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If the operation of another vehicle should be affected, by a stopping or turning move- ment, the driver of such other vehicle shall be given a plainly visible signal.
Section 8. No Driving on Sidewalks. The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon any sidewalk except at a permanent or tempora- ry driveway.
Article VII
Responsibility and Penalties.
Section 1. Owner Prima Facie Responsi- ble for Violations. If any vehicle is found upon any street or highway in violation of any provisions of these rules and orders and the identity of the driver cannot be de- termined, the owner or the person in whose name such vehicle is registered, shall be held prima facie responsible for such viola- tion.
Section 2. Penalty. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by any commission, department, or other body authorized by law to impose penalties for violations of rules, regulations and orders governing the use and operation of vehicles, any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of the foregoing rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than $20 for each offense committed during any period of one year unless otherwise herein provided.
Date May 12, 1955 Selectmen's Signatures ELROY A. FIELD JAMES HEALY HORACE F. WYMAN
CHARLES L. HILDRETH Town Clerk of Westford (Town Corporate Seal) Copy Attest:
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JURY LIST-1956
NAME
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION
WHERE EMPLOYED
Baker, Frederick O. Bohenko, Anthony R. Brown, Joseph P.
29 Pleasant Street
23 Chestnut Street Lincoln Avenue
Foreman Storehouse Clerk
Truck Driver
Brule, Gerard P. Burne, Albert J.
Story Street Boston Road
Sorter Retired
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village Nardone Sand & Gravel Co., Boston Road, Westford International Purchasing Co., Ayer Formerly With Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village Watertown Arsenal
Chisholm, Nelson A.
Daly, Francis E.
Main Street Palermo Street 1 Poplar Road
Machinist Tonsorial Artist
Self Employed
Decato, Raymond S.
Truck Driver
Wright Trucking Co., Lowell
DeMartin, Willard L. 15 Hildreth Street
Bus Driver
Wright Trucking Co., Lowell
Self Employed
Fort Devens, Ayer, Mass.
DeWolfe, Harold G. Doucette, Victor G.
Keyes Road
Supervisor
Unemployed
Fletcher, Walter N. Fritz, Otto A.
31 Main Street 12 Hildreth Street
Insurance Agent Polisher
Gagnon, Francis D.
5 Third Street
Overseer
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Gagnon, John F.
3 Forge Village Road Carpenter
8 Main Street
Salesman
Self Employed
Liquor Store Owner
Self Employed
Machinist C. G. Sargent's & Sons, Graniteville
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village Self Employed Self Employed
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Hobson, William F.
Wool Sorter
Holmes, John Hook, Eric G.
16 Hildreth Street 40 Main Street 23 Prescott Street 23 E. Prescott Street 1 Elm Street
15 Carlisle Road
Hutcherson, Ralph V. 38 Prescott Street Jeddrey, John W. Lamy, Conrad J.
17 Hildreth Street 12 Pond Street
Steam Fitter Carpenter Millhand
Formerly with Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village Self Employed Self Employed
Self Employed
Graves, Herbert O. Grenier, Alberic Hall, Albert L. Haran, John T. Hildreth, Clarence E. Hildreth, Leon F. Hobson, James
7 Main Street 46 Groton Road 5 Pershing Street
Storehouse Worker Farmer Poultryman Millhand
Pinsetter Sales Engineer
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village White-Rodgers Electric Co., 1209 Cass Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village Self Employed Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Denisevich, Anthony J.26 Broadway
Painter
7 Fourth Street
Lavigne, Francis LeClair, Joseph J. Jr.
17 Brookside Road Fish Dealer Spinner Story Street 58 Pleasant Street Millhand 40 Concord Road Section Hand
Self Employed
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Martin, Julian G. McCarthy, Arthur McKniff, Thomas J.
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Wool Sorter
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Menard, Lucien J. Milot, Antonio
12 Palermo Street Hawthorne Avenue 9 Bradford Street 12 Pine Street
Typewriter Repairman Fort Devens, Ayer, Mass. Wool Sorter Second Hand
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Milot, Charles E.
17 Pleasant Street
Supervisor
Oliver, Louis F.
1 Pine Ridge Road
Machinist
C. G. Sargent's & Sons, Graniteville
Paduano, Salvatore A. 36 Groton Road Main Street
Millhand
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Peterson, Edgar S.
47 Plain Road
Truck Driver
Blue Lines, Nashua, N. H.
Pierce, Laurence C.
12 Carlisle Road
Foreman
Southwell Combing Co., North Chelmsford
Sears, Henry F.
4 Bradford Street Millhand
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Socha, Marygan
10 Broadway
Wool Sorter
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Stapell, Wayne W.
9 Chestnut Street
Millhand
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Tamkun, Joseph C.
20 Bradford Street
Mechanic
International Purchasing Co., Ayer
Walker, Joseph G.
3 Hildreth Street
Retired
Formerly with General Electric Co., Lynn
Walsh, Michael J.
14 River Street
Millhand
Wilder, George S.
1 Concord Road
Farmer
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village Self Employed
Wilson, Raymond S.
7 Carlisle Road
Farmer
Self Employed
Young, Norman H.
16 Forge Village Road Wool Sorter
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
NOTE-Addresses are Westford unless otherwise given.
ELROY A. FIELD JAMES L. HEALY HORACE F. WYMAN
Selectmen of Westford.
O'Hara, James
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
Restaurant Owner
Self Employed
Perkins, Clifford H.
Abbot Worsted Co., Forge Village
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the citizens of the Town of Westford:
I herewith present the annual report of the Town Accountant in ac- cordance with the General Laws.
All citizens are reminded by the Accountant that our records are available for inspection at any time.
There was a State Audit of our books in 1955, and a Trial Balance from that Audit is printed at the end of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES L. KNOWLTON, Town Accountant
RECEIPTS, 1955
Taxes:
Current Year:
Poll $ 2,472.00
Personal Property
37,966.70
Real Estate
254,491.50
$
294,930.20
Previous Years:
Poll $ 20.00
Personal Property
1,080.09
Real Estate
14,851.55
$ 15,951.64
Tax Titles Redemptions
368.09
Sale Town Possessions
1,930.00
From State:
Corporation Tax
$ 34,266.66
Meal Tax
982.09
Income Tax
51,007.08
$
86,255.83
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor Licenses $ 3,880.00
81.50
License Expense
52
Alcohol
20.00
Ice Cream
4.00
Pistol
6.00
Victualler
. 16.00
One Day Beer
14.00
Camp
2.50
Milk
21.50
Auctioneer
4.00
Appeal Board, Zoning
206.00
Sunday
24.00
Second Hand Cars
30.00
Amusement
90.00
Oleo
6.00
Gasoline
23.00
Sale of Firearms
10.00
Junk
5.00
4,443.50 $
Court Fines
109.00
Grants from Federal Government:
For Old Age Assistance
$ 19,662.61
For Aid to Dependent Children
8,131.10
For Disability
4,131.11
$ 31,924.82
Grants from State:
Vocational Schools
$
3,186.87
Welfare and Transportation
136.50
New High School
19,474.95
School Transportation
14,447.96
Hurricane Loss
1,906.97
Chapter 81 Highways
27,029.90
English Speaking Classes
112.50
$ 66,295.65
Grants from County: (Dog Licenses)
953.98
Gifts and Bequests:
Katherine Burke $ 10.00
Isabel Hyams Fund
300.00
$ 310.00
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For New High School
Westford Academy Trustees $ 1,500.00
Franco American Club
100.00
P. T. A.
50.00
Paul Bohenko
500.00
Westford Teacher's Association
25.00
J. Austin and Arthur Healy
500.00
Tadmuck Club
25.00
H. E. Fletcher Club
250.00
Priscilla Chapin
950.00
Helen Fisher
200.00
Abbot Worsted Co.
15,000.00
Cameron Family
500.00
$
19,600.00
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1954
$ 4,826.35
Levy of 1955
45,022.70
$
49,849.05
Departmental Revenue:
General Government:
Town Hall Rent
$ 113.30
Use of Phone
6.10
Sealer of Weights and Measures
84.75
Moth Department
52.25
$ 256.40
Health Department: Subsidy from State:
673.57
Highway Department:
Joint Construction, State $ 11,999.57
Joint Construction, County
5,999.80
Highway Machinery Fund
4,158.65
From Individuals
325.00
22,483.02 $
Infirmary:
9,128.05
Reimbursements:
From State for
Old Age Assistance $ 19,343.56
Aid to Dependent Children
7,249.42
Disability
3,809.42
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From other Towns for
Old Age Assistance
962.61
From individuals for Temporary Aid
63.00
From State for Veterans' Benefits
1,259.66
From Town of Tyngsboro, tuition
249.38
From Town of Dunstable, tuition
1,825.54
$ 34,762.59
From School Department for
Cafeteria
$ 6,065.89
Milk
2,248.12
Athletics
780.25
Damaged Property
3.90
Vending Machine
13.95
9,112.11 $
From Library, Fines
107.43
Cemeteries:
Sale of Lots and Graves
$ 120.00
Care of Lots and Graves
1,318.00
Perpetual Care
1,050.00
Perpetual Care Interest
662.60
Lyman Wilkin Fund
60.00
William L. Wright Fund
13.75
Col. Hill Fund
5.00
Perpetual Care Bonds
26,100.00
For Cemetery from Perpetual Care Interest
953.50
$ 30,282.85
Interest:
Deposits in Savings Bank
$ 1,344.05
Deferred Taxes
697.02
Taxe Titles Redeemed
68.46
Treasury Notes
907.19
Sale of Lots
41.14
Metcalf Monument
16.25
$
3,074.11
Agency and Trust:
Dog Licenses for County
$ 1,347.60
Withholding Tax
27,697.16
Retirement
4,228.36
Blue Cross
1,247.25
$ 34,520.37
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Money withdrawn from Trust Funds
Library
$ 100.00
Whitney Playground
150.00
Mary Atwood Fund
7.00
Emily Fletcher Fund
5.00
Metcalf Monument
1,400.00
Whitney Shade Tree
120.00
Refunds, various departments:
3,165.09
Total Receipts
$ 722,269.35
Balance January 1, 1955
385,346.09
$1,107,615.44
EXPENDITURES-1955
General Government:
Selectmen:
Salaries of Selectmen
$ 925.00
Clerk's Salary
520.00
Stationery and Postage
156.83
Dues and Meetings
100.00
Law Supplements, forms
60.00
Zoning Expenses
241.30
Advertisements
253.50
$
2,256.63
Town Accountant:
Salary
$ 1,099.80
Binding
42.00
Stationery and Postage
29.76
Dues
3.00
Office Supplies and Equipment
49.05
$
1,223.61
Town Treasurer:
Salary
_$ 2,600.00
Dues
2.00
Checks
130.49
Stationery and Postage
65.72
Surety Bond and Insurance
236.25
$ 3,034.46
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$ 1,782.00
Tax Collector:
Salary
$
2,150.00
Dues
2.00
Advertisements
24.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage
255.25
Surety Bond
388.00
Office Supplies
144.74
$ 2,963.99
Assessors:
Salaries
$ 3,141.90
Clerk's salary
356.40
Dues
9.00
Stationery, Postage
103.43
Office Supplies
69.37
Telephone
102.83
Legal Services
61.90
$ 3,844.83
Town Counsel:
$ 400.00
License Expense
99.00
Zoning Committee
198.30
Finance Committee
160.00
Two New Typewriters
410.00
Tax Title Expense
1,714.31
4 H Club
75.00
State Census
400.00
$
3,456.61
Town Clerk:
Salary
$ 600.00
Recording Fees
254.00
Office Supplies, Stationery, Postage
151.94
Surety Bond
7.50
Dues
17.50
Laws
11.00
Misc. Expenses
28.46
$ 1,070.40
57
Registration and Election:
Salaries for Registrars and Election Officials $
585.00
Office Supplies, Stationery, Postage
201.59
Listing
865.65
Janitor's Salary
20.00
Advertisements
54.00
$ 1,726.24
Town Hall:
Salary, Janitor
$ 1,680.64
Box Rent
4.50
Lowell Gas
40.76
Fuel
829.89
Light
284.16
Janitor's Supplies
48.73
Repairs
468.09
Telephone
244.73
Expenses, Special Meeting
66.00
Town Hall License
25.00
Water
21.40
$ 3,713.90
Police Department:
Salaries:
Chief
$ 4,160.00
Sergeant
3,900.00
Specials
3,668.20
Radio, Service and Repairs
132.85
Dues and Meetings
30.25
Supplies
84.28
Telephone
334.81
Car, Repairs and Rent
235.80
Uniforms
79.80
Use of Connell Car
1,140.00
Gasoline
590.46
Insurance
171.37
14,527.82 $
New Cruiser
699.00
Dog Officer
197.00
58
Fire Department:
Salaries, fires
$ 4,575.09
Salaries, Ambulance
370.00
Salaries, permits
60.00
Radio Repairs
64.56
Electrical Repairs
446.95
Equipment and Repairs
1,539.30
New Hose
109.85
Gasoline, oil, anti-freeze
481.08
Pump Repairs
863.68
Advertisements
11.25
Fuel
1,063.65
Light
379.78
Building Repairs
30.60
Supplies
279.70
Lowell Gas
66.98
Heating Systems
1,080.72
Telephone
571.65
Insurance
1,847.76
Water
31.20
$ 13,873.80
Switchboard Operator
500.00
Hydrant Service
5,566.88
Hot Top Westford Center
698.00
New Radio
500.00
Special Equipment Appropriation
1,116.98
New Generator
649.22
New Hose
775.00
Nabnassett Rent
450.00
Nabnassett Truck
498.75
Nabnassett Building Alterations
113.99
Nabnassett Siren
300.00
Forest Fires:
Wages
$ 1,051.50
Advertisements
12.00
Telephone
42.39
Salary for permits
130.00
Equipment and repairs
289.94
Gasoline
5.70
$ 1,531.53
50
125.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Moth Department:
Wages
$
1,443.23
Gasoline
72.58
Supplies
70.59
Garage Rent
36.00
Insecticides
487.60
New Blower, Moth Department
1,985.00
Tree Department:
Wages
$
1,786.64
Gasoline and Oil
123.58
Supplies
36.47
Equipment and Repairs
57.31
Advertisements
11.25
Insurance
72.75
Garage Rent
36.00
New Truck, Tree Dept.
1,164.42
Whitney Shade Tree Fund, Wages
230.26
Town Forest, Wages
22.95
Health Department:
Salaries:
Nurse
$ 2,800.00
Chairman
50.00
Secretary
50.00
Dairy Inspector
50.00
Clinics
50.00
Supplies, Medical and Office
308.01
Telephone
31.62
Inspections
42.00
Car Repairs, gas and oil
283.17
Board and Treatment
723.36
Dump, Caretaker
546.00
Dump, Bulldozing
305.00
Advertisements
21.00
Car Insurance
78.57
Remove deceased animals
48.00
$ 5,386.73
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
3,091.69
Cattle Inspector 200.00
60
$ 2,110.00
$ 2,124.00
New Car, Board of Health
990.00
Highway Department:
Street Lights
8,204.01
Town Roads Account:
Wages
$
2,682.30
Equipment and Repairs
529.91
Dues
5.00
Paint
209.50
Stone and Gravel
4,791.53
Insurance
662.85
Uniforms
152.45
Lowell Electric Light
4.00
Medical
5.00
Telephone
115.95
Posts
36.00
Pipes
555.39
Kerosene
128.71
Signs
99.70
$
9,978.29
Snow and Ice:
Wages
$ 4,939.06
Repairs
880.68
Sand
856.48
Gasoline and Oil
1,453.89
Salt
2,908.45
Zerone
48.60
Equipment
985.50
Weather Service
250.00 .
Hired Trucks
674.40
$ 12,997.06
Machinery and Equipment:
Equipment and Repairs
$ 2,514.56
Tires
1,413.95
Gasoline
1,396.80
Supplies
107.91
Telephone
112.49
Oil
83.44
Lowell Electric
6.00
Rent
960.00
Office Supplies
47.99
$ 6,643.14
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Chapter 81 Roads:
Wages
$ 17,678.31
Blocks
161.08
Asphalt
13,634.25
Pipes
764.55
Guard Posts
87.50
Crane Service
472.50
$ 32,798.19
Chapter 90 Construction, 1954:
Bridge
$ 8,591.90
Wages
8,334.75
Gravel
876.30
Lowell Electric
15.00
Supplies
194.04
$ 18,011.99
Chapter 90 Construction, 1955:
Bridge
$ 8,302.58
Wages
7,305.90
Gravel
132.30
Tar
361.27
$ 16,102.05
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Sand, Gravel, Stone
4,499.93
Painting Traffic Lines
591.80
Sidewalk Repairs
458.02
Road Signs
235.78
Welfare Department: (See reports)
Temporary Aid (Town)
_$ 6,603.85
Disability Assistance (Town)
7,005.53
Disability Assistance (Federal)
3,319.62
Aid to Dependent Children (Town)
12,323.55
Aid to Dependent Children (Federal)
7,494.93
Old Age Assistance (Town)
24,459.80
Old Age Assistance (Federal)
26,555.22
Administration (Federal) :
Old Age Assistance. $ 649.35
Aid to Dependent Children. 563.44
Disability
437.92
$ 1,650.71
$ 89,413.21
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15,986.73 485.64
Infirmary (See Report)
Infirmary Repairs
Veterans' Benefits :
Agent's Salary
$
579.80
Director of Veterans' Services
100.00
Cash Grants
3,353.17
Fuel
343.00
Medical
523.88
Dues
10.00
Office Supplies
26.78
$ 4,936.63
New Six Year High School:
A. Celafo & Sons, Building Contract
$ 109,557.64
A. Celfalo & Sons, Grading Contract
35,572.14
Architect
7,000.00
Grading Engineer
1,603.64
Clerk
579.60
Misc. Labor
1,316.00
Sundry Dealers, Equipment
50,816.09
Electrical Fixtures
480.09
Telephone
14.09
Insurance
3,504.34
Lowell Electric
1,190.00
Drilling
565.65
Vane and Seal
569.01
Legal Services
1,850.00
$ 214,618.29
Total Cost of New School to date
1953
$102,032.67
1954
582,953.58
1955
214,618.29
$899,604.54
School Department: (See report)
204,766.93
Vocational School
6,846.14
School Cafeteria
6,985.38
School Milk Program
1,924.92
School Athletics
2,256.91
Special School Lighting Program
1,000.00
Report on Nabnassett School
31.00
Town Library (See report)
5,084.03
Mary Atwood Fund
7.00
Emily Fletcher Fund
5.00
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Town Common:
Wages
$ 400.00
Electric Lights
21.84
Loam and Flowers
37.00
Equipment and Repairs
120.60
$ 579.44
Whitney Playground:
Wages
$ 972.41
Equipment and Repairs
40.26
Loam
90.00
Water
20.00
$
1,122.67
Civilian Defense:
Two new Radios
$ 493.56
Power Saw
128.02
Supplies
84.60
$ 706.18
Metcalf Monument:
Wages
100.00
Band Concerts
700.00
Memorial Day
331.54
Town Reports
1,423.25
Insurance, Fire and Compensation
11,241.11
Unpaid Bills
2,319.04
Veterans' Quarters
900.00
State Audit
39.54
State Parks
693.45
Cemeteries:
Wages
$
4,259.47
Clerk's Salary
200.00
Safe Deposit Box
5.50
Equipment
521.57
Gasoline and Repairs
79.38
Loam
145.15
Supplies
113.58
$ 5,324.65
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Perpetual Care
12,500.00
Perpetual Care Interest
662.60
Perpetual Care Bonds
14,600.00
Lyman Wilkin's Fund
60.00
William L. Wright Fund
13.75
Captain Hill Fund
5.00
Metcalf Monument
1,316.25
Principal and Interest paid to Second Na- tional Bank on New High School Bond Issue:
Principal
$ 40,000.00
Interest
9,120.00
Interest
9,120.00
$ 58,240.00
Payments to County:
T. B. Hospital Assessment
$ 6,299.17
Retirement System
2,716.66
Dog Licenses
1,288.00
County Tax
13,115.88
$ 23,419.71
Payroll Deductions:
Withholding Tax
$ 27,697.16
Retirement System
4,228.36
Blue Cross
1,247.25
$ 33,172.77
Refunds:
Poll Tax
$ 2.00
Real Estate
382.50
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,548.31
Cemetery Perpetual Care
50.00
$ 1,982.81
Total Expenditures
$ 919,040.52
Balance December 31, 1955
188,574.92
$1,107,615.44
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TOWN OF WESTFORD - BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1955 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash:
Dog Licenses-Due County
$ 226.60
Sale of Cemetery Lots
1,199.03
Sale of Real Estate
1,060.00
Road Machinery Fund
4,158.65
Whitney Shade Tree Account.
2.85
State Parks
94.87
Unexpended Federal Grants:
Disability $ 821.13
Old Age Assistance
769.45
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
83.13
Aid to Depend. Children 1,675.95
Aid to Depend. Children, Adm.
9.24
$ 20,621.24
$ 3,358.90 11,861.54
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Appropriation Balances:
Town Hall Heating System .... $
220.32
Chapter 90 Roads
11,897.95
New Tractor Shovel
12,500.00
New Sand Spreader
2,000.00
New Typewriter
67.00
New Six Year High School.
58,034.30
School Athletics
27.28
Library
89.90
Whitney Playground
25.30
Civilian Defense
404.22
Celebrating Veterans
1,000.00 ----
Taxes:
Levy of 1954:
Real Estate
$ 2,318.04
Levy of 1955:
Poll
10.00
Personal
1,272.40
Real Estate
17,020.80
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Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1955 1,078.86
Departmental:
Aid to Dependent Children ...... $
2,051.27
Old Age Assistance
198.21
School Department
142.67
Highway 254.00
Cemetery
165.00
--
$ 2,811.15
Liabilities and Reserves
In Bank and office $ 188,574.92
Accounts Receivable:
State Aid to Highways: Chapter 81 $ 5,772.00
Chapter 90 Maint., State 1,500.00
Chapter 90 Maint., County. 1,500.00
Stock Ponds
150.00
Cemetery
567.93
$ 86,984.20
Overlay Reserved for Abatement: Levy of 1954 -$ 945.14
Levy of 1955
1,282.50
Tax Possessions
657.37
-
$
2,227.64
Overdrafts:
Fire Dept. (Hurricane) $ 285.50
School Cafeteria
297.48
Tax Title
4,387.65
Departmental
2,811.15
$ 582.98
Middlesex County T. B. Hospital
807.78
State and County Taxes ...... State Audit -----------
15.29
Revenue, 1956
14,500.00
Surplus Revenue
$ 115,200.81
$ 243,424.75
$ 243,424.75
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Serial Loans :
Inside Debt Limit, School
$ 180,000.00
Outside Debt Limit, School
540,000.00
Loans Authorized, Water
281,000.00
Loans Authorized, Unissued
. 281,000.00
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State and County Aid
to Highways
8,772.00
1,272.88
$ 17,049.66
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Inside Debt Limit, School
$ 180,000.00
Outside Debt Limit, School 540,000.00
$1,001,000.00
$1,001,000.00
JAMES L. KNOWLTON Town Accountant, Westford.
$ 8,772.00
Tax Titles $ 3,730.28
--
$ 4,387.65
Revenue Reserved until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $ 1,078.86
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds : Cash and Securities: In Custody of Treasurer: Principal
$
95,706.59
Income
18,973.68
In Custody of Treasurer:
Library Funds : Library General Funds: Principal $ 13,806.08 2,355.48 $ 16,161.56
Mary Atwood Library Lecture Fund: Principal $ 22,597.40
Income
1,446.52 $ 24,043.92
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund:
Principal $ 2,000.00
Income
386.27 $ 2,386.27
Park Funds: Whitney Shade Tree Fund: Principal $ 2,500.00
Income
568.84 $ 3,068.84
Whitney Playground Fund: Principal $ 10,000.00
Income
500.51 $ 10,500.51
Income
Metcalf Monument Fund:
Principal ----
1,300.00
Income
634.31
1,934.31 $
Cemetery Funds:
Lyman Wilkins Cemetery Fund:
Principal
$ 1,413.11
Income
514.56
$
1,927.67
William L. Wright
Cemetery Fund: Principal
5,000.00
Income
483.54 $ 5,483.54
Cemetery Perpetual
Care Funds: Principal
$ 37,090.00
Income
12,083.65
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$ 49,173.65
$ 114,680.27
$ 114,680.27
State Audit TOWN OF WESTFORD Balance Sheet - December 31, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
General
$ 385,346.09
County-Dog Licenses $ 167.00
Accounts Receivable :
Recoveries :
Old Age Assistance
984.90
Levy of 1936:
Federal Grants:
Real Estate
$ 11.40
Levy of 1937:
Administration $ 155.24
Real Estate
11.04
Assistance
292.32
Levy of 1938:
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration
164.91
Levy of 1939:
Aid
410.24
Real Estate
12.00
Levy of 1940:
Administration 106.26
Real Estate
10.80
Assistance
5,304.86
Levy of 1953:
Real Estate
1,705.07
Levy of 1954: Poll
18.00
Personal Property
1,085.99
Real Estate
15,640.82
$
18,505.47
Appropriation Balances : Revenue: General
20,323.75
6,433.83 $
Revolving Funds: School Athletics 3.94
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Agency:
Taxes:
Disability Assistance:
Real Estate
10.35
Old Age Assistance:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1954
4,752.80
Tax Titles and Possessions : Tax Titles $ 3,359.71
Tax Possessions --
1,307.44
$ 4,667.15
Non-Revenue: School Project 236,198.09
$ 256,521.84
Overestimates 1954 Assess- ments:
State Recreation Areas
$
3.51
County Tax
434.68
Departmental:
Highway $
250.50
Aid to Dependent Children ..
1,813.04
Old Age Assistance
83.27
Veterans' Services
120.50
Cemetery
165.00
$
2,432.31
Aid to Highways:
State $ 22,251.90
County
6,000.00
$ 28,251.90
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
$ 4,963.64 12,883.39
Overlays Reserved for
Abatements :
Levy of 1953
$
143.44
Levy of 1954
1,045.93
$ 1,189.37
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts :
Underestimates 1954 Assess- ments:
County Tuberculosis
Hospital 30.63
$ 438.19
Sale of Real Estate Fund.
1,060.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund.
1,079.03
Receipts Reserved for Appro- priations:
Road Machinery $ 4,478.00
Infirmary-Fire Loss --
485.64
Hurricane Emergency - Sec- tion 31 of Chapter 44, Gen- eral Laws: Fire-General $
782.05
Tree Department
1,292.42
$ 2,074.47
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise $
4,752.80
Tax Title and Possession 4,667.15
Departmental 2,432.31
Aid to Highways
28,251.90
Surplus Revenue
120,231.53
$ 446,060.82
$ 446,060.82
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General $ 190,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General
570,000.00
$ 760,000.00
Serial Loans: Inside Debt Limit: $ 190,000.00 General: School Outside Debt Limit: General: School 570,000.00
$ 760,000.00
$ 40,104.16
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
The Board of Fire Engineers submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1955.
The following men were appointed as Fire Engineers: Harold E. Wright, Richard N. Hall, Francis Mulligan, Carl Nylund and Edward N. Lamson.
The organization of the Board of Fire Engineers took place im- mediately after appointment by the Selectmen. Richard N. Hall was elected Chief Engineer and Edward N. Lamson, Clerk.
Early in August Chief Hall was forced to resign because of ill health. Immediately folliwng Chief Hall's resignation, Harold Wright, our former Chief, also resigned. This terminated fifteen years of service to the Town of Westford for both of these men. Westford has lost the services of two very capable men and owes a great deal of thanks to them, as they leave an excellent Fire Department, the development of which they both had much to do with.
Following these resignations the Selectmen appointed Hubert Ray- mond of Graniteville and Leo Larkin of Westford to the Board of Fire Engineers; both members of the Fire Department for many years. Mr. Larkin at this time was reappointed Forest Warden. The Engineers then reorganized with Edward N. Lamson elected Chief Engineer and Francis Mulligan elected clerk.
The Fire Department answered one hundred and thirty-three calls as follows: 9 buildings, 4 chimney fires, 3 oil burners, 4 car fires, 4 sheds, 6 electrical fires in houses, 2 lost children, 2 accidents, 51 brush and grass fires, 7 railroad road fires, 35 dump fires, 4 of which were to specifically burn the dump, 1 blood donor call and five mutual aid calls.
In February, March and December the Westford Fire Department was called to Lowell for general alarm fires. The Graniteville, Forge Village and Westford Departments answered these calls in order. These calls were compliments to the Westford Fire Department in as much as Lowell felt that the Westford Fire Department could handle any job that might be assigned. Also the Board of Fire Engineers were happy to return the services which the Lowell Fire Department has so often rendered Westford.
Early in the year the Nabnasset Fire Company was formed and put into commission. A fine group of men make up this company, headed by Carl Nylund, the Engineer from Nabnasset, Jack Geerds, the Captain and Anthony Memaszyk as Lieutenant. This company has been very active and earnest. A two-week course of instruction was arranged with Deputy Chief Walter J. Kane of the Lowell Fire Department as instruc-
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