts:


War Allowance $ 121.50


State Aid


240.00


361.50


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LIQUOR LICENSES


License Fees: Collected by Treasurer


Clark's Package Store $ 500.00


Tremblay's Package Store


500.00


Fred Vinecour's Package Store


500.00 1,500.00


POLICE


District Court of Lowell:


Fines


$ 80.99


Pistol Permits


.50


Chief Cyril L. Barker, Pistol Permits.


12.50


93.99


PUBLIC LIBRARY


Middlesex County :


Dog License Money Refunded $ 821.93


Abbie M. Dempsey, Librarian, Fines, etc ... 8.35 $


830.28


SCHOOLS


Commonwealth of Massachusetts:


Vocational Education $ 342.20


Town of Andover


593.50 $


935.70


TAXES (STATE)


Commonwealth of Massachusetts:


Corporations


$ 9,300.73


Income


26,491.21


Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes


3,430.98 $ 39,222.92


Commonwealth of Massachusetts:


Subsidies Towns and Cities


107.86


TOWN CLERK


Alice A. Pike, Town Clerk


Dog Licenses $ 1,275.00


Fees and Licenses


667.27 $ 1,942.27


TOWN HALL


Rental of Town Hall


$ 230.00


TRUST FUNDS


Cemetery: Interest Received $ 29.00




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