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2,000.00
Surplus War Bonus . .
1,575.54
$35,695.79
Trust Fund Income, cash and securities ...
$ 3,513.64
Library Fund Income
86.14
Emily Fletcher Lecture Fund, Inc. . .
150.00
Whitney Shade Tree Income . . .
200.00
Metcalf Monument Fund Income . . .
227.94
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds, Inc.
2,849.56
$ 3,513.64
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD W. HILDRETH,
Town Accountant.
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Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
December 31, 1925
Name
Endow- ments
Balance Dec.31,1924
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec.31,1925
A. J. Abbot
$
200.00 $
215.80 $ 10.00
$ 4.00
$ 221.80
Ephraim Abbot.
100.00
130.78
5.00
2.00
133.78
J. W. P. Abbot
100.00
145.11
5.00
4.00
146.11
H. T. Adams
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
Cyrus Babbit.
50.00
71.08
2.50
2.00
71.58
Albert Bailey.
50.00
63.66
2.50
2.00
64.16
Grace E. Bennett
50.00
50.65
2.50
2.00
51.15
A. Bicknell
50.00
50.95
2.50
2.00
51.45
Arthur L. Bicknell
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Mrs. A. J. Blaisdell.
50.00
50.95
2.50
2.00
51.45
Samuel Bloowey
50.00
50.00
Mary E. Brigham. . .
100.00
137.49
5.00
4.00
138.49
Mary E. Brigham (Kit- tredge)
100.00
137.49
5.00
4.00
138.49
Adeline M. Buckshorn .
50.00
52.22
2.50
2.00
52.72
John Burbeck .
100.00
100.00
W. H. H. Burbeck
150.00
176.55
7.50
2.00
182.05
William Burnett
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Sally B. Burrill
100.00
179.32
5.00
2.00
182.32
Susan A. Butterfield.
100.00
132.41
5.00
4.00
133.41
Buxton & Parker
50.00
58.58
2.50
2.00
59.08
Francis Caldwell
50.00
71.39
2.50
2.00
71.89
Mrs. H. Carmichael
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
John Carmichael
150.00
193.28
7.50
4.00
196.78
John B. Carmichael
100.00
137.49
5.00
4.00
138.49
Mrs. Alice Carrick
50.00
57.31
2.50
2.00
57.81
Wm. R. Carver
50.00
Elisha Case
50.00
66.20
2.50
2.00
66.70
¡William Chandler
100.00
107.61
5.00
4.00
108.61
Jonathan Collins.
50.00
62.40
2.50
4.00
60.90
P. G. Collins
50.00
61.12
2.50
4.00
59.12
Nellie C. Comey
100.00
107.90
5.00
2.00
110.90
Edward Craven
100.00
106.99
5.00
4.00
107.99
Dr. Ceutis
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
Hiram Dane
50.00
58.58
2.50
2.00
59.08
Abel L. Davis
100.00
101.00
5.00
4.00
102.00
George Davis
50.00
75.11
2.50
2.00
75.61
George & Jonathan Davis
50.00
54.77
2.50
2.00
55.27
Joshua C. Decatur
50.00
62.40
2.50
2.00
62.90
Charles S. Dodge
100.00
152.95
5.00
4.00
153.95
Cephas Drew
50.00
71.18
2.50
5.00
68.68
George Drew
50.00
71.18
2.50
2.00
71.68
. .
. .
. .
50.00
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Name
Endow- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1924
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec.31,1925
Thomas Drew
$ 50.00
$ 61.12
$ 2.50
$ 2.00
$ 61.62
Edmund F. Dupee
50.00
70.02
2.50
2.00
70.52
Rachel Dupee
50.00
75.11
2.50
2.00
75.61
William J. Dupee
50.00
70.02
2.50
2.00
70.52
+L. C. Dyer
100.00
100.00
Daniel Falls
50.00
75.11
2.50
2.00
75.61
Alvan Fisher
150.00
182.34
7.50
6.00
183.84
Elizabeth G. Flagg
50.00
57.31
2.50 '
2.00
57.81
+Charles Flanders
50.00
57.31
2.50
2.00
57.81
Abjah Fletcher
50.00
70.02
2.50
4.00
68.52
Andrew Fletcher
100.00
145.11
5.00
4.00
146.11
Charles H. Fletcher ..
50.00
70.02
2.50
2.00
70.52
Herbert E. Fletcher .
100.00
117.15
5.00
4.00
118.15
J. Herbert Fletcher.
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
John M. Fletcher
100.00
101.00
5.00
4.00
102.00
Hugh A. Fletcher
100.00
109.53
5.00
4.00
110.53
Joel Fletcher
100.00
104.45
5.00
4.00
105.45
Julia A. Fletcher
50.00
73.83
2.50
2.00
74.33
Lorenzo Fletcher
100.00
123.15
5.00
2.00
126.15
*Sherman D. Fletcher. .
50.00
52.61
2.50
2.00
53.11
Sherman D. Fletcher .
50.00
75.11
2.50
2.00
75.61
L. A. Folland .
50.00
63.66
2.50
2.00
64.16
+Charles Follansbee
100.00
137.49
5.00
4.00
138.49
Helen K. Frost
150.00
172.70
7.50
2.00
178.20
Frank L. Furbush.
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
George Q. Gilson.
50.00
66.18
2.50
2.00
66.68
L. S. Gilson
100.00
104.45
5.00
4.00
105.45
Susan F. Green
100.00
129.90
5.00
4.00
130.90
John Greg
100.00
121.15
5.00
2.00
124.15
Adams Griffin
50.00
61.12
2.50
2.00
61.62
Joseph B. Griffin.
100.00
165.45
5.00
4.00
166.45
Joseph W. Griffin
50.00
50.65
2.50
2.00
51.15
Timothy L. Griffin
50.00
68.75
2.50
2.00
69.25
Frank L. Haley. .
50.00
54.77
2.50
2.00
55.27
Theodore H. Hamblett
50.00
75.11
2.50
2.00
75.61
C. & C. A. Hamblin . .
100.00
145.37
5.00
4.00
146.37
Mrs. Sarah Harris.
25.00
28.66
1.25
1.00
28.91
George R. Harrison .
50.00
54.94
2.50
2.00
55.44
Ephriam A. Harwood. .
100.00
127.32
5.00
4.00
128.32
M. Hennessey
50.00
78.91
2.50
4.00
77.41
*Henry Herrick
100.00
140.61
5.00
4.00
141.61
Miss Hewitt .
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
George W. Heywood . .
50.00
54.58
2.50
2.00
55.08
Levi Heywood
50.00
58.58
2.50
2.00
59.08
Samuel Horn
50.00
84.00
2.50
2.00
84.50
George W. Hunt
50.00
50.95
2.50
2.00
51.45
*Melbourne Hutchings. .
100.00
124.23
5.00
4.00
125.23
Samuel M. Hutchings .
100.00
129.80
5.00
4.00
130.80
Hutchings & Blood.
50.00
61.12
2.50
2.00
61.62
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Name
Endow- ments
Balance Dec.31,1924
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec.31,1924
Albert E. Jenne.
$ 50.00
$ 57.31
$ 2.50
2.00
$ 57.81
Andrew Johnson
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
Louisa Joint
50.00
63.66
2.50
2.00
64.16
C. F. Keyes
50.00
57.31
2.50
4.00
54.81
H. O. Keyes
100.00
115.53
5.00
2.00
118.53
Grace Lawrence
50.00
59.54
2.50
2.00
60.04
A. W. Langley
100.00
109.53
5.00
4.00
110.53
*Frances Leighton
50.00
68.75
2.50
2.00
69.25
*Silas Lawrence & Mrs.
Drake
100.00
145.11
5.00
4.00
146.11
Isaiah Leighton
100.00
132.41
5.00
4.00
133.41
*Reuben Leighton.
50.00
52.22
2.50
2.00
52.72
*Amos Leighton
50.00
52.22
2.50
2.00
52.72
Frank Louther
50.00
54.77
2.50
2.00
55.27
Mrs. Theresa Louther ..
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
+J. F. Marsh (Nutting) .
50.00
57.31
2.50
2.00
57.81
Mazuzan & Whitney . .
200.00
276.81
10.00
4.00
282.81
Edwin D. Metcalf.
50.00
81.39
2.50
2.00
81.89
George C. Moore.
100.00
5.00
4.00
101.00
Mary A. Moran .
50.00
52.22
2.50
2.00
52.72
Mrs. Joseph Morin
50.00
52.22
2.50
2.00
52.72
Hugh Mills.
50.00
54.77
2.50
4.00
53.27
Harry Nesmith
50.00
56.04
2.50
2.00
56.54
A. Orange
50.00
50.00
John A. Osgood
50.00
65.94
2.50
2.00
66.44
John M. Osgood
95.25
113.02
4.75
4.00
113.77
James M. Parker
50.00
78.91
2.50
2.00
79.41
Nellie S. Parker
100.00
107.90
5.00
2.00
110.90
W. G. Parker (Gates).
100.00
101.90
5.00
4.00
102.90
Fletcher Peckins
50.00
70.02
2.50
2.00
70.52
Wm. H. Pethrick
50.00
50.00
Sarah Precious .
50.00
61.12
2.50
2.00
61.62
Prescott & Babbitt.
100.00
142.57
5.00
4.00
143.57
*Abram Prescott.
50.00
42.77
2.50
2.00
42.77
*Joseph E. Prescott .
50.00
53.04
2.50
2.00
53.54
Francis A. Prescott.
100.00
126.48
5.00
4.00
127.48
Nathan P. Prescott ..
50.00
76.37
2.50
2.00
76.87
C. M. Prinn
50.00
54.77
2.50
2.00
55.27
+Mary A. Putman
100.00
128.07
5.00
4.00
129.07
James W. Pyne
50.00
54.77
2.50
2.00
55.27
Polly Quigg
50.00
71.29
2.50
2.00
71.79
Abijah C. Reed.
50.00
73.83
2.50
2.00
74.33
*Aman Reed
50.00
54.23
2.50
2.00
54.73
*Sarah S. Reed
100.00
162.91
5.00
4.00
163.91
Iva & Annie Richardson
50.00
68.75
2.50
2.00
69.25
Olive A. Richardson ...
50.00
67.47
2.50
2.00
67.94
Samuel Richardson. . ..
50.00
67.47
2.50
2.00
67.97
Sarah E. Richardson .. .
50.00
67.47
2.50
2.00
67.97
.. .
100.00
147.61
5.00
4.00
148.61
*Charles H. Prescott
. .
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Name
Endow- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1924
Receipts
Pay-
Balance
ments Dec. 31, 1925
Sarah Richardson
$100.00
$117.15
$5.00
$4.00
$118.15
Sarah E. Richardson
50.00
78.91
2.50
2.00
79.41
Nancy Sargent .
50.00
67.47
2.50
2.00
67.97
Martha W. Searles
50.00
65.34
2.50
2.00
65.84
C. Fredrick Seifer
50.00
73.83
2.50
2.00
74.33
David L. Shattuck
50.00
50.50
2.50
2.00
51.00
¡Thomas J. Sherburn.
100.00
104.43
5.00
4.00
105.43
Gertrude Skidmore.
50.00
50.00
Clara A. Smith
50.00
64.86
2.50
2.00
65.36
Levi Snow
100.00
146.03
5.00
2.00
149.03
Salmon L. Snow
100.00
146.03
5.00
2.00
149.03
John Spinner
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Ephraim A. Stevens .
50.00
64.26
2.50
2.00
64.76
*Gergeanna Putten Stone
100.00
112.07
5.00
4.00
113.07
*Gilman Stone
50.00
50.95
2.50
2.00
51.45
Nathaniel Sweetzer.
100.00
100.00
Eli Tower.
100.00
101.00
5.00
4.00
102.00
Sarah H. Trumbell
100.00
120.61
5.00
2.00
123.61
A. & N. S. Tuttle
50.00
53.81
2.50
2.00
54.31
J. A. Walkden
50.00
50.00
2.50
2.00
50.50
Mrs. O. V. Wells.
50.00
53.49
2.50
2.00
53.99
*Sarah E. P. Wells
100.00
137.78
5.00
4.00
138.78
+Jacob Wendell
100.00
116.74
5.00
4.00
117.74
Mary J. Wheeler
50.00
50.66
2.50
2.00
51.16
William White.
50.00
54.77
2.50
2.00
55.27
Hiram Whitney.
100.00
134.95
5.00
4.00
135.98
Nathaniel Whitney.
50.00
50.95
2.50
2.00
51.45
Clara M. Wiley.
100.00
165.45
5.00
6.00
164.45
Luther E. Wilkins.
75.00
119.46
3.75
2.00
121.21
*M. E. Willard (Hosley)
100.00
122.24
5.00
4.00
123.24
Samuel Willis .
50.00
54.77
2.50
4.00
53.27
James H. Wilson.
50.00
50.60
2.50
2.00
50.50
John Wilson
50.00
73.83
2.50
2.00
74.33
¡W. W. Woodward.
100.00
117.15
5.00
4.00
118.15
*Capt. Ezekeil Wright. .
50.00
62.08
2.50
2.00
62.58
Frank C. Wright.
50.00
50.95
2.50
2.00
51.45
Gilbert F. Wright.
150.00
150.00
7.50
4.00
153.50
#Gilman Wright
100.00
100.00
5.00
4.00
101.00
G. T. & A. S. Wright . .
100.00
101.74
5.00
4.00
102.74
ĮMrs. Hammett Wright
100.00
101.90
5.00
4.00
102.90
N. H. Wright
100.00
132.41
5.00
4.00
133.41
Porter Wright .
50.00
50.95
2.50
2.00
51.45
Varnum B. Wright
25.00
39.46
1.25
1.00
39.71
Unmarked in Fairview Cemetery. *In Westlawn Cemetery +In Hillside Cemetery tIn Wright Cemetery
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Amounts Received for Care of Cemetery Lots
FAIRVIEW
Elizabeth Scrutton
$ 2.00
Lottie White
2.00
Homer Seavey .
2.00
Sherman H. Fletcher
2.00
Alma Richardson
4,00
Charles Harris
2.00
James Fraser
2.00
Frank Hindle
2.00
Sarah Gardell
2.00
Mary Bunce
4.00
George O'Brien
2.00
Perrey Hargraier
2.00
Helen C. Hildreth
2.00
Nettie Waller
4.00
Jessie Sweatt
2.00
Frank Miller
4.00
Mary E. Calvert
2.00
Elliott Huriston
2.00
Carrie Reed
2.00
Mrs. Samuel-Blowney
2.00
Ernest Mountain .
2.00
David Scott
2.00
Ida Streeter
2.00
Gertrude Skidmore
2.00
Clara Keirstead
4.00
John Matterson
2.00
Marion E. Saville
2.00
Josephine Martin
2.00
Joseph Perkins
2.00
Issac Wheeler
2.00
David Harris
2.00
Wayland Balch
2.00
Frank L. Haely
2.00
Dexter Coggshall
2.00
Fredrick McCoye
2.00
Charles Howard
2.00
Mrs. Samuel Blodgett
2.00
Oliver Wood
2.00
Walter Longbottom
2.00
C. A. & F. R. Blodgett
2.00
Mrs. Alice Harris
2.00
Sigard Peterson
2.00
Horace Gould
2.00
Frank Shea
2.00
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Frank A. Wright
$ 2.00
Lillian B. Attwood
4.00
James Whighan .
2.00
Mark W. Jenkins
2.00
Amos Polley
2.00
Madeline McCollerter
2.00
Mrs. R. McAdoo
2.00
H. G. Osgood
2.00
J. Boychenko
2.00
Ruth Lawton .
2.00
William Millis
2.00
Mrs. George Hartford
2.00
Samuel Felch
2.00
Miss Delia Wheeler
2.00
Samuel Taylor
6.00
George Harris
2.00
Mrs. Annie Hamlin
2.00
Mrs. James Stewart
2.00
Frank Counter
2.00
Arthur Beaver
2.00
Elisha Hanning
2.00
Guy Rockwell
8.00
Sidney Wright
2.00
John Edwards.
2.00
Mrs. Charles Bicknell
2.00
Harry S. White .
2.00
Mrs. W. W. Johnson
2.00
Mrs. Albert Boden
2.00
Mrs. Effie Adams
2.00
Susie Carkin
2.00
Edward Fisher
2.00
Martin Hurin
2.00
George Wyman
2.00
William Woods
4.00
George Sanborn
2.00
Mrs. Charles Wing
2.00
Frank C. Drew
2.00
Alec McDougal .
6.00
Mrs. Fred Ripley
2.00
Mrs. William Graves
2.00
John Fisher
2.00
Everett Miller
2.00
Phonsie Isles
2.00
E. J. Hunt
4.00
Edson Boynton
2.00
Mrs. George Walker
2.00
James Hartford
2.00
B. J. Decatur
2.00
Forest Andrews
4.00
Mrs. Thomas Symmes
2.00
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John Feeney, Sr.
$ 2.00
John Martin
2.00
Peter Reid .
2.00
Mrs. Ida Whitney
2.00
S. B. Watson .
6.00
Beatrice Brow
2.00
Mrs. John Harrington
2.00
W. M. Wright
2.00
Pricilla Bennett
2.00
Don Judd
2.00
Robert Orr
2.00
Henry Fletcher
2.00
Alimara Johnson
2.00
Richard Dugdale
2.00
Albert Taylor
4.00
Daisy Hoolbrook .
2.00
Elizabeth Catchpole
2.00
Mrs. Fred Stiles
2.00
Thomas Fisher
2.00
Henry Bunce
2.00
James Moss
2.00
Arthur Burland
2.00
W. O. Hawkes
2.00
William Wyman
4.00
Samuel Balch
2.00
Mrs. Eugene Carpenter
2.00
Frank Griffin
2.00
Heirs of John Burbeck
2.00
Nora Coburn
2.00
Flora Chamberlain
2.00
Arthur Burnham
2.00
Mrs. Elizabeth Abbot
5.00
George P. Hamlin
2.00
Martha Daurett
2.00
Charles Brooks
2.00
W. G. Blodgett.
2.00
Charles Flanagan
2.00
Mary Girard
2.00
William E. Butterworth
2.00
Mary Kabele
2.00
Almon Vose
2.00
Eben Prescott
4.00
Guy Decatur
4.00
Mrs. Fred A. Hildreth
4.00
Miss Agusta Smith
2.00
E. B. Currier
2.00
Mrs. Marie Smith
2.00
Fred Spalding
2.00
William R. Carver
2.00
George F. Harris
2.00
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John Baker $ 2.00
E. P. Sworer
2.00
Arthur Hildreth
2.00
Calvin Howard
2.00
Stephen Healey
2.00
HILLSIDE CEMETERY
R. E. Reeding
2.00
George Irish
2.00
Perley Wright
2.00
Fredrick Sargent
2.00
C. A. & F. R. Blodgett
2.00
Mrs. D. W. Parker
2.00
WRIGHT CEMETERY
J. Everett Woods 2.00
A. L. Gould.
2.00
Gladis Perington
2.00
WESTLAWN CEMETERY
Mrs. E. E. Rirers 2.00
Frank C. Wright
2.00
S. B. Watson
2.00
Nora Coburn
2.00
Ida Prescott 2.00
Received on 1924 account 4.00
Treasurer's Report For the Year Ending December 31, 1925
October 12-25:
Cash on hand as per state audit $2,697,609
Cash received from Oct. 12 to Dec. 31, 1925 165,738.68 192,714.77
Cash received from Oct. 12 to Dec. 31, 1925 165,738.68
192,714.77
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1925
$16,457.53
Cash paid out Oct. 12 to Dec. 31, 1925 17,6257.24
$192,714.77
EVA F. WRIGHT,
Town Treasurer'
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Assessors' Report, January 1, 1926
Value of buildings
$2,258,360.00
Value of land
742,805.00
Value of personal estate
1,231,069.00
Total valuation
$4,232,234.00
MONEY APPROPRIATED
General government
$8,900.00
Police department
2,300.00
Forest fires
1,000.00
Sealer of weights and measures
150.00
Fish and game warden
100.00
Moth department
3,000.00
Tree warden
300.00
Health department
3,000.00
Cattle inspection
150.00
Highway purposes
27,000.00
Charities
13,000.00
Soldiers' benefits
2,000.00
School department
68,000.00
Public library
2,350.00
Memorial day
300.00
Care of common.
300.00
Publishing town reports
600.00
Headquarters for Westford Post 159 American Legion
200.00
Care of town scales
25.00
Liability insurance
650.00
Care of cemeteries
900.00
Addition to Fairview Cemetery .
2,000.00
Demonstration work in agriculture and home economics
. .
400.00
Fireproof equipment for town officers
700.00
Fire apparatus
10,800.00
Fire department
2,900.00
Band concerts
400.00
Widening Pleasant Street
2,000.00
Overdrafts 1924 Soldiers' benefits
707.00
Outstanding bills Dec. 31, 1924
3,365.42
Reserve fund
2,000.00
Printing town by-laws
45.00
State tax
10,503.14
County tax .
7,037.97
Notes and interest
17,595.00
Overlay
703.33
$195,381.86
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TOTAL INCOME
Estimated receipts
$43,215.93
Taken from treasury
14,000.00
Raised by taxation
136,277.93
Poll taxes
1,888.00
$195,381.86
Number of polls
944
Number of horses
249
Number of cows
. .
475
Number of sheep
6
Number of other neat cattle .
119
Number of swine
18
Number of fowl
9,762
Number of dwellings .
745
Number of acres of land .
18,000
ABATEMENTS GRANTED
LEVY OF 1924
Real estate
$50.00
LEVY OF 1925
Personal estate
$189.09
Real estate
104.01
L. W. WHEELER J. W. FLETCHER E. H. FLAGG
Assessors of Westford.
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List of Jurors Prepared by the Selectmen of Westford
NAME
Occupation
Address
Benson, Charles
Paving Cutter
Graniteville Westford
Burke, George H.
Farmer
Burnham, Fred W.
Carpenter
Westford
Carpentier, Joseph
Blacksmith
Graniteville
Catchpole, John W.
Wool Comber
Comy, Arthur H.
Gardener
Connell, Leo J.
Chauffeur
Couture, Alfred J.
Machinist
Felch, John K.
Gardener
Ferguson, Howard
Gardener
Westford
Fletcher, Walter W.
Truck Driver
Westford
Flynn, John L.
Engineer
Forge Village Graniteville
Gregory, Frank
Weaver
Littleton Common
Griffith, Burton D.
Stone Cutter
Hall, Edward F.
Carpenter
Hildreth, Clarence E.
Mechanic
Keizer, Roy L.
Machinist
Westford Westford Graniteville
LeDuc, Henry E. Lord, Philip D.
Watchman
Forge Village Westford
Murphy, Joseph B.
Telegraph Operator
Nutting, Edgar F.
Painter
Graniteville Westford
Prescott, Benjamin A.
Teamster
Robinson, Frederick C.
Farmer
Westford
Shugrue, Frank
Chauffeur
Graniteville
Sullivan, James
Retired
Forge Village
Sweetser, Everett N.
Chauffeur
Westford
Thompson, Joseph
Wool Sorter
Forge Village
Walker, Arthur G.
Farmer
Wheeler, Clifford S.
Farmer
Whitney, Edmund B.
Carpenter
Westford Westford Nabnasse
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FRANK L. FURBUSH,
ARTHUR G. HILDRETH,
BURTON D. GRIFFITH
Selectmen of Westford.
January 12, 1926.
Forge Village Forge Village Westford Graniteville Westford
Gilson, George Q.
Machinist
Forge Village Graniteville
Pedler
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Report of Board of Health
The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1925.
The past year has been a very good year from a health standpoint, and comparatively free from severe contagions.
Milk inspection has been carried on as usual and samples of milk from milk dealers tested for purity.
The Public Dump on the road from Pine Ridge to Graniteville has been cleared and put in order once more. Signs have been posted, directing people where to dump rubbish, and the entrance to the dump has been properly marked. Each year the Town has had to bear an annual expense of cleaning up the Public Dump, due mainly to people dumping rubbish in the roadway and blocking up the entrance. If people will read the signs and throw rubbish only in the main dump, much expense and unsightliness will be eliminated.
In November, owing to the resignation of the Public Health Nurse, it became necessary to change nurses. We feel that the outgoing nurse has done very well by the Town during her two years of service, and hope that the Town will continue to give the new Public Health Nurse the same co-opera- tion that it has been so willing to contribute in the past.
Following the same policy of previous years, the Ford Sedan has been turned in for a new one.
Below is the summary of contagious diseases and report of the Public Health Nurse for the past year.
Infections and Contagious Diseases-Jan. 1,-Dec. 1, 1925:
Measles
22
Chicken-Pox 24
Scarlet Fever 3
1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
4
Report of Public Health Nurse, Jan. 1st to Nov. 1, 1925:
School Visits
192
Absentees visited in their homes
50
Children examined for minor ailments 56
11
Nursing visits . 22
Prenatal Visits
7
Child Welfare Visits 52
Observation and Advisory 188 20
5
Social and Business Visits
33
To Massachusetts General Hospital
2
To Dr. Blaney's office
8
Children to Dentist .
93
To Dr. Leahey's office
5
Diphtheria
Children sent home for illness
To Lowell General Hospital T. & A.
Abbot Hospital T. & A.
54
Gave anesthetic 3
Throat Cultures taken
37
Classroom inspections 38
Nutritional Classes
24
Dressings
133
To Childrens' Hospital
16
St. John's Hospital .
7
To Dr. French's office
2
Milk Specimens Collected
4
Report of Public Health Nurse, Nov. 1st to December 30, 1925:
Children sent home with Empetego
9
Children taken to Dr. Raymond
25
Communicable diseases visited
24
School visits
41
Absentees visited
58
Ether given
1
Sick children taken from school .
2
Children to Lowell General Hospital, for T. & A.
5
To Massachusetts General Hospital
3
To Childrens' Hospital
7
To Dentist in Lowell
3
To St. John's Eye & Ear Clinic
3
Nursing Visits
4 4
Dressings
Milk collected for inspection
5
Children taken to Dr. Blaney's office
9
To Dr. Merrill's office
1
To Dr. Caldwell's office 2
ALEXANDER A. CAMERON, DR. CYRIL A. BLANEY, P. HENRY HARRINGTON
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A Report of the Work done by the Middlesex County Extension Service in the Town of Westford for the year 1925
An appropriation of $400.00 was made at the annual meeting in support of the Middlesex County Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics. The following is a report of the work done by this organization in Westford for the year 1925:
An Extension School was held confined almost entirely to the subject of fruit growing. Motion pictures were shown at that time showing the benefits of nitrate of soda on orchards. An illustrated talk was given at one of the moving picture performances on the subject of apple pests. One home garden meeting was held but rather poorly attended. One good demonstration garden was carried on throughout the season.
In home economics four millinery meetings were held in various parts of the town and in every case there was an excellent attendance. Two groups of women carried on a series of meetings in clothing. In Graniteville a group of women took up the subject of Food Selection through a series of meetings and another group has taken up the same work in Westford Center. Two canning demonstrations were conducted and in both cases were well at- tended.
In the 4-H club activities 115 boys and girls were enrolled in the cloth- ing, supper, lunch box, poultry, handicraft, garden, canning, calf and apple judging. Accomplishments were shown at the spring achievement with the moving pictures and by exhibits at the Acton and Groton Fairs. Evelyn Peters and Marjorie Wilson were awarded the Two-Day Trip to the Massa- chusetts Agricultural College. Alice Heywood won the County Champion- ship in canning and Elmer Bridgford was chosen as County Poultry Cham- pion. The canning club won a second prize of $55.00 at the New England Fruit Show. The Westford club members won the banner for the fifth suc- cessive year at the Field Day at the County Picnic which was held at the Middlesex School, Concord, Mass. The United States Department of Agri- culture selected Westford as one of eight towns in the United States in which to make a study of 4-H club work.
A total of 46 farm visits have been made in the town and help was given on the individual problems of various farmers. Many of the fruit growers in the town profited by receiving the spray service postal cards which were sent out from time to time during the spray season. Judges were furnished for the Fair.
Motion pictures were shown eight times to a total audience of 1785.
In addition, several county-wide meetings, such as the County Picnic at Concord, the Annual Extension Service meeting at Waltham, meetings for fruit growers and poultrymen and Leaders' Training meetings for homemak- ers have been held during the year and were attended by many of the West- ford people.
CLIFFORD F. JOHNSON, Director.
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Westford Water Company CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
Balance January 1, 1925
$105,802.22
Spent from Jan. 1, 1925 to Dec. 31, 1925 in replac- ing mains . 6,639.05
Total cost of construction to Jan. 1, 1926
$112,441.27
A STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FROM JANUARY 1, 1925 TO JANUARY 1, 1926
RECEIPTS
57 hydrants
$ 2,280.00
Town Hall
32.00
Library
23.00
Schools
222.00
Town Farm
50.00
Fire Cottage
23.00
Whitney Playground
10.00
Common
10.00
Monument
5.00
Subscribers
11,204.47
Interest on bank deposits
82.91
Interest on sinking fund
721.88
$ 14,664.26
EXPENSES
Interest account
$ 1,750.00
Fuel
200.20
Power
194.17
Oil
24.67
Wages
2,375.00
Supplies
127.14
Repairs
89.36
Salaries
550.00
Expense
771.99
Taxes .
982.37
Insurance
133.46
Service Connections
139.01
Depreciation .
2,857.55
Transferred to Sinking Fund
1,721.88
Net gain for the year ending Dec. 31, 1925
$1,001.46
CHARLES O. PRESCOTT, Treasurer.
Boston, Mass., January 15, 1926.
Suffolk, ss.
Then personally appeared Charles O. Prescott and made oath that the above is a true statement of the cost of construction of the Westford Water Supply System to January 1, 1926, and of the receipts and expenditures of the Westford Water Co. from January 1, 1925 to January 1, 1926, before me, this 15th day of January, 1926.
VERNON L. TILDEN, Notary Public. .
13,662.80
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Tax Collector's Report
TAXES REMAINING UNCOLLECTED JANUARY 1, 1926 1925 TAXES
Frank Barretto
$71.48
George W. Chaney
59.58
Fred R. Decatur
3.22
N. J. Decatur heirs
37.03
Oliver Desjardins
90.64
Wm. J. Donnelly
136.85
Donat Dupuis
14.49
Alfred J. Dureault
15.52
Asa B. M. Eastman
48.30
Bernard J. Flynn, lead bill 4.20++
51.52
Philomena Gagnon heirs
38.64
Amy L. Johnson
28.98
Alice M. Lambert
6.44
Eva M. Lawton & Lawton
53.13
John McCullough
2.00
William J. Macomber
2.25
Joseph N. Mathieu
14.42
Prescott C. Picking
29.95
John D. Psarias
138.30
Joseph C. Regnier
425.68
David Sherman
103.04
Harry R. Sloat
48.30
Stanley Wilk.
100.14
Cutler F. Winchester
71.48
Charles D. Wright
11.27
Sidney B. Wright
111.57
NON-RESIDENTS
Claude L. Allen
122.36
Joseph Louis Bechard
3.22
John C. Blaisdell heirs
16.10
Anaclet Brisson
6.44
Catherine Brown
.81
James M. Cornick
11.91
Firmin Dupre
16.10
Annie Higgins
6.44
Moses Hobson
16.10
Samuel C. Hunt heirs
16.10
Theophile Laurin
28.98
Charles E. Lougee .
16.10
Mary R. McAdams
51.52
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Wilhelmina Mendlik
54.74
Lizzie Miller
.97
Wm. H. Newman
1.61
Arthur E. Storer
22.54
Elizabeth Taylor
16.10
C. H. True
3.22
Paid since Dec. 31
167.92
$2,293.50
L. W. WHEELER, Tax Collector
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
As Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Westford I submit the following report for the year 1925:
Number of Platform Scales over 5000 lbs. capacity . 6
Number of Platform Scales under 5000 lbs. capacity 55
Number of Computing Scales 16
All other Scales 56
Total 133
Number of Weights Sealed 203
4
Number of Weights Condemned
Total 207
Number of Liquid Measures Sealed 16
Number of Kerosene Pumps 10
Number of Gasolene Pumps Sealed 13
Number of Oil Measuring Pumps Sealed . 30
Number of Quantity Measures on Pumps Sealed 52
Total 121
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