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Whitney Playground Funds
387.61
Whitney Shade Tree Funds
170.36
Cemetery Perpeual Care Funds
597.96
All Other
141.83
The Emily F. Fletcher Lecture Fund. .. . .
50.00
2,195.49
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Anticipation of Revenue Loans
$ 80,000.00
Graniteville School Loan
37,000.00
117,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Cemetery Perpetual Care
$ 550.00
Whitney Playground
1,000.00
1,550.00
REFUNDS
Health Department
$ 83.00
Union National Bank
22.50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2.84
113.34
BALANCES
General Cash, January 1, 1924
$ 20,388.66
Cash at Westford Home
50.00
Cash at Library
10.00
20,448.66
Total
$316,683.53
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salaries
$ 340.00
Printing & Stationery
100.45
Carfares
12.44
Advertising
21.42
All Other
5.04
479.35
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
$ 750.00
Printing & Stationery
27.75
All Other 6.82
784.57
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TREASURER
Salary
$ 250.00
Printing & Stationery
41.15
Bond
100.00
All Other
14.59
Rent of Deposit Box
15.00
420.74
TAX COLLECTOR
Commission
$ 976.90
Printing & Postage
86.89
Bond
50.00
All Other
11.25
1,125.04
ASSESSORS
Salaries
$ 302.25
Clerk
97.60
Lawyers' Services
29.85
Printing & Postage
70.50
Transportation
28.25
528.45
TOWN COUNSEL
Services
323.00
TOWN CLERK
Salary
$ 100.00
Recording Fees
136.00
Printing & Stationery
23.66
All Other
54.56
314.22
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Registrars
$ 257.00
Election Officers
280.00
Printing & Stationery
469.56
Erecting Voting Booth
212.11
Posting Warrants
25.00
Use of Halls & Advertising
118.24
1,361.91
Certification of Notes 8.00
$ 5,345.28
TOWN HALL
Janitor
$ 335.00
Cleaning
43.50
Fuel
369.81
Light
112.33
Janitor's Supplies
4.08
Repairs
1,247.50
Telephone
46.69
Insurance
131.92
Water Rates
32.00
All Other
11.87
$ 2,334.70
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Amount carried forward
$ 7,679.98
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Amount brought forward
$
7,679.98
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salary
$ 250.00
Special Officers
1,267.20
Transportation
375.20
Equipment
28.69
Care of Silent Police
206.80
Telephone
27.60
All Other
9.49
$ 2,164.98
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries & Wages
$ 458.19
Fire Alarms
484.00
Equipment
180.35
Hose
39.72
Hydrant Service
2,800.00
Fuel
100.49
Light & Power
75.66
Repairs on Buildings
1,139.10
Insurance
180.35
All Other
94.15
5,552.01
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Wages
$ 96.00
Equipment
15.14
111.14
FISH AND GAME WARDEN
Salary
$ 50.00
Transportation
54.00
104.00
FORESTRY
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Superintendent
$ 1,111.25
Wages
1,559.60
Transportation
230.00
Teams
72.00
All Other
22.50
2,995.35
TREE WARDEN
Wages
$ 284.52
Equipment
10.50
All Other
5.63
300.65
FOREST FIRES
Warden
$ 150.05
Wages
478.60
Teams
14.51
643.16 $ 11,871.29
Amount carried forward
$ 19,551.27
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Amount brought forward
$ 19,551.27
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Nurses Salary
$ 1,466.72
Stationery
16.81
Medical Services
329.50
Quarantine Reimbursement
108.00
Birth Statistics
.50
Fumigation
3.55
Inspection of Animals
149.00
Inspection of Meat
260.75
Milk Inspection
52.56
Automobile
Gas & Oil
98.43
Storage
75.00
Repairs, etc
290.99
Exchange
200.00
$ 3,051.81
HIGHWAYS
TOWN ROADS
Superintendent
$ 709.50
Expenses
112.17
Wages
5,176.28
Teams
3,347.18
Trucks
1,934.66
Stone & Gravel
437.59
Truck & Tractor
Gas & Oil
619.35
Repairs
468.55
Snow Removal
Wages
586.32
Trucks
251.00
Repairs on plow, etc.
223.93
Oil
2,427.60
Patching
471.54
Street Signs
18.90
Surveying
45.00
Street Lights
3,670.04
Coal, etc.
353.16
$ 20,852.77
EQUIPMENT
Ford Truck
$ 663.08
Loader
1,900.00
Roller
2,000.00
Tar Kettle
75.00
Watering Cart
250.00
All Other
161.92
5,050.00
Amount carried forward
$ 22,603.08
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Amount brought forward
$ 22,603.08
STATE AND COUNTY ROADS
GRANITEVILLE ROAD
Superintendent
$ 149.00
Wages
604.87
Teams
634.67
Trucks
248.16
Oil
414.70
Crushed Rock
68.13
Transportation
7.25
Patching
53.75
Pipe
25.19
$ 2,205.72
ACTON ROAD
Superintendent
$ 150.00
Wages
1,095.60
Teams
648.26
Trucks
618.50
Oil
490.10
Crushed Rock
59.80
Transportation
25.75
Coal
72.73
3,160.80
GROTON ROAD
Superintendent
$ 270.50
Wages
1,568.98
Teams
1,380.18
Trucks
317.66
Gravel & Stone
607.29
Transportation Oil
1,795.75
Patching
653.75
Coal
34.89
6,634.00 $ 37,903.29 $
CHARITIES
OUTSIDE AID
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Salaries
$ 35.00
Printing, etc
16.02
All Other
65.00
OUTSIDE RELIEF
Groceries
$ 1,047.10
Fuel
67.50
Board and Care
96.00
Medical Attendance
118.65
State Institutions
370.00
Cash
387.00
All Other
194.22
Relief by other Cities
137.00
$ 2,533.49
Amount carried forward
$ 60,506.37
5.00
36
Amount brought forward $ 60,506.37
MOTHER'S AID
State, Other Towns and Cities .. . .. $ 3,771.00
TEMPORARY AID
Groceries
$ 293.63
Rent
112.00
Fuel
62.00
Clothing
28.22
Cash
251.54
747.39
WESTFORD HOME
Superintendent
$ 1,191.71
Other Employees
529.80
Groceries
918.53
Clothing
42.71
Repairs on Red House
300.00
Electric Wiring
325.00
Repairs on Farm Building
627.85
Insurance
272.55
Fuel & Light
285.43
Grain
1,188.19
Telephone
23.25
Cattle
378.00
Water Rates
55.00
Medical Services
37.50
All Other
232.17
$ 6,407.69 $ 13,459.57
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$ 144.00
Military Aid
220.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Groceries
$ 290.00
Rent
200.50
Medical Services
124.50
Cash
328.00
943.00 $ 1,307.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
GENERAL
Superintendent
$ 1,569.20
Clerk
151.52
Truant Officer
22.70
Printing & Stationery
96.36
Telephone
28.38
Traveling Expenses
206.00
Censors
40.00
Fixtures for Supt. Office
220.60
All Other
32.04
Graduation Expenses
70.19 $ 2,436.99
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Amount carried forward
$ 75,272.94
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Amount brought forward $ 75,272.94
PHYSICIAN
Salary 300.00
TEACHERS' SALARIES
Elementary
$ 24,830.35
Academy
6,815.00
Supervisors
1,408.70 33,054.05
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Elementary :
Text Books
$ 1,482.62
Supplies
1,363.17
Academy :
Text Books
216.00
Supplies
447.07
3,508.86
TUITION
Vocational
$ 432.42
All Other
291.00
723.42
TRANSPORTATION
Academy & Elementary
6,843.50
JANITOR SERVICE
Elementary
$ 2,998.00
Academy
780.00
3,778.00
FUEL AND LIGHT
Fuel
$ 2,591.91
Light
121.05
2,712.96
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Academy
Rent
$ 300.00
Repairs
3.90
Janitors' Supplies
16.18
Water Rates
72.00
All Other
177.60
Elementary
Repairs
2,785.61
Janitors' Supplies
96.02
Water Rates
187.50
Insurance
324.00
All Other
827.21
4,790.02
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Amount brought forward
$ 75,272.94
FURNITURE
Academy
$
244.75
Elementary
1,919.76
2,164.51
PLANS FOR FORGE VILLAGE SCHOOL
Architect
$
2,592.00
Surveying
51.00 2,643.00
GRANITEVILLE SCHOOL ADDITION
Architect
$ 2,023.32
Contract
34,276.68
Equipment
2,000.00 $ 38,300.00 $101,255.31
LIBRARY
Librarian
$ 625.00
Assistants
292.21
Janitors
375.00
Books
537.05
Periodicals
149.99
Binding
58.15
Fuel
633.68
Light
36.82
Repairs
53.36
Furniture
3.50
Water Rates
28.00
All Other
3.35
Stationery & Postage
17.12
Printing
7.50
Express
17.77
Telephone
21.74
Transportation of Books
125.00
Miscellaneous
18.45
$ 3,003.69
CEMETERIES
Labor
$ 1,079.50
Equipment
41.05
Supplies
155.06 $ 1,275.61
INTEREST
Anticipation of Revenue
$ 1,054.16
Groton Road
164.00
Portable School
210.60
Brookside School
1,179.37
Fire Truck
99.00
Graniteville School
788.21
$ 3,495.34
Amount carried forward
$184,302.89
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Amount brought forward
$184,302.89
LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
$ 80,000.00
Groton Road
1,000.00
Portable School
1,000.00
Brookside School
1,500.00
Fire Truck
900.00
84,400.00
AGENCY
State Taxes
$ 8,745.45
County Taxes
6,127.49
$ 14,872.94
RECREATION
Whitney Playground
Caretaker
$ 325.65
Wages
103.05
Repairs
18.46
Water
10.00
Supplies
.
84.11
541.27
Town Scales
25.00
Memorial Day
322.05
Liability Insurance
362.26
Town Reports
546.29
Care of Common
235.82
Legion Headquarters
200.00
Soldiers' Monument
12.75
Farm Bureau
400.00
Field Drivers
20.00
All Other
22.50
War Memorial
5,865.93
$ 8,012.60
TRUST
Whitney Playground Fund.
$ 1,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
550.00 $ 1,550.00
REFUNDS
Civilian War Poll.
$ 15.00
Total of Expenditures
$293,694.70
BALANCES
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1924. $ 22,868.83
Cash at Library
10.00
Cash at Westford Home
100.00
Cash with Health Dept.
10.00
$ 22,988.83
Total
$316,683.53
TOWN OF WESTFORD BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1924
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash on hand and in bank ..
$22,868.83
Trust Fund Income :
Emily Fletcher Lecture Fund ... $ 50.00
Cash at Westford Home 100.00
10.00
Whitney Shade Tree Fund .. 182.31 $ 232.31
Cash at Library ..
10.00
$22,988.83
Appropriation Balances forwarded :
Accounts Receivable :
Portable School Const. 205.18
Taxes, 1924
3,396.30
Portable School Equip ...
50.89
Land for School
1,480.00
$ 1,736.07
Special Assessments : Moth, 1924
50.40
4,778.48
Due from State and Cities : Mother's Aid
$1,409.31
Temporary Aid
363.42
$ 1,772.73
Departmental :
Fire Dept
$ 34.50
Westford Home 94.50
Highway
100.08 $ 229.08 $ 2,001.81
Appropriations Over-drawn :
Soldiers' Benefits
$ 707.00
Refunds
15.00
* Library .
204.45
*Whitney Playground
94.73
*Soldiers' Monument
90.73
*Cemetery Perp. Care
307.20
$ 1,419.11
$29,856.45
*Overdrafts covered by income from funds.
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2,001.81
Surplus War Bonus
1,575.54
Surplus Revenue
18,658.99
Overlay Reserve ..
873.25
Overlay, 1924 . .. . .
Dept. Accounts Revenue
.
$29,856.45
Cash with Board of Health. .
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net bonded debt
$69,800.00
Forge Village School Loan
$ 2,900.00
Groton Road Loan .. 2,000.00
Mortar Fire App. Loan 900.00
Brookside School Loan
27,000.00
Graniteville School Loan
37,000.00
$69,800.00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
Trust Funds, cash and securities . .
$32,920.25
Library Funds
$ 4,150.00
Whitney Shade Tree Funds 2,500.00
Metcalf Monument Fund.
2,000.00
Whitney Playground Fund.
10,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund ... ·
12,270.25
Emily F. Fletcher Lecture Fund. .
2,000.00
Trust Fund Income, cash and securities ..... 3,894.45
$32,920.25
$36,814.70
Whitney Shade Tree Fund, Inc. . .
$ 200.00
Library Fund, Inc ..
290.59
Metcalf Monument Fund, Inc. 497.94
Cem. Perpetual Care Funds, Inc. .. .
2,975.92
$ 3,894.45
Respectively submitted,
HAROLD W. HILDRETH,
Town Accountant.
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Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds December 31, 1924
Endow- Balance
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1924
A. J. Abbot.
$
200.00 $
209.80 $ 10.00 $
4.00
$ 215.80
Ephraim Abbot
100.00
127.78
5.00
2.00
130.78
J. W. P. Abbot.
100.00
144.11
5.00
4.00
145.11
H. T. Adams
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Cyrus Babbit
50.00
70.58
2.50
2.00
71.08
Albert Bailey
50.00
63.16
2.50
2.00
. 63.66
Grace E. Bennet
50.00
50.15
2.50
2.00
50.65
Ai Bicknell
50.00
50.45
2.50
2.00
50.95
A. L. Bicknell
50.00
50.00
A. J. Blaisdell
50.00
50.45
2.50
2.00
50.95
Mary E. Brigham
100.00
136.49
5.00
4.00
137.49
Adeline M. Buckshorn. . .
50.00
51.72
2.50
2.00
52.22
W. H. H. Burbeck
150.00
171.05
7.50
2.00
176.55
Sally B. Burrill
100.00
176.32
5.00
2.00
179.32
Susan A. Butterfield
100.00
131.41
5.00
4.00
132.41
Buxton & Parker
50.00
58.08
2.50
2.00
58.58
Francis Cadwell
50.00
70.89
2.50
2.00
71.39
Mrs. Carmichael
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
John Carmichael
150.00
189.78
7.50
4.00
193.28
John B. Carmichael
100.00
136.49
5.00
4.00
137.49
Alice Carrick
50.00
56.81
2.50
2.00
57.31
Elisha Case
50.00
65.70
2.50
2.00
66.20
William Chandler
100.00
106.61
5.00
4.00
107.61
Jonathan Collins
50.00
61.90
2.50
2.00
62.40
P. G. Collins
50.00
60.62
2.50
2.00
61.12
Nellie C. Comey
100.00
104.90
5.00
2.00
107.90
Edward Craven
100.00
105.99
5.00
4.00
106.99
Dr. Curtis
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Lillian Cutler
100.00
100.00
5.00
4.00
101.00
Hiram Dane
50.00
58.08
2.50
2.00
58.58
George Davis
50.00
74.61
2.50
2.00
75.11
George and Jonathan
Davis
50.00
54.27
2.50
2.00
54.77
Joshua C. Decatur
50.00
61.90
2.50
2.00
62.40
Charles S. Dodge
100.00
151.95
5.00
4.00
152.95
Cephas Drew
50.00
70.68
2.50
2.00
71.18
George Drew
50.00
70.68
2.50
2.00
71.18
Thomas Drew
50.00
60.62
2.50
2.00
61.12
Edmund L. Dupee
50.00
69.52
2.50
2.00
70.02
Rachel Dupee
50.00
74.61
2.50
2.00
75.11
William J. Dupee
50.00
69.52
2.50
2.00
70.02
M. Edwards
50.00
50.00
Daniel Falls
50.00
74.61
2.50
2.00
75.11
Alvin Fisher
150.00
180.84
7.50
6.00
182.34
Elizabeth G. Flagg
50.00
56.81
2.50
2.00
57.31
Charles Flanders
50.00
56.81
2.50
2.00
57.31
Abijah Fletcher
50.00
69.52
2.50
2.00
70.02
Name
ments Dec. 31, 1923
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Endow- Balance
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1924 145.11
Charles H. Fletcher
50.00
69.52
2.50
2.00
70.02
Henry A. Fletcher
50.00
50.00
Herbert E. Fletcher
100.00
116.15
5.00
4.00
117.15
Hugh A. Fletcher
100.00
108.53
5.00
4.00
109.53
J. Herbert Fletcher
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
J. Herbert Fletcher
100.00
100.00
5.00
4.00
101.00
Joel A. Fletcher
100.00
103.45
5.00
4.00
104.45
Julian A. Fletcher
50.00
73.33
2.50
2.00
73.83
Lorenzo Fletcher
100.00
120.15
5.00
2.00
123.15
Sherman D. Fletcher
50.00
52.11
2.50
2.00
52.61
Sherman D. Fletcher
50.00
74.61
2.50
2.00
75.11
L. A. Folland
50.00
63.16
2.50
2.00
63.66
Charles Follansbee
100.00
136.49
5.00
4.00
137.49
Helen K. Frost
150.00
167.20
7.50
2.00
172.70
Frank L. Furbush
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
George Q. Gilson
50.00
65.68
2.50
2.00
66.18
I. S. Gilson
100.00
103.45
5.00
4.00
104.45
Susan E. Green
100.00
128.90
5.00
4.00
129.90
John Greig
100.00
118.15
5.00
2.00
121.15
Adams Griffin
50.00
60.62
2.50
2.00
61.12
Joseph Griffin
100.00
164.45
5.00
4.00
165.45
Joseph W. Griffin
50.00
50.15
2.50
2.00
50.65
Timothy L. Griffin
50.00
68.25
2.50
2.00
68.75
Frank L. Haley
50.00
54.27
2.50
2.00
54.77
Theodore H. Hamblett ..
50.00
74.61
2.50
2.00
75.11
C. and C. A. Hamlin.
100.00
144.37
5.00
4.00
145.37
Sarah Harris
25.00
28.41
1.25
1.00
28.66
George R. Harrison
50.00
54.4-1
2.50
2.00
54.94
Ephriam A. Haywood ...
100.00
126.32
5.00
4.00
127.32
MI. Hennessey
50.00
78.41
2.50
2.00
78.91
Henry Herrick
100.00
144.11
5.00
8.50
140.61
Miss Herrick
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
George W. Heywood
50.00
54.08
2.50
2.00
54.58
Levi Heywood
50.00
58.08
2.50
2.00
58.58
Samuel Horn
50.00
83.50
2.50
2.00
84.00
Hosley Lot
100.00
121.24
5.00
4.00
122.24
George W. Hunt
50.00
50.45
2.50
2.00
50.95
Melbourne Hutchins
100.00
123.23
5.00
4,00
124.23
Samuel M. Hutchins.
. ..
100.00
128.80
5.00
4.00
129.80
Hutchins and Blood
50.00
60.62
2.50
2.00
61.12
Albert E. Jenne
50.00
56.81
2.50
.200
57.31
Andrew Johnson
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Louisa Joint
50.00
63.16
2.50
2.00
63.66
C. F. Keyes
50.00
56.81
2.50
2.00
57.31
H. O. Keyes
100.00
112.53
5.00
2.00
115.53
Kittredge Lot
100.00
136.49
5.00
4.00
137.49
A. W. Langley
100.00
108.53
5.00
4.00
109.53
Grace Lawrence
50.00
59.04
2.50
2.00
59.54
S. Lawrence and Drake.
100.00
144.11
5.00
4.00
145.11
Amos Leighton
50.00
51.72
2.50
2.00
52.22
Francis Leighton
50.00
68.25
2.50
2.00
68.75
Isiah Leighton
100.00
131.41
5.00
4.00
132.41
Name
ments Dec. 31, 1923
Andrew Fletcher
$ 100.00 $
144.11 $
5.00 $
4.00
44
Endow-
Balance
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1924
Reuben Leighton
50.00
51.72
2.50
2.00
52.22
Frank Louther
50.00
54.27
2.50
2.00
54.77
Theresa Louther
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Edwin D. Metcalf.
50.00
80.89
2.50
2.00
81.39
Hugh Mills
50.00
54.27
2.50
2.00
54.77
Geo. C. Moore
100.00
100.00
Mary A. Moran
50.00
51.72
2,50
2.00
52.22
Joseph Morin
50.00
51.72
2.50
2.00
52.22
Harry Nesmith
50.00
55.54
2.50
2.00
56.04
Edrick Nutting
50.00
56.81
2.50
2.00
57.31
John A. Osgood
50.00
65.44
2.50
2.00
65.94
John M. Osgood
95.25
112.27
4.75
4.00
113.02
Nellie S. Parker
100.00
104.90
5.00
2.00
107.90
W. G. Parker
100.00
100.90
5.00
4.00
101.90
Fletcher Perkins
50.00
69.52
2.50
2.00
70.02
Sarah Precious
50.00
60.62
2.50
2.00
61.12
Prescott & Babbit
100.00
141.57
5.00
4.00
142.57
Abiam Prescott
50.00
41.77
2.50
2.00
42.27
Charles H. Prescott
100.00
146.61
5.00
4.00
147.61
Joseph E. Prescott
50.00
72.04
2.50
21.50
53.04
Francis A. Prescott
100.00
125.48
5.00
4.00
126.48
Nathan P. Prescott
50.00
75.87
2.50
2.00
76.37
C. M. Prinn
50.00
54.27
2.50
2.00
54.77
Mary A. Putman
100.00
127.07
5.00
4.00
128.07
James W. Pyne
50.00
54.27
2.50
2.00
54.77
Polly Quigg
50.00
70.79
2.50
2.00
71,29
Abijah C. Reed
50.00
73.33
2.50
2.00
73.83
Anan Reed
50.00
53.73
2.50
2.00
54.23
Sarah S. Reed
100.00
161.91
5.00
4.00
162.91
Annie Richardson
50.00
68.25
2.50
2.00
68.75
Olive A. Richardson
50.00
66.97
2.50
2.00
67.47
Samuel Richardson
50.00
66.97
2.50
2.00
67.47
Sarah Ricardson
50.00
66.97
2.50
2.00
67.47
Sarah Richardson
100.00
116.15
5.00
4.00
117.15
Sarah E. Richardson
50.00
78.41
2.50
2.00
78.91
John M. Riker
50.00
78.41
2.50
2.00
78.91
Nancy Sargent
50.00
66.97
2.50
2.00
67.47
Martha W. Searles
50.00
64.84
2.50
2.00
65.34
C. Frederick Seifer
50.00
73.33
2.50
2.00
73.83
D. L. Shattuck
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Thomas J. Sherburn
100.00
103.43
5.00
4.00
104.43
Clara A. Smith
50.00
64.36
2.50
2.00
64.86
Levi Snow
100.00
143.03
5.00
2.00
146.03
Salmon L. Snow
100.00
143.03
5.00
2.00
146.03
John W. Spinner
50.00
50.00
Ephriam A. Stevens
50.00
63.76
2.50
2.00
64.26
G. P. Stone
100.00
117.07
5.00
4.00
112.07
Gilman Stone
50.00
50.45
2.50
2.00
50.95
Eli Tower
100.00
100.00
5.00
4.00
101.00
Sarah H. Trumbell
100.00
117.61
5.00
2.00
120.61
A. and N. S. Tuttle
50.00
53.31
2.50
2.00
53.81
Mrs. O. V. Wells
50.00
52.99
2.50
2.00
53.49
$
270.81 $ 10.00 $
4.00
276.81
Mazuzan and Whitney ..
$
200.00
Name
ments Dec. 31, 1923
45
Name
Endow- Balance ments Dec. 31, 1923
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1924
Sarah E. P. Wells.
100.00
136.78
5.00
4.00
137.78
Joseph Wendal
100.00
115.74
5.00
4.00
116.74
Mary J. Wheeler
50.00
50.16
2.50
2.00
50.66
William White
50.00
54.27
2.50
2.00
54.77
Nathaniel Whitney
50.00
50.45
2.50
2.00
50.95
Hiram Whitney
100.00
133.95
5.00
4.00
134.95
Clara M. Wiley
100.00
164.45
5.00
4.00
165.45
Luther Wilkins
75.00
117.71
3.75
2.00
119.46
Samuel Willis
50.00
54.27
2.50
2.00
54.77
John Wilson
50.00
73.33
2.50
2.00
73.83
Oliver Woodward Lot ...
100.00
116.15
5.00
4.00
117.15
Capt. Ezekiel Wright
71.87
61.58
2.50
2.00
62.08
Frank C. Wright
50.00
50.45
2.50
2.00
50.95
Gilbert F. Wright
150.00
150.00
Gilman Wright
100.00
100.00
G. T. and A. S. Wright.
100.00
100.74
5.00
4.00
101.74
Hammett Wright
100.00
100.90
5.00
4.00
101.90
N. H. Wright
100.00
131.41
5.00
4.00
132.41
Porter Wright
50.00
50.45
2.50
2.00
50.95
Varnum B. Wright
25.00
39.21
1.25
1.00
39.46
Undivided Income
65.17
65.17
. .
$12,270.25 $14,510.95 $651.18 $454.00 $15,258.12
46
Amounts Received for Care of Cemetery Lots
FAIRVIEW
Elizabeth M. Scrutton
$ 2.00
Mrs. Samuel Blowney
2.00
George Moore
2.00
George Sanborn
2.00
Augusta Smith
2.00
Mrs. George Hartford
2.00
Miss Helen Hildreth
2.00
Samuel H. Balch
2.00
Sherman H. Fletcher
2.00
Frank E. Miller
4.00
Mary Calvert
2.00
John Baker
2.00
Alma Richardson
4,00
Mrs. George Cougle
2.00
Elliot Humingston
2.00
Homer Seavey
2.00
Carrie Reed
2.00
Nettie Waller
4.00
Edward Fisher
2.00
Mrs. Samuel Blodgett
2.00
John Harrington
2.00
Jessie Sweatt
2.00
Clara Webb
2.00
George O'Brien
2.00
Frank Hindle
2.00
Arthur Burnham
2.00
Wesley O. Hawkes
2.00
Annie Hamlin
2.00
Martha Daucett
2.00
W. G. Blodgett
2.00
Oliver Wood
2.00
Stephen Healy
2.00
Fred McCoy
2.00
David Sherman
2.00
Calvin Howard
2.00
Mary Girand
2.00
Fred Stiles
2.00
Mrs. David Harris
2.00
Sigard Petterson
2.00
Arthur Hildreth
2.00
Robert Orr
2.00
Daisy Colburn
2.00
May Streeter
2.00
James Fraser
2.00
David Scott
2.00
Wayland Balch
2.00
Fred Spalding
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.
.
. . . .
.... 2.00
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Mrs. Sanford Keirstead
4.00
Richard Dugdale
2.00
Percey Hargraier
2.00
Sarah Gardell
2.00
Mary Bunce
4.00
George P. Hamlin
2.00
Gertrude Skidmore
2.00
William L. Woods
4.00
Charles Harris
2.00
W. M. Wright
2.00
Chas. Wing
2.00
Carrie Hewett
2.00
George Horne
2.00
Charles Howard
2.00
Issac Wheeler
2.00
Howghton Osgood
2.00
Elizaberth Abbot
5.00
Josephine Martin
2.00
Frank Healay
2.00
Joseph Perkins, Sr.
4.00
Mary Kabels
2.00
Susie Carkin
2.00
Mrs. Martin Hanson
2.00
Marion Saville
2.00
James Moss
2.00
Delia Wheeler
2.00
Arthur Burland
2.00
Everett Miller
2.00
Mrs. Louis Schworer
2.00
John Matterson
2.00
C. A. and F. R. Blodgett
2.00
Frank C. Drew
2.00
Heirs of John Burbeck
2.00
Donn Judd
2.00
Frank Griffin
2.00
Ella S. Hildreth
4.00
George Harris
2.00
Lillian Atwood
4.00
William Wyman
4.00
Henry A. Fletcher
2.00
Samuel L. Taylor
6.00
Almira Johnson
2.00
Mrs. William Graves
2.00
B. W. Decatur
2.00
Frenite Canuter
2.00
Annie Carpenter
2.00
Alice Lambert
2.00
Flora Chamblain
2.00
Charles Bicknell
2.00
Mrs. Fred Ripley
2.00
Effie Adams
2.00
Albert Boden
2.00
Joseph Richardson
2.00
Mrs. Thomas Symns
6.00
48
John Fisher
2.00
Elisha Hanning
2.00
Ernest Mountain
2.00
Lewis Foster
2.00
William Petherick
2.00
Margaret Wilson
2.00
E. J. Hunt
4.00
Harry S. White
2.00
Louell Blanchard
4.00
Marie Smith
2.00
Alec McDougall
6.00
Edwin B. Currier
2.00
Elizabeth Catchpole
2.00
Prissille Bennett
2.00
Walter Longbottom
2.00
Charles Brooks
2.00
James Wiggin
2.00
Almon Vose
2.00
Harvey McCollorter
2.00
Harvey McCollorter
2.00
Thomas Fisher
2.00
Mrs. McAdoo
2.00
Frank A. Wright
2.00
William Butterworth
2.00
John Martin
2.00
Amos Polley
2.00
Nora Colburn
2.00
James Hartford
2.00
Geo. P. Hamlin
2.00
Arthur L. Bicknell
6.00
Mark Jenkins
2.00
Henry Bunce
2.00
Wallace Johnson
6.00
S. P. Watson
6.00
Andrew Anderson
4.00
Benj. Prescott
2.00
Arthur Beaier
2.00
Wm. H. Decatur
2.00
Lester Prescott
2.00
Frank Shea
.
2.00
Alice Harris
5.00
James Herrington
2.00
Chas. Harris
2.00
Wm. Willis
2.00
Mrs. Claude Day
2.00
Jos. W. Fletcher
5.00
Chas. Flanagan
2.00
Mrs. Wm. White
2.00
John Feeney, Sr.
4.00
Gep. Wyman
4.00
Dexter Coggshall
2.00
Mrs. James Stewart
2.00
Albert Taylor
4.00
M. J. Boychenko
2.00
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HILLSIDE
D. W. Parker 2.00
Frederick Sargent
2.00
Mrs. R. E. Reeding
2.00
Horace Gould
2.00
Perley E. Wright
2.00
Geo. Irish
2.00
WESTLAWN
Mrs. Catherine Baker 5.00
S. B. Watson
2.00
Frank C. Wright
2.00
Ida Prescott
2.00
Nora Colburn
2.00
WRIGHT
J. Everett Woods 2.00
Alma L. Wright and Lillian Wright.
2.00
Gladys Pirington
2.00
Total
$ 406.00
Treasurer's Report
Money in Treasury October 15, 1924-$23,145.46.
Money received-$151,823.55
Money paid out-$152,100.18
Money in Treasury December 31, 1924-$22,868.83
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN K. HANSCOM,
Treasurer.
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Assessors' Report, January 1, 1925
Value of buildings
$2,141,815.00
Value of land
730,765.00
Value of personal estate
1,134,533.76
$4,007,113.76
MONEY APPROPRIATED
General government
$ 6,600.00
Police department
2,300.00
Fire department
2,800.00
Sealer of weights and measures
125.00
Fish and game warden
100.00
Moth department
3,000.00
Tree Warden
300.00
Extinguishing forest fires
1,000.00
Health department
3,000.00
Highway purposes
26,000.00
Charities
12,500.00
Soldiers' benefits
600.00
Support of schools
62,700.00
Public library
2,200.00
Memorial day
300.00
Care of common
250.00
Headquarters for Westford Post 159, American Legion.
. . .
200.00
Maintaining town scales
25.00
Liability insurance
500.00
Care of cemeteries
900.00
Cattle inspection
150.00
Reserve fund
2,000.00
Outstanding bills Dec. 31, 1923
1,160.32
Overdrafts 1923
1,185.84
Demonstration work in agriculture and home economics.
400.00
War memorial
6,000.00
Addition to Graniteville schoolhouse
1,000.00
Westford Home
894.00
Forge Village schoolhouse plans
2,643.00
Overlayings
969.99
Hydrants and street lights
6,800.00
Notes and interest
7,753.00
State and county tax
14,870.89
$171,827.04
Printing and distributing town reports
600.00
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TOTAL INCOME
Estimated receipts
$ 37,683.64
Raised by taxation
120,213.40
Poll taxes
1,930.00
Taken from treasury
12,000.00
$171,827.04
Number of polls
965
Number of horses
251
Number of cows
557
Number of sheep
7
Number of neat cattle
147
Number of swine
19
Number of fowl
8,598
Number of dwellings
550
Number of acres of land
18,000
ABATEMENTS GRANTED
LEVY OF 1923
Real estate $ . . 22.40
LEVY OF 1924
Polls
$ 6.00
Personal estate
84.74
Real estate
6.00
$96.74
L. W. WHEELER, J. W. FLETCHER, E. H. FLAGG,
Assessors of Westford.
52
List of Jurors Prepared by the Selectmen of Westford
Name
Occupation
Address
Benson, Charles
Paving Cutter
Graniteville
Burke, George H.
Farmer
Westford
Butterworth, William L.
Carpenter
Carlisle
Catchpole, John W.
Wool Comber
Forge Village
Couture, Alfred J.
Machinist
Graniteville
Ferguson, Howard
Gardener
Westford
Fletcher, Walter W.
Truck Driver
Coldspring®
Flynn, John L.
Engineer
Forge Village
Gilson, George Q.
Machinist
Graniteville
Gregory, Frank
Weaver
Littleton Common
Griffith, Burton D.
Stone Cutter
Forge Village Westford
Gumb, Harry M.
Retired
Hall, Edward F.
Carpenter
Graniteville
Healy, Arthur L.
Contractor
Graniteville
Keizer, Roy L.
Machinist
Westford
Miller, F. Everett
Chauffeur
Westford
Murphy, Joseph B.
Telegraph Operator
Westford
Nutting, Edgar F.
Painter
Graniteville
Prescott, Benjamin A.
Teamster
Westford
Prescott, E. Clyde
Farmer
Westford
Seavey, Homer M.
Farmer
Westford
Shugrue, Frank
Chauffeur
Graniteville
Spinner, Edward G.
Railroad Brakeman
Forge Village
Spinner, John W.
Brakeman
Forge Village
Sullivan, James
Retired
Forge Village
Thompson, Joseph
Wool Sorter
Forge Village
Walker, Arthur G. Wall, Joseph
Painter
Graniteville
Wheeler, Clifford S.
Farmer
Westford
Wilson, T. Arthur E.
Farmer
Westford
Whitney, Edmund B.
Carpenter
Nabnasset
FRANK L. FURBUSH, JOHN B. GRAY, ARTHUR G. HILDRETH,
Selectmen of Westford.
Westford, January 14, 1925.
Farmer
Westford
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Board of Health Report
The Board of Health respectively submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1924.
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