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Raised as follows:
Poll taxes, 1,011 at $2.00 $2,022.00
Property tax, valuation $3,763,786.00
@ $30.50 per $1,000.00 114,801.29
Moth work charged property owners on tax bills. Special Forestry Tax.
713.30
1.23
$116,823.29
Committed to Tax Collector
$117,537.82
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STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding January 1, 1927:
Note No. 45
$30,000.00
Note No. 46
25,000.00
Note No. 48
25,000.00
$80,000.00
Borrowed during 1927:
Note No. 50
$30,000.00
Note No. 51
25,000.00
Note No. 57
25,000.00
Note No. 58
25,000.00
Note No. 63
15,000.00
120,000.00
$200,000.00
Paid during 1927:
Note No. 45
$30,000.00
Note No. 46
25,000.00
Note No. 48
25,000.00
Note No. 50
30,000.00
Note No. 58
25,000.00
135,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1927
$65,000.00
Highway Loan (Main Street Construction Loan, 1923)
Outstanding January 1, 1927, Note No. 33.
$1,000.00
Paid during 1927, Note No. 33. $1,000.00
High School House Bonds (Issue of 1914)
Outstanding January 1, 1927
$14,000.00
Paid during 1927
1,750.00
Outstanding December 31, 1927
$12,250.00
Highway Department Loans (Issue of 1927) Land and Building Notes
Note No. 59
$2,000.00
Note No. 60
1,500.00
Outstanding December 31, 1927
$3,500.00
Road Roller Notes
Note No. 52
$1,000.00
Note No. 53
1,000.00
Note No. 54
1,000.00
Note No. 55
1,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1927
$4,000.00
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Trucks Note
Note No. 56, outstanding December 31, 1927 $2,750.00
Fire Department Loan (Issue of 1927) New Fire Apparatus Notes
Note No. 61 $2,500.00
Note No. 62
2,500.00
$5,000.00
Summary
Temporary loans (anticipation of revenue)
$65,000.00
High School House bonds
12,250.00
Highway Department loans
10,250.00
Fire Department loan
5,000.00
Total Town Indebtedness, December 31, 1927
$92,500.00
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1927 Dr.
$30,314.14
George W. Buck, Collector, 1927 Taxes uncollected ....
52,908.88
Departmental overdrafts: Police Department
$648.63
Department Public Welfare
2,809.50
3,458.13
Property Tax Sale Account
3,950.01
Abatement 1926 Taxes
541.94
Highway Department Notes, Balancing Account.
10,250.00
High School House Bonds, Balancing Account.
12,250.00
Fire Department Notes, Balancing Account
5,000.00
Cr.
Temporary Loans (anticipation of revenue)
$65,000.00
High School House Bonds.
12,250.00
Highway Department Loans: Land and Building Notes
$3,500.00
Trucks Notes
2,750.00
Road Roller Notes
4,000.00
10,250.00
Fire Department Loan, New Fire Apparatus Notes ...
5,000.00
Committee on Remodelling Town Hall and Library ...
200.00
Surplus War Bonus Funds.
1,475.83
Abatement 1927 Taxes
625.86
Overlay Reserve Account
1,221.92
Private Moth Work
316.00
Excess and Deficiency Account.
22,333.49
$118,673.10
HARRY R. DEMING, Town Accountant.
$118,673.10
Cash in Treasury
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS
General Government:
Selectmen, salaries and expenses $900.00
Town Accountant, salary and expenses 670.00
Treasurer, salary and expenses 1,000.00
Collector, salary and expenses 1,700.00
Assessors, salaries and expenses
2,250.00
Town Clerk, salary and expenses 430.00
Finance Committee 100.00
Election and Registration, salaries and expenses 600.00
Town Hall, janitor, lights, fuel and repairs 900.00
Town Constable
50.00
Protection of Life and Property :
Police Department 5,500.00
Fire Department
6,000.00
Suppression of Moths (compulsory $1,277.65, incidentals and private work) 2,028.00
Sealing of Weights and Measures
415.00
Building Inspection 700.00
Tree Warden
1,000.00
Forest Fires
600.00
Health and Sanitation, Board of Health, Agent's Salary, Quarantine Wages, Inspector of Animals,
Inspector of Meats and Provisions, and Vital Statistics
1,000.00
Highways:
Town Account (repairs, construction and snow re- moval)
15,000.00 State and Town Account-Chapter 81 (4,300 from State)
6,450.00
Salem St. Construction, Chapter 90 (2,000 each from State and County) 2,000.00
Salem and Lowell Streets-Specific Repairs ($500 each from State and County) 750.00
Electric Street Lights
8,270.00
Charities:
Department Public Welfare 6,500.00
Mothers' Aid 750.00
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid
150.00
Military Aid 600.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
Schools, including salaries, books, supplies, repairs, fuel, furnishings, outside tuition transportation, including estimated receipts of $10,921.88. 63,000.00
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Wilmington Park
165.00
Unclassified
1,000.00
Memorial Day
400.00
Cemeteries
2,300.00
Interest
12,200.00
Water Department
1,000.00
Town Indebtedness:
High School Bonds
1,750.00
Land Building Loan Highway Department 2,000.00
Departmental Equipment Loan
3,750.00
Free Department Loan
2,500.00
Reserve Fund
3,000.00
Vocational Training
1,000.00
Library
850.00
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen-I herewith submit the following report of the work of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1927:
Number of arrests
57
Males
54
Females
3
Residents
23
Non-residents
34
Causes of Arrest
Violation of the liquor laws
4
Violation of the automobile laws
Drunks
16
Disturbing the peace
8
Trespassing
2
Peddling without a license
4
Short weight
1
Assault and battery
4
Larceny
6
Non-support
2
Insane
1
Arson
1
Keeping unlicensed dogs
3
Manslaughter
4
Conspiracy
2
Violation of parole
1
Disposition of Cases
House of Correction
4
Suspended sentences, House of Correction
2
Probation
3
Placed on file
12
Discharged
6
Dismissed for want of prosecution
5
Nol-prossed
1
Lyman School, Westborough
1
Tewksbury State Hospital
3
Turned over to the Lowell police.
1
Turned over to the Concord Reformatory Officials.
1
Number of fines imposed
26
Amount of fines imposed
$815.00
Appealed cases
6
Cases investigated
16
Search warrants
9
Amount of stolen property recovered.
$2,150.00
Dogs killed
28
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) WALTER A. HILL,
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen-I herewith submit my 8th annual report as Chief of the Fire Department:
The Department answered the following calls for year 1927:
Buildings 28
Chimneys 8
Automobiles 6
Brush 78
Trees caused by electric wires 5
False alarms
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1927
Jan. 6-Wildwood Street. Cottage owned by A. S. Hudson. Value of cottage, $1,000. Insurance on building, $400. Value of contents, $1,500. Damage to con- tents, $20. Damage to building, $50.
Jan. 6-Still alarm, Aldrich Road. Chimney. Cottage occupied by Arthur Kinsman. No damage.
Jan. 11-Still alarm, Burlington Ave. Chimney. House of Georgie Crockett, occupied by Mr. Gove. No damage.
Jan. 26-Middlesex Ave. Box 33. House occupied by Paul Frolio. Value of house, $2,600. Value of contents, $1,500. Insurance on house and contents, $5,000. Damage to house, $50. No damage to contents.
Feb. 3-Box 65, Main Street. House owned by Mr. Ritson. Value of house, $2,500. Insurance on house, $5,000. Value of contents, $1,000. Damage to contents, $500. Damage to house, $2,000.
Feb. 2-Still alarm, Butters Row, chimney. House owned by Mrs. George Crockett. Occupied by Mr. Murray. No damage.
Feb. 17-Box 13, Andover Street. House owned by O. E. Walsh. Value of house, $1,800. Insurance on house, $3,200. Value of contents, $1,000. No insurance on contents. Damage to contents, $25. Damage to house, $40.
Feb. 21-Box 63, Main Street. Store owned by Mr. Ritson. Occupied by Mr. Wineburg. Dry goods. Value of building, $750. Insurance on building, $2,000. Value of contents, $4,000. Insurance on contents, $2,000. Totally destroyed.
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Feb. 23-Box 14, Andover Street. House and barn owned by Mr. Albert Reeves. Value of house, $900. Value of barn, $300. Insurance on house and barn, $1,800. Value of contents in house, $1,500. Value of con- tents in barn, $100. Insurance on contents in house, $1,000. No damage to contents in house. Barn destroyed with contents.
Mar. 4-Butters Row, Railroad Bridge.
Mar. 9-Box 48, Main Street. House owned by Ernest Downing. Value of house, $1,800. Insurance on house, $3,500. Value of contents, $2,000. Insurance on contents, none.
Mar 12-Box 81, off Boutwell Street. House owned by Peter Green. Value of building, $700. Value of contents, $1,000. Insurance on building, $2,600. Insurance on contents, $1,000. Damage to contents, $500.
Mar. 22-Box 63. Main Street. Building owned by Mrs. H. N. Ames. Value of building, $2,000. Insurance on building, $4,000. Damage to building, $1,000.
Dr. G. J. Larkin's office. Value of contents, $3,000. Damage to contents, $500. Insurance on contents, $3,000.
The Ginter Grocery Co. Value of contents, $2,400. Damage to contents, $25. No insurance on con- tents.
Office of Cotton Bros. Value of contents, $500. Insur- ance on contents, $500. Damage to contents, $50.
Burt Bullard. Value of contents, $300. No damage to contents. No insurance on contents.
Mr. Wineburg, dry goods. Value of contents, $3,000. Insurance on contents, $3,000. No damage to con- tents.
C. H. Bendroth. Value of contents, $175. No damage to contents.
Mar. 27-Still alarm, Border Street, North Woburn Line. Cottage fire. Value of cottage, $350.
Apr. 14-Box 53, Clark Street. House owned by May S. Chase. Value of house, $1,600. Insurance on house, $1,000.
Apr. 15-Still alarm, Church Street. Hen house owned by D. F. Perkins. Value of hen house, $25.
Apr. 17-Clark Street, chimney fire. House owned by Mrs. Hefler. No damage.
Apr. 24-Box 54, Columbia Street. House owned by Chas. Char- boneau. Value of house, $2,800. Insurance on house, $4,000. Value of contents, $1,200. No dam- age to contents. Damage to house, $25.
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Apr. 26-Shawsheen Avenue. Chimney fire. House owned by Mr. Campbell. No damage.
Apr. 29-Box 65, Main Street. Gasoline Station owned by Anthony Del Torto. Value of building, $3,000. Insurance on building, $5,000. Value of contents, $2,500. Insur- ance on contents, $2,000.
May 4-Box 35, Federal Street. House owned by Mrs. Frost. Value of building, $2,000. Insurance on building, $1,500.
May 4-Box 69, Silver Lake. Ice houses owned by Walter Hale. Value of ice houses, $12,000. Value of con- tents, $9,000. Insurance on contents, $400. Insur- ance on ice houses, $2,300.
May 4-Main Street, Silver Lake. Cottage owned by Mr. Cote. Value of building, $1,500. Insurance on building, $1,000. Value of contents, $100.
May 28-Still alarm, Columbia Street. Chimney fire. House owned by H. M. Goodridge. No damage.
June 15-Box 65, Wisoner Street, off Bridge Lane. Small garage. Value of garage, $100. Value of contents, $1,000.
July 15-Box 49, Main Street. Barn of W. B. McIntosh.
Aug. £ 16-Still alarm, off Shawsheen Ave. Cottage owned by Mr. Chas. Green. Value of cottage, $300. Insurance on cottage, $700. Value of contents, $1,000. Insurance on contents, $600. Damage to contents, $50. Dam- age to cottage, $5.
Sept. 11-Box 73, off Lake Street. House owned by Mr. Goggle. Value of house, $4,500. Value of contents, $1,500. Destroyed.
Sept. 12-Still alarm, Burlington Ave. House owned by Mr. Chase. Chimney fire. No damage.
Sept. 22-Box 97, River Street, Silver Lake. Summer cottage owned by Mary Stack. Value of cottage, $400. Value of contents, $50.
Sept. 22-Ford automobile owned by James Fogarty. Value of car, $250.
Sept. 22-Ford automobile owned by James H. Gillis. Value of car, $150. Damage to car, $25.
Sept. 25-Box 63, Main Street. House owned by Buck Bros. Value of house, $2,000. Insurance on house, $1,500. Value of contents, $2,000.
Sept. 26-Still alarm, Lowell Street. Automobile owned by Stanley Webber. No damage.
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Oct. 5-Box 71, off Main Street, Silver Lake. Cottage owned by C. M. Woodside. Value of cottage, $3,500. Insur- ance on cottage, $2,300. Value of contents, $1,000. Insurance on contents, $300.
Oct. 6-Box 14, Woburn Street. Barn owned by Mrs. M. B. Hathaway. Value of barn, $1,500. Value of con- tents, $4,000. Insurance on barn, $2,000. No in- surance on contents.
Nov. 5-Still alarm, Lowell Street. House owned by Harry Godzyke. Value of house, $4,500. Insurance on house, $7,000. Damage to house, $20. Value of contents, $300. Damage to contents, $50.
Nov. 13-Main Street. Automobile owned by George Coggin of Lowell, Mass. Value of automobile, $300. Damage to automobile, $10.
Nov. 17-Still alarm, Temple Street. Chimney fire. House owned by F. W. Dayton. No damage.
Nov. 22-Box 76, Grove Street, Silver Lake. Cottage owned by Ernest Crocker. Value of cottage, $1,000. Value of contents, $500.
Dec. 2-Box 65, Summerfield Ave. Cottage owned by William Rebenskar. Value of cottage, $1,100. Value of con- tents, $1,000. Insurance on house and contents, $3,000.
Dec. 4-Still alarm, Ford Sedan owned by George Miller of Lowell, Mass. Value of Ford, $200. Damage to Ford, $10.
Dec. 11-Still alarm, Lowell Street, Reading Line. Ford Coupe. Value of Ford, $350. Damage to Ford, $15.
Value of buildings totally destroyed by fire. $32,900.00
Damage to buildings by fire 4,925.00
Value of buildings not destroyed by fire. 25,700.00
Value of contents 49,025.00
Damage to contents
6,315.00
ROLL OF DEPARTMENT
Chester Horton, Capt.
J. J. O'Leary
Charles Black, Clerk.
N. W. Perry
W. W. Rice
Ernest Downing
J. F. Muse
Gould Buckle
R. Porter
James R. Gracie
Carrol Horton
Fred Fields
George Fuller
Charles Hembree
Hose laid
Chemicals used
Fire permits issued
.20,000 feet 32,000 gallons 357
RUSSELL G. PRATT
IN MEMORIAM
RUSSELL G. PRATT
WILBUR A. SHELDON
Died September 11, 1927
It is with sincere regret that I make the announcement that two of the most faithful members of our Fire Department answered their last call, the call of their Maker, on September 11, 1927. By their passing the Town has suffered a great loss. To attempt to enumerate their many acts of kindness and their faithfulness to mankind and duty would require volumes. Of them we can truth- fully say: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
E. L. DAY, Chief, Wilmington Fire Department.
WILBUR A. SHELDON
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen-I herewith submit my report of the work done by Sealer during the year.
Work of the department as follows:
Number of platform scales over 5,000 lbs.
2
Number of platform scales under 5,000 lbs 11
Number of counter scales 14
Number of beam scales under 100 lbs.
1
Number of spring balance scales over 100 lbs
5
Number of spring balance scales under 100 lbs
32
Number of computing scales under 100 lbs. 17
Number of personal weighing scales
4
Number of weights avoirdupois
72
Number of liquid measures
111
Number of kerosene measuring pumps
6
Number of oil measuring pumps
31
Number of gasolene measuring pumps. 20
2
Number of scales condemned
2
Number of personal weighing scales condemned.
1
Number of clinical thermometers inspected
6
Number of pedlars licenses inspected.
Number of cases in court found guilty. 5
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Fees collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer $ 40.95
Total expense of Department $341.47
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) ERNEST R. CURRIER, Sealer.
Number of gasolene pumps condemned.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen-I herewith submit my report as Building Inspector for the year 1927.
Dwellings
18
Estimated value
$ 51,500
Garages
28
7,630
Cottages
25
18,100
Stores
2
23,000
Theatre
1
66
22,000
Filling Stations
2
4,500
Ice House
1
4,000
Stable
1
600
Hen Houses
8
1,575
Sheds
5
670
Hog Houses
2
300
Alterations
40
66
14,925
Total
133
$148,300
93 new construction@$1.00
93
40 alterations @ .50
20
$113
The above fees of $113 were collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer.
As there have been several buildings erected in Town during the past year which our limited building laws do not cover, and as there is the possibility of more being erected in the near future, I hope at the Annual Meeting the voters will take favorable action on any additions or amendments to the present laws as I believe it will be for the best interest of the Town.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) CHESTER T. HORTON,
Inspector of Buildings.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
I herewith submit my annual report as Librarian.
Public books and documents received, 13 volumes.
Number of new books purchased during the year, 143 volumes. Number of books replaced, 43 volumes.
Two books have been presented by the State, "We" and "Modern Aladdins and Their Magic"; seven by Mr. Louis T. McMahon: Heart of Emerson's Journals, George Washington, The Time of Man, Red Sky at Morning, Marching On, To the Lighthouse, Orphan Angel and Romantic Comedians; also eight more from other friends.
Number of books lost by borrowers, 5 volumes.
Number of books worn out and discarded, 18 volumes.
Number of books lost to library on account of contagious dis- ease, 6 volumes.
A copy of School Book of Forestry has been given to the High School.
The St. Nicholas and Nature Magazines for two years have been bound, and 84 books rebound.
Number of books in library, 5,774 volumes.
Number of books taken out during the year, 10,367 volumes.
Number of persons taking out books, 767.
The reading table has been supplied from the Town appropriation with the following magazines: Radio News, Popular Science, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, National Sportsman, Out- door America, Nature Magazine, National Geographic, American, Country Gentleman, Flower Grower, Ladies' Home Journal, Youth's Companion, St. Nicholas, American Boy and Saturday Evening Post.
Some others contributed by friends are Boys' Life, Our Dumb Animals, Living Tissue, Dearborn Independent, Bell Telephone Quarterly and Motive; also Child Life and Buddy-Book for a number of months.
United States Daily Paper and Christian Science Monitor have been given for a part of the year.
Rev. H. G. C. Hallock of Shanghai, China, has sent a copy of his Chinese Christian Almanac and a Chinese Picture.
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Received for fines on books. $92.17 Received for books lost by borrowers 3.00 Received from J. Riseman for books, papers and pamphlets sold him .50
Passed in to the Town Treasurer $95.67
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) ANNA TOLMAN SHELDON, Librarian.
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LIST OF NEW BOOKS
PURCHASED FOR THE LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1927 Fiction
Revelry
Blue Voyage Star of the Hills Trail of Fear
Immortal Marriage
Planter of the Tree Dawn
Wallflowers Gerfalcon
Behind the Fog
Mating Call
Hidden Kingdom
Bugles in the Night
Pharisees and Publicans
Ghost of Hemlock Canyon
Black Bloodhound
Marching On
Delia Demonstrates Good Woman Josselin Takes a Hand
Iron Will
Delectable Mountains
Rustle of Spring
Death Comes to the Archbishop
Return of Don Quixote
Chivalry Peak
Quest of the Sea Otter
Murder in the Maze
Coaster Captain
Crumbling Walls
Starvel Hollow Tragedy Wolf Pack
When is Always ?
Kitty
Singing River Jalna
Black Knight
Gay Dreamers
But Yesterday
Rebellion Quest of Youth
Mother Knows Best Green Rope
Hardican's Hollow
Harvest Moon Mortover Grange Affair
S. H. Adams Conrad Aiken W. Anthony A. Armstrong Gertrude Atherton Ruby M. Ayres Irving Bacheller Temple Bailey L. Barringer H. H. Bashford Rex Beach Francis Beeding B. Benefield E. T. Benson Harold Bindloss F. Bishop James Boyd Berton Braley Louis Bromfield Andrew C. Brown Charles N. Buck Struthers Burt Clare Cameron Willa Cather G. K. Chesterton Irvin S. Cobb S. Conner J. J. Connington James B. Connolly J. Conquest F. W. Crofts Ridgwell Cullum Coningsby Dawson Warwick Deeping A. De Ford Mr. DeLa Roche Ethel M. Dell R. Devigne Maud Diver
M. H. Farnham Jeffrey Farnol Edna Ferber J. S. Fletcher J. S. Fletcher J. S. Fletcher J. S. Fletcher
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Backwoods Princess Alma Yellow Gentians and Blue
Vivian
Astounding Crime on Torrington Road Captain Cavalier Black Sheep's Gold
Allan and the Ice-Gods
Bold Bendigo
Job's Niece
We Live But Once Gideon
Lovely Ship
Children of Divorce
Black Butterflies
Blind Man
Find the Clock
They Also Serve Dusty Answer
Octopus of Paris
Aristocratic Miss Brewster
Kingdom of Theophilas
Inn of the Hawk and Raven
Blind Windows
Hole in the Wall
Rogues and Vagabonds
The Chain
That Island
Deadfall
Kit O'Brien
In a Yun-nan Courtyard
David Rudd
Forever Free
Carson of the J. C.
Three Lights from a Match
Barberry Bush
Sea Gull
Holy Lover
Mad Carews Hearthstones
Red Road
The Defenders
Gentlemen March
Interference
The Jury
Spring Tides Silent Storms Magic Garden
Conflict Judge Colt Good Indian Greymarsh Lost Ecstasy
That Ridiculous Woman
Hulbert Footner Margaret Fuller Zona Gale H. L. Gates W. Gillette Jackson Gregory Beatrice Grimshaw H. Rider Haggard Paul Herring Grace L. Hill Rupert Hughes I. H. Irwin S. Jameson Owen Johnson Elizabeth Jordan R. W. Kauffman H. S. Keeler Peter B. Kyne R. Lehmann G. Leroux Joseph C. Lincoln W. J. Locke G. B. Mccutcheon E. L. MacDonald F. MacIsaac C. Mackenzie Jack McLaren Archibald Marshall Edison Marshall Edgar L. Masters L. J. Miln R. E. Mooney Honoré Willsie Morrow C. E. Mulford L. H. Nason Kathleen Norris Kathleen Norris M. C. Oemler M. Ostenso Elizabeth S. Payne Hugh Pendexter Stella G. S. Perry Roland Pertwee Roland Pertwee Eden Phillpotts R. E. Pinkerton Ernest Poole Gene Stratton-Porter Olive H. Prouty W. M. Raine E. J. Rath A. J. Reeves Mary R. Rinehart L. Rossiter
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Tavern Knight Old Countess Whispering Chorus Shadow River The Hoop Brethren of the Axe Virgin of Yesterday Flambean Jim Crooked Stick
Seven Blue Diamonds
The Plutocrat One Crystal and a Mother
Gallions Reach
Venetian Key
"Canary" Murder Case
Terror Keep Sixth Commandment
Amazing Chance
Grandmothers
Horseshoe Nails
Twilight Sleep
Susan of the Storm
Eye in Attendance
Carry On, Jeeves!
Small Bachelor
God and the Groceryman
Sinners Go Secretly
Penelope Finds Out Blind Corner
The Malletts
Red Owl
Juvenile
Five Little Peppers Abroad
Now We Are Six
When We Were Very Young
Winnie-the Pook
Dave Porter at Oak Hall
Edward Stratemeyer
Miscellaneous
What Can a Man Believe Andrew Jackson
Across Asia's Snows and Deserts
The Father of Little Women Drake's Quest
Our Times-America Finding Herself Our Times-The Turn of the Century
Rafael Sabatini A. D. Sedgwick P. P. Sheehan W. H. Smith J. C. Snaith J. Somers Dorothy Speare Frank H. Spearman Pauline Stiles C. B. Stilson Booth Tarkington E. D. Taylor H. M. Tomlinson Allen Upward S. S. Van Dine Edgar Wallace Carolyn Wells Patricia Wentworth G. Westcott George Weston Edith Wharton Grace M. White Valentine Williams P. G. Wodehouse P. G. Wodehouse Harold B. Wright Anthony Wynne Pauline Wynne Dorothy Yates
E. H. Young R. J. Young
Mrs. H. M. Lothrop A. A. Milne A. A. Milne A. A. Milne
Bruce Barton Gerald W. Johnson William J. Morden Honoré Willsie Morrow Cameron Rogers Mark Sullivan Mark Sullivan
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REPORT OF THE WORK DONE BY THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON
For the Year 1927
The Town of Wilmington appropriated $200 in support of the Middlesex County Extension Service, through the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, for 1927. Following is a report of the work accomplished during the year:
The agricultural work this year was largely in the form of per- sonal farm visits wherever requested, and individual assistance was given. A complete mailing list is maintained, and the timely notices on fruit growing, poultry, and gardening that were sent out were received by many Wilmington citizens.
In home-making a talk was given before the Women's Club on Convenient Kitchens, and some of the local women took part in the county-wide tour following the Kitchen Contest. A series of Home Improvement meetings has been planned; this work will be carried over into the coming year. A millinery meeting was held, at which there was a large attendance. Assistance was given the local contestants in the Room Beautiful contest.
In boys and girls 4-H Club work fifty-six were enrolled in the Room Beautiful, Clothing, Food, Canning, Garden, and Poultry Clubs. Miss Henrietta Swain, Miss Phyllis Taylor, and Miss C. A. Currie served as local leaders. Miss Henrietta Swain represented Middlesex County in the state-wide Local Leaders Conference held at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst.
Alice Hinxman was a prize winner in the Room Beautiful Con- test, and Ernestine Palmer received honorable mention. John W. Murray was awarded a two day trip to the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College, Amherst, for outstanding club work.
Two Achievement Club Programs were held-one in connection with the Grange, and one at the School. At that time the boys and girls exhibited the results of their season's work, and told of the advantages of 4-H Club Work. An exhibit was also made at the Grange Fair in the fall.
In addition to the local work many Wilmington people attended the County picnic, and the annual meeting of the extension service, held in Waltham; as well as county-wide meetings in fruit grow- ing, poultry, and dairying which were made available to those interested.
(Signed) ERNEST R. CURRIER,
Director.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Wilmington:
The Board of Health herewith submits its annual report.
The number of contagious diseases reported to this Board for the year 1927 is as follows:
Measles
3
Scarlet Fever 27
Diphtheria 1
Typhoid Fever
2
Chicken Pox
5
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