Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1925-1926, Part 3

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 314


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Somerville


Thowald A. Christensen Ada Kristine Peterson


23


10


April 19


Wilmington


John D. Haley Leona Martha DeLarondc


18


Somerville Wilmington


Pressman At Home


11


May 9


Wilmington


Wendell Von Schoppe Henderson Shirley Lanning Howatt


20


Wilmington Wilmington


Insurance Agent Saleslady


12


May 18


Wilmington


Wilfred David Brabant Bertha Angelina Surprenant


19


Wilmington Wilmington


Steam Fitter Mill Operator


13


May 30


Wilmington


Herbert Mckeon Stella Agnes Jackson


26 18


Wilmington Wilmington


Accountant Sales Girl


14


May 31


Cambridge


Kasamar Dzengilowski Honorata Rybeska


38


Wilmington Wilmington


Upholsterer Domestic


15


June 3


Cambridge


Harold M. Spaulding Ann Loretta McAndrews


38 36


Wilmington West Somerville


Steam Fitter's Helper At Home


16


June 6


Wilmington


Axel Herman Erlandson Ebon Elizabeth Bendroth


30


28


Watertown Wilmington


Traffic Manager At Home


42


29


Watertown Wilmington


Carpenter Housework


21


21


22


20


Wilmington


31


21


19


36


39


38


17 June 17


Wilmington


Michael Henry Barry, Jr. Anna Regis Fitzgerald


George J. Husband, Jr. Anna Gertrude Melville


20 24


Woburn Woburn


Shoe Cutter Marker


Costumer Stenographer


June 27


Wilmington


Theodore Hollis Ware Mirriam Helen Buck


21 20


Reading Wilmington


July 2


Cambridge


Alonzo Brent Skank Anna May Hall


28 22


Wilmington Cambridge


Taxi Driver At Home


Carpenter Domestie


July 4


Wilmington


Peter Martimus Peterson Hazel Jensen


25 23


Wilmington Wilmington


July 11


Malden


John A. McDonald Julia Kelliher


21


Wilmington Wilmington


Roofer Housekeeper


23


July 19


Wilmington


Edward Vincent Warabow Annie Marie (Waisnor) Warabow


34 24


Wilmington Wilmington


Assistant Embalmer Housekeeper


24 25 26 27


Aug. 19


Wilmington


Clarence Leon Doucette Frances Laura Surrette


24 21


Reading Wilmington


Chemist Typist


Aug. 24


Wilmington


Edgar Royston Pigott Carrie Alice Shaw


33 25


Woburn South Boston


Automobile Dealer Nurse


Aug. 29


Wilmington


George Francis Laing Helen Bertha Cutter


23 24


Reading Wilmington


Assistant Production Manager At Home


28


Sept. 8


Wilmington


Eldon Edward Meekins Olga Nutili


22 25


Reading Woburn


Chauffeur At Home


29


Sept. 16


Wilmington


Ralph Collucci Mary DiBennedette


20


Woburn Woburn


Leather Worker At Home


30


Oct. 7


Wilmington


Robert Allton Norton Doris Pauline Weiss


21 17


Woburn Woburn


Musician Stenographer


Manufacturer At Home


31


Oct. 10


Melrose


Dominick Cusolito Ruth Dorothea Vlasto


28


Wilmington Melrose


32


Oct. 12


Wilmington


Homer Gray Robbins Bertha Beatrice Burnett


28


26


Wilmington Wilmington


Credit Manager Clerk


25 25


East Boston Wilmington


Wholesale Shoe Salesman Stenographer


June 18


Wilmington


18 19 20 21 22


July 23


Concord, N. H.


Philip Studley Park Dorothy May Rodden


21


Wilmington Wilmington


Teamster At Home


18


43


33


.


34


22


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1925 - Concluded


No.


Date


Place of Marriage


Names of Bride and Groom


Age


Residence


Occupation


33


Oct. 22


Medford


Albert Johnston Noble, Jr. Marion Garside


25


Wilmington


Clerk Secretary


34


Oct. 24


Boston


Louis LaConte


36


Wilmington Somerville


Importer Lawyer


35


Oct. 31


Wilmington


John Balkins


44


Woburn Woburn


Leather Worker Housekeeper


Anna Petrowski Gablalovsky


39


36


Oct. 31


Wilmington


Kenneth Seavey Hinsman Bertha Gould


23


Brookline


Shipper Housekeeper


37


Nov. 26


Wilmington


Charles Elphege Henault Rose Cecelia Meuse


31


Andover Wilmington


Mill Worker At Home


38


Nov. 26


Wilmington


Michael Balestreni Ursula Jane (McGrath) Baxter


57


Woburn Woburn


Farmer Housework


44


39


Dec. 10


Wilmington


Seward Lars Neilson Alma Andrea Hansen


24


Billerica


18


Billerica


Car Repairman Housework


23


West Somerville


Jane Lessack


24


19


East Lexington


16


66


46


DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1925


NO.


Date of Death


Name of Deceased


Age M


D


1


Jan. 4


Rose Elizabeth Surrette


11


Diphtheria


2


Jan.


11


Alexander K. Lydiard


80


6 17 Valvular Disease of Heart


3


Jan. 13


Stephen Buck


89


11 Valvular Disease of Heart


4


Jan.


20


Virginia Margaret Smith


67


10 16 Broncho Pneumonia


6


Jan. 27


Virginia L. Butters


3


9


19 Broncho Pneumonia


8


Jan. 25


Amoretta E. Elliott


70


11


9


Feb.


10


William F. Lewis


69


1


24 Pulmonary Phthisis Arterio Sclerosis


11


Feb.


20


Daniel Norcross Furlan


18 Cerebral Hemorrhage


12


Feb.


23


Charles Kressling


46


1


2 Tuberculosis of Lungs


13


Feb.


24


William J. Sohnering


48


10


1 Mitral Regurgitation


14


Feb.


27


Parker Cole


40


2


13 Facial Erysipelas Old Age


15


Feb.


28


Isabel J. Powers


85


16


Mar. 5


Mary Ann Harding


78


6 Ruptured Gastric Ulcer


17


Mar. 7


Lavoie


2 Congenital Congestion of Liver


18


Mar. 11


James H. Smytherman


71


8


11 Angina Pectoris


19


Mar. 13


Carl Johanson


90


Cerebral Hemorrhage


20


Mar. 14


James Albert Ritchie


63


4


8


Chronic Nephritis


21


Mar. 24


Edward Hamilton, Jr.


20


9


24 Pulmonary Tuberculosis


.22


Mar. 26


Letitia Clark


90


1


9 Cerebral Hemorrhage


23


Mar. 31


Robert E. Davis


4 Accidental Drowning 6


24


Apr. 10


Josephine E. Pickett


11


20 Salpingitis


25


Apr.


17


Sarah Kidder Blanchard


77


2


28 Arterio Sclerosis


26


Apr.


25


Estella D. Whitney


73


6


5 Cerebral Hemorrhage


27


Apr.


28


Leslie A. Durkee


0


7 Broncho Pneumonia


28


May 4


James H. Robinson


82


10 Apoplexy


29


May


20


John Henry Howard


44


14 Tuberculosis 1


30


June 2


Abigail Wilson


Arterio Sclerosis


31


June


12


Chester W. Clark


Ulcer of Stomach 1


32


July


2


William Crehan, Jr. John N. Mirageas


40


34


July 12


George E. Laskey


9


35


July


14


Joseph N. Alfred'Bouvier


7


16 Automobile Accident


36


Aug.


13


Peter F. McMahon


59


2


6 Automobile Accident


37


Aug. 26


70


5


19 Automobile Accident


38


Aug. 28


Franklin P. Lander


72


5 13 Myocarditis, Angina Pectoris


39


Aug -


William James


28


4


29 Bullet wound of head, Homicide


40


Sept. 5 Adelaide N. Ames


73


9


21


Arterio Sclerosis, Paralysis Agitans


41


Sept. 7


Sarah Ann Gallagher


79


4


42


Sept. 10


Bridget Murray


68


44


Sept. 24


Sarah L. Naray


85


4 27 Cancer, Rectum


45


Sept. 27


George Amsie McDonald


4.6


Sept. 29


Daniel J. Mckinnon


71


47


Oct. 3


John A. Tilley


48


10


28 Cerebral Hemorrhage


48


Oct.


20


Mary Mnoholitny


40


21 Cancer of Eye and Brain


49


Oct. 21


John E. Barrows


85


2


50


Oct. 22


Harris Goldblatt


63


51


Oct. 24


Automobile Accident


52


Oct.


26


Michael F. Murphy Dana Carl Cady


23


4 Multiple Burns of Body and Head, "Accident"


53


Nov. 5 Henry Neville Ames


48


29 Cancer of Bladder 7


54


Nov. 10


Helene Saulnier


73


7


15 Angina Pectoris


55


Nov. 19 George H. Dennett


69


1


13 Cancer of Liver


56


Nov. 25


Emma Eva Hall


66


9


17 Chronic Nephritis


57


Nov. 30


Mary Josephine Blaisdell


75


4


59


Dec. 9


Mary J. Wight


75


14 Bronchial Pneumonia Bronchial Pneumonia


7


Jan.


27


M. Leontiene Buck


48


11


28 Broncho Pneumonia 6 Myocarditis


10


Feb. 10


Mary Contant


79


13 Premature Birth


5


Jan.


26


Edward F. Fortis


Cause of Death


Y


72 73 10 9


2


18 Acidosis, Convulsions Pulmonary Tuberculosis Convulsions


33


July


3


Mary J. Kelley


7 Apoplexy Cancer, Rectum


27 Malnutrition Carcinoma of Stomach


5 Angina Pectoris Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation


56


5 26


9 3


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DEATHS-(Continued)


The following non-residents were buried in Wilmington :


Age


Date of Death


Name


Y


M D


Place


Feb. 6 Doris Elba Blaisdell


4 20


In Woburn


Feb. 19 Chelles C. Byam


77


17


Medfield


Mar. 28 Oliver H. Arno


79


11 10


5


Boston


Apr. 3 Charles N. Eames


77 28 North Reading


Apr. 27 Lucy Frances Crockett


88


10 30 Melrose


June 22 Charles A. Taylor


77


6 28 Beverly


Aug. 10 Keren L. Studley


57


10 1 Woburn


Oct. 20 Albert F. Lewis


38


5 Billerica


Oct. 11 Pauline Mary Biggar


13 Andover


Nov. 12


Ernest A. Day


52


1 7


2 Boston


Nov. 28


William D. Quigley


54


6


10 Woburn


48


RECAPITULATION


Births registered in 1925


89


Males 42 47


Females


Marriages registered in 1925


39


Deaths registered in 1925


59


Males


34


Females 25


Dog License Account :


Number of Licenses issued 311


By Cash paid County Treasurer $753.80


Account of printed Records-Births, Marriages and Deaths :


Number on hand Jan. 1, 1925 183


Number on hand Jan. 1, 1926 183


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.


The Town Clerk will furnish to parents, householders, physicians and midwives, applying therefor, blanks for returns of births as required by law.


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION


-


DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS


REPORT OF AN AUDIT


OF


THE ACCOUNTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WILMINGTON


FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 1924 TO JUNE 24, 1925


Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws


NOVEMBER 19, 1925


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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION


DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS


STATE HOUSE, BOSTON


November 19, 1925.


To the Board of Selectmen:


Mr. Frank W. Dayton, Chairman, Wilmington, Massachusetts :


Gentlemen:


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the Town of Wilmington for the period from January 1, 1924 to June 24, 1925, made in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division.


Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELLL, Director of Accounts.


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REPORT OF CHIEF EXAMINER


Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts,


Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.


Sir :- As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Wilmington for the period from January 1, 1924, to June 24, 1925, and submit the following report thereon :


The financial transactions of the Town as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the Town were examined and reconciled with the records in the Town Accountant's office.


The books and accounts in the Town Accountant's office were examined and checked. The recorded receipts and payments were verified by a comparison with the Treas- urer's book. The ledger was analyzed and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared show- ing the financial condition of the Town June 24, 1925.


In checking the ledger accounts, it was found that the receipts estimated by the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for 1924 exceeded the actual receipts for the year by a considerable amount, which made necessary an appropri- ation to cover the deficit at the annual Town Meeting in 1925.


The surplus revenue account should show a credit bal- ance equal to the outstanding accounts receivable against which no revenue loans can be issued, in order that the Treasurer may be able to comply with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws, in the payment of revenue loans.


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The books and accounts of the Treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the Town and with other sources from which money was paid into the Town Treasury; and the pay- ments were checked with the Selectmen's orders author- izing the Treasurer to disburse Town funds. The cash book was footed, the cash on hand June 24, 1925, was veri- fied, and the bank account was reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank.


The accounts of the Tax Collector for the levies of 1923, 1924, and for the poll taxes of 1925 were examined and checked. The commitment books were footed and recon- ciled with the Assessors' Warrants, the recorded collections were checked and footed, and the payments to the Treasurer were verified by a comparison with the Treasurer's books.


The recorded abatements were checked to the Assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding ac- counts were listed and reconciled.


Owing to the Collector's methods of making payments to the Treasurer before the collections are entered in his cash book or credited in the commitment book, it was found that the payments to the Treasurer, as shown by the Treasurer's receipts, exceeded the amounts in the Col- lector's cash and commitment books by $96.87, and that a deposit was made in the bank of $982.57 to the credit of ยท the Town, which had not been reported to the Treasurer nor entered in the Collector's cash or commitment books.


The Collector should enter the collections in his cash book before making payments to the Treasurer and should make payments of amounts shown by his cash book, re- porting separately to the Treasurer the total amount of taxes, for moth assessments, and for interest.


The securities representing the investments of the Trust Funds belonging to the Town and in the custody of the Trustees were examined and listed. The income and ex- penditures were verified and checked to the Trustees' rec-


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ords, and the cash on hand in the Lecture Fund was veri- fied by the bank statement.


The records of the Town Clerk were examined, and the appropriations and other financial transactions as voted by the Town were examined and listed.


The licenses issued by the Town Clerk for dogs and for hunting and fishing were examined and checked, the payments to the County Treasurer for dog licenses and to the State Treasurer for hunting and fishing licenses being verified by receipts on file.


The accounts of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for fees collected were examined and checked, and the pay- ments to the Treasurer were verified by the Treasurer's books.


In addition to the departments mentioned, the accounts of the library for fines, etc., of the Selectmen for licenses issued, of the Cemetery Department for sales of lots and graves, and of the Building Inspector for permits issued, were examined, and payments to the Treasurer were veri- fied by the Treasurer's books.


The surety bonds of the Treasurer, the Tax Collector and the Town Clerk were examined and found to be in proper form.


Appended to this report are tables showing a reconcilia- tion of the Treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax and as- sessment accounts, together with tables showing the con- dition of the several Trust Funds.


While engaged in the work of the audit, I received the hearty co-operation of the several Town officials, for which on behalf of my assistant and myself, I wish to express my appreciation.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD H. FENTON, Chief Examiner.


.


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RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH


Cash balance January 1, 1924 $31,726.09 215,349.78


Receipts


$247,075.87


Payments Cash balance December 31, 1924


$211,059.77 36,016.10


$247,075.87


Cash balance January 1, 1925 $ 36,016.10


Receipts January 1 to June 24, 1925, 106,628.11


$142,644.21


Payments January 1 to June 24, 1925, $136,376.43


Cash balance June 24, 1925, 6,267.78


$142,644.21


Cash in office June 24, 1925 (verified) $ 273.72 Memoranda :


Bill paid, not yet entered on Cash book, 411.63 Bank balance per check book, 5,656.65


$6,342.00


Cash book balance June 24, 1925,


$6,267.78


Cash over, 74.22


$6,342.00


RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH-1925


First National Bank, Reading


Balance June 24, 1925, per bank statement, $10,613.62


Check book balance June 24, 1925, $5,656.65


Interest on deposits, entered on cash book after June 24, 22.22


Deposit by collector of taxes, not reported


to Treasurer until after June 24, 982.57


Outstanding checks per list, 3,952.18


$10,613.62


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TAXES-1923


Commitment per Warrant,


$53,344.29 26.85


Re-assessment after abatement,


$53,371.14


Payments to Treasurer :


1923, $28,826.85


1924,


23,921.38


$52,748.23


Abatements :


1923,


$ 26.85


1924,


596.06


622.91


$53,371.14


TAXES-1924


Commitment per Warrant, $87,889.16


Additional polls, 8.00


Overpayment to Treasurer,


96.87


$87,994.03


Payments to Treasurer :


1924,


$48,946.25


January 1 to April 24, 1925, 8,576.29 $57,522.54


Abatements :


1924,


$77.28


January 1 to April 24, 1925,


96.14


173.42


Outstanding June 24, 1925, per list,


30,298.07


$87,994.03


*Does not include a deposit of $982.57 made June 18, 1925, and not entered on the Col- lector's books until after June 24, 1925.


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POLL TAXES-1925


Commitment per Warrant, $1,988.00


Outstanding June 24, 1925, per list,


$1,846.00


Cash on hand June 24, 1925, 142.00


$1,988.00


MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1923


Commitment per Warrant,


$617.16


Re-assessed after abatement, .60


$617.76


Payment to Treasurer :


1923,


$400.31


1924,


216.85


$617.16


Abatements 1923,


.60


$617.76


MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1924


Commitment per Warrant, $673.41


Payments to Treasurer : 1924, $392.87


January 1 to June 24, 1925,


49.38


$442.25


Outstanding June 24, 1925, per list,


231.16


$673.41


LIBRARY FUNDS


Savings Bank Deposits Total


On hand at beginning of year 1924,


$1,397.08 $1,397.08


On hand at end of year 1924,


$1,464.64 $1,464.64


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Receipts.


Income,


Total,


$67.56


$67.56


Payments.


Deposited in savings bank,


$67.56


Total, $67.56


No transactions recorded in 1925.


COMMON FUND


Savings Bank Deposits Total


On hand at beginning of year 1924,


$292.49 $292.49


On hand at end of year 1924, $301.26 $301.26


Receipts.


Income,


$14.77


Total,


$14.77


Payments.


Deposited in savings bank, $8.77


Transferred to Town, 6.00


Total, $14.77


S. D. J. CARTER LECTURE FUND


On hand at beginning of year 1924 On hand at end of year 1924, On hand June 24, 1925,


Savings Bank Securities


Cash


Deposits


At cost


Total


$225.37


$698.04


$5,541.50


$6,464.91


$75.35


$729.79


$5,541.50


$6,346.64


$94.73


$629.79


$5,541.50


$6,266.02


Receipts.


Payments.


Income,


$271.75


Savings Bank deposit


$31.75


Cash on hand at


Expended,


390.02


beginning of year,


225.37


Cash on hand at end of year,


75.35


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Total,


497.12


Total, $497.12


January 1 to June 24, 1925


Expended,


$80.62


Withdrawn from savings bank,


$100.00


Cash on hand


January 1, 1925,


75.35


Cash on hand June 24, 1925, 94.73


Total,


$175.35


Total, $175.35


1924


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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


Savings Bank


Deposits


Total


On hand at beginning of year 1924,


$4,569.70 $4,569.70


On hand at end of year 1924,


$4,582.19 $4,582.19


On hand June 24, 1925,


$4,682.19 $4,682.19


Receipts.


Bequest,


Income,


1924 $100.00 220.49


Total,


$320.49


Payments.


Deposited in savings bank,


$112.49


Expended for care,


208.00


Total,


$320.49


January 1 to June 24, 1925


Bequests,


$100.00


Total,


$100.00


Deposited in savings bank,


$100.00


Total,


$100.00


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TOWN OF WILMINGTON BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 24, 1925


GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


Cash, $6,267.78


Accounts Receivable :


Taxes :


Levy of 1924,


$30,201.20


Levy of 1925, Polls,


1,988.00


32,189.20


Special Assessments :


Moth 1924, 231.16


State Aid-Highways,


3,225.00


Tax Titles,


3,949.09


Emergency Overdraft : Forest Fires, 47.60


Cemetery Perpetual Care (to be refunded from


income), 68.75


Revenue 1925,


$119,252.71


Less Estimated receipts (collections),


7,418.19


111,834.52


Revenue deficit,


177.43


$157,990.53


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LIABILITIES


Revenue loans,


Surplus War bonus,


$90,000.00 1,475.83


Appropriation balances 1925,


60,346.40


Overlay, for abatement of taxes : Levy of 1924,


1,246.81


Reserve fund-overlay surplus,


741.24


Moth assessment revenue,


231.16


Tax title revenue,


3,949.09


$157,990.53


DEBT ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt,


$20,500.00


$20,500.00


LIABILITIES


Main Street construction loan 1923,


$ 3,000.00


High School loan, 17,500.00


$20,500.00


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TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


Trust Funds-Cash and Securities, $12,714.11


$12,714.11


LIABILITIES


Library Funds,


$1,464.64


Carter Lecture Fund,


6,266.02


Common Fund,


301.26


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,


4,682.19


$12,714.11


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AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS


Report of Middlesex County Extension Service in the Town of Wilmington for the Year 1925.


An appropriation of $200.00 was made at the Annual Meeting in support of the Middlesex County Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics. The follow- ing is a report of the work done by this organization in Wilmington for the year 1925 :


The principal industries in this Town have been in Home Economics work and Boys' and Girls' Club work. Two millinery meetings were held, both of which were attended by twenty-one women. A course in clothing was given to nineteen women and consisted of a series of meetings conducted by the Home Demonstration Agent. A group of twenty-one girls and ten women have enrolled in a Food Selection project. This is to be carried on by means of a series of meetings, taking up the different problems relating to the subject.


In the 4-H club activities seventy boys and girls were enrolled in the clothing, food, lunch box, garden, canning and pig clubs. Accomplishments were shown at the achievement program held in conjunction with one of the spring moving picture performances and by exhibits at the Wilmington Grange Fair. Alice Hinxman was awarded the Two-Day Trip to the Massachusetts Agricultural Col-


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lege. The Wilmington club members won a banner at the field day held at the Middlesex School, Concord, Mass.


Many of the fruit growers in the Town profited by re- ceiving the spray service postal cards which were sent out from time to time during the spray season. Judges were furnished for the Fair, judging agricultural as well as home economics exhibits.


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 home- makers have been held during the year and were attended by many of the Wilmington people.


CHARLES F. PERRY, Local Director.


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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


3


I submit the following report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1925.


Number of arrests


76


Males


70


Females


6


Residents


28


Non-residents


48


Causes of Arrest


Drunks


36


Keeping and exposing intoxicating liquor


8


Violation of the automobile laws


8


Disturbing the peace


2


Assault and battery


5


Insane


5


Keeping a disorderly house


1


Maintaining a gambling nuisance


1


Pedling without a license


1


Trespassing


7


Non-support


1


Manslaughter


2


Murder


3


Larceny


1 1


Cruelty to animals


Bastardy


1


66


Disposition of Cases


Discharged


12


Placed on file


13


Danvers Insane Asylum


4


Bridgewater State Farm


1


Sentenced to die in the electric chair


1


Nol prossed


1


Turned over to the Revere police


1


Probation


3


Dismissed for want of prosecution


1


Number of fines imposed


35


Amount of fines imposed


$636.00


Amount of stolen property recovered


$4,850.00


Appealed cases


2


Cases investigated


21


Dogs killed 17


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER A. HILL,


Chief of Police.


67


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Town of Wilmington, Mass.


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my yearly report as Inspector of Slaughtering in this Town from January 1, 1925 to Decem- ber 31, 1925 inclusive.


The whole number of hogs inspected was 589, all at the Blue Hog Breeding Company's slaughter house. The whole number condemned was 8.


Respectfully yours,


ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE, Inspector of Slaughtering.


68


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS


Wilmington, Mass., December 31, 1925.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my financial report for Building In- spector's Department from March 16, 1925 to December 31, 1925.


Appropriation


$500.00


Payments.


Salary, Inspector,


$400.00


Printing, Telephone,


$46.50


38.22


84.72


$484.72


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD J. CROTEAU, Building Inspector.


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Wilmington, Mass., December 31, 1925.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my report as Building Inspector from March 16, 1925 to December 31, 1925.


Permits issued


119


Dwellings


48


Garages


21


Alterations


35


Cottages


9


Stores


2


Stables


1


Filling station


1


Blacksmith shop


1


Henhouse


1


Received for new constructions, 84 @ $1.00


$84.00


Additions and alterations, 35 @ .50 17.50


$101.50


Fees collected and turned over to Town Treasurer.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD J. CROTEAU, Building Inspector.


70


REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my report of the work of Sealer of Weights and Measures.


Work of the Department as follows :


Number of platform scales over 5000 lbs. 2


Number of platform scales under 5000 1bs. 14


Number of counter scales 8


Number of beam scales over 100 1bs. 1


Number of beam scales under 100 1bs.


2


Number of spring balance scales over 100 1bs. 4


31


Number of computing scales under 100 1bs.


9


Number of personal weighing scales


2


Number of weights avoirdupois


69


Number of liquid measures


55


Number of kerosene measuring pumps


3


Number of oil measuring pumps


24


Number of gasoline measuring pumps


22


Number of scales condemned


2


Number of liquid measures condemned


1


Number of clinical thermometers inspected


5


Number of pedlers licenses inspected


15


Number of cases in court found guilty


1


Fees collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer $37.83


Total expense of Department


$245.98


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST R. CURRIER. Sealer.


Number of spring balance under 100 lbs.


71


REPORT OF TREE WARDEN AND MOTH SUPERINTENDENT


Wilmington, January 8, 1926.


To the Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I hereby submit the following report as Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent for the past year.


The customary planting of shade trees has been done as was possible with the appropriation available.


Some trimming and removals have been made where found necessary along the highways.


The usual spraying for the Gypsy Moth has been done and the work of creosoting what egg-masses may be found is being done at this time.


Such property owners who do not do this work which is required by law will be obliged to have the work done by this Department and charged for as provided by law.




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