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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1931
1932
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
ANNUAL REPORT
■5^
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 193
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1932
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
PREFERENCE BOOK
ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
ACTON, MASSACHUSETFS 01720
Town Officers, 1931
Howard J. Billings
\\^aldo E. Whitcomb
Wendell F. Davis
Moderator
Allen Brooks Parker
Selectmen
Town Clerk
Horace F. Tuttle
Town Treasurer
Frank W. Hoit
Term expires 19S2
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934
Assessors
Albert P. Durkee
Henry L. Haynes
Warren H. Jones
Board of Public Welfare
Waldo E. Whitcomb
Howard J. Billings
Wendell F. Davis
Collector of Taxes
Charles A. Durkee
Tree Warden
*James O'Neil
**Albert H- Perkins
Contables
Michael Foley Alan B. Frost John T. McXiff
Cemetery Commissioners
Fred W. Green
Wendell F. Davis
Horace F. Tuttle
School Committee
Forrest E. Bean
Lulu L. Clark
Alberta M. Mead
Randall N, Wood worth
Louisa N. Wood
Arthur M. Whitcomb. .
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1932
Charles A. Durkee
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934
expires 1932
expires 1932
expires 1933
expires 1933
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1934
Trustees of Memorial Library
J. Sidney White Term expires 1932
Lucius A. Hesselton (deceased) Term expires 193S
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1934
Board of Health
Raymond F. Durkee Term expires 1932
Frank E. Tasker Term expires 1933
George H. Tuttle Term expires 1934
Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund
Warren H. Jones Term expires 1932
Waldo E. Whitcomb Term expires 1933-
Charlotte Conant Term expires 1934
Trustees of the West Acton Fireman's Relief Fund
C. D. Cram Term expires 1932
H. Stuart MacGregor Term expires 1933
A. N. Hederstedt Term expires 1934
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
Charles E. Smith Term expires 1932
Charlotte Conant Term expires 1933
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1934
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN
Finance Committee
Murray Brown, Frank W. Hoit, Alfred W. Davis
William Rawitser, George A. Richardson Webster S. Blanchard
Superintendent of Streets
Albert H. Perkins
Town Accountant
Howard L. Jones
Registrars of Voters
Clarence D. Chickering Term expires 1932
Daniel W. Sheehan, Jr Term expires 1933
Edwin A. Phelan Term expires 1934
Horace F. Tuttle, Ex-Officio.
Election Officers
Precinct I
Warden — James W. Coughlin
Deputy Warden — George A. Murphy
Clerk — Arthur W. W^ayne
Deputy Clerk — Spencer H. Taylor
Inspector — Arthur F. Davis
Deputy Inspector — Willis N. Holden
Inspector — Leo F. McCarthy
Deputy Inspector — Harold Coughlin
Precinct II
Warden — Theron F. Newton
Deputy Warden — Theron A. Lowden
CAerk — John J. Manning
Deputy Clerk — Thomas Murray
Inspector — Lewis C. Hastings
Deputy Inspector- — Frank A. Merriam
Inspector — Timothy Hennessey
Deputy Inspector — James Brown
Precinct III
Warden — Bertram D. Hall
Deputy Warden — Fred S. Whitcomb
Clerk — David R. Kinsley
Deputy Clerk — Frank McDonald
Inspector — A. R. Beach
Deputy Inspector — Harry Holt
Inspector — James Kinsley
Deputy Inspector — Guy P. Littlefield
Fire Engineers
George K. Hayward, Chief
Precinct I — Samuel E. Knowlton Precinct II — David Clayton
Precinct III— H. Stuart MacGregor
Cattle Inspector
Fred S. Whitcomb
Forest Warden
Alan B. Frost
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Ralph Littlefield
Superintendent of Town Forests
Charles A. Durkee
Burial Agent
Frank W. Hoit
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
Frank W. Hoit Bertram D. Hall
Charles E. Smith George H. Reed
Field Drivers
Michael Foley Alan B. Frost John T. McNiff
John T. McNiff
Superintendent of Moth Work
* James O'Neil
**Albert H. Perkins
Police Officers
Michael J. Foley, Chief
C. A. Durkee
Alan B. Frost
Director of Middlesex County Extension Service
Harlan E. Tuttle
'Deceased
= *Appointed to fill vacancy.
Jury List
Revised 1931
PRECINCT I
Fred Billings
Frank E. Parsons
David Morrison
Simon Taylor
Spencer H. Taylor
Charles Miles
Herbert A. Thayer
Fred Sims
Carl Flint
Oliver D. Wood
James W. Coughlin
George S. Tucker
Charles E. Willett
PRECINCT II
Tames Brown
Herbert Pratt
Lewellyn T. Fullonton
John C. Starbuck
PRECINCT III
David R. Kinsley
Bertram D. Hall
Howard C. Tracy
Eugene L. Hall
Clarence D. Chickering
James E. Kinsley
James A. Grimes
John T. McNiff
Benjamin Coolidge
Edgar I. Blaisdell
Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in said County,
greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of ^Massachusetts, you are hereby
directed to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton, qualified to vote
at town meetings for the transaction of town affairs, to meet in their
respective precincts, to wit:
Precinct 1 — Town Hall in said Acton.
Precinct 2 — Universalis t Church, South Acton.
Precinct 3 — Fire House, West Acton.
At 12 o'clock noon, on Monday, the seventh day of March, 1932, by
posting a copy of this warrant, by you attested, at each of the places as
directed by vote of the town, seven days at least before the seventh day
of March.
To bring in their votes on one ballot for the following town officers:
One moderator for one year, one town clerk for one year, one selectman
for three years, one assessor for three years, three for department of public
welfare for one year, one treasurer for one year, one collector of taxes for
one year, four constables for one year, two for school committee for three
years, one for board of health for three years, one cemetery commissioner
for three years, one trustee Memorial Library for three years, one tree
warden for one year.
The polls will be open at 12 o'clock noon, and close at 7 o'clock P. AL
You are further requested in the name of the Commonwealth of IVIassa-
chusetts, to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton, as aforesaid, to
meet at the Town Hall, in said Acton, on Monday, the 14th day of Marcli,
at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles:
Article I . To choose all necessary town officers and committees, and
fix salaries of all town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the several reports
of the town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees
chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the town will appropriate to
defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several departments of the
town and determine how the same shall be raised-
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the
observance of Memorial Day.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard to the
collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appro-
priate for the maintenance of the fire department, or vote anything
thereon.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires, and
fix price thereon.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward the sup-
pression of the brown-tail and gypsy moth.
Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to
insure the employees of the town or act anything thereon-
Article 11. To see what amount of money the town will appro-
priate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and collector's
bonds, or act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with
approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipa-
tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1932, and to
issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts
incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to employ a public health
nurse, and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of the same-
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of fifty (50) dollars, or some other amount, in furtherance of and the
director to serve in cooperation with the Middlesex County Trustees for
County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension
Service, under the provisions of Sections 40-45, Chapter 128, General Laws
of Massachusetts.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to appropriate, by borrow-
ing or otherwise, the sum of $7,763.17, said sum representing this town's
assessment by the county for the Middlesex County Sanitorium.
Article 16. Do you favor a continuance of the Old Age Assistance
Law in Massachusetts in its present form of operation?
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen
to appoint a permanent Police Officer or take any action thereon.
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Article 18. To see if the town will take any action to reduce the fee
for a license to slaughter, which has previously been fixed by the town at
$100.00 per year.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of
$2,500 to continue the re-construction of High Street, provided a hke sum
is allotted the town by the State and a similar sum by the County of
Middlesex.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of
$2,500 to continue the re-construction of Newtown Road, provided a like
sum is allotted the town by the State and a similar sum by the County of
Middlesex.
Article 21, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $500,00 for the preparation of a zoning law and map to be
presented to the town for acceptance at the next annual meeting, or act
anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to put the old dump (now
abandoned) at Concord Road and Hosmer Street in the care of the
Cemetery Commissioners or act anything thereon-
Article 22). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of $1,000.00, to purchase and install a fire whistle, or other fire
signal device, for use at Acton Centre, or act anything thereon.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate, by borrow-
ing or otherwise, the sum of $4,500.00 to purchase a new fire pumping
engine, or act anything thereon.
Article 25. To determine whether the Town of Acton will relocate
Newtown Road, so-called, nearby, or through the property of the Church
of Jesus Christ, in accordance with plans satisfactory to the Department
of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or take any other
action in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings
thereon to the town clerk at or before the first time of meeting as afore-
said.
Given under our hands at Acton, this second day of February, 1932.
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
Selectmen of Acton.
A true copy. Attest: JOHN T. McNIFF, Constable of Acton.
Fire Alarm System
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GIVING ALARM FOR FIRE
In case of fire call telephone operator from nearest phone giving your
name, section of town where fire is located and in South Acton your fire
district number; also try and give nature of fire, (brush, chimney or
building),
LIST OF FIRE DISTRICT NUMBERS FOR SOUTH ACTON
5 Quimby Square and Vicinity. 121 Near School House, So. Acton.
14 Cor. Main and Prospect St. 122 Cor. School and Piper Rd.
22 Cor. Maple and Martin St. 123 Cor. School and Laws Brook Rd.
17) Cor. Stow and Martin St. 132 Cor. Chadwick and River St.
24 Cor. Stow and Robbins Ct. 134 Parkers Crossing.
26 Cor. Liberty and Robbins Ct. 211 High St.
112 Cor. Central and Prospect St. 214 Fletcher Corner.
113 Cor. Central and Martin St, 215 Powder Mills.
33 Acton Center. 221 So. Main St.
52 West Acton.
Mill Numbers
6 So. Acton Woolen Mill.— 8 A. Merriam Co.— 7 F. B. Lothrop Shop.
Brush Fire — One long and Two short, followed by location number.
Test Blows: 11—8 A. \i. and 8 P. M.
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State Audit
STATE HOUSE
Boston, June 2, 1031
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Wendell F. Davis, Chairman^
Acton, Massachusett?
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the Town of
Acton for the period from September 27, 1927 to April 11, 1931, made in
accordance with the provisions 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 Accountant of this Division.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts.
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts,
Department of Corporations and Taxation,
State House, Boston.
Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, 1 have made an audit of the
books and accounts of the town of Acton for the period from September
27, 1927, the date of the previous audit, to April 11, 1931, and report as
follows 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 checked for the period of the audit.
The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined
and checked. The recorded receipts were verified by a comparison with
the treasurer's records, and the disbursements were checked with the war-
rants authorizing payments and with the treasurer's books.
The appropriations and transfers voted by the town, as shown by the
town clerk's records, were checked to the accountant's ledger. The ledger
accounts were analyzed, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this
report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on April
11, 1931.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and
checked. The recorded receipts were compared with the records of the
several departments collecting money for the town and with the other
sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the
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payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the
treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash book was footed and the re-
ceipts were analyzed.
The cash on hand April 11, 1931, was verified by an actual count,
and the bank balance was reconciled with a statement furnished by the
bank.
The debt and interest payments were checked w4th the amounts
falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.
The accounts of the town treasurer as water district treasurer were
examined and checked. The cash balance on April 11, 1931, was verified
by an actual count of the cash on hand and by a reconciliation of the bank
account.
The securities and savings bank books representing the investments
of the trust funds in the custody of the treasurer and of the trustees of the
Goodnow Fund were examined. The income was proved and the disburse-
ments w^ere verified. It is recommended that all new trust fund bequests
be accepted by vote of the town.
In examining the compensation insurance policy carried by the town,
it was noted that it included such town employees as the firemen and the
nurse, although Sections 68 to 75, Chapter 152, General Laws, as amended
by Chapter 309, Acts of 1927, extend the provisions of compensation in-
surance for municipal employees to laborers, workmen, and mechanics
only. The payment of premiums on classes of employees not included in
the Workmen's Compensation Act should, therefore, not be made.
The receipts from the sales of cemetery land should be reserved for
appropriation in accordance with the provisions of Section 15, Chapter
114, General Laws-
It was noted that the annual salaries of the firemen were paid to the
treasurer of the fire company, and that the regular pay-rolls of the high-
way department were paid to the superintendent of streets for disburse-
ment by him to the payees whose namss appeared on the pay-roll. Pay-
ments of the highway and fire pay-rolls should be made only by the town
treasurer, who should draw individual checks to the several payees, as re-
quired by Section 35, Chapter 41, General Laws.
The accounts of the collector of taxes for the period covered by the
audit were examined and checked. The commitments were verified, the
recorded collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer,
and the recorded abatements were checked with the assessors' records of
abatements granted. The outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled,
and further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose
names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies re-
ceived thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The records of receipts of the town clerk's department for hunting
and fishing and for dog licenses issued were examined, and the payments)
to the State and the County, respectively, were verified. The town clerk's
cash balance on May 1, 1931, was in his personal checking account, and it
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is therefore recommended that such money be kept in a separate account
in the name of the town clerk of Acton.
The surety bonds of the town treasurer and of the tax collector were
examined. No surety bond was on file for the town clerk as required by
Section 13, Chapter 41, General Laws.
In addition to the departments and accounts mentioned, the accounts
of all other departments collecting money for the town were examined and
checked.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables
showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax
accounts, and schedules showing the condition of the several trust funds.
For the courtesies extended by the various town officials during the
progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself,
to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
EDW. H. FENTON,
Chief Accountant.
RECONCILIATION OF TOWN TREASURER'S CASH
Balance September 27, 1927, per previous audit, $19,016 67
Receipts September 27 to December 31, 1927, 154,030 64
Payments September 27 to December 31, 1927, 146,830 38
Balance December 31, 1927, 26,216 93
$173,047 31
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$173,047 31
Balance January 1, 1928, $26,216 93
Receipts 1928, 230,837 80
Payments 1928, $237,767 98
Balance December 31, 1928, 19,286 75
$257,054 73
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$257,054 73
Balance January 1, 1929, $19,286 75
Receipts 1929, 205,353 44
-$224,640 19
Payments 1929, $205,983 93
Balance December 31, 1929, 18,656 26
-$224,640 19
Balance January 1, 1930, $18,656 26
Receipts 1930, 219,102 31
Payments 1930, $219,866 34
Balance December 31, 1930, 17 892 23
$237,758 57
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$237,758 57
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Balance January 1, 1931,
Receipts January 1 to April 11, 1931,
Payments January 1 to April 11, 1931,
Balance April 11, 1931, per cash book.
Balance April 11, 1931, per cash book,
Unpaid orders April 11, 1931,
Cash over.
Payment in advance of orders- —
Highways pay-roll, check. No. 3366,
Overpayment — to be reimbursed,
Cash balance April 11, 1931:
First National Bank of Ayer, $1,783 85
In office, (verified), 3,447 26
First National Bank of Ayer
Balance April 11, 1931, per statement,
Balance April 11, 1931, per check register.
Outstanding checks, April 11, 1931, per list,
Balance October 14, 1927, per previous audit,
Receipts October 14, 1927 to March 31, 1928,
Payments October 14, 1927 to March 31, 1928,
Balance March 31, 1928,
Balance April 1, 1928,
Receipts April 1, 1928 to March 31, 1929,
Payments April 1, 1928 to March 31, 1929,
Balance March 31, 1929,
Balance April 1, 1929,
Receipts April 1, 1929 to March 31, 1930,
Payments April 1, 1929 to March 31, 1930,
Balance March 31, 1930,
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$17,892 23'
12,065 34
$29,957 57
$28,660 43
1,297 14
$29,957 57
$1,297 14
4,191 53
4 00
$5,492 67
$261 50
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- $5,231 11
$5,492 67
er
$1,783 85
1,878 52
$3,662 37
$3,662 37
TREASURER'S CASH
$2,741 79
5,460 68
$8,202 47
$4,488 36
3,714 11
$8,202 47
$3,714.11
12,027 24
$15,741 35
$11,526 69
4,214 66
$15,741 35
$4,214 66
12,211 85
$16,426 51
$12,216 08
4,210 43
$16,426 51
Balance April 1, 1930, $4,210 43
Receipts April 1, 1930 to March 31, 1931, 13,027 59
$17,238 02
Payments April 1, 1930 to March 31, 1931, $12,235 73
Balance March 31, 1931, per cash book, 5,002 29
$17,238 02
Balance April 1, 1931, per cash book, $5,002 29
Payments April 1 to 11, 1931, $82 50
Balance April 11, 1931:
First National Bank of Boston, $2,860 22
Charlestown 5c Savings Bank
Book No. 184651, 2,000 00
Cash in office, (verified), , 59 57
$4,919 79
$5,002 29
First National Bank of Boston
Balance April 11, 1931, per statement, $2,861 72
Balance April 11, 1931, per check register, $2,860 22
Outstanding checks April 11, 1931, per list, 1 50
$2,861 72
T.\XES— 1924
Cash on hand September 27, 1927, per previous audit, $2 10
Payments to treasurer September 27 to December 31, 1927, $2 10
TAXES— 1925
Cash on hand Sept. 27, 1927, per previous audit, $489 94
Outstanding Sept. 27, 1927, per previous audit, 3,431 69
Interest collections Sept. 27 to Dec. 31, 1927, 358 61
$4,280 24
Payments to treasurer Sept. 27 to Dec. 31, 1927, $3,619 24
Abatements Sept. 27 to Dec. 31, 1927, 657 00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1927 and April 11, 1931, per list, 4 00
• $4,280 24
TAXES— 1926
Cash on hand Sept. 27, 1927, per previous audit, $449 71
Outstanding Sept. 27, 1927, per previous audit, 17,863 40
Abatements and payments:
Refunded, $18 48
Adjusted, 7 92
Interest collections:
1927, September 27 to
December 31, $376 41
1928, 1,191 94
15
$26.40
$1,568 35
$19,907 86
Payments to treasurerr
1927, September 27 to
December 31, $7,004 05
1928, 12,544 56
$19,548 61
Abatements:
1927, September 27 to
December 31, $38 28
1928, 225 97
$264 25
Overpayment to treasurer, per previous audit, 95 00
$19,907 m
TAXES— 1927
Commitment per warrant, $113,038 39
Additional commitment, 46 70
Interest collections:
1927, September 27 to
December 31, $121 74
1928, 1,127 32
1929, 2,198 26
1930, 5 95
$3,453 27
Abatements and payments, refunded:
1928, $9 15
1929, 9 15
$18 30
Overpayment, adjusted, 1 66
-$116,558 32
Payments to treasurer:
1927, September 27 to
December 31
1928,
1929,
1930,
Abatements:
1927, September 27 to
December 31,
1928,
1929,
Added to tax titles 1929,
$116,558 M
TAXES— 1928
Commitment per warrant, $96,552 92
Additional commitments, 44 20
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$69,659 55
23,790 32
22,164 82
5 95
$115,620 64
$808 06
129 62
$188 27
78 71
541 08
Interest collections:
1928, $50 04
1929, 1,524 56
1930, 1,563 78
$3,138 38
Abatements and payments, refunded 1929, 15 60
$99,751 10
Payments to treasurer:
1928, $53,151 18
1929, 30,326 32
1930, 15,451 58
$98,929 08
Abatements:
1928, $160 50
1929, 143 00
1930, 408 02
$711 52
Added to tax titles, 110 50
$99,751 10
TAXES— 1929
Commitment per warrant, $89,923 88
Additional commitments, 276 45
Abatements and payments refunded 1929, 57 69
Interest collections:
1929, $24 97
1930, 679 18
$704 15
$90,962 17
Payments to treasurer:
1929, $58,194 19
1930, 16,996 72
$75,190 91
Abatements 1929, 217 13
Added to tax titles 1930, 104 55
Outstanding December 31, 1930, 15,449 58
$90,962 17
Outstanding January 1, 1931, $15,449 58
Interest collections January 1 to April 11, 1931, 323 48
$15,773 06
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to April 11, 1931, $3,942 S3
Outstanding April 11, 1931, per list, 11,596 30
Cash on hand April 11, 1931, verified:
Taxes, $202 23
Interest, 31 70
$233 93
$15,773 06
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TAXES— 1930
Commitment per warrant, $85,204 70
Additional commitment, 40 32
Interest collections, 25 94
Abatements and payments, refunded, 13 44
$85,284 40
Payments to treasurer, $53,251 20
Abatements, 91 66
Outstanding December 31, 1930, 31,941 54
$85,284 40
Outstanding January 1, 1931, $31,941 54
Interest collections January 1 to April 11, 1931, 103 03
$32,044 57
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to April 11, 1931, $4,201 07
Outstanding April 11, 1931, per list, 27,150 36
Cash on hand April 11, 1931, verified:
Taxes, $663 84
Interest, 29 30
$693 14
$32,044 57
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES— 1929
Commitments per warrants, $9,227 67
Abatements and payments refunded:
1929, $189 22
1930, 29 38
Interest collections:
1929, $3 13
1930, 76 05
$218 60
$79 18
— $9,525 45
Payments to treasurer:
1929, $6,358 47
1930, ' 2,024 67
Abatements :
1929, $664 98
1930, 65 70
$8,383 14
$730 68
Outstanding December 31, 1930, 411 63
$9,525 45
Outstanding January 1, 1931, $411 63
Interest collections January 1 to
April 11, 1931, 3 29
$414 92
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Outstanding April 11, 1931, per list, $367 72
Cash on hand April 11, 1931, (verified)
Motor vehicle excise taxes, $43 91
Interest, 3 29
$47 20
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES— 1930
Commitment per warrants.
Abatements and payments, refunded,
Interest collections,
Payments to treasurer.
Abatements,
Outstanding December 31, 1930,
Outstanding January 1, 1931,
Abatements and payments — refunded
January 1 to April 11, 1931,
Interest collections January 1 to April 11, 1931
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to April 11, 1931,
Abatements Jan. 1 to April 11, 1931,
Outstanding April 11, 1931, per list,
Cash on hand April 11, 1931, (verified)
iVIotor vehicle excise taxes, $169 46
Interest, 3 66
:ES— 1930
$8,512 34
129 91
7 38
$8,649 63
$8,649 63
$5,468 54
451 33
2,729 76
$2,729 76
27 35
14 07
$2,771 18
$647 38
51 49
1,899 19
$173 12
$2,771 18
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES— 1931
Commitment Jan. 1 to April 11, 1931, per warrant. $1,961 86
Abatements after payment, refunded, 8 78
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to April 11, 1931
Abatements Jan. 1 to April 11, 1931,
Outstanding April 11, 1931, per list,
Cash on hand April 11, 1931, (verified)
DOG LICENSES
Cash on hand October 18, 1927, per previous audit.
Payments to county treasurer Oct. 18 to Dec. 31, 1927
19
$779 64
53 53
742 70
394 77
$1,970 64
$1,970 64
it.
$503 00
1927,
$503 00
Licenses issued 1928:
111 Males and spayed females at $2 00,
53 Females, at $5 00,
1 Kennel, at $25 00,
Payments to county treasurer 1928,
Fees retained by town clerk, 277 at 20c,
Due county treasurer December 31, 1928,
Due county treasurer January 1, 1929, $3 60
Issued 1929:
210 Males and spayed females,
at $2 00, $420 00
44 Females, at $5 00, 220 00
1 Kennel, at $25 00, 25 00
$665 00
$446 00
265 00
25 00
$736 00
$736 00
$677 00
55 40
3 60
Payments to county treasurer 1929, $612 80
Fees retained by town clerk, 255 at 20c, 51 00
Due county treasurer December 31, 1929, 4 80
Due county treasurer January 1, 1930, $4 80
Issued 1930:
229 Males and spayed females,
at $2 00, $458 00
41 Females, at $5 00, 205 00
2 Kennel, at $25 00, 50 00
— $713 00
Overpayment to county treasurer, 5 40
Payments to county treasurer 1930, $667 00
Fees retained by town clerk, 272 at 20c, 54 40
Due county treasurer December 31, 1930, 1 80
Due county treasurer January 1, 1931, $1 80
Issued January 1 to May 1, 1931:
73 Males and spayed females,
at $2 00, $146 00
8 Females, at $5 00, 40 00
. $186 00
20
$668 60
$668 60
$723 IQ
$723 20
$187 80
Fees retained by town clerk January 1 to
May 1, 1931, 81 at 20c,
Cash balance (due county treasurer)
May 1, 1931,
$16 20
171 60
$187 80
$148
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$102
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47
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HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES
Licenses issued January 1 to May 1, 1931:
54 Resident citizens' sporting, at $2 75.
1 Alien sporting, at $15 25,
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game,
January 1 to May 1, 1931,
Fees retained by town clerk January 1 to
May 1, 1931, 55 at 25c,
Cash balance (Due Division of Fisheries
and Game) May 1, 1931,
ELIZABETH WHITE CHARITY FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Cash Savings Bank
Deposits
On hand at beginning of year 1930, $28,033 88
On hand at end of year 1930, 28,346 70
On hand April 11, 1931, $57 50 28,346 70
Receipts Payments
1930
Income, $1,347 82 Added to deposits,
Refund (1929 orders cancelled), 215 00 Relief,
$163 75
$163 75
Total
$28,033 88
28,346 70
28,404 20
$312 82
1,250 00
$1,562 82
Income,
$1,562 82
January 1 to April 11, 1931
$57 50 Cash on hand, April 11, 1931, $57 50
LIBRARY FUNDS
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
On hand at beginning of year 1930, $10,224 36
On hand at end of year 1930, 10,342 79
On hand April 11, 1931, 10,342 79
Securities
Par Value
$1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Total
$11,224 36
11,342 79
11,342 79
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Receipts
Payments
Income,
Bequest — Heald Fund,
1930
$556 23 Added to savings deposits, $118 43
384 70
$940 93
Transfer to town:
Heald account, $233 70
Book account, 588 80
$822 50
$940 93
FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
On hand at beginning of year 1930,
Savings
Deposits
$454 56
Total
$454 56
On hand at end of year 1930,
$477 54
$477 54
On hand April 11, 1931,
$477 54
$477 54
Receipts
1930
Payments
Income, $22 98
Added to savings de-
posits,
$22 98
APRIL 19th CELEBRATION FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
On hand at beginning of year 1930,
On hand at end of year 1930,
On hand April 11, 1931,
Receipts
Savings
Deposits
^m 14
$218 49
$218 49
Payments
1930
Withdrawn from sav-
ings deposits,
Income,
$103 65
16 30
$119 95
Transfer to town,
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings (Par) Value of
Deposits Securities
Cash
On hand at beginning of
year 1930,
On hand at end of year 1930,
On hand April 11, 1931, $125 00
Total
$322 14
$218 49
$218 49
119 05
119 95
$33,282 15
$33,974 39
$33,974 39
$4,500 00
$4,200 00
$4,200 00
Total
$37,782 15
$38,174 39
$38,299 39
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Receipts
Securities matured,
Income,
Bequests,
Payments
1930
$300 00
1,798 17
1,600 00
$3,698 17
Added to savings depos-
its, $692 24
Transfer to Blanchard
Fund, 1,325 81
Transfer to Cemetery
Surplus Fund, 276 37
Transfer to town, 1,403 75
$3,698 17
Income,
Bequest,
January 1 to April 11, 1931
Cash on hand, April 11,
$25 00
100 00
1931,
$125 00
125 00
$125 00
CEMETERY SURPLUS FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
On hand at beginning of year
1930,
Savings
Deposits
$667 29
Total
$667 29
On hand at end of year 1930,
$892 95
$892 95
On hand April 11, 1931,
$892 95
$892 95
Receipts
Payments
1930
Transfer from Cemetery
Perpetual Care Funds, $276 37
Income, 32 79
Added to savings depos-
its, $225 66
Transfer to town, 83 50
$309 16
$309 16
LUKE BLANXHARD CEMETERY FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
On hand at beginning of year 1930,
On hand at end of year 1930,
On hand April 11, 1931,
Savings
Deposits
$1,356 59
$1,356 59
Total
$1,356 59
$1,356 59
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Receipts
1930
1
Payments
Transfer
from Ceme-
Deposited
in savings
tery Perpetual Care
bank,
$1,356
59
Fund.
$1,325
81
Transfer to town
30
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Income,
-
61
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$1,387
09
$1,387
09
CHARLOTTE L. GOODNOW FUND
In Custody of Trustees
Savings
Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1930, $3,379 40 $3,379 40
On hand at end of year 1930, $3,409 20 $3,409 20
On hand April 11, 1931. $3,409 20 $3,409 20
Receipts Payments
1930
Income, $164 80 Added to deposits, 29 80
Evangelical Congrega-
tional Church, 125 00
Care of Cemetery lot, 10 00
$164 80 $164 80
January 1 to April 11, 1931
Evangelical Congrega-
Income, $22 50 tional Church, 22 50
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Selectmen's Report
To the Citizens of the Town of Acton:
We submit herewith a report of the various departments of the Town
for the year ending December 31, 1931.
During the last year the accounts of all the Town Departments were
audited by the State Accountants. This audit covers a three year period
and your attention is called to the report of the auditors which is made
a part of this town report.
At the last annual town meeting the selectmen were instructed to
carry out special work under Articles 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 35 and 36 and the
following action was taken on each article.
Article 23. Authorized the selectmen to spend $500.00 to make
changes and improvements in the library vault. This appropriation was
found to be inadequate to do the work as planned and action under this
article was postponed.
Article 24. We have purchased and installed a gas range in the
Town Hall and a gas hot water radiator in the town clerk's office at the
town hall.
Article 25. Cinder this article we have constructed a nev/ cement
bridge on Stow street. The contract for this bridge was awarded to Hay-
ward and Frost.
Article 26. The contract for repairs and additions to the West Acton
Fire House was given to Phalen and Smith. The building is now on a
good foundation and is in excellent repair. New doors have been installed
in addition to the work covered by the contract. Much credit is due the
West Acton Fire Department for completing the grading around the build-
ing without cost to the town. This grading represents a lot of hard work
and a considerable saving for the town.
Article 30. The selectmen have purchased the strip of land along
the northerly side of the fire house lot in West Acton for the sum of fifty
dollars.
Article 35. The vote passed on this article was: "To appropriate
the sum of $2000 to continue the reconstruction of the Newtowne Road
to the Littleton line, provided the state and county contribute a sum suf-
ficient to complete the road." The state and county refused to contribute
a sum in excess of that appropriated by the town on this road, consequent-
ly a special town meeting was called at which the town voted to appro-
priate the sum of $2500 provided the state and county contributed like
amounts for the reconstruction of this road. This gave us $7500 out of
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which we had to pay John J. Watkins approximately $900, over-run on
the previous year's work. This left us with approximately $6600 for the
new construction on Newtowne Road in 1931. This work was done by
the town forces and approximately 2700 feet of road completed and ac-
cepted under our state contract.
Article 36: Acting under this vote we have completed 4100 feet of
new construction on High street at a cost of approximately $9000. This
work was also done by the Town Road Department.
During recent years the selectmen have adopted the general policy of
letting our new construction road work out to a contractor and handling
our general maintenance work with the town forces, and under normal
conditions we firmly believe that to be the correct policy. However, owing
to the unusual conditions of unemployment in this town during the past
year it seemed to us to be advisable to sacrifice some of the savings whichi
might have been effected by the contracting of our new construction work
in order to place all of the money in town and give employment to as
many as possible. Conditions to date this year show little improvement in
the unemployment situation in this town and as there seems to be con-
siderable difference of opinion among our citizens as to the advisability of
doing our own new construction work, even under conditions such as ex-
isted during this year, we suggest that everyone give some thought to this
problem. This matter will undoubtedly come up for discussion at town
meeting and the selectmen would like to know the attitude of the majority
of our voters on this question.
This year finds the town with all of its road and fire house notes paid
up, leaving only the payments of $5000 annually on the high school in
the form of bonded indebtedness. We have, however, been assessed
$7763.17 as this town's share of the cost of the new County Sanitoriumj
This assessment coming as it does in a^year when our receipts from the
State and other sources have fallen off considerably is most unfortunate,
but entirely outside of our control.
Another major item has been added to our annual budget in the form
of Old Age Assistance, which will require an appropriation of $5000 for
the coming year.
This town is, however, as a whole in an enviable financial condition,
which condition can unquestionably be maintained by careful planning of
our expenditures.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
Selectmen of Acton.
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
We are making our first report of the Old Age Assistance to the
Town of Acton, from July 1, 1931 to December 31, 1931. During this
time we have had fifteen applications. Eight of these have been rejected
for the reason that they were not eligible for aid in this state. However,
we have given aid to seven during this period to the amount of $978.00.
Since January 1 we have added to this number, and for the coming year,
we would recommend that the Town raise the sum of $5,000.00 to take
care of the Old Age Assistance Act.
• WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WENDELL F. DAVIS.
Board of Selectmen.
Department of Public Welfare
To the Citizens of the Town of Acton:
This year the Welfare work has been largely of a temporary nature.
Seven families have been aided temporarily during the year, due to a
large extent to the unemployment situation. We have rendered aid con-
tinuously through the year to two persons, one living in Acton, the other in
Lowell.
We have had one Mother's Aid Case, with mother and two minor
children.
On July 1st two elderly persons were transferred to the Old Age
Assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
Board of Public Welfare.
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Town Meetings
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, March 9, 1931
Article 1 . To choose all necessary town officers and committees and
fix salaries of all town officers.
Chose Charlotte Conant, trustee of the Elizabeth White fund for
three years.
Chose A. N. Hederstedt, trustee of the West Acton Fireman's Relief
fund, for three years.
Chose Horace F. Tuttle, trustee of the Goodnow fund, for three years.
Voted: To fix the salary of the tax collector at three quarters of
one per cent of the amount collected and to allow an additional charge for
expense of postage incurred in the collection of taxes.
Voted: That the salary of the chairman of the selectmen be two
hundred dollars per annum and the other members one hundred dollars
each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the moderator be fifteen dollars for the
annual meeting and ten dollars for other meetings.
Voted: That the salary of the chairman of the board of public wel
fare be seventy-five dollars per annum and the other members forty dollars
each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the town treasurer be five hundred dollars
per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the town accountant be four hundred
dollars per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the town clerk be two hundred dollars per
annum.
Voted: That the salaries of the assessors be nine hundred dollars, in
the aggregate; per annum, to be apportioned as they may determine, the
said sum to include any salary of a clerV.
Voted: That the selectmen be instructed to fix the salaries of all
other town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the several reports
of the town officers.
Voted: To accept the reports of the several town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees
chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.
The zoning committee by its chairman W. Stuart Allen presented a
report.
Voted: That the report of the committee on zonino; be received.
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Article 4: To see what sum of money the town will appropriate to
defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several departments of the
town and determine how the same shall be raised.
Under this article and other articles in the warrant it was voted to
appropriate for:
Roads, general maintenance
Schools
Street lighting
Memorial Library, current expenses
^Memorial Library, books
Hydrant Service
General government
Buildings and Grounds
Cemeteries
Military aid
State aid
Soldiers' relief
Police department
Board of Health
Public welfare
Old age pension
Snow removal
Care of shade trees
Unclassified
Bonds, high school and others
Interest on bonds and note:
Interest on revenue loans
Town forest
Memorial Day
Fire department maintenance
Fire department, new hose
Forest fires
Gypsy moth work
Liability insurance
Treasurer's and collector's bonds
Public health nurse
Demonstration work, agriculture
Library vault
Gas range and heater
Stow street bridge
West Acton, fire house
Zoning committee
West Acton fire house, additional land
High school insurance, amount indefinite
Newtown road
High street
Voted: To appropriate $1,700 from the overlay si»-plus for a reserve
fund.
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$12,000
00
45,000 00
5,400
00
1,000
00
200
00
6.029
00
5,000
00
800
00
1.200
00
200
00
360
00
600
00
1,500
00
1.000
00
2,000
00
1,000
00
3,500 00
500
00
500
00
8,400
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
150
00
300
00
2,000
00
700
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
270
00
2,200
00
50
00
500
00
300
00
2,000
00
2,000 00
200 00
50
00
2,500
00
3,000
00
Voted: To instruct the assessors to deduct from the amount required
to be assessed the current year $10,000 on account of surplus revenue and
the amount of all the estimated receipts of the town except from loans and
taxes.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the ob-
servance of Memorial Da\
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars,
to be expended under the direction of a committee consisting of the Com-
mander of Isaac Davis Post, G. A. R., the commander of the American
Legion and the chairman of the selectmen.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard to the
collection of taxes.
Voted: That all taxes, other than poll, shall be payable not later
than Oct. 15, 1931, and on all taxes remaining unpaid after Nov. 1, interest
shall be charged at the rate of six per cent per annum from Oct. 15, 1931
until such taxes are paid.
Article 7 . To see what sum of money the town will raise and appro-
priate for the maintenance of the fire department, or act anything thereon
Voted: To raise two thousand dollars for the maintenance of the
lire department and seven hundred dollars for the purchase of new hose.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires and
fix price thereon.
Voted: To appropriate five hundred dollars for fighting brush fires
and that the price per hour be fixed by the forest warden.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward the sup-
pression of the gypsy and brown tail moth.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars.
Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to
insure the employees of the town.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars.
Article 11. To see what amount of money the town will appropriate
for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and collector's bonds, or
act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of two hundred and seventy dollars.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer with the
approval of the selectmen to borrow money from time to time, in anticipa-
tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1931 and to
issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year any debt or debts
incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year,
Voted: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen
be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in an-
ticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1931,
and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year any debt or
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debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial
year.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to employ a public health
nurse and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of the same.
Voted: To employ a public health nurse to be under the direction of
the Board of Health,
Voted: To appropriate twenty- two hundred dollars for the salary
and maintenance of said nurse.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate fifty
dollars or some other amount in furtherance of and the director to serve
in cooperation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid tc
Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under
the provisions of Sections 40 — 45, Chap. 128, General Laws of Massa-
chusetts.
Voted: To instruct the selectmen to appoint a director.
Voted: To appropriate fifty dollars for the expenses and services of
the director in the work of the Extension Service.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of eight
hundred dollars for the purpose of completing the action taken under Art.
32, of last year, or take any action thereon.
A motion to appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars, for the
purpose of constructing the roadway in accordance with the lay out of the
county commissioners did not prevail.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to continue the reconstruc-
tion of Nagog Hill road from a point about one hundred feet east of Main
street to the intersection of said Nagog Hill road with Concord street, a
distance of about 1000 feet, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To dismiss the article.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to close the dump at South
Acton, or act anything thereon
Voted: That the Board of Health be instructed to close the dump at
South Acton.
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Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a
sum of money to insure its town hall, or act anything thereon.
A motion to appropriate $187.50 to insure the town hall for the term
of three years for the amount of $10,000 did not prevail.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $1350, to purchase and install a fire whistle, or other fire signal
device for use at Acton Center, or act anything thereon.
A motion to appropriate the sum of $1350, to purchase and install a
fire whistle, in Acton Center, did not prevail.
Article 20. To see what action the town will take toward locating
the new forest fire pump in any particular precinct.
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Voted: That the location of the forest fire truck be left with the
forest warden.
Article 21. To see if the town will accept the provisions of law
relative to choosing one highway surveyor or a board of road com-
missioners.
A motion to choose one highway surveyor for the term of one year
did not prevail.
Article 22. To see what action the town will take in recognition of
the gift to the town, of the sidewalks along Main street in the Center vil-
lage.
Voted, unanimously, the following resolution:
Resolved: That the town of Acton hereby expresses its appreciation
of the gift of Mr. Augustine B. Conant and others, which made possible the
construction of cement sidewalks along Main street in Acton Center.
Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mr. Conant,
and also entered in the town records.
Article 23. To see if the town will take some action to enlarge and
improve the condition of the vault in the Memorial Library, now used for
the keeping of the public records, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Voted: That the selectmen be authorized to make such changes and
improvements in the Library vault, used for the keeping of the town
records as they may consider necessary.
Voted: That $500 be appropriated for such changes and improve-
ments.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to purchase a gas range for
the town hall and a gas radiator heater for the town clerk's office in the
town hall, or act anything thereon.
Voted: That three hundred dollars be appropriated to purchase a
gas range and radiator, to be placed in the town hall.
Article 25. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two
thousand dollars to rebuild the Stow street bridge, or act anything thereon
Voted: To appropriate $2000 for rebuilding Stow street bridge in
South Acton.
Article 26. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2000 tc
install heat and make necessary repairs on the West Acton Fire House, or
act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate two thousand dollars to install heating ap-
paratus and make other necessary repairs on the West Acton Fire House.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to install 18 one thousand
candle power lights, six lights to be installed in each Village, or act any-
thing thereon.
Voted: To dismiss the article.
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Article 28. To see if the town will vote to appoint a planning board
in accordance with Chapter 41, Section 70, General Laws.
Voted: That a planning board be appointed by the selectmen, to
consist of six members, two from each precinct, and that such acts be
taken as will conform with the state regulations governing the appointment
of a planning board.
Article 29. To see if the ^own will vote to appropriate the sum of
$1500 for the purpose of preparing a zoning map and zoning law for the
tovm to be brought before the town at the next annual town meeting an:!
appoint a committee to carry out this article, or act anything thereon.
A motion that the town appropriate $1500 to prepare a zoning may:
and a zoning law for the towp to be presented at the next annual meeting
and a committee appointed to carry out the vote did not prevail.
Voted: That a committee be appointed by the moderator, two from
each precinct, to consider the matter of zoning further and report at the
next annual town meeting.
\^oted: That two hundred dollars be appropriated for the use of
said zoning committee. The mo^'^rator appointed the committee as fol-
lows: W. Stuart Allen, William Rawitser, A. N. Hederstedt. George A
Richardson, William H. Merriam and Everett N. Montague.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to purchase a strip of land of
the Citizens Library Associat^'^n. situated on the northerly side of the Fire
House in West Acton, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate fifty dollars to purchase the strip of land
along the northerly side of the Fire House lot in West Acton.
Article 31. To see if the tcwn will appropriate the sum of $2000
to lay approximately 1000 feet of pipe from the Maynard line to the prop-
erty of the American Powder Company and install two hydrants, or act
anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 32. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee
to dispose of the old building, formerly used for toilets at the West Acton
school, or take any action thereon >
Voted: To authorize the School Committee to dispose of the
property described in the article.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to reinsure the high school
building and its contents on the expiration of its present policies Nov. 1
1931, and appropriate a sum of money to pay for such insurance, or act
anything thereon.
Voted: To instruct the school committee to insure the high school
building for $50,000. and its contents for $10,000 for the term of five
years.
Voted: That a sum sufficfent to pay the premiums be appropriated
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Article 34. To see if the town will vote to accept the proposed addi-
tions to the by-laws as printed in the Town Report, or act anything
thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of
four thousand dollars to continue the reconstruction of the Newtown road
to the Littleton line provided a like sum is allotted to the town by the
state and a similar sum by th^ County of Middlesex, or act anything,
thereon.
A motion in the form of the article did not prevail.
Voted: To appropriate $2500 to continue the reconstruction of the
Newtown road to the Littleton line provided the state and county con-
tribute a sum sufficient to complete the road.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of
$3000, to rebuild High street, from a point opposite the home of William
Rawitser to the Sudbury line provided a like sum is allotted to the town
by the state and a similar amount by the County of Middlesex, or act
anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $3000, to rebuild High street
from a point opposite the home of William Rawitser to the Sudbury hne,
provided a like sum is allotted the town by the state and a similar sum by
the County of Middlesex.
Article 37, To determine whether the town of Acton will relocate
Newtown road, socalled, near by or through the property of the Church of
Jesus Christ, in accordance with plans satisfactory to the Department of
Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or take any other action
in relation thereto.
Voted to pass over the article
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to purchase new chairs for
the town hall and appropriate ?. sum of money therefor, or act anythinsj
thereon.
A motion to appropriate $650 to purchase new chairs for the town
hall did not prevail.
Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting held May 29, 1931
Article 1 . To see if the town will appropriate an additional sum of
money for fighting brush fires.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $500 from overlay surplus.
Article 2, To see if the town will appropriate an additional amount
of money for the general maintenance of the fire department.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the additional sum of $500 for the
general maintenance of the fire department.
Article 3 . To see if the town will rescind the vote taken at the annual
town meeting under Article 35 relative to the construction of Newtown
road.
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Voted: To rescind the vote taken under Article 35, at the last an-
nual town meeting relative to the construction of Newtown road.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of
^2500 to continue the reconstruction of Newtown road provided a like
sum is alloted to the tov/n by the State Department of Public Works and
;a similar sum by the County of Middlesex or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2500 to continue the recon-
struction of Newtown road provided a like sum is allotted to the town by
the State Department of Public Works and a similar sum by the County
of Middlesex.
Article 5. To see if the town will rescind the vote taken at the
Annual Town Meeting under Article 33 relative to insurance on the High
School Building.
Voted: To rescind the vote taken at the last annual town meeting
under Article 33 relative to insurance on the High School Building.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to reinsure the high school
building and appropriate a specific sum of money therefor.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $1000 to insure the high school
building and contents said insurance to be placed by the school committee
to the best possible advantage for a three year period.
Voted, unanimously the following resolution:
Resolved: That the town of Acton place on record its appreciation
of the bequest to it under the will of Miss Susan Noyes Hosmer, a native
of this town; the gift to be known as the Jeremiah Hosmer and Susan
Noyes Hosmer Woodlawn Cemetery fund.
Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS
Whole number recorded 33
Born in Acton 11 Native parentage 23
Males 15 Foreign parentage 2
Females 18 Mixed parentage 8
MARRIAGES
Whole number recorded 25
Residents of Acton 34 Residents of other places 16
DEATHS
Whole number recorded 41
Residents of Acton 40 Residents of other places 1
Occuring in Acton 28 Occurring in other places 13
Average age in years 58
The town clerk requests information of any errors or omissions in the
list of births, marriages and deaths. The town clerk hereby gives notice
that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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DEATHS RECrSTERED XK 1931
Date of
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Aug. 29.
Blanchard, Annie M.
68
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Feb. 7.
Brill, Frederick Earl
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Clayton, Irma Elizabeth
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June 27..
Clough, Susan A.
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Davis, Luther
82
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April 8.
Dufour, Ferdinand
79
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June 21.
Dunivan, Jerrey
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March 24.
Finney, Smith
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Gilbride, John E.
71
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28
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Godfrey, Albert E.
61
11
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Gould, Paul
67
6
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March 14.
Hennessey, Hannah
62
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Hurley, Bridget
59
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Dec. 5.
Kane, Katherine E.
71
15,
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Kingsley, William Henry
70
3
15
16.
Jan. 19.
Lane, George W.
79
6
22
17.
April 8,
LeClair, Omar
56
5
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Mead, Jennie Foster
68
11
26
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Feb. 21.
McCIenathan, Lottie Maria
68
10
16
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April 1.
McEUigott, Margaret
68
28
21.
June 20.
McNiff, Elizabeth Frances
52
5
17
12.
April 2,
Morse, Walter
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Nelson, Emery, Jr.
1
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O^Neil, James E.
53
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22
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April n.
Proctor, Hiram W. B.
76
21
26.
Dec. 14.
Reed, Archie B.
2
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Oct. 8.
Rieg, John Brooks
58
10
3
28.
Sept. 7.
Russell, Catherine
31
3
5
29.
July 12.
Scott, Annie Banks
67
6
23
30.
Feb. 23.
Stiles, Franklin L.
52
8
18
31.
Feb. 25.
Stockwell, Laura Maria
77
5
21
32.
Feb. 11.
Taylor, Mary Briar
78
1
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Feb. 28.
Tucker, Walter F.
53
8
11
34.
March 3L
Tuttle, James B.
74
5
35.
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Tuttle, Lizzie S.
79
17
36.
June 27-
Tuttle, Sarah D.
73
4
13
37.
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Walbridge, Etra A.
71
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18
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Webster, George Andrew
62
25
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Walther (child of Augustine J.)
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PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1931
Allard, Moses
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Davis, Warren A. & Son
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Allen, W. Stuart
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Densmore, Joseph A.
2 00
Alley, Frank
2 00
DeSousa, Joseph J.
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Anderson, Emily
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DiGiacomandrea, Carmine
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Armburg, Fred
2 00
Doyle, Henry K.
2 00
Alt, Julia
2 00
Dreher, Gerald W.
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Bancroft, C. A.
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Drummond, Thomas F.
2 00
Batchelder, Walter I.
2 00
Durkee, Raymond F.
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Baxter, Miriam F.
2 00
Edney, Charles F.
2 00
Beach, Stuart
2 00
Enneguess, Michael
4 00
Bedford, Mrs. A. E.
2 00
Fallon, James
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Berglind, Edward E.
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Farrar, J.
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Berglind, John E.
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Ferguson, Robert C.
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Berry, Ethel M.
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Fisher, Charles
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Birch. Alfred
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Finan, Bertha C.
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Blaisdell, Lucile
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Flagg, Alden
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Bondelvitch, Walter
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Fletcher. Charlie J.
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Bowen, Robert M.
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Fletcher. John L.
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Bradford, F. W. R.
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Fogarty. Ernest
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Bradbury, Rolfe
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Foley, Patrick
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Fre'^man. Mathew
7 00
Brill, Fred E.
2 00
French, Sarah M.
2 00
Brown, Robert
2 00
Frost, Alan B.
5 00
Brown, Evelyn L.
2 00
Fullonton, L. T.
2 00
Bulette. Frank W.
2 00
Gallagher, T. C.
5 00
Caldwell, Hazel
2 00
Gallant. Mildred
4 00
Caldwell. Margaret
2 00
Gallant. Minnie P.
2 00
Cahill, William
2 00
Gagnon, John B.
2 00
Carlson, Christian
2 00
Garceau, Jean B.
5 00
Chaffin, Nancy S.
4 00
Gibbs, Harriet E.
2 00
Charter, W. W.
2 00
Goodwin, Clare R.
2 00
Charles. Florence F.
2 00
Green. Catherine
2 00
Christofferson, Allen M.
2 00
Green, Fred
2 00
Clark. 0. Lawrence
2 00
Griffin, Franklin E.
7 00
CMin, Leon N.
2 00
Hall, Mary F.
2 00
Clifford, Albert
2 00
Harrison, B. M.
4 00
Condon, Timothy
2 00
Hart, Mrs. Nelson
2 00
Conant Charlotte
2 00
Harvey, Lucretia H.
7 00
Cook, Walter M.
5 00
Haskell. Albert
2 00
Cooper, Ernest S.
2 00
Hayes, Michael G.
4 00
Coughlin. Genevieve E.
2 00
Hayes, William
2 00
Coughlin, Harold J.
4 00
Haynes. Albert L.
2 00
Creeley. Genevieve J.
2 00
Hay ward, George K.
2 00
Crocker, Charles Mrs.
2 00
Henson, William D.
2 00
Crowfoot, Martha A.
5 00 Hicks, Albert J.
2 00
Curley, Thomas
2 00
Hilhard, John A.
2 00
Davis, Charles E.
14 00
Holbrook, F. A.
2 00
Davis, H. S.
4 00
Holden, F. H.
2 00
45
Holden, Willis L.
2 00
Murgatroyd, James
9 00
Holland, J. H.
5 00
Nealey, Edward
2 00
Holland, Neville R.
2 00
Newell. Dorothy
2 00
Hollowell, F. Elwyn
2 00
Newell, L. F.
2 00
Howe, Leland
2 00
Newport, Harold
2 00
Howe, 0. H.
2 00
Nichols, Orla
5 00
Hurley, James J.
2 00
jNoterman, Emile
7 00
Jalonen, Arthur
4 00
Nugent, John J.
5 00
Jenks, A. R.
2 00
blsen, Peter, Jr.
2 00
Jensen, Peter
7 00
O'Neil, James
10 00
Johnson, Albion
2 00
Pearl, A. Y.
5 00
Jones, A. C.
2 00
Pederson, John
5 00
Jones, Howard F,
2 00
Peterson, Edwin
2 00
Jones, Hugh M.
2 00
Peterson. Mrs. Ivar
2 00
Jones, Warren H.
2 00
Penney, D. F.
4 00
Kane, Walter E.
2 00
Penney, George
5 00
Kazokas, Cyprus
7 00
Penney, John
5 00
Kelley, Julia T.
2 00
Perkins, A. Hazelton
2 00
King, Benjamin
4 00
Perry. Antonio
2 00
Kilmartin, W. T.
25 00
Phillips, Andrew-
2 00
Knowlton, Samuel E.
2 00
Pope, Bessie N.
4 00
Laffin, Ormal S. R.
2 00
Porter, Fannie T.
2 00
LaRoche, Arthur
4 00
Pratt, Edward F.
2 00
Larrabee, G. W.
5 00
Pratt, Herbert T.
2 00
LaTullip, John
2 00
Price, Louise M.
2 00
Lears, William
2 00
Rafuse, Edith M.
2 00
LeClare, Omar
2 00
Rawitzer, William
2 00
Littlefield, Ralph
4 00
Reed, G. Howard
5 00
Livermore, Elliot
5 00
Reed, Otis J.
2 00
Livermore, W. J.
2 00
Reid, Robert A., 3d
2 00
Marsh, A. W.
2 00
Reynolds, Arthur
2 00
MacGregor, Stuart
2 00
Reynolds, Harold R.
2 00
MacKinnon, F. R.
4 00
Reynolds, Jesse C.
2 00
Mason, Roger
6 00
Richards, Fred V.
2 00
Massie, William, Jr.
2 00
Richardson. George A.
2 00
Mayell, Ernest A.
2 00
Robbins, Freeman W.
2 00
Maynes, Everett M.
2 00
Robbins, Mildred H.
5 00
McGovern, John
2 00
Robbins, Paul G.
2 00
McLaughlin, Joseph
2 00
Rugg, George
2 00
Mead, Hobart E.
2 00
Sanborn, Everett R.
2 00
Mekkelsen, Martha
4 00
Sawyer, Benjamin H.
2 00
Mekkelsen, Thora
5 001
Schofield, Harris C.
5 00
Mel, Eleanor
4 00
Scott, T. A.
4 00
Merriam, Harold
2 00
Shapley, Eva C.
2 00
Middleton, Willis J.
4 00
Sisson, George T.
12 00
Morehouse, Mrs. C. F.
2 00
Smith, Hattie E.
4 00
Morse, Stella
2 00
Smith, Ralph
2 00
Morrison, Frederick D.
5 00
Soar, Henry
2 00
Munn, William
2 00
Spinney, Alice L.
2 00
46
Starck, Cecil
2
00
Victoria, Manuel
2 00
Stokes, William
2
00
\atkaukas, Anthony
2 00
Stoney, Mrs. Reginald
2
00
Waite, F. A.
7 00
Sweet, William
2
00
Walouk, John
7 00
Sylvia, E. W.
2
00
Watkins, John H.
4 00
Taylor, Edith
2
00
Weaver, George T.
25 00
Taylor, Spencer H.
2
00
Whitcomb, Fred S.
2 CO
Todd, Ethel
10
00
Whitney, Cora A.
2 00
Tolman, Wilbur
5
00
Willett, Robert G.
2 00
Tracy, Alfred
2
00
Wise, Glenna
2 00
Tripp, Horatio W.
2
00
Wood, Mrs. H. L.
2 00
Tucker, George S., Jr.
2
00
Wood, Oliver D.
2 00
Tucker, Lawrence I.
2
00
Woodworth, Randall N.
2 00
Tuttle, George F.
2
00
Young, David E.
2 00
Tuttle, Horace C.
2
00
227 licenses at
$2 00 $454 00
40 licenses at
5 00 200 00
2 licenses at
25 00 50 00
704 00
Deduct fees — 269 lice
nses at
20c ea
ch 53 80
650 20
Due county treasurer,
1930
1 80
$652 00
May 25, 1931— Paid (
:ounty
treasurer
215 40
Nov. 21, 1931— Paid
county
treasur
er
436 60
652 00
NOTICE
All dog licenses here listed expire March 31, 1932.
Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1st or the owners or keepers
thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of
time of year ownership is acquired.
No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
47
Treasurer's Report
Year Ending December 31, 1931
Cash on hand
Received from State Treasurer:
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Aiding Mothers
Income of Mass. School Fund
For Reduction of Taxes
Tuition of Children
Reimbursement, loss on taxes
Income Tax
Corporation Tax, business
Corporation Tax, lights and water
Corporation Tax, Railroad, Tel. and Tel,
Trust Company Tax
National Bank Tax
State Aid
Veterans exemption
Corporation Tax, P. S.
Corporation Tax, P. S.
Corporation Tax, business
County Treasurer:
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Dog Tax
Miscellaneous Receipts:
Board of Health, milk licenses
Board of Health, milk licenses
Director of Standards, licenses
House of Correction, fines
First National Bank of Ayer, loan
48
$17,892
23
2,300 00
1,300
00
650
00
2,650
00
2,350
00
150
00
400
00
3,500
00
176
26
1,565
07
1,450 00
580
58
465
08
12,392
15
4,286
60
343
28
439
10
80
30
38
48
273
00
21
67
4
67
2
61
109
44
1,300
00
650
00
2,100
00
550 00
2,350
00
150 00
400
00
581
22
10 00
10 00
8
00
19
00
25,000 00
First National Bank of Ayer, loan
Selectmen, cement mixer
Board of Public Welfare, aid refunded
Boston & Maine, Hapgood Crossing fence
Town of Concord, Xagog Tax Acct.
Board of Health, alcohol licenses
Director of Standards, license
F. W. Green, rental of lowering device
First National Bank of Ayer, loan
Library Fines
Court Fines
Nurses Collections, L- E, Frost
Selectmen, licenses
Bank Interest, Ayer
Boston & Maine, brush fires
Sealer of Weights and ^Measures, R. M. Littlefield
Town Hall, rent
School Tuition:
Hamilton Children
Carlisle
Boxborough
Cunningham Children
Boxborough
Cemetery Lots Sold:
Woodlawn
Mt. Hope
Library Transfer
Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund, transfer
Perpetual Care Transfer
Luke Blanchard Fund Transfer
00
00
12
00
00
00
25.000
25
40 00
124 82
25
15
8
66
50,000 00
63 00
312
139
32
163
397
72
141
35
50
00
55
65
45
30
8 88
149 85
1,357 95
107 00
862 47
115 00
130 00
502 17
459 38
$1,450 75
40 00
-
$120,465 40
Received of Charles A. Durkee, Collector:
1925 Adjustment Tax,
2 00
1929 Taxes,
16,429 33
1930 Taxes,
17,622 48
1931 Taxes,
55,942 29
1929 Excise Taxes,
431 96
1930 Excise Taxes,
2,397 25
1931 Excise Taxes,
4,882 34
Bank Interest,
20 16
-
$97,727 81
Total,
$236,085 44
Paid Selectmen's Orders,
$227,222 99
Balance on hand,
$8,862 45
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
49
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Note: Anticipation revenue, due December, 1932, $20,000 00
High School Bonds, due 1932 4,000 00
High School Bonds, due 1933 to 1945, 37,000 00
CEMETERY FUNDS
Principal funds,
Unexpended balance,
Received for Perpetual Care:
Cyrus Hayward lot, Mt. Hope,
George B. Stockwell lot, Mt. Hope,
George W. Brigham lot, Woodlawn,
J. Davis Richardson lot, Woodlawn,
Windsor Pratt lot, Mt. Hope
Mrs- Minnie Davis lot, Woodlawn,
Thomas P. Owen lot, Woodlawn,
Charles C. Wetherbee lot, Woodlawn,
George W. Crampton lot, Mt. Hope
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic S. INIead lot. Mt. Hope
Received Interest:
$33,982
21
4,192
IS
$38,174
39
$100 00
100
00
100
00
100
00
75
00
100 00
25
00
100
00
100
00
100
00
$900 00
Lowell Central Savings, $45 50
Middlesex Institution, 138 17
North Middlesex, 105 74
Maynard Trust Co., 100 00
Assabet Institution, 33 12
Warren Institution, ' 99 00
East Cambridge, 95 00
Marlboro Savings, 50 00
Boston Five Cent, 80 00
Worcester North, 92 50
Home Savings, 45 00
Worcester Five Cent, 63 75
Suffolk Savings, 127 50
Athol Savings, 47 26
Water Bonds, 162 00
Hudson Savings, 31 97
Charlestow^n Five Cent, 75 00
Charlestown Five Cent, 75 00
Charlestown Five Cent, 15 00
50
Charlestown Five Cent,
Assabet Institution,
Transferred to Surplus Account.
Paid: Town of Acton for care of lots.
Cash in:
Lowell Central Savings,
Middlesex Institution,
North Middlesex,
Maynard Trust Co.,
Assabet Institution,
\\^arren Institution,
East Cambridge,
Marlboro Savings,
Boston Five Cent,
Worcester North,
Home Savings,
Worcester Five Cent,
Suffolk Savings,
Athol Savings,
Water Bonds,
Hudson Savings,
Charlestown Five Cent,
Charlestown Five Cent,
Charlestown Five Cent,
Charlestown Five Cent,
Assabet Institution,
12
50
100
00
$1,594
01
25
40
$1,568
61
$40,643
00
$1,450
75
1,000
00
2,875
00
2,200
00
3,228
96
728
25
2.200
00
2,000
00
1,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
1,000
00
1,500
00
3,000
00
1,050
00
3,900
00
1,650
00
1,500
00
1,500
00
300
00
250
00
4,310
04
$40,643
00
CEMETERY SURPLUS
Balance,
Interest — Assabet Institution.
Transferred from Cemetery Account,
Cash:
Assabet Institution for Savings,
$892
95
39
42
25
40
$957 77
$957 77
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
51
ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Principal Fund,
Unexpended Balance,
Received Interest:
Waltham Savings Bank,
Worcester North Savings^
East Cambridge Savings,
Charlestown Five Cent,
Andover Savings,
Lowell Institution for Savings,
North Middlesex Savings,
Middlesex Institution for Savings^
Worcester Five Cent,
Athol Savings,
Lawrence Savings,
Amherst Savings,
Marlboro Savings,
Hudson Savings, on income,
Assabet Institution for Savings, on income.
Paid trustees orders.
Cash in Waltham Savings,
Worcester North,
East Cambridge Savings,
Charlestown Five Cent,
Andover Savings,
Lowell Institution for Savings,
North Middlesex Savings,
Middlesex Institution for Savings,
Worcester Five Cent,
Athol Savings,
Lawrence Savings,
Amherst Savings,
Marlboro Savings,
Hudson Savings,
Assabet Institution for Savings,
Unexpended balance,
$25,000 00
3,346
70
90
00
46
25
95
00
100
00
90 00
90
00
95
00
95
00
85
00
90 00
80
00
100
00
100
00
50
63
73
45
$29,627
03
$1,895
00
2,000
00
1,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2.000
on
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000 00
2,000 00
1,000
00
1,732
03
$29,627 03
2.732
03
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
SUSAN NOYES HOSMER CEMETERY FUND
Principal Fund, $82,238 95
Received Interest:
Arlington Five Cent, 93 75
Athol Savings, 67 50
52
Lynn Five Cent, 63 33
Leominster Savings 67 50
Springfield Savings, 60 00
Greenfield Savings, 60 00
W'inchendon Savings, 45 84
Waltham Savings, 56 25
Lexington Savings, 20 00
Framingham Savings, 37 50
Andover Savings, S3 75
North Middlesex Savings, 82 50
Medford Savings, 45 00
Charlestown Five Cent, 62 50
Worcester North Savings, 67 87
Middlesex Institution for Savings, 68 39
Cambridge Savings, 112 50
Marlboro Savings, 75 00
Hudson Savings, 91 67
Springfield Five Cent, 100 00
^^83,549 80
Transferred to Tcwn Account,
$459 38
Cash in Springfield Five Cent,
5,U00 00
Waltham Savings,
5,000 00
Springfield Institution for Savings,
3.000 00
Cambridge Savings,
5,000 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
5,000 00
Worcester North Savings,
3,000 00
Athol Savings,
3,000 00
Andover Savings,
3,000 00
Medford Savings,
3,000 00
Marlboro Savings,
3,000 00
Leominster Savings,
3,000 00
Hudson Savings,
5,000 00
North Middlesex Savings,
5.000 00
Greenfield Savings,
3.000 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings,
6,238 95
Lexington Savings,
3,000 00
Arlington Five Cent,
5,000 00
Lynn Five Cent,
4,000 00
Winchendon Savings,
5,000 00
Framingham Savings,
5,000 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings, (balance),
851 47
$83,549 80
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
53
LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND
Balance.
$1,356 60
Received Interest:
Warren Institution
Mass. Savings Bank,
Charlestown Five Cent,
Charlestown Five Cent*
Paid Town of Acton,
Cash:
Warren Institution
Mass. Savings Bank,
Charlestown Five Cent^
Charlestown Five Cent.
3
74
41
88
10
85
4
20
$1,417
27
40
00
86
64
977
52
87
37
225
74
$1,417 27
FRANK W. HOTT. Treasurer.
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Principal Fund,
Susan Augusta and Luther Conant Fund,
Hiram J. Hapgood Fund-
Luke Tuttle Fund.
John W. Heald Fund,
Unexpended Balance.
Susan Noyes Hosnter Fund..
Received Interest:
Home Savings.
Middlesex Institution.
Lowell City Institution,
Charlestown Five Cent,
Massachusetts Savings,
Warren Institution
Middlesex Institution, (Heald Fund),
Cambridge Savings, (Hosmer Fund).
West Shore R. R. Bond,
Maynard Trust Co.,
Paid: Town of Acton — Book Account,
Cash: Home Savings,
Middlesex Institution,
$9,000 00
1.000 00
200
00
200
00
817
00
125
79
2,016
90
45
00
48
06
45
50
151
88
42
94
91
01
39
26
45
36
40
00
14
43
$13,923
\?>
$502
17
1.000 00
1,000
00
54
Lowell City Institution.
Charlestown Five Cent>
Massachusetts Savings,
Warren Institution,
Middlesex Institution.
West Shore R R. Bond.
Cambridge Savings,
Maynard Trust Co.,
Maynard Trust Co,, balanc;
1,000
00
3,000
00
1.000
00
2.000
00
817
00
1,000 00
2.016
90
400
00
187
06
$13,923 13
FRANK \\*. HOIT. Treasurer.
19TH OF APRIL FUND
Balance S218 49
Interest — ^liddlesex Institution 10 47
$228 96
Cash:
Middlesex Institution $228 96
FRANK \\\ HOIT. Treasurer.
F1REMAX\S RELIEF FUND
Balance. $477 54
Interest — Middlesex Institution, 22 93
$500 47
Cash:
Middlesex Institution $500 47
FRANK W. HOIT. Treasurer.
55
Goodnow Fund
For the Year Ending December 31, 1931
INVESTMENTS
Warfen Institution for Savings,
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank,
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
RECEIPTS
Warren Institution for Savings
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank,
City Institution for Savings,
PAYMENTS
Ella L. Miller, treasurer of the Evangelical
church in Acton, $125 00
Fred W- Green, care of Goodnow lot, Woodlawn
cemetery, 10 00
Added to savings deposit, 24 10
$1,433 30
1,000
00
1,000
00
$1,433
SO
64
10
50
00
45
00
<ci <;o
in
$159 10
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
CHARLES E. SMITH,
HORACE F. TUTTLE.
Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
Elizabeth White Fund
The trustees have signed orders to the treasurer for eighteen hundred
tiinety-five dollars ($1895.00) for the year ending December 31, 1931.
These orders have been given after investigating and finding each
person to be needy and worthy of help from this trust fund.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN H. JONES,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB.
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.
Report of Tax Collectof
1929
Dr.
Uncollected January 1. 1931. $15,449 58
Interest collectedv 1.525 46
— ^ S16.975 04
Cr.
Paid treasurer, $16,429 33
Abated, 545 71
$16,975 04
1930
Dr.
LTncollected January 1, 1931, $31,941 54
Interest collected, 687 79
$32,629 33
Or.
Paid treasurer, $17,622 48
Uncollected January 1, 1932, 15,006 85
■ ■ $32,629 33
1931
Dr.
Committed, $88,513 43
Interest collected, 17 45
— $88,530 8^
Cr.
Paid treasurer, $55,942 29
Abated, 137 10
Uncollected January 1, 1932, 32,451 49
^^ —$88,530 88
1929 EXCISE
Dn
Uncollected January 1, 1931, $411 63
Interest collected, 43 03
$454 66
Cr.
Paid treasurer, $431 96
Abated, 22 70
1930 EXCISE
Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1931, $2,729 76
Interest collected, 103 46
$454 66
$2,833 22
57
Cr.
Paid treasurer, $2,397 25
Abated, 83 74
Uncollected January 1, 1932, 352 23
Committed-
Interest collected.
1932
1931
EXCISE
Dr.
Cr.
$8,835 40
15 40
<tq ocrj on
Paid treasurer,
Abated,
Uncollected January 1.
$4,882 34
241 46
3.727 00
(TO ocn on
BANK INTEREST
Received from Maynard Trust Co. $20 16
Paid Treasurer, 20 16
SUMMARY OF TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
1929 town tax,
1930 town tax,
1931 town tax,
1929 excise,
1930 excise,
1931 excise.
Bank interest,
TOTAL DEBITS
TOTAL CREDITS
CHARLES
$16,975 04
32,629 33
88,530 88
454 66
2.833 22
8.850 80
20 16
<si '^^ ''04 no
Cash paid treasurer,
Abatements,
Uncollected,
$97,725 81
1.030 71
51.537 57
<?;i "^n ?o/i no
A. DURKEE, Tax Collector.
Slaughtering Inspector's Report, 1931
Veal Beef Hogs
2U 96 11
CONDEMNED
7 3 0
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES KINSLEY, Inspector.
58
Report of Superintendent of Streets
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I submit herewith my report covering the highway maintenance and
new construction work during 1931.
In addition to the regular maintenance work, such as scraping,
dragging, surface repairs and patching the following streets have been
surface treated:
With 45 percent asphaltic oil: Woodbury lane. Maple avenue, Nagog
Hill road, Harris street, Davis road. Brooks street. Strawberry Hill road,
Esterbrook road. Pope road, Wetherbee street, Hosmer street, Taylor road,
Central street. Powder Mill road. Concord street, Chadwick street. Piper
street, Stow street. Liberty street, Martin street. Maple street. Prospect
street, Arlington street. Elm street, Nashoba road, Homestead street, Davis
terrace, Wright terrace, Windsor avenue.
With Tarvia: Main street, Newtown road, Massachusetts avenue,
Laws Brook road. School street (S. A.), Pearl street, Windsor avenue,
Summer street.
New Gravel:
Strawberry Hill road, 1,200 feet
Carlisle road, 750 feet
Nagog Hill road, 1,500 feet
Piper road, 960 feet
Hammond street, 375 feet
Nashoba road, 550 feet
Charter road, 715 feet
Arlington street, 270 feet
Stow road, 1,275 feet
Parker street, 800 feet
New Drainage:
Maple street (S. A.) — One catch basin, 38 feet of 12 inch corrugated
iron pipe.
Church street — 27 feet of 12 inch corrugated iron pipe.
Arlington street — One catch basin.
Central street — Four catch basins; 200 feet of 12 inch concrete pipe-
Main street — 850 feet of 12 inch concrete pipe.
Willow street — 678 feet of 12 inch concrete pipe.
Bridge Work:
New cement bridge constructed under contract by Hayward and Frost.
Railroad bridge over Fitchburg Division tracks at South Acton re-
planked.
59
N'ew Cofistrtictiorf:'
Newtown road — 2,650 feet new gravel, oil and tar constructfon com-
pleted and accepted by Department of Public Works.
High street — 4,300 feet new gravel, oil and tar construction completed^
and accepted.
tlespectf-ully submitted,
ALBERT H. PERKINS.
Z Superintendent of Streets.
Report of the Board of Health
For the Year Ending December 31, 1931
Burial permits issued in Acton. 28
Burial permits of non-residents, 30"
Residents who died in other towns^ 14
Total number deaths recorded^ 42
Plus non-residents burials, 30
List of contagious diseases reported by Board of Health, January L 193 1
to January I, I932r
Measles, I
Tuberculosis^ 1
Total 2
Deaths, I
Your Board would recommend that $1,000.00 be appropriated for the^
tiS6 of the Board for the present year.
ACTON BOARD OF HEALTH.
C. A. DITRKEE. Asent,
REPORT OF DLSTRICT NURSE
To the Board of Health:
Fees collected, $139 50
Town noti-paiy calls^ 430
Social Service, 200
Prenatal, 89
Child Welfare, 52
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. FROST. R. N.
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Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1931.
The work of this department is increasing each year. It is no longer
a local affair. The automobile, as a means of transportation, now makes it
possible for gangsters to live in the city and operate in small towns, where
there is Httle or no police protection. One example of this is the recent
break at the Acton High School which was accomplished by a gang from
the city, in the early morning hours- At this break we were fortunate in
making arrests and recovering a substantial amount of the money taken.
Hen-thieving has become a menace to many of the small town poultry
raisers in this vicinity. During the summer months several hundred birds
were taken in Acton. To end this continuous raiding of poultry a patrol
was started on September 11. These officers went on duty at 12 mid-
night and remained on duty until 3.30 to 4 A. M. All roads near poultry
houses were covered. All parked cars were looked over and the operators
questioned. ]\Iany of these cars were from cities and towns within a
twenty-mile radius. Although we were unable to apprehend the thieves
the raids were stopped. The officers working on this patrol received small
compensation for the hours worked. Although we were unable to give
adequate protection to these citizens, I believe that by this patrol we no
doubt, saved them from further losses.
Another line of work that is increasing in this department is traffic
regulation. State-w^ide Safety Campaigns were held this year in which
all to^^Tis were urged to co-operate. To do this officers were stationed at
different points and many tickets were given to the erring motorists. In
most cases warnings were issued. This really is a necessary expense as it
is a means of protecting human life.
The number of arrests made has increased threefold over last vear.
Of this number only about five percent were from this town.
Owing to the increase in the work of this department we were unable
to stay within the limit of our $1,50000 appropriation.
A total of $333.35 was returned to the town in fines.
The following is the list of arrests made:
Breaking and entering and larceny, 4
Larceny, 2
Assault and Battery, 3
Operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, 3
Drunkenness, 1 7
Disturbing the peace and malicious destruction of property, 18
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Violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws, 3
Non-support, 1
Keeping and exposing liquor for sale and maintaihing a liquor
nuisance, 1
Committed to Pyschopathic Hospital, 1
Suspicious persons, 3
Total arrests made, 56
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL FOLEY, Chief of Police.
Forest Warden's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
Your forest warden submits the following report for the year ending
December 31, 1931.
Total number of fires 17
False alarms, or needless calls 4
During the spring fire season a number of railroad fires in the Powder
Mill District necessitated the spending of considerable money for ex-
tinguishment. This money is refunded to the towm annually, but short-
ened our available appropriation so that it was necessary to appropriate
more money for this department.
During the extremely bad fire weather in the spring a "Fire Patrol"
was put on which we feel was quite advantageous. The fires were ma-
terially lessened in this way throughout the state.
Five hundred feet of new hose was purchased for the forest fire pump,
also a half dozen knapsack pump cans which prove very efficient.
There has been considerable discussion about the fire department ap-
propriation and the forest fire appropriation being combined making one
appropriation for the two. There is much that can be said for and against
this, but your forest warden feels that it can be worked out verv satis-
factorily. If such a combination is not worked out the usual aDDropria-
tion of five hundred dollars will be recommended for this department. It
is also recommended that the patrol be used again this year that we may
keep our fires down to a minimum.
Respectfully submitted,
ALAN B. FROST, Forest Warden.
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Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the Fire Department.
The number of calls answered by the different companies are as
follows:
Buildings Brush
Acton Center, 4 16
South Acton, 7 9
West Acton, ■ 9 8
Total fire damage to buildings in 1931,
Your Board of Fire Engineers have made a careful survey of the
fire situation in the Town, and find there is need of some changes in equip-
ment.
They find that the part of the Town that is in the hydrant district has
very good protection for a town of this size. They also find that the
people living in outer sections not protected by hydrants have not the
proper protection and feel that steps should be taken to provide better
protection for them.
The Board of Engineers recommends the purchase of a light pumping
engine to be placed in the South Acton house thereby giving protection to
the people in out lying districts such as Fletcher Corner and lower
School street, where there is a lot of valuable property that is novv' un-
protected as neither piece of apparatus in the south fire station can pump
and is therefor useless only where there are hydrants.
They also recommend if a new pump is placed in South Acton the
placing of the present hose wagon that is now in South Acton, in the West
Acton house to carry more hose and lighten the load carried on their
Engine which is greatly overloaded.
If these changes can be arranged, it will give the town very good
equipment which should last for a number of years without any large
expending of money.
One of the biggest troubles we have at present is that at any fire of
any size that is very far from source of water, we have to use every piece
of apparatus and all the hose we have leaving nothing to protect the rest
^i the town or to use in case the fire spreads to another set of buildings.
We have been very lucky in cases when we have had two fires at once with
the second fire being small, but should the second fire been large we should
have been helpless without another pumping engine.
The Board of Engineers also recommends the installing of a com-
pressed air whistle in Acton Center as there is a great loss of time of giving
alarms in that section of the town. Take for example the Pearl fire,
much valuable time was lost in sounding the alarm.
If we had a whistle with a box on the outside of the Fire house at
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that time it is safe to say ten minutes time would have been saved in
arrival of apparatus at that fire and ten minutes means a lot in time of fire.
We therefor ask the people of the town to carefully consider articles
number 2Z and 24 and weigh the value of this added protection in
respect to the small amount of tax rate it will cost to have it. It is entirely
up to the people the kind of fire protection you have, the firemen are
willing to go and do their best at any and all times, but they must have
the cooperation of the people in order to have an effective department.
Your Board of Engineers find that it will need $2,700 for general
maintenance of the fire department and have this figured on a budget
system and if this amount is granted each year the department can be
maintained and kept in proper condition without any overruns as have
happened in the past few years.
Your Board has laid out a four-year plan which, if followed, will give
each village additional and proper protection without any large outlay of
money in any one year.
The following is a budget list of the plan:
1932
1933
Maintenance,
New hose.
Whistle Acton Center,
Initial payment on pump,
$2,700 00
600 00
1,000 00
500 00
Article 23
Article 24
Maintenance,
New hose,
Payment on pump, principal and interest
Special equipment,
$4,800 00
$2,700 00
400 00
1,540 00
160 00
Maintenance,
New hose,
Payment on pump, principal and interest.
Special equipment,
$4,800 00
$2,700 00
400 00
1,362 00
338 00
1934
$4,800 00
1935 Maintenance, $2,700 00
New hose, 400 00
Final payment on pump, principle and int., 1,590 00
$4,800 00
We therefor place this plan before you asking that it be thoroughly
considered and calling attention to the fact that at no time in the next four
years would there be as great an expenditure as there was in the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE HAYWARD,
Chie] of Fire Department.
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Finance Committee's Report
The Committee on Finance makes the following recommendations
relating to appropriations. Your committee is of the opinion that the
voters this year owing to the severe depression of business should and
must consider carefully all appropriations, eliminating every unnecessary
expense that will tend to increase taxes-
Roads, general maintenance
$10,000 00
Schools,
43,000 00
Street Lighting,
5,400 00
Memorial Library,
1,000 00
Hydrant Service,
3,054 00
General Government,
5,000 00
Buildings and Grounds,
800 00
Cemeteries,
1,200 00
Mihtary Aid,
200 00
State Aid,
360 00
Soldiers' Relief,
600 00
Police Department, (Provided Art. 17 is voted).
2,500 00
Board of Health,
1,000 00
Public Welfare,
2,000 00
Old Age Pensions,
5,000 00
Snow Removal,
Care of Shade Trees,
500 00
Unclassified,
500 00
Bonds, (High School),
4,000 00 '
Interest on Bonds,
1,560 00
Interest on Revenue Loans,
2,000 00
Town Forest,
<f;90 fi7<\ no
»poy,o/T' uu
Art. 5 — Memorial Day,
$300 00
Art. 7 — Fire Department, maintenance,
2,700 00
Fire Department, new hose.
600 00
Art. 8— Forest Fires,
500 00
Art. 9— Gypsy Moth Work,
1,000 00
Art. 10 — Liabilitv Insurance,
600 00
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Art. 11 — Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds, 270 00
Art. 13— Public Health Nurse, 1,800 00
Art. 14 — No appropriation asked for
Art. 15— 7,763 17
Art. 19 — We recommend that the roads called 2,500 00
Art. 20— for under Articles 19 and 20 be built 2,500 00
only provided that it be found neces-
sary to relieve unemployment by this
means and if so, that town men be em-
ployed on this work.
Art. 21— Zoning Law, 500 00
Art. 23— Fire Whistle, 1,000 00
Art. 24 — Not recommended this year
-$111,707 r
Finance Committee
Precinct 1 — Murray Brown, George A. Richardson.
Precinct 2 — Frank W. Hoit, William Rawitser.
Precinct 3 — Webster Blanchard, Alfred W. Davis.
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Report of Zoning Committee
To the Citizens of Acton:
The zoning committee has held many meetings during the last year
and certain members have conferred with the state consultant on town
planning and zoning.
While the state legislative has appointed a commission to study the
zoning laws of the state, we are informed that there never will be a
standard set of laws to fit any town, but that each town should solve its
own particular needs, for its future welfare-
With the foregoing in mind your committee has studied zoning laws
of other towns in our vicinity and compiled a set of laws which we think
would apply to Acton. In addition to that we have caused to be drawn up
some maps of tentative zoning for Acton. These will be exhibited at hear-
ings which we plan to hold in each precinct.
From the Department of Com.merce at Washington we learn that
zoning of towns and cities has been taking place since 1904 and that the
following partial list gives the number in some of the states up to and
including 1930:
New York 159
New Jersey 120
California 98
Illinois 80
Massachusetts 71
Pennsylvania 68
Ohio 56
Michigan 40
In Massachusetts in 1930 the percentage of population living under
zoning laws was 79.7 percent.
The following partial list will give you an idea of some of the smaller
towns that have adopted zoning laws.
Town
Population
Date adopted
Agawam
7095
1928
Barnstable
7271
1929
Bedford
2603
1928
Concord
7477
1928
East Longmeadow
3327
1928
Falmouth
4821
1926
67
8469
1927
9467
1924
1493
1929
1594
1929
1625
1926
1333
1927
672
1924
660
1927
9767
1926
7273
1925
3332
1928
2097
1929
Hudson
Lexington
Lincoln
Lynnfield
Marshfield
Oak Bluffs
Paxton
Petersham
Reading
Walpole
Weston
Westwood
You will note from the foregoing table many towns in our immediate
vicinity are zoned, in fact Acton is on the edge of a completely zoned area
out from Boston. A new state highway is being planned through this ter-
ritory which will shorten the route from Boston to our west and all of the
towns it passes through are zoned out to and including Concord. This
leaves Acton open to any objectional road side business. As zoning is a
preventative and not a cure we should act promptly.
Zoning has far reaching effects: It controls the view from your home,
the atmosphere and noise of your neighborhood, the beauty and livability
of the town, which in turn controls the number and type of people who
will want to live here, the very value of your property, the taxes of your
town, and it protects the poor man as well as the rich.
Your committee is firmly convinced that we need zoning in Acton
and recommend that the citizens of Acton vote to proceed with it. We
believe that as a committee which is representative of each part of the
town we can do the bulk of the work ourselves and with the assistance of
an expert or consultant complete the work at a moderate cost to the town.
Respectfully submitted,
E. N. MONTAGUE,
W. S. ALLEN,
GEORGE RICHARDSON,
WILLIAM RAWITZER,
WILLIAM MERRIAM,
A. N. HEDERSTEDT,
Zoning Committee.
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Assessors' Report
Buildings, exclusive of land, $2,478,925 00
Land, 722,560 00
Personal, 687,580 00
$3,889,065 00
Valuation April 1, 1930, $3,729,405 00
Increase in valuation, $159,660 00
Rate of taxation ^22 00.
Tax assessed as follows:
Real estate, $70,432 67
Personal estate, 15,126 76
Polls, 1,716 00
— $87,275 43
Old age assistance tax, $872 00
Amount of money raised:
State tax.
County tax.
State Audit assessment,
State Park assessment.
County Tuberculosis tax,
Town Grant,
Overlay,
Added assessment:
Personal valuation.
Tax assessed as follows:
Personal,
Polls,
Old age assistance tax, $4 OO
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$3,750 00
6,229 50
393 66
54 97
378 19
72,660 26
3,808 85
$87,275 43
$16,000 00
$16,000 00
$352 00
10 00
$362 00
Number of motor vehicles assessed 1,120
Total valuation of motor vehicles, $364,200 00
Rate of taxation, $29 25.
Total tax assessed, $8,835 40
WARREN H. JONES,
ALBERT P. DURKEE,
HENRY L. HAYNES,
Board of Assessors.
Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report as inspector of animals for the year
1931
Milch Cows, 420
Young Cattle, 149
Bulls, 17
Swine, 419
Sheep, 27
Goats,
Stables Inspected, 91
Condemned with T. B. 8
Quarantined within the year nine dogs, suspicious of having rabies.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED S. WHITCOMB, Inspector.
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Memorial Library
PREFACE
Acton, Feb., 12, 1932.
Membership of the Board of Trustees of Memorial Library from its
organization to the present date.
The Act of incorporation of Library was approved Feb. 27, 1890,
and in that Act were the names of Luther Conant, Adelbert Mead, Moses
Taylor, Delette H. Hall, Hiram J. Hapgood and Daniel J. Wetherbee, who
were made a body corporate by the name of Acton Memorial Library, the
persons named and designated as Corporators, under this Act. With three
persons to be elected by the Town of Acton as hereinafter provided, shall
constitute the Trustees of said corporation, and shall have the entire man-
agement, control, and direction of its affairs.
The number of Trustees shall not exceed nine, and three of them shall
be elected, one for the term of three years, one for the term of two years,
and one for the term of one year, by the Town of Acton at any legally
called meeting of the voters of said town, held after the passage of the
Act, at which meeting this Act may be accepted, and thereafter one trustee
shall be elected annually by the town for the term of three years.
Any vacancy, occurring at any time by death or otherwise in the
Board of Corporators or their successors, shall be filled by the remaining
member of said board, and any vacancy occurring by death, or otherwise,
at any time in the Board of Trustees of any member who has been duly
elected by the town, shall be filled by the Town of Acton at any legal meet-
ing, but no person not an inhabitant of the Town of Acton shall be eligible
as such Trustee.
At a meeting of the voters of the Town of Acton, March, 1890, Wm.
D. Tuttle was elected a Trustee for the term of three years. Rev. James
Fletcher for a term of two years, and Howard B. White for a term of one
year. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, March 11, 1890, eight mem-
bers were present. (Adelbert Mead being absent from the state.) They
voted to proceed with organization of the Board and the following gentle-
men were elected: President, Luther Conant; Secretary. Wm. D. Tuttle;
Finance Committee, Howard B. White, Adelbert Mead, Daniel J. Wether-
bee; Committee on Buildings and Grounds, Rev. James Fletcher, Delette
H. Hall, Moses Taylor; Library Committee, Luther Conant, Wm. D.
Tuttle, Hiram J. Hapgood.
The first change in the Board was caused by the moving to Ayer,
Mass., of Mr. White and who is the only one living of the original Board
of Trustees. At the annual town meeting in March, 1891, Lucius A. Hes-
selton was elected to fill vacancy and at the time of his death last May
was the oldest in term of service of any member on the board, having
served for forty years. The first death was that of Rev. James Fletcher in
1903. The vacancy was filled at the next annual town meeting by the
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election of Chas. J. Williams, who was a member of the board until he
moved from town, and at the annual town meeting, March, 1910, J. Sidney
White was elected to fill the vacancy of Mr. Williams and he has been a
member from that time up to the present time.
The next change was by the retirement of Mr. Wm. D. Tuttle in
March, 1904. Mr. Tuttle served as Secretary of the Board from its organ-
ization until March, 1901; and at the annual town meeting the vacancy
on the board was filled by the election of his son, Horace F. Tuttle, who
has been a member from that date. The first change in the charter mem-
bers was caused by the death of Adelbert Mead, April 6, 1905. He was
the oldest member on the board. The vacancy was filled May 3, 1905,
by the election of Frank R. Knowlton as a life member. The next death,
in the same year and very sudden, was that of Daniel J. Wetherbee caused
by the railroad accident at Baker's Bridge, Nov. 27, 1905. He served as
Secretary from May 25, 1901, to the time of his death. The vacancy was
filled by the election of E. Faulkner Conant, a life member, and at a meet-
ing of the Board of Trustees, Feb. 24, 1906, was elected Secretary of the
board, which position he has filled to the present time.
The ne\t change was caused by the death of Moses Taylor, June 10,
1915, and vacancy was filled by the election of Mrs. Caroline L. Brown, a
life member.
Following the death of Mr. Taylor was the death of Hiram J- Hap-
good, June 17, 1917, the vacancy being filled by the election of George T.
Ames, a fife member. The next death was that of Delette H. Hall, Nov.
18, 1920. Vacancy was filled by the election of his son, Eugene L. Hall,
a life member.
The last of the six charter members, nominated by Mr. Wm. A. Wilde
in the Act of Incorporation, was the death of Luther Conant, Nov. 13,
1922. Mr. Conant served as President of the Board from its organization
to the time of his death, some thirty-one years. The vacancy was filled
by the election of Arthur F. Davis.
After the death of Luther Conant, at the annual meeting of the Board
of Trustees in May, 1923, Mr. Horace F. Tuttle was elected President of
the Board, which position he has filled up to the present time.
The next death on the Board was that of George T. Ames, March 15,
1924, the vacancy being filled by the election of Ralph W. Piper, a life
member. Following the death of Mr. Ames was the death of Mrs. Caroline
L. Brown, June 26, 1928, the vacancy being filled by the election of her
son, Murray Brown, a life member. The last death was that of Lucius A.
Hesselton of which mention has previously been made. The vacancy will
be filled at the coming Town meeting, March 7, 1932.
The present organization of the Board is as follows: Horace F. Tut-
tle, President; E. Faulkner Conant, Secretary; *Lucius A. Hesselton,
Frank R. Knowlton, J. Sidney White, Finance Committee; Murray Brown,
Eugene L. Hall, E. Faulkner Conant. Building and Grounds Committee;
Horace F. Tuttle, Ralph W. Piper, Arthur F. Davis, Library Committee.
Signed: E. FAULKNER CONANT,
Secretary of the Board.
^Deceased May, 1931.
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Librarian's Report
Accessions: Number of volumes in the Library January 1, 1931,
19,061, less six old books destroyed in 1931 — 19,055. Increase by
purchase, 407; increase by gift, 66. Total increase, 473.
Number of volumes in the library January 1, 1932, 19,528.
Circulation: Number of days the library was open, 101 .
Number of volumes circulated, 13,275.
Largest daily circulation, 229, on November 14.
Smallest daily circulation, 74, on April 22.
Daily average circulation 131-|-
Received from library fines and magazines sold, $68 87
Expended for postage, etc., 5 87
Paid to Town Treasurer, $63 00
Gifts of books have been received from the followins; sources: U. S.
Government, 2; State of Massachusetts, 17; Interstate Commerce Com-
mission, 1 ; Supreme Council, 33 deg., A. A. S. R.. 1 ; New York Stock
Exchange, 2 ; Emergency Conservation Committee, 1 ; First Baptist
Church, (N. Y.), 3; C. E. Davis, 6; A. C. Fla-g. Jr., 3; Mrs. William H.
Kingsley, 5; E. W. McGlenen, 1; Mildred Pope Moore, 17; Bee Moor-
house, 1 ; Frank Parsons, 1 ; E. S. Montgomery, 1 ; Mrs. Oscar Under-
wood, 1; Leonard D. White, 2; Richard Whitney, 1. Total, 66.
ARTHUR F. DAVIS. Librarian.
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NON-FICTION
Abbott, K. M.— Paths and Legends of New England, 917.3A132p
Adams, J. T.— The Epic of America, 973A2142e
Aeschylus — The lyrical dramas of Aeschylus, 88A253I
Akeley, D.— Jungle portraits, 916.7A313i
Anon— New York Stock Enchange Year Book, 1929-30, 33A100ne
Arliss, G. — Up the years from Bloomsbury, 924A723a
Arndt, M. H.— Battery brooding. 63A747b
Auslander, J. and Hill, F. R.— The Winged Horse, 80A932wi
Auslander, J. and Hill F. R.— The Winged Horse, anthology, 80A932w
Baird, J. F.— Make-up, 79B163m
Baldwin and Newton. — Christmas Carols, 78B182c
Baldwin and Newton — Familiar Song Classics, 78B182f
Baldwin and Newton — Fifty Standard Hyms, 78B182fi
Baldwin and Newton — Standard Popular Songs, 78B182s
Barrett, R. and K. — A Yankee in Patagonia, 918B274v
Barrus, C. — Life and Letters of John Burroughs, two vols., 922B972ba
Baynes, E. H.— My Wild Animal Guests, 59B358m
Beaumont, F. and Fletcher, J. — Select Plays, 82B379s
Bell, H.— On the Old West Coast, 917.3B433o
Boas, R. and L. — Cotton Mather Keeper of the Puritan Con-
science, 922M427b
Bond, C. J. — Songs Everybody Sings, 78B711s
Brahms, J. and Grainger P. — Waltz No. 39, Irish Tune, Molly
on the Shore, 78B813w
Brooks, S. W.— A Garden With Home Attached, 71B873g
Brown, H. C— Fifth Avenue, old and new 1824-1924, 917.3B8782f
Bulkeley, J. and Cummins, J. — A Voyage to the South Seas, 919.6B934v
Burton, M. G. — Shop Projects Based on Community Problems, 68B974s
Cahill, H.— A Yankee Adventurer, 922W258c
Cellini, B.— Memoirs of Cellini, 927C393m
Cheley, F. H.— Bettering Boyhood, 17C561b
Cheley, F. H.— The Will to Win, 17C561w
Clark, E. F.— A Sons' Portrait of Francis E. Clark, 922CS92cI
Cline, L. E- — Turkey Production, 63C641t
Connolly, J. C. — The Book of the Gloucester Fishermen, 917.3C743b
Corti, E. C— The Reign of the House of Rothchild, 1830-1871, 940R847c
Corti, E. C— The Rise of the House of Rothchild, 940R847co
Cook, F. W.— The Massachusetts Voter, 32C7711m
Cowles, J. H.— "The Truth Shall Make You Free," 36C875t
Cross, A. K.— Color Study, 75C951c
Cross, A. K. — Mechanical Drawing, 74C951m
Cunningham, A. S. — Everything You Want to Know About
the Presidents, 32C973e
Cuppy, W. — How to be a Hermit, 8lC974h
Davis, F. G. and B. C— Guidance for Youth, 37D261g
Davis, M. L.— We Are Alaskans, 917.3D2631w
Defoe, D.— A Tour Through England and Wales, two vols., 914.2D314t
Dimnet, A.— The Art of Thinking, 15D582a
Donaldson, A. L. — A history of the Adirondacks, two vols., 974.7D676h
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Eddy, S.— The Challenge of Russia, 914.7E21c
Emerson, G.— Voiceless India, 915.4E53v
England, G. A.— Isles of Romance, 910E58i
Epictetus — The Moral Discourses of Epictetus, 88E64m
Euripides — The Plays of Euripides, two vols., 88E89p
Ford, H. — Moving Forward, 33F711m
Franck, H. A.— I Discover Greece. 914.9F822i
Franck, H. A.— Roaming Through the West Indies, 917.29F822r
Frothingham, T. G. — George Washington, Commander in
Chief, 922W318fr
Gardner, V. R.— The Cherry and It's Culture, 63G228c
Giddings, T. P. and others— Junior Music, 78G453]
Gould, L. M. — Cold, the Record of an Antarctic Sledge
Journey, 919.9G697c
Grainger, P.— Colonial Song— Pastoral— Gay but Wistful, 78G743c
Grainger P. — Eastern Intermezzo — Hunter in His Career —
Country Gardens, 78G743e
Hackett, F.— Henry the VIII, 924H521h
Haldeman, I. M.— Christ, Chistianity and the Bible, 22H159c
Haldeman, I. M.— How to Study the Bible, 22H159h
Haldeman, I. M.— Why I Preach the Second Coming, 23H159w
Halliburtin, R.— The Glorious Adventure, 914H188g
Harvey, W.— The Motion of the Heart and Blood, 61H342m
Hawthorne, H. — Corsica the Surprising Island, 914.4H399ic
Hotten, J. C. (Ed.) — Original Lists of Emigrants to America,
1600-1700 (reprint), 973H834o
Howells, M. (Ed.)— Life in Letters of William Dean Howells,
two vols., 922H859h
Hughes, G.— The Story of the Theatre, 79H893s
Humphrey, G.— Poland the Unexplored, 914.7H926p
Humphrey, S. K. — Following the Prairie Frontier, 922H926h
Flutchinson. W. T.— Cyrus Hall McCormick, 922M131h
Ibsen, H.— The Pretenders and Two Other Plays, 8911 4p
James, E. H.— The Brown Man's Burden, 915.4j27b
James, W. — Lone Cowboy, 922J27J
Jones, C. L. — Caribbean Backgrounds and Prospects, 32J76c
Jonson, B. — Complete Plays, two vols., 82T81c
Kearton, C— The Island of Penguins, 59K24i
King, D. W.— Living East, 915.4K521
Laighton, O. — Ninety Years at the Isles of Shoals, 922L1851
Lamb, G. (Compiler) — Series of Plans of Boston, 1630 to
1645, 973.2L218S
Lambert, M. R.— Old Boston, England, 914.2L222o
Liggett, H.— A. E. F.— Ten Years' Ago in France, 940L723a
Liggett, W. W. — Pioneers of Justice, 971L723d
Lloyd, H— An American Comedy, 922L7931
Lossing, B. J. — Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, 2 vols., 973.3L881p
Ludwig. E.— July '14, 940L948i
MacBrayne, L. E. and Ramsey, J. P. — One More Chance, 36M119o
Marie, Grand Duchess — Education of a Princess, 928M334m
75
Marvin, A. P. and Others — History of Worcester County,
Mass., two vols., 974.5M39lh
Matthiessen, F. O.— Sarah Orne Jewett, 922J59m
Merrill, H. G. and Oaks, L. W. — Your Vision and How to
Keep It, 61M57iy
Miller, J.— Jungles Preferred, ' 916.7M648i
Montgomery, E. S.— Scarlet Runner, 8lM787s
Morris, E. H.— The Temple of the Warriors, 913M875t
Newton, A. E.— A Tourist in Spite of Himself, 910N561t
Niles, B.— Condemned to Devils Island, 925A100n
O'Brien, F.— White Shadows in the South Seas, 919.6013w
Paine, R. D.— Lost Ships and Loni'ly Seas, 910P1461
Palmer, F. — Newton D. Baker — America at War, 940P173n
Peacock, L. K.— The Dahlia, 63P356d
Perkins, J. R.— Trails, Rails and War, 922D644p
Pershing, J, J. — My Experiences in the World War, two vols., 940P446m
Poore, H. R.— Modern Art, Why What and How, 70P823m
Putnam, E. (Ed) — Report on Massachusetts' Part in the
World War, vol. 1, 940P989r
Rinehart, M. R.— My Story, 922R579r
Robinson, G. F. and Wheeler, R. R. — Great Little Watertown,
1630-1930, 974.5R661g
Robinson, G. L. — The Sarcophagus of an Ancient Civilization, 913R661s
Rockwell, F. F.— The Book of Bulbs, 63R684b
Rockwell, F. F.— Rock Gardens, 63R684r
Rourke, C. — Troupers of the Gold Coast or the Rise of Lotta
Crabtree, 922C883r
Sanford, A. P. (Ed.) — George Washington Plays, 8lS224g
Saunderson, H. H. — Charles W. Eliot, 922E421s
Seabrook, W. B.— The Magic Island, 917.29S438m
Shaftesbury, E. — Personal Magnetism, 13S525p
Shaw, A. — Abraham Lincoln, a Cartoon History, 922L736sh
Sohlman, R. and Schiick H.— Nobel — Dynamite and Peace 9 2 8N 744s
Sparling, E.— Mystery Men of Wall Street, 92lS7362m
Stewart, L. S.— The Reward of Patriotism, 973.7S851r
Strachey, L. — Queen Victoria, 924V645s
Streeter, D. W.— Camels, 916.7S915c
Tante, D. (Ed.)— Living Authors, 920T1691
Taylor, E.— Paul Revere, 922R452t
Thomas, L. — India — Land of the Black Pagoda, 91S.4T458i
Tracy, H. C. — American Naturists, 921T76la
Turner, L. D. — Anti-Slavery Sentiment in American Literature
Prior to 1865, 80T948a
Underwood, O. W.— Drifting Sands of Party Politics, 32U56d
Vanloon, H. W.— R. V. R., the Life and Times of Rembrandt
van Rijn, 928R358v
Van Meter, R. A.— Bush Fruit Production, 63V262b
Van Name, W. G. — Vanish Forest Reserves, 63V264v
Villiers, A. J.— By Way of Cape Horn, 910V752b
White, L. D. — Chicago Police Problems, 35W585ch
76
White, L. D.— The Civil Service in the Modern State, 35W585ci
Wilson, R. F.— Paris on Parade, 914.4W752p
Winkler, J. K.— John D., a Portrait in Oils, 922R682w
Winkler, J. K.— Morgan the Magnificent, 922M848w
Wirkus, F. and Dudley, T.— The White King of La Gonave 917.29W798w
Waster, J. C— Lilac Culture, 63W8171
Woolley, C. L.— Ur of the Chaldees, 913W913u
FICTION
Abbott, J.— Kitty Frew,
Aldrich, B. S.— A White Bird Flying,
Andrews, R. — Windfall,
Arnim, C. Von. — Father,
Ayers, R. M.— The Big Fellah,
Ayers, R. M.^ — ^Life Steps In,
Ayers, R. M. — Man Made the Town,
Ayers, R. M. — IMan Without a Heart,
Ayers, R. M.— The Planter of the Tree,
Ayers, R. M. — The Second Honeymoon,
Ayers, R. M. — Spoilt Music,
Bailey, A. E. — Call of the Rio Bravo,
Barnes, M. A. — Years of Grace.
Bartley, N. — The Devils Lottery,
Bassett, S. W. — The Taming of Zenas Henry,
Bassett, S. W. — ^The Wall Between,
Belloc, H.— The Man Who Made Gold,
Bennet, R. A.— The Border Wolf,
Benson, E. F. — The Inheritors,
Bentley, E. C. — Trents Last Case.
Blodgett, R. — Wind from the Sea,
Bower, B. M. — Dark Horse,
Bower, M. — Glory Place,
Brand, M. — Destry Rides Again,
Brand, M. — Fire Brain,
Broster, D. K.— The Flight of the Heron,
Brown, F. V. — The Lives of a Bengal Lancer,
Buchan, J. — Castle Gay,
Buck, P. S.— The Good Earth,
Burr, A. R. — The Same Person,
Burton, C. W. — Cap'n Bailey and the Widder Dyer,
Case, R. O.— The Yukon Drive
Gather, W. — Shadows on the Rock,
Cauffman, S. H. — The Adventures of Polydore,
Chambers, R. W. — Gitina,
Chambers, R. W. — The Painted IMinx,
Christie, A. — Murder at the Vicarage,
Clausen, C. — The Gloyne Murder,
Coburn, W. — Barbwire,
Comfort, W. L. — Apache,
Connington, J. J.— The Two Ticket Puzzle,
A132k
A3652W
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B446m
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C337y
C36353h
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77
Coyle, K.— A Flock of Birds,
Dawson, C— Old Youth,
Deeping, W. — The Bridge of Desire,
Dell, E.— Storm Drift,
Dingle, A. E. — Seaworthy,
Dorrance, J. F. — Forbidden Range,
Douglas, L. C. — Magnificent Obsession,
Douglas, O.— The Day of Small Things,
Doyle, C. — Sherlock Holmes Stories,
Eberhart, M. G. — The Mystery of Huntings End,
Edginton, M. — Love Girl,
Eliot, E. C— Ariel Dances,
Ellis, J. B.— Fran,
Fairbank, J. A. — The Lions Den,
Farjeon, J. J. — Following Footsteps,
Farnol, J. — Over the Hills,
Fielding, H. — Joseph Andrews,
Friend, O. J. — Half Moon Ranch,
Gerald, L. — Bride of a Night,
Gibbs, A. H. — Chances,
Gibbs, J. P. — French Leave,
Gielgud, V. — Imperial Treasure,
Grant, R. — The Dark Horse,
Green, A. — Reader I Married Him,
Greig, M. — A Nice Girl Comes to Town,
Grey, Z. — The Shepherd of Guadaloupe,
Grove, J. (Ed.) — The Omnibus of Adventure,
Hatch, A. — Gaming Lady,
Hauck, L. P.^Anne Marries Again,
Haycox, E. — Chaffee of Roaring Horse,
Haycox, E. — Whispering Range,
Hendryx, J. B. — Gold and the Mounted,
Hendryx, J. B. — Man of the North,
Hinkson, P. — ^Wind from the West,
Hopkins, L. C. — Black Buck,
Hudson, W. H. — Green Mansions,
Hueston, E. — Rowena Rides the Rumble,
James, W. — Sand, the Story of a Man and a Horse,
Keith, K.— The Crystal Icicle,
Kelland, C. B.— Gold,
Kennedy, M.— Half Mast Murder,
Larrimore, L. — The Silver Flute,
Latzko, A. — Seven Days,
Lebar, J. — The Lighted Lantern,
Lehman, R. — A Note in Music,
Lincoln, F. — Sam
Lincoln, J. C. — All Along Shore,
Locke, W. J. — The Shorn Lamb,
Loring, E. — Fair Tomorrow,
Lutz, G. L. (Hill)— The Big Blue Soldier,
C881f
D27210
D311b
D357st
D584S
D7162f
D734m
D7352d
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E161m
E23210
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H4982:
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H886s:
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L334S
L365s
L4411
L523n
L736S
L7372al
L814sh
L873f
L975bi
78
Liitz, G. L. (Hill)— The Story of a Whim, L97Sst
MacGrath, H.— The Other Passport, Ml47o
Mackail, D. — The Square Circle, Ml 53 5s
Mackail, D. — The Young Livingstones, M1535v
McKenna, S.— The Oldest God, Ml55o
IMarfield, D.— Mystery of the East Wind, M326m
IMartin, S.— The Trial of Scotland Yard, M383t
Michelson, H. — Money Man, M6231m
Mitchell, R. C— Water, M6824w
Morgan, B. B.— Mary Faith, M8471m
Morgan, C— First Love, M847f
Mottram, R. H. — Castle Island, M92lc
Mottram, R. H. — Sixty Four, Nine Four, M921si
Mottram, R. H.— The Spanish Farm, M921s
Mulford, C. E. — Hop Along Cassidy and the Eagle Brood, M955ho
Norris, K.— Belle-Mere, N856bf
Norris, K. — The Love of Julia Borel, N856lo
Ogden* G. W.— Fenced Water, 034fe
Ogden, G. W.— Steamboat Gold, 034st
Oliver, J. R.— Rock and Sand, 048r
Oppenheim. E. P. — Clowns and Criminals, 062cl
Oppenheim. E. P. — The Lion and the Lamb, 0621k
Oppenheim, E. P. — Simple Peter Cradd, 062si
Ossorgin, M. — Quiet Street, 084qs
Oxenham, J. — The Splendor of the Dawn, 098s
Patterson, L— The Eppworth Case, P3171e
Payne, E. S. — The Changing years, P3461t
Pedler, M.— The Barbarian Lover, P371ba
Pedler, M.— Kindled Flame, P371k
Pedler, M.— The Moon Out of Reach, P371m
Peel, D.— Five On Parade, P374f
Poe, E. A. — Tales of Mystery and Imagination, P743t
Porter, J. S. — Freckles Comes Home, P8452f
Priestley, J. B. — Angel Pavement, P949a
Priestley, J. B.— The Good Companions, P949g
Propper, M. M.— The Ticker Tape Murder, P965t
Prouty, O. H.— White Fawn, P968w
Quin, S. — Dark Heritage, 07d
Raine, W. M.— Rutledge Trails the Ace of Spades, Rl55ru
Raynolds, R.— Brothers in the West, R276b
Richmond, G.— The Brown Study, R532b
Richmond, G. — Four-Square, R532f
Richmond, G. — High Fences, R532h
Richmond, G. — The Second Violin, R532s
Ritchie, R. W.— Deep Furrows, R611d
Roberts, K.— The Lively Lady, R6451
Rosman, A. G. — The Young and Secret, R819y
Sabatini, R. — Captain Blood Returns, Sll3ca
79
Sabatini R. — The King's Minion,
Sears, C. E. — Whispering Pines,
Sedgwick, A. D. — Philippa,
Seltzer, C. A. — A Son of Arizona,
Seymour, B. K. — But Not for Love,
Shay, F. — Murder on Cape Cod,
Smart, C. A. — New England Holiday,
Smith, N. P. — Our Heritage,
Smith, S. K. — Susan Spray,
Smollett, T. — Roderick Random,
Springs, E. W. — The Rise and Fall of Carol Banks,
Stackpoole, H. Dev. — Pacific Gold,
Steen, G. — Dark Duel,
Steinbeck, J. — Cup of Gold,
Stern, G. B.— The Shortest Night,
Sterrett, F. R. — Sophie,
Tarkington, B. — Mirthful Haven.
Taylor, P. A. — The Cape Cod Mystery,
Treynor, A. M. — Hawk of the Desert,
Treynor, A. M. — Rogues of the North,
Tuttle, W. C— The Valley of Twisted Trails,
Upson, W. H. — Earthworms in Europe,
Vance, L. J. — The Lone Wolfs Son,
Vane, D. — The Scar,
Wallace, E. — The Fourth Plague,
Wallace, E. — The Law of the Three Just Men,
Wallace, E. — The Ringer Returns,
Wallace, E. — White Face,
Waller, M. E. — The Windmill on the Dunes,
Walling, R. A. J.— Stroke of One,
Warwick, P. — The Secret Year,
Wentworth, P. — Danger Calling,
Wentworth, P. — Beggers Choice,
Werfel, F.— The Pure in Heart,
West, V. S. — The Edwardians,
Wetjen, A. R. — Fiddlers Green,
Wharton, E. — Certain People,
White, A.— The Spy Net,
Widdemer, M. — All the King's Horses,
Widdemer, M. — The Truth About Lovers,
Williams, B. A.— Great Oaks,
Williams, B. A. — Touchstone,
Williams, J. L. — She knew She Was Right,
Willsie, H. W. (Morrow)— Black Daniel
Willsie, H. H. (Morrow) — The Devonshers,
Willsie, H. W. (Morrows) — Lydia of the Pines,
Wodehouse, P. G. — Big Money,
Wodehouse, P. G. — Very Good Jeeves,
Young, E. H. — Miss Mole,
S113k
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S448p
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S521b
S538m
S636n
S65520
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S666r
S7691r
S7752D
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JUVENILE
Abbott, J.— Harriets Choice, TA1322hf
Abbott, J.— Heyday, TA1322he
Abbott, J.— Keineth, JA1322k
Abbott, J.— Merridy Road, JA1322m
Andrews, J. — Seven Little Sisters, .TA567se
Ashmun, M. — Susie Sugarbeat, JA827su
Baker, M.— Noddy Goes A-Plowing, JB1681n
Bartlett, A. C— General Jim, JB2891ge
Borge, E. — Gewallopus, JB732g
Brainard, N.— The Cadet Sergeant, TB814c
Brill, E. C— Rupahu's Warning, JB857r
Brown, E. A.— Pollys Shop, JB8774p
Brown, K. S. — The Song Book of the American Spirit, JB8786s
Bullard, M.— The Enchanted Button, JB935e
Camp, W. — Captain Danny, JC186c
Camp, W. — Danny the Freshman, TC186da
Carter, R. G.— The Kings Spurs, jC3245k
Carter, R. G.— A Patriot Lad of Old Rhode Island, JC3245pg
Chase, M. E.— The Silver Shell, JC487s
Coe, F. E. — Heroes of Everyday Life, JC672h
Cross, D. — Music Stories for Girls and Boys, JCQSlm
Crownfield, G. — Freedoms Daughter, JC953f
Curtis, A. T.— A Frontier Girl of Massachusetts, TC978f
Curtis, A. T.— A Little Maid of Old Maine, JC978lg
Curtis, A. T.— A Little Maid of Monmouth, jC9781k
Curtis, A. T.— A Little Maid of Nantucket, TC9781h
Curtis, A. T.— A Little Maid of New Hampshire, JC9781J
Curtis, A. T.— A Little Maid of Old New York, JC978lm
Curtis, A. T.— A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia, JC978ln
Curtis, A. T.— A Little Maid of Ticonderoga, JC9781o
Curtis, A. T.— A Frontier Girl of Virginia, JC978fr
Curtis, A. T.— A Yankee Girl at Hampton Roads, TC978yc
Davis, E. v.— One Girls' Way, JD2611o
Dopp, K. E.— Bobby and Betty on the Farm, JD692b
Earle, J. P. — The SchooJ Team in Camp, JE12sc
Ellingwood, L. B. — Cubby Bear, JE46c
Ellsberg, E.— Thirty Fathoms Deep, IE44t
Field. W. T.— The Quest of the Four Leaved Clover, JF457q
Forbes, H.— Apple Pie Hill, JF693a
Giddings, T. and Others — Songs of Childhood, TG453s
Gray, E. J.— Tangle Garden, JG7782ta
Greene. A. B.— The White Pony in the Hills, JG7995w
Griswold, L.— The Tides of Deal, TG871t
Hallock, G. T.— Bird in the Bush, JH192b
Hawkes, C. — Dapples of the Circus, TH392d
Hawkes, C— Shaggy Coat, JH392sh
Hess, F. — Buckaroo, IH586b
Heyliger, W.— Against Odds, TH617a
Heyliger, W. — Dan's Tomorrow, IH617da
81
Heyliger, W.— High Benton, ' JH617h
Heyliger, W.— High Benton Worker, JH617hi
Hilkene, R. M. and Gugle, M.— WilHe Fox's Diary, JH641w
Hogan, I. — The White Kitten and the Blue Plate, JH714w
Holaday, A. M.— On the Side Lines, .TH722o
Hudspeth, C. E.— Oregon Chief, JH885o
Jay, M. F. — Mornings at Seven, Jj42m
Lansing, M. F.— Tales of Old England, JL294t
Lesher, S. B.— A Barrel of Clams, .TL629b
Long, W. J.— Wood Folk at School, tL849w
Malkus, A. S.— The Dark Star of Itza, TM251d
Meader, S. W.— Red Horse Hill, JM4812r
Minor, R. — Fun at Sunnyside Farm, JM666f
Minot, J. C. (Ed.)— The Best College Stories, .TM6662bf
Muller, C. G.— Puck Chasers Incorporated, TM958p
Murphy, M. — Peters Wonderful" Adventure, JM978pe
Nichols, W. H.— A Morgan Rifleman, JN623m
Orton, H. F. — Grandmothers Cooky Jar, Jo77g
Parrish, A.— Floating Island, JP261f
Parton, E. — Melissa Ann, JP274m
Peary, M. A.— Little Tooktoo, TP362 11
Perkins, L. F. — The Indian Twins, TP449i
Pier, A. S.— The Boy from the West, JP615b
Pier, A. S.— The Cheer Leader, TP615ch
Pier, A. S.— The Crashaw Brothers, JP615cr
Pier, A. S. — Dormitory Days, JP615do
Pier, A. S.— Grannis of the Fifth, IP6152
Quinn, V.— The March of the Iron Men, JO 7 7m
Ransome, A. — Swallows and Amazons, TR212s
Ray, A. C. — Ursula's Freshman, JR263ti
Raymond, M. T.— Linnet on the Threshold, .TR2711
Robinson, G. — White Heron Feather, TR661w
St. Clair, M. H.— Max— The Story of a Little Black Bear, JS136m
Sheridan, S. N.— The Little Spotted Seal, JS5521
Silvers, E. R. — Carol of Highland Camp, JS587ca
Silvers, E. R.— The Glory of Glenwood, TS587cr
Silvers, E. R.— Ned Beals Freshman, tS587n
Silvers, E. R.— Ned Beals Works His Way, JS587ne
Silvers, E. R.— Team First, TS58n
Silvers, E. R.— The Scarlet of Avalon. TS587s
Singmaster, E.— A Little Money Ahead, TS6171
Smith, E. A. W.— The Marvelous Land of Snergs, JS6461m
Strong, P. N.— West Point Wins, TS924w
Teall, E. A. W.— The Batter and Spoon Faries, JT253b
Theiss, L. E.— The Pursuit of the Flying Smugglers, JT376pu
Trell, M.— Tom and Mot, TT788t
Underbill, A. F.— Goochy Googles, TU55'.^
Walker, J.— How They Carried the Mail, JW1821h
White, E. O.— The Green Door, TW5832
Whitney, E.— Timothy and the Blue Cart, JW618t
Williams, E. H.— Red Plume Returns, JW7161r
82
Youmans, E.— Teddy Horse, JY67t
Jones, W.— How the Derrick Works, .T9.T79h
Knapp, G. L.— The Boy's Book of Annapolis, J9K67b
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Annual Proceedings Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1930-31.
Annual Proceedings American Legion for 1930.
Journal of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 1931.
Journal of the Senate, Massachusetts, 1931.
Manual for the General Court, 1931-32.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Civil War. Vols. 1 and 2.
Opinions of the Attorney General of Massachusetts. Vol. 8.
Report Comission on Massachusetts Part in the World War.
Report of United States War Veterans for 1930.
Reports of the Librarian of Congress, 1930-1931.
Report of the President of the New York Stock Exchange.
Statistics of the Railways of the United States for 1929.
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Year Books of the New York Stock Exchange, 1930-1931.
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Accountant's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Acton, Mass.
I herewith submit my report for the year 1931:
Expenditures
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriation, $5,000 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund, 54 55
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
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>ju
Howard J. Billings, chairman,
$200 00
Waldo E. Whitcomb,
100
00
Wendell F. Davis,
100
00
Howard J. Billings, postage,
2
00
Perambulating Town lines,
10
00
Waldo E. Whitcomb, Perambulating Town lines
20
00
Wendell F. Davis, Perambulating Town lines,
10
00
Glenna Jones, clerk,
59
50
Finney & Hoit, supplies,
3
35
Marjorie Jones, clerk.
2
00
Enterprise Co., notices.
13
58
Murphy & Snyder, printing cards,
18
00
R. S. Osterhout, Town Reports,
500
00
Waldo E. Whitcomb, book.
2
45
Wright & Potter Printing Co., blanks,
2
25
Hobbs & Warren, blanks,
2
46
R. S. Osterhout, notices,
4
48
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07
ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT
J)i ,U JU
Howard L. Jones, salary,
$400 00
Howard L. Jones, postage,
10
00
Hobbs & Warren, notices, supplies,
11
84
Finney & Hoit,
1
00
Q4
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Frank W. Hoit, salary, $500 00
Frank W. Hoit, paid for certifying notes, 6 00
Frank W. Hoit, postage, telephone, 29 80
97
Frank W. Hoit, envelopes, 3 25
Frank W. Hoit, safety box rental, 5 00
Finney & Hoit, check register, 2 50
Finney & Hoit, book, 6 25
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Charles A. Durkee, salary, $718 01
Charles A. Durkee, stamped envelopes, 73 68
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., paper, 1 29
Hobbs & Warren Co., books, warrants, etc., 19 84
Murphy & Snyder, printing tax bills, notices,
envelopes, etc., 46 25
ASSESSOR'S DEPARTMENT
Henry L. Haynes, salary, $300 00
Albert P. Durkee, salary, 300 00
Warren H. Jones, salary, 300 00
Assessors' Auto Tax Service. 7 50
L. L. Applin, transfers, probates, 21 75
Hobbs & Warren, files, books, supplies, 55 69
Albert P. Durkee, attending meetings, 15 00
Warren H. Jones, attending meetings, 20 00
Henry L. Haynes, attending meetings, 20 00
Henry L. Haynes, postage. 8 40
Henry L. Haynes, copying valuation book, 3 75
Henry L. Haynes, pad, 25
Henry L. Havnes, traveling expenses, 8 00
Rachael A. Haynes, certified copy of valuation
book, 25 00
Allen Doane Co., stamp, 1 10
Murphy & Snyder, envelopes, 5 75
Geo. R. Barnsted & Son, table, 1 00
C. A. Durkee, looking up records, 8 00
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Horace F. Tuttle, salary, $200 00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording births, deaths,
marriages,
Horace F. Tuttle, telephone,
Horace F. Tuttle, postage, express,
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., book binder,
Murphy & Snyder, letter heads, envelopes,
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks,
A. W. Bartlett Co., certificates.
Dura Binding Co., binding reports.
98
61
50
17
00
11
20
17
90
5
00
3
75
53
4
62
$552 80
$859 07
$1,101 19
$321 50
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Waldo W. Whitcomb, salary,
Howard J. Billings, salary,
Wendell F. Davis, salary,
Wendell F. Davis, postage,
J. L. Fairbanks, book,
$75 00
40 00
40 00
1 00
11 75
SEALER OF WEIGHTS
Ralph Littlefield, salary,
J. S. Moore, funnel,
Hobbs & Warren, seals,
Hobbs & Warren, books, supplies.
AND MEASURES
$120 00
4 10
2 50
21 40
$167 75
$148 00
CATTLE INSPECTOR
Fred S. Whitcomb, salary,
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Horace F. Tuttle, registrar,
Clarence D. Chickering, registrar.
E. A. Phalen, registrar, (two years),
Daniel W. Sheehan, registrar,
A. Brooks Parker, moderator,
Arthur Wayne, officer,
L. C. Hastings, officer,
L. C. Hastings, placing booths,
Thomas Murray, officer,
Leo McCarthy, officer,
Arthur F. Davis, officer,
Theron A. Lowden, officer,
Timothy Hennessey, officer,
B. D. Hall, officer,
A. R. Beach, officer,
Robert S. Osterhout, warrants, notices,
Turner's Public Spirit, notices,
Universalist Church, rent.
Total General Government,
$25 00
20 00
40 00
20 00
25 00
5 00
5 00
25
00
10 00
00
00
00
00
00
66 58
3 50
5 00
175 00
$256 33
$5,054 55
TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S BONDS
Appropriation, $270 00
Paid:
American Surety Co.
$270 00
99
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Appropriation,
Transferred from reserve fund,
$800 00
26 71
Paid:
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.,
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies,
A. W. Davis Co., coal, wood, battery,
Geo. K. Hayward, grading, seeding Quimby
Square Fire House,
L. T. Fullonton, painting fire house,
Boston Consolidated Gas Co., fuel line,
Boston Consolidated Gas Co., fuel,
L. W. Perkins, wood,
B. A. King, wiring,
J. S. Moore, hose sprinkler.
West & South Water Supply,
Geo. E. Clayton, care of grounds,
Joseph Breck & Son, parts for mower.
Eagle Oil & Supply, dust down,
Commonwealth of Mass., boiler inspection,
Fred W. Green, work on grounds,
F. G. Williams, painting.
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber,
Frost & Hollowell, grading,
Geo. A. Braman, painting, flag-pole,
N. H. Tenney, work on boiler,
A. W. Wayne, care of hall,
A. W. Wayne, care of lawn,
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation,
Transferred from reserve fund,
$44
85
47
58
91
78
95
92
50
00
34
00
17
70
13
00
5
78
6
35
12
00
3
20
4
39
5
00
10
00
8
97
25
75
21
10
13
50
2
00
48
09
177
25
88
50
$1,500 00
396
38
$826 71
Paid:
Michael Foley, services,
John T. McNiff, services,
Allen B. Frost, services,
John T. Foster, services,
Wm. F. Driscoll, services,
David Clayton, services,
John Dunivan, services,
Geo. S. Braman, services,
Geo. A. Brarrmn, services,
C. A. Durkee, services,
E. Hollowell, services,
F. Coville, services.
$596 19
402 75
280 16
72 50
20 10
17 25
11 25
42 00
206 70
30 00
9 00
6 00
$826 71
$1,896 3S
100
Geo. K. Hay ward, services,
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.,
Murphy & Snyder, signs, cards, tags,
David Clayton, painting traffic lines,
W. S. Darley Co., traffic buttons,
Hayward & Fullonton, traffic signs,
Tate & Co., pipe,
A. W. Davis Co., paint,
J. A. MacPherson, cartridges,
Finney & Hoit, badges,
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation s,
Transferred from reserve fund.
Paid:
Geo. S. Braman, janitor,
Edison Electric 111. Co.,
Acton Center Dept., payrolls,
West Acton Dept., payrolls,
South Acton Dept., payrolls,
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.,
Henry K. Barnes, fuses.
Murphy & Snyder, payroll sheets,
Macone Bros., chains,
B. A. King, wiring,
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gas and oil,
Finney & Hoit, tubes, curtains, batteries,
A. W. Davis Co., coal, wood,
A. W. Davis Co., dust down, etc.,
Acton Motor Co., tires, tubes, repairs,
Fitzgerald Garage, repairs,
Geo. H. Reed, coal,
J. S. Moore,
Arthur H. Blanchard Co., supplies.
Met. Dental Supply Co., oxygen,
John J. Manning, janitor.
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal, wood.
So. Acton Woolen Co., acid,
John T. McNiff, repairs,
C. C. Cullinane, express,
R. S. Baker, gas,
T. E. Costello, making shields,
Hope E. Holland, gas,
Conant Machine Co., repairs,
West and South Water Supply,
Earl Hayward, bolts,
American Fire Equipment Co., badge,
101
25
50
53
45
15
90
26
50
6
00
17
50
18
00
21
33
6
40
1
40
10
50
1 ^Qf\ ^^
$2,500
00
193
84
<R? ^0^ R4
$140
50
129
60
144
50
212
60
142
00
82
36
3
15
7
50
8
93
19
92
14
84
70
15
79
17
22
40
143
42
14
68
130
63
6
58
113
05
21
82
120
00
164
27
7
60
6
85
2
55
5
17
90
00
3
32
7
88
36
00
91
4
60
Wm. G. Lawrence, janitor, 127 36
Combination Ladder Co., 1 56
E. P. Gates, repairs, 59 75
Tate & Co., pipe, 1 25
Geo. K. Hayward, cable, hooks, 2 70
Fritz Oslschlegal, straps, 4 00
Hayward & Fullonton, brass rail, fittings, 23 15
J. A. MacPherson, keys. 4 00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, 14 53
Geo. Clayton, installing bell. 1 25
N H. Tenney, smoke pipe. ? 75
N. H. Tenney, brass pipe, 8 53
Acton Centre Dept., salary for ins, 90 00
South Acton Dept., salary for ins. 110 00
West Acton Dept., salary for ins., 90 00
Wilson Lumber Co., ladder, 10 80
Concord Brass Foundry Co., castings, 8 06
Geo. K. Hayward, labor, 27 20
L. W. Bells, fire alarm transmitter, 150 00
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation, $500 00
From overlay surplus, 500 00
Paid:
West Acton Dept., payrolls, $184 10
South Acton Dept., payrolls, 204 35
Centre Dept., payrolls, 238 80
Arthur H. Blanchard, pump tank, 10 00
A. B. Frost, freight paid, 4 18
A. B. Frost, payrolls, 39 75
McKesson . Easton Drug Co., soda, 36 34
National Standard Extinguisher Co., acid, 4 00
So. Acton Woolen Co., acid, 20 55
Frank Gallant, labor, 5 00
Norman Livermore, gas, 45
Henry K. Barnes Co., hose, 140 00
Geo. H. Reed, brooms, etc., 51 00
John Pederson, tire, chains, jack, 1 7 20
M. E. Taylor & Co., gas, 4 34
R. S. Baker, gas, 1 55
$961 61
Unexpended balance, $38 39
$2,693 84
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
NEW HOSE
Appropriation, $700 00
102
Paid:
Arthur H. Blanchard & Co., hose,
Henry K. Barnes Co., hose,
Eureka Fire Hose Mfg. Co., hose,
$16 15
602 88
71 00
Unexpended balance,
$690 03
9 97
$700 00
WEST ACTON FIRE HOUSE
Appropriation,
Transferred from reserve fund,
$2,000 00
91 30
$2,091 30
Paid:
E. A. Comeau, moving,
E. A. Phalen & J. D. Smith, contract,
Barber-Colman Co., overdoors,
$25 00
1,874 40
191 90
$2,091 30
HYDRANT SERVICE
Appropriation,
$3,029 00
Paid:
West & South Water Supply District,
Town of Concord,
$2,750 00
253 00
Unexpended balance.
$3,003 00*
26 00
$3,029 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation, $500 00
Paid:
James O'Neil, labor,
James O'Neil, truck,
R. J. O'Neil, labor,
R. J. O'Neil, truck.
Unexpended balance,
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation,
Paid:
James O'Neil, labor,
James O'Neil, truck,
103
$312 00
103 00
60 00
18 00
$493 00
7 00
$500 00
$500 00
$345 00
112 00
James O'Neil, teams,
James O'Neil, bolts, filling, etc.
Unexpended balance,
12
11
00
50
$480
19
50
50
$500 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Paid:
James Kinsley, inspector, $110 50
Chas. A. Durkee, services, expenses as agent
to the board,
Dr. R. E. Hooper, professional services,
Frank B. Farrar, labor.
E. R. Sanborn, labor, lumber, cement,
Patrick Foley, labor.
Dr. E. A. Mayell, professional services,
Acton Motor Co., gas, oil, labor,
A. W. Davis Co., padlock lead,
R. F. Durkee, secretary to board,
R. F. Durkee, postage.
Dr. F. E. Tasker, chairman,
Dr. Geo. H. Tuttle, salary,
Unexpended balance,
TOWN NURSE
Appropriation, $2,200 00
Paid:
79
10
96
00
126
00
4
70
16
50
55
00
5
66
1
95
15
00
75
25
00
10
00
$546
16
453
84
$1,000 00
Lillian E. Frost, nurse,
Acton Drug Co., supplies,
$2,000 16
49 10
Unexpended balance,
$2,049 26
150 74
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation,
Received from State under Chapt. 81,
Received from State under Chapt. 90,
Received from County under Chapt. 90,
Transferred from Reserve Fund,
$12,000 00
5,800 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
205 38
.id:
J. S. Moore, tools,
Geo. H. Reed, tools, cement, etc..
$4 80
66 70
104
A. W. Davis Co., tools, guard rails, etc.,
S. A. Coal & Lumber Co., pipe, etc.,
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gas and oil,
David Clayton, cleaning Quimby Square,
Buffalo Sprinfield Roller Co., repair parts,
Acton Motor Co., gas, oil, repairs,
Finney & Hoit, twine,
E. H. Longley, cement work,
J. T. McXiff, sharpening tools, etc..
Mass. Broken Stone Co.,
Conant Machine Co., repairs on loader,
Tate & Co., pipe, tools,
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., torches, chain.
Hall Bros., stakes,
Barret Co., tarvia,
Byron Lumber Co., lumber,
William Holt, bulbs.
Standard Oil Co., oil,
W. J. Costello, signs,
M. E. Taylor & Co., oil, gas, etc.,
A. \V. Davis, express, post s,
Herbert Hale, filing saws.
New England Concrete Pipe Corp., pipe,
Com. of Mass., posts, etc.,
L. W. Perkins, gravel,
A. Christofferson, gravel,
Robert A. Reed, gravel,
Margaret Spinney, gravel,
Koppers Products Co., tarvia,
American Powder Co., caps,
Wilson Lumber Co., brick,
O. F. Nelson, repairs,
E. P. Gates, repairs,
A. H. Perkins, paid for freight,
Payrolls — Labor:
A. H. Perkins, Superintendent,
P. Callan,
J. Gallant,
T. Murray,
R. Jones,
W. Larrabee,
R. Penney,
W. Scanlon,
G. Rugg,
F. Courville,
E. Hollowell,
E. Anderson,
W. Anderson,
J. Coombs,
149
11
51
11
117
00
4
50
19
67
11
70
1
80
5
70
23
20
61
80
181
21
21
90
110
00
6
84
347
04
358
70
1
20
2,145
38
6
00
32
38
31
98
2
50
763
29
114
91
188
70
28
95
5
50
23
85
1,891
IZ
3
63
57
60
14
50
116
05
9
37
$1,113
00
642
50
534
75
348
50
2
00
665
64
m
75
648
25
264
00
241
50
177
00
140 00
142
00
445
63
$6,990 90
105
L. Morse,
M. Morse,
H. Owen,
E. Olson,
J. Lemoine,
J. Smith,
L. Penniman,
L. Allard,
J. Brennan,
P. Wood,
R. Angie,
A. Dubey,
L. Priest,
M. Granberg,
P. Coughlin,
L. Perkins,
G. Dow,
R. Goodearl,
H. Prescott,
G. Clayton,
W. Cole,
Horace Tuttle,
A. Morrison,
B. Szylen,
J. Gagnon,
H. Gould,
A. Roberts,
Payrolls — Trucks :
A. H. Perkins,
R. Jones,
N. Perkins,
H. Reynolds,
C. Robbins,
A. Frost,
J- Briggs,
J. Coombs,
W. A. Anderson,
W. E. Anderson,
E. Hollowell,
Geo. H. Reed,
C. Davis,
Mrs. Kinsley,
A. W. Marsh,
Teams — Payroll:
L. W. Perkins,
J. Coombs,
109
50
181
70
126
00
161
00
163
00
36
25
24
00
19
00
251
13
301
38
8
00
287
13
144
50
25 00
132
75
16
00
152
50
122
50
233
50
58 00
29
20
35
60
42
00
52
00
12
00
12
00
11
50
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$538
50
1,308
13
490
63
64
06
1,601
88
170 00
948
12
4
00
6
00
6
00
445
00
368
75
23
75
30 00
10
00
<R(^ nid. >i?
^>0,U1M- oi.
$308 00
140
00
106
M. Barteau,
Mrs. Kinsley,
Total Highways,
HIGH STREET
Appropriation,
Received from State under Chapt. 90.
Received from County under Chapt. 90,
Transferred from Reserve Fund,
Paid:
American Powder Co., dynamite,
N. E. Concrete Const. Co., pipe,
Wilson Lumber Co., brick,
Trimount Oil Co.,
Barret Co., tarvia.
Com. of Mass., catch basins,
Fletcher Corner Filling Station, gas, oil,
Geo. H. Reed, lime, cement,
A. W. Davis, express,
Andres Christofferson, gravel,
Payrolls — Labor :
E.. Hollowell,
W. Larrabee,
J. Gallant,
W. Scanlon,
Geo. Rugg,
F. Courville.
E. Anderson,
W. Anderson,
T. Murray,
H. Owen,
R. Angeir,
J. Lemoine,
L. AUard,
R. Thomas,
A. Duffey,
M. Granburg,
L. Morse,
J. Smith,
W. Cole,
B. Szyler,
O. Olsen,
E. Hurley,
L. Warden,
R. Penney,
20 00
136 00
$604 00
$22,005 38
$3,000 00
3,000 00
3,000 00
2 69
$18 88
348 38
120 16
321 31
510 11
60 63
103 53
26 10
5 00
346 05
$468 00
185 63
298 25
22 00
271 75
294 75
275 75
253 75
279 25
282 25
173 50
228 25
56 00
218 25
15 00
55 00
1 00
144 25
144 25
12 00
160 25
125 25
210 75
20 00
$9,002 69
$1,860 15
$4,195 13
107
Payroll
C.
5— Trucks:
Robbins,
R.
Jones,
C.
Davis,
N.
Perkins,
E.
Hollowell,
G.
Reed,
Teams:
L.
Perkins,
NEWTOWN ROAD
Appropriation, balance.
Appropriation,
Received from State under Chapt. 90,
Received from County under Chapt. 90,
Transferred from Reserve Fund,
Paid:
Com. of Mass., guard rails,
J. J. Watkins, balance of contract,
Acton Granite Co., bounds,
Berger Metal Culvert Co.,
Tate & Co., pipe,
American Powder Co., caps,
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gas, oil,
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber,
Trimount Oil Co., oil.
Standard Oil Co., oil,
Barrett Co., tarvia,
Geo. H. Reed, cement,
Geo. Pierce, air compressor,
L. W. Perkins, gravel.
Payrolls — Labor:
A. H. Perkins,
L. Priest,
A. Dubey,
P. Coughlin,
M. Granburg,
W. Larrabee,
P. Callan,
M. Morse,
J. Brennan,
W. Scanlon,
G. Dow,
$447
51
705
01
180 00
599
38
576
88
430
63
$2,939 41
$8
00
$8 00
$9,002 69
$3,114 24
2,500 00
2,500 00
2,500 00
110 02
$125 00
3,891
13
76
25
631
00
6
90
7
25
29
95
12
47
49
56
49
50
204
65
17
60
48
00
330
15
$10,724 26
$5,479 41
$324 00
146 00
114 00
110 00
4 00
185 00
224 00
126 40
168 00
106 00
125 00
108
H. Prescott,
Geo. Clayton,
H. Tuttle,
R. Goodearl,
A. Morrison,
P. Coughlin,
A, W, Marsh,
L. Allard,
L. Penniman,
O. Olson,
H. Owen,
J. F. Coombs,
P. Wood,
B. Szylen,
L. W. Perkins,
R. Penney,
J. Smith,
J, Lemoine,
T. Murray,
J. Gallant,
Payrolls — ^Trucks :
Geo. H. Reed.
J- Briggs,
H. Reynolds,
A. H. Perkins,
A. W. Marsh,
N. Perkins,
Mrs. Kinsley,
R. Jones,
C. Robbins,
Teams:
L. W. Perkins,
Appropriation,
Paid:
STOW STREET BRIDGE
224 0(
115 21
131 20
114 00
92 80
54 00
2 50
8 00
8 00
8 00
14 00
190 00
216 00
76 00
136 00
96 00
60 00
63 00
20 00
48 00
$120
00
250
00
443
75
165
00
308
75
225
00
242
50
88
75
90
00
$2 00
$3,309 IC
- $1,933 75
$2 00
$10,724 26
$2,000 00
Frost, Hayward & Hollowell, Contractors, $1,798 00
Mass. Broken Stone Co., 19 88
J. Briggs, truck, 10 00
H. Reynolds, truck, 10 00
109
A. Duby, labor^
W. Scanlon,
Unexpended balance,
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation,
Paid:
Unexpended balance,
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation,
Transferred from Reserve Fund,
Paid:
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation,
4 00
4 00
$1,845 88
154 12
John Pederson, ploughing, sanding and
cleaning.
$2,649 76
John Pederson, salary,
100 00
Ralph Jones, truck,
20 00
C. Robbins, truck,
15 00
A. H. Perkins, truck,
25 88
N. Perkins, truck.
20 00
A. H. Perkins, labor,
51 75
P. Callan, labor.
4 00
J. Gallant, labor.
19 00
F. Gallant, labor.
2 00
T. Murray, labor.
4 00
W. Larrabee, labor,
10 00
J. Coombs, labor,
5 00
H. Owen, labor,
8 00
J. Brennan, labor.
8 00
W. Scanlon, labor,
8 00
G. Shaw, labor,
3 00
A. Duby, labor.
2 25
R. Jones, labor,
2 00
Good Roads Machinery Co.,
270 50
$3,228
271
14
86
$5,400 00
9 71
$5,409
71
$2,000 00
$3,500 00
$3,500 00
$5,409 71
$5,409 71
$2,000 00
110
Paid:
Orders as approved by the Board of Public
Welfare, $1,977 00
Unexpended balance, 23 00
STATE AID
Appropriation,
Transferred from
Reserve Fund,
$360 00
70 00
$430 00
Paid,
-
$430 00
$430 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation,
$600 00
Paid:
Orders as approved by Soldier's Relief Agent, $594 85
Unexpended balance, 5 15
$600 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Paid:
Orders as approved by Board of Public Welfare, $978 00
Unexpended balance, 22 00
$1,000 00
EDUCATION
Appropriation, $45,000 GO
Paid:
Orders as approved by School Committee, $44,863 47
Unexpended balance, 136 53
$45,000 00
INSURANCE ON HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AND CONTENTS
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Paid:
Chas. A. Durkee, $903 99
Unexpended balance, 96 01
— $1,000 00
111
LIBRARY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation,
Paid:
A. F. Davis, librarian, $150 00
A. F. Davis, janitor, 150 00
A. F. Davis, cataloging, 50 84
O. E. Houghton, transportation of books, 50 00
West & South Water Supply. 18 00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal, 233 72
Edison Electric Illuminating Co., 28 05
W. A. Fuller & Son, shelf supports, 3 11
E. Z. Stanley, repairs on furnace, 26 68
O. D. Wood, repairs, ' 22 85
E. F. Conant, insurance, 58 93
Finney & Hoit, mat , 5 00
Frank Price, labor and moss, 8 50
Albert E. Sims, repairs, 127 84
John Pederson, wood, 12 00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, 9 26
$954 78
Unexpended balance, 45 22
LIBRARY BOOKS
Appropriation, $200 00
Appropriation balance, 30
Received interest on library fund, 502 17
Paid:
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books,
$281 32
Goodspeeds Book Shop,
9 45
Orange Judd Publishing Co.,
8 15
Frieshman's,
14 84
Geo. H. B. Turner,
4 00
Ginn & Co.,
13 30
H. R. Huntting Co.,
222 67
Jean Karr,
31 30
Arthur R. Womrath Inc.,
14 08
James P. Ramsay,
1 85
National Republic,
5 00
Cotton Trade Journal,
80
G. A. Baker & Co.,
7 61
Herman Goldberger Agency,
49 65
W. A. Wilde Co.,
13 05
Edward H. James,
2 08
Union Library Association,
12 07
E. P. Dutton & Co.,
11 25
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
$702 47
$702 47
112
LIBRARY VAULT
Appropriation, $500 00
Unexpended, 500 00
CEMETERIES
Appropriation, SI, 200 00
Received interest from Hosmer fund, 459 38
Paid:
A. H. Perkins, removing snow
M. E. Taylor & Co., wire, seed, tools,
C. B. Dolge, weed killer,
Geo. H. Reed, tools,
West & South Water Supply.
Shepard Clark, parts for mower.
A. W. Davis Co., bone meal paint.
Est. of Wm. H. Kingsley, scraping,
Wm. Munn, mowing,
Geo. J. Coombs, mowing,
Albert Batley & Son, flowers,
Lizzie Crocker, manure,
Willis Holden, manure.
Mrs. C. F. Kingsley, plowing,
Horace F. Tuttle, recording lots,
Horace F. Tuttle, labor and horse,
Horace F. Tuttle, plans,
Geo. H. Reed, truck,
Gould & Gagnon, truck and labor,
F. W. Green, lawn mowers, book, chemicals,
F. W. Green, payrolls,
F. W. Green, labor,
F. W. Green, team,
F. S. Kennedy, labor,
F. S. Kennedy, car,
D. S. Kennedy, labor,
Howard Jones, labor,
Arthur Freese, labor,
Horace F. Tuttle, compiling reports of lots
in perpetual care,
F. W. Green, dressing,
PERPETUAL CARE
Received interest on cemetery funds,
Received interest on Blanchard fund,
113
$7
50
9
85
90
31
7
25
12
00
3
70
6
50
10
00
3
00
8
00
38
75
10
50
8
50
15
00
6
00
26
13
42
00
66
25
20
00
34
57
311
61
322
11
12
75
233
40
8
50
181
80
88
15
56
25
15
00
4
00
pijOOV oo
$1,450
75
40
00
«i Aon 7?
Paid:
F. W. Green, labor, $1,472 13
F. W. Green, three lawn mowers, 18 62
$1,490 75
UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation, $500 00
Paid:
Howard A. Wilson, professional services,
E. F. Conant, insurance,
Finney & Hoit, flags,
Horace F. Tuttle, writing and recording
easements and deeds,
O. D. Wood, care of flag and new ropes,
Dr. John Sheehan, reporting births,
Dr. Ross K. Whiton, reporting births.
Dr. R. E. Hooper, reporting births.
Dr. N. N. Charbonneau, reporting births.
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., adding machine, 147 00
Shaw-Walker Co., cabinet, 59 50
Maplewood Press Co., printing lists, 60 00
;50
00
33
00
12
60
11
00
7
50
25
25
75
25
$382 10
Unexpended balance, 117 90
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation, $300 00
Transferred from reserve fund, 30 25
Paid
Marsten & Wells, flags,
$17 55
Lovell Bus Lines,
30 00
A. W. Davis Co., paper,
2 30
B. S. Holt, cream.
1 25
A. C. Jones, groceries.
4 34
Strong & Tracy, provisions,
11 31
Mrs. Frank Davis, napkins.
40
R. E. Wright, rolls.
3 85
A. Batley & Son, plants,
42 25
John P. Fielding, band.
201 00
First Baptist Church, rent,
10 00
Geo. L. Towne, sundry expense.
6 00
$500 00
$330 25
$330 25
114
GAS RANGE AND HEATER
Appropriation, $300 00
Paid:
Boston Consolidated Gas Co., range and
radiator, $242 96
Unexpended balance, 57 04
INSURANCE OF EMPLOYEES
»pvJVVW \J\J
Appropriation,
$500 00
r^aici.
Paul R. Hederstedt, $347 34
Unexpended balance, 152 66
$500 00
PURCHASE OF LAND FOR WEST ACTON FIRE HOUSE
Appropriation,
$50 00
X aia.
Citizen's Library Association, $50 00
$50 00
ZONING COMMITTEE
Appropriation,
$200 00
Paid:
Associated Architects Printing & Sup. Co., $21 50
Unexpended balance, 178 50
$200 00
TOWN FORESTS
Appropriation,
$150 00
Unexpended,
$150 00
I
DEMONSTRATION WORK IN AGRICULTURE
Appropriation, $50 00
Unexpended, $50 00
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS
Appropriation, $2,000 00
115
Paid:
First National Bank of Ayer, $1,750 GO
Unexpended balance, 250 00
$2,000 00
BONDS AND NOTES
Appropriation, $8,400 00
Paid:
Merchants National Bank, high school bonds, $4,000 00
Assabet Inst, for Savings, Lowell Road note, 2,000 00
First National Bank of Ayer, Lowell Road note, 700 00
First National Bank of Ayer, Fire House note, 700 00
Unexpended balance,
$7,400
1,000
00
00
$8,400 00
INTEREST ON BONDS AND NOTES
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Paid:
Assabet Inst, for Savings,
Merchants National Bank.
First National Bank of Ayer,
$80
1,800
56
00
00
00
Unexpended balance,
$1,936
64
00
00
$2,000 00
REVENUE LOANS
Amount outstanding, Jan. 1, 1931,
Received — First National Bank of Ayer,
$25,000 00
70,000 00
?95,000 00
Paid First National Bank of Ayer,
Amount outstanding, Dec. 1, 1931,
$75,000 00
20,000 00
$95,000 00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation from Overlay Surplus, $1,200 00
Transferred to:
General Government, $54 55
Buildings and Grounds, 26 71
Police, 396 ^8
116
Fire Department,
193 84
West Acton Fire House,
91 30
Highways,
205 38
High Street,
2 69
Newtown Road,
110 02
Street Lighting,
9 71
State Aid,
70 00
Memorial Day,
30 25
$1,190 83
Unexpended balance.
9 17
$1,200 00
REFUNDS
Paid:
1930 Tax,
$16 30
1930 Excise Tax,
44 53
1931 Excise Tax,
194 60
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Amount due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1930,
Received from State Tax,
State Audit,
State Parks,
Old Age Assistance Tax,
County Tax,
County Tuberculosis Tax,
Overlay,
Town grant,
Motor Vehicle Excise tax,
December Assessment,
Treasurer's Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1930,
Received interest on taxes.
Receipts other than taxes.
Paid:
State Tax,
State Audit,
State Parks,
Old Age Assistance Tax
County Tax,
$50,532
51
3,750
00
393
66
54
97
874
00
6,229
50
378
19
3,808
85
72,660
26
8,835
40
366
00
34
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$17,892
23
2,412
75
120,465
40
<Rtzin 770
38
^It-U, / / U
$288,653
72
$3,750
00
393
66
54
97
874
00
6,229
50
117
County Tuberculosis Tax,
378
19
General Government,
5,054
55
Treasurer's and Collector's
bond,.
270
00
Buildings and Grounds^
826
71
Police Department,
1,896
38
Fire Department,
2,693
84
Forest Fires,
961
61
New Hose,
690 03
West Acton Fire House,
2.091
30
Hydrant Service,
3,003
00
Moth Department,
493
00
Tree Warden,
480
50
Health and Sanitation,
546
16
Town Nurse,
2.049
26
Highways,
22,005
3S
High Street,
9,002
69
Newtown Road,
10,724
26
Stow Street Bridge,
1,845
88
Snow Removal,
3,228
14
Street Lighting,
5,409
71
Public Welfare,
1,977
00
State Aid,
430 00
Soldier's Relief,
594
85
Old Age Assistance,
978
00
Education,
44,863
47
Insurance on High School Building,
903
99
Library maintenance,
954
78
Library Books,
702
47
Cemeteries,
1,659
3S
Cemetery Perpetual Care,
1,490
75
Unclassified,
382
10
Memorial Day,
330
25
Gas Range & Heater,
242
96
Insurance of Town Employ
ees,
347
34
Land for West Acton Fire House,
50
00
Zoning Committee,
21
50
Interest on Revenue Loans,
1,750
00
Bonds and Notes,
7,400 00
Interest on Bonds and Notes,
1,936
00
Revenue Loans,
75,000
00
Refunds,
255
43
<R9'77 9'77 00
Abatements,
$682
81
Abatement, Excise Tax,
347
90
Amount due from Collector,
Dec. 31, 1931,
51,537
57
Amount due from Treasurer
Dec. 31, 1931,
8,862
45
spU i f'rOKJ tJ
$288,653 72
118
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
Balance, January 1, 1931, $24,167 15
Surplus Revenue, 1931, 7,449 68
1925 Tax, 2 00
C. A, Durkee, collector, overpaid, 1 66
— $31,620 49
DEBIT
Revenue Account, 1931, $10,000 00
Transferred to Cemetery fund, for lots sold
from Sept. 1927 to Dec. 1930, 578 00
Transferred to Overlay Surplus,
balances of appropriations made from
Overlay Surplus in 1930,
468
69
$11,046 69
Balance, December 31, 1931,
$20,573 80
OVERLAYS
1929
Balance, January 1, 1931,
$2,781 55
DEBIT
Abatements,
Transferred to overlay surplus,
$545
2,235
71
84
$2,781 55
.
1930
Balance, January 1, 1931,
$2,362 51
DEBIT
Refunds,
-
16 30
Balance, December 31, 1931,
$2,346 21
1931
Overlay,
$3,808 85
DEBIT
Abatements,
-
$137 10
Balance, December 31, 1931,
$3,671 75
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance, January 1, 1931,
Transferred from Surplus Account.
Overlay 1929,
Appropriation balances, 1931,
$7,855
468
2,235
47
94
69
84
56
$10,608 03
119
DEBIT
Appropriation to Reserve fund, $1,200 00
Appropriation to Forest Fire Acct., 500 00
$1,700 00
Balance, December 31, 1931, $8,908 03
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE
Balance, January 1, 1931, $3,141 39
1931 Tax, 8,835 40
$11,976 79
DEBIT
Abatements, $347 90
Refunds, 239 13
Total amount collected 1931, 7,310 53
ISO
$7,897 56
Balance, December 31, 1931, $4,079 23
CEMETERY LAND FUND
Transferred from surplus account, $578 00
For lots sold from 1927-1930
Received for lots sold in 1931, 245 00
$823 00
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Auditor's Report
I have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer and Tax
Collector of the Town of Acton, and have found them correct. Notices
have been sent to all delinquent taxpayers.
HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
February 18, 1932.
122
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1931
1932
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
Organization
School Committee
Mrs. Lulu L. Clark, Chairman Term expires 1932
Mrs. Albertie Meade Term expires 1933
Forrest Bean Term expires 1932
Mrs. Oliver Wood Term expires 1934
Arthur Whitcomb Term expires 1934
Dr. Randall Woodworth Term expires 1933
Superintendent
John F. Hough
South Acton, Mass. — Phone 165. Office — High School Buildinoj.
School Physician
Dr. E. A. Mayell Acton
School Nurse
Miss Lillian Frost North Acton
SCHOOL CALENDAR
First short term begins January 4. 1932.
First short term ends Febuary 19, 1932.
Second short term begins February 29, 1932.
Second short term ends April 15, 1932.
Third short term begins April 25, 1932.
Third short term ends June 10, 1932, for Grades I to VHI, inclusive.
Third short term ends June 17, 1932, for High School.
. 1932-1933
Fall term begins September 6. 1932.
Thanksgiving — School closes November 2?>, 1932, and re-opens
November 28. 1932.
Fall term ends December 23, 1Q32.
First short term begins January 2. 1933.
Legal Holidays
January 1. February 22. April 19 May 30. Julv 4. first Monday of
September. October 12, November 11. Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
(the day following when any of the first five days mentioned, the 12th of
October, or Christmas occurs on Sunday.)
Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April, and is not a legal
holiday.
Flag Day falls on June 14, and is not a legal holiday. It should be
observed by proper exercises by any school in session on that day.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DECEMBER 31, 1931
Center School:
App.
Where Educated
Home Address
Ella Miller
1899
Framingham Normal
Acton
Ruth Brennan
1931
Lowell Normal
Lowell
Gertrude Puhakka
1931
Fitchburg Normal
Fitchburg
South School:
Julia McCarthy
1906
Fitchburg Normal
South Acton
Florence Merriam
1927
Framingham Normal
South Acton
Jessie Kinnevan
1929
Worcester Normal
Worcester
West School:
Harriet Suchovskv
1929
Framingham Normal
Clinton
Elise Dickerman
1926
Fitchburg Normal
Ayer
Madeline Allard
1928
Lowell Normal
Lowell
High School Building:
Marion Towne
1921
Smith College
Concord
Mary Stolte
1931
Middlebury College
Brattleboro, Vt.
Marjorie Jones
1931
Simmons College
South Acton
Barbara Douglass
1931
University of Vermont
Winchester, N. H
Elsie Bixbv
1927
Framingham Normal
Boston University
Woodville
Edith Ames
1928
Simmons College
Littleton
Margaret Boornazian
1929
Boston University
Methuen
Walter Holt
1928
Dartmouth College
Ashburnham
Robert Dolan
1930
Clark University
Marlboro
Henry Hopkinson
1930
Northeastern Law S.
West Acton
John Hough
1927
Middlebury, Harvard,
South Acton
Colgate
Supervisors :
Music — Elmer Pierce, Gardner.
Drawing — Phyllis Darch, Fitchburg.
Manual Arts — James Smith, Adams.
School Committee
To the Voters of Acton:
The School Committee herewith presents its annual report for the
fiscal year 1931, and an estimate of its requirements for the year 1932.
The past few years it has been the policy of the School Committee to plan
ahead for more than one year, and by so doing, our schools and buildings
are in a very good condition at the present time. As the senior member
of the Committee, I look backward nine years and I can truly say our
schools have never been in a better condition than at the present time.
Much has been accomplished the past year, in the way of repairs.
The South School that was partially shingled about three years ago has
been completed this year. The front side was done and the flaGj pole re-
moved from the building and set in cement on the front lawn. This build-
ing was also painted on the outside. The West School Building has been
painted outside and one room and the halls redecorated.
The Auditorium at the High School has been redecorated and other
minor repairs attended to. Some repairs were done at the Center School
and the plans of the Committee are to complete the work on this buildino;
the coming year.
For more than a year plans have been discussed in meeting, and
talked over with Mr. Davis, in regard to improving the transportation of
both Elementary and High School pupils. The Committee was verv
desirous of putting these plans into effect this year. We found this im-
provement could be taken care of without any increase in the appropria-
tion for our department. But owing to the financial condition of the towns
and cities in our Commonwealth it is with much regret that we are putting
these plans aside for another year.
The Committee has also voted that there will be few if anv changes
in the salaries of the teachers for the coming year. By these and other
economies in all departments we have prepared a budget askin-^ for $43.-
000. This is $2,000 less than last year's appropriation.
We hope that our voters will realize that we are able to do this for
one year, because we have looked ahead in purcha'^ing supplier, books, etc.
and feel that we have accomplished a maximum of results with the money
entrusted to us for our schools.
Respectfully submitted,
LULU L. CLARK,
Chairman of School Committee.
COMPARISON OF COST FOR OPERATING
ACTON SCHOOLS
Massachusetts School Fund 1931 1930 1929 1928
Part I $3,736 00 $3,610 00 $3,560 00 $3,740 00
Part II 1,565 07 1,909 84 2,978 41
State Wards, 580 58 151 76 131 25 276 43
Total from State, $4,316 58 $5,326 83 $5,601 09 $6,994 84
Out of town tuitions, $2,486 15 $2,670 15 $2,775 28 $2,010 56
Total, $6,802 73 $7,996 98 $8,376 37 $9,005 40
Expended from appro-
priation, $44,863 47 $44,534 21 $44,845 92 $43,984 70
Net cost of town
(raised by taxation), $38,060 74 $36,537 U $36,469 55 $34,979 30
Appropriations, $45,000 00 $45,000 00 $45,000 00 $44,000 00
Special, $3,500 00
$48,500 00
ESTIMATES FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1932
Salary and other expenses of Superintendent, $2,188 00
Expenses of Instruction, 28,060 00
Expenses of Operation, 5.165 00
Repairs, 1,000 00
Auxiliary Agencies (Transportation and Health), 4,200 00
Miscellaneous, 2,387 00
Total, $43,000 00
Summary of Expenses for Support for Year
Ending December 31, 1931
GENERAL CONTROL
Salary and other expenses of Superintendent, $2,556 38
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Salaries of Teachers and Supervisors:
Elementary,
High School,
Principal of High School,
Supervisors,
High School Textbooks,
Elementary Textbooks,
High School Stationery and Supplies,
Elementary Stationery and Supplies,
Total Expenses of Instruction,
EXPENSES OF OPERATION
$13,061
25
11,441
84
1,045
83
907
84
<f:9/=> A'^fs if\
$446 36
691 04
817 94
525 97
$28,938 07
Wages of Janitor,
Fuel,
Miscellaneous,
High School
Elementary
South West
$780 00 $732 00
529 18 526 98
55 01 38 14
$1,382
470
717
30
08
23
$2,569 61
$2,152 00
1.547 28
143 81
Wages of Janitor,
Fuel,
Miscellaneous,
Center
$640 00
491 12
50 66
Total High and
$1,364 19 $1,207 12 $1,181 78
Elementary Operating Expense,
6
$3,843 09
$6,412 70
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
High School, $684 58
South West Center
Elementary, $725 71 $909 20 $197 35 $1,832 26
Total Maintenance and Repairs, $2,516 84
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
High School:
Library,
Miscellaneous,
Elementary:
Miscellaneous,
Transportation,
Total Expended,
Unexpended Balance,
Special Appropriation for Insurance,
$131
483
75
62
154
3,670
11
00
$4,439
$44,863
136
48
47
53
-
$45,000
00
903
99
PAID FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931
GENERAL CONTROL
Superintendent, salary $2,000 04
Clerk, 450 00
Superintendent, travel expenses, 10 00
$2,460 04
OFFICE EXPENSES
New England Tel. & Tel. Company, $45 00
School Service Company, office cards, 3 70
Post Office, envelopes, 22 06
John M. Ruth & Company, desk blotters, 1 OS
J. L. Hammett Company, report card envelopes, 1 67
Mrs. Charles Clark, telephone and stamps, 1 57
Murphy & Snyder, warrants, 6 50
John F. Hough, postage and saws filed, 2 48
D. C. Heath & Company, office book, 1 71
Wright & Potter Printing Company, office supplies, 4 15
Remington Rand Business Service, office cards, 2 44
Lillian Frost, envelopes, 90
Finney & Hoit, tablet and ink, 35
7
Silver Burdett & Company, office book,
The MacMillan Company, office book,
Total,
Total General Control,
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisor's Salary, Music,
Supervisor's Salary, Drawing,
Supervisor's Salary, Manual Training,
Total Supervisors' Salaries,
Principal's Salary, High School,
Teachers' Salaries:
Henry Hopkinson,
Walter Holt,
Robert Dolan,
Elsie Bixby,
Margaret Boornazian,
Barbara Douglass, four months,
Marion Towne, four months,
Marjorie Jones, four months,
Mary Stolte, four months,
Edith Ames, four months,
Marion Fuller, six months,
Total High School Teachers' Salaries,
Elementary Teachers' Salaries:
Ella Miller,
Helen Murray, six months,
Edith Ames, six months,
Marion Towne, six months,
Edith Taylor, six months,
Caroline Chase, six months,
Ruth Brennan, four months,
Gertrude Puhakka, four months,
Julia McCarthy,
Jessie Kinnevan,
Florence Merriam,
Harriet Suchovsky,
Elise Dickerman,
Madeline Allard,
Mrs. Minetta Lee, substitute,
Mrs. Arthur Nelson, substitute.
Total Elementary Teachers' Salaries,
1
69
1
04
$96
34
$2,556
38
$400
00
280 00
227
84
$907
84
$1,045
83
$2,000 00
1,800
00
1.280
00
1.700
00
1,440
00
440
00
540
00
381
84
400 00
560
00
900 00
$11,441
84
$1,400 00
780
00
780
00
780
00
750
00
626
25
375
00
360
00
1,400
00
1,070
00
1,250 00
1,270 00
1,152
50
1,020
00
17
50
30
00
$13,061
25
HIGH SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS
Allyn and Bacon,
$36 74
The MacMillan Company,
67 73
Manual Arts Press,
15 09
Silver, Burdett & Company,
1 63
Ginn & Company,
41 71
Collepje Entrance Book Company,
2 63
M. Witmark & Sons.
10 00
Edward E. Babb & Company, Inc..
16 79
Houghton Mifflin Company,
7 95
Southwestern Publishing Company.
12 63
Dura Binding Company,
21 35
The John C. Winston Company,
39 27
Charles Scribner's Sons,
6 56
World Book Company,
56 95
American Book Company,
22 50
G. P. Milne,
1 82
Regents Publishing Company,
45
Iroquois Publishing Company,
1 26
Benj. H. Sanborn & Company,
3 61
Chappell-Harms, Inc.,
3 86
D. C, Heath & Company,
26 59
Gregg Publishing Company,
15 25
L3^ons & Carnahan,
2 00
Oliver Ditson Company,
15 95
Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Company,
9 60
F. A. Owen Publishing Company,
1 56
Boston Music Company,
4 88
Total, $446 36
ELEMENTARY TEXT BOOKS
The Arlo Publishing Company,
The MacMillan Company,
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Compan;
Silver Burdett & Company,
World Book Company,
D. C. Heath & Company,
Web?ter Publishing Company,
Laurel Book Company,
Ginn & Company,
Scott. Foresman & Company,
Dura Binding Company,
Iroquois Publishing Company,
Campbell & Leunig, Inc.,
American Book Company,
Total Elementary Textbooks, $691 04
9
$7
40
116
89
21
70
140
58
1
35
13
94
2
27
4
65
79
00
223
42
48
30
12
10
16
18
3
26
HIGH SCHOOL STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES
John M. Ruth & Company, pencils and desk blotters,
Taylor Instrument Company, charts,
South Acton Coal and Lumber Company, board,
Webber Lumber & Supply Company, Manual Training,
J. L. Hammett Company, pencils, paper, envelopes,
Atlantic Motion Picture Corp., base lamp,
Boston Mu'^ic Company,
Office Appliance Company, stencils,
Vannah Lithograph Company,
The Bon Marche, ribbon.
The Papercrafters, Inc.,
Murphy & Snyder, paper and programs,
Wilbur D. Gilpatric, paper.
The Traders Carbon Paper Company, type ribbons,
Central Scientific Company, laboratory supplies,
Edward E. Babb & Company, Inc., workbooks and paper
Palmer & Parker Company, wood,
Sears, Roebuck & Company, laboratory supplies,
Finney & Hoit,
J. A. MacPherson, laboratory and manual training supplies,
Ginn & Company, teachers' class books,
John M. Woods & Company,
Cambosco Scientific Company, laboratory supplies,
A. W. Davis Company,
Chamber of Commerce of United States. Nation's Business,
Walter Holt, popular music,
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Le Petit Journal,
Total $817 94
ELEMENTARY STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES
John C. Winston Company,
O. H. Toothaker, Primary tests,
Frank C. Johnson, Elementary Record Cards,
Edward E. Babb & Company, Inc.,
Milton Bradley Company, drawing supplies,
J. L. Hammett Company,
Herman Goldberger Agency, magazines,
Alfred F. Gruener,
Total, $525 97
HIGH SCHOOL OPERATING EXPENSE
Daniel MacDougall, janitor, $1,382 ^0
Webber Lumber & Supply Company, 3 42
Fuelite Natural Gas Company, 1 68 00
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, 237 36
New England Tel. & Tel. Company, 8 81
10
$10
04
4
63
1
16
19
43
374
86
3
75
10
16
38
96
35
30
2
80
69
29
10
75
18
63
10
63
14
85
r, 92
84
3
80
8
66
1
77
es, 4
93
11
57
11
66
6
27
30
20
ss, 3
00
10
00
8
00
$1
98
3
29
4
13
25
^S
274
42
206
52
5
55
4
70
A. W. Davis & Company, snow pusher, coal, glass,
J. L. Hammett Company,
Strong & Tracy, soda.
West & South Water Supply Company,
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company, coal,
Edward E. Babb & Company, mop wringer
West Disinfecting Company, soap, dispensers, towels,
The Holmerden Company,
Lloyd Priest, recharging chemicals,
John Dunivan, recharging chemicals,
Masury- Young,
Fullton & Hayward. repair floor oiler,
George Coombs, sawing wood,
Forrest Bean, sawing w^ood,
Acton Motor Company, welding,
O. H. Howe, plants,
Total High School Operating Expense,
Janitor
Fuel,
Totals,
ELEMENTARY OPERATING EXPENSE
South West Center
$780 00 $732 00 $640 00
529 18
526 98
491 12
328
75
4
11
98
36
51
174
20
4
22
150
60
17
20
2
50
2
50
39
75
3
10
1
40
1
40
50
2
00
$2,569
61
$1,309 18 $1,258 98 $1,131 12
$2,152 00
1,547 28
$3,699 28
MISCELLANEOUS
West & South Water Supply Co.,
Edison Electric 111. Company,
Byron Lumber Co.,
L. C. Hastings, Supplies,
W. J. Costello, Signs,
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
J. L. Hamm.et*, clock,
M. E. Taylor & Company, rope,
Edward E. Babb & Com.pany, Inc., duster,
Fritz Oelschlegel, chopping block.
Totals,
Total Elementary Miscellaneous, •
Total Elementary Operating Expense,
South
$12 00
38 55
56
90
2 00
1 00
West
$17 02
18 30
82
00
Center
$21 12
20 10
7 35
2 09
$55 01 $38 14 $50 66
$143 81
$3,843 09
HIGH SCHOOL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
Albert E. Sims, $4 00
Pratt & Forrest Company, lumber, 3 78
C. M. White Iron Works, window guards, 166 00
Boston Consolidated Gas Company, 37 95
II
Edward E. Babb & Company, braces,
B. A. King,
L. T. Fullonton & Company,
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company,
Charles E. Smith,
Albert E. Sims, hot water showers,
Taylor Instrument Company, repair stormograph,
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, shades, etc.,
Diebold Safe & Lock Company, repair safe.
Total, $684 58
ELEMENTARY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
12
97
10
25
115
00
4
82
9
26
232
95
9
00
38
60
40
00
South
West
Center
Albert E. Sims,
$11 13
$12 56
$28 70
George Hayward, shingling.
391 70
4 80
J. N. Berry & H. Hale, shingling,
456 00
L. T. Fullonton & Co.,
71 56
173 50
C. H. Schnair & Son,
210 57
220 58
N. H. Tenney,
39 76
George H. Gutteridge,
2 00
George H. Whitney, fire extinguishers,
30 00
William B. Holt,
10 75
0. D. Wood,
97 00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
6 36
Larkin Lumber Company,
15 25
Edwin A. Phelan,
15 98
E. Z. Stanely,
34 06
$727 71 $907 20 $197 35
Total Elementary Maintenance and Repairs, $1,832 26
HEALTH
Dr. Ernest Mayell, examinations in High & Elementary Schools, $200 00
TRANSPORTATION
A. W. Davis, $3,670 00
LIBRARIES
H. W. Wilson Company, Readers' Guide, $7 00
Desmond Publishing Company,
Carpenter's Travels and Winston Encyclopedia,
Gaylord Bros., Inc., book cards and shelf holders,
Herman Goldberger Agency,
Welles Publishing Company,
Total, $131 75
12
74
00
21
30
14
45
15
00
19
50
66
75
20
71
160
00
$10 40
71
84
19
23
NEW EQUIPMENT
Allen Chair Company, chairs for Center School,
Massachusetts Reformatory, desks and chairs,
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, desk stands,
Woodstock Typewriter Company,
Total, $266 96
TUITION
City of Worcester,
City of Lowell,
City of Somerville,
Total, $101 47
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE
Bostitch Sales Company, stapler, $4 50
Dallman Company, mops.
Royal Typewriter Company, repairs,
L. C. Smith Typewriter Company,
W. W. Holt, express on motion picture films,
C. C. Cullinane, trucking.
Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection,
Laffin's Bedford Express,
Daniel MacDougall, school census,
Ralph Jones, sand and gravel,
George Coombs, trucking.
Total Miscellaneous Expense,
Total expended during fiscal year.
By Special Appropriation for Insurance,
4
50
2
00
5
10
3
40
5
95
5
00
35
30 00
6
50
2
00
$69
30
$44,863
47
$903
99
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Report of School Superintendent
To the School Committee and Voters of Acton:
1, herewith, offer my second annual report as Superintendent of
Schools of Acton and Principal of the Acton High School.
The period of depression which has seemed to become so popular
throughout the world has had its effect upon institutions of learning of
all kinds. In some communities the result has been that the attendance in
high and elementary schools has increased. This has not been noticeably
so in Acton, however. The number enrolled in all our schools is 500.
This is somewhat larger than the enrollment of last year but the same as
the enrollment of 1926 and about 11 less than the enrollment of 1928.
The number of pupils in the high school building is 225. Although the
number attending school has not materially increased, the distribution
seems to be different from that of previous years. For instance, the
Sophomore room is overcrowded, while the seventh grade is much smaller
than usual.
Last year, we started a class in manual training for the boys in the
Junior High School. Mr. Steuer, a senior of the Fitchburg Normal School,
came to Acton every Friday to teach this subject as a project in connection
with his course at Normal School. Some tools were purchased, and the
room formerly used for sewing was taken over for this course. The sewing
tables and other materials were moved to another room for the purpose.
The course continues this year under the instruction of James Smith,
another senior at the Fitchburg Normal School. Besides being an in-
structor for the Junior High boys once a week, he also has a class in
mechanical drawing for the boys in the Senior High School. The boys
who take this course seem to be very much interested in it. For the
mechanical drawing, they are given 1 point toward graduation.
Pupils are also given 1 point toward graduation for Physical Training
if they pursue the course regularly and industriously.
There seems to have been some misunderstanding about this subject
of Physical Training. As has been previously stated, it is a State require-
ment for all schools in Massachusetts and here it has been placed in the
schedule just the same as any other subject. It is given twice a week.
The aim is to provide each pupil with some means of play and physical
exercise. They are taught considerable about different games. Sometimes
they have a few calisthenics and some marching. It is not the intention
of any of us on the teaching staff to teach military drill or military tactics.
When boys are asked to do any military drill, it is only a little marching
or facing to teach them to act in co-ordination with others and learn to
respond to suggestions readily and cheerfully. Any pupil who goes into
any of our physical training classes with the proper spirit, to have good
clean fun and invigorate the body, will find that he gets out of it all that
it costs him to lose in individuality for a short while.
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And while we are speaking of individuality, this might be a good
place to face a fact that is unavoidable. In a public school of 200 pupils,
it is impossible for a child to exert his individuality. We teachers all
realize that the more individual attention we can give to pupils, the more
successful we will be as teachers and those of us who look upon our pupils
as human beings try to study each separate case. But the number we have
to teach and the time we have to do it in does not permit us to take over
the job that should be done by the parent who has the greatest opportunity
to study the child as an individual. Therefore, when a parent complains
that the teachers do not understand her child, she is not taking cognizance
of the fact that the most valuable lesson that the child can learn while
going to school is to adjust himself to conditions about him. Regardless
of what modern psychologists and behaviorists say we are still slaves of
circumstance and as long as we live in a democracy that supports public
schools, our regulations must be primarily uniform. A new rule cannot
be made for each one who does not like the existing one or who has diffi-
culty in adapting himself to it. I am not recommending as perfect this
situation where man is a slave to circumstance. I am just stating a fact,
and if some strong soul like Emerson or Thoreau wishes to face the world
alone and independently aloof. I admire him, but the place for him is not
in the public schools of America
To this end, all pupils should bring written excuses to school for
absences. All pupils should pay a penalty for whispering or throwing
paper wads. All pupils should stand in danger of expulsion for refusing
to abide by the reasonable rules of the school or for saying flatly, "I won't."
That is one thing that cannot be tolerated in a public school. What value
would be attached to a diploma received from a school where that was
customary? And what value can be attached to a diploma received from
a school where pupils are not required to reach a certain degree of profi-
ciency in the subjects taught each school day? Our regulations ought to
be still more strict and ought to be enforced by every teacher and every
supervisor who in turn ought to be backed up by every last adult in Acton.
Then it would mean something for a boy or girl to say. 'T graduated from
Acton High School." All teachers are here for the welfare of the pupils
who attend the schools. They realize that. And all punishments are for
the good of the pupils. They are not vindictive. They are for the purpose
of trying to get them to have better scholarship or better character.
Another thing that parents should be appraised of is the matter of
dropping subjects or courses while in high school. Of course, we want
the child to do what he is most interested in if it is possible, but how many
of us have not had many regrets in our adult Kves because we were not
made to take certain subjects we thought we did not like while we were
in school? A pupil who starts with the college course and then finds that
he has no chance of going to college would be better off probably to change
to other subjects, although there is some argument against this. But there
is no argument for a pupil who tries to change his course because it is too
hard or because he does not like the teacher. What will happen to him in
later years, when he has only himself to assist him, if he shifts from this
to that ever seeking the easiest way through life?
It has been said that a person might much better fail by trying the
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hard things in life than to succeed by the easiest methods but I don't sup-
pose modernists would agree with any such statement. A parent, however,
should give the matter careful consideration before he gives his consent to
changing a subject in his child's High School Course.
Last year, the rate of tardiness to school became much improved as
I think did also that of absences. There are, however, a few cases that
give trouble, and these will be attended to. It does not seem to be gen-
erally understood that a parent has no right to keep his child out of
school. Now, it seems on the face of it rather high-handed for any one to
tell me what I can do or cannot do with mv own child. Nevertheless, it
is the law, and appears in General Laws Relating To Education, Chapter
76, Section 2:
"Every person in control of a child described in the preceding
section shall cause him to attend school as therein required and if he
fails so to do for seven days session or 14 half days session within
any period of six months, he shall on complaint of an attendance
officer be punished by a fine of not more than $20.00. No physical
or mental condition capable of correction, or rendering the child a
fit subject for special instruction at public charge in institutions
other than public day schools, shall avail as a defense unless it ap-
pears that the defendant has employed all reasonable measures for
the correction of the condition and the suitable instruction of the
child."
In simple language, the above means that boys and girls should
never be allowed to absent themselves from school for such purposes as
attending m.ction picture theatres, or for a day's hunting or fishing. Going
to school should be the first business of everyone attending. All other
work and amusements should be secondary during the years of going to
school.
All schools, as well as other institutions, have their weak points and
places. But it is my firm belief that by and large the schools of Acton
give as good instruction as those of any other town. It is the concensus
of opinion of the teachers in the grades that no pupil has ever been trans-
ferred from another town to Acton with a record of achievem-^nt advanced
beyond those pupils in the grade to which he has been transferred in Acton.
And in most cases they have not been so far advanced.
There is every reason to believe that a child can get as good educa-
tion in Acton as elsewhere. Our books are modern and sensible. The
first and second grades have been equipped this year with the New Elson
Readers and supplementary material for the primary work. These new
books are somewhat simpler in approach than the older ones, and build up
a working vocabulary a little more gradually. There is some fault to find
with the Elson system, but I have come to the conclusion that they who
master it from the first to the seventh grades are good readers.
Our teaching staff has undergone a few changes this year. At Acton
Centre all teachers are new to the building. Miss Brennan of Lowell has
taken the place of Miss Chase who has gone to New Bedford. Miss
Puhakka has taken the place vacated by Miss Taylor who resigned last
June to become Mrs. Henry Engman. Miss Towne and Miss Miller havp
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exchanged places. Miss IMiller iiow being principal of the Acton Centre
School, which is nearer her home, and Miss Towne taking over the seventh
grade in the high school building. The staffs in the other two grade build-
ings remain the same.
In the high school building ]\Iiss Fuller, last June, accepted an offer
from the Wakefield Superintendent and Miss Murray moved on to the
Oliver Ames High School in North Easton. Miss Barbara Douglass, a
graduate of the University of Vermont and living in Winchester, New
Hampshire, has been very capably filling the place vacated by Miss Fuller,
and ]\Iiss ]\Iary Stolts, a graduate of Middlebury and living in Brattleboro,
Vermont, has taken over the work previously done by Miss Murray, in-
cluding girls' basketball. We also lost our drawing supervisor. Miss
Elizabeth Farmer, this year. The new one. Miss Phyllis Darch, is a very
conscientious and capable girl besides being a talented artist. Mr. Smith,
the manual training supervisor, is a Fitchburg Normal Senior. Under his
supervision, the Junior High School boys are making some benches for
their own use, and the Manual Training Room commences to look more
like a shop.
With this corps of teachers Acton Schools are equipped to give
children of Acton excellent instruction both practical and academical.
New hot showers for both boys and girls help to make our physical train-
ing department more efficient.
Mr. Hopkinson this year has been acting as advisor to all pupils in
the three upper classes of high school. He has had personal talks with
each one and has advised about college and business and what courses to
take for the remaining year in High School.
Parents are invited to communicate with him or with the Superin-
tendent or both at any time concerning their children. ]\Iiss Bixby is
the advisor for the Freshmen. Any pupil attending Acton High School
can well feel that an active individual interest is being taken in his welfare
in the present and for the future.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. HOUGH, Superintendent.
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What the Graduates of 1931 are Doing
Batchelder, Beulah,
Callahan, Grace,
Coombs. Marjorie.
Condon, John,
Costello, Eleanor,
Cunningham, Carroll,
Duggan, Peter,
Flagg, Alden,
Freeman, Edna,
Granberg, Madeline,
Hagen, Gladys,
Hagen, Robert,
Holland, Elaine,
Hudgins, Cecil,
Jones, Edna,
Kelley, Mary,
Mason, Rena,
McLaughlin, Ruth,
Mekkelsen, Margaret,
Perkins, Norman,
Sanborn, Russell,
Servais, Mona,
Teele, Ruth,
Tompkins, Ruoff,
Turner, Hope,
Ward, Catherine,
Housekeeper
Fitchburg Normal
Brookline Trust Co.
John Hancock Insurance Co.
Post Graduate
Chauffeur
Carney Hospital
Lawrence Academy
At Home
At Home
Burdett
Post Graduate
Cambridge Hospital
Post Graduate
At Home
At Home
Housekeeper
Married
At Home
A. & P. Lexington
At Home
At Home
Acton Drug Co.
Gift Shop, Concord
Webbing Factory, Concord
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Jldon High School
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
BLANCHARD HALL
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1931
Entrance March of Seniors
Invocation
The Reverend Howard A. Long
Salutatory Address
Robert Hagen
Chorus: ''We Meet Again Tonight''
"Nightfall in Granada" L. Bueno
Commencement Speaker
Professor H. R. Phelan, Columbia University
Chorus: "Wi' a Hundred Pipers" William J. Samsel
Girls' Glee Club: ''Will o' the Wisp"
"Partners"
Chorus: "Deep River"
"Bendemeer's Stream"
Gladys Hagen
Senior Class
Valedictory Address
Song
Presentation of Diplomas
Finale March
Reception to Seniors
HONOR PUPILS
Gladys Hagen Beulah Batchelder
Robert Hagen Grace Callanan
Edna Jones
Pupil chosen for best rank in scholarship, loyalty, and achievement:
Eleanor Costello
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Report of Domestic Science Teacher
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
In the Sewing Course of the Eighth Grade the class has been divided
so as to give more attention to individual work. Aprons were the first
garment made, but not entirely by hand, as it has been found that the
pupils become too discouraged by the slow process thus made necessary
to finish the garment. Other garments follow in order of advancement.
Knitting is taught to those without any sewing, thus providing dish cloths
for the kitchen. Twenty-six garments have been made thus far.
In the Cooking Classes the two periods are devoted entirely to cook-
ing, with instructions in procedure given the first 15 minutes. All of the
food prepared by the pupils is used at the Cafeteria Lunch, which gives
them confidence in their work. Each pupil has certain duties to perform
toward the preparation of this lunch.
The Eighth Grades lessons are more advanced, thus providing a wider
variety in the week's menu.
The Cafeteria is self-supporting and has the following report to make:
Cash on hand January 1, 1931 $28 47
Total sales for fiscal year, 1,580 49
Cost of supplies, $1,512 44
Lost through theft, 79 76
Cash on hand December 31, 1931, 16 76
$1,608 96 $1,608 96
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH M. AMES.
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Report of the Supervisor of Music
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
The real problem in the elementary schools is not so much the train-
ing of the children as to train the teachers to do their music work in an
efficient m.anner. We have a limited amount of time and wherever the
work is successful it is because the pupils have learned to study and have
had enough practice in mastering the problems involved.
Some of the happiest moments of our lives have been those of our
discovery of our own ability. This is abundantly true in relation to music.
The exercise of this power is cumulative in its effect.
There is no trouble or disorder in the classroom when the class as a
whole can read music well; interest and the "glad look" take care of this.
Experience shows that at least three-quarters of the difficulty of sing-
ing songs with words lies in getting the names of the notes, mastering staff
relationships, and the only solution of the matter is doctoring for what is
the matter. If children are to get the benefit of music experience and to
have a respect for the job it is necessary to get down to their problems
and have it early understood that it is up to them.
They enjoy the responsibility and take a lively interest seeing them-
selves grow.
Conditions are taking shape for profitable assembly work in the
grades, though the spread from grade three to six is rather wide. The time
is about ripe for the addition of piano accompaniment.
Although the time allowance for music is but half of the normal allot-
ment, good progress is being made in grades seven and eight. The last
singing test in grade seven produces twenty-four perfect recitations.
The senior high school work is a joy and everybody is doing some-
thing in real four-part music. Two years ago the alto was weak, only a
few being able to manage it for a part of the time; the bass was lacking
most of the time, and when present it was mostly wrong. Today we have
reliable alto, and bass parts and tenor, which is almost always hard to get,
is emerging. There is no disorder.
This condition and type of reaction reflect great credit on Mr. Hough,
V'G teachers, and the organization of the high school. It indicates an ex-
cellent school spirit.
The girls' glee club is making good progress and the boys seem in-
terested in this kind of work.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
ELMER E. PIERCE,
Supervisor of Music.
January 30, 1932.
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School Physician
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my annual report as school physician.
Physical examinations were completed in November.
Schick test was given in May as usual and toxin antitoxin given in
June.
The fruits of physical education are apparent, and much credit is due
Mr. Dolan for his work as coach.
We are continuing the pre-school clinics and the parents are co-oper-
ating.
We are pleased to report that our schools have been free from con-
tagious diseases.
Details will be found in the nurse's report.
I wish to again thank the Superintendent, teachers and nurse for their
valuable assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. MAYELL, M. D.
Report of School Nurse
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
The Physical Examinations for the year were completed by the school
physician during October, with the following result:
Total number of examinations by doctor, 550
Defects found:
Tonsils and Adenoids, 38
Glands, 175
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Poor Posture, 125
Teeth, 200
Heart, 22
Report of school examinations during the school year by the school
nurse:
Special examinations, 1 734
Simple dressings, 251
Sanitary inspections of all buildings, 164
Home visits, 200
Individual instructions, 94
Pupils excluded because of communicable disease, 12
Pupils taken home ill, 39
There were fifteen pre-school children examined at the pre-school
conference. That is two more than last year. These early examinations
of children to enter school in September have shown a marked improve-
ment of our physically fit first-graders.
There were eighteen children given the Schick test. Out of this num-
ber thirteen were immune. The remaining five were given further treat-
ment. Thirty-five more were given Toxin anti-Toxin treatment for the first
time, making a total of forty receiving treatment.
The physical condition of our Junior High and High School pupils
has shown marked improvement since the time given to physical education
has been increased.
The grade schools show some improvement in dental work and con-
dition of the teeth.
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. FROST. R. N.
Report of Drawing Supervisor
I am happy to submit my first report as Supervisor of Art. Since it
covers but five months, it is largely an exposition of aim, rather than
report of achievement.
The aim, first of all, is that the children may be interested in their
art classes. This, accomplished, will arouse in them, the desire for self-
expression through the mediums of pencil, crayon and paint. If one can
help develop the appreciative eye and the ability to see correctly within
the child, drawing will become his language. This language is rendered
intelligible to others by means of technique. It is for this reason that an
effort has been made to teach the children the proper way of mastering
the simple mediums of drawing.
We realize that a small number of the children in our art classes will,
in later life, carry on and develop themselves in this work. It is to the
majority of those others that we want to give an appreciation and desire
for things of artistic merit. This appreciation (for we can hardly expect
an understanding) may be of the masters' works, or it may be an ap-
preciation of a well-designed, well-colored greeting card, in contrast to a
poorly designed, cheaply colored card. In short, we want our children
today to grow into "Artistic Consumers" who will recognize and demand
the things of practical everyday usage to be of good design and careful
workmanship. If this end is accomplished, we will be rid of many ugly,
carelessly constructed articles which masquerade under the name of "art
goods" and are purchased by the untaught.
I feel that a beginning has been made to accomplish these aims, and
much of the credit is due to the co-operation of the teachers In this work.
Respectfully submitted,
PHYLLIS LEATHA DARCH.
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Index
Accountant ..... 97
Auditor ------ 122
Appointments by Selectmen ... 4
Assessors ----- 69
Board of Health ----- 60
Cemetery Commissioners - - - - 84
Elizabeth White Fund - - - - 56
Finance Committee - - - - 65
Fire Alarm System - - - - 10
Fire Department ----- 63
Forest Warden - ... - 62
Goodnow Fund ----- 56
Health Nurse ..... 44
Inspector of Animals - - - - 70
Inspector of Slaughtering - - - - 58
Jury List ----- 6
Memorial Library ----- 71
Public Welfare ----- 29
Police Department - - - - 61
Selectmen's Report - - - - 27
State Audit - - - - - 11
Superintendent of Streets - - - - 59
Tax Collector - - - - . 57
Town Clerk ----- 37
Births ----- 38
Deaths - - - - . 42
Dog Licenses ----- 45
Marriages - .... 40
Non-Resident Burials - - - - 43
Town Meetings ----- 30
Annual Meeting - - - - 30
Special Town Meeting - - - - 36
Town Officers - . - . . 3
Town Warrant - . . . . 7
Treasurer ----- 48
Cemetery Funds ... 50
Elizabeth White Fund - - - - 52
Firemen's Rehef Fund - - - 55
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund - - 54
Nineteenth of April Fund - - - 55
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund - - 52
Wilde Library Fund - - - 54
Zoning Committee - - - - 67
SCHOOL REPORT
Commencement Program - - - - 19
Comparison of Cost . - . . 5
Domestic Science ----- 20
Estimates for 1932 . . . . 5
Legal Holidays ----- 2
Organization - - - - - 2
School Calendar - - - - 2
School Committee . . . . 4
School Nurse ----- 22
School Physician - - - 22
Summary of Expenses . - - - 5
Superintendent - - - - 14
Supervisor of Drawing - - 24
Supervisor of Music - - 21
Teachers . . . - . 3
What the Graduates are Doing - - - 18
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1932
1933
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
n
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31 , 1932
1933
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
Town Officers, 1932
Moderator
Allen Brooks Parker
Selectmen
Waldo E. Whitcomb Term expires 1933
Wendell F. Davis Term expires 1 934
Howard J. Billings Term expires 1935
Town Clerk
Horace F. Tuttle
Town Treasurer
Frank W. Hoit*
Assessors
Henry L. Haynes Term expires 1933
Warren H. Jones Term expires 1 934
Albert P. Durkee Term expires 1935
Collector of Taxes
Charles A. Durkee
Tree Warden
Richard J. O'Neil
Constables
Michael Foley, Alan B. Frost, John T. McNiff, Charles A. Durkee
Cemetery Commissioners
Wendell F. Davis Term expires 1933
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1934
Fred W. Green Term expires 1935
School Committee
Alberta M. Mead Term expires 1933
Randall N. Woodworth Term expires 1933
Louisa N. Wood Term expires 1 934
Arthur M. Whitcomb Term expires 1 934
Forrest E. Bean Term expires 1935
Louise M. Price Term expires 1935
♦Deceased, Feb. 6, 1933.
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Trustees of Memorial Library
Herbert A. Thayer (deceased) Term expires 1933
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1 934
J. Sidney White Term expires 1935
Board of Health
Frank E. Tasker Term expires 1933
George H. Tuttle Term expires 1 934
Raymond F. Durkee Term expires 1935
Trustees of the EJizabeth White Fund
Waldo E. Whitcomb Term expires 1933
Charlotte Conant Term expires 1 934
Warren H. Jones Term expires 1935
Trustees of the West Acton Fireman's Relief Fund
H. Stuart MacGregor Term expires 1933
A. N. Hederstedt Term expires 1 934
C. D. Cram Term expires 1935
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
Charlotte Conant Term expires 1933
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1 934
Charles E. Smith Term expires 1935
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN
Finance Committee
Murray Brown Alfred W. Davis George A. Richardson
Frank W. Hoit William Rawitser Webster S. Blanchard
Superintendent of Streets
A. H. Perkins
Town Accountant
Howard L. Jones
Registrars of Voters
Clarence D. Chickering Term expires 1 935
Daniel W. Sheehan, Jr Term expires 1933
Edwin A. Phalen Term expires 1 934
Horace F, Tuttle, Ex-Officio
Election Officers
Precinct I
Warden — James W. Coughlin
Deputy Warden George A. Murphy
Clerk — Arthur W. Wayne
Deputy Clerk — Spencer H. Taylor
Inspector — Arthur F. Davis
Deputy Inspector — Willis N. Holden
Inspector — Leo F. McCarthy
Deputy Inspector — Harold Coughlin
Precinct II
Warden — Theron F. Newton
Deputy Warden — Theron A. Lowden
Clerk — John J. Manning
Deputy Clerk — Thomas Murray
Inspector — Lewis C. Hastings
Deputy Inspector — Frank A. Merriam
Inspector — Timothy Hennessey
Deputy Inspector — James Brown
Precinct III
Warden — Bertram D. Hall
Deputy Warden — Fred S. Whitcomb
Clerk — David R. Kinsley
Deputy Clerk — Frank McDonald
Inspector — A. R. Beach
Deputy Inspector — Harry Holt
Inspector — James Kinsley
Deputy Inspector — Guy P. Littlefield
Fire Elngineers
George K. Hayward, Chief
John Pederson, Capt. Precinct I David Clayton, Capt. Precinct II
H. Stuart McGregor, Capt. Precinct III
Cattle Inspector
Fred S. Whitcomb
Forest Warden
Alan B. Frost
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Ralph Litdefield
Superintendent of Town Forests
Charles A. Durkee
Burial Agent
Frank W. Hoit
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
Frank W. Hoit Charles E. Smith
Bertram D. Hall George H. Reed
Field Drivers
Michael Foley Alan B. Frost John T. McNiff
John T. McNiff
Superintendent of Moth Work
Richard J. O'Neil
Police Officers
Michael Foley, Chief
Alan B. Frost
C. A. Durkee
Jury List
Edward S. Fobes
Fred Billings
Frank E. Parsons
Simon Taylor
Charles Miles
Fred Sims
Carl Flint
Ralph T. Jones
David R. Kinsley
Bertram D. Hall
Howard C. Tracy
Eugene L. Hall
Revised 1932
Precinct I
Spencer H. Taylor
E. Faulkner Conant
James W. Coughlin
George S. Tucker
Murray Brow^n
Precinct II
James Brown
Herbert Pratt
Lewellyn T .FuU'onton
John C. Starbuck
Precinct III
James E. Kinsley
James A. Grimes
John T. McNiff
Benjamin Coolidge
Clarence D. Chickering
Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in said County,
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are
hereby directed to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton,
qualified to vote at town meetings for the transaction of town affairs,
to meet in their respective precincts, to wit:
Precinct 1 — Town Hall in said Acton
Precinct 2 — Universalist Church, South Acton
Precinct 3 — Fire House, West Acton
at 12 o'clock noon, on Monday, the sixth day of March, 1933, by
posting a copy of this w^arrant, by you attested, at each of the places
as directed by vote of the town, seven days at least before the sixth
day of March.
To bring in their votes on one ballot for the following tow^n offi-
cers: One moderator for one year, one tow^n clerk for one year, one
selectman for three years, one assessor for three years, three for de-
partment of public welfare for one year, one treasurer for one year,
one collector of taxes for one year, four constables for one year, two
for school committee for three years, one for board of health for
three years, one cemetery commissioner for three years, one trustee
Memorial Library for three years, one tree warden for one year.
The polls will be open at 1 2 o'clock noon, and close at 7 o'clock
P. M.
You are further requested in the name of the Commonw^ealth of
Massachusetts to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton, as
aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Acton, on Monday,
the 1 3th day of March, at seven o'clock in the evening, then and
there to act on the following articles:
Article 1 . To choose all necessary town officers and committees,
and fix salaries of all town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the several re-
ports of the town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees
chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the town w^ill appropriate
to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several depart-
ments of the town and determine how the same shall be raised.
Article 5. To see w^hat sum of money the town will raise for the
observance of Memorial Day.
Article 6. To see what action the tow^n will take in regard to
the collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise and
appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department, or vote any-
thing thereon.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires, and
fix price thereon.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward the
suppression of the brown-tail and gypsy moth.
Article 1 0. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money
to insure the employees of the town or act anything thereon.
Article 1 1 . To see what amount of money the town will appro-
priate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and collector's
bonds, or act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town w^ill authorize the treasurer, with
approval of the selectmen, to borrow^ money from time to time, in
anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January
1, 1933, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable w^ithin one
year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from
the revenue of said financial year.
Article 1 3. To see if the town will vote to employ a public health
nurse, and appropriate a surh of money for the maintenance of same.
Article 1 4. To see if the town w^ill vote to appropriate by bor-
rowing or otherwise a sum of money for the purchase of new fire
apparatus or act anything thereon.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money for the installation of a fire whistle in West Acton or act
anything thereon.
Article 1 6. To see if the town will vote to accept a set of by-laws
for the Fire Dept. and make them a part of the Town by-laws.
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Article 1 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of
$2,500,00 for the reconstruction of Pope Road from State Highway,
East Acton to the Carlisle line provided at least a like sum is allotted
to the town by the State Department of Public Works and at least a
similar sum by the County of Middlesex or act anything thereon.
Article 1 8. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money
to re-wire High School building or act anything thereon.
Article 1 9. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum
sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law, the
town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repair of the
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital and for care and treatment
of tubercular patients up to June 30, 1932 under Acts of 1928,
Chapter 385 as amended by Acts of 1931, Chapter 60 including
interest and discount on temporary notes issued therefor as assessed
in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 1 1 of General Laws
and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto or take any
action in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to allow the Town Hall
to be used for Basketball if the necessary precautions are taken to
protect the building, or act anything thereon.
Article 2 1 . To see if the tow^n w^ill vote to accept for the use of
the Welfare Department, a contribution from all the salaried em-
ployees of the town.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested
copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting
as directed by vote of the tow^n.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your
doings thereon to the town clerk at or before the time of the meeting
as aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Acton this 6th day of February, 1933.
WALDO E. WHITCOMB.
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
Selectmen of Acton.
A true copy. Attest: MICHAEL FOLEY, Constable of Acton.
Finance Committee's Report
We are again under a handicap of severe financial depression.
We all recognize the importance of providing work for our unem-
ployed, yet we must keep in mind in making our annual appropria-
tions the property ow^ner who is struggling to pay his taxes and meet
his other obligations.
The voters will note that the appropriation for general maintenance
for roads is increased by $2,000.00 which is necessary in order to
avail ourselves of the maximum amount from the State.
Article 1 8 has been completed as required by the State; this makes
unnecessary the approval of this article.
An additional item of $1,400.00 will be found for brush cutting
and maintenance for veterans eligible to soldiers' relief.
Under the item Board of Public Welfare, the reduction is made
in anticipation of a voluntary contribution from all salaried em-
ployees of the town (note Article 21).
You will see by reading the amounts advised by the Committee
on Finance that we have reduced suggested appropriations by about
$5,000.00 in the several different departments but it is unfortunately
offset by Articles 1 8 and 1 9, general maintenance of roads, State
requirements, etc.
We make the following recommendations relating to appropria-
tions:
Roads, general maintenance
$12,000 00
Schools
43,000 00
Street Lighting
4,000 00
Memorial Library, current expenses
800 00
Memorial Library, books
200 00
Hydrant Service
3,054 00
General Government
5,000 00
Buildings and Grounds
800 00
Cemeteries
700 00
Military Aid
200 00
State Aid
600 00
Soldiers' Relief
600 00
Police Department
2,300 00
Board of Health
750 00
Board of Public Welfare
2,500 00
Old Age Assistance
4,000 00
Snow^ Removal
2,500 00
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Care of Shade Trees 300 00
Unclassified 400 00
Bonds (High School) 4,000 00
Interest on Bonds 1,800 00
Interest on Revenue Loans 2,000 00
Art. 5 Memorial Day 250 00
Art. 7 — Fire Department, maintenance 2,500 00
Fire Department, new hose 300 00
Art. 8 Forest Fires 500 00
Art. 9— Gypsy Moth Work 500 00
Art. 1 0 Liability Insurance 600 00
Art. 11 — Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds 250 00
Art. 1 3— Public Health Nurse 2,200 00
Arts. 1 4 and 1 5 — Not recommended this year
Art. 17 — Pope Road 2,500 00
Art. 1 8— Wiring High School
Art. 19 — County Hospital Assessment 587 48
County Hospital Note 2,500 00
Art. 2 1 — We recommend this article be
accepted
Brush Cutting and General Main-
tenance Work for Veterans eli-
gible for Soldiers' Relief 1,400 00
$105,591 48
Finance Committee
Precinct 1 Murray Brown, George A. Richardson
Precinct 2 — William Raw^itser, William T. Merriam
Precinct 3 — Webster Blanchard, Alfred W. Davis
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Selectmen's Report
We submit, herewith, a report of the various departments of the
Town for the year ending December 31, 1932.
Acting under the vote on Article 23 of the last annual town meet-
ing the fire whistle has been installed at the Acton Centre Fire House.
At a special town meeting held April 20, 1932, it w^as voted to
continue the reconstruction of the Newtown Road and High Street.
Both these projects have been completed and have been accepted
by the State Department of Public Works.
It was also voted last year to employ a permanent poKce officer
and the selectmen put this into effect, April 1, 1932 Chief of
Police, Michael Foley, was placed on a full time schedule and his
salary, including the cost of operating his car, was fixed at the rate
of $2,000.00 per year.
We believe that the employment of one full time officer is essen-
tial to the proper handling of the police work in this town and
urgently recommend its continuance.
Last year our appropriation for highway maintenance work was
$10,000.00 and on account of a change in our valuation w^e w^ere
not able to take advantage of all the state and county money to
w^hich this tow^n is entitled. We therefore recommend that $12,-
000.00 be appropriated this year for general maintenance of high-
ways, which should make it possible for us to obtain $1400.00 more
from the state and county than was received last year.
We recommend this increase in the highway appropriation only
because we feel that all of the money spent on highways with state
and county aid effects a direct saving to the town in the Welfare
Department.
The increased demands for Soldiers' Relief, Public Welfare and
Old Age Assistance make it necessary to confine appropriations this
year to essential items only, in order to prevent if possible any in-
crease in taxes.
We are sure that every department of the town will understand
conditions and co-operate with the Finance Committee in carrying
out whatever recommendations that committee finds it necessary to
make, regarding appropriations for 1933.
Respectfully submitted,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS.
Selectmen of Acton.
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Department of Public Welfaure
During the past year the condition of unemployment has made
necessary a larger expenditure of welfare money than usual. Seventy-
five persons having received aid from this department.
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS.
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
Board of Public Welfare.
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
At the beginning of the year 1932 there were seven persons re-
ceiving this form of assistance in this town. During the year nine
more persons applied for assistance and are being aided.
During the past year six assisted in this way have died.
One name had to be taken off the list, as it was not approved at
the State House. At the present time there are nine receiving Old
Age Assistance in Acton.
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
Board of Selectmen.
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Town Meetings
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, March 14, 1932
Article 1 . To choose all necessary town officers and committees
and fix salaries of all town officers.
Chose Warren H. Jones, trustee of the Elizabeth White Fund for
three years.
Chose C. D. Cram, trustee of the West Acton Fireman's Relief
Fund for three years.
Chose Charles E. Smith, trustee of the Goodnow Fund for three
years.
Voted: To fix the salary of the tax collector at three-quarters of
one per cent of the amount collected and to allow^ an additional
charge for expense of postage incurred in the collection of taxes.
Voted: That the salary of the chairman of the selectmen be two
hundred dollars per annum and the other members, one hundred
dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the moderator be fifteen dollars for
the annual meeting and ten dollars for other meetings.
Voted: That the salary of the chairman of the board of public
welfare be seventy-five dollars per annum and the other members
forty dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the town treasurer be five hundred dol-
lars per annum.
Voted: TTiat the salary of the town accountant be four hundred
dollars per annum.
Voted : That the salary of the town clerk be tw^o hundred dollars
per annum.
Voted: That the salaries of the assessors be nine hundred dollars
in the aggregate, per annum, to be apportioned as they may deter-
mine the said sum to include any salary of a clerk.
Voted: That the selectmen be instructed to fix the salaries of all
other town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the several re-
ports of the tow^n officers.
Voted: To accept the reports of the several town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committee
chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported. The
Committee on Zoning submitted a report which was printed in the
annual town report. A unanimous vote of thanks was given to the
committee for their services in the matter.
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Article 4. To see what sum of money the town will appropriate
to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several depart-
ments of the town and determine how the same shall be raised.
Under this article and other articles in the warrant it was voted
to appropriate and raise by taxation for:
Roads, general maintenance
$10,000 00
Schools
43,000 00
Street lighting
5,400 00
Memorial Library, current expenses
1,000 00
Memorial Library, books
200 00
Hydrant service
3,054 00
General government
5,000 00
Buildings and grounds
800 00
Cemeteries
1,200 00
Military aid
200 00
State aid
360 00
Soldiers' relief
600 00
Police department
2,500 00
Board of health
1,000 00
Public welfare
2,000 00
Old age assistance
5,000 00
Snow removal
2,000 00
Care of shade trees
500 00
Unclassified
500 00
Bonds (High School)
4,000 00
Interest on bonds
1,560 00
Interest on revenue loans
2,000 00
Memorial day
300 00
Fire department maintenance
2,700 00
Fire department, new^ hose
600 00
Forest fires
500 00
Gypsy moth work
1,000 00
Liability insurance
600 00
Treasurer's and collector's bonds
270 00
Public health nurse
2,200 00
Fire whistle at Acton Center
1,000 00
County hospital assessment
2,763 17
$103,807 17
Voted: To appropriate $1,200.00 from overlay surplus for a Re-
serve Fund.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the
observance of Memorial Day.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dol-
lars to be expended under the direction of a committee consisting of
the commander of the Isaac Davis Post, G. A. R., the commander
of the American Legion and the chairman of the selectmen.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard to the
collection of taxes.
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Voted: That all taxes, other than poll, shall be payable not later
than October 15, 1932 and on all taxes remaining unpaid after
November I, 1932 interest shall be charged according to law from
October 15, 1932 until such taxes are paid.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise and
appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department or act any-
thing thereon.
Voted: To raise twenty-seven hundred ($2,700) dollars for the
maintenance of the fire department and six hundred ($600) dol-
lars for the purchase of new hose.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires and
fix the price thereon.
Voted: To appropriate five hundred dollars for fighting brush
fires and that the price per hour be fixed by the forest w^arden.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward the
suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moth.
Voted: To raise and appropriate one thousand ($1,000) dollars.
Article 1 0. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money
to insure the employees of the town.
Voted: To raise and appropriate six hundred ($600) dollars.
Article 1 1 . To see what amount of money the town will appro-
priate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and collector's
bonds or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of two hundred and seventy
($2 70) dollars.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer with
the approval of the selectmen to borrow money from time to time in
anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January
1, 1932 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one
year any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the
revenue of said financial year.
Voted: That the town treasurer with the approval of the select-
men be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to
time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning
January 1, 1932 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within
one year any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from
the revenue of said financial year.
Article 1 3. To see if the town will vote to employ a public health
nurse and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of the
same.
Voted: To employ a public health nurse to be under the direc-
tion of the Board of Health.
VoteJ: To appropriate twenty-two hundred ($2,200) dollars
for the salary and maintenance of said nurse.
Article 1 4. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of fifty ($50) dollars or some other amount in furtherance
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^t and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex
County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the
Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sec-
tions 40-45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.
Voted : To pass over the article.
Article 15. To see if the tow^n will appropriate, ty borrowing
or otherwise, the sum of $7, 763. I 7, said sum representing this town's
assessment by the county for the Middlesex County Sanitorium.
Voted: Unanimously, that the sum of $7,763.17, being the
amount of the assessment already made for the town's proportion of
the cost of the construction and equipment of the Middlesex County
Tuberculosis Hospital be and the same is hereby appropriated and
the sum of $2,763.1 7 be raised by taxation the present year and
that two notes be issued for the balance payable $2,500 in 1 933 and
$2,500 in 1934.
Article 1 6. Do you favor a continuance of the Old Age Assist-
;ance Law in Massachusetts in its present form of operation?
On a motion that the town approve the Old Age Assistance Law
in Massachusetts in its present form of operation, the vote was unani-
mously in the negative.
Article 1 7. To see if the tow^n w^ill vote to instruct the selectmen
to appoint a permanent police officer or take any action thereon.
Voted: That the town instruct the selectmen to appoint a full
time police officer. By a hand vote 87 voted Yes, 59 voted No.
Article 1 8. To see if the town will take any action to reduce the
fee for a license to slaughter w^hich has previously been fixed by the
town at $1 00.00 per year.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 1 9. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum
of $2,500 to continue the reconstruction of High Street provided a
like amount is allotted the tov/n by the State and a similar sum by
the County of Middlesex.
Voted: To dismiss the article.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum
of $2,500 to continue the reconstruction of New^tow^n Road pro-
vided a like sum is allotted the town by the State and a similar sum
by the County of Middlesex.
Voted : To dismiss the article.
Article 2 1 . To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of $500 for the preparation of a zoning law and map to be
presented to the town for acceptance at the next annual meeting,
or act anything thereon.
The following motion was offered; That a zoning committee be
appointed by the Moderator to consist of two representatives from
each precinct to prepare a zoning map and by-laws, to be presented
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for acceptance at the next annual town meeting and that the sum of
$500 be appropriated for the use of this committee.
On a rising vote, 44 voted in favor of the motion and 1 20 against.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to put the old dump,
now abandoned, at Concord Road and Hosmer Street in the care
of the Cemetery Commissioners or act anything thereon.
Voted: That the triangular plot of ground described in the article
be placed under the care of the cemetery commissioners.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise end appropriate
the sum of $1,000 to purchase and install a fire whistle or other fire
signal device for use at Acton Center or act anything thereon.
Voted: That the sum of $1,000 be appropriated to purchase and
install a fire whistle or other fire signal device for use at Acton Center.
Article 24. To see if the town w^ill vote to appropriate by bor-
rowing or otherwise, the sum of forty- five hundred ($4,500) dollars
to purchase a new fire pumping engine or act anything thereon.
A motion that there be appropriated the sum of $4,500 to pur-
chase a new fire pumping engine and to meet said appropriation
there be raised in the levy of the current year the sum of $900 and
that the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen be authorized
to borrow the sum of $3,600 and to issue notes therefor. Said notes
to be payable in accordance with Chapter 44 of the General Laws,
so the whole loan shall be paid in not more than three years, did not
prevail.
Article 25. To determine whether the town of Acton will re-
locate Newtown Road, so called, nearby or through the property
of the Church of Jesus Christ in accordance with plans satisfactory
to the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts or take any other action in relation thereto.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting held April 20, 1932
Article 1 . To see if the town will vote to rescind the action taken
under Article 20, at the annual town meeting.
Voted: To dismiss the article.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of
$2,500 to continue the reconstruction of Newtown Road, provided
a like sum is allotted the town by the State and a similar sum by the
County of Middlesex.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2,500 to continue the recon-
struction of Newtow^n Road, provided a like sum is allotted the
town by the State and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex.
18
Voted: That the matter of contracting for the building of the
road be left to the discretion of the selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to rescind the action taken
under Article 1 9 at the annual town meeting.
Voted: To dismiss the article.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum
of $2,500 to continue the reconstruction of High Street, provided a
like sum is allotted the town by the State and a similar sum by the
County of Middlesex.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2,500 to continue the recon-
struction of High Street, provided a like sum is allotted the town by
the State and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex.
Article 5. To determine whether the Town of Acton will relocate
Newtown Road, so-called, nearby or through the property of the
Church of Jesus Christ, in accordance w^ith plans satisfactory to the
Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts or
take any other action in relation thereto.
Voted: That the tow^n relocate New^tow^n Road nearby or
through the property of the Church of Jesus Christ in accordance
with plans satisfactory to the State Department of Public Works.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to instruct the assessors to
deduct from the amount required to be assessed the current year,
$5,000 on account of surplus revenue and the amount of all the
estimated receipts of the town except from loans and taxes.
Voted: To instruct the assessors to deduct from the amount re-
quired to be assessed the current year, $5,000 on account of surplus
revenue and the amount of all the estimated receipts of the town
except from loans and taxes.
Proceedings of the Special Town Meeting held July 18, 1 932
Article 1 . To see if the town will rescind the vote passed at a
special meeting held April 20, 1932 whereby it was voted that the
matter of contracting for the building of Newtown Road be left
to the discretion of the selectmen.
Voted: To rescind said vote.
Article 2. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to have
the work of building Newtown Road done by the road department
of the town or otherwise as the tow^n may determine.
Voted: To instruct the selectmen to have the work of building
New^town Road done by the road department of the tow^n.
Article 3. To see if the tow^n will appropriate the additional sum
of two thousand dollars for the use of the Department of Public
Welfare.
Voted: To appropriate $2,000 for the use of the Department of
Public Welfare.
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Presidential Election Held Novembef 8, 1932
Party designations: C.P., Communist Party; R., Republican; S.L,,
Socialist Labor; D., Democrat; S.P., Socialist Party; P.. Prohibitions
Party.
Whole number of ballots cast — 1,237
President and Vice-President
Foster and Ford, C.P,
Hoover and Curtis, R.
Reynolds and Aiken, S. L.-
Roosevelt and Garner, D.
Thomas and Maurer, S.P,
Upshaw and Regan, P,
Blanks
Governor
John J. Ballam, C.P.
Joseph B. Ely, D.
Alfred Baker Lewis, S.F.
Charles S. Oram, S.L.
William Sterling Youngman, R.
Blanks
Lieutenant Governor
Caspar G. Bacon, R.
Morris I. Becker, S.L.
James W. Dawson, C.P.
Walter S. Hutchins, S.P,
John E. Swift, D.
Blanks
Secretary
John F. Buckley, D.
Frederic W. Cook, R.
Albert S. Coolidge, S.R
Max Lerner, C.P.
Albert L. Waterman, S.L,
Blanks
Treasurer
Domenico A. Digirolamo, S.L.
Eva Hoffman, C.P.
Charles F. Hurley, D.
Francis Prescott, R.
Glen Trimble, S.P.
Blanks
Pet. I Pet. 2 Pet, 5 Total'.
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306
351
938
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130
82
281
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122
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292
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303
335
912
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29
273
305
340
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1
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69
114
75
258
12
24
22
58
57
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63
230
277
300
351
928
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2
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20
31
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73
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0
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127
87
289
258
286
325
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Auditor
Jule Babbitt, C.P.
Daniel T. Blessington, S.L.
Alonzo B. Cook, R.
David A. Eisenberg, S.P.
Francis X. Hurley, D.
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Attorney General
John P. Buckley, D.
Maria C. Correia, C.P.
Fred E. Oelcher, S.L.
George E. Roewer, S.P.
William R. Scharton, Independent
Joseph E. Warner, R.
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Congressman — Fifth District
James J. Bruin, D.
Edith Nourse Rogers, R.
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Councillor — Third District
Esther M. Andrews, R.
Jessie Waterman Brooks, D.
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Senator— Fifth Middlesex District
Paul A. Mogan, D.
George G. Moyse, R,
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Representative in General Court
Harold A. Harrington, D.
Horace F. Tutde, R.
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County Commissioners, Middlesex
Nathaniel I. Bowditch, R.
Thomas J. Brennan, D.
George C. McMenimen, D.
Walter C. Wardwell, R.
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Sheriff — Middlesex
John R. Fairburn, R.
Stephen C. Garrity, D.
Blanks
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244
285
301
830
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118
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298
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103
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Question No.
1 — Chiropractor
Yes
No
Blanks
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164
123
116
151
178
81
213
143
265
528
444
Question No.
2 — Primary
Yes
No
Blanks
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63
151
146
76
223
180
83
174
467
222
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Question No.
3 — Constitutional Amendment
Yes
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31
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217
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253
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477
Vote for Representative, 11th Middlesex District
November 8, 1932
Acton
Bedford
Carlisle
Chelmsford
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Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS
Whole number recorded
33
Born in Acton
6
Native parentage
24
Males
12
Foreign parentage
2
Females
21
Mixed parentage
7
22
Whole number recorded
Residents of Acton
MARRIAGES
28
Residents of other places
23
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DEATHS
Whole number recorded 42
Residents of Acton 4 1 Residents of other places 1
Occurring in Acton 30 Occurring in other places 1 2
Average age in years 72 plus
The to'wn clerk requests information of any errors or omissions in
the list of births, marriages and deaths. The town clerk hereby
gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of
births and deaths.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1932
Date of
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No.
Death
Name
Years
Months
Days
1.
Aug. 13.
Barker, Ralph A.
58
8
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April 12.
Benere, William John
69
10
7
3.
Oct. 1 7.
Carter, Lizzie Almeda
72
11
6
4.
Oct. 7.
Cole, Nelson J.
69
4
5
5.
May 27.
Conant, Leora E.
87
4
16
6.
Dec. 23.
Davis, Minnie
82
11
23
7.
Mar. 27.
Dean, Mary
95
10
8.
Jan. 22.
Dutton, Oliver W.
78
9.
May 28.
Durkee, Ada M.
51
8
26
10.
Mar. 19.
Durkee, Jack E.
76
1
9
11.
April 1 3.
Dusseault, George A.
79
9
13
12.
April 1 3.
Evans, Mary Alice
66
2
13.
Sept. 23.
Feltus, Jennie A.
49
2
12
14.
Aug. 21.
Fleck, Martha L.
65
15.
Oct. 19.
Foley, Johanna
62
9
24
16.
Aug. 25.
Freeman, Richard
70
27
17.
July 8.
French, Eva Helena
65
10
4
18.
Mar. 19.
Frost, Clarence A.
82
1
2
19.
Dec. 27.
Gagnon, Joseph E.
69
9
20.
Dec. 2 7.
Gould, Frederick J.
33
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21.
April 1 6.
Gudzinowicz, Kostauti
47
5
15
22.
April 1 0.
Haynes, Marietta
89
10
1
23.
Feb. 16.
Holbrook, Calvin N.
84
9
12
24.
June 1 7.
Jules, Ira Ernest
83
7
27
25.
June 6.
Law, Anna
77
26.
Dec. 2.
Little, George
80
5
13
27.
Dec. 11.
Lothrop, Emery D.
87
1 1
29
28.
Oct. 14.
Lothrop, Mary Hannah
81
29.
May 27.
Mansir, Frank Ames
75
2
30.
Sept. 1 3.
Miller, Emma N.
83
2
5
31.
Aug. 25.
Parks, Ellery M.
75
32.
Jan. 10.
Pope, Bessie Nichols
69
11
12
33.
Feb. 8.
Porter, Fannie (Teele)
48
6
25
34.
Mar. 19.
Sage, Anna Blanchard
84
35.
Aug. 3.
Smith, George A.
66
3
10
36.
Aug. 7.
Tasker, Lavina D.
69
7
15
37.
Aug. 14.
Towne, Annie M.
77
10
18
38.
Sept. 2.
White, Susan Hartwell (Ga
tes) 95
1
23
39.
April 28.
Wood, Edward Cyrus
75
2
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Fairbanks, James
Forbush, Otis
Hanson, Julia
Harris, Frank
Kirk, Richard W.
Knowlton, Clara E
Mason, David
Newcourt, Joseph
Richardson, Jeann
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PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1932
Allen W. Stuart
Alley, Frank
Anderson, Emily
Armburg, Fred
Alt, Julia
Backer, Helen
Bancroft, C. A.
Barcellos, Anthony
Batchelder, Walter I.
Baxter, Miriam F.
Beach, Stuart
Bedford, Mrs. A. E.
Benere, Antonia
Berglind, Edward E.
Blanchard, Webster S.
Bond, Thomas
Bondelvitch, Walter
Bowen, Robert M.
Bradbury, Rolfe
Bradford, F. W. R.
Bradley, Leo
Braman, Dorothy
Briggs, Jesse A.
Brill, Fred E.
Brown, Robert
Bulette, Frank W.
Bursaw, Henry W.
Butler, Mary E.
Caldwell, Hazel
Caldwell, Margaret
Cahill, William
Carlson, Christian
Chaffin, Nancy S.
Charter, W. W.
Charles, Florence F.
Clark, Mrs. Charles
Claflin, Leon N.
Conant, Charlotte
Connell, Arthur O.
Coombs, George J.
Coughlin, Harold J.
Creeley, Genevieve J.
Crocker, Mrs. Lizzie
Crowfoot, Martha A.
Curley, Thomas
Davis, Charles E.
Davis, H. S.
Davis, Warren A. & Son
$2 OC
)pavis, Wendell F.
5 00
2 OC
jDe Sousa, Joseph J.
2 00
2 OC
'Downey, Chester
2 00
2 OC
IDreher, Gerald W.
2 00
7 OC
Drummond, Thomas F.
2 00
2 OC
1 Durkee, Mabel C.
2 00
5 OC
Durkee, Raymond F.
2 00
2 OOiDurkee, Sidney
2 00
2 00 Edney, Charles F.
2 00
2 00 Engman, Edith T.
2 00
2 OOjEnneguess, Michael
4 00
2 00 [Fairbanks, Curtis S.
5 00
2 OOjFarquhar, Stuart
2 00
2 00 Farrar, James
2 00
2 00 'Ferguson, Robert C.
2 00
2 00 Fisher, Charles
2 00
4 OOlFinan, Bertha M.
5 00
2 00 Flagg, Alden
4 00
4 00 Fletcher, Charlie J.
2 00
2 OOFletcher, John L.
4 00
4 OOjFlint, Carl C
2 00
5 00 Fogarty, Ernest
2 00
2 00 Foley, Patrick
2 00
2 00 Freeman, Mathew
4 00
2 00 Frost, Lillian E.
5 00
2 00
Fullonton, L. T.
2 00
2 00
Gallagher, T. C.
5 00
2 00
Gallant, Mildred
4 00
2 00
Gallant, Minnie P.
2 00
2 00
Gagnon, John B.
2 00
2 00
Garceau, Jean B.
2 00
2 00
Goodwin, Clare R.
2 00
4 00
Goward, Clarence N.
5 00
2 00
Gravlin, Albert C
2 00
2 00
Green, Catherine
2 00
2 00
Hall, Marv F.
2 00
2 00
Harrison B. M.
2 00
2 00
Hart, Mrs. Nelson
2 00
2 00
Harvev, Lucretia H.
7 00
12 00
Haskell, Albert
2 00
4 00
Hayes, Michael G.
4 00
2 00
Haynes, Albert L.
2 00
2 00
Hicks, Albert J.
2 00
5 00
Hill, John C
7 00
5 00
Hodgen, Hugh
2 00
14 00
Holbrook, F. A.
2 00
4 00
Holden, F. H.
2 00
5 00
Holden, Willis L.
2 00
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Holland, Frank T.
Holland, J. H.
Holland, Neville R.
Hovv^e, Leland
Howe, O. H.
Hunt, Wilbur V.
Hurley, James J.
Hurley, John W.
Jalonen, Arthur
Jenks, A. R.
Jensen, Peter
Johnson, Albion
Johnston, James J.
Jones, A. C.
Jones, Howard F.
Jones, Hugh M.
Jones, Mrs. Karl
Jones, Warren H.
Kane, Walter E.
Kazokas, Cyprus
Kelley, Julia T.
Kelley, Maud
Keyes, Henry
King, Benjamin
Kilmartin, W. T.
Knowlton, Samuel E.
Laffin, Fraser
Laffin, Ormal S. R.
La Roche, Arthur
Larrabee, G. W.
La Tullip, John
Lears, William
Leavitt, Jonathan B.
Littlefield, Ralph
Livermore, Roland
Lowden, Richard A.
Lowell, Clesson A.
Lucot, Albert E.
Marsh, A. W.
MacGregor, Stuart
MacKinnon, F. R.
Mason, Roger
Massie, William, Jr.
Mayell, Ernest A.
Mavnes, Everett M.
McMurtv, Kenneth
Mead, Hobart E.
Mekkelsen, Martha
Mekkelsen, Soren
Mekkelsen, Thora
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!Mel, Eleanor
Merriam, Harold
Middleton, Willis J.
Montague, Everett N.
Moore, Mrs. Edward W.
Morehouse, Mrs. C. F.
Morse, Stella
Morrison, Frederick D.
Munn, William
^Murgatroyd, James
Murray, John
Nealey, Edward
Newell, Philip S.
Newport, Harold
jNugent, John J.
lO'Neil, Richard J.
jPaskieiviecz, Stanley
iPederson, John
iPeterson, Edwin
jPeterson, Mrs. Ivar
Penney, D. F.
Perkins, A. Hazelton
Perry, Antonio
Pratt, Edward F.
Pratt, Herbert T.
Priest, Lloyd
Rawitzer, William
Reed, Archie B.
Reed, G. Howard
Reed, George H.
Reed, Marjorie
Reed, Otis J.
Reid, Robert A., 3rd
Reynolds, Arthur
Reynolds, Harold R.
Reynolds, Jesse C.
Richards, Fred V.
Richardson, George A.
Robbins, Freeman W.
Robbins, Mildred H.
Robbins, Paul G.
Roche, Frank B.
Rugg, George
Russell, Emma F.
Sanborn, Everett R.
Sargent, George W.
Saw^yer, Benjamin H.
Schofield, Harris C.
Scribner, H. V.
Shapley, Eva C.
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Sission, George T.
12
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Tucker, George S.,
Jr.
2
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Smith, Gordan A.
2
00
Tuttle, George F.
2
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Smith, Ralph I.
2
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Waite, F. A.
12
00
Soar, Henry
2
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Walouk, John
2
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Spinney, Ahce L.
2
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Watkins, John H.
4
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Starck, Cecil
2
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Weaver, George T.
7
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Stokes, William
2
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Whitcomb, Fred S.
2
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Stoney, Mrs. Reginald
2
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Whitney, Cora A.
2
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Sylvia, E. W.
2
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Willett, Robert G.
2
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Terrio, E.
5
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Wise, Glenna
2
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Todd, Ethel
11
00
Wood, Elizabeth
2
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Tolman, Wilbur
5
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Woodworth, Rand
all N.
2
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Tompkins, Elizabeth
10
00
Young, David E.
2
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Tripp, Horatio W.
2
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2
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228 licenses at
$2 00 $456
00
4 1 licenses at
5 00 205
00
$661
00
Deduct fees — 269 licenses
at
20c
each 53
80
$607
20
May 24, 1932 Paid County
Treasurer
$228
60
Oct. 3, 1932 Paid Town
Treasurer
340
80
Nov. 10, 1932— Paid Town Treasurer
37
80
$607 20
NOTICE
All dog licenses here listed expire March 31, 1933.
Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1 st or the owners or
keepers thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months oM or over, regardless
of time of year ownership is acquired.
No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
32
Police Department
To the Citizens of Acton :
In this report to you I have tried to give a summary of the work
handled by this department during the past year. To verify this
report, I have turned over to your Honorable Board of Selectmen,
a 1 1 0-page typewritten copy of the police log, w^hich itemizes each
call, complaint, etc.
I have patrolled the town late at night and in the early morning
hours and during the day at hours which I believed the most ad-
vantageous to the people of the community.
1 have investigated all complaints made and I believe all have been
settled satisfactorily.
In Police work, the duty of the officer is not always pleasant to
him. At times he is compelled to do his duty at the cost of losing
a friend. I wish to state that I hold no grudges and if in doing my
duty, or, for any other cause, I have made enemies I want them
to feel that at any time I can be of service to them, by advice or
assistance in trouble, they are entitled to and shall receive the same
courteous consideration given to others.
How to Locate Officer when on Patrol:
In order to save time in locating the officer w^hen on patrol, a red
light has been installed at the South Acton Fire House. When a
call comes in for the officer, the night man at the South Acton Fire
House is notified and he turns on the light. A light is also turned
on at Edwards Square in West Acton. A call is also made to No.
169. The patrol car is equipped with a radio receiving set, and in
case the officer is not located by the lights or a call to No. 1 69, a
broadcast can be sent out over W.M.P. and will be picked up by the
officer in any part of the town. During the past year the lights have
been answered promptly and with little loss of time.
In conclusion I wish to express my thanks to all the operators at
our local exchange for their co-operation, w^ith special mention of
the valuable assistance rendered by Miss Laura Davis and the two
night operators Leland Campbell and James Kinsley. These opera-
tors have put messages through accurately and promptly under the
stress of excitement both in fire and police emergencies and deserve
much credit for their co-operation.
Follow^ing is the report:
Persons calling at the office 2 I 8
Telephone calls received 534
Telephone calls made 236
Emergency calls answered after midnight ] 6
33
Emergency calls answered before miJnigfit 60
Complaints received and investigated 8 7
Persons questioned during investigations 1 38
Arrests and prosecutions made on the following charges:
Breaking and entering and larceny 4
Larceny 3
Receiving stolen property 1
Drunkenness 7
Operating under influence of liquor 3
Having a revolver in possession w^ithout a license 1
Injury to a dwelling house 1
Operating without a license I
Operating a vehicle (wagon) after dark without lights 1
Arrested on default warrants 2
Assault and Battery 2
Vagrancy 2
Failing to keep to the right of the road 1
Suspicious persons 1
Uttering fraudulent checks 2
Operating negligently 2
Operating so as to endanger 3
Operating with defective brakes I
Arrested and returned to Shirley Industrial School 4
Apprehended after running away from home 4
Non-support 1
Transportation of Prisoners:
Acton to Concord 1 7
Concord to Cambridge 6
Littleton to Concord 3
Boxboro to Concord 2
West Concord to Concord 3
New Bedford to Concord 1
At Concord District Court 22
At Cambridge Superior Court 1 4
Juveniles reprimanded 37
Accidents reported 48
Occupants of automobiles injured in accidents 34
Died from injuries received in automobile accidents 3
Pedestrians injured in automobile accidents 2
Trips to Emerson Hospital 9
Licenses suspended 6
Licenses revoked 2
Registrations revoked 8
Assisted in investigations for other departments 3
Assisted in investigations of suspicious fires 3
Delivering victualers licenses to roadside stands and lunch rooms 9
Delivering Inn Holders licenses 2
Recommendations given for reissuing of licenses after suspensior 5
Recommendations asked for and refused I
34
Petsofis summonsed to coutI 6
Police attendants furnished for Hospital after automolDile acci-
dents 3
Summonses served for other departments 1 7
Motorists warned for poor lights after midnight 1 5
Motorists warned for poor lights before midnight ! 4
Warnings to drivers of wagons without lights 1
Suspicious cars looked over after midnight 35
Suspicious cars looked over before midnight 1 6
Persons warned after receiving complaints as to their operating 6
Traffic duty during funerals 8
Traffic duty during weddings 1
Motorists assisted after midnight 9
Cars moved for parking on private property at the request of
the property owners 4
Cars reported stolen and later recovered 5
Pedestrians picked up and questioned after midnight 9
Pedestrians picked up and questioned before midnight 5
Pedestrians escorted out of town after mlidnight 3
Dog complaints received 30
Dogs disposed of } 1
Dogs killed by automobiles 3
Dog notices for restraining of dogs served 1
Lost dogs reported 2
Reported bitten by dogs 3
Notices of unpaid taxes sent to owners of dogs 99
Poultry killed by dogs as reported to this department 22
Rabbits killed by dogs as reported to this department 7
Fire alarms ansv/ered (traffic duty) 16
Emergency telephone calls delivered to persons I 0
Telegrams received 4
Telegrams sent 2
Persons notified of relatives sick or injured, for other departments 3
Persons notified of death of relatives 5
Public buildings checked on when lights v^ere found burning after
midnight 5
Calls received by radio after midnight 2
Buildings found with door open after midnight 2
Danger spots found in highway, reported and eliminated 2
Obstructions in roadway removed after midnight 2
Painting traffic lines at South Acton 2
Committments 2
Jury blanks filled out for District Attorney's Office 3
Police records of persons, looked up for other departments 1
Trees fallen across highway reported and removed 2
Emergency calls answered for gas poisoning 1
Emergency calls answered for medical aid |
Duty at Benefit Dance 1
Persons reported missing from home 2
Persons furnished special protection on opening of hunting season 1
35
Protection given to persons during domestic troubles 3
Persons protected while obtaining property 1
Juveniles picked up in other cities 1
Missing persons located 1
Lost children returned home 1
Delinquent children taken home by order of parents 2
Truants looked after 1 2
Posting warrants 5
Collecting ballots 3
Window^s reported broken 2
Transfer blanks signed 25
Accidental shooting 1
Suicides 1
Places looked over in other towns for property stolen in Acton 3
Persons sent home when intoxicated 5
Disturbances quelled after midnight 2
Complaints received on bad checks 3
Assisted in search of escaped prisoners (Reformatory) 2
Light on beacon repaired after midnight 2
With Tax Collector during collections 3
City hunters assisted after getting separated in w^oods 6
Property reported stolen :
1 carburetor
1 battery
2 bulbs
2 turkeys
1 wheel and tire
2 gallons motor oil
$315 in cash
5 bushels apples
1 revolver
1 fire extinguisher
Yl bushel grapes
1 five-gallon gasoline dumper can
1 saw^ and 1 scythe, value $4.50
J/2 bushel grapes
1 battery
1 five-cell flash light
1 set socket wrenches
1 dating stamp
Property recovered:
1 v/atch
1 overcoat
towels
1 bundle clothing
4 chairs
1 blanket
$315 in cash
5 gallons gasoline
36
1 battery
1 set socket wrenches
Restitution made:
$ 1 4 00 for poultry killed by dogs
5 00 for fraudulent check
5 00 for fraudulent check
177 00 for poultry, gasoline, wood, coal, furniture, etc., stolen
50 for Yl bushel grapes
2 00 for Yl bushel grapes
Restitution nmade for damage to school property by boys
Property found and returned to owners :
1 carton cigarettes
1 case shoes
2 terrier dogs
Police protection furnished for Acton Fair 5 officers
Police protection furnished for one Acton High School
football game 1 officer
Police protection furnished during road race 4 officers
Police protection furnished for carnival 1 officer
Police protection furnished for A. A. Field Day 4 officers
Police protection furnished for Hallowe'en 3 officers
Trips made to other towns during investigations:
Maynard 2 7 Marlboro
Concord 26 Westford
Littleton 1 7 Templeton
Boxboro 7 Harvard
Hudson 7 Clinton
Waltham 3 Cambridge House of Correction
W. Concord 3 Framingham
Lake Boone 3 Charlestown
Stow 2 Fitchburg
Sudbury 2
Billerica 2
Trips made to other sections of the Town outside of regular patrol:
West Acton 109 North Acton 28
Acton Center 2 7 East Acton 1 8
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL FOLEY. Chief of Police.
3?
Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the Fire Department-
The number of calls answered by the different companies are as
follows:
Buildings
Brush
Auto.
Chimney
Oil
False
Acton Center
11
10
1
1
0
0
So. Acton
9
11
1
0
0
0
West Acton
14
7
0
2
1
1
Total fire damage to buildings, 1932 $16,260 00
We have had some very difficult fires to fight this year which
have required keeping men on duty for a long period of time, this
has made our payrolls considerably more than we allowed in our
budget; this alone is responsible for our overrun on the appropria-
tion.
We also have had a large number of small fires which the depart-
ment has quickly extinguished and which if not so promptly handled
would have greatly increased our fire loss.
The whistle in Acton Center has proved its value many times in
the speed with which the company there now responds.
I w^ish at this time to report the condition of the fire apparatus
of the town.
Engine One at West Acton seems to be feeling the work that it
has done. At a recent fire to which it responded in East Acton
it gave trouble on the way causing a delay of about ten minutes,
and when it was ready to return after the fire it had to be pushed all
the way home. The trouble was found and has been repaired but
we cannot depend on it as it is nearly ten years old. This seems
rather a poor pumping engine for the only one in town.
In So. Acton the chemical truck there is in bad shape, the clutch
is causing trouble, the piping on the chemical tanks is leaking and
the motor seems to have lost most of its power. We have had work
done on it but it does not improve it much.
In Acton Center the chemical truck, although it hasn't developed
any real trouble, seems to be losing its power and we are expecting
something to happen any time.
These trucks were all purchased at the same time and are all
nearly ten years old and we feel that replacement should be started
if w^e are going to give the taxpayers the proper protection. We
feel that pumping engines should be purchased to replace those
trucks so that the farmer living away from the hydrant district may
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have a little protection as well as the village people. We hope the
case may never happen when we will be called to a fire and break
down on the way and so lose valuable property; but should it happen
we ask 3 ou not to blame us as we have warned you of conditions.
We are placing an article in the w^arrant for town meeting in re-
gard to the purchase of new fire apparatus because w^e feel the people
should have a chance to take action in this matter if they are in-
terested in their own protection.
We do not feel that it is up to the firemen to fight for it but up
to the people if they want protection and lower insurance rates. The
firemen have no intention of trying to put this through but leave it
to the taxpayers.
We also have put in an article in regard to a whistle in West Acton
so the people may know it is one of the needs of the department
and an aid to better protection.
Your board of Engineers will need $3000 for general maintenance
as the trucks w^ill need repairs and new tires. We also need $600
for new hose as we lose about 400 ft. each year from acid w^hich
cannot be helped as long as w^e have chemical engines.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE HAYWARD,
Chief of Fire Department.
Forest Warden's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen:
Your Forest Warden submits the following report for the year
ending December 3 1 , 1932.
Total number of fires responded to 25
False alarms 2
Out of tow^n 1
TTie cost of extinguishing was well within the appropriation. A
few needed supplies were bought and the truck was painted.
The damage from forest fires was very low^ owing to the prompt
response of all companies and the efficient work of our new forest
fire pump.
I take this opportunity to thank the various companies for their
excellent co-operation for the past year.
As we will need some new hose this year I will recommend the
usual appropriation of ($500) five hundred dollars.
Respectfully submitted,
ALAN B. FROST. Forest Warden.
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Report of Superintendent of Streets
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I submit herewith my report covering the highway maintenance
and construction work during 1932,
In addition to regular maintenance work, such as scraping, drag-
ging, surface repair and patching, the following streets have been
surface treated:
With tarvia: Main Street, Newtown Road, Central Street, High
Street, Windsor Avenue, Summer Street.
With 45 per cent asphaltic oil: Nagog Hill Road, Harris Street,
Davis Road, Brooks Street, Straw^berry Hill Road, Esterbrook Road,
Hosmer Street, Taylor Road, Powder Mill Road, Concord Street,
Chadwick Street, Piper Street, Arlington Street, Stow Street, Liberty
Street, Martin Street, Prospect Street, Nashoba Road, Homestead
Street, Woodbury Lane, School St., West Acton, School Street,
South Acton.
New Gravel:
Arlington Street 300 feet
Parker Street 300 feet
Parker Street, scarified and reshaped 900 sq. yds.
Hayward Street 500 feet
Concord Street 450 feet
Martin Street 650 feet
Prospect Street 500 feet
Charter Road 2600 feet
Piper Street 1 600 feet
River Street 700 feet
Strawberry Hill Road 1 600 feet
Powder Mill Road, rebuilt, shoulders of gravel I 200 feet
New^ Drainage:
Martin Street, 90 feet of I 0-inch clay pipe.
Charter Road, 2 7 feet of I 2 -inch corrugated pipe.
Piper Street, two drop inlet, 36 feet of 1 5 -inch concrete pipe,
285 feet of 10-inch concrete pipe.
Railroad bridge over Marlboro branch at station replanked.
New construction:
Newtown Road, 2 700 feet new gravel and oil, 1 382 feet of cable
guard rail, stock fence.
High Street, 4250 feet new gravel, oil and tar, stock fence.
Respectfully submitted,
A. H. PERKINS,
Superintendent of Streets.
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Report of the Board o£ Health
For the Year Ending December 31, 1932
Burial permits issued in Acton 3 1
Residents who died in other towns 1 2
Total number deaths recorded 43
Non-resident burials 2 1
List of contagious diseases reported to Board of Health January 1 ,
1932 to January K 1933:
Dog bite 3
Measles 20
Mumps 1
Scarlet fever 1 1
Whooping cough 3
Pellagra 1
Total 39
Deaths, none
Your board would recommend that $1,000 be appropriated for
ithe use of the Board of Health for the present year.
ACTON BOARD OF HEALTH,
C. A. DURKEE, Agent.
REPORT OF DISTRICT NURSE
To the Board of Health:
I herewith submit my annual report:
Fees collected $148 25
Town non-pay calls 5 75
Social service calls I 73
Welfare calls 232
Prenatal calls 78
Respectfully submitted^
LILLIAN E. FROST, R.N.
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
Beef Veal Hogs Sheep
44 468 2 13
Condemned
3 10 0 0
JAMES KINSLEY. Inspector.
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Report of Tax Collector
1929
Dr.
$40
74
Cr.
$40
74
1930
Dr.
$15,006
85
1.355
98
1>16 362
83
Cr.
»P 1 VJ, -/U^
$14,483
07
1,339
52
540
24
<l;i fi ^^:7
83
1931
Dr,
$32,451
49
644
00
^33 095
49
Cr.
ip J J ,\jy J
T y
$17,179
92
749
80
581
92
84
00
14,499
85
$33 095
49
1932
Dr.
$88,540
05
36
11
tftft 5 76
82
Cr.
\J Lt
$57,331
42
51
81
588
00
74
00
30,531
59
$88,576
82
Interest collected
Paid Treasurer
Uncollected January 1, 1932
Interest collected
Paid Treasurer
Abated
Tax title
Uncollected January 1, 1932
Interest collected
Paid Treasurer
Abated
Tax title
Old age assistance refund
Uncollected January 1, 1933
Committed
Interest collected
Paid Treasurer
Abated
Tax title
Old age assistance refund
Uncollected January 1, 1933
MOTOR EXCISE TAX
1930
Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1932 $ 352 23
Interest collected 36 62
_ $ 388 85
42
Cr.
Paid TreasuTei
ALated
Uncollected January 1 ,
Interest collected
1932
19.33
1933
BANK
193!
Dr.
Cr,
1932
Dr.
Cr.
INTER
$ 357
31
$3,727
125
50
35
00
20
$ 388
$3,852
$3,852
$7,689
$7,689
$5
5
85
'^O
Paid Treasurer
Abated
Uncollected January 1 ,
$2,273
5
1,573
05
19
96
'^0
Cominitted
Interest collected
$7,665
24
10
83
93
Paid Treasurer
Abated
Uncollected January 1 ,
$4,383
134
3,171
61
43
89
93
12
12
Collected
Paid Treasurer
EST
SUMMARY OF TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Total Debits
1929 town tax
1930 town tax
1931 town tax
1932 town tax
I 930 excise
1931 excise
1932 excise
Bank interest
Cash Paid Treasurer
Abated
Tax titles
Old age assistance tax refi
Uncollected
$
40
16,362
33,095
88,576
388
3,852
7,689
5
74
83
49
82
85
20
93
12
Potfc
a Credits
$96,054 49
2,312 10
1,710 16
d.
158 00
49,777 23
$150,011 98
$150,011 98
CHARLES A. DURKEE, Tax Collector.
Assessors' Report
Buildings, exclusive of land $2,444,825 00
Land 721,405 00
Personal 656,710 00
-$3,822,940 00
Valuation April 1, 1931 3,889,065 00
Decrease in valuation • $66,125 00
Rate of taxation $22 40
Tax assessed as follows:
Real estate $70,923 54
Personal estate 1 4, 7 1 0 31
Polls 1,714 00
$87,347 83
Old age assistance tax $871 00
Amount of money raised:
State tax $ 5.55 7 50
County tax 5,562 96
State park assessment 6 72
State audit assessment 6 1 4
Tuberculosis hospital ( County) 716 76
Town grant 71,685 50
Overlay 3,812 27
$87,347 85
Added assessment:
Buildings, exclusive of land $ 500 00
Personal 12,500 00
$13,000 00
Tax assessed as follows:
Real estate $ 1 1 20
Personal estate ' 280 00
Polls 20 00
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$311 20
Old age assistance tax $ 1 0 00
Excise :
Number of motor vehicles assessed 1 09 I
Total valuation of motor vehicles $ 300,819 00
Rate of taxation $29 92
Total tax assessed $ 7,665 10
WARREN H. JONES,
ALBERT P. DURKEE,
HENRY L. HAYNES,
Board of Assessors.
The Elizabeth White Fund
The trustees have signed orders to the treasurer for fifteen hun-
dred thirty-six dollars and forty-two cents ($1,536.42) for the year
ending December 31, 1932.
These orders have been given after investigating and finding each
person to be needy and worthy of help from this trust fund.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN H. JONES,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.
Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Tow^n of Acton:
1 herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year
1932.
Cows 436
Young catde 1 09
Bulls 1 7
Swine 429
Sheep 2 7
Quarantined eight cows for tuberculosis. Quarantined six dogs
under suspicion for rabies.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED S. WHITCOMB, Inspector.
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Middlesex County Extension Service
Following is a report of the work of the Middlesex County Ex-
tension Service as it w^as developed during the year in Acton.
The Extension Service in co-operation with the County Poultry
Association held four meetings during the year with an average at-
tendance of 75. These meetings were held in the town hall.
Middlesex County Herd Improvement Association held its an-
nual meeting in the Women's Club building February 1 1 , with the
attendance of 35.
The annual meeting of the Middlesex Dairy Farmers Association
was held in the town hall in March with an attendance of 68.
Eight-five farm visits were made which had to do principally
with poultry disease control, eradication of bovine tuberculosis,
fruit growing and marketing.
Marketing meetings were held of interest to the fruit grow^ers and
in addition an apple packing demonstration was held. Co-operating
with the Agricultural Society, judges were furnished the various
departments for the fair.
Fifty-seven women completed the home demonstration project
under the leadership of Mrs. Charles Willette, Mrs. Stuart Allen,
Mrs. Charles Edney, Mrs. B. Ineson, Mrs. John La Tulippe, and
Mrs. Arthur Freese. From the study of convenient kitchens, food
habits, attractive tables, and the rearrangement of the home, infor-
mation was passed to 302 women not attending, and 670 practices
were adopted.
The homemakers continued during the fall with a nutrition pro-
gram of low cost meals; the leaders are Mrs. Stuart Allen, Mrs.
Willette, Mrs. Sven Hagen, and Mrs. Arthur Freese.
The child guidance group which has carried the program of
"Understanding Our Children " continued with a varied program.
The family council — spending the family income — and the child
and his money — are some of the problems discussed. Mrs. Albert
Durkee and Mrs. William Tuttle have been leading this group. The
leaders first attend a leader's school conducted by state specialists,
Mrs. Ruth Morley, Miss Grace B. Gerard, and Mrs. Harriet Haynes.
A talk on food values was given at the Neighborhood Club in
West Acton.
The sectional meeting for the northern part of the county was held
in Acton. There were lectures on gardening and Miss May Foley,
State Food Specialist, demonstrated.
Seventy boys and girls were enrolled in 4-H Club work in garden,
clothing, canning and poultry clubs. Mrs. Olivia Wood served as
town 4-H chairman, with Miss Gertrude Puhakka, Mrs. R. Stoney,
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Miss Harriet Suchovsky, Mrs. Henry Capelle, Mr. Robert Bond and
Mr. Eugene Hall serving as local leaders.
A two-day trip to the Massachusetts State College was awarded
to Jessie Livermore and Lillian Bulette for excellent club work.
Joseph Perry w^as awarded a bronze medal by the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society for meritorious garden work. Wallace Sims
won first place in the vegetable judging contest at Acton Fair, and
Joseph Perry was fourth in the same contest. Wallace also w^on
third prize in the Middlesex North Garden contest.
Local clubs exhibited at the Acton Fair, besides participating in
the County Rally at Concord. Annie Bulette w^on second prize in
the 4-H Club Uniform contest at the Rally. There w^ere a large
number of exhibits by children, largely 4-H Club members, at the
Acton Fair. Displays of vegetable products were more numerous
and more attractive than ever before. It is felt that one entire
building will soon be needed to take care of the junior exhibits.
Goodnow Fund
For the Year Ending December 31, 1932
Investments
Warren Institution for Savings $1,448 53
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank 1,000 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell 1,000 00
$3,448 53
Receipts
Warren Institution for Savings $54 23
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank 45 00
City Institution for Savings 42 50
$141 73
Payments
Ella L. Miller, treasurer of the Evangelical
church in Acton $117 50
Fred W. Green, care of Goodnow lot,
Woodlawn Cemetery 9 00
Added to savings deposit 15 23
$141 73
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
CHARLES E. SMITH,
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
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Librarian's Report
Accessions: Number of volumes in the Library January 1, 1932,
19,055, less 3 old books destroyed, 19,052. Increase by purchase,
398; increase by gift, 47. Total increase, 445. Total number of
volumes in the Library January 1, 1933, 19,497.
Circulation: Number of days the Library was open, 103.
Number of volumes circulated, 14,791.
Largest daily circulation, 226 on April 2.
Smallest daily circulation, 46 on November 19.
Daily average circulation, 143-|-.
Received from Library fines and magazines sold $63 69
Expended for postage 1 63
Paid to Town Treasurer $62 06
Gifts of books have been received from the following sources:
U. S. Government, 4 ; State of Massachusetts, 1 2 ; New York Stock
Exchange, 1 ; Wm. E. Conquest, 4 ; Evelyn Davis, 4 ; Edwin Emerson,
1 ; A. E. Griffin, 1 ; William Jones, 9 ; Mildred Pope Moore, 6 ;
Frank Parsons, 1 ; Leonard D. White, 3 ; Richard Whitney, 1 ; Total,
47.
A gift of three historic photographs of Acton people and resi-
dences has been received from Mrs. S. Taylor Fletcher.
ARTHUR DAVIS, Librarian.
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Allen, ]. R. ana Walker, J. H,— Heating and Ventilation 69A427K
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Anon. — Everyman
Anon. — Judge's 3d Cross-word puzzle boolc
Arvin, N. — ^Hawthorne
Ashbrook, F. G. — Rabbits for Food and Fur
Aspinwall, M. — Putnam's Book of Parties
Atherton, G. — Adventures of a Novelist
Beck, J. M. — Our Wonderland of Bureaucracy
Beebe. W. — NonsucK Land of Water
Bellock, H.— Danton, 1 759-1 794
Bent, S. — Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bikle, L. L. C. — George W. Cable, his Life and Letters
Bogert, L. J. Nutrition and Physical Fitness
Bradford, G. — Saints and Sinners
Brooks, V. W. — The Life of Emerson
Browne, Sir T. — The Works of Sir Thomas Browne ■
Bryan, G. S. — Edison, the Man and His Work
Burlingame, R. Peace Veterans
Burton, R. — The Anatomy of Melancholy
Carpenter, E. — Pagan and Christian Creeds
Catlin, G. — Tlie North A.merican Indians — 2 vols.
Charteris, E. — John Sargent
Churchw^ard, J. The Lost Continent of Mu
Collingwood, R. G. — Roman Britain
Coolidge, D. — Fighting Men of the West
Cooper, L. (Translator) — The Rhetoric of Aristotle
Corey, H. — The Truth About Hoover
Crawrford, M. C. — Famous Families of Massachusetts-
Creel, G. — ^Toin Paine Liberty Bell
Croft, T. — American Electrician's Handbook
Darling, J. N. Ding Goes to Russia
Davis, R. H. — With Bob Davis Hither and Yon
Davis, S. K. — TTie Bible Cross-w^ord Puzzle Book
DeKoven, Mrs. R. A Musician and His Wife
De la Rue. S. — The Land of the Pepper Bird
Dent, R. C. — ^The Life Story of King George V
De Porak, B. K — Digging for Lost African Gods
Dole, N. H. and Gordon, I. L
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Earhart, A. — The Fun Of It — Random records of my own
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Eaton, M. — The autobiography of Peggy Eatorr
Eipper, P. — In my Zoo
Ellis, A. — Plain Anne Ellis
Ellis, A. W. — The Exquisite Tragedy — ^An intimate lif<
John Raskin
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Farrell, A. (Ed.) — John Cameron's Odyssey
Fay, B. — George Washington, Republican Aristocrat
Fosdick, H. E. — Adventurous Religion
Foster, H. L. — A Beach Comber in the Orient
Fuertes, L. A. and Brooks, A. — Portraits of New England Birds
59F954p
Gadd, C. J. — History and Monuments of Ur
Garland, H. — Companions on the Trail
Gibson, W. B. (Ed.) — Houdini's Magic
Gilbert, G. H. — Greek Thought in the New Testament
Glasscock, C. B. — The Big Bonanza
Goddard, H. W. H. Hudson, bird-man
Gottshall, F. H. — Simple Colonial Furniture
Hader, B. and E. — Picture Book of the States
Hapgood, N. — ^The Changing Years
Harte, B. The Letters of Bret Harte
Hathaway, E. V. — The Book of American Presidents
Herndon, W. H. — Life of Lincoln
Hodgins, E. and Magoun, F. A. — Behemouth, The Story of
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Hurlbert, A. B. — Forty-niners
Hunter, D. — Paper Making in the Classroom
Ilin, M. — Black on White
Ilin, M.— What Time Is It?
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Johnson, C. S. — Painting and Enameling
Jones, B. E. Soldering, Brazing and Welding
Jones, E. S. — The Christ of the Mount
KaempfFert, W. (Ed.) — The Boys' Story of Invention
fCaye, J. — Victor Herbert
Kelleher, D. L. — An Anthology of Christmas Prose and Verse
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Markey, M.— This Country of Yours 91 7.3M345t
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Wells, C— Six Years in the Malay Jungle 9 I 9. 1 W45 3s
Wensley, F. P.— Forty Years of Scotland Yard 924V/476w
White, A. B. — Massachusetts Police Procedure 35W582m
White, L. D. — Further Contributions to the Prestige Value
of Public Employment 35W585f
White, L. D. (Ed.) — The New Social Science 30W585n
Wilhelm, D.— The Book of Metals 66W678b
Work, M. C— Contract Bridge 79W9 I 9c
Wyllie, R. E. — Orders, Decorations and Insignia 35W982o
FICTION
Abbott, J. — Silver Fountain
Arnoux, A and 26 Others — One Hundred
Ayers, R. M. — A Bachelor Husband
Ayers, R. M. — Broken
Ayers, R. M. — Charitj'^'s Chosen
Ayers, R. M. — Love Changes
Ayers, R. M. — The Luckiest Lady
Bailey, T. — Little Girl Lost
Baldw^in, F. — Alimony
Baldwin, F. — District Nurse
Baldwin, F. — Make-Believe
Baldwin, F.— The Office Wife
Baldwin, F. — Self-made Woman
Barnes, M. A. — Westward Passage
Bassett, S. W. — Twin Lights
Bennett, A. — Lillian
Bower, B. M. — Rocking Moon
Brand, M. — The Gun Tamer
Brand, M. — The Night Horseman
Brand, M. — Pleasant Jim
Brand, M.— The White Wolf
A132s
French Romances A765o
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A9 77c
A9771o
A9771u
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B181d
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Burroughs, E. R. — At The Earth's Core B972a
Burton, B. — Lovejoy B97411o
Chambers, R. W.— Whistling Cat C444w
Chase, M. E.— Uplands C4872u
Christie, A. — The Mystery of the Blue Train C555 1 my
Cronin, A. J. — Hatters Castle C947h
Cullum, R.— The Riddle of the Three-Way Creek C967ri
Day, H. — The Skipper and the Skipped D2 73sk
Deeping, W. — Exile D31 1e
Deeping, W.— Old Wine and New D3 I 1 ol
Deeping, W. — The Ten Commandments D31 It
Deland, M. — Captain Archer's Daughter D337c
De la Roche, M. — Finche's Fortune D339f
De la Roche, M— White Oaks of Jalna D339w
Dell, E.— Bars of Iron D35 7ba
Dell, E.— Live Bait D35 71i
Diver, M.— Ships of Youth D6 1 8sh
Dorrance, J. F. — The Rio Rustlers D7162r
Ertz, S. — The Story of Julian E65s
Evans, E. R. G. R. — Ghosts of the Scarlet Fleet E925g
Farnol, J. — Voices from the Dust F235v
Fellon, J.— The Rider of the Mohave F321r
Fletcher, J. S. — The Black House in Harley Street F6 1 3bl
Fletcher, J. S. — The Cartwright Garden Murder F6 1 3ca
Fletcher, J. S. — Cobweb Castle F6 1 3co
Fletcher, J. S. — Daniel Quayne F613da
Fletcher, J. S. — The Mazaroff Mystery F613ma
Fletcher, J. S. — The Murder in the Pallant F6 1 3md
Forman, H. J. — The Rembrandt Murder F7241r
Gibbs, A. H. — Undertow G4425u
Gibbs, P. — Unchanging Quest G443u
Glaspell, S. — Ambrose Holt and Family G5485a
Grant, R. — The Bishop's Granddaughter G761b
Gregory, J. — Daughter of the Sun G822da
Grey, Z. — Robber's Roost G842ro
Grey, Z. — Tappan's Burro G842ta
Hall, R.— Adam's Breed H 1 782a
Hill, G. L. (Lutz)— Happiness Hill L975h
Hutchingson, A. S. M. The Eighth Wonder H975e
Irwin, I. H. — Out of the Air I72o
King, B. — The Spreading Daw^n K521sp
Kyne, P. B.— Lord of Lonely Valley K991o
Lincoln, J. C— Head Tide L7372h
London, J. — The Iron Heel L847i
Loring, E. — Uncharted Seas L873u
Lynde, F. — The Taming of Red Butte Western L988t
Marshall, E. — The Deputy of Snow Mountain M3675de
Millin, S. G.— Mary Glenn M655m
Mundy, T. — Jimgrim M965j
Nichols, A. — Abie's Irish Rose N6 1 6a
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Norris, K. — Younger Sister N856y
Onions, O. — The Open Secret 0585o
Parrish, A. — Loads of Love P26 1 51
Pedler, M.— Desert Sand P3 7 1 d
Raine, W. M.— The Desert's Price Rl 55de
Rath, E. J.— The Brat R234br
Rath, E. J. — The Flying Courtship R234f
Reynolds, B. — The Innocent Accomplice R462i
Rice, G. and Powel, H. (Eds.) — The Omnibus of Sport R496o
Richardson, H. H. — The Way Home R522w
Rinehart, M. R.— A Poor Wise Man R597p
Rinehart, M. R.— Where There's a Will R5 79wh
Risley, E. — The Road to Wildcat R595r
Rosman, A. G. — Benefits Received R8 1 9b
Rosman, A. G. — The Sixth Journey R8 1 9s
Ruck, B. — Her Pirate Partner R9 1 1 h
Ruck, B.— His Official Fiancee R9 11 hi
Ruck, B.— The Immortal Girl R9 11 i
Ruck, B. — In Another Girl's Shoes R9 1 1 in
Ruck, B. — Kneel to the Prettiest R9 1 1 k
Sabatini, R. Bardley's the Magnificent SI 1 3ba
Sabatini, R. — The Black Swan SI 1 3bl
Sabatini, R. — The Carolinian SI 1 3cb
Sabatini, R. — The Gates of Doom SI 1 3g
Sabatini, R. — The Lion's Skin SI 1 31
Sabatini, R. — Scaramouche, the King Maker SI 1 3sc
Sabatini, R. — The Shame of Motley SI 1 3sh
Sampson, E. S. — Mammy's White Folk SI 92m
Seltzer, C. A. "Beau Rand" S468be
Seltzer, C. A. — Channing Comes Through S468c
Shute, H. A. — The Real Diary of the Worst Farmer S562r
Small, A. J. — The Master Mystery S635ma
Small, A. J. — The Mystery Maker S635m
Tarkington, B. — Alice Adams Tl 76a
Tarkington, B. Mary's Neck Tl 76mb
Terhune, A. P.— Buff , a Collie T3 1 8b
Terhune, A. P. — Lad, a Dog T3 1 8 1 1
Tracy, L. Louis Tracy Detective Story Book T7611
Tracy, L. — The Sandling Case T761sa
Train, A. — His Children's Children T7681hi
Verrill, A. H. — Barton's Mills — A Saga of the Pioneers V555b
Wallace, E. — The Angel of Terror W188a
Wallace, E.— The Black W 1 88b
Wallace, E.— The Clever One W1 88cl
Wallace, E. — The Coloseus W188co
Wallace, E.— The Daffodil Murder W1 88dc
Wallace, E.— The Face in the Night W188fa
Wallace, E.— The India Rubber Men Wl 88i
Wallace, E.— The Murder Book of J. G. Reeder Wl 88mu
Wallace, E.— Terror Keep W I 88tb
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Walpole, H. — Above the Dark Tumult
Walpole, H. — Judith Paris
Wast, H.— Black Valley
Wells. C. — The Bride of a Moment
West, W. S.— All Passion Spent
Widdemer, M.— Pre-War Lady
White, S. E.— Back of Beyond
Willoughby, B. — Spawn of the North
Wodehouse, P. G. — If I Were You
Wodehouse, P. G. — Meet Mr. Mulliner
Wren, P. G. — Driftwood spars
Wright, W. — The Greene Murder Case
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JUVENILE
Abbott, J. — Juliet is twenty JA1322ju
Abbott, J. — Minglestreams JA1322mi
Alger, H., Jr. — Sam's Chance and How He Improved It JA395s
Anderson, P. L. — Half-pint Shannon JA548h
Appleton, V. — Tom Swift and His War Tank JA652to
Ayscough, F. — Firecracker Land JA987f
Baker, M. and M. Peacock Eggs IB1681p
Barbour, R. H. — Danby's Error JB239da
Bartlett. A. C— Pal JB289 1 p
Becker, M. L. (Ed.)— Under Twenty JB395u
Berry, A. M. Art for Children JB534a
Best, H. Son of the White Man JB56ls
Bianco, M. W. The Candlestick JB5 78c
Bigham, M. A. Fanciful Flower Tales JB592f
Bigham, M. A. — Sonny Elephant JB582so
Blaisdell, E. A. The Kelpie's Run Away JB6341ke
Blaisdell, E. A. — The Rhyme and Story Second Reader JB6341ri
Blaisdell, E. A. and M. F. — The Rhyme and Story First
Reader JB6341rh
Blaisdell, E. A. and M. F.— The Rhyme and Story Primer JB6341r
Boyd, P. M. Jumping Jerusha JB789j
Brandais, M. — Jack of the Circus JB8 1 7j
Brazil, A. Captain Peggie JB827c
Brooks, W. R.— Freddy the Detective JB8736f
Buchan, J. The Magic Walking Stick JB9 I 8m
Buck, P. — The Young Revolutionist JB922y
Byrne, B. S.— With Mikko Through Finland ' JB995w
Castelhun, D. — Penelope's Problems JC348p
D. Penelope and the Golden Orchard JC348pe
D. — Penelope in California JC348pf
A. The Radio Boys' First Wireless JC4661ra
A. — The Radio Boys at Ocean Point JC4661rb
A. — The Radio Boys aiding the Snowbound JC4661re
JC4661rd
Castelhun
Castelhun
Chapman,
Chapman,
Chapman,
Chapman, A. — The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice
55
Chapman, A. — The Radio Boys at the Sending Station
Chatterton, E. K. — Ralph on the Army Train
Chatterton, E. K. — Across the Seven Seas
Chase, J. A. — The Story of Paul Revere, Jr.
Clark, B.— The House on the Hill
Clarke, R. A. — The Crack in the Dish
Clarke, R. A. — Paul in Picture Land
Claudy, C. H. — Dangerous Waters
Cole, W.— A-B-C Book of People
Cooper, C. R. — With the Circus
Cox, S. A. The Dare Boys of 1 7 76
D'Aulaire, I. and E. P. — Ola
Davidson, E. B. — Nibbles and Bobtail
Eaton, W. P. — Adventures of the Duck Family
Eaton, W. P. — Boy Scouts at the Grand Canyon
Eaton, J. — Young Lafayette
Edwards, P. G. and Sherman J. W. — Outdoor Land
Edwards, P. G. and Sherman, J. W. — The Outdoor Playhc
Edwards, P. G. and Sherman, J. W. — The Outdoor World
Eliot, E. C. — Buttercup Days
Everett, E. — Old Nursery Rhymes
Everett, E. — Old Fairy Tales
Follette, H. — Magic Portholes
Fox, G. — Mountain Girl
French, H. W. — The Lance of Kanana
Gall, A. C. and Crew, F. H.— Wagtail
Garis, H. R. — The Curly Tops at Sunset Beach
Garis, H. R. — Dick Hamilton's Fortune
Garson, E. C. — Featherland
Grey, K. — Rolling WTieels
Grove, H. P. — Merilyn's New Adventure
Gruelle, J. — Raggedy Andy Stories
Gruelle, J. — Raggedy Ann in the Deep Deep Woods
Haines, D. H. — The Southpaw
Haines, D, H. — Toss-up
Hall, J. N. — Mother Goose Land
Hamilton, E. T. — Handicraft for Girls
Heyliger, W. — Johnny Bree
Hillcourt, W. — The Boy Campers
Jackson, G. E. — Peggj^ Stew^art — Navy Girl at Home
Jay, M. F. Green Needles
Kahmann, C. — Felita
Kearney, P. W. — Dan, the Young Fireman
Keene, C. — The Bungalow Mystery
Keene, C. The Hidden Staircase
Keene, C. The Mystery of Lilac Inn
Kent, L. A. — Two Children of Tyre
King, J. — The Indian Nugget
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Knox, R. B. — Gray Caps
Lent, H. B. — Clear Track Ahead
Lewis, E. F. — YoungFu of the Upper Yangtze
Litten, F. N. — Brooks of the Valley Airways
Mason, A. and Frank M. The Fossil Fountain
Meader, S. W. — Away to Sea
Meigs, C. — Swift Rivers
Meyer, Z. Field and Tree
Meyer, Z. — The Outdoor Book
Meyer, Z. — Trail Makers
Michaelis, K. — Bibi, a Little Danish Girl
Minot, J. C. — The Best Stories of Explorations I Know^
Moon, G. and C— The Book of Nat- Wee
Morley, C. — The Goldfish Under the Ice
Muller, C. G. — The Baseball Detective
Muller, C. G. — How They Carried the Goods
Murray, C. — TTie New^ Wide Awake Third Reader
Norris, M. — Heroes and Hazards
Pease, H. — Secret Cargo
Petersham, M. and M. — Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki
Pier, A. S. — The Coach
Pierce, F, R. — Chuck Ryan, Logger
Ransome, A. — Swallowdale
Richards, L. E. — Tirra Lirra — Rhymes, Old and New
Robinson, L. — In Toyland
Robinson, L. F. — Two Boys
St. Clair, M. H. — More About Max
Schwartz, J. A. — Wilderness Babies
Seaman, A. H. — The Disappearance of Anne Shaw
H. — Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons
W. — The Gay Kitchen
W. — Out in the Kitchen
W. — A quart of Moonlight
A. P.— Within the Palace Gates
C. L. — Debby Barnes, Trader
Seaman, A.
Sherman, J.
Sherman, J.
Sherman, J.
Switer,
Skinner,
Slaughter, G. — Two Children in Old Paris
Snell, R. J. — Eskimo Legends
Snell, R. J. — Whispering Isles
Stackpole, E. A. — Smuggler's Luck
Stephens, C. A. — Katahdin Camps
Thackery, W. M. — The Rose and the Ring
Theiss, L. E. — Wings of the Coast Guard
Tomlinson, E. T. — The pursuit of the Apache Chief
Trowbridge, L. J. — Betty of the Consulate
True, J. P. — The Iron Star
Washburne, H. — Letters to Channy
Wells, C. — Marjories Vacation
Wilder, L. I. — Little House in the Big Woods
Williamson, T. — ^On the Reindeer Trail
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Winfleld. A. M.— The Rover Boys on the Ocean JW767r
Winfield, A. M. — The Rover Boys in the Mountains JW767ro
JUVENILE HISTORY
Blaisdell, A, F. and Ball, F, K. — Heroic Deeds of American
Sailors J9B634h
Buck, B.— Burning up the Sky J9B922b
Cartwright, C E. — The Boys' Book of Ships J9C329l>
Jones, F. A. — The Life Story of Thomas Alva Edison J9E231j
Simonds, W. A. — A Boy with Edson J9S597b
Standing Bear, L. — My Indian Boyhood J9S785m
Stimpson, M. S. — The Child's Book of American Biography
J9S859c
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Massachusetts:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1932.
Expenditures
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriation $5,000 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund: 222 33
$5,222 33
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Waldo E. Whitcomb, Chairman, Salary 200 00
Howard J. Billings, Salary 1 00 00
Wendell F. Davis, Salary 100 00
Waldo Whitcomb, Postage and Telephone 2 9 7
Kennison Print, Town Reports 387 40
Glenna Jones, Clerk 79 1 5
Glenna Jones, Postage 5 00
Hobbs & Warren, Blanks 2 76
Middlesex County Selectmen's Ass'n 4 50
J. L. Hammett Co., Envelopes 2 05
R. S. Osterhout Co., Notices 3 36
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ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Howard L. Jones, Salary
W. B. Currier, Stamped Envelopes
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Paper
Allen Stationery Co., Books, Stationery
Murphy & Snyder, Vouchers
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Frank W. Hoit, Salary
Frank W. Hoit, Paid for certifying notes
Frank W. Hoit, Safety Deposit Box
Frank W. Hoit, Postage, Telephone
Frank W. Hoit, Envelopes
Murphy & Snyder, Receipts
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Charles A. Durkee, Salary 751 37
Charles A. Durkee, Postage 80 12
Charles A. Durkee, Expenses on account of titles 8 00
Murphy & Snyder, Printing Tax Bills 37 00
Hobbs & Warren, Books and Forms 17 28
$893 77
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Warren H.Jones, Salary
Albert P. Durkee, Salary
Henry L. Haynes, Salary
Assessors' Auto Tax Service
George R, Barristead, Tax Table
L. L. Applin, Tranfers
Hobbs & Warren, Stationery, Books
Maple^vood Press, Poll Tax Books
Albert P. Durkee, attending meetings
Warren H, Jones, attending meetings
Henry L. Haynes, attending meetings
Henry L. Haynes, postage, telephone
L. J. Peabody Office Furniture Co., repair-
ing adding machine
300
00
300
00
300
00
7
50
1
00
18
92
38
13
50
00
10
00
10
00
10
00
13
88
15
00
$1,074 43
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Horace F. Tuttle, salary $200 00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording births, deaths,
marriages
Horace F. Tuttle, telephone, postage, express
Murphy & Snyder, envelopes
P. B. Murphy, book
Carter's Ink Co.
A. W. Bartlett Co., forms
65
50
ress 30
50
5
02
3
70
1
63
53
$306 88
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Wendell F. Davis, Chairman, salary
Waldo E. Whitcomb, salary
Howard J. Billings, salary
$75 00
40 00
40 00
$155 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Ralph T Littlefield, salary
Hobbs & Warren, stationery, books
$120 00
8 41
$128 4
73
CATTLE INSPECTION
Fred S. Whitcomb, salary $1 75 00
$[75 00)
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Murphy & Snydter, warrants
Turner's Public Spirit, notices
R. S. Osterhout, warrants, ballots, etc..
Enterprise Company, notices
Horace F. Tuttle, registrar
E. A. Phalen, registrar
C. D. Chickering, registrar
Daniel W. Sheehan, registrar
James W. Coughlin, officer
Arthur W. Wayne, officer
L. C. Hastings, officer
Thomas M. Murray, officer
Timothy Hennessy, officer
Bertram D. Hall, officer
A. A. Beach, officer
Theron Low^den, officer
John J. Manning, officer
Harry E. Holt, officer
A. F. Davis, officer
David R. Kinsley, officer
James Kinsley, officer
James P. Brown, officer
Harold J. Coughlin, officer
L. C. Hastings, placing booths
Universalist Church, rent
David R. Kinsley, registrar
A. B. Parker, moderator
Total General Government
$68
75
9
00
97
25
3
00
40
00
20
00
25
00
20
00
25
00
20
00
20
00
5
00
15
00
15
00
20
00
20
00
15
00
10
00
20
00
20
00
25
00
5
00
5
00
5
00
20
00
12
00
35
00
<t;'^Q'i on
^ Jy J \j\j
%'>211 33
TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S BONDS
Appropriation $2 70 00
Frank W. Hoit, bonds $2 70 00
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$800 00
108 19
$908 19
74
Paid:
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. $84 33
Boston Consolidated Gas Co. 32 1 0
O. D. Wood, repairs on boiler 1 25
A. W. Davis Co., coal 97 34
A. W. Davis Co., lawn mower 6 00
Carrie Kingsley, truck and labor 5 50
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 23 59
S. E. Knowlton, painting fire house 26 00
S. E. Know^lton, setting glass 1 00
West and South Water Supply District 1 2 00
Daniel Hennessey, wood 8 00
John Pederson, wood 1 3 00
John Pederson, express 3 00
John Pederson, removing leaves 5 00
George A. Braman, rope for flag pole 2 00
E. F. Conant, mowing lawn and labor
on common 4 7 20
George H. Reed, grass seed 3 75
George K. Hayward, repairs on deflector 1 4 85
Standard Oil Co., oil 99 12
Spencer Taylor, mow^ing law^n and
raking leaves 49 20
Christian Jensen, labor 5 50
Ideal Mower Sales & Service Co.,
repairs on mow^er 2 1 75
W. J. Scanlon, labor 1 60
Earl Hayward, repairs I 50
John Dunivan, labor 9 25
E. R. Sanborn, labor I 00
Astwood &: Townsend, supplies 2 34
F. W. Green, labor 8 46
William B. Holt, repairs 1 75
M. E. Taylor Co., supplies 24 06
Acton High School, floor spray 2 50
Nelson H. Tenney, repairs on boiler 1 2 00
Arthur Wayne, janitor 131 25
Arthur W. Wayne, care of clock 52 00
B. A. King, wiring for fire house 1 0 00
S. E. Knowlton, painting sound board 2 50
S. Paddock, labor 6 40
H. Owen 6 40
W. Lawrence, labor 6 40
R. Gagnon j 60
A. Dubey 3 20
J. Lemoine I 6 00
F. Courville 1 6 00
W. Larrabee 4 00
R. Jones, truck 8 00
Mrs. C. Kingsley, truck 18 50
75
$908 19
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $2,500 00)
Paid:
Michael Foley, services $1,735 25
John T. McNiff, services 110 50
John Foster, services 24 50
Geo. A. Braman, services 103 86
A. B. Frost, services 93 29
Geo. S. Braman, services 38 1 3
Wm. F. Driscoll, services 12 00'
Murphy & Snyder, printing 14 25
David Clayton, painting traffic lines: 3 60
A. W. Davis Co., paint and brush 3 00
Portalite Co., repairing light 5 75
Leroy Hutchinson, book 7 50
M. Linsky & Bros., uniforms 70 25
Finney & Hoit, book, file, revolver, etc 67 20
B. A. King, insulating light 10 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 75 42
Edison Elec. Ilium. Co. 39 1 5
$2,413 65
Unexpended balance 86 35
$2,500 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $2,700 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 87 43
$2,787 43
Paid:
Edison Elec. Ilium. Co, $223 83
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 86 52
West Acton Dept., payrolls 339 00
Acton Center Dept., payrolls 106 00
South Acton Dept., payrolls 127 00
Wm. G. Lawrence, janitor I 06 75
Geo. S. Braman, janitor I 00 00
Acton Motor Co., repairs, supplies, etc. 52 70
Salaries, 3 Depts., 1931 and 1932 540 00
Salaries on a/c of insurance 290 00
Henry K. Barnes, extinguisher tubes 9 1 5
A. W. Davis Co., coal and wood 127 5 7
A. W. Davis Co., supplies 6 00
So. Acton Coal & Gr. Co., coal and
lumber 170 5 7
Geo. H. Reed, coal 124 83
76
Coughlin's Garage, valve
50
Astw^ood & Townsend, repairs
2
72
Fitzgerald Garage, gas
1
00
S. E. Knowlton, painting truck
5
00
J. S. Moore, supplies
3
72
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gas and oil
11
07
Murphy & Snyder, stationery
7
75
John J. Manning, janitor
90
00
S. B. Sylvia, repairs on truck
7
00
Harold Given, tires
65
00
Gorham Fire Equip. Co., supplies
41
30
N. H. Tenney, pipe
1
50
Finney & Hoit, tires, gas strainers
31
18
R. S. Baker, gas and oil
9
35
C. C. Cullinane, express
1
60
Earl Haywood, repairs on truck
11
50
B. A. King, wiring
3
91
John Pederson, battery
2
00
E. N. Montague, blue prints
5
55
A. H. Blanchard, hose
5
00
West and South Water Supply
18
00
Tom Murray, labor
3
50
H. Schnair, rubber boots
4
00
Geo. K. Haywood, chief, salary
5
00
Geo. K. Haywood, postage, telephone
2
43
J. T. McNiff, bolts
1
25
General Electric Co., heater units
2
00
47 787 43
•+)Z(, / O / "T J
NEW HOSE
Appropriation
$600 00
Paid:
American Fire Equipment
510
00
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co.
90
00
f^00 00
FIRE WHISTLE AT CENTER
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$1,000 00
4 52
$1,004 52
Paid:
Watertown Elec. Supply Co., motor
Ingersoll Rand, air receiver and com-
pressor
R. M. Prentiss, wiring
60 40
426 00
48 00
77
J. Corner Jones Power Pump Co., valve
General Elec. Co., switch
Acton Motor Co., battery terminal
Astwood & Townsend, roof flange
Louis W. Bills, whistle, fire alarm box
transmitter, valve
Giant Battery Service, battery
Hayward & Fullonton, install, comp.
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
N. H. Tenney, valves and fittings
alve 5
21
12
60
50
2
50
320
00
10
00
p. 84
60
3
87
30
84
$1,004 52
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation $500 00
Paid:
Acton Center Dept., payrolls
West Acton Dept., payrolls
So. Acton Dept., payrolls
Acton Motor Co., repairs on truck
and battery service
Hayward & Fullonton, soldering
Henry K. Barnes Co., equipment
Giant Battery Service Co., battery
Earl Hayward, reducing coupling
Gorham Fire Equip. Co., coupling
Frank S. Braman, labor on pump
Geo. A. Braman, labor on pump
Acme Rubber Co., equipment
John Pederson, gas
Samuel Knowlton, painting truck
Justin McCarthy, pump tanks
M. E. Taylor & Co., gas and supplies
Unexpended balance
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $1,000 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 36 64
$178
91
30
90
98
90
25
87
35
20
81
6
88
2
00
2
63
3
00
2
00
17
40
2
25
35
00
30
50
8
95
$466
35
33
65
Paid:
Richard J. O'Neil, labor $408 60
RichardJ.O' Neil, truck 203 60
Walter O'Neil, labor 1 23 60
78
$500 00
$1,036 64
I
C. Manion, labor
J. Enneguess, labor
E. A. Allsopp, labor
F. Manion, labor
J. Gallant, labor
F. Gallant, labor
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight
General Chemical Co., lead
Mineral Cabot Co., creosote
R. J. Rodday, paint
M. E. Taylor & Co., paint, cork, etc
Fitzhenry, Guptell Co.
R. J. O'Neil, freight, postage, tel., fil-
ing, saws, etc.
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation $500 00
84
80
38
40
32
00
17
60
11
20
11
20
5
17
62
26
16
50
55
3 -69
5
26
12
21
$1,036 64
Paid:
R. J. O'Neil, labor
R. J. O'Neil, truck
C. Manion, labor
Walter O'Neil, labor
Walter Steele, labor
J. Enneguess, labor
A. W. Davis Co., rope saw
A. L. Stewart, repairs on sprayer
A. B. Parker, services
A. J. O'Neil, bolts, sharpening saw^s,
etc.
Unexpended balance
$200
00
104
00
65
60
57
60
10
00
4
80
5
55
16
05
2
00
5
65
$471
25
28
75
$500 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health
Appropriation $1,000 00
Paid
Frank B. Farrar, labor $144 50
James Kinsley, inspection 148 20
C. A. Durkee, services and expenses
as agent 41 82
N. H. Tenney, labor on pump 1 25
Fitzgerald's Garage, gas 2 5 1
79
Hobbs & Warren, licenses
Waltham Hospital
Dr. E. A. Mayell, prof, services
A. W. Davis Co.
R. F. Durkee, salary
R. F. Durkee, postage
Dr. F. E. Tasker, chairman
Dr. Geo. H. Tuttle, salary
Unexpended balance
1 68
113 50
108 00
2 75
15 00
50
25 00
10 00
$614 71
385 29
$1,000 00
TOWN NURSE
Appropriation
Paid:
Lillian E. Frost, nurse
Acton Drug Co.
Unexpended balance
$1,999 96
71 32
$2,071 28
128 72
$2,200 00
$2,200 00
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation
Received from State under Chap. 8 1
Received from State under Chap. 90
Transferred from Reserve Fund
Paid;
0,000
5,800
1,300
24
00
00
00
06
$18,424 06
Barrett Co., Tarvia $2,41 1 23
Berger Metal Culvert Co. 233 91
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gas and oil 145 04
Acton Motor Co., repairs 1 7 30
A. W. Davis Co., tools, posts, cement 1 10 25
Standard Oil Co., oil 1,1 33 02
Com. of Mass., grates and signs 23 62
A. W. Davis, express 4 00
Boston Harness Co., belt 2 50
J. A. McPherson, bar 4 00
Koppers Products, oil 748 5 7
Andres Christofferson, gravel 262 95
James N. Berry, gravel 3 00
L. W. Perkins 53 10
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., tile
lumber, etc. 47 22
80
J. T. McNiff, repairs
-E. P. Gates, repairs
M. E. Taylor, gas, oil, etc,
N. E. Concrete Pipe Const. Co., pipe
Geo. H. Reed, cement
E. S. Fobes, cutting brush
9 50
88 50
20 41
182 34
7 00
5 00
5.512 46
PAYROLLS
Lab<
A. H. Perkins, supt,
Wesley Larrabee
F. Courville
J. Leomoine
Wm. Lawrence
D. Clayton
L. Allard
O. Tuttle
D. Hubbard
E. Hurley
W. Anderson
E. Anderson
G. Permey
L. W. Penniman
A. Schofield
A. Morrison
J. French
R. Gagnon
J. Gagnon
W. Cole
J. Desmond
O. Nichols
J. Gallant
J. Coombs
T. Murray
P. Wood
P. Callan
W. Goodearl
H. Prescott
J. Beach
C. Boyce
B. Coolidge
W. Scanlon
A. Dubry
H. Owen
J. Lenoine
P. Foley
J. Knight
$847
484
97
163
160
224
161
116
118
152
27
27
171
41
44
91
9
72
64
57
8
80
296
270
259
253
161
54
6
253
187
76
212
174
208
28
116
206
80
00
60
20
00
20
60
80
40
00
20
20
20
60
80
20
60
00
00
60
40
00
80
80
20
60
60
40
40
40
20
80
00
40
40
80
40
40
81
J. Troupe 152 00
F. Mauro 236 80
A. Wessels 1 76 00
F. Pascaviez 128 00
Vernon Smith 1 8 00
J. Clayton 29 20
E.Wise 22 40
J. Enneguess b5 60
J. Donovan 22 40
A. Marsh 6 40
S. Paddock 75 60
Geo. Rugg 80 00
H. Tuttle 38 40
M. Morse 86 40
John Troupe 25 60
M. Granburg 19 20
R. Penney 19 20
H. Gould 36 80
N. Livermore 56 00
A. Roberts 32 00
T. Newsham 91 20
Batchelder 16 00
McGuire 9 60
E. Hallowell 70 00
A. H. Perkins
N. Perkins
Ralph Jones
C. Robbins
C. Kingsley
J. Briggs
J. French
H. Reynolds
Gould & Gagnon
A. Jalonen
G. Reed
A. B. Frost
C. Willett
Trucks
earns
$426
30
813
00
842
00
832
00
717
00
360
00
474
50
248
00
21
00
74
00
148
00
168
00
80
00
C. Kingsley $104 00
L. Perkins 1 04 00
$7,499 80
$5,203 80
$208 00
$18,424 06
82
NEWTOWN ROAD
Appropriation $2,500 00
Received from State under Chap. 90 2,500 00
Received from County under Chap, 90 2,500 00
$7,500 00
Paid:
Berger Metal Culvert, pipe
$241 63
I
N. E. Metal Culvert Co.
200
96
N. E. Fencing Co
607
30
A. W. Davis Co.,
cone
209
63
Am. Powder Co.
, dynamite
61
02
Geo. H. Reed, 1
ime and
cement
41
60
Geo. H. Pierce
79
50
Acton Pipe Co.,
pipe
9
75
So. Acton Coal & Lumbe^
' Co., lumber
lime
8
44
Standard Oil Co
382
46
L. W. Perkins, gravel
297
70
$2,139 99
PAYROI .1 ,S
Labor
A. H. Perkins, supt.
$38
40
E. H. Hallowell,
foreman
165
63
W. Larrabee
28
00
H. Gould
43
20
W. Scanlon
96
00
J. French
6
40
J. Gallant
65
60
J. Beach
54
40
A. Wessells
80
40
H. Thatcher
0
45
20
F. Gallant
17
60
A. Roberts
67
20
N. Hart
38
40
F. Courville
89
60
Leo Allard
91
20
K. Batchelder
56
40
A. Duby
56
00
P. Wood
74
00
J. Dunivan
6
40
W. Lawrence
75
20
J. Enneguess
6
40
C. Boyce
58
00
J. Gagnon
96
40
R. Gagnon
83
60
83
E. Hurley
J. Leomoine
R. Penny
J. Troupe
V. Smith
H. Reynolds
N. Perkins
B. Owen
E. J. Wise
J. Clayton
J. Knight
S. Parkeiviez
D. Hubbard
W. Cole
H. Tuttle
O. Tutde
M. Morse
T. Murray
O. Nichols
A. Morrison
A. Schofield
P. Callan
M. Granburg
Geo. Rugg
F. Mauro
T. Newsham
J. Coombs
G. Penney
D. Clayton
Trucks
A. H. Perkins
N. Perkins
Greenough Construction
C. Kingsley
A. B. Frost
C. Robbins
R. Jones
J. French
C B. Willet
A. Jalonen
H. Reynolds
Greenough Const. Co., shovel
Unexpended appropriation balance
84
6 4a
44 80
16 00
38 40
11 20
2 40
2 40
54 40
6 40
3 20
41 60
3 20
48 00
41 60
48 00
48 00
6 40
46 40
38 40
32 00
6 40
38 40
19 20
19 20
20 80
9 60
16 00
19 20
9 60
$2,137
23
$19 20
294 00
692 00
189 00
175 00
157 00
171 00
16 00
85 50
48 00
18 00
$1,864
607
70
/ V/
77
$6,892
23
607
77
$7,500
00
HIGH STREET
Appropriation
Received from State Treasurer, under
Chap. 90
Received from County Treasurer, under
Chap. 90
Transferred from Reserve Fund
Paid:
Buffalo Springfield Roller Co., repairs
Am. Powder Co., dynamite
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gas and oil
Berger Metal Culvert Co.
Andres Christofferson, gravel
Standard Oil Co., oil
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co.
Koppers Products Co., oil
Acton Motor Co., welding
Payrolls- — Labor :
A.
H. Perkins, supt
W,
, Larrabee
J.
Coombs
[.
French
P.
Foley
L.
Allard
O.
Tuttle
B.
Coolidge
J.
Lamoine
W
. Lawrence
J-
Beach
J.
Troupe
P.
Callan
D.
Clayton
G.
Penney
T.
Murray
J.
Knight
A.
Schofield
W
. Goodearl
A.
Morrison
L.
Penniman
H.
Owen
W
. Scanlon
A.
Wessels
E.
Hurley
R.
Penny
S.
Paskeiviecy
$2,500
00
2,500
00
2,500
00
173
83
<t7 A73 83
s $68
44
18
88
3il 7 7
38
311
74
355
80
254
82
6
76
423
26
1
75
<tl '; 1 ft ft^
254
«J) 1 , J 1 O OJ?
40
229
50
80
00
64
00
3
20
70
40
89
80
25
60
87
20
78
40
60
40
88
80
80
80
91
60
81
00
80
80
87
20
81
60
82
40
80
80
20
80
86
80
65
60
70
40
46
80
89
60
90
00
85
R. Gagnon
H. Gould
E. McGuire
J. Dunivan
C. Boyce
D. Hubbard
F. Mauro
P. Wood
G. Rugg
J. Gallant
J. Gagnon
H. Thatcher
John Troupe
C. Briggs
L. Tucker
H. Tuttle
J. Desmond
O. Nichols
E. Le Clerc
W. Cole
V. Smith
F. Courville
A. W. Marsh
J. Clayton
K. Batchelder
E. J. Wise
J. Enneguess
H. Roberts
Sidney Paddock
M. Morse
A. Dubey
A. H. Perkins
N. Perkins
R. Jones
C. Kingsley
C. Robbins
Gould & Gagnon
H. Reynolds
A. Jalonen
J. French
G. H. Reed
C. B. Willett
50 00
19 20
78 40
84 80
71 20
98 00
96 00
54 40
90 80
80 40
49 60
51 20
71 20
16 00
43 20
56 40
48 00
45 40
40 00
33 60
28 80
19 20
37 80
19 20
19 20
20 80
25 60
9 60
25 60
28 80
68 80
$3,749
10
Trucks
122 40
306 00
386 00
394 00
366 50
293 50
211 50
204 00
76 00
21 00
25 00
$2,405 90
$7,673 83
86
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
John Pederson, payrolls
John Pederson, salary
A. H. Perkins, payrolls
$2,000 00
52 35
$1,856
65
100
00
95
70
$2,052 35
$2,052 35
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$5,400 00
46 68
Paid:
Edison Electric Ilium. Co.
$5,446 68
$5,446 68
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriations
$4,000 00
Paid:
Orders as approved by Board of Pub-
lic Welfare $3,438 1 7
Unexpended balance 561 83
$4,000 00
Appropriation
Paid:
Overdraft
I
STATE AID
$360 00
610 00
SOLDIERS RELIEF
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$600 00
79 22
Paid:
Orders as approved by Soldiers' Relief Agent
87
$250 00
$679 22
679 22
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation $4,000 00
Paid:
Orders as approved by the Board of
Public Welfare $3,5 76 01
Unexpended balance 423 99
$4,000 00
EDUCATION
Appropriation $43,000 00
Paid:
Orders as approved by School Com-
mittee $42,999 13
Unexpended balance 87
$43,000 00
LIBRARY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
Paid:
Edison Electric Ilium. Co.
A. F. Davis, librarian
A. F. Davis, janitor
A. F. Davis, cataloguing, binding,
^v■riting cards
O. E. Houghton, transp. books
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal
O. D. Wood, labor
Larkin Lumber
Wm. Edwards Slate Co., slate
W. A. Fuller Lumber Co., shelf supports
E. F. Conant, insurance
Robert S. Osterhout, slips
A. W. Davis Co., glass
Remington Rand Co., cards
West & South Water Supply
Carrie Kingsley, trucking leaves
John Latulip, labor
Allen Chair Co., chairs and tables
E. F. Conant, labor on grounds
A. W. Davis Co., peat moss
E. H. Hollowell, labor and material
E. Z. Stanley, repairs
$1,000 00
$48
90
154
50
154
50
52
25
50
00
210
87
15
00
15
35
65
04
1
38
29
43
15
00
1
75
4
00
12
00
3
75
1
35
33
40
15
40
2
25
17
75
8
75
Frank Price, trees and labor
M. E. Taylor Co., supplies
Unexpended balance
10 00
9 86
$932 48
67 52
$1,000 00
LIBRARY BOOKS
Appropriation
Interest due from Library Fund
Paid:
$200 00
356 05
Am. Library Ass'n
$5 00
De Wolfe Fiske & Co.
187 16
Little Brown & Co.
23 50
Goodspeed's Book Shop
8 38
Standard Book Co.
16 05
Union Library Ass'n
48 01
Albert B. White
4 00
Junior Literary Guild
55 50
Jean Karr
39 08
H. R. Huntting
106 27
Acton High School
2 00
Herman Goldberger Agency
42 25
W. A. Wrede Co,
13 95
E. J. Lesser
4 90
CEMETERIES
ropriation
$1,200 00
sferred from Reserve Fund
14 71
$556 05
$556 05
$L214 71
Paid:
Chester Robbins, insurance 8 00
Dolge Co., weed killer 43 97
Continental Nurseries, flowers 83 50
Holmerden Co., weed killer 41 25
Worcester Lawn Mower Co., mowers 37 50
West & South Water Supply 1 9
Geo. 1. Coombs, discing 5
Geo. H. Reed, truck 35 00
Horace F. Tuttle, making report, writing
and recording deeds 18 00
F. W. Green, top dressing 4 50
F. W. Green, freight ^ 4 05
18
00
89
A. W. Davis Co., tools, paint, etc
M. E. Taylor Co., tools
Frank Richardson, cans
J. W. Livermore, mowing
Albert Bately & Son, flowers
F, W. Green, labor
Fred S, Kennedy, labor
D. S. Kennedy, labor
Ernest Harden, labor
Norman Dakin, labor
How^ard Jones, labor
PERPETUAL CARE
Received Int. on Cemetery Funds
Received Int. on Blanchard Funds
Int. due from Cemetery Fund
Paid F, W. Green, care of lots
15
15'
10
34
18
00
1
50'
40
00
303
06
186
11
147
00
80
80
55
20
56
80
$1,214
7l!
KE
$450
00
25
00
839
70
$1,31 (
$1,311
70
70
HOSMER FUND
Received Interest on Funds
Int. due from Hosmer Fund
Paid:
Acton Granite Co., granite
Conant Machine Co., steel labor, etc.,
for cemetery gates
Carrie Kingsley, loam
Wilson Lumber Co., cement, brick
Acton Motor Co., removing stones
General Crushed Stone Co.
No. Middlesex Washed Sand & Gravel
Co.
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co.
Edwin R. Clark, architect
Geo. H. Reed, cement
M. W. Leahy Co., truck
E. H. Hollowell, sharpening tools,
150 ft. hose
E. H. Hallowell, labor
E. H. Hallowell, truck
E. H. Hallowell, mixer
A. B. Frost, labor
F. Gallant, labor
F. Corville, labor
$4,000 00
360 91
$1,281 20
166
78
100
00
66
06
6
00
237
50
33
45
31
54
150
00
55
00
20
00
14
47
441
00
423
76
14
25
324
75
226
00
209
60
$4,360 91
90
J, D. Burke, laboT
176 25
J, D. Smith, labor
237 50
Ernest Harden, labor
112 80
J. Keegan, labor
33 00
$4,360 9
MEMORIAL DAY
AppropriatioTi
$300 00
Paid:
Newton Post Band
Paul's Food Shop
West Acton Cafe
Finney & Hoit, flags
Lovell Bus Service
A. Merriam Co., paint
W. W. Merriam, copper ball
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., cement
Geo, L. To'vvne, flag
Tate & Co., flag pole
Strong & Tracy
S. Sebastian
First Baptist Church
Acton Drug Co.
Albert Bately, flowers
Unexpended balance
$100 00
2 00
11 11
14 95
36 00
2 80
4 75
.nt 3 25
12 35
18 00
18 47
4 80
10 00
1 80
40 00
$280
19
44
56
3300
00
UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
Paid:
Met. Dental Supply Co., oxygen
Raymond Stuart, drafting
Acton High School, paper
Murphy & Snyder, cards
.Axn. Surety Co., town clerk's bond
Frank W. Buellette, damages
Mass. General Hospital
West & South Water Supply, rubbers
Paul R. Nettel Co., loose leaf binder
and leaves
$500
00
26
19
$1
39
30
00
1
20
2
75
5
00
301
00
64 00
4 00
15 18
$526 19
91
82 45
14 22
5 00
$526 f9
J. D. Hayes, constable
Horni Signal Mfg. Co., lenses
O. D. Wood, care of flag
HYDRANT SERVICE
Appropriation $3,054 00
Paid:
West & South Water Supply $2,800 00
Town of Concord 25 3 00
$3,053 00
Unexpended balance 1 00 00
$3,054 00
INSURANCE OF EMPLOYEES
Appropriation $600 00
Transferred froin Reserve Fund 72 29
$672 29
Paid:
John J. Murphy $322 79
Paul R. Hederstedt 349 50
$672 29
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS
Appropriation $2,000 00
Paid:
First National Bank of Ayer $1,446 88
Unexpended balance 553 12
$2,000 00
INTEREST ON BONDS AND NOTES
Appropriation $1,560 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 230 00
$1,790 00
Paid:
Merchants National Bank $1,640 00
First National Bank of Ayer 150 00
$1,790 00
92
BONDS AND NOTES
Appropriation
$4,000
00
Paid:
Merchants National Bank
High School Bonds
$4,000
00
REVENUE LOANS
Amount outstanding Jan. 1, 1932
$20,000
00
Received, First National Bank of Ayer
43,000
00
Susan A. Hosmer Fund
10,000
00
$73,000
00
Paid:
First National Bank of Ayer
$48,000
00
Amount outstanding Dec. 31, 1932
25,000
00
$73,000
00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation from Overlay Surplus
$1,200
00
Transferred to:
General Government
$222
33
Buildings and Grounds
108
19
Fire Department
87
43
Acton Center Whistle
4
52
Moth Department
36
64
Highways
24
06
High Street
173
83
Snow Removal
52
35
Street Lighting
46
68
Soldiers' Relief
79
22
Cemeteries
14
71
Unclassified
26
19
Liability Insurance
72
29
Interest on Bonds
230
00
Unexpended balance
$1
178
21
44
56
$1,200 00
REFUNDS
Paid:
1931 Taxes
1931 Excise Taxes
1932 Excise Taxes
$173
12
174
80
14
67
$260 61
93
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Amount due from collector, December 3 I ,
1931
Received: State tax
State Park Tax
State Audit
Old Age Assistance
County Tax
County Hospital Tax
Town Grant
December Assessment
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
Overlay
Treasurer's Cash on Hand, December I 3,
1931
Received Interest on Taxes
Receipts other than Taxes
Paid:
$51,537
5 7
5,557
50
6
72
6
14
871
00
5,562
96
716
76
71,685
50
321
20
7,665
10
3,812
27
$147 742 72
$8,862
45
2,264
14
108,089
94
<!;l 1 Q ? 1 <s s ^
$266,959 25
State Tax
$5,557
50
State Park Tax
6
72
State Park Audit
6
14
State Bank Tax 1930
1
80
State Trust Company Tax, 1930
13
State Old Age Assistance Tax
875
00
County Tax
5,562
96
County Tuberculosis Tax
716
76
County Dog Tax
378
60
General Government
5,222
33
Buildings and Grounds
908
19
Police
2,413
65
Fire Department
2,787
43
New Hose
600
00
Whistle at Acton Center
1,004
52
Forest Fires
466
35
Moth Work
1,036
64
Tree Warden
471
25
Health and Sanitation
614
71
Town Nurse
2,071
28
Highways
18,424
06
Newtown Road
6,892
23
High Street
7,673
83
Snow Removal
2,052
35
94
Street Lighting
5,446
68
State Aid
610
00
Soldiers' Relief
679
22
Education
42,999
13
Library Maintenance
932
48
Library Books
556
05
Cemeteries
1,214
71
Cemeteries, Perpetual Care
1,311
70
Cemeteries, Hosmer Fund
4,360
91
Unclassified
526
19
County Hospital
7,763
17
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds
270
00
Memorial Day
280
44
Liability Insurance
672
29
Hydrants
3,053
00
Public Welfare
3,438
17
Old Age Assistance
3,576
01
Tax Titles Expense
34
11
Contra acct. refund
5
30
High School Bonds
4,000
00
Interest on Notes and Bonds
1,790
00
Revenue Loans
48,000
00
Interest on Revenue Loans
1,446
88
Refunds
360
61
4199 071
vP 1 y 7, VJ / 1
Tax Tides
$1,710
16
Refund from State Old Age Assistance
158
00
Abatements
2,141
13
Abatements, Excise Tax
170
97
48
Amount due from Collector, December
31, 1932 $49,777 29
Amount due from Treasurer, December
31, 1932 13.930 22
$67,887 77
$266,959 25
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
Balance, January 1, 1932 $20,5 73 80
Surplus Revenue, 1932 5,090 06
$25,663 86
95
Debit
Revenue Account, 1 932
Tax Title Revenue
Bank & Trust Company Tax, 1930
$5,000
1,744
1
00
27
93
$6,746
20
Balance, December 31, 1932
$18,917
66
OVERLAYS
1930
Balance, January 1, 1932
$2,346
21
Debit
Abatements
Transferred to Overlay Surplus
$1,339
1,006
52
69
$2,346
21
1931
Balance, January 1, 1932
3,671
75
Debit
Abatements
Refunds
$749
173
80
80
$923
60
Balance, December 31. 1932
$2,748
15
1932
Overlay
$3,812
27
Debit
Abatements
$51
81
Balance, December 31, 1932
$3,760
46
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance, January 1, 1932
Overlay 1930
Balance from Reserve Fund
$8,908
1,006
21
03
69
56
$9,936
28
Debit
Appropriation to Reserve Fund
$1,200
00
Balance, December 31, 1932
$8,736
28
96
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE
Balance, January K 1932 $4,079 23
1932 Tax 7,665 10
-$1 1,744 33
Debit
Abatements $1 70 9 7
Refunds 186 81
Total Amount Collected 1932 6,640 70
$6,998 48
Balance, December 3 1 , 1932 $4,745 85
CEMETERY LAND FUND
Balance, January 1, 1932 $823 00
JReceived fox lots sold in 1932 1 78 00
$1,001 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Year Ending December 31, 1932
Cash balance January 1, 1932
Receipts 1932:
Received from State Treasurer;
$8,862 45
Highway
Highway
Highw^ay
Highw^ay
Highway
Highway
Highway
income Mass
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
School Fund
Dep't Public Welfare (Tuition of Chil
For reduction of taxes (Gas tax)
Old Age Abatement
Old Age Assistance
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes
Vocational Aid — Ind. Schools
Refund — Teachers' Retirement Fund
State Aid
Veterans' Exemption
Income Tax
Corporation Tax — Business
Corporation Tax — Business
Income Tax
Corporation Tax — P. S.
Corporation Tax T. & T.
Trust Co. Tax
National Bank Tax
Trust Co. Tax, 1930
National Bank Tax, 1930
National Bank Tax, 1924
Corporation Tax — R. R. & T.
Corporation Tax, 1931
Corporation Tax, 1932
County Treasurer:
Highways
Highways
Highw^ays
Highways
$1,200
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
500
00
100
00
2,500
00
3,800
00
1,879
92
en) 801
77
2,900
00
158
00
2,000
00
475
73
5
20
5
30
412
00
49
48
10,107
00
3,517
39
141
56
285
00
355
37
222
70
12
15
4
87
4
39
2
79
01
19
1
61
31
35,442 74
$2,000
00
2,500
00
1,200
00
500
00
100
Highways
Dog Tax
Miscellaneous Receipts:
Court Fines
Nurses' Collections
Library Fines
Bank Interest
Licenses, "Board of Health"
Licenses, Director of Standards
Licenses, Selectmen
B. & M. Railroad, Brush fires
Old Lock-up Cages
Sealer of Weights & Measures
Town Hall Rent
Dog Licenses, Agency Account
Acton Grange, Gas
Cemetery Lots Sold, F. W. Green
Cemetery Lots Sold, H. F. Tuttle
Rent of Lowering Device
Concord, Nagog Taxes
First Nat. Bank, Ayer, Loan
First Nat. Bank, Ayer, Loan
First Nat. Bank, Ayer, Loan
First Nat. Bank, Ayer, Loan
First Nat. Bank, Ayer:
Middlesex County Hospital, Loan
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Loan
School Tuition:
Cunningham
Boxboro
Carlisle
Hill
Error on check
Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund, Transfer
Perpetual Care Fund, Transfer
Luke Blanchard Fund, Transfer
100
591
00
51
$277
93
148
25
62
06
78
53
31
00
16
00
26
00
46
50
10
00
55
48
183
65
378
60
8
00
143
00
35
00
32
00
25
12
8,000
00
10,000
00
10,000
00
15,000
00
5,000
00
10,000
00
88
80
1,546
23
56
98
26
40
04
4,000
00
450
00
25
00
6,891 51
65,750 57
I
Received of Chas. A.
Interest, 1929
1930 Taxes
1931 Taxes
1932 Taxes
1930 Excise Taxes
1931 Excise Taxes
Durkee, Collector:
$40 74
14,483 07
17,179 92
57,331 42
357 50
2,273 05
101
I 932 Elxcise Taxes
Bank Interest
Total Receipts
4,383 61
5 12
96,054 43
$204,139 25
$213,001 70
Payments, 1932:
Per Selectmen's Orders
State Taxes
$193,499 19
5,572 29
Cash Balance, December 31, 1932
199,071 48
$13,930 11
NOTE: The following transfers are due the General Cash:
From Cemetery Funds $836 70
From Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund 360 9 1
From Wilde Memorial Library Fund 356 05
$1,553 66
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Anticipationof Revenue, Note 131, Due July 25, 1933 $10,000 00
Anticipation of Revenue, Note 132, Due June 30, 1933 15,000 00
High School Bonds, Due July 1, 1933 4,000 00
High School Bonds, Due 1934 to 1945 33,000 00
County Hospital, Note 126, Due March 24, 1933 2,500 00
County Hospital, Note 127, Due 1934 2,500 00
CEMETERY FUNDS
Balance, January 1, 1932:
Principal Funds
Unexpended Balance
Prior Years Income, Not previously reported
Received for Perpetual Care:
Geo. Rouillard Lot, Woodlawn
Edgar I. Banks Lot, Mt. Hope
Wm. F. Richardson Lot, Woodlawn
Frank E. Tasker Lot, Mt. Hope
Lulu V. Akers Lot, Woodlawn
David Mason Lot, Woodlawn
Edward C. Wood Lot, Woodlawn
•
$34,882
21
4,310
04
145
37
$100 00
75 00
75 00
100 00
50 00
100 00
50 00
102
John D. Brown Lot, Woodlawn
Daniel McCharles Lot, Mt. Hope
Received Interest:
Worcester North Savings
Lowell Central Savings
Middlesex Institution
North Middlesex
Maynard Trust Co.
Assabet Institution
Warren Institution
East Cambridge
Marlboro Savings
Boston Five Cent
Home Savings
Worcester Five Cent
Suffolk Savings
Hudson Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Charlestow^n Five Cent
Charlestown Five Cent
Charlestow^n Five Cent
W. & S. Water Bonds
Assabet Institution
Athol Savings
Total
100
00
75
00
$82
50
40
40
116
14
88
88
140
58
29
40
82
50
90
00
42
50
75
00
40
00
60
00
112
50
75
91
67
50
67
50
13
50
11
26
150
00
169
51
42
00
725 00
597 58
$41,660 20
Paid Town of Acton, Care of Lots
$450 00
I
Balance, December 31, 1932
Lowell Central Savings
Middlesex Institution
North Middlesex
Maynard Trust Co.
Assabet Institution
Warren Institution
East Cambridge
Marlboro Savings
Boston Five Cent
Worcester North
Home Savings
Worcester Five Cent
Suffolk Savings
Athol Savings
Hudson Savings
$1,000 00
2,875 10
2,200 00
3,228 96
728 25
2,200 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
1,500 00
3,000 00
1,050 00
2,400 00
103
Charlestown Five Cent
Charlestown Five Cent
Charlestown Five Cent
Charlestown Five Cent
West So. District Water Bonds
Assabet Institution, Balance
Cash Balance
1.500
00
1,500
00
300
00
250
00
3,600
00
5,207
43
$670
46
$41,210 20
$41,660 20
NOTE: The following transfers are due to be made from the
Cemetery Funds:
Due to General Cash $836 70
Due to Cemetery Surplus 307 09
CEMETERY SURPLUS
Balance, January 1, 1932
Interest, Assabet Institution
Balance, December 31, 1932
Assabet Institution
Cash Balance
$957
38
77
23
$957
38
77
23
$996 00
$996 00
NOTE: The following transfer is due the Cemetery Surplus Account:
Due from Cemetery Funds $307 09
ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Balance January 1, 1932:
Principal Fund $25,000 00
Unexpended Balance
Received interest:
Waltham Savings
Worcester North Savings
East Cambridge Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Andover Savings
Lowell Inst, for Savings
North Middlesex Savings
2,732 03
$27,732 03
$85 00
41 25
90 00
90 00
80 00
80 00
80 00
104
Middlesex Irrst. for Savings
Worcester Five Cent
Athol Savings
Lawrence Savings
Amherst Savings
Marlboro Savings
Hudson Savings
Assabet Inst, for Savinars
Paid Trustees Orders
Balance December 3 1 , 1932:
Waltham Savings
Worcester North Savings
East Cambridge Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Andover Savings
Lowell Inst, for Savings
North Middlesex Savings
Middlesex Inst, for Savings
Worcester Five Cent
Athol Savings
Lawrence Savings
Amherst Savings
Marlboro Savings
Hudson Savings, Income
Assabet Inst, for Savings, Income
Cash Balance
80
00
80
00
80
00
80
00
85
00
85
00
14
42
55
16
$1,105
83
;
$28,837
86
$1,536
42
$2,000
00
1,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
1,000
00
1,201
44
100
00
$27,301
44
$28,837
86
SUSAN NOYES HOSMER CEMETERY FUND
Balance, January 1, 1932:
Principal Fund $82,238' 95
Unexpended Balance 851 47
$83,090 42
Received Interest:
Springfield Five Cent $200 00
Waltham Savings 212 50
105
Springfield Institution
Cambridge Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Worcester North
Athol Savings
Andover Savings
Medford Savings
Marlboro Savings
Leominster Savings
Hudson Savings
North Middlesex
Greenfield Savings
Lexington Savings
Arlington Five Cent
Middlesex Institution
Lynn Five Cent
Winchendon Savings
Framingham Savings
Middlesex Institution
120
00
162
50
225
00
123
75
120
00
120
00
135
00
127
50
120
00
192
50
160
00
120
00
120
00
200
00
189
52
140
00
262
50
225
00
14
07
3,289 84
$86,380 26
Federal Bank Check Tax
$0 06
Transferred to Town Account
4,000 00
Balance, December 31, 1932:
Springfield Five Cent
5,000
00
Waltham Savings
5,000
00
Springfield Institution
3,000
00
Cambridge Savings
2,500
00
Charlestown Five Cent
5,000
00
Worcester North
3.000
00
Athol Savings
3,000
00
Andover Savings
3,000
00
Medford Savings
3,000
00
Marlboro Savings
3,000
00
Leominster Savings
3,000
00
Hudson Savings
4,000
00
North Middlesex
2,999
96
Greenfield Savings
3,000
00
106
Middlesex Institution
3,238
93
Lexington Savings
3,000
00
Arlington Five Cent
5,000
00
Lynn Five Cent
2,500
00
Winchendon Savings
5,000
00
Framingham Savings
5,000
00
Note, Town of Acton
10,000
00
Middlesex Institution, Balance
141
31
82,380 20
$86,380 26
LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND
Balance, January 1,1932 $1,37727
Received Interest:
Warren Inst, for Savings
Massachusetts Savings Bank
Charlestown Five Cent
Charlestown Five Cent
$3 26
36 99
3 96
10 24
54 45
^
$1,431 72
Paid Town of Acton
Balance, December 3 1
Warren Inst, for Savings
Massachusetts Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Charlestown Five Cent
$25 00
1932
$84 90
994 51
235 98
91 33
1,406 72
$1,431 72
19TH OF APRIL FUND
Balance, January 1, 1932 $228 96
Interest, Middlesex Savings 9 22
$238 18
107
Balance, December 31, 1932:
Middlesex Savings - $238 18
FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance, January 1, 1932 $500 47
Interest, Middlesex Savings 19 80
$520 27
Paid Trustees Order $20 00
Balance, December 31, 1932:
Middlesex Savings 500 27
$520 27
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Balance, January 1, 1932:
Principal Fund
Susan Augusta and Luther Conant Fund
Hiram J. Hapgood Fund
Luke Tuttle Fund
John W. Heald Fund
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
Unexpended balance
Received interest:
Home Savings
Middlesex Inst, for Savings
Lowell City Institution
Charlestown Five Cent
Massachusetts Savings
Warren Institution
Middlesex Institution
Cambridge Savings
West Shore R. R. Bond
Maynard Trust Co.
$9,000
00
1,000
00
200
00
200
00
817
00
2,016
90
187
06
$13,420
96
$40
00
V \J
40
40
37
85
136
51
37
85
75
70
. 33
00
85
66
40
00
24
99
551
96
y vJ
$13,972
92
108
Balance, December 31, 1932:
Home Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Massachusetts Savings
Warren Inst.
Middlesex Inst.
West Shore R. R. Bond
Cambridge Savings
Maynard Trust Co.
Maynard Trust Co., Balance
Middlesex Inst.
Lowell City Inst.
Cash Balance
$1,000
00
3,000
00
1,000
00
2,000
00
817
00
1,000
00
2,016
90
$400
00
]272
40
1,000
00
1,000
00
466
62
<};l ^ Q7? Q?
NOTE: The following transfer is due to be made from the Library
Funds:
Due to General Cash
$356 05
109
Auditor's Report
I have examined the books and accounts of the Tax Col-
lector of the Town of Acton and have found them correct. Notices
are being mailed to delinquent taxpayers.
The books and accounts of the Treasurer of the Town of Acton
are now being audited by the accountants from the office of the
Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation,
State House, Boston.
HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
110
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1932
Our civilization will be measured by the children it
produces and by the civilization they, in turn, produce.
Ray Lyman Wilbur.
1933
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Dr. Randall Woodworth, Chairman Term expires 1933
Mrs. Frank Price Term expires 1935
Mrs. Albertie Mead Term expires 1933
Mr. Arthur Whitcomb Term expires 1934
Mrs. Oliver Wood Term expires 1934
Mr. Forrest Bean Term expires 1935
Superintendent
John F. Hough
South Acton, Mass. Office — High School Building. Tel. 1 1 0
School Physician
Dr. E. A. Mayell Acton
School Nurse
Miss Lillian Frost North Acton
Attendance Officer
Michael Foley South Acton
School Calendar
First short term begins January 3, 1 933.
First short term ends February 17, 1933.
Second short term begins February 27, 1933.
Second short term ends April 14, 1933.
Third short term begins April 24, 1933.
Third short term ends June 9, 1933, for Grades 1 to VIII, inclu-
sive.
Third short term ends June 16, 1933, for High School Gradua-
tion— Monday, June 19, 1933.
1933-1934
Fall term begins September 5, 1933.
Thanksgiving Recess — School closes November 29, 1933, and
re-opens December 4, 1933.
Fall term ends December 22, 1933.
Legal Holidays
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, first Monday
of September, October 12, November 1 1, Thanksgiving Day, Christ-
mas Day (the day following when any of the first five days men-
tioned, the 12th of October, or Christmas occurs on Sunday).
Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April, and is not a legal
holiday.
Flag Day falls on June 1 4, and is not a legal holiday. It should
be observed by proper exercises by any school in session on that day.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAl^-Time: 7:30 A.M.
Acton Center and South Acton 2-2-2-2 blasts
West Acton 1-1 blasts
I
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DECEMBER 31, 1932
Center School:
Ella Miller
Ruth Brennan
Gertrude Puhakka
South School:
Julia McCarthy
Florence Merriam
Jessie Kinnevan
West School:
Harriet Suchovsky
Elise Dickerman
Madeline Allard
App.
Where Educated
He
Addi
1 899 Framingham Normal Acton
1931 Lowell Normal Lowell
1931 Fitchburg Normal Fitchburg
1906 Fitchburg Normal
1 92 7 Fitchburg Normal
1929 Worcester Normal
South Acton
South Acton
Worcester
1929 Framingham Normal Clinton
1926 Fitchburg Normal Ayer
1928 Lowell Normal Lowell
High School Building;
Marion Towne
1921
Mary Stolte
1931
Marjorie Jones
1931
Barbara Douglass
1931
Elsie Bixby
1927
Edith Ames 1928
Margaret Boornazian 1929
Walter Holt 1928
Robert Dolan 1930
Henry Hopkinson 1 930
John Hough 1927
Smith College
Middlebury College
Simmons College
Univ. of Vermont
Framingham Normal
Boston University
Simmons College
Boston University
Dartmouth College
Clark University
Northeastern Law
Middlebury, Har-
vard, Colgate
Supervisors :
Music — Louis Phelps, Arlington
Drawing — Phyllis Darch, Fitchburg
Manual Arts — James Smith, Adams
Concord
Brattleboro, Vt.
South Acton
Winchester, N. H.
Woodville
Littleton
Methuen
South Acton
Marlboro
West Acton
South Acton
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Acton:
The School Committee presents herewith, its report for the year
1932, together with the report of the superintendent of schools,
which has been accepted by the committee and is recommended for
your study and attention.
The committee has paid continuous attention to the problem of
obtaining the best and utmost results for our school children, from
our corps of teachers. Inasmuch as a few might feel that even better
results might be obtained, the committee sincerely feels, that better-
ment to that end, is in evidence.
Our teachers all returned to us this year, which was most gratify-
ing, in that changes in the staff tend to cramp continuity of progress
and also, in coming back they have created a feeling of contentment,
they w^ere willing to carry on with us as were we with them.
One supervisor was replaced, due to pressure from various
quarters. In his stead we have one Mr. Phelps, w^hom we believe
will refresh the music in our schools.
Your committee has gone over its budget in many ways, with the
idea in mind to effect economies, which seems to be in keeping with
the times. The very size of the appropriation, the largest of any,
invites constructive criticism or even resentment from some. But by
making a brief comparison, with a few representative towns, you
might draw some conclusions as to our own position.
Expenditures for Public Schools in Relation to Population,
Valuation, Tax Rate, Etc.
Elxp. for school sup-
Pop.
School
por
t from local tax- Tax
U.S. 1930
Valuation
Appro.
ation per M val. Rate
Hopkinton
2563
$2,810,843
$39,833
43
$10 71 $31 50
Acton
2482
3,905,065
44,863
47
9 34 22 00
Hatfield
2476
2,853,720
48.571
44
11 60 26 50
Hardwick
2460
2,658,060
47,104
78
12 72 25 00
Groton
2434
4.324,338
45.513
21
9 47 33 00
These figures are for the year 1931. as 1932 figures are not avail-
able as yet. Our own appropriation for last year was considerably
lower.
Comparing the towns in this group, with Acton, our average is
below the line. You must not forget to take into consideration the
fact that assessed valuation governs the reimbursement from the
State. In other words, Hopkinton with a much lower assessed val-
uation than Acton, is reimbursed $7,180.39 against our own of
$5,301.37, the lower the valuation, the more state aid is available
to the smaller towns.
Comparative Cost Per High School Pupil exclusive of STATE
Reimbursement and Out-of-Town Tuition
Hopkinton $107 08
Acton 107 99
Hatfield 124 62
Hardwick 102 45
Groton 116 79
In the High School we are neither above or below; we are, you
might say, holding our own.
Comparative Cost Per Elementary Pupil on the same basis
Hopkinton $60 66
Acton 79 84
Hatfield 54 38
Hardwick 84 42
Groton 74 74
In the elementary schools w^e are above the line of average. The
reason is quite apparent after you know the facts. It is due to the
necessarily, j^et unduly expensive physical operation by reason of
antiquated and inefficient heating and ventilating systems, the undue
use of artificial light because of lack, and improper placement of
w^indows, and the inordinate requirements of repairs.
It might interest you to know that the High School building, as
large as it is, is heated better and cheaper than any one of the Ele-
mentary buildings.
A central el-mentary school building in time to come, with full
transportation of pupils, will be a great stride toward better ele-
mentary education and more efficient physical operation. How^ever,
a survey by you, of the school buildings in general, will convince
you that they are in better physical shape than they have been for
some time, and that the whole machine is functioning about as effi-
ciently as is possible, under the limitation of our appropriation and
physical handicaps.
We have been rather unfortunate this past year, in that w^e have
been subjected to fire at four different times in the new High School
building, due to the improper electrical wiring of the building and
have been forced into a complete checking up and re-wiring of most
of the building by the State, an item of no small account and one
over w^hich w^e had no control.
Nov/, as w^e are in no v/ay responsible, and as we are trying to
pare our budget and not take it out of the children, we are going
to ask for a special appropriation to handle this emergency and
hope that you will see it in the same light as we do.
If the committee finds that it becomes necessary to effect a cut
of any sort in order to meet the exigency, it will not, in fairness to
all, make a selective one; it will include evervone on the payroll,
and it w^ill take the form of a voluntary contribution, and we w^ant
you all to feel that it w^ill not be done in any other spirit than a direct
demand from the tax-payer, who is having his troubles as you all
know.
How^ever, if such a step is found necessary, let everyone pull to-
gether and work all the harder, which is the only solution to any
setback.
Respectfully submitted,
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
By: R. N. WOOD WORTH,
Chairman.
COMPARISON OF COSTS FOR OPERATING
ACTON SCHOOLS
Massachusetts School Fund 1932 1931 1930 1929
Part I $3,530 00 $3,736 00 $3,610 00 $3,560 00
Part II 1,879 92 1,565 07 1,909 84 *
State Wards 801 77 580 58 151 76 131 25
Total from State $6,211 69 $5,881 65 $5,671 60 $3,691 25
Out of town tuitions 1,692 01 2,486 15 2,670 15 2.775 28
Total $7,903 70 $8,367 80 $8,341 75 $6,466 53
Expended from appropria-
tion $42,999 13 $44,863 47 $44,534 21 $44,845 92
Net cost to town **$35,095 43 $36,495 67 $36,192 46 $38,379 39
Appropriations $43,000 00 $45,000 00 $45,000 00 $45,000 00
Special appropriation
3.500 00
$48,500 00
*Acton did not participate in distribution of Massachusetts School Fund, Part
II, of 1928 awarded in 1929.
**Boxboro Tuition from September to December. 1932. in the amount of
$979.02 has not been paid. When this is paid the net cost to the town in 1932
will be $34.1 16.41.
ESTIMATES FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1933
Salaries and other expenses of Superintendent's Office $2,2 00 00
Salaries of Teachers and Supervisors 27.000 00
Textbooks 500 00
Supplies 7 50 00
Operating Expenses (Fuel, Janitors, etc.) 5,900 00
Repairs 1,000 00
Auxiliary Agencies (Health, Transportation) 4, 280 00
Miscellaneous Expenses 1,370 00
$43,000 00
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
f
General Control
Salary and other expenses of Superintendent
$2,706
45
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries of Teachers
and Supervisors:
Elementary
$14,127
30
High School
10,200
00
Principal of High School
1,145
83
Supervisors
907
80
26,380
93
High School Textbooks
$285
81
Elementary Textboo
ks
450
71
High School Stationery and Supplies
400
84
Elementary Stationei
ry and Supplies
Instruction
417
13
1,554
49
-
Total Expenses of
$27,935
42
Expenses of Operaticn
High School:
Wages of Janitor
$1,300 00
Fuel
622
84
Miscellaneous
674
36
- <fe2 597
20
Elementary:
South West
Center
~ tpz>, jy 1
Wages of Janitor
$722 00 $684
00 $624
00
$2,030
00
Fuel
513 70 336
05 308
51
1,158
26
Miscellaneous
75 24 53
20 59
91
188
35
$1,310 94 $1,073 25 $992 42 $3,376 61
Total High and Elementary Operating Expense $5,973 81
Maintenance and Repairs
High School $ 540 56
South West Center
Elementary $155 29 $62 23 $866 52 1,084 04
Total Maintenance and Repairs $1,624 60
7
Auxiliary Agencies
Health
Transportation
Library
New Equipment
Tuition
Miscellaneous
Total Expended
Unexpended Balance
$214
85
4,000
00
65
73
172
45
216
12
89
70
^^4 Vift
85
$42,999
13
87
$43,000
00
PAID FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1932
General Control
Superintendent, Salary
Secretary
Travel Expenses
$2,000 04
5 72 76
15 00
Office Expenses:
N. E. Tel. and Tel. Company $50 06
J. L. Hammett Company, envelopes 1 73
Wright & Potter Printing Co., office paper 4 16
Murphy & Snyder, warrants 7 00
School Service Company, office record cards 6 37
Hobart Cabinet Company, file cabinet 9 50
D. C. Heath & Company, office book 1 71
Post Office, South Acton, stamped envelopes 38 1 2
Total general control
i
Elxpenses of Instruction
Supervisor's Salary, Music $400 00
Supervisor's Salary, Drawing 280 00
Supervisor's Salary, Manual Training 227 80
Principal's Salary, High School
High School Teachers' Salaries:
Henrv Hopkinson
Walter Holt
Robert Dolan
Elsie Bixby
Margaret Boornazian
$2,000 00
1,800 00
1,400 00
1,700 00
1.500 00
$2,587 80
$1 18 65
$2,706 45
$907 80
$1,145 83
I
Barbara Douglass
Edith Ames, part
Elementary School Teachers' Salaries:
Marion Towne
Mary Stolte
Marjorie Jones, part
Edith Ames, part
Ella Miller
Ruth Brennan
Gertrude Puhakka
Julia McCarthy
Jessie Kinnevan
Florence Merriam
Harriet Suchovsky
Elise Dickerman
Madeline Allard
High School Textbooks:
D. C. Heath & Company
Henry Holt & Company
John C. Winston Company
The Macmillan Company
Allyn and Bacon
Benj. H. Sanborn & Company
Iroquois Publishing Company
Oliver Ditson Company
South-Western Publishing Company
Ginn & Company
Edward E. Babb & Company, Inc.
American Book Company
Gregg Publishing Company
Chamber of Commerce of United States
Elementary Textbooks:
Beckley-Cardy Company
Charles Scribner's Sons
D. C. Heath & Company
Silver Burdett & Company
World Book Company
South-Western Publishing Co.
R. H. Hinkley & Company
Milton Bradley Company
The Macmillan Company
Dura Binding Company
Scott Foresman & Company
Webster Publishing Company
1,100
00
700
00
<fe|0 200 00
$1,350
00
1,000
00
477
30
700
00
1,400
00
1,000
00
900
00
1,400
00
1,100
00
1,250
00
1,300
00
1,200
00
1,050
00
<t;l 4 1 ?7 ^n
$44
22
14
96
17
43
27
71
11
04
8
33
6
56
6
05
6
15
77
32
36
68
14
83
11
53
.s 3
00
'fe^ft'i ftl
$6
<4>ZiO J O 1
12
20
88
28
02
69
43
79
07
6
46
6
50
4
71
65
05
63
15
67
66
2 45
The Baker & Taylor Company
Ginn & Company
American Book Company
Charles E. Merrill Company
Bobbs Merrill Company
High School Stationery and Supplies:
Boston Music Company, music
Doubleday Doran Company, Le Petit _
Edward E. Babb & Company, inkwell
tops, etc.
Charles Scribner's Sons, Denney Prac-
tice Unit
John C Winston Company, practice sets
Central Scientific Company, lab. supplies
Cambosco Scientific Company, lab. supplies
George E. Cram, map
Office Appliance Company, stencils
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, pencils
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Laidlaw Brothers, music
J. L. Hammett Company, paper, supplies
Woodstock Typewriter Company, ribbons
Yawman & Erbe, Junior Business supplies
Murphy & Snyder, lab. paper
Eastman Kodak Company, camera supplies
National Map Company, map
Underwood Elliott Fisher Company, ribbons
M. E. Taylor & Company
3
90
6
88
13
76
3
47
3
20
$6
60
ournal 1
00
29 07
3 96
29 28
29 39
3
8
23
10 63
14 33
20
01
212 50
90
21
12 50
18
90
00
52
$450 71
$400 84
Elementary Stationery and Supplies:
Webber Lumber & Supply Company,
Manual Training wood
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc., books,
paper, supplies
World Book Company, primary tests
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, pencils
Palmer & Parker, wood for Manual
Training
J. L. Hammett Company, notebooks,
supplies
Louisa N. Wood, blankets
Wilbur D, Gilpatric, draw^ing supplies
Milton Bradley Company
Henry Holt & Company, Hartford
Reading Lists
$5 88
90
13
4
83
44
10
22
50
84
92
3
50
125
49
34
43
1
35
$417 13
10
High School Operating Elxpenses
Daniel MacDougall, Janitor $1,300
A. W. Davis Company, coal, glass, etc. 672
Leavitt Farm, wood 6
Dallman Company, mops, dusters, jani-
tor's supplies 23
Fuelite Natural Gas Company 84
John Evans, janitor work 4
Finney & Hoit, cord 4
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, Inc., basket,
door handle 23
West Disinfecting Company, paper towels 72
Cooper Radio Electric Company, tungar bulbs 1 3
Masury- Young, dust pans, oil 59
Edison Electric Illuminating Company 207
Strong & Tracy 1
Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection 5
West & South Water Supply 38
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company 1 0
Chelmsford Ginger Ale, distilled water 1
Burditt & Williams, brass striker 3
J. L. Hammett Company, brushes, mop wringers 1 0
The Holmerden Company, tacola 28
C. B. Dolge, tink, deodoroma 28
00
05
00
80
00
00
70
35
60
00
80
42
03
00
57
01
00
95
58
25
09
Janitor
Fuel
Elementary Operating Expense
South West Center
$722 00 $684 00 $624 00
513 70 336 05 308 51
$2,597 20
2,030 00
1,158 26
$1,235 70 $1,020 05 $ 932 51 $3,188 26
Miscellaneous
South West Center
Edison Elec. 111. Co.
William B. Holt, coal hod
J. S. Moore, step-ladder
Masury-Young, dust pans
West & South Water Supply
South Acton Coal & Lumber
L. C. Hastings, supplies
George H. Reed, broom
John Evans, taking off
storm door
West Disinfecting Co., soap
$32 10 $2
2
12
1
13
50
50
96
85
36
2
15
11 29 11
90
65
00
17
80
25
27
$22 95
2
23
00
53
11 27
$75 56 $53 04 $59 75
Total Miscellaneous
Total Elementary Operating Expense
$188 35
$3,376 61
11
High School Maintenance and Repsurs
Frank L. Weaver & Sons, repair roof $80 95
Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip Company,
weather stripping 150 OQ
New England Flag Pole & Rigging Company,
flag pole 89 00
Christian Jensen, masonry 14 50*
Benjamin H. Sawyer 14 40
B. A. King, electrical work 86 18
Albert E. Sims 33 48
J. F. Chapin Company, tuning piano 6
Larkin Lumber Company, repair wood 5
Barnes & Jones, service heating system 22 95
L. T. Fullonton, setting gleiss 1 0 60
Massachusetts Reformatory, material to repair
chairs 8 70
C. A. Milbery, repair switch 1 25
R. M. Prentiss, electrical work f I 00
E. R. Sanborn, coal bin door 6 40
00
15
$540 56
Elementary Maintenance and Repairs
South
West
Center
Albert E. Sims $
9 63
O. D. Wood
$ 35 50
Benjamin H. Sawyer
77 90
E. Z. Stanley, firepot
and repairs
109 21
South Acton Coal &
Lumber Co.
48 31
1 1
99
36 14
J. T. McNiff
3
25
James N. Berry
44
49
Frank Fiske, shingling
383 83
B. A. King
6 45
Samuel Knowlton,
painting
59 25
L. T. Fullonton & Co.
149 50
Christian Jensen
15 00
Ralph Jones
12 00
A. H. Perkins
28 35
George A. Braman,
repair bells
1 00
J. W. Livermore
5 00
E. R. Sanborn
1
50
Claire A. Milbery, clock
1 00
Albert E. Sims
43 74
$155 29 $ 62 23 $866 52 $1,084 04
12
Health
Dr. Ernest Mayell, examinations in high and
elementary schools $200 00
Scales 14 85
$214 85
Transportation
A. W. Davis
$4 000 00
Library
John C. Winston Company $ 3 33
The Literary Digest 12 90
R. H. Hinkley Co., Douhleday Encyclopedia 49 50
$65 73
New Equipment
Beckley-Cardy Company, shades $ 1 2 45
Remington Rand, Inc. typewriters 160 00
$172 45
Tuition
City of Lowell
City of Worcester
$210
5
92
20
$216 12
Miscellaneous Expense
E. F. Conant, School Census
C. C, Cullinane, express
John F. Hough, express
Acton Drug Company, cotton
Murphy & Snyder, programs
Vannah Lithograph Company, diplomas
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, Inc. express
Ralph Jones
E. Z. Stanley, express
Total expended during fiscal year
$30 00
5
60
1
50
50
3
50
39
40
1
70
5
00
2
50
$89
70
-
$42,999
13
13
Report of School Superintendent
To the School Committee and Voters of Acton:
I, herewith, submit my third annual report as Superintendent o£
Schools and Principal of the High School.
The number enrolled in our schools this year is 510. This in-
cludes about 1 0 post graduates who came back in September and
who, up to the present time, have conducted themselves in such a
way that it has been a pleasure to have them back again. The ex-
pense of their instruction is not noticeable. However, should the
number increase materially, there w^ould be need of another teacher.
The 510 pupils in school are distributed as follows:
Grade I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII P.G,
Center 9 7 12 17 12 10
South 18 16 14 16 20 16
West 10 18 15 II 17 II
High School 61 43 47 34 37 28 10
The total number of pupils for whom the town furnishes trans-
portation is 107. Of these 37 are in the vicinity of South Acton
and 70 in the vicinity of Acton Center. 40 go to high school. The
others are carried to the grade school buildings.
According to information gleaned from town reports and from
reports of the State Department for the last seven ^^ears it has cost
considerable less to educate each child in school in Acton during the
past year than at any time before since the high school has been
in operation, with the exception of the year 1928 when there was
a difference of only one cent per pupil per day.
The high cost of 1929 was due to the fact that that year the Town
received no school return under Part 11, and the high cost of 1930
was due, of course, to the $3,500 special appropriation for the High
School playground, which, in fact, has never been completed. Part
11 of the School Returns, mentioned above, refers to the apportion-
ment to tow^ns of the income from the Massachusetts School Fund,
reckoned upon the proportionate amount paid by a tow^n of every
thousand dollars of state tax established by the preceding valuation.
You will see that the net cost to the town for educating one child
one day in the schools of Acton for the past school year was thirty-
seven cents. TTiat sum includes, of course, all transportation, heat-
ing, instruction, etc., and is about as low as it is possible to go and
have efficient instruction. It is cheaper than one could hire a gov-
erness for his children if he were to not send them to school at all,
or if he were sending his children to a community center for being
taken care of with no instruction whatever. Of course we all are
interested in doing the best thing for the children at the lowest pos-
sible expense, but there is a figure below which it is dangerous to go.
In the long run one gets what he pays for, whether it is a pair of
shoes or a job of educating children.
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When we commence to compute the cost of persons and their
value we have commenced a difficult task. What is the value of a
boy or girl, ten dollars, fifty, a thousand, forty-five thousand? Well,
some are worth much less than others, no doubt. And it seems that
the more you spend on some the more worthless they are. But if
from the many who come to us for their education and go away hav-
ing received the foundation of education from us, a few make their
mark in the world and make it honestly, and most of the others
become good citizens, the cost has been repaid, if not in money then
in good works.
The cost of operating the schools, of course, is by far the largest
item in the town budget, representing about forty per cent of the
whole, and the cost of instruction takes about 60-70% of the school
appropriation. But what can be of more value to a school or to a
town than a good teaching staff? It is through the teachers them-
selves that the type of education above mentioned must come, not
through text books or pencil and paper.
Most of us can remember one or more teachers who have had a
great influence in our whole lives. We may not have realized that
they were having this influence while we were in school, but later
in life we can often look back upon happenings of that time and
know that they were a great determining factor in our period of
greatest susceptibility. Teachers of this sort are worth more to a
town than can be estimated in money, and if a tow^n is fortunate
enough to have them in its employ it ought to afford to keep them.
Our teaching staff returned this year one hundred per cent and
that with no raises in salaries. The teachers seem to be enjoying
their work this year, especially those w^ho were new last year and
have become more accustomed to the school and the town. It is
essential to have a contented teaching staff if not a satisfied one.
A teacher ought to make herself a part of the tow^n where she teaches
and the townspeople ought to try to make her stay in the tow^n a
pleasant one.
On account of the increased number of pupils it has been neces-
sary to divide several classes into two divisions. This has been ac-
complished in the Senior High School in English and United States
History. The best teaching can be done with classes of from fifteen to
twenty members. When they get larger, they become unwieldy,
and so, much cannot be accomplished. In the smaller class more
individual work can be done. In the Junior High School these
classes, 7A and 7B, 8A and 8B, are more or less interchangeable,
i.e., if a pupil is put in 7B and shows that he is able to do the work
better than most of the others there he is given a trial in 7A. Like-
wise if he falls far below in 7A he is put into the 7B division. Tlie
same holds true to a great degree writh the eighth grade. This gives
a greater opportunity for the slower pupil.
And yet the crying need in our towrn is for a special class for the
benefit of those w^ho will never be able to derive much benefit from
our formal instruction, who need more manual training courses.
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Some of these could, no doubt, become quite adept with their hands,
but since we have few facilities for that sort of education, we are
at a loss to know what to do with them. The Manual Training Course,
once a week, cannot answer the purpose.
This year we have not been able to carry out our program of
physical training for all pupils in the Senior High School. It is,
therefore, being given to only the Freshman and Sophomore classes
twice a week. Lack of time on the part of teachers who can do this
work has been the reason for this curtailment. Football drew about
twenty-four from the Senior High School this year and basketball
furnished recreation for about eighteen boys and the same number of
girls. Practices for all these sports are held outside school time,
as are the contests with other schools.
It is quite a task to keep these sports going. They are paid for
by dues which pupils who are members of the Acton High School
Athletic Association pay and the returns of the magazine campaign
w^hich the pupils have carried on each fall for the past four years.
A great deal of our football equipment w^as bought second hand
from some of the private schools in this vicinity at a great saving.
TTie pupils in order to keep in good standing in the Association pay
five cents a week. This gives them free admission to all athletic
contests of the High School played at home and also entitles them
to a free copy of the final issue of the high school magazine "The
Torch", a printed magazine of about the same proportionate im-
portance to high schools that the year book is to colleges.
The Auditorium is being used this w^inter for the third season of
basketball and physical training. There has no noticeable harm
come to the room, more than would be expected to a similar room in
any school building if it were not used for physical training.
TTie athletic teams which Acton High has been able to put into
contests against other high school teams, and the good competitive
sport which so many find during the physical training periods dur-
ing the winter have helped the spirit and the morale of the school
more than can be estimated by one who is not in close touch with
it every day.
TTiere are not many unruly boys or girls in our schools at the
present time. The Superintendent is doing all that he can to
get the few that are troublesome to come to school and help teachers
and other pupils to solve together whatever problems present them-
selves for solution rather than continue to be problems themselves.
Now and then it is necessary to call in the truant officer. On these
occasions Mr. Foley has been the ideal truant officer, studying care-
fully the case in hand, and making the culprit understand that he,
as well as the school authorities, is his friend, holding open for him
the door of opportunity which the school affords in education.
Finally if the boy or girl will not see the thing that is best for him
or her, stern measures must be taken. As much as we dislike to
inflict punishment in some form or other it sometimes becomes neces-
sary for a Superintendent of Schools to bring into effect whatever
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penalties are at his command. In these cases he finds a good truant
officer indispensable. I wish to publicly thank Mr. Foley for the
cheerful assistance which he has given during the past year to the
school management.
On the whole I consider the year a successful one in spite of the
fact that we have been operating with a budget $2000 less than it
has been for the past three years and $1000 less than it had been
for the five years previous to that and at the same time have in-
creased our transportation expense because of the new busses
bought. The result of prolonging this smaller budget cannot be
gauged with accuracy. Not a little d'fference has been made by
the lower prices of coal, paper, and other supplies. If prices start
to rise during the next year we may find ourselves severely handi-
capped. If some other parts of the school buildings give out suddenly
and need repairs we shall be confronted with another difficulty.
The Superintendent feels that he is a part of the town, that his
best interests should be for the town and as long as he is here that
he should do all in his power to give the town at least as good an
educational system as it has had in the past at as low a cost as is
consistent with good educational principles.
I think all the teachers in the Acton Schools feel much the same
way.
In an emergency w^e expect to meet the requirements of good citi-
zenship to as great a degree as our conscience and common sense
tell us is right and reasonable.
But the taxpayers and parents of Acton cannot expect to have a
fifty-thousand dollar job of education for forty-thousand dollars.
It is possible to do a forty-thousand dollar job of schooling in this
tow^n. It is possible to go much lower than that even. But when
too low^ a level is hit more harm is done in neglect to buildings, text-
books, and in inferior teaching than can be recovered from in a
great many years w^ith a great deal higher budget than it requires
to run a moderately good and efficient educational system.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. HOUGH. Superintendent.
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What the Graduates of 1932 are Doing
Baker, Leota
Bean, Forrest
Bulette, Annie
Byron, Walter
Condon, William
Coombs, George
Costello, Eleanor
Cunningham, Doris
Davis, Dorothy
Duggan, Mary
Flerra, Pauline
Gorton, Virginia
Grala, Victoria
Hagen, Robert
Heath, Margaret
Ineson, Louise
Jones, Edna
Laird, Marion
Lawrence, Walter
Massie, Alison
Massie, William
Morison, Eleanor
Parks, Milton
Reynolds, Lyle
Sadler, Albert
Soares, Mary
Stevens, Woodbury
Thompson, Roy
Tompkins, Mary
Tuttle, George
Young, David
At home
Post Graduate
Mother's Helper
At home
Post Graduate ^
Putnam's Farm
At home
Burdett College
Fisher Business College
At home
Framingham Union Hospital
At home
Fitchburg State Teachers College
Tufts College
Post Graduate
Post Graduate
At home
Post Graduate
Post Graduate
Concord Nursery School
Curtiss Radio School
Housekeeper
E. M. Parks — Optometry
At home
Northeastern University
Doctor Clark's Secretary
Post Graduate
B. U. Business Administration
At home
Post Graduate
Burdett College
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Acton High School
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
Monday, June 20, 1932
Blanchard Hall
Entrance of Seniors War March of the Priests
* High School Orchestra
Invocation
The Reverend Russell May
Salutatory Address
Walter Byron
Chorus: **Song of the Armorer"
"A-Hunting We Will Go"
Commencement Speaker i
Miss Florence Tuttle I
Orchestra Selection: "Barcarolle" from "Tales of Hoffman"
Offenbach ,
Presentation of Awards
Chorus: "Afterwards"
Valedictory Address
Victoria Grala
Song
Senior Class
Presentation of Diplomas
Finale March: "America's Finest"
High School Orchestra
Reception to Seniors
Honor Pupils
Victoria Grala Walter Byron
Margaret Heath Roy Thompson
Dorothy Davis
Two pupils chosen for best rank in scholarship, loyalty, and
achievement:
Victoria Grala Roy Thompson
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Report of Domestic Science Teacher
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
There are thirteen pupils in the Eighth Grade Sewing Class. A
discussion with them on their first lesson showed that they all had
aprons, so we started their lessons on making slips, something they
all needed. Next came pajamas, and in another month they will
start on simple school dresses. It w^as felt their time should be spent
on individual needs this year.
I have four classes of Cooking, two in both the Seventh and Eighth
Grades. All classes prepare food especially for the Cafeteria Lunch.
Each pupil prepares a proportional amount of the cooking, then
she has some special duty toward preparing the Cafeteria Table
and cleaning in the Kitchen. The system of duties are so planned
that a pupil receives a different share of the work each week.
More responsibility is given to the Eighth Grade Pupils.
The Cafeteria is self-supporting and has the following report to
make:
Cash on hand January 1, 1932 $ 16 76
Total sales for fiscal year 1 ,443 65
Cost of suppHes $1,424 70
Athletic Association 1 5 00
Cash on hand December 3 1 , 1932 20 71
$1,460 41 $1,460 41
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH M. AMES.
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Report of Music Supervisor
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Hough:
It gives me great pleasure to submit to you my first report as
supervisor of music in the Public Schools of Acton.
The regular schedule of theory and singing is being successfully
carried out, a course in appreciation has been introduced also in the
grade schools, and this course is being made more interesting by a
series of beautiful pictures of the instruments of the orchestra.
These pictures are placed where the children can see them while
the records are being played on the phonograph.
Two part singing is being developed in the grade schools and
is progressing favorably. In the 7-8 grades, stress is being exerted
on theory and sight reading, in both soprano and bass clefs.
All this w^ork is being done in a very careful manner, in order
that w^e may not destroy the love for singing.
The High School chorus is doing very fine work. They have de-
veloped an attitude tow^ard the music period w^hich is very gratify-
ing and the vocal work of this chorus is of a very high order. The
Glee Club is at work on a number of songs, and like the chorus has
a very high morale. I have recently organized the orchestra, and the
various instruments are now playing music from standardized copies.
It is my purpose to instruct the players, not only in music, but also
in the methods used in governing symphony orchestras.
The Glee Club and Orchestra alternate with a rehearsal every
two weeks. It is my desire to make the music periods of such a
pleasant nature that the pupils will find them inspiring and healthful.
In closing, may I take this opportunity to extend to the school
committee, to Mr. Hough, the teachers and janitors, my sincere
thanks for their support and co-operation in my work.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS T. PHELPS,
Supervisor of Music.
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Report of School Physicizui
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my annual report as school physician.
Physical examinations were completed in October. During the
past year we have had some scarlet fever in West Acton and Acton
Centre, but we w^ere able to isolate the cases early and had no con-
tact cases in either school. Previous to and during the Christmas
vacation there were a number of cases of measles in South Acton.
Our greatest difficulty comes from cases not reported to the Board
of Health.
The general health of the school population has been very good.
Details will be found in the nurse's report.
Again I wish to thank the Superintendent, teachers and nurse for
their valuable assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. MA YELL, M.D.
Report of School Nurse
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
1 herewith submit my annual report as school nurse.
The Physical Examinations for the school year w^ere completed
by the school physician early in the Fall, w^ith the following results:
Total number of examinations: 5 1 8
Defects found:
Tonsils and Adenoids (diseased) 39
Glands 150
Poor Posture 1 29
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Teeth (decayed and needing attention) 250
Heart 20
Report of school examinations during the school year by the
school nurse as follows:
Special examinations 1936
First aid dressings 1 9 1
Individual instruction 2 1 7
Sanitary inspections 1 86
Home visits 241
Pupils excluded because of communicable diseases 78
Pupils taken home ill 1 8
May 4, 5, and 6, Pre-School Conferences were held in the grade
schools. There were fourteen children examined.
Schicking was done in the three grade schools in May. Forty
children were schicked; of this number all but three were immune
to diphtheria. These three together with twenty-eight new pupils
were given three injections of Toxin-anti-Toxin, Six of this num-
ber w^ere pre-school children entering school in September for the
first time.
One child was taken to the Middlesex Hospital for X-ray and
examination.
Six children have been taken to Waltham for eye examination and
fitted to glasses.
Three children w^ere sent to Bolton Summer Camp and all three
benefited greatly by same.
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. FROST, R.N.
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Report of Drawing Supervisor
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
Every child should be encouraged at school and at home, to ac-
quire a growing knowledge of Art. This should be developed from
the primary grades through the finishing years of school.
All Art training and the simple work taught in the grades has a
definite purpose and may be correlated w^ith the other school work.
A knowledge of color harmony may be applied to clothes and home
decoration. Figure drawing and an understanding of the law^s of
perspective help us to explain an idea more clearly than a whole
paragraph of descriptive w^ords. Long before w^riting w^as invented,
primitive man made himself understood by picture w^riting. These
same primitive pictures are the first grade child's expression of his
idea.
We acknow^ledge that Art has a definite place in culture, but it also
has a definite place in industry. The automobile factories engage
artists to direct the lines and color schemes of their cars. Furniture
and household manufacturers feel a need for the trained artist to
help the planning of their products. A world educated to appre-
ciate the beautiful w^ill demand merchandise of artistic value.
Ruskin says: All the greatest art the world has ever produced is
fitted for a place and subordinated to a purpose. The best sculpture
yet produced has been the decoration of the front of a temple: the
best painting, the decoration of the walls of a room. Michael
Angelo's greatest painting is on a ceiling in the Pope's private chapel.
Leonardo da Vinci's greatest work is the decoration of a wall in a
dining room for monks: while the Roman aqueducts, those marvel-
ous creations of architecture, enriched by noble sculpture, w^ere
merely troughs for carrying water.
Respectfully submitted,
PHYLLIS LEATHA DARCH.
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4 Index
Accountant - .» . . - 72
Auditor ----- 110
Appointments by Selectmen ... 4
Assessors ..... 44
Board of Health ----- 41
Cemetery Commissioners - - - - 59
Elizabeth White Fund - - - - 45
Finance Committee - - - - 10
Fire Department ----- 38
Forest Warden . . - . - 39
Goodnow Fund - - - - - 47
Health Nurse ----- 41
Inspector of Animals - - - - 45
Inspector of Slaughtering - - - - 41
Jury List ..... 6
Librarian's Report - - - - 48
Middlesex County Extension Service - - 46
Old Age Assistance - - - - 13
Police Department .... 33
Presidential Election .... 20
Public Welfare ----- 13
Selectmen's Report - - - - 12
Superintendent of Streets - - - - 40
Tax Collector - .... 42
Town Clerk ..... 22
Births ..... 24
Deaths ..... 28
Dog Licenses ----- 30
Marriages . .... 26
Non-Resident Burials - - - - 29
Town Meetings ----- 14
Annual Meeting - - - - 14
Special Town Meeting April 20, 1932 - - 18
Special Town Meeting July 18, 1932 - - 19
Town Officers . . . . . 3
Town Warrant . . - - - 7
Treasurer - - -^ - - 100
Cemetery Funds . - - . 102
Elizabeth White Fund ; - - 104
Firemen's Relief Fund - - - 108
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund - - 107
Nineteenth of April Fund - - - 107
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund - 105
Wilde Library Fund - - - - 108
SCHOOL REPORT
Commencement Program - - - - 20
Comparison of Cost . . . . 5
Domestic Science - - - - 21
Estimates for 1933 . . . _ 6
Legal Holidays ----- 2
Organization ----- 2
School Calendar - - - - - 2
School Committee _ - . . 4
School Nurse ----- 23
School Physician - - - - 23
Summary of Expenses . - _ - 7
Superintendent ----- 14
Supervisor of Drawing - - - - 25
Supervisor of Music - - - - 22
Teachers - - - - - 3
What the Graduates are Doing - - - 19
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS ^
For the Year Ending December 31, 1933 I
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
1934
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTION
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1933
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
1934
Town Officers, 1933
Wendell F. Davis
Howard J. Billings
Waldo E. Whitcomb
Warren H. Jones
Albert P. Durkee
Henry L. Haynes
Moderator
Albert P. Durkee
Setectmen
Town Clerk
Horace F. Tuttle
Town Treasurer
William Henry Soar
Assessors
Collector of Taxes
Charles A. Durkee
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
Term expires 1936
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
Term expires 1936
Tree Warden
James J. Knight
Board of Public Welfare (One Year)
Howard J. Billings Wendell F. Davis
Waldo E. Whitcomb
Constables
Michael Foley, Alan B. Frost, John T. McNiff, Charles A. Durkee
Cemetery Commissioners
Horace F. Tuttle
Fred. W. Green
Wendell F. Davis
Louisa N. Wood
Arthur M. Whitcomb
Forrest E. Bean
Louise M. Price
Albertie M. Mead
Randall N. Woodworth
School Committee
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
Term expires 1936
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
Term expires 1935
Term expires 1936
Term expires 1936
Trustees of Memorial Library
Horace F. Tuttle Term
J. Sidney White Term
Frank A. Merriam Term
Board of Health
George H. Tuttle
Raymond F. Durkee
Frank E. Tasker
Term
Term
Term
Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund
Charlotte Conant Term
Warren H. Jones Term
Waldo E, Whitcomb Term
Trustees of the West Acton Fireman's Relief
A. N. Hederstedt Term
C. D. Cram Term
H. Stuart MacGregor Term
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
Horace F. Tuttle Term
Charles E. Smith Term
Charlotte Conant Term
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
Fund
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
1934
1935
1936
1934
1935
1936
1934
1935
1936
1934
1935
1936
1934
1935
1936
Murray Brown
William T. Merriam
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN
Finance Conunittee
Alfred W. Davis George A. Richardson
William Rawitser Webster S. Blanchard
Superintendent of Streets
A. H. Perkins
Town Accountant
Howard L. Jones
Registrars of Voters
Edwin A. Phalen
Clarence D. Chickering
Daniel W. Sheehan, Jr.
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
Term expires 1936
Horace F. Tuttle, Ex-Oflficio
Ejection Officers
Precinct 1
Warden — James W. Coughlin
Deputy Warden — George A. Murphy
Clerk — Arthur W. Wayne
Deputy Clerk — Spencer H. Taylor
Inspector — Arthur F. Davis
Deputy Inspector — Willis H. Holden
Inspector — Leo F. McCarthy
Deputy Inspector — Harold Coughlin
Precinct II
Warden — Theron F. Newton
Deputy Warden — Theron A. Lowden
Clerk — John J. Manning
Deputy Clerk — Thomas Murray
Inspector — Lewis C. Hastings
Deputy Inspector — Frank A. Merriam
Inspector — Timothy Hennessey
Deputy Inspector — James Brown
Precinct III
Warden — Bertram D. Hall
Deputy Warden — Fred S. Whitcomb
Clerk — David R. Kinsley
Deputy Clerk — Frank McDonald
Inspector — A. R. Beach
Deputy Inspector — Harry Holt
Inspector — James Kinsley
Deputy Inspector — Guy P. Littlefield
Fire Elngineers
H. Stuart MacGregor, Chief
Alan B. Frost, Capt. Precinct I David Clayton, Capt. Precinct II
A. Hazelton Perkins, Capt. Precinct III
Cattle Inspector
Fred S. Whitcomb
Forest Warden
Alan B. Frost
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Ralph Litdefield
Superintendent of Town Forests
Charles A. Durkee
Burial Agent
Charles A. Durkee
Bertram D. Hall
Michael Foley
John T. McNiff
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
Charles E. Smith
Field Drivers
Alan B. Frost
Superintendent of Moth Work
James J. Knight
Police Officers
Michael Foley, Chief
Alan B. Frost
George H. Reed
John T. McNiff
C A. Durkee
Jury List
Edward S. Fobes
Fred Billings
Frank E. Parsons
Simon Taylor
Charles Miles
Fred Sims
Carl Flint
Ralph T. Jones
David R. Kinsley
Bertram D. Hall
Howard C. Tracy
Eugene L. Hall
Revised 1933
Precinct I
Spencer H. Taylor
E. Faulkner Conant
James W. Coughlin
George S. Tucker
George A. Richardson
Precinct II
James Brown
Herbert Pratt
Lewellyn T. Fullonton
David Clayton
Henry Cappelle
Precinct III
Allen Brooks Parker
James A. Grimes
John T McNiff
Benjamin Coolidge
Clarence D. Chickering
Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in said County,
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
hereby directed to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton, qual-
ified to vote at town meetings for the transaction of town affairs, to
meet in their respective precincts, to wit:
Precinct 1 — Town Hall, Acton Center
Precinct 2 — Universalist Church, South Acton
Precinct 3 — Fire House, West Acton
at 12 o'clock noon, on Monday, the fifth day of March, 1934, by
posting a copy of this w^arrant, by you attested, at each of the places
as directed by vote of the town, seven days at least before the fifth
day of March.
To bring in their votes on one ballot for the following town offi-
cers: One moderator for one year, one town clerk for one year, one
selectman for three years, one assessor for three years, three for
department of public welfare for one year, one treasurer for one
year, one collector of taxes for one year, four constables for one
year, tw^o for school committee for three years, one for board of
health for three years, one cemetery commissioner for three years,
one trustee Memorial Library for three years, one tree w^arden for
one year.
The polls will be open at I 2 o'clock noon, and close at 8 o'clock
P. M.
You are further requested in the name of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton, as
aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Acton, on Monday, the
twelfth day of March, at seven o'clock in the evening, then and
there to act on the following articles:
Article 1 . To choose all necessary town officers and committees,
and fix salaries of all town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the several re-
ports of the town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees
chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the town will appropri-
ate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several depart-
ments of the town and determine how the same shall be raised.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the
observance of Memorial Day.
Article 6. To see w^hat action the town will take in regard to
the collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see w^hat sum of money the town will raise and
appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department, or vote any-
thing thereon.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires,
and fix price thereon.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward the sup-
pression of the brown-tail and gypsy moth.
Article 1 0. To see if the town w^ill appropriate a sum of money
to insure the employees of the town or act anything thereon.
Article 1 1 . To see what amount of money the town will appro-
priate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and collector's
bonds, or act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with
approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in
anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January
1, 1934, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one
year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the
revenue of said financial year.
Article 1 3. To see if the tow^n will vote to employ a public
health nurse, and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance
of same.
Article 1 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum
of $2500.00 for the reconstruction of Pope Road from State High-
way, East Acton to the Carlisle line provided at least a like sum is
allotted to the town by the State Department of Public Works and
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at least a similar sum by the County of Middlesex or act anything
thereon.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money
as an annuity to the widow of Frank W. Hoit, who died from in-
juries received w^hile in the performance of his duty as a member of
the fire department of the town, in accordance with the provisions
of General Laws, chapter 32, section 89, as amended by the Acts of
1933, chapter 340, the same to be paid if and when all members of
the board provided for by said statute shafl certify to the town treas-
urer that the death was the direct result of said injur5^; the amount of
said annuity to be determined from time to time within the limits
imposed b^ said statute by the Board of Selectmen. To do or act
thereon. - - '
Article 1 6. To see if the town will vote to accept the layout as
made by the Selectmen of a street in South Acton leading north-
westerly from Main Street toward the Marlboro branch Railroad
tracks. (Sylvia Street so-called. J ^ cj-:. ,
Article 1 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum suffi-
cient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the town's
share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair of the
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, and for the town's share
of the expense under the provisions of Chapter 331 of the Acts of
1933, which provides for the settlement of certain claims of the
Commonwealth against the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital
District, including interest or discount on temporary notes issued
therefor, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
1 1 1 of the General Laws, and Acts in amendment thereof, and in
addition thereto, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 1 8. To see what amount of money the town w^ill raise
for insurance on the High School Building.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested
copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting
as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your do-
ings thereon to the town clerk at or before the time of meeting as
aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Acton this fifth day of February, 1934.
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
Selectmen of Acton.
A true copy. Attest: MICHAEL FOLEY, Constable of Acton.
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State Audit
State House, Boston,
January 22, 1934
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Wendell F. Davis, Chairman
Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and ac-
counts of the treasurer of the town of Acton for the period from
April 1 to November 20, 1933, and of the other tow^n departments
for the period from January 1, 1931, to November 20, 1933, made
in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton,
Chief Accountant of this Division.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir:
As directed by you, 1 have made an audit of the books and ac-
counts of the treasurer of the town of Acton for the period from
April 1 , 1933, the date of the previous audit, to November 20, 1933,
and of the other town departments for the period from January 1 ,
1931, to November 20, 1933, the following report being submitted
thereon:
TTie financial transactions of the town as recorded on the books of
the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town
or committing bills for collection were examined and checked with
the books of the treasurer.
As no entries had been made in the journal or ledger of the town
accountant for 1933, it was necessary to compile ledger accounts for
the period audited in 1933. The accounts, as kept for 1932, were
analyzed and checked. In order that information concerning the
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financial affairs of the town may at all times be available for use of
the officials and other taxpayers, it is highly essential that the ac-
countant keep his books written up to date at all times.
The receipts as recorded by the accountant were checked with
the financial records of the several departments making payments to
the treasurer and with the treasurer's cash book, w^hile the payments
as recorded were compared with the treasurer's cash book and with
the treasury warrants.
The appropriation accounts were examined and checked with the
appropriations, transfers, and loans voted by the town as shown by
the town clerk's records.
A balance sheet show^ing the financial condition of the tow^n as of
November 20, 1933, was prepared and is appended to this report.
Hiis balance sheet discloses overdrafts in several departments
aggregating $2,42 1 . 78. In this connection the attention of the select-
men is directed to Sections 31 and 62, Chapter 44, General Laws,
which read as follows:
Sec. 31 — No department of any city or town, except Boston, shall
incur liability in excess of the appropriation made for the use
of such department, except in cases of extreme emergency in-
volving the health or safety of persons or property, and then
only by a vote in a city of tw^o thirds of the members of the city
council, and in a town by a vote of two thirds of the selectmen.
Sec. 62 — Any city, tow^n or district officer v/ho knowingly vio-
lates, or authorizes or directs any official or employee to violate,
any provision of this chapter, or any other provision of general
laws relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of pub-
lic funds on account of any city, town or district, or any pro-
vision of special law relating to the incurring of liability or ex-
penditure of public funds as aforesaid, shall, except as other-
w^ise provided, be punished by a fine of not more than one thou-
sand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
both; and the mayor, selectmen, prudential committee, or com-
missioners, shall, and five taxpayers may, report such violation
to the district attorney who shall investigate and prosecute the
same.
The payments of debt and interest were checked with the amounts
falling due and were found to be correct.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer w^ere examined and
checked. The footings of the cash book were proved, the reported
receipts were analyzed and compared with the records of the various
departments paying money into the treasury, while the payments
were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treas-
urer to disburse town funds.
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The cash balance as of NovemiDer 20, 1933, was verified by a
reconciliation of the bank account vv^ith a statement furnished by the
bank of deposit and by an actual count of the cash in the office. A
schedule showing a reconciliation of the treasuj^er'c cash is appended
to this report.
The savings bank books and securities held as investments of the
several trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were exam-
ined and listed. The income was proved and the receipts and dis-
bursements were verified. The trust fund in the custody of trustees
w^as also examined and checked, and the securities were listed.
Schedules showing the financial transactions of the several trust
funds were prepared and are appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the tax collector w^ere examined and
checked in detail. The commitments w^ere analyzed and proved,
the abatements were checked to the assessors' record of abatements
granted, the payments to the treasurer were compared with the treas-
urer's cash book, and the outstanding accounts were listed and
proved.
The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices
to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as ow^-
ing money to the town and from the replies received, it appears that
the outstanding accounts are correct, as listed.
The clerical w^ork of the tax collector was found to be performed
in an accurate and efficient manner.
The books and records of the tow^n clerk were examined and
checked in detail. The recorded receipts on account of sporting and
dog licenses w^ere checked w^ith the license stubs, the payments to
the State, county, and town were verified, and the cash on hand was
proved by actual count. The town clerk's record of cemetery lots
sold was examined and chec.ied in detail.
The selectmen's records of licenses granted w^ere examined and
checked, and the payments to the treasurer w^ere compared with the
treasurer's cash book.
The tax titles in the custody of the treasurer w^ere examined and
listed and additions thereto were checked to the respective tax
levies.
The records of the public >Yelfare department w^ere examined.
No complete record of bills w^hich are due the town from the State
and other municipalities and which are sent out for collection is kept
by the department. It is recommended that a complete record of all
bills sent out be kept and that the collections therefrom be recorded,
so that the outstanding accounts receivable may be determined at
any time.
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The financial records of the sealer of weights and measures and of
the town nurse, as well as of the health, school, and library depart-
ments w^ere examined and checked. It was noted that the sealer and
the librarian make payments to the treasurer once each year. All
monies collected for the town should be turned into the town treas-
ury at least once each month.
It w^as also noted that the librarian keeps no complete cash book
record of collections and that disbursements are being made from
receipts for library purposes, contrary to Section 53, Chapter 44,
General Laws, which reads as follows:
All moneys received by any town officer or department, ex-
cept as otherwise provided by special acts and except fees pro-
vided for by statute, shall be paid by such officer or depart-
ment upon their receipt into the tow^n treasury. Any sums so
paid into the treasury shall not later be used by such officer or
department without a specific appropriation thereof, except
that sums allotted to towns for highway purposes by the com-
monwealth or a county, which shall be used only for the pur-
poses specified by the officials making the allotment or to meet
temporary loans issued in anticipation of such allotment as pro-
vided in sections six or six A, shall be available therefor with-
out any appropriation.
The surety bonds of the treasurer, tax collector, and town clerk
were examined and found to be in proper form.
For the co-operation of the several town officials during the prog-
ress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself,
to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
EDW. H. FENTON,
Chief Accountant.
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance April I, I 933, per previous
audit $ 15,973 82
Receipts April 1 to November 20, 1933 146,102 48
$162,076 30
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Payments April 1 to November 20,
1933 $111,220 47
Balance November 20, 1933:
First National Bank,
Ayer $22,183 81
Cash and checks in
office, verified 28,672 02
$50,855 83
.^^162,076 30
First National Bank, Ayer
Balance November 20, 1933, per statement $23,700 50
Balance November 20, 1933, pei*
checkbook $22,183 81
Outstanding checks November 20, 1933,
per list 1,516 69
$23,700 50
TAXES— 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931, per
previous audit $31,941 54
Interest collections:
1931 $687 79
1932 1,355 98
$2,043 77
Refunds 1931 16 30
$34,001 61
Payments to treasurer:
1931 $17,622 48
1932 14,483 07
$32,105 55
Abatements :
1931 $16 30
1932 1,339 52
$1,355 82
Transfer to tax titles 540 24
$34,001 61
TAXES— 1931
Commitment per warrant $88, 147 43
Additional commitment 356 00
Collections nof committed 10 00
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Interest collections:
1931 $17 45
lv32 644 00
661 45
Refunds 173 80
$89,348 68
Payments to treasurer:
1931 $55,942 29
1932 17,263 92
$73,206 21
Abatements:
1931 $137 10
1932 923 60
$1,060 70
Transfer to tax titles 581 92
Outstanding December 3 1 , 1932 14,499 85
$89,348 68
Outstanding Januai-y 1, 1933 $14,499 85
Interest collections January 1 to
November 20, 1933 1.276 91
Added to tax titles in error 02
Overpa'ment to treasurer, to be adjusted 150 00
$15,926 78
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
November 20, 1933 $13,965 74
Abatements January 1 to November
20, 1933 801 43
Transfer to tax titles January 1 to
November 20, 1933 902 20
Outstanding November 20, 1933, per list 145 65
Cash balance November 20. 1933 1 1 1 76
$15,926 78
TAXES— 1932
Commitment per warrant $88,218 85
Additional commitment 321 20
Interest collections 36 77
$88,5 76 82
15
Payments to treasurer
$57,405
42
Abatements
51
81
Added to tax titles
588
00
Outstanding December 31, 1932
30,531
59
4;ftft '^ 7A
82
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$30,531
59
Interest collections January 1 to
November 20, 1933
448
17
$30,9 79
76
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
November 20, 1933
$12,821
59
Abatements January 1 to November
20, 1933
61
36
Added to tax titles January 1 to
November 20, 1933
963
20
Outstanding November 20, 1933,
per list
16,583
16
Cash balance November 20, 1933,
verified
550
45
<t30 Q7Q
76
*p j\j,y / y
TAXES
1933
Commitment per warrant
$91,292
38
Additional commitment
21
00
Interest collection January 1 to
November 20, 1933
4
97
Refunds January 1 to November
20, 1933
11
80
$91,330
15
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
j
November 20, 1933
$50,706
69
Abatements January 1 to November
20, 1933
120
71
Outstanding November 20, 1933,
per list
39,764
73
!
Cash balance November 20, 1933,
t
>
verified
738
02
<l>91 3^0
'i S
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES— 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931, per
previous audit $2,729 76
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Interest collections:
1931 $103 46
1932 36 62
140 08
Abatements after payment, refunded 1931 44 53
$2,914 37
Payments to treasurer:
1931 $2,397 25
1932 357 50
$2,754 75
Abatements:
1931 128 27
1932 31 35
159 62
$2,914 37
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES— 1931
Commitments per warrant $8,835 40
Refunds:
1931 $194 60
1932 12 14
$206 74
Interest collections:
1931 $15 40
1932 125 20
$140 60
$9,182 74
Payments to treasurer:
1931 $4,882 34
1932 2,273 05
Abatements:
1931 $436 06
1932 17 33
$7,155 39
453 39
Outstanding December 3 1 , 1932 1,573 96
$9,182 74
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Outstanding January 1, 1933
Interest collections January 1 to
November 20, 1933
$1,573
144
96
93
$1,718
$1,718
2
$7,864
$7,864
$3,235
$3,235
3
89
8Q
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
November 20. 1933
Abatements January 1 to November
20. 1933
Outstanding November 20, 1933,
per list
Cash balance November 20, 1933
$1,277
141
275
23
86
89
89
25
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES— 193
Commitments per warrant $7,665 10
Interest collections 24 83
Refunds 174 67
60
60
Payments to treasurer
Abatements
Outstanding December 3 1 . 1932
$4,383
309
3,171
61
10
89
Outstanding January 1. 1933
Interest collections January 1 to
November 20. 1933
Refunds January 1 to November
20. 1933
Overpayment to be refunded
$3,171
51
10
1
89
85
33
00
07
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
November 20, 1933
Abatements January 1 to November
20, 1933
Outstanding November 20, 1933,
per list
Cash balance November 20, 1933
$798
49
2,168
217
81
78
74
74
07
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES— 193.
Commitments per warrant $6,089 66
Commitment in excess of warrant 55 85
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Interest collections January 1 to
November 20, 1933 6 07
Refunds 78 81
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
November 20, 1933
Abatements January 1 to November
20, 1933
Outstanding November 20, 1933,
per list
Cash balance November 20, 1933
$2,859
91
299
16
2,973
47
97
85
$6,230 39
$6,230 39
RECONCILIATION OF TAX COLLECTOR'S CASH
Cash balances November 20, 1933, per tables:
Taxes :
Levy of 1931 $111 76
Levy of 1932 550 45
Levy of 1933 738 02
$1,400 23
Motor vehicle excise taxes:
Levy of 1931 $23 25
Levy of 1932 217 74
Levy of 1933 97 85
338 84
xess cash 16 67
$1,755 74
Overpayment to treasurer — taxes 1931 $150 00
Cash balance November 20, 1933:
The Concord National Bank $436 25
Cash in office, verified 1 , 1 69 49
1,605 74
$1,755 74
The Concord National Bank
Balance November 20, 1 933, per statement $28,957 07
Balance November 20, 1933,
per check book $436 25
Outstanding checks November 20, 1933,
per list 28,520 82
$28,957 07
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SELECTMEN'S LICENSES AND PERMITS
Licenses and permits issued 1 932 :
Victualler
Innholder
Peddler [
Auto agent
Auto dealer
Garage
Gasoline
Oleomargarine
Payments to treasurer, 1932
$14
00
3
00
3
00
1
00
1
00
2
00
1
00
1
00
$26 00
$26 00
Licenses and permits issued January 1 to
November 20. 1933:
Victualler
Innholder
Peddler
Auto dealer
Garage
Gasoline
Beer
$13 00
00
00
00
00
00
263 00
$284 00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
November 20, 1933
Cash on hand November 20, 1933,
verified
$283 00
1 00
$284 00
Licenses issued 1932:
Males
Females
228
41
at
at
TOWN CLERK
Dog Licenses
$2.00
5.00
$456 00
205 00
$661 00
Payments 1932:
County treasurer
Town treasurer
$228 60
378 60
$607 20
20
Fees retained by town clerk 1932,
269 at 20c
53 80
Licenses issued January 1 to November 20, 1933:
Males and spayed
females 221 at $2.00 $442 00
Females 39 at 5.00 195 00
Breeder's 1 at 25.00 25 00
Payments to town treasurer January 1 to
November 20, 1933 $597 80
Fees retained by town clerk January 1 to
November 20, 1933,261 at 20c 52 20
Cash on hand November 20. 1 933. verified 1 2 00
$661 00
$662 00
$662 00
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Licenses issued January 1 to November 20, 1933:
Resident citizens' hunting 63 at $2.00 $126 00
Resident citizens' fishing 30 at 2.00 60 00
Resident citizens' sporting 30 at 3.25 97 50
Women and minors fishing
12 at 1.25
Non-resident citizen's
fishing
Duplicates
at
at
5.25
.50
15 00
5 25
1 00
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game
January 1 to November 20, 1933 $255 00
Fees retained by town clerk January 1 to
November 20, 1933, 1 36 at 25c 34 00
Cash on hand November 20, 1933, verified 1 5 75
$304 75
$304 75
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Outstanding January 1, 1932
Charges 1932
$543
5,477
75
49
$6,021 24
21
Payments to treasurer 1932 $4,130 41
Outstanding December 3 1 , 1932 1,890 83
$6,021 24
Outstanding January 1,1933 $1.89083
Charges January 1 to November 20, 1933 3,656 91
$5,547 74
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
November 20. 1933 $2,415 76
Outstanding November 20, 1933, per list:
Health $100 00
Public welfare 706 05
Old age assistance 1,019 02
State aid 628 00
Schools 678 91
3,131 98
$5,547 74
ELIZABETH WHITE CHARITY FUND
Cash Savings Deposits Total
On hand January 1, 1933, per
previous audit $100 00 $27,201 44 $27,301 44
On hand November 20, 1933 $26,894 60 $26,894 60
Receipts Payments
January 1 to November 20, 1933
Withdrawn from sav- Relief $995 65
ings deposits $306 84
Income 588 81
Cash balance Janu-
ary 1, 1933 100 00
$995 65 $995 65
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Savings Securities
Cash Deposits Par Value Total
On hand January I ,
1933. per previous
audit $466 62 $12,506 30 $1,000 00 $13,972 92
On hand November
20, 1933 $13,138 86 $1,000 00 $14,138 86
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Receipts Pajrments
January 1 to November 20, 1933
Income $22 1 99 Added to savings
Bequests 300 00 deposits $632 56
Cash balance, Jan- Transferred to town 356 05
uary I, 1933 466 62
$988 61 $988 61
FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Savings Deposits Total
On hand January 1 , 1 933, per previous audit $500 27 $500 27
On hand November 20, 1933 $735 27 $735 27
Receipts Payments
January 1 to November 20, 1933
Bequest $235 00 Added to savings de-
posits $235 00
APRIL 19TH CELEBRATION FUND
Savings Deposits Total
Onhand January 1, 1933, per previous audit $238 18 $238 18
On hand November 20, 1933 $238 18 $238 18
Receipts Payments
January 1 to November 20, 1933
No transactions recorded.
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Securities
Cash Deposits Par Value Total
On hand January 1 ,
1933, per previous
audit $670 46 $36,939 74 $3,600 00 $41,210 20
On hand Novem-
ber 20. 1933 $37,642 72 $3,300 00 $40,942 72
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Receipts Payments
January 1 to November 20, 1933
Withdrawn from sav-
ings deposits $297 02
Securities matured 300 00
827 12
700 00
Income
Bequests
Cash balance
January 1, 1933
Added to savings
deposits $1,000 00
Transferred to cem-
etery surplus 307 90
Transferred to town 1,486 70
670 46
$2,794 60
$2,794 60
On hand January 1, 1933, per
previous audit
On hand November 20, 1933
CEMETERY SURPLUS FUND
Cash Savings Deposits
Total
$38 23$ 957 77 $ 996 00
$1,320 65 $1,320 65
Receipts Payments
January 1 to November 20, 1933
Transferred from cem-
etery perpetual care
funds $307 90
Income 1 6 75
Cash balance Janu-
ary 1, 1933 38 23
Added to savings
deposits
$362 88
$362 88
$362 88
LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND
Savings Deposits Total
Onhand January 1, 1933, per previous audit $1,406 72 $1,406 72
On hand November 20, 1933 $1,406 72 $1,406 72
Receipts Payments
January 1 to November 20, 1 933
No transactions recorded.
SUSAN NO YES HOSMER CEMETERY FUND
Savings Securities
Deposits Par Value Total
On hand January 1, 1933, per
previous audit $72,380 20 $10,000 00 $82,380 20
On hand November 20, 1933 $64, 153 30 $20,000 00 $84,153 30
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Receipts
Payments
January 1 to November 20, 1933
Securities matured $10,000 00
Withdrawn from
savings deposits 10,000 00
Income 2,135 00
$22,135 00
Added to savings
deposits
Securities pur-
chased
Transferred to
town
$1,773 10
20,000 00
361 90
$22,135 00
CHARLOTTE L. GOODNOW FUND
In Custody of Trustees
Savings Deposits Total
On hand January 1 , 1 932, per previous audit $3,433 30 $3,433 30
On hand December 31, 1932 $3,448 53 $3,448 33
On hand November 20, 1933 $3,448 53 $3,448 53
Receipts
Payments
1932
$141 73
$141 73
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Evangelical Church 117 50
Woodlawn cemetery 9 00
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January 1 to November 20, 1933
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
Your Committee on Finance respectfully submits the following
recommendations for appropriations for the ensuing year.
Roads, general maintenance $12,000 00
Schools 41,500 00
Street lighting 2,500 00
Memorial Library, current expense 800 00
Memorial Library, books 200 00
Hydrant service 3,0 79 00
General Government 5,500 00
Buildings and Grounds 1,000 00
Cemeteries 700 00
Military Aid 200 00
State Aid 600 00
Soldiers' Relief 1,000 00
Police Department 2,500 00
Board of Health 1,000 00
Public Welfare V? ^'"^'^ 5,000 00
Old Age Assistance 4,000 00
Snow removal
Care of shade trees 500 00
Unclassified 400 00
Bonds, High School 4,000 00
Interest on bonds 1,600 00
Interest on revenue loans 2,000 00
.Reserve Fund 1,500 00
Memorial Day 250 00
Fire Department, maintenance 2,500 00
Fire Department, new hose 300 00
Forest fires 500 00
Gipsy Moth work 500 00
Liability Insurance 600 00
Treasurer's and Collector's bonds 225 00
Public Health Nurse 2,200 00
County Hospital Assessment 598 08
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County Hospital Note 2,500 00
Pope Road 2,500 00
High School Insurance s?/U/u2_ ^^^ ^^
$103,152 08
Finance Committee:
Precinct 1 — Murray Brown, George A. Richardson.
Precinct 2 — William Rawitser, William T. Merriam.
Precinct 3 — Webster Blanchard, Alfred W. Davis.
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Selectmens Report
We submit, herewith, the reports of the various departments of
the Town for the year ending December 31, 1933. The actions
under the different articles voted at the last annual town meeting
have been carried out. One of these w^as the construction of Pope
Road, nearly a mile of which has been built this year at a cost of
$7500.00. As the town's share of this was only $2500.00 the State
and County contributing the balance of $5000.00, w^e feel that it
was money wisely spent and was a great aid to helping out the un-
employment situation. We recommend that the construction of this
road be continued this year.
It has been customary for the past few years to elect the Board of
Selectmen as members of the Board of Public Welfare but the work
of the Welfare Department, today involves the handling of consid-
erable amounts of money and the supervision of all unemployment
relief work, including C. W. A., as w^ell as Old Age Assistance. It is
therefore, the feeling of the Board of Selectmen that it is for the best
interest of the town to place the Welfare Department under the con-
trol of a separate board.
There is another matter which demands special mention in this
report, that is the attitude of the Fire Department in co-operating
with the Selectmen to make the expenditures of their department
during the year come within the appropriation. This involved the
necessity of cutting out the janitor service for a considerable length
of time and also discontinuing the salaries of the firemen for the en-
tire year. We w^ish to express our appreciation for the co-operation
of the men in making it possible to run the department within the
appropriation this year.
Respectfully submitted,
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
Selectmen of Acton.
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Welfare Department
During the year we have been called upon to help 44 families, in-
volving a total of 1 1 9 persons. This assistance has in a large part
been given in the form of work relief, particularly during the winter
and early spring months, before the road w^ork w^as started.
During the summer and fall we were able to take care of unem-
ployment quite adequately w^ith the town road work and to clear the
relief rolls of all who were able to work.
The C. W. A. has taken care of the situation since December 1 ,
and at the present time we have the lowest winter welfare case load
for a number of years.
The Chairman of the Board of Public Welfare, was appointed
Civil Works Administrator and the work of this department has made
it necessary to employ considerable clerical help. In addition the
chairman was fortunate in being able to secure the services of Mr.
Murray Brow^n to carry on the w^ork at the state house incident to the
filing of projects for C. W. A.
The Board of Public Welfare also employed Mr. Brown to assist
them during the early part of the year in the management of unem-
ployment relief work.
The distribution of food and coal by the Federal Government has
been handled through the local Welfare Department, and has un-
doubtedly helped in a great many homes. We expect this to con-
tinue through the winter and early spring.
It has been necessary to change our system of keeping the records
of this department during the year, in order to meet the require-
ments of the Federal Emergency Relief Commission.
We believe the records are now^ adequate to furnish information
for the many government reports which are now required.
In the report of the Selectmen we have recommended that the
Board of Public Welfare be handled by a Board not comprising the
members of the Board of Selectmen. The present members of this
board will, therefore, not be candidates for re-election to this office,
but are ready to give the new Board such assistance as they may re-
quire in taking over the business of this department.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WENDELL F. DAVIS,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
Board of Public Welfare.
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Old Age Assistance Report
At the beginning of 1933, there were ten Old Age Assistance
cases. Two of these people passed away during the year and three
new cases have been accepted.
We enter 1934 with eleven persons receiving Old Age Assistance.
HOWARD J. BILLINGS.
O. A. A. Agent.
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Town Meetings
Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting held January 4, 1933
Article 1 . To see if the town will vote to elect a committee to take
action w^ith the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, in regard to
a reduction of light rates, or act anything thereon.
A motion that a committee be appointed to take action with the
Public Service Commission did not prevail.
Article 2. To see if the town w^ill rescind the vote passed at their
meeting March 30, 1914, whereby they voted to accept the provi-
sions of Section 364, Chapter 560, of the Acts of 1907 relative to
the election of a highway surveyor, or act anything thereon.
A motion to rescind the vote passed at the town meeting March
30, 1914, whereby the town voted to accept the provisions of Sec-
tion 364, Chapter 560, of the Acts of 1907 relative to the election
of a highway surveyor did not prevail.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to hereafter elect a high-
way surveyor by ballot, as provided for in Chapter 4 1 , Section 1 , of
the General Laws of 1921.
Voted to pass over the article.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote passed
at their meeting March 2 7, 1911, whereby they accepted the provi-
sions of Chapter 624, Acts of 1910, relative to the appointment of
Town Accountant, or act anything thereon.
No action taken under this article. While this article w^as under
consideration a motion was made to adjourn without date.
Voted: To adjourn without date.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to elect a town auditor as
provided for in Chapter 4 1 , Section 1 , of the General Laws of 1921,
or act anything thereon.
No action taken.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to sound a no school signal
in all precincts on stormy days, when it is not advisable for students
to attend school, or act anything thereon.
No action taken.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to rescind Article 1 , of Sec-
tion 3, of the By-Laws of 1926, relative to the appointment of a
Finance Committee, or act anything thereon. In the event the town
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rescinds the former vote, this article shall be referred to the Attor-
ney General for approval.
No action taken.
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting,
March 13, 1933
Article 1 . To choose all necessary town officers and committees
and fix salaries of all town officers.
Chose Waldo E. Whitcomb, Trustee of Elizabeth White Fund for
three years.
Chose H. Stuart MacGregor, Trustee of the West Acton Fireman's
Relief Fund for three years.
Chose Charlotte Conant, Trustee of the Goodnow Fund for three
years.
Voted: To fix the salary of the tax collector at three-quarters of
one per cent of the amount collected and to allow an additional
charge for expense of postage incurred in the collection of taxes.
Voted: That the salary of the chairman of the selectmen be two
hundred dollars per annum and the other members, one hundred
dollars each per annum.
Voted: TTiat the salary of the moderator be fifteen dollars for
the annual meeting and ten dollars for other meetings.
Voted: That the salary of the chairman of the board of public
welfare be seventy-five dollars per annum and the other members
forty dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the town treasurer be five hundred dol-
lars per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the town accountant be four hundred
dollars per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the town clerk be two hundred dollars
per annum.
Voted: TTiat the salaries of the assessors be nine hundred dollars
in the aggregate, per annum, to be apportioned as they may deter-
mine the said sum to include any salary of a clerk.
Voted: That the selectmen be instructed to fix the salaries of all
other town officers.
Article 2. To see if the tow^n will vote to accept the several
reports of the town officers.
Voted: To accept the reports of the several town officers.
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Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committee
chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.
No action was taken under this article.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the town will appropriate
to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several depart-
ments of the town and determine how the same shall be raised.
Under this article and other articles in the warrant it was voted to
appropriate and raise by taxation for:
Roads, general maintenance
Schools
Street lighting
Memorial Library, current expenses
Memorial Library, books
Hydrant service
General Government
Buildings and grounds
Cemeteries ,
Military aid
State aid . ' f
Soldiers relief
Police department ,
Board of health
Public welfare
Old age assistance
Snow removal
Care of shade trees n ^ t
Unclassified
Bonds (High School)
Interest on bonds
Interest on revenue loans
Memorial day
Fire department maintenance
Fire department, new^ hose
Forest fires
Gypsy moth work
Liabilit}^ insurance
Treasurer's and collector's bonds
Public health nurse
County hospital assessment
County hospital note
Pope road
High school wiring
Public work for soldiers relief
$103,641 48
$12,000
00
40,000
00
3,000
00
800
00
200
00
3,054
00
5.000
00
800
00
700
00
200
00
600
00
600
00
2,300
00
1,000
00
2,500
00
4,000
00
3,200
00
300
00
400
00
4,000
00
1,800
00
2,000
00
250
00
2,500
00
300
00
500
00
500
00
600
00
250
00
2,200
00
587
48
2,500
00
2,500
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1,100
00
1,400
00
Voted: To appropriate $1,500.00 from overlay surplus for a
Reserve Fund.
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Voted: To instruct the assessors to deduct from the amount re-
quired to be assessed the current year, $5,000.00 on account of sur-
plus revenue and the amount of all the estimated receipts of the
town except from loans and taxes.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the
observance of Memorial Day.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars to be expended under the direction of a com-
mittee consisting of the commander of the Isaac Davis Post, G.A.R.,
the commander of the American Legion and the chairman of the
selectmen.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard to
the collection of taxes.
Voted : That all taxes, other than poll, shall be payable not later
than October 15, 1933 and on all taxes remaining unpaid after
November 1, 1933 interest shall be charged according to law from
October 15, 1933 until such taxes are paid.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise and ap-
propriate for the maintenance of the fire department or act anything
thereon.
Voted: To raise twenty-five hundred ($2500) dollars for the
maintenance of the fire department and three hundred ($300) dol-
lars for the purchase of new hose.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires and
fix the price thereon.
Voted: To appropriate five hundred dollars for fighting brush
fires and that the price per hour be fixed by the forest warden.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward the sup-
pression of the gypsy and brown tail moth.
Voted: To raise and appropriate five hundred ($500) dollars.
Article 1 0. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money
to insure the employees of the town.
Voted: To raise and appropriate six hundred ($600) dollars.
Article 1 1 . To see what amount of money the town will appro-
priate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and collec-
tor's bonds or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty ($250)
dollars.
Article 12. To see if the tow^n will authorize the treasurer with
the approval of the selectmen to borrow^ money from time to time
in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu-
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ary 1, 1933, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within
one year any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid
from the revenue of said financial year.
Voted: That the town treasurer with the approval of the select-
men be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to
time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning
January 1, 1933, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable with-
in one year any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid
from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 1 3. To see if the town will vote to employ a public health
nurse and appropriate a sum cf money for the maintenance of the
same.
Voted: To employ a public health nurse to be under the direction
of the board of health.
Voted: To appropriate twenty-two hundred ($2200) dollars for
the salary and maintenance of said nurse.
Article 1 4. To see if the tow^n will vote to appropriate by borrow-
ing or otherwise a sum of money for the purchase of new fire appara-
tus or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 1 5. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money for the installation of a fire whistle in V/est Acton or act any-
thing thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 1 6. To see if the town w^ll vote to accept a oet of by-laws
for the Fire Department and make them a part of the Town by-laws.
Voted: To postpone action under this article indefinitely.
Article 1 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum
of $2500 for the reconstruction of Pope Road from State Highway,
East Acton to the Carlisle line provided at least a like sum is allotted
to the town by the State Departm.ent of Public Works and at least a
similar sum by the County of Middlesex or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2500 for the reconstruction
of Pope Road from State Highway, East Acton to the Carlisle line
provided at least a like sum is allotted to the town b ' the State De-
partment of Public Works and at least a similar sum by the County
of Middlesex.
Article 1 8. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money
to rewire the High School building or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of eleven hundred ($1100)
dollars to re-wire the High School building.
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Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum
sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law, the
town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repair of
the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital and for care and treat-
ment of tubercular patients up to June 30, 1932, under Acts of
1928, Chapter 385, as amended by Acts of 1931, Chapter 60, in-
cluding interest and discount on temporary notes issued therefor,
as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of
General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition there-
to or take aw^ay action in relation thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $587.48, this being the town's share
of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repair of the Middlesex
County Tuberculosis Hospital, including interest on temporary notes
issued therefor, and for the tow^n's share of the cost of care and
treatment of tubercular patients up to June 30, 1932, under Acts
of 1928, Chapter 385, as amended, including interest and expenses,
be and the said sum hereby is appropriated.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to allow the Town Hall to
be used for Basketball if the necessary precautions are taken to pro-
tect the building, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To authorize the selectmen to allow^ the use of the town
hall, for playing basketball, on payment of the regular charge for
rent.
Art cle 2 1 . To see if the town will vote to accept for the use of the
Welfare Department, a contribution from all the salaried employees
of the tow^n.
Voted: To accept, for the use of tlie welfare department, a con-
tribution of ten per cent of their salaries, from all the salaried em-
ployees of the town.
Special Election
June 13, 1933
For the election of delegates to a Constitutional Convention called
to ratify or reject the following amendment to the Constitution of the
United States.
Text of the Proposed Amendment
"SECTION 1 . The eighteenth article of amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
"SEC. 2. TTie transportation or importation into any State,
Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use
therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is
hereby prohibited.
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"SEC. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the
several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years
from the date of tbe submission hereof to the States by the Con-
gress."
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Delegates Opposed to Ratification (against repeal)
Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Total
Clara M. Burns 42 19 69 130
Fannie A. Sanderson 42 19 70 131
Whitfield L. Tuck 42 18 69 129
Delegates Favoring Ratification (for repeal)
J. FrankFacey 68 120 124 312
Judson Hannigan 68 120 125 313
Elphege A. Phaneuf 69 120 123 312
Question
Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines
and malt beverages?
Yes
No
67
50
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Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS
Whole number recorded
Born in Acton
12
Native parentage
Males
19
Foreign parentage
Females
21
Mixed parentage
MARRIAGES
Whole number recorded
Residents of Acton
40
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28
Residents of other places 1 2
Whole number recorded
DEATHS
Residents of Acton 36 Residents of other places
Occurring in Acton 34 Occurring in other places
Average age in years 63 plus
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The town clerk requests information of any errors or omissions in
the list of births, marriages and deaths. The town clerk hereby gives
notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births
and deaths.
HORACE F. TUTTLE. Town Clerk.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1933
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Feb. 13
Avery, Eunice Lillian
20
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Beatteay, Josephine A. W.
81
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Bertwell, Edward Frank
70
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Carter, John Lyman
77
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Nov. 14
Clayton, Bertie E.
63
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Cobb, Minnie S.
62
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Dec. 30
Conway, Ellen Theroy
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Dakin, Albertus Lovejoy
54
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Feltus, Delia Miller
80
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Figueredo, Joseph Soares
15
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Jan. 13
Fletcher, Lester Newton
74
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Dec. 19
French, Charles H.
74
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Oct. 31
Glines, Elmina Augusta
83
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Sept. 12
Goward, Clarence Niles
68
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Nov. 19
Greenwood, Almeda
86
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Jan. 20
Hatch, Harriet W.
75
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Hoit, Frank Wallace
63
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Holden, Ella Maria
76
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Hubbard, David
76
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March 9
Ineson, Samuel B.
72
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6
21.
Oct. 24
Kizik, John
16
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Sept. 19
Kane, Walter Edward
52
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Sept. 17
Knowlton, Franklin Roscoe
86
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Littlefield, Burton CI; de
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Sept. 11
McLaughlin, Joseph E.
68
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Miller, Charles Isaac
83
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Newton, Ella F. (Howe)
85
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Nickles, Sarah Elizabeth
75
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Perkins, Julia Rice
73
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Pratt, Frank A.
73
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Reed, Lorenzo Everett
82
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1
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Rifford, Robert
83
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Robbins, Mahala
76
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Schofield, Rita Elizabeth
4
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Smith, Ada Ramsdell
81
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Tuttle, Martha
92
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Wood, Charles Edwin
62
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LIST OF PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1933
Allen, W. Stuart
$2
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Alley, Frank
2
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Backer, Helen
2
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Bancroft, Cleason A.
5
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Batchelder, Walter I.
2
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Bean, Priscilla
5
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Bedford, Mrs. A. E.
2
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Benere, Antonia
2
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Blanchard, W. S.
2
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Bondelevitch, Walter
4
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Bowen, Robert M.
4
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Boyer, Charles W.
5
00
Bradbury, Rolfe
4
00
Bradford, F. R. W.
2
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Bradley, Leo
6
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Braman, Dorothy
5
00
Braman, Frank S.
7
00
Braman, George A.
2
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Bressett, John
2
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Briggs, Jesse A.
2
00
Brill, Fred E.
2
00
Brown, Robert
2
00
Bulette, F. W.
2
00
Bullard, Mary E.
2
00
Bursaw, Kenneth
2
00
Caldwell, Hazel
2
00
Caldwell, Margaret
2
00
Carey, Lester
2
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Carlson, Christian
4
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Carvelo, Manuel
2
00
Chaffin, Nancy
2
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Charles, Florence
2
00
Charter. William W.
2
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Christofferson, Edwin
5
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Claflin, Leon
2
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Clark, Mrs. Charles
2
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Clayton, David
2
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Conant, Charlotte
2
00
Condon, Timothy
2
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Conquest, Arthur
2
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Coombs, George
5
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Cooper, Ernest
2
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Costello, Timothy
2
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Coughlin, Harold
6
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Couture, Herbert
2
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Creeley, Genevieve
2
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Crocker, Lizzie
2
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Davis, Charles E. 12 00
Davis, Warren A. & Son 5 00
Davis, Wendell 7 00
DeSouza, Joseph J. 2 00
Drummond, Thomas F. 2 00
Durkee, Mabel C. 2 00
Durkee, Raymond F. 2 00
Durkee, Sidney P. 2 00
Edney, Charles F. 2 00
Enneguess, Michael 2 00
Fairbank, Curtis S. 5 00
Farquhar, Stuart 2 00
Farrar, James 2 00
Ferguson, Robert C. 2 00
Finan, Bertha C. 5 00
Fisher, Charles W. 2 00
Fitzgerald, James 2 00
Flagg, Alden C. 4 00
Fletcher, Charles J. 2 00
Fletcher, John L. 4 00
Flint, Carl, Jr. 2 GO
Fogarty, Ernest A. 2 00
Foley, Patrick J. 2 00
Eraser, Arthur 25 00
Freeman, George 4 00
Frost, Lillian E. 5 00
Fullonton, Llewellyn 2 00
Gagnon, Ida E. 2 00
Gagnon, John B. 2 00
Gallagher, Daniel J. 2 00
Gallagher, L. C. 5 00
Gallant, Mildred 4 00
Gallant, Minnie P. 2 00
Garceau, Jean B. 2 00
Gibbs, Hattie E. 5 00
Oilman, George U. 2 00
Godfrey, Carl R. 2 00
Goodwin, Mrs. Martin F. 2 00
Goward, Mrs. Clarence 5 00
Gravlin, Albert C. 2 00
Green, Catherine 2 00
Hall, Irwin 2 00
Hall, Mary F. 2 00
Harris, Hattie B. 5 00
Harrison, Agnes J. 2 00
Harrison, B. M. 2 00
Hart, Mrs. Nelson 2 00
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Hayes, Michael G.
4
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Haynes, Albert L.
2
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Hill, John C
7
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Hodgen, Hugh
2
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Holden, E. M.
2
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Holden, Frank H.
2
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Holden, Willis L.
2
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Holbrook, F. A.
2
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Holland, Frank T.
2
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Holland, Mrs. Hope C.
5
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Holland, Neville R.
2
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Hollowell, F. Elwin
2
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Holt, Walter W.
2
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Hough, John F.
2
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"Howe, Leland F.
2
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Howe, O. H.
2
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Hunt, Wilbur V.
2
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Hurley, James J.
2
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Hurley, John
2
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Jalonen, Arthur
4
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Jenks, Albert R.
2
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Jensen, Peter
5
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Johnson, Albion
2
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Johnston, James J.
2
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Jones, Howard F.
2
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Jones, Hugh M.
4
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Jones, Karl R.
2
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Kane, Walter A.
2
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Kazokas, Cypras
4
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Kelley, Maud
2
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King, Benjamin
4
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Kingsley, Mrs. Carrie
2
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Knowlton, Samuel E.
2
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Laffin, Eraser
2
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Laffin, Ormal S. R.
2
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Larrabee, G. W.
5
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LaRoche, Arthur
2
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Latulippe, John
2
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Lears, William
2
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Leavitt, Jona B.
2
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2
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2
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Littlefield, Ralph
4
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Livermore, J. W.
2
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Livermore, Roland O.
7
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2
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4
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2
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Lucot, Albert
2
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2
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Marsh, A. W. 2 00
Mason, Roger 6 00
Massie, William, Jr. 2 00
Mayell, Ernest A. 2 00
Maynes, Everett M. 4 00
Mead, Hobart E. 2 00
Mekkelsen, Martha 2 00
Mekkelsen, Soren 2 00
Mekkelsen, Thora 1 0 00
Merriam, Harold A. 2 00
Montague, Everett N. 2 00
Moore, Mrs. Edward W. 6 00
Morehouse, Mrs. C. F. 2 00
Morrison, F. D. 5 00
Morse, Stella 2 00
Munn, William 2 00
Murgatroyd, James 4 00
Nealey, Edward F. 2 00
Nelson, Emery D. 2 00
Newell, Philip S. 2 00
Newport, Harold 2 00
Nugent, Joseph 2 00
O'Connell, Arthur 2 00
O'Neil, Richard J. 5 00
Paskiewicz, Stanley 2 00
Pederson, John 5 00
Penney, D. F. 4 00
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Phalen, Lucretia Harvey 7 00
Pratt, Edward F. 2 00
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Price, Louise M. 2 00
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Robbins, Freeman W. 2 00
Robbins, Mildred H. 5 00
Robbins, Paul G. 2 00
Roche, F. B. 2 00
Rugg, George 2 00
Sanborn, Everett R. 2 00
Sanborn, E. Russell 2 00
Sargent, George W. 2 00
Sawyer, Benjamin H. 2 00
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Sebastian, Lester A.
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Tompkins, Elizabeth P
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Scanlon, William J.
2
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Tracy, Alfred H.
2
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Schofield, Harris C.
5
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Trippi, Horatio
2
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Scribner, H. V.
2
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Tucker, George S.
2
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Shapley, Eva C.
2
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Turnbull, George L.
2
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Smith, Gordon Allen
2
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Tuitle, George F.
2
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Smith, Hattie E.
2
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Tuttle, Horace C.
2
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Smith. Ralph 1.
2
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Tuttle, Osgood
5
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Soar, William Henry
2
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Waite, Fred K.
9
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Spinney, Alice L.
2
00
Walther, Joseph
2
00
Starck, Cecil
2
00
Waluk, John
2
00
Stokes, William A.
2
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Watkins, John H.
5
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Stoney, Reginald
2
00
Whitney, Cora A.
2
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Swenson, Mrs. Hilda
2
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Willett, Robert G.
2
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Sylvia, Emanuel
2
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Wise, Glenna
2
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Taylor, Spencer H.
2
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Wood, Elizabeth
2
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Teele, Henry
2
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Woodworth, Randall
2
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Todd, Ethel
16
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Young, David E.
2
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Tolman, Wilbur
5
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40 licenses at
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$630 80
NOTICE
All dog licenses expire March 3 1 .
Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1 or the owners or keep-
ers thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months old or over regardless of
time of year ownership is acquired.
No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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Police Department
To the Citizens of Acton:
I herewith submit a summary of the work handled by this de-
partment during the past year.
An itemized police log to verify this report has been turned
over to your Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Following is the report:
Persons calling at the office 1 42
Telephone calls received 430
Telephone calls made 158
Emergency calls answered (after midnight) 1 7
Emergency calls answ^ered (before midnight) 28
Complaints received and investigated 79
Persons questioned during investigations 83
Arrests and Prosecutions made on following charges:
Drunkenness 1 1
Operating under the influence of liquor 6
Operating so as to endanger 3
Leaving scene of accident 2
Operating without a license |
Manslaughter ]
Larceny 3
Default Warrant ' 1
Neglected Child Warrant ]
Burning building with intent to defraud insurance company 2
Non-support 2
Transportation of Prisoners:
Acton to Concord I ]
At Concord District Court 2 7
At Cambridge Superior Court . - 1 2
Juveniles reprimanded 20
Accidents reported 47
Deaths due to auto accidents 1
Occupants of automobiles injured in accidents 35
Pedestrians injured by automobiles |
Operators warned 9
Trips to Emerson Hospital 5
Licenses suspended ^
65
Licenses revoked 5
Registrations revoked ' "
Assisted in investigations for other departments 3
Assisted in investigations of suspicious fires 2
Recommendations given for reissuing of license 3
Recommendations asked for and refused 2
Reprimands for illegal parking 25
Persons summoned to Court i i
Summonses served for other departments 1 4
Suspicious cars looked over after midnight 1 0
Suspicious cars looked over before midnight 1 3
Cars ordered taken to garage 2
Traffic duty during funerals 5
Traffic duty during weddings 1
Motorists assisted after midnight 3
Pedestrians picked up and questioned after midnight 3
Pedestrians picked up and questioned before midnight 1
Persons reported loitering around homes 3
Stray dogs reported 1 1
Dog complaints received 1 5
Mad dogs 1
Dogs disposed of 1 2
Dogs killed by automobiles 3
Lost dogs reported 3
Reported bitten by dogs 1
Notices of unpaid taxes sent to owners of dogs 94
Poultry killed by dogs as reported to this department 30
Fire alarms answered (traffic-protection) 1 3
Emergency telegrams delivered to persons 2
Emergency telephone calls delivered to persons 1
Persons notified of relations sick or injured 1
Persons notified of death of relatives 3
Attention of authorities called in welfare cases 1
Public buildings checked on when lights found burning after
midnight 2
Calls received by radio after midnight 4
Danger spots found in highway reported and eliminated 3
Obstructions in roadway removed after midnight 3
Painting traffic lines at West Acton 1
Assisted in medical aid 3
Traffic duty at concerts and plays 7
Persons reported missing from home 3
Protection given persons during domestic troubles 3
Trips made to other towns during investigations, etc. :
Concord 18 Carlisle 2 Brookline 1
Maynard 8 Worcester 2 West Concord 1
Boston 4 Marlboro 1 Wayland 1
Littleton 3 Woburn I Stow 1
Harvard 2 Lowell 1 Westboro I
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Homes checked on during absence of occupants at their request 4
Persons protected while obtaining belongings 6
Persons ordered off property for owners 1
Missing persons located /
Truants looked after 6
Posting warrants 3
Collecting ballots 3
Dog notices posted 1
Jury blanks filled out for Dist. Attorney's office 2
Windows reported broken 7
Accidental shooting 1
Attempted suicides I
Suicides 1
Persons sent home off the streets when intoxicated 4
Disturbances quelled after midnight 3
Complaints received on bad checks 1
Assisted in search for escaped prisoners (reformatory) 1
Boys returned to Fernald School 2
With Tax Collector during collections 2
With Water Department Collector during collections 2
Damage caused to property by cow^s $30 00
Property reported stolen:
$44 00 in cash.
3 plants.
1 hunting knife
1 carton cigarettes
6 tires
3 wheels
1 clock
1 82 gallons gasoline
5 gallons motor oil
30 gallons range oil
25 bushels apples
30 pieces of lumber
2 doors
poultry (number unknown)
spark plugs
heater motor
tools
Trips made to other sections of the Town outside regular patrol:
West Acton 44 North Acton 24
East Acton 20 Acton Center 1 9
Property recovered:
$44.00 in cash
2 doors
Restitution made to the amount of $62.10.
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Property reported lost:
1 0 bags fertilizer
1 bag wool
1 handbag
I pocketbook
Property found and returned to owners:
1 Sphygmomanometer
1 bag wool
1 handbag
Officers on duty at Acton Fair 3
Officers on duty at Acton High football gami 1
Officers on duty during road race 3
Officers on duty for Hallowe'en 4
Officers on duty for Memorial Day Services 4
Officers on duty at Caucus 1
Officers on duty at Town Meetings 2
Respectfully submitted.
MICHAEL FOLEY,
Chief of Police.
Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Acton:
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year
1933.
Cows 445
Young Catde 95
Swine 96
Sheep 22
Goats 6
Bulls ' 16
Oxen 2
Quarantined five cows for tuberculosis. Quarantined seven dogs,
suspicious of rabies.
FRED S. WHITCOMB,
Inspector.
68
Report of Superintendent of Streets
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I submit herewith my report covering the highway maintenance
and construction work during 1933.
In addition to regular maintenance work, such as scraping, drag-
ging, surface repair and patching, the follow^ing streets have been
surface-treated :
With M. C. 1 Oil: Central Street, High Street, School Street,
Newtown Road.
With 45 per cent Asphaltic Oil: Nagog Hill Road, Harris Street,
Davis Road, Esterbrook Road, Taylor Road, Powder Mill Road,
Concord Street, Piper Street, Arlington Street, Martin Street, Pros-
pect Street, Nashoba Road, Homestead Street, H-^yward Road,
Maple Avenue, Hammond Street, Parker Street, Stow Street, Sud-
bury Road, Elm Street, Davis Terrace, Wright Terrace.
New Gravel:
Hayward Road 700 ft.
Nagog Hill Road 800 ft.
Hammond Street 540 ft.
Carlisle Road 425 ft.
Pope Road 300 ft.
Concord Road 500 ft.
Wood Lane 200 ft.
Parker Street 600 ft.
Robbins Street 800 ft.
Charter Road 200 ft.
Homestead Street 400 ft.
Arlington Street 400 ft.
New Drainage:
Willow Street 40 feet of 1 5 -inch corrugated pipe
Willow Street 40 feet of 12-inch corrugated pipe
Strawberry Hill Road 36 feet of 1 2-inch corrugated pipe
Concord Road 10 feet of 1 2 -inch corrugated pipe
Massachusetts Avenue one drop inlet
New Construction:
Pope Road 4100 ft. new gravel, oil, drainage and fence
Respectfully submitted,
A. H. PERKINS,
Superintendent of Streets.
69
Assessors' Report
Buildings,
Land
Personal
exclusive of land
$2,433,680 00
719.155 00
603.622 00
Valuation April 1, 1932
Decrease in valuation
Rate of taxation $23 60
Tax assessed as follows:
Real estate
Personal estate
Polls
Old age assistance tax
Amount of money raised:
State tax
County tax
State park assessment
State audit assessment
State aid overdraft
Old age assistance tax
Town grant
Overlay
Added assessment:
Polls
Old age assistance tax
Excise :
Number of vehicles assessed
Total valuation of motor vehicles
Rate of taxation $31 55
Total tax assessed
$3,756,457 00
3.822.940 00
$66,483 00
$74,406 92
14.245 46
1,748 00
$90,400 38
892 00
$5,130
00
5,151
10
9
17
187
87
250
00
6
00
76.627
79
3.038
45
$90,400 38
20 00
10 00
1133
$279,450 00
6978 00
WARREN H. JONES,
ALBERT P. DURKEE,
HENRY L. HAYNES,
Board of Assessors.
70
Report of Tax Collector
1930
Interest collected
Dr.
$13
56
Paid Treasurer
Cr.
$13
56
1931
TOWN TAX
Uncollected January 1 ,
Interest collected
1933
Dr.
$14,499
1,291
85
65
$15 791
50
Paid Treasurer
Abated
Tax titles
Uncollected January 1 ,
1934
Cr,
$13,995
809
963
23
23
43
70
14
<t>l 5 791
50
1932
Uncollected January 1 ,
Interest collected
1933
Dr.
$30,531
528
59
02
*fe31 059
61
61
Paid Treasurer
Abated
Tax tide
Uncollected January 1,
1934
Cr.
$14,601
158
1,120
15,179
93
64
00
04
1>31 059
1933
Committed
Interest collected
Dr.
$91,322
32
38
48
<^91 354
86
86
Paid Treasurer
Abated
Old Age Assistance re
Uncollected January 1,
fund
1934
Cr,
$55,044
110
133
36.066
«J>T7 1 , J J^
64
91
00
31
— $91,354
71
MOTOR EXCISE TAX
1931
Dr.
Uncollected January I, 1933 $1,573 96
Interest collected 1 54 73
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $1,363 46
Abated . 260 20
Uncollected January 1, 1934 105 03
1932
Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1933 $3,171 83
Interest collected 59 38
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $1,137 72
Abated 39 45
Uncollected January 1, 1934 2,054 04
1933
Dr.
Committed $6,978 00
Interest collected 8 05
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $3,2 74 38
Abated 303 34
Uncollected January 1, 1934 3,408 33
$1,728 69
$1,728 69
$3,231 21
$3,231 2
$6,986 05
$6,986 05
SUMMARY OF TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Tota
il Debits
1930 town tax
$13 56
1931 town tax
15,791 50
1932 town tax
31,059 61
1933 town tax
91,354 86
1931 excise
1,728 69
1932 excise
3,231 21
1933 excise
6,986 05
$150
65 48
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Total Credits
Cash Paid Treasurer $89,430 92
Abated 1,681 97
Tax titles 2,083 70
Old Age Assistance Refund 133 00
Uncollected 56,835 89
$150,165 48
CHARLES A. DURKEE, Tax Collector.
Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the Fire Department for the year
of 1933:
The number of alarms answered by the entire department are
as follows:
Building, 1 4 ; Auto, 5 ; Chimney, 1 0 ; Oil, 1 ; Dump, 1 .
We had a very lean year as far as fires were concerned, and
only a few were serious, which helped to get us through the year
on the appropriation allowed us.
The apparatus is in fairly good condition considering its age,
but there are some repairs needed to keep it in good w^orking order.
I feel that it is better and more economical to keep the equipment
in good condition than it is to let it get run dow^n. Therefore, we
are asking for a little more money than was allowed us last year.
In behalf of the Board of Engineers, I w^ould like to give the
firemen honorable mention for their splendid co-operation in help-
ing us stay within our appropriation. They willingly gave up the
small pay they had usually received, economized in every way pos-
sible, and yet responded to alarms and duties asked of them, cheer-
fully, and we certainly appreciate it.
Respectfully submitted,
H. S. MacGREGOR,
Chief of Fire Department.
73
Forest Warden^s Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
Your Forest Warden submits the following report for the year
ending Dec. 31, 1933:
Total number of fires responded to 1 6
Investigations by Forest Warden or Deputy 6
Prosecutions of violators of permit laws I
This has been a very good year on forest fires owing to the wet
spring and extremely wet fall; as a result of this fact we had money
enough within our appropriation to purchase quite a little new hose
and other much needed equipment.
Your Forest Warden wishes to recommend the usual appropria-
tion of ($500.) five hundred dollars, as more hose will be needed
this year.
Your Forest Warden wishes to further recommend that if money
be available from w^elfare or any other source, a certain amount
be allotted for the purpose of developing w^ater holes, dry hydrants
and the brushing out of w^ood roads, to facilitate and accelerate the
extinguishing of forest fires and thereby protect our homes and
woodlands. This has proven to be of great benefit, and a project
well w^orthy of consideration at this time.
Respectfully submitted,
ALAN B. FROST,
Forest Warden.
74
Report of the Board of Health
For the Year Ending December 31, 1933
Burial permits issued in Acton 36
Residents who died in other towns 2
Total number of deaths recorded 38
Non-resident burials 34
List of contagious diseases reported to Board of Health January 1 ,
1933 to January 1, 1934:
Measles 7
Scarlet Fever 1 3
Total 20
Deaths, none.
Your board would recommend that $1,000 be appropriated for
the use of the board for the present year.
ACTON BOARD OF HEALTH,
C. A. DURKEE, Agent.
Report of Town Nurse
To the Board of Health:
Fees collected $40 25
Town calls 765
Welfare 417
Prenatal 1 02
Child Welfare 2 1 1
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. FROST.
75
Goodnow Fund
For the Year Ending December 31, 1933
Investmentj
Warren Institution for Savings
Charlestown Five Cents Savings bank
City Institution for Savings, Lowell
Receipts
Warren Institution for Savings
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank
City Institution for Savings
1
$1,453 30
1,000 00
1,000 00
$43
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35
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50
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Payments
Ella L. Miller, treasurer of the Evangelical
Church in Acton
Fred W. Green, care of Goodnow lot,
Woodlawn Cemetery
Added to Savings deposit
$97 50
9 00
4 77
$111 27
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
CHARLES E. SMITH,
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1933:
Beef, 3; Veal, 10; Sheep, 1 ; Pigs, 2.
JAMES KINSLEY,
Inspector.
76
Librarian's Report, 1933
Accessions: Number of volumes in the Library January 1, 1933,
19,497. Increase by purchase, 492. Increase by gift, 59. Total
increase, 551. Withdrawn from circulation, 251. Total number of
volumes in Library January 1, 1934, 19,797.
Circulation: Number of days the Library was open, 1 00.
Number of volumes circulated, 1 6,067.
Largest daily circulation, 307 on February 5.
Smallest daily circulation, 89 on December 20.
Daily average circulation, 1 60 plus.
Received from Library fines and magazines sold $61 04
Expended for postage 1 04
Paid to Town Treasurer $60 00
Gifts of Books have been received from the following sources: U.
S. Government, 2; State of Massachusetts, 9; Anon, 1 ; Albert Jen-
sen, 1 ; Arthur F. Davis, 4; Carl S. Johanson, Jr., 5; Es|:ate of Bessie
Ball, 1 ; Frank E. Parsons, 2 ; George A. Richardson, 2 ; Howard L.
Jones, 2 ; Leo Thatcher, 1 ; Leonard D. White, 2 ; M. P. Moore, 1 1 ;
Mrs. Ralph Crooker, 1 ; O'Neil Brothers, 8; Phyllis Jones, 1 ; Ruth
Horton, 4; Samuel F. Rockwell, 1 ; William Horton, 1 ; Total, 59.
Also a gift of a framed oil painting of Ball's Pencil Factory; from
the estate of Bessie Ball.
ARTHUR F. DAVIS, Librarian.
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Adams, J. T. — The March of Democracy
Aldrich, Mrs. T. B. — Crowding Memories
Alexander, Grand Duke — Always a Grand Duke
Anesaki, M. — Art, Life and Nature in Japan
Anon. — Constitution of the Boston Stock Exchange
Anon. — Violin Preceptor
Austin, M. — Earth Horizon
Baldwin, C. C — Staniford White
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Barrie, J. M. — Dear Brutus
Barrie, J. M. — Quality Street
Barrie, J. M. — What Every Woman Knows
Barrows, H. K. — Water Power Engineering
Barton, B. — What Can a Man Believe
Beals, C. — The Crime of Cuba
Beebe, W. — Edge of the Jungle
Beebe, W. — Pheasant Jungles
Beebe, W. — Pheasants, Their Lives and Homes
Bennett, A. — The Journal of Arnold Bennett
Bobbe, D. — Abigail Adams the Second First Lady
Bonsels, W. — An Indian Journey
Brayley, A. W. — A Complete History of the Boston Fire
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Crar. H.— The West is Still Wild
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Charnwood, L. — Abraham Lincoln
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Clark, H. F. and Chase, F. A. — Elements of Modern
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oolidge, C. — Coolidge Wit and Wisdom
Couch, A. Q. — The Art of Writing
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Darrow, F. L. — The New World of Phvsical Discovery
Davidson (Translator) — Works of Virgil
Davis, H. — Islands Under the Wind
Davis, M. L. — Sourdough Gold
DeKruif, P. — Microbe Hunters
DeSpinoza, B. — The Philosophy of Spinoza
israeli, R. — Seeing the Unseen
Ditmars, R. — Thrills of a Naturalist's Quest
Dorsey, G. A. — Why We Behave Like Human Beings
Drake, S. A. — Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs
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Drinkwater, J. — Robert Burns, a play 82D 78 1 ro
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Faris, J. T. — Old Churches and Meetinghouses in and
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Farson, N. — Sailing Across Europe
Forbes, A. — Town of New England and Old England,
Ireland and Scotland
Ford, A. E. — History of the Origin of the Town of Clinton,
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Galsworthy, J. — Old English
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Gorman, H. — The Incredible Marquis
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Haller, G. F. and Cunningham, E. T. — TTie Tesla High-
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Hapgood, N. and Moshowitz, H. — Up from the City Streets
Life of Alfred Smith 922S642h
Hawthorne, H. — Romantic Rebel, the Story of
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Hill, E. C. — The American Scene
Howe, E. — Howe's Accordeon School
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Hurd, D. H. (Ed.) — History of Essex County, Mass.
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Johnson, C. — Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut Valley
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Mann, M. — Introduction to Cataloging and Classification
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Martin, E. D. — The Meaning of a Liberal Education
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JF555to
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Hawkes, C. — King of the Flying Sledge
Hawkes, C. — Shovelhorns
Hawkes, C. — A Wilderness Dog
Henderson, W. J. — Afloat with the Flag
Hewes, A. D. — Glory of the Seas
Hillyer, V. M. and Huey, E.
JH392k
JH392s
JH392w
JH49;a
JH598g
G. — A Child's History of Art
J9H665c
Holmes, F. R.— The Secret People JH749 I s
Jay, M. F. — The Girl of the Mesa JJ42gi
Jay, M. F.— The Shell JJ42s
Jean, E. — Old Fables for You and Pictures Too JJ432o
Jenkins, M. — The Last Cruise of the Panther JJ321
Kearton, C— My Dog Simba JK242ni
Kennedy, S. B. — Told in a Little Boy's Pocket JK365t
Kenton, E. — With Hearts Courageous J9K3 7w
Kilmer, A. — Emmy, Nicky and Greg JK482e
Knapp, G. L. — The Lone Star of Courage JK67 1
Knipe, E. B. and A. A. — A Patriot Maid and Other Stories Ji<69pa
Kyle, A. D. — The Apprentice of Florence JK99a
Lamb, H.— Kirdy the Road Out of the World JL2 1 8 1 k
Larrimore, L. — ^The Blossoming of Patricia the Less JL3341b
LaVarre, A. and W. — Johnny Round the World JL396j
Levinger, E. E. — Benjamins Book About His Family JL665b
Linderman, F. B. — Stumpy JL743s
Lindman, M. — Snipp, Snapp, Snurr JL746s
Loomis, A. F. — Walt Henley Overseas JL8632w
MacGowan, A. — A Girl of the Plains Country JMl 46g
Masefield, J. — Jim Davis JM396J
Mason, A. — The Roving Lobster JM398 1 r
Mayol, L. B.— The Big Canoe JM473b
Meyer, J. A. — The Green C JM6 1 3 I g
Nairne, A. and others (Eds.) — The Older Children's Bible J9N158o
Neal, B.— The Last of the Thundering Herd JN3381
O'Brien, J. — Silver Chief Dog of the North JOl 3s
Paine, R. D.— The Golden Table JP146g
Payson, H. — Boy Scouts on Belgium Battlefields JP347bp
Payson, H. The Boy Scouts on the Range JP347bq
Penrose, M. The Motor Girls Through New England JP41 7m
Petersham, M. and M. Get-a-Way and Hary Janos JP484g
Phelps, E. S. — Gypsy's Cousin Joy JP538g
Pierce, E. F. — Give a Boy Luck JP6]52g
Pinchot, G. B. — Giff and Stiff in the South Seas J9P647g
Porter, H. — Young Airplane Scouts at Victory JP845y
Prentice, A. — The Gray Goose Story JP92 7g
Price, H. J. C — The Mystery of the Silver Dart JP9462m
Quirk, L. W. — The Boy Scouts of Black Eagle Patrol JQ7bo
Ransome, A. — Peter Duck JR2 1 2p
Raymond, A. — Harry Harding's Year of Promise JR2681h
Ring, B. — The Tomboy Cousin JR58lt
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Robinson, E. M. (Ed.) — Handbook for Comrades JR6591h
Schmidt, S. L.— New Land JS454n
Seabrook, K. — Colette and Baba in Timbuctoo JS4381c
Seaweli, M. E. — The Lively Adventures of Gavin Hamilton
JS4481J
Sherman, E. B.— Milady at Arms JS5 5 3 1 m
Singmaster, E. — When Sarah Went to School JS61 7w
Siple, P. — Exploring At Home J9S6 I 8e
Smith, G. — The Jolly Polly Stories JS648J
Smith, G. — Wonderful Stories of Jane and John JS648w
Snedeker, C. D. — The Forgotten Daughter JS6712f
Sperry, A.— One Day With Manu JS75 lo
Stockton, F. R. — Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coast J9S866b
Stockton, F. R. — The Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and
Mrs. Aleshine JS866c
Stratton, C— Harbor Pirates JS9 11 h
Theiss, L. E. — Flying the U. S. Mail to South America JT376fm
Tomlinson, P. G. — A College Boy in the Revolution JT6595c
Vandercook, M. — The Ranch Girls in Europe JV452r
Van Noy, K. and Hedrick, E.— Jack and Matt of the WX JV2 72J
Washburn, C. and H. and Reed, F. — The Story of the Earth
and Sky JW31428
Watson, B. C— The Singing Dog JW337s
Webster, F. V. — The Newsboys Partners JW379n
Wells, R.— Zeke, the Racoon JW45 5z
White, N. G.— Joanna Gray JW586J
Whiting, J. D.— S. O. S., a Story of the World War At Sea JW599s
Williams, E. H.— Red Plume JW716]re
Williams, E. H. — Red Plume of the Royal Northwest
Mounted JW7161r
Wilson, L. H.— Fly Away Flippety JW7492f
Wise, W. E. — Thomas Alva Edison, the Youth and His Times
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Comptons Pictured Encyclopedia, 1 5 vols.
Journal of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 1933
Journal of the Senate of Massachusetts, 1933
Manual for the General Court of Massachusetts, 1933-34
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, vol, 6
New Standard Encyclopedia, 25 vols.
Proceedings, U. S. W. V., Dept. of Mass., 1932
Proceedings, American Legion, 1932
Proceedings, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Proceedings, Encampment, G, A. R., 1933
Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1932
Statistics, Railways of the U. S., 1931
Vital Records of New Bedford, Mass., Vol. 2
World's Story, 1 6 vols.
88
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1933
Appropriation
Expenditures
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Wendell F. Davis, Chairman, Salary
Waldo E. Whitcomb
Howard J. Billings
Wendell F. Davis, Postage and Telephone
Waldo E. Whitcomb, Postage and Telephone
Hobbs & Warren, Blanks
Glenna Jones, Clerk
Finney & Hoit, Supplies
Enterprise Co., Notices
Middlesex Selectmen's Association
Kennison Print, Reports
Howard J. Billings, Postage
Murphy & Synder, Printing
W. B. Currier, Postmaster, Stamps
So. Acton Dept. Store, Supplies
N. E. Telephone & Tel. Co.
Lowden's Paper
$200 00
100 00
100 00
3
2
00
72
13 51
74 25
1
5
4
281
50
40
50
40
74
23 25
9 50
55
3 37
1 35
Howard L. Jones, Salary
Howard L. Jones, Postage
Allen Stationery Co., Paper
Bailey Press, Printing
ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT
$400 00
19 65
7 25
5 50
$5,000 00
$825 04
$432 40
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Henry L. Haynes, Salary
Warren H. Jones, Salary
Albert P. Durkee, Salary
Maplewood Press, Poll Tax Text
L. L. Applin, Transfers
$300 00
300 00
300 00
50 00
24 19
89
G. R. Barristead, Tax Table
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies
Henry L. Haynes, attending meetings
Albert P. Durkee, attending meetings
Warren H. Jones, attending meetings
Murphy & Synder
1
00
52
75
32
02
10
00
10
00
n
75
$1,091 71
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Horace F. Tuttle, Salary $200 00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording births, deaths,
marriages
Horace F. Tuttle, teliephone, postage, express
P. B. Murphy, blanks
A. H. Barlett Co., pads
63 50
29 00
2 85
50
$295 85
PUBLIC WELFARE
Howard J. Billings, Chairman, salary
Waldo E. Whitcomb, salary
Wendell F. Davis, salary
Glenna Jones, clerk
$75
00
40
00
40
00
75
00
$230 00
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Wm. R Soar, Treasurer $375 00
Wm. H. Soar, postage, enevelopes, telephone,
and certifying notes 5 1 45
A. W. Davis, transporting cabinets, safe and
repairs on safe 25 50
C. A. Durkee, certifying notes
C. A. Durkee, stationery
Maynard Trust Co., deposit box
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
Murphy & Synder, envelopes
C. A. Durkee, salary
C. A. Durkee, postage
Hobbs & Warren, books, warrants, etc.
Acton News Pub. Co., tax bills
Murphy & Synder, tax bills, etc.
C. A. Durkee, tides
C. A. Durkee, carfare, supplies
C. A. Durkee, bond for Deputy collector
2
00
1
07
5
50
5
42
3
50
iRTMENl
$834
66
112
42
38
85
14
50
36
50
18
60
7
00
5
00
$469 44
90
C. A. Durkee, notary fee 5 00
Hoffman Seal Stamp & Eng. Co., seal 5 58
Horace F. Tuttle, registrar
Daniel W. Sheehan, registrar
E. A. Phelan, registrar
C. D. Chickering, registrar
Theron Lowden, officer
L. C. Hastings, officer
L. C. Hastings, placing booths
John J. Manning, officer
Timothy Hennessy, officer
B. D. Hall, officer
A. R. Beach
A. F. Davis, officer
Leo McCarthy, two years
James P. Brown, officer
James Kingsley, officer
H. J. Coughlin, officer
James W. Coughlin, officer
David R. Kingsley, registrar
David R. Kingsley, officer
Universalist Church, rent
Murphy & Synder, ballots, warrants
Hayward & Fullonton, repairing ballot box
Turner's Public Spirit, advertising
A. Brooks Parker, moderator
Albert P. Durkee, moderator
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Ralph T. Litdefield, salary $120 00
BTRATIO
$25
N
00
20
00
20
00
20
00
8
00
8
00
2
50
11
00
5
00
8
00
8
00
6
00
20
00
3
00
14
00
3
00
8
00
9
00
6
00
10
00
46
80
»ox 33
98
6
00
10
00
15
00
$1,078 1 1
$326 28
$120 00
Total General Government $4,868 83
Unexpended Balance 131 17
$5,000 00
TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S BONDS
Appropriation $250 00
C A. Durkee 211 90
Unexpended Balance $38 10
91
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Appropriation
$800 00
Paid:
Boston Consolidated Gas Co. $30 80
Edison Electric Light Co. 52 20
A. W. Davis Co., coal 60 54
A. W. Davis Co., fertilizer 20 25
John Pederson, wood 42 00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lock
and keys 6 28
West and South Water Supply 12 00
N. Di Gracamandera, labor 6
N. Di Gracamandera, labor 6
So. Acton Fire Dept., tire
Carrie Kingsley, cleaning cellar
Ideal Mower Sales Co., repairs
E. F. Conant, labor
Geo. Hayward, repairs to vane
B. A. King, lights, shades
Spencer Taylor, labor
S. Knowlton, setting glass 1
Francis Manion, labor 7
O. W. Wood, repairs 1 I
Commonwealth of Mass., boiler inspect. 1 0 00
Fitzgerald's Garage, repairs to mower 15 83
Jesse E. Reynolds, repairs So. Fire House 70 00
W. A. Ra-.nor, labor 10 00
C. A. Durkee, repairs on heater 75
F. W. Green, labor 8 82
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 9 31
40
40
8 50
4 00
8 40
50 70
86 50
52 41
84 98
50
60
22
Unexpended Balance
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
Paid
Michael Foley, salary
Geo. A. Braman, services
A. B. Frost, services
Geo. S. Braman, services
John T. McNifF, services
Wm. Driscoll, services
Edgar Bursaw, services
Mary Barry, services
$777 39
22 61
$800 00
$2,300 00
$1,944 73
71 38
46 71
17 63
46 13
9 75
21 00
21 50
92
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 5 7 21
Edison Electric 111. Co. 34 20
E. 1. Blaisdell, labor 4 75
B. A. King, wiring 9 90
Commonwealth of Mass., book 60
Traffic Sign & Signal Co. 71
W. J. Costello, painting 2 GO
J. G. Maquire 80
M. Linsky & Bros., equipment 3 50
A. W. Davis Co., paint 7 50
$2,300 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $2,500 00
Paid:
John Pederson, gas, straps $7 36
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 7 34
Finney & Hoit, supplies 10 90
J. S. Moore, supplies 1 85
Malcolm Fullonton, care of truck 13 50
Murphy & Synder, envelopes, printing 21 17
Stone & Forsyth 7 30
Sidney Paddock, care of truck 4 00
Hew^itt's Tire Shop, tires and tubes 86 55
W. S. 3 67
Hayward & Fullonton, machine work 1 2 30
West Acton Dept, salaries 80 00
South Acton Dept., salaries 80 00
Acton Center Dept., salaries 75 00
Linscott Sales & Service, repairs 2 24
David Clayton, battery 2 00
A. H. Blanchard Co., chemicals, coup-
lings 1 7 63
John G. Maquire, gloves 2 00
H. S. MacGregor, tel., postage 3 00
Dr. O. L. Clark, kit 3 00
So. Acton Dept., payrolls 1 70 75
Acton Center Dept., payrolls 119 50
West Acton Dept., payrolls 181 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 1 00 64
Edison Electric Ilium. Co. 238 09
W. G. Lawrence, janitor 69 30
John J. Manning, janitor 1 00 00
Geo. S. Braman, janitor 80 00
A. W. Davis Co., coal 112 77
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., clothing,
etc. 355 76
R. S. Baker, gas 6 1 8
93
75 28
162 30
59 30
1 95
1 23 30
d 200 02
$2,496
3
95
05
$2,500
00
Acton Motor Co., repairs, gas, etc
Geo. H. Reed, coal
West & South Water Supply
H. S. MacGregor, fuse cord
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gas, oil
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal
Unexpended balance
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation $500 00
Paid:
Acton Center Dept., payroll
West Acton Dept., payroll
South Acton Dept., payroll
Geo. Hayward, labor on truck
Fitzhenry-Guptell Co., parts
John Pederson, gas
Hayward & Fullonton, brass rail and
fittings for truck
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., soda
South Acton Woolen Co., acid
Samuel Knowlton, painting truck
Grant Battery Service
Justin A. McCarthy, hose and tanks
$445 04
Unexpended balance 54 96
$59
40
23
10
66
00
9
60
10
85
2
1
08
30
00
11
76
7
25
3
50
1
50
220
00
$500 00
NEW HOSE
Appropriation $300 00
Paid:
Gorham Fire Equipment Co. $300 00
HYDRANT SERVICE
Appropriation $3,054 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 24 00
$3,078 00
94
Paid:
West & South Water Supply District $2,825 00
Town of Concord 253 00
$3,078 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
Paid
J. J. Knight, labor
J. J. Knight, truck
J. J. Knight, sundry expense
Mrs. Carrie Kingsley, teams
A. L. Stuart, labor
Kopper Products Co., creosote
Fitzhenry-Guptell Co., brushes, pruners
Leo Bradley, labor
Wm. Bradley, labor
Harold E. Day, fixing saws
Geo. A. Morse, gas
David Clayton, labor
Unexpended balance
$500 00
$292 50
112 50
3 23
16 00
14 35
12 29
mers 2 98
9 60
9 60
1 60
3 55
6 40
$484 60
15 40
$500 00
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$300 00
Paid:
R. J. O'Neil, labor
R. J. O'Neil, truck
R. J. O'Neil, filing saws
J. J. Knight, labor
J. J. Knight, truck
J. J. Knight, expense
Wm. Bradley, labor
Leo Bradley, labor
John Bradley, labor
Ralph Jones, truck
O. F. Nelson, repairs
Harold E. Day, filing saws
J. S. Moore, brush
Carrie Kingsley, truck
E. P. Gates, sharpening
$12 50
5 50
2 58
137 50
69 82
2 40
6 40
8 00
3 20
7 20
1 00
1 30
75
10 00
1 25
95
Geo. H. Reed, truck 3 00
A. W. Davis Co., pulley blocks and bit 1 70
J. T. McNiff, making rolls 2 25
J. S. Moore, ladder 10 00
J. A. McPherson, tools 1 85
Fitzhenry-Guptell Co., poles, brushes 8 20
Geo. Morse, oil 2 00
'— $298 40
Unexpended balance 1 60
148
45
16
00
es 98
00
32
20
42
65
17
86
240
00
27
00
3
60
4
80
43
88
6
25
10
00
5
79
1
00
1
00
1
00
1
48
P 4
48
$300 00
HEALTH
Appropriation $1,000 00
Paid:
C. A. Durkee, services as agent to board $58 85
Frank Farar, labor
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co.
Dr. O. L. Clark, professional services
James Kingsley, inspection
R. A. Logan, supplies
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
Katherine Larkin, nurse
Dr. E. A. Mayell, prof, services
Patrick Foley, labor
Joseph Gallant, labor
Strong & Tracey, supplies
A. W. Davis Co., coal
Dr. F. E. Tasker, prof, services
Frank S. Fearns, medicine
David Clayton, fire at dump
R. Lowden, fire at dump
T. Lowden, fire at dump
Fitzgerald Garage, gas
Acton Motor Co., repairs on pump
$764 29
Unexpended balance 235 71
$1,000 00
96
TOWN NURSE
Appropriation $2,200 00
Paid:
Lillian E. Frost, nurse $1,993 91
Acton Drug Co. 24 89
Noll Co., supplies 5 44
$2,024 24
Unexpended balance 1 75 76
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation $12,000 00
Appropriation by State under Chapter 81 5,800 00
Appropriation by State under Chapter 90 2,000 00
Appropriation by State under Chapter 90 2,000 00
Paid:
Miles Co., clean cuts $11 40
A. W. Davis Co., tools, cement, etc. 190 28
Byron Lumber Co., lime 18 45
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 1 50
Commonwealth of Mass., signs 22 50
Blanchard & Son, wood 1 0 00
Standard Oil Co., oil, asphalt 5,828 28
Mass. Broken Stone Co. 2 63
Buffalo Springfield Co., repairs 9 10
Good Roads Machinery Co., blades 9 00
Acton Motor Co., repairs 7 40
Maynard & Actor Oil Co., gas, oil 1 08 78
M. I. Houghton, lumber 1 2 66
Commonwealth of Mass., grates and
frames 10 50
E. P. Gates, drag 39 50
McPherson's, tools 2 00
Wilson Lumber Co., bricks 10 00
No. Middlesex Washed Sand & Gravel
Co. 188 01
E. P. Gates, sharpening tools 68 25
Berger Metal Culvert Co. 65 43
E. A. Commeau, sand and gravel 197 18
L. W. Perkins, gravel 265 20
Margaret Spinney, gravel 3 60
Mrs. C. Kingsley, gravel 15 75
James Kingsley, gravel 7 35
Geo. H. Reed, tools, cement 22 90
97
$2,200 00
$21,800 00
M. E. Taylor & Co., gas, oil 8 82
J. T. McNiff, sharpening 7 85
Anders Christofferson, gravel 201 15
S. E. Knowlton, gravel 111 60
Murray Brown, supervisor 150 00
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., scrapers 250 00
A. H. Perkins, express 53
C W. A.
Samuel Knowlton, gravel
A. H. Perkins, truck
Ralph Jones, truck
Carrie Kingsley, truck
Norman Perkins, truck
Clarence Robbins, truck
Hosea Gould, truck
70 80
90 00
33 00
15 00
15
15
15
00
00
00
$8,111 40
PAYROLLS
Labor
A. H. Perkins, supt.
Lossie Laird
C. DiGracamandrea
K. Batchelder
A. Jalonen
W. Blaisdell
W. Larrabee
T. Murray
F. Mauro
Wm. Charter
T. New^sham
C. Boyce
J. Beach
A. Wessels
N. DiGracamandrea
R. Gagnon
J. Gallant
L. Allard
P. Wood
O. Tuttle
Dave Hubbard
O. Nichols
P. Callan
O. Olsen
F. Chaffin
J. E. Coombs
J. Troupe
$859 80
54 40
67 20
120 60
41 60
65 60
451 20
200 20
196 20
158 40
18 20
193 80
200 60
201 80
51 20
223 80
177 80
179 40
91 80
124 80
45 40
114 20
212 80
3 20
15 60
194 80
209 40
98
E. Hurley
H. Owen
W. Kendell
A. Morrison
F. Courville
R. Penney
Geo. Rugg
A. Beach
Wm. Lawrence
W. Scanlon
A. Roberts
E.
N. Daken
L. Morse
J. Garceau
H. Conquest
P. Foley
E. Anderson
A. Dubey
J. Lemoine
E. Pederson
F. Manion
L. Tucker
J. Maguire
D. Clayton
J. Clayton
Payrolls Nos. I and 2
177 60
88 00
17 60
160 40
180 80
193 00
199 20
197 20
195 40
186 40
138 80
24 20
16 00
105 60
8 00
38 00
113 60
140 80
123 20
119 20
72 40
33 60
88 00
45 20
163 40
19 20
132 00
$7,450 60
Trucks
A. H. Perkins
$405 20
H. Gould
554 40
R. Willett
27 00
C. Robbins
1,024 30
R. Jones
1,007 10
N. Perkins
1,148 05
Mrs. C. Kingsley
1.069 55
A. Frost
299 00
J. Briggs
305 30
A. Jalonen
21 60
Payrolls Nos. 1 and 2
124 00
Total Highways
Unexpended balance
$5,985 50
$21,547 50
252 50
$21,800 00
99
NEWTOWNE ROAD
Unexpended balance
$607
77
Paid:
N. E. Fencing Co.
$255
40
L. W. Perkins, gravel
335
30
$590
70
Unexpended balance
-
17
07
$607
77
POPE ROAD
Appropriation
S2,500
00
Appropriation by State
2,500
00
Appropriation by County
2,500
00
$7,500
00
Paid:
Berger Metal Culvert Co.
$553
66
N. E. Concrete Pipe Corp.
247
58
Am. Powder Co., dynamite
29
01
Wilson Lumber Co., bricks
90
00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 10
94
Commonwealth of Mass., frames and
grates
83
16
A. W. Davis & Co., cement
38
31
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gas, oil
53
30
Geo. H. Pierce, rental for compressor
103
28
S. E. Knowlton, gravel
165
40
Standard Oil Co., oil
320
40
$K695
04
PAYROLLS
Labor
O. Tuttle
$46
40
A. H. Perkins
273
60
W. Larrabee
232
00
F. Courville
104
00
D. Clayton
81
60
P. Callan
94
40
J. Coombs
84
80
P. Wood
72
00
A. Derby
108
00
W. 1 .awrence
72
00
100
E. Hurley
K. Batchelder
E. Peterson
W. Scanlon
C. Boyce
A. Roberts
T. Murray
L. Tucker
J. Gallant
J. Conquest
R. Penney
L. Tuttle
R. Gagnon
L. Allard
J. Troupe
F. Mannion
E. Anderson
A. Beach
A. Wessels
Geo. Rugg
P. Foley
W. Charter
J. G. Maguire
A. Morrison
F. Mauro
L. Mauro
J. Beach
B. Owen
J. Murray
J. A. Garseau
A. Jolen
104
00
48
00
130
00
104
00
126
40
84
80
49
60
16
00
19
20
118
40
81
60
6
40
92
40
110
00
91
20
73
60
97
60
112
00
123
20
94
40
75
20
110
40
100
80
94
40
132
80
77
60
86
40
116
80
33
60
46
40
49
60
$3,775 60
Trucks
R. Willette
A. H. Perkins
R. Jones
H. Gould
N. Perkins
C. Kingsley
C. Robbins
Unexpended balance
$106 20
137 00
386 10
360 00
295 20
338 40
388 80
$2,011
70
$7,482
34
17
66
'
$7,500
00
101
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation $3,200 00
Paid
John Pederson, cleaning streets $2,555 30
John Pederson, salary 100 00
Good Roads Machinery 1 64 64
Payrolls (Town) 376 25
$3,196 19
Unexpended balance 3 8 1
$3,200 00
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation $3,000 00
Paid:
Edison Electric Ilium. Co. $2,958 62
Unexpended balance 41 38
$3,000 00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation $2,500 00
Received contributions 2,739 74
Transf. from Reserve Fund 1,247 82
Received refund 5 00
$6,492 56
Paid:
Orders of Board of Public Welfare $6,64 1 00
Overdraft $148.44.
STATE AID
Appropriation $600 00
Paid $400 00
Unexpended balance 200 00
$600 00
MILITARY AID
Appropriation $200 00
Unexpended balance $200 00
102
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriations $2,000 00
Paid:
Orders of Soldiers' Relief Agent $1,533 40
Unexpended balance 466 60
$2,000 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation $4,000 00
Received refund 20 00
Paid orders of Board of Pub. Welfare $3,288 22
Unexpended balance 731 78
$4,020 00
$4,020 00
EDUCATION
Appropriation $40,000 00
Paid:
School report $39,999 63
Unexpended balance 37
$40,000 00
REWIRING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Appropriation $1,100 00
Paid:
B. A. King $1,100 00
LIBRARY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation $800 00
Paid
A. F. Davis, librarian $150 00
A. F. Davis, janitor 150 00
A. F. Davis, writing cards, binding, etc. 56 17
Finney & Hoit, paper 24
Remington Rand Co., cards 4 00
Edison Electric Ilium. Co. 34 80
C. B. Robbins, insurance 49 04
103
5
00
3
00
8
00
250
18
8
35
3
20
12
00
2
35
85
2
98
O. W. Wood, putting up shelves
Wilson Lumber Co.
O. E. Houghton, transp. books
A. W. Davis Co., coal
A. W. Davis, fertilizer
E. F. Conant, labor
West and South Water Supply
Perkins & Butler, labels
Dura Binding Co.
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
Unexpended balance
BOOKS
Appropriation
Received Interest on Library Fund
Paid:
Junior Library Guild
De Wolfe Fiske & Co.
Goodspeed's Book Shop
Jean Karr
Wm. A. Wrede Co.
Geo. H. B. Turner
H. R. Hunting Co.
Literary Digest
Women's World
Rural New Yorker
N. E. Homestead
Union Library Assn.
American Library Assn.
F. E. Compton & Co.
Herman Goldberger Agency
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Overdraft .03 to be received from 1934 interest.
$200
00
345
38
$74
00
98
95
21
07
69
00
16
43
2
00
103
74
12
90
1
00
1
00
1
00
19
14
3
00
69
50
36
20
16
48
$545 38
$545 41
CEMETERIES
Appropriation $700 00
Paid:
F. W. Green, supt. $201 05
F. S. Kennedy, labor 99 30
104
D. S. Kennedy, labor
E. F. Conant, labor
Clare Milbery, labor
Howard Jones, labor
Holmerden Co.
West and South Water Supply
Worcester Lawn Mower Co., repairs
M. E. Taylor & Co., scythes
Albert Batley & Sons, flowers
Thos. Grey Co., seed
Unexpended balance
126
75
49
21
55
19
12
1
27
9
80
00
60
40
00
50
00
90
80
38
$698 73
I 27
$700 00
PERPETUAL CARE
Received interest on Blanchard Fund $25
Received interest on Cemetery Funds 1,2 76
Paid:
00
35
F. W. Green $1,25 7 35
F. W. Green, care Blanchard lot 25 00
Horace Tuttle, making reports and laying
out lots 19 00
$1,301 35
$1,301 35
HOSMER FUND
Received interest on fund
Paid:
Acton Granite Co.
Continental Nurseries
West and South Water Supply
Geo. H. Pierce, use of roller
F. W. Green, teaming loam
F. W. Green, cleaning stones
F. W. Green, labor
Fred S. Kennedy
D. S. Kennedy
Howard Jones
Wm. D. Tuttle, tractor
Horace Tuttle, revising plans
C. F. Kingsley, tram
Samuel Knowlton, gravel
Geo. H. Reed, manure
C. Robbins, truck
R. Jones, truck
$828 74
843 80
18 50
75 00
14 40
25 00
13 50
3 20
8 50
3 20
62 00
11 45
8 00
2 87
9 33
20
20
$1,954 69
105
Geo. Rugg, labor
3 20
P. Callan, labor
3 20
James Troupe, labor
3 20
Geo. Penney, labor
3 20
$1,954 69
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
Received from surplus account
Paid:
Payrolls $104 79
F. W. Green, care North Acton Cemetery 1 5 00
Thos. Grey Co., axes, saws 9 25
$129 04
$129 04
Appropriation
Transf. from Reserve fund
LIABILITY INSURANCE
$600 00
197 63
Paid:
John J. Murphy
$797 63
$797 63
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
Paid
A. R. Beach, cream
Milliard's Market
Paul's Food Shop
S. Sebastian, coffee
Edwards-Quimby Unit No. 284
Geo. Towne, flags
Lovell Bus Lines
Newton Post 48, band
First Baptist Church
O. H. Howe, flowers
Frank Price, flowers
Unexpended balance
$2,500
00
12
00
17
27
3
00
16
55
3
30
9
43
30
00
100
00
10
00
22
25
14
00
$237
12
80
20
-
$2,500
00
UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation
$400 00
106
Paid:
Mass. General Hospital
12
35
Howard Wilson, prof, services
50
00
B. A. King, wiring
7
00
Macey, clerk
15
00
W. S. Jones, nuts and bolts
1
00
Pierce's Express
1
00
So. Acton Dept. Store, flags
14
95
C. A. Durkee, bond for deputy
5
00
W. F. Davis
2
00
Horace Tuttle
5
00
Murray Brown, C.W.A. Projects
26
00
Raymond Stuart, tracings
8
00
Hobbs-Warren Co., stationery C.W.A. 1 7
50
J. J. Knight, truck, C.W.A.
16
95
O. D. Wood, care of flag
5
00
Ina Milbery, exp., C.W.A.
3
80
Murphy & Synder, bills
3
75
C. A. Durkee, salary, rent, light, etc..
as
temporary treasurer
(88
12
$382
42
Unexpended balance
17
58
$400
00
INTEREST ON NOTES AND BONDS
Appropriation
$1,800
00
Paid:
Merchant's National Bank
$1,503
70
First National Bank of Ayer
225
00
$1,728
71
70
30
Unexpended balance
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
?2,000 00
30 55
$1,800 00
$2,030 55
Paid:
First National Bank of Ayer
Hosmer Cemetery Fund
$1,630 55
400 00
$2,030 55
107
Appropriation
BONDS AND NOTES
Paid:
First National Bank of Ayer '
Middlesex County Hosp. Note $2,500 00
Merchants National Bank High School
Bonds 4,000 00
$6,500 00
$6,500 00
REVENUE LOANS
Amount outstanding, Jan. 1, 1933 $25,000 00
Received First National Bank of Ayer
Received Susan A. Hosmer Fund
Paid:
First National Bank of Ayer
Amt. outstanding, Dec. 31, 1933
80,000 00
10,000 00
$70,000 00
45.000 00
$115,000 00
$115,000 00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Transferred to Hydrant Service $24 00
Transferred to Liability Insurance 197 63
Transferred to Interest of Revenue Loans 30 55
Transferred to Public Welfare 1 ,247 82
$1,500 00
REFUNDS
Paid:
1933 Taxes
1932 Excise Taxes
1933 Excise Taxes
$11 80
10 33
99 52
$121 65
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Amt. due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1932 $49,777 29
Received State Tax 5, 1 30 00
State Audit 187 87
State Parks 9 1 7
Old Age Assistance Tax 892 00
Overlay 3,038 45
Overdrafts 1932 256 00
Town Grant 76,62 7 79
108
Added Assessment 30 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 6,978 00
County Tax 5,151 10
Paid
$148,077 67
Treasurer Cash on Hand, Dec. 31. 1932 $13,930 22
Received Interest on Taxes 2,087 87
Receipts other than Taxes 1 35,370 22
$151,388 31
$299,465 98
State Tax $5,130 00
State Audit 187 87
State Park Tax 9 17
State Bank Tax, 1930 94
State Old Age Assistance Tax 890 00
County Tax 5,151 10
County Hospital Assessment 587 48
Count/ Dog Tax 59 7 80
General Government 4,868 83
Buildinsrs and Grounds 777 39
Police ^ 2,300 00
Fire Department . 2,496 95
New Hose 300 00
Forest Fires 445 04
Moth Work 484 60
Tree Warden 298 40
Health and Sanitation 764 29
Town Nurse 2,024 24
Highways 21,547 50
Newtown Road 590 70
Snow Removal 3,196 19
Pope Road 7,482 34
Rewiring High School 1,100 00
Middlesex County Hospital Note 2,500 00
Street Lighting 2,958 62
State Aid 400 00
Soldier's Relief 1,533 40
Education 39,999 63
Library Maintenance 740 16
Library Books 545 41
Cemeteries 698 73
Cemeteries Perpetual Care 1,301 35
Cemeteries Hosmer Fund 1,954 69
Cemeteries Surplus Fund 129 04
Unclassified 382 42
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds 211 90
09
Memorial Day
237
80
Liability Insurance
797
63
Hydrants
3,078
00
Public Welfare
6,641
00
Old Age Assistance
3,288
22
Tax Titles Expense
73
46
Contra Acct.
100
00
High School Bonds
4,000
00
Interest on Notes and Bonds
1,728
70
Revenue Loans
70,000
00
Interest on Revenue Loans
2,030
55
Refunds Taxes
121
62
Commonwealth of Mass.
, Old Age T.
ax 5
00
Check Returned
3
00
Refunds License
1
00
Tax Titles
$2,083
70
Refund from State Old Age Tax
133
00
Abatements
1,078
98
Abatement Excise Tax
602
99
16
Amount due from Collector,
Dec. 31, 1933 56,835 95
Amount due from Treasurer,
Dec. 31, 1933 32,039 17
$92,773 79
$299,465 98
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
Balance, December 31,1932 $ 1 8,9 1 7 66
Surplus Revenue, 1933 3,797 01
$22,714 67
Debit
Tax Title Revenue $1,797 45
Bank and Trust Co., Tax 94
Old Age Assistance Tax 2 00
$1,800 39
Balance, December 31. 1933 $20,914 28
OVERLAYS
1931
Balance, December 31, 1932 $2,748 15
110
Debit
Abatements $809 43
Balance, December 31, 1933 $1,938 72
1932
Balance, December 31, 1932 $3,760 46
Debit
Abatements $158 64
Balance, December 31, 1933
1933
Overlay
Debit
Abatements
Refund
Balance, December 3 1 , 1933
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance, December 31, 1932
Debit
Revenue Account
Balance, December 31, 1933
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE
Balance, December 31, 1932 $4,745 85
Tax 1933 6,978 00
$1 1,723 85
Debit
Abatements $602 99
Refunds 109 85
Total Amt. Collected 1933 5,443 55
$6,156 39
$3,601 82
$3,038 45
$110 91
11 80
122 71
$2,915 74
=^LUS
$8,736 28
$1,500 00
$7,236 28
Balance, December 3 1 , 1933 $5,567 46
111
CEMETERY LAND FUND
Balance, December 31, 1932 $1,001 00
Received for lots sold in 1933 1 72 00
$1,173 00
INTEREST FROM TRUST FUNDS
Received $5,960 41
Paid to the Library and Cemetery Accounts 5,284 42
Balance, December 31, 1933, due Trust Accounts $675 99
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Year Ending December 31, 1933
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Massachusetts:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1933:
Cash Balance January 1, 1933 $13,930 22
Receipts for 1933:
Received from State Treasurer:
Department of Education
Highway Department
Highw^ay Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Department
Loss on Taxes — Reimbursement
Federal Emergency Relief Fund
Tuition of Children
Old Age Assistance
Income Tax
Corporation Tax — Business
Corporation Tax — Light and Water
Corporation Tax — R. R., Tel. & Tel.
Temporary Aid
State Aid
Veteran's Exemption
Adjustment
National Bank Tax
Trust Co., Tax
National Bank Tax, 1931
National Bank Tax, 1932
Corporation Tax — R. R., 1932
Corporation Tax — P. S., 1932
Corporation Tax — P. S., 1933
Corporation Tax — Business
Abatement Old Age Assistance
Aiding Mothers
$104
81
1,560
00
2,500
00
690
00
2,200
00
2,449
99
1,050
00
1,100
00
501
65
960
88
651
16
1,019
02
7,797
00
2,654
55
322
70
93
13
189
22
628
00
14
05
01
101
22
7
71
73
4
75
2
66
1
75
2
29
677
78
1
00
53
00
$27,339 06
115
County Treasurer:
Highways — Pope
$433 00
Highways — Pope
816 99
Highways — Main, School, Willow
900 00
Highways — Main, School, Willow
1,100 00
Dog Tax Fund
547 08
$3,797 07
$45,066 35
Miscellaneous Receipts:
Horace Tuttle, Dog Licenses
Horace Tuttle, Cemetery Lots Sold
L. E. Frost, Nurse Services
W. E. Whitcomb, Licenses
Director of Standards
Sundry Persons — Welfare Contributions
Concord Court, Fines
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Howard A. Wilson, Legacy
Fred W. Green, Cemetery Lots Sold
First Natl Bank, Interest
First Natl Bank, Ayer, Loan
First Nat'l Bank, Ayer, Loan
First Natl Bank, Ayer, Loan
First Nat'l Bank, Aver, Loan
Arthur F. Davis, Library Fines
Arthur F. Davis, Sale of Magazines
Board of Health, Nurse's Services
R. W. Hill, Tuition
Town of Boxboro, Tuition
Arthur Wayne, Rent of Hall, Town
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Note
American Tar Products, Rebate
Frank Farrar, Tax Title
Town of Concord, Land Tax
J. W. Livermore, Tax Title
Acton Agr. Asso., Gas
Fred W. Green, Rent of Lowering Device
Refund of Public Welfare, I. Tuc^ ei
Board of Health, Alcohol Licenses
W. F. Davis, Refund Old Age Ass't
Middlesex Insurance Co., Fire
F. E. Tasker, Milk Licenses
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Transfer
Wilde Memorial Fund, Transfer
Cemetery Fund, Transfer
116
$630
80
70
00
24
75
283
00
24
00
2,739
74
130
55
56
80
100
00
102
00
40
51
25,000
00
5,000
00
25,000
00
25,000
00
52
75
7
25
44
25
34
65
3,194
99
131
20
10,000
00
13
35
77
46
25
12
282
25
5
00
66
00
5
00
6
00
20
00
7
00
20
00
2,316
59
701
73
2.788
05
Blanchard Fund, Transfer
Cemetery Surplus Fund, Transfer
C. A. Diirkee, Acc't R. Penney
Sarah Reed, Town Check, S. P.
Hobbs and Warren, Town Check, S. P.
Maydale Co., Town Check, S. P.
A. Johnson, Town Check, S. P.
F. E. Billin<?s, Town Check, S. P.
Webster Pub. Co., Town Check, S. P.
A. W. Davis Co., Town Check, S. P.
25
00
129
04
3
00
20
00
12
76
2
25
1
00
1
96
29
96
11
33
$104,237
09
Received of Chas. A. Durkee, Collector:
Interest, 1930
Town Taxes, 1931
Excise Taxes, 1931
Town Taxes, 1932
Excise Taxes, 1932
Town Taxes, 1933
Excise Taxes, 1933
$13
13,995
1.363
14,601
1,137
55,044
3,274
56
23
46
93
72
64
38
Total Receipts
$89,430 92
$238,734 36
Payments, 193 3
Selectmen's Orders (Hoit)
$6,679 49
(Durkee)
22,384 50
(Soar)
172,029 93
State Taxes
5,327 98
Transferred to Public Welfare (Durkee
Account)
270 29
Protested Check, Nurse's Services
3 00
$206,695 19
Cash Balance, December 31, 1933
$32,039 17
NOTE: Check received from Bonding Company is not
included in itemized receipts. The amount of the in-
debtedness included in Cash Balance 1/1/33 Due
Cemetery Funds $675.00 overdraw Pept. Care.
WM. HENRY SOAR,
reasurer.
117
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Anticipation Revenue Note 135, Due July 25, 1934 $10,000 00
Anticipation Revenue Note 137, Due Oct. 11, 1934 10,000 00
Anticipation Revenue Note 1 38, Due June 21,1934 25,000 00
High School Bonds, Due 1934 to 1945 33,000 00
County Hospital Note 12 7. Due 1934 2,500 00
ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Balance, January 1, 1933:
Principal Fund
Unexpended Balance
Received Interest:
Worcester North Savings
Waltham Savings
East Cambridge Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Lowell Savings Inst.
Andover Savings
North Middlesex Savings
Lawrence Savings
Athol Savings
Amherst Savings
Middlesex Inst. Savings
Worcester Five Cent
Marlboro Savings
Assabet Inst. Savings (income)
North Middlesex Savings (income)
$25,000
00
2,301
44
$26
25
70
00
70
00
70
00
60
00
70
00
35
00
34
98
35
00
35
00
35
00
35
00
35
00
11
83
75
$27,301 44
623 8
$27,925 25
Balance. December 31, 1933
Amherst Savings Bank
Middlesex Inst, for Savings
Worcester Five Cent
Lowell Inst, for Savings
Waltham Savings Bank
Worcester North Savings
Lawrence Savings Bank
Charlestown Five Cent
Marlborough Savings Bank
East Cambridge Savings
Andover Savings Bank
North Middlesex Savings
$2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
1.000
00
2.000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
2,000
00
118
Athol Savings Bank
Hudson Savings Bank
North Middlesex Savings (income)
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1933
2,000 00
1,000 00
529 60
$26,529 60
1,395 65
$27,925 25
WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.
CEMETERY FUNDS
Balance, January 1, 1933
$35,607
21
Unexpended Balance
5,602
99
Received for Perpetual Care:
George Knowlton, Mt. Hope
$100
00
S. P. Morton and Clara Murphy, Woodlawn 1 25
00
Frank Pratt, Woodlawn
100
00
Plimy George, Mt. Hope
75
00
Katharine M. Harris, Woodlawn
100
00
Wm. H. Wood, Woodlawn
100
00
Lewis Wood, Woodlawn
100
00
Ellis Wetherbee, Mt. Hope
100
00
Received Interest:
Worcester North Savings
$52
50
Warren Inst. Savings
66
00
Boston Five Cent
60
00
East Cambridge Savings
70
00
Charlestown Five Cent
105
00
Charlestown Five Cent
10
50
Charlestown Five Cent
8
76
Suffolk Savings
90
00
Home Savings
35
00
Athol Savings
18
37
Worcester Five Cent
26
25
Marlborough Savings
17
50
West and South Water Bonds
138
00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
50
31
Middlesex Inst. Savings (income)
1
99
North Middlesex Savings
41
27
Assabet Inst. Savings (income)
195
91
$41,210 20
$800 00
$987 36
$42,997 56
119
Balance, December 31, 1933:
Middlesex Inst. Savings $3,225 41
Charlestown Five Cent 1,500 00
Boston Five Cent Savings 2,000 00
Warren Inst. Savings 2,200 00
Worcester Five Cent Savings 1,500 00
Worcester North Savings 2,000 00
Marlborough Savings 1,000 00
East Cambridge Savings 2,000 00
Suffolk Savings 3,000 00
Home Savings 1,000 00
Maynard Trust Co. 3,228 96
Hudson Savings 2,400 00
Charlestown Five Cent 300 00
Charlestown Five Cent 250 00
Charlestown Five Cent 1,500 00
Athol Savings 1,050 00
Central Savings 1,000 00
North Middlesex Savings 3,490 45
Assabet Inst. Savings 3,035 64
Middlesex Inst. Savings (in-^oiTie) 921 15
West and South Water Bonds 3,300 00
Transfer to Cemetery Surplus (32) 307 90
Transfer to Town Account 2,788 05
NOTE: Due from Town Account $675.00 overdraw
on Perpetual Care.
West and South Water Bond redeemed, funds de-
posited in the Middlesex Inst, for Savings ($300.00)
$42,997 56
WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.
LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND
Balance, January 1, 1933
Received Interest:
Warren Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Charlestown Five Cent
Massachusetts Savings
$1 26
8 31
3 20
35 09
$1,406 72
$47 86
$1,454 58
120
I
Balance, December 31, 1933:
Warren Inst. Savings $86 1 6
Charlestown Five Cent 244 29
Charlestown Five Cent 94 53
Massachusetts Savings 1,004 60
$1,429 58
Transfer to Town Account 25 00
$1,454 58
WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.
CEMETERY SURPLUS FUND
Balance, January 1, 1933 $996 00
Received Interest:
Assabet Inst. Savings
Transfer from Cemeter}/^ Funds
Balance, December 31, 1933
Transfer to Town Account
WM. HENRY SOAR. Treasurer.
19TH OF APRIL FUND
Balance, January 1, 1933 $238 18
Received Interest:
Middlesex Inst. Savings 8 39
37
307
83
90
$1,341
73
$1,212
129
69
04
$1,341
73
$246 57
Balance, December 31, 1933:
Middlesex Inst. Savings $246 57
WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer,
121
FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance, January 1, 1933
Received Interest:
Middlesex Inst. Savings
$500 27
17 66
$517 93
Balance, December 31, 1933
Paid Trustee's Order
$501 43
16 50
$517 93
WM. HENRY SOAR. Treasurer. \
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Balance, January 1, 1933:
Principal Fund
Minnie Davis Fund
Received Interest:
Charlestown Five Cent
Home Savings
West Shore R. R. Bond
Cambridg'e Savings
Maynard Trust (income)
Balance, December 31, 1933
Middlesex Inst. Savings
Warren Inst. Savings
Middlesex Inst. Savings
Lowell City Inst. Savings
Home Savings
Massachusetts Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Cambridge Savings
Maynard Trust (income)
Cambridge Savings
West Shore R. R. Bond
$13,972
92
300
00
$14,272
92
$105
00
y ^
35
00
20
00
35
28
26
71
221
99
y 7
$14,494
91
$1,000
00
2,000
00
817
00
1,000
00
1,000
00
1,000
00
3,000
00
2,016
90
659
28
300
00
1,000
00
122
Transfer to Town Account (1932) 356 05
Transfer to Town Account (1933) 345 68
$14,494 9
WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.
ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance, August 1, 1933
Received Interest:
Middlesex Inst. Savings
Balance, December 31, 1933:
Middlesex Inst. Savings $237 06
$235
00
2
06
$237
06
WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.
SUSAN NO YES HOSMER CEMETERY FUND
Balance, January 1, 1933
Principal Fund
Unexpended Balance
Received Interest:
Town of Acton on Notes
Worcester North Savings
Waltham Savings
Lexington Savings
Charlestown Five Cent
Farmer's and Mechanics
Winchendon Savings
Medford Savings
Andover Savings
North Middlesex Savings
Athol Savings
Arlington Five Cent
Springfield Inst. Savings
Lynn Five Cent
Middlesex Savings
Leominster Savings
Franklin Savings
$82,238
95
141
31
^82 380 26
$400
00
78
75
175
00
90
00
175
00
175
00
175
00
105
00
105
00
52
48
52
50
87
50
52
50
43
75
56
66
52
50
52
50
123
Cambridge Savings
43
75
Springfield Five Cent
87
50
\
Hudson Savings
70
00
Marlborough Savings
52
50
Middlesex Inst. Savings (income)
27
16
2,210
05
$84,590
31
Balance, December 31, 1933:
Waltham Savings
$2,000
00
Worcester North Savings
3,000
00
Charlestown Five Cent
5,000
00
Springfield Inst. Savings
3,000
00
Medford Savings
3,000
00
Franklin Savings
3,000
00
Athol Savings
3,000
00
Marlborough Savings
3,000
00
Leominster Savings
3,000
00
Andover Savings
3,000
00
Arlington Savings
4,000
00
Lexington Savings
3,000
00
Winchendon Savings
5,000
00
Farmer s and Mechanic s
5,000
00
Lynn Five Cent
2,500
00
Cambridge Savings
2,500
00
Hudson Savings
3,000
00
Middlesex Institution
3,238
95
North Middlesex Savings
2,999
96
Note, Town of Acton
10,000
00
Note, Town of Acton
10,000
00
Middlesex Inst. Savings, balance
34
77
$82,273
68
04
Federal Bank Tax
Transfer to Town Account ( 1 932)
$361
90
Transfer to Town Account (1933)
1,954
69
$2,316
59
$84,590
31
Note Due from Tow^n General Cash $0.99.
WM. HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.
124
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer and
Collector of Taxes of the Town of Acton and have found them
correct to the best of my knowledge. Notices w^ill be mailed to the
delinquent taxpayers.
HOWARD L. JONES,
Town Accountant.
125
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTION
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1 933
The Kennison Print
Ayer, Mass.
1934
ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Dr. Randall Woodworth, Chairman
Mrs. Frank Price
Mrs. Aibertie Mead
Mr. Arthur \^hitcomb
Mrs. Oliver Wood
Mr. Forrest Bean
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
expires
1936
1935
1936
1934
1934
1935
South Acton, Mass.
Superintendent
John F. Hough
Office— High School Building. Tel. 1 1 0
Schcol Physician, Dr. Ernest A. Maxell, Acton; School Nurse, Miss
Lillian Frost, North Acton; Attendance Officer, Michael Foley, South
Acton.
School Calendar
January 8, 1934 — All schools reopened.
February 21, 1934 — All schools close.
February 26, 1934 — All schools reopen.
April 13, 1934 — All schools close.
April 23, 1934 All schools reopen.
May 30, 1934 — Memorial Day; no school.
June 8, 1934 — Grades I to VIII, inclusive, close.
June 22, 1934 — High School closes.
June 25, 1934 — Graduation.
September 4, 1934 — High School reopens.
September 10, 1934 — Grades I to VIII, inclusive, reopen.
November 28, 1934 — All schools close.
December 3, 1934 — All schools reopen.
December 21, 1934 — All schools close.
January 7, 1935 — All schools reopen.
Legal Holidays
January 1 , February 22, April 1 9, May 30, July 4, first Monday of
September, October 1 2, November 1 1 , Thanksgiving Day, Christ-
mas Day (the day following when any of those mentioned occurs
on Sunday).
Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April, and is not a legal
holiday.
Flag Day falls on June 1 4, and is not a legal holiday. It should be
observed by proper exercises by any school in session on that day.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL— Time: 7:30 A. M.
Acton Center and South Acton 2-2-2-2 blasts
West Acton 1 - 1 blasts
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DECEMBER 31, 1933
Center School:
Ella Miller
Ruth Brennan
Gertrude Puhakka
App.
Where Educated
Home Address
1896 Framingham Normal Acton
1931 Lowell Normal Lowell
1931 Fitchburg Normal Fitchburg
Soulh School:
Julia McCarthy
Florence Merriam
Jessie Kinnevan
1906 Fitchburg Normal
1927 Fitchburg Normal
1929 Worcester Normal
South Acton
South Acton
Worcester
West School:
Harriet Suchovsky
Elise Dickerman
Madeline AUard
1929 Framingham Normal Clinton
1926 Fitchburg Normal Ayer
1928 Lowell Normal Lowell
High School Building:
Marion Towne 1921
MaryStolte 1931
Marjorie Jones 1931
Barbara Douglass 1931
Elsie Bixby 1927
Edith Ames 1928
Margaret Boornazian 1929
Walter Holt 1928
Robert Dolan 1930
Henry Hopkinson 1930
John Hough 1927
Smith College
Middlebury College
Simmons College
Univ. of Vermont
Framingham Normal
Boston University
Simmons College
Boston University
Dartmouth College
Clark University
Northeastern Law
Middlebury, Harvard,
Colgate
Concord
Brattleboro, Vt.
South Acton
Winchester, N. H.
Woodville
Melrose
Methuen
South Acton
Marlboro
West Acton
South Acton
Supervisor of Manual Training:
George Braman Wentworth Institute Acton
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Acton:
The School Committee presents herewith its annual report to-
gether with the report of the Superintendent, w^hich has the approval
of the Committee, and is recommended for your study and atten-
tion.
The school system has functioned fairly normally during the past
year. The pared appropriation hindered somewhat, but the C.W.A.
came to our assistance. Work which we normally would have had
to do out of our ow^n appropriation has been taken care of by
that bit of legislation, a help to the tow^nspeople as well as ourselves.
The high school building has been thoroughly painted inside, which
is quite refreshing. The leaking walls have been thoroughly calked
and waterproofed, which will be a great benefit to the structure.
These projects were absolutely done of necessity, and would have
cost the town in the vicinity of two thousand dollars, whereas, its cost
to the town for part of the material was approximately two hundred
eighty dollars.
Music and draw^ing have been taken from the schedule due to lack
of funds. Reinstatement of the two subjects is a hope of the Com-
mittee as well as many of the parents.
At our last meeting, before this writing, the Committee spent prac-
tically the entire evening estimating for the coming year. After de-
ducting fixed charges and practicing economies in every way, a vote
was passed unanimously to ask the town for $41 ,500, to carry on for
the ensuing year — which we hope will be granted.
Record, the Committee is w^orking for you and your schools, and
at no time is there a trace of selfishness involved. Give this problem
of running your schools some serious thought and support our war-
ranted needs at Town Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
R. N. WOODWORTH, Chairman.
COMPARISON OF COSTS FOR OPERATING
ACTON SCHOOLS
Massachusetts School Fund:
Part I
Part II
State Wards
1933
1932
1931
1930
,885 00
$3,530 00
$3,736 00
$3,610 00
None
1,879 92
1,565 07
1,909 84
651 16
801 77
580 58
151 76
Total from State $4,536 16
Out-of-town tuition * 3,229 64
Total $7,765 80
Expended from appropriation 39,999 63
$6,211
1,692
69
01
$7,903
42,999
70
13
$5,881
2,486
65
15
$8,367
44,863
80
47
$5,671
2,670
60
15
$8,341
44,534
75
21
Net cost to town $32,233 83 $35,095 43 $36,495 67 $36,192 46
Appropriation $40,000 00 $43,000 00 $45,000 00 $45,000 00
Special appropriation 1,100 00 3.500 00
*$979.02 for 1932 tuition
ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES FOR 1934
General Control:
Superintendent's Salary $2,000 00
Secretary 5 72 76
Telephone 50 00
Other office expenses 20 24
$2,643 00
Ejcpenses of Instruction:
High School Principal $1,200 00
Supervisors 900 00
High School Teachers 10,300 00
Elementary Teachers 14,227 00
High School Textbooks 400 00
Elementary Textbooks 400 00
High School Stationery and Supplies 250 00
Elementary Stationery and Supplies 250 00
27,927 00
Expenses of Operation:
High School Janitor $1,300 00
High School Fuel 800 00
^Miscellaneous, electricity, etc. 450 00
Elementary Janitors 2,078 00
Elementary Fuel 1,000 00
^Miscellaneous, electricity, etc. 300 00
5,928 00
Maintenance and repairs $500 00 500 00
Transportation 4,000 00 4,000 00
Health 200 00 200 00
^Miscellaneous, census, inspections, etc. 302 00 302 00
$41,500 00
*See itemized report.
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
General Control
Salary and other expenses of Superintendent $2,643 1 2
Elxpenses of Instruction
Salaries of Teachers and Supervisors:
Elementary
High School
Principal of High School
Supervisors
High School Textbooks
Elementary Textbooks
High School stationery and supplies
Elementary stationery and supplies
Total Expenses of Instruction
Expenses of Operation
High School:
Wages and Janitor $1,300 00
Fuel 618 26
Miscellaneous 431 33
$14,167 30
10,240 00
1,200 00
477 95
26,085
975
25
99
$285 03
248 00
252 59
190 37
$27,061
24
ementary:
South
West
Center
Wages of Janitor
$722 00
$684 00
$672 00
2,078
00
Fuel
261 35
298 00
244 17
803
52
Miscellaneous
75 35
72 58
89 52
237
45
$1,058 70 $1,054 58 $1,005 69 $3,118 97
Total High and Elementary Operating Expense $5,468 56
Maintenance and Repairs
High School
Elementary
South
$25 27
West
$46 48
Center
$24 20
$298 29
95 95
Total Maintenance and Repairs $394 24
Auxilisury Agencies
Health $200 00
Transportation 4,000 00
Libraries 7 00
Tuition 183 62
Miscellaneus ' 41 85
$4,432 47
Total Expended 39,999 63
Unexpended Balance 37
$40,000 00
Special Appropriation for Electrical Wiring 1,100 00
PAID FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1933
General Control
Superintendent, Salary
$2,000
00
Secretary
572
76
Office Expenses:
N. E. Tel. and Tel. Company
47
86
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
acc't paper
8
34
Bostitch Sales Co., staplers
5
55
School Service Co., office record
cards
3
11
Murphy & Snyder, mark sheets
5
50
Total General Control
$2,643 12
Expenses of Instruction
Supervisor's Salary, Music $240 00
Supervisor's Salary, Drawing 1 68 00
Supervisor's Salary and Expenses,
Manual Training 69 95
477 95
Principal's Salary, High School 1,200 00
High School Teachers' Salaries:
Henry Hopkinson $2,000 00
Walter Holt 1,800 00
Robert Dolan 1,400 00
Elsie Bixby I 1,700 00
Margaret Boornazian 1,500 00
Barbara Douglass 1,140 00
Edith Ames, part 700 00
10,240 00
Elementary Teachers' Salaries:
Marion Towne
$1,350 00
Mary Stolte
1,000 00
Marjorie Jones, part
477 30
Edith Ames, part
700 00
Ella Miller
1,370 00
Ruth Brennan
980 00
Gertrude Puhakka
935 00
Julia McCarthy
1,400 00
Jessie Kinnevan
1,100 00
Florence Merriam
1,250 00
Harriet Suchovsky
1,300 00
Elise Dickerman
1.200 00
Madeline Allard
1,050 00
Flora B. Reed, substitute
55 00
High School Textbooks: i
D. C. Heath & Company
$44 48
Ginn & Company
12 08
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
22 36
Noble & Noble
5 72
Benj. H. Sanborn & Company
49 97
South-Western Publishing Co.
15 32
Gregg Publishing Co.
2 36
The Macmillan Company
86 91
Allyn & Bacon
27 48
Henry Holt & Company
4 56
Iroquois Publishing Co.
10 47
John C. Winston Company
3 32
Elementary Textbooks:
Welles Publishing Company $26 38
Houghton Mifflin Company 1 20
Arlo Publishing Company 7 98
14,167 30
$285 03
The Macmillan Company
World Book Company
Ginn 6c Company
American Book Company
Scott, Foresman & Company
Silver, Burdett & Company
Milton Bradley Company
John C. Winston Company
High School Stationery and Supplies:
Boston Music Company
Royal Typewriter Co., platen knob
South-Western Publishing Co.,
Practice sets, bookkeeping paper
John C. Winston, business forms and
record books
Murphy & Snyder, science paper and
report cards
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc., paper,
pencils, and envelopes
Vannah Lithograph Co., diplomas
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies, paper
Wilbur D. Gilpatric, paper
Ginn & Company, blank books
Perkins & Butler, mimeograph paper
Gledhill Brothers, pencils
Elementary Stationery and Supplies:
American Book Company,
arithmetic workbooks $6 2 7
Ditto Inc., seat work, ink 6 91
Edward E. Babb & Company, Inc.,
seat work, inkwell tops, other supplies 67 22
Boston Music Company 56
J. L. Hammett Company,
arithmetic paper, flag 44 60
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber
for Manual Training 9 63
Baker & Taylor Co., Economy Writing Pads 3 16
Dura Binding Co., rebound books 35 76
Murphy & Snyder, report cards 6 00
Gledhill Bros., pencils 7 96
A. W. Davis Co., Manual Training supplies 2 30
20
35
13
98
48
19
12
34
55
61
56
68
3
79
1
50
$7
55
25
13
94
10
02
13
75
53
19
38
05
85
07
5
63
5
55
11
63
7
96
248 00
252 59
$190 37
High School Operating Expenses
Daniel MacDougall, Janitor
David Clayton, Janitor substitute
Norman Perkins, Janitor substitute
A. W. Davis Co., coal, turpentine, vice, si
Boston Consolidated Gas Co.
John Dunivan, refill chemicals
West Disinfecting Co., paper towels
Maydale Spring Co., distilled water
C. B. Dolge Co., ban, Alta-Co
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, corner irons
Finney & Hoit, cord
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
West & South Water Supply
Masury- Young, myco gloss, spray oil
Dallman Company, mops, cleaning cloths
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc., Dri-Brite
Strong & Tracy, fly hangers
MacPherson's Hardware, lock spindles
A. P. W. Paper Company, toilet cabinets, paper
Gledhill Bros., irons, hinges, braces, penci
American Brush Co., Inc., floor brushes
$1,279
00
3
00
18
00
ovel 621
45
38
05
3
00
49
40
2
25
25
15
1
60
1
92
138
00
24
57
62
30
15
58
11
75
1
20
1
00
paper 9
90
ils 33
02
9
45
$2,349 59
Elementary Operating Elxpense
South
West
Center
Janitor
$722
00
$684
00
$672
00
$2,078
00
Fuel
261
35
296
00
244
17
803
52
$983
35
$982
00
$916
17
$2,881
52
'
Miscellaneous
South
West
Center
C. B. Dodge Co., ban
$4
09
$4
08
$4
08
Edison Electric 111. Co.
19
50
15
00
15
30
A. W. Davis Co., glass
, etc.
10
65
John Dunivan, refill
chemicals
1
00
1
00
1
00
West Disinfecting Co.
24
70
24
70
24
70
West & South Water
12
45
17
15
35
04
E. P. Gates, repairs
1
00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber
1
40
J. Pederson, sand
3
00
Frank E. Fitts, broom
1
66
E. S. Fobes, janitor work
4
00
10
Geo. H. Reed, brooms 2 1 0
L. C. Hastings, janitor 9 85
$75 35 $72 58 $89 52 237 45
Total Elementary Operating Expense $3,1 18 97
High School Maintenance and Repairs
Albert E.Sims $11 64
Benj. Sawyer 2 80
Allen Chair Company, desk boards 10 80
Typewriter Maintenance Co. 40 32
IdealMetal Weather Strip Co., calking 62 50
West Disinfecting Co., porofil 31 50
Standard Office Machine Co., repair
mimeograph 24 00
James N. Berry & E. H. Hollowell 62 82
William B. Holt 26 32
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, desk flats 18 15
L. T. Fullonton, rent for staging and equipment 6 00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co. 1 44
$298 29
Elementary Maintenance and Repairs
Albert E. Sims
Benjamin Sawyer
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins,
Hektograph
W. B. Holt
E. R. Sanborn
O. D. Wood
Acton Motor Co.
J. W. Livermore
W. F. Blaisdell
South West Center
$2 80
$4 00
6
15
26
01
$41
5
48
00
10 40
1 00
5 00
5 00
$25 27 $46 48 $24 20
$95 95
Total High and Elementary Maintenance and Repairs $394 24
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Health
Dr. Ernest Mayell, examinations in high and
elementary schools
$200 00
11
Transportation
A. W. Davis 4,000 00
Library
National Geographic Society, magazine $6 00
R. H. Hinkley Co., supplement for
Doubleday 1 00
7 00
Tuition
City of Somerville $ I 5 38
City of Lowell 161 44
City of Worcester 6 80
183 62
Miscellaneous Elxpenses
Laffin's Bedford Express $4 00
C. C. Cullinane, express 35
Lyle Reynolds, sand 1 00
Jesse A. Briggs, sand I 50
Louisa N. Wood, school census 30 00
Commissioner of Public Safety,
boiler inspection 5 00
41 85
$4,432 47
Total Expended $39,999 63
Unexpended balance 37
Special Appropriation for Electrical Wiring 1 , 1 00 00
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Report of the School Superintendent
To the School Committee and Voters of Acton:
Herewith is submitted the fourth annual report as Superintendent
of Schools, and Principal of the High School, of the present incum-
bent. Last year there was appended to this report some comparative
statistics and computations which showed that it had cost about 37
cents a day per child, to educate children in Acton during the year
1932. This year there has been an increase in enrollment, making
the total 525, as against 5 1 0 of last year. With this increased enroll-
ment we have had a decreased appropriation, $40,000.00 as against
$43,000.00 of last year. I should like to reiterate here, the state-
ment made in the last previous superintendent's report, that there
is a figure for the cost of education below which it is dangerous to go.
Because of the reduction in appropriation for schools, we have
had to eliminate from our regular curriculum music and art, and we
started the year with no supervisor in manual training. But George
Braman very generously offered to do that work with the boys free
gratis. He has the training and experience that fit him admirably
for that position, and 1, for one, feel that he has taken a load from
my shoulders. I hope that the town may find some way to reward
such public-spirited service.
It is, probably, false economy to eliminate music and art from our
program. No one can truthfully deny that there exists today among
us, a new and changing social order. It is just as foolish to think
that the old order of education can function properly and effectively
in this new social order as it is to think that a man could travel from
Acton to his work in Boston every day with a horse and buggy. But
many do drive there every day in an automobile.
The first high schools, which grew out of the private secondary
schools or academies some fifty years ago, had a very definite aim.
That aim was neither education nor training. It was preparation
for college. The majority of boys of secondary school age were at
work. The minority were in high schools or academies preparing
for college, where they would, in turn, prepare for some profession.
Today the situation is vastly different. Then, only the pick of the
young were going to high schools; today, those w^ho come to high
school vary greatly in scholarly ability, and at least fifty per cent of
them, under conditions w^hich obtained fifty years ago, would not
be in school at all, but to work. Our changing social order has taken
13
away that work now, and it is my belief that education in high schools
has not sufficiently met the need in its curricula to replace it. A very
small percentage of our graduates from secondary schools will read
history or do algebra or arithmetic or read the classics, but all will
read newspapers and magazines and go to the theatres. They will
have homes to decorate and make beautiful, and all of them will
play some musical instrument. Ail will listen to music by means of
the radio or what not. Thus music and art take their places with the
other subjects that we teach in high schools. The least that w^e can
do for the many whom the changing social order has brought to our
schools is to give them some subjects that will be of immediate use
to them, and furnish some mental satisfaction to them w^hen their
right to work has been taken away by machines.
In the hour of need the teachers, the janitors, and also Mr. Davis,
who has the contract for transporting school children, did their share,
by contributing a part of their salaries to the Welfare Department of
the town. It is to be hoped that under present conditions, when our
Government is putting forth so much effort to put people back to
work, to raise the prices of commodities, etc., these people will at
least be kept to their former status. The total of this contribution,
amounted to about $2200.00, and therefore decreased the sum ap-
propriated for the use of schools a corresponding amount, because
the School Department had to pay all employees the full amount of
their salaries, after which, amounts contributed were deducted from
the individual checks. Thus, in reality the sum of money that the
School Department had to operate with amounted to that much less
than the actual $40,000.00 appropriated, or $37,800.00. The town
was reimbursed this past year on account of tuitions, and returns
from the State Department, $7765.80. 1 think that it is not generally
understood that the town receives about $8,000.00 each year from
the sources above mentioned, but that the same is not available for
the use of the schools. It is, however, available for the use of the
town. It is money earned by the schools of the town, a cash return
for an investment made by the tow^n. And when an appropriation
for schools is under consideration it ought to be understood that ap-
proximatelv the above enumerated sum will be returned from those
sources. It will cost no less this year to operate the schools than it did
last year, for prices of school supplies and books have increased, as
have practically all other prices.
But it may be a pleasant change to turn from the financial side to
other features of the school. Budgets, and cuts, and raises do not
alter to a very great extent the human material that teachers have to
work with. The young are still tliere before us to be developed in
such way as we can develop them, in spite of the Gold Standard or
N.R.A. And in the Acton schools we have all tried to function as
normally as has been possible in these abnormal times.
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At the last graduation it was gratifying to see so many turn out at
the Town Hall, where the exercises were held for the first time. We
had twenty-eight in that graduating class, seven of whom had had a
rating of over eighty in their four years' work. In this year's gradu-
ating class, that of June, 1 934, we have to date five who have a four-
year rating of over eighty-five, and three more who have a four-year
rating of over eighty. The valedictorian has a rating of ninety-five,
which would be an unusual record in any school. Of course these
marks do not mean so much as some seem to think, but they serve
as indicators for comparison. I could point to two members of the
graduating class, especially, who are w^hat I consider excellent types
of a well balanced life, a girl and a boy. In speaking of these I do not
in any way detract from the excellence of others who deserve com-
mendation. Rather do I indicate an elevation of the w^hole class in
the praise of these two, for association with them cannot but make a
group better. The girl is one of the most excellent scholars 1 have
ever seen, having reached for her four-year average the highest rating
ever reached in our high school. Besides this, she is a girl of fine per-
sonality and poise, is one of our best representatives in sports, and is
also active in social affairs, such as girls' clubs, church organizations,
etc. She is alw^ays pleasant, even-tempered, and alert, and has the
respect of all her classmates and schoolmates, a credit to any school.
The latter characteristics are also outstanding in the boy. In the
case of most pupils there are at least some teachers who can and do
find qualities, usually of personality and of temperament, which they
consider detrimental to the w^hole rounded life of the individual.
But in this case the person in question, while not quite up to the high
level in scholarship of his feminine classmate, has an equal amount of
equilibrium and poise. He has played an important part in all
three of the major sports in high school, and has always been co-
operative with teachers and supervisors in whatever way he could.
The town of Acton can well be proud of such graduates from its
high school, and whether or not they make their mark in what the
world generally calls success, one can be assured that they w^ill do the
right and honorable thing in an efficient manner.
It has been the effort of the school management to use the facili-
ties at hand to give the pupils w^ho attend the schools of the town
the broadest education possible and the kind best suited to develop
well balanced and rounded lives. In doing such a thing it is quite as
necessary to provide for physical recreation as for mental effort.
The time is at hand when education must provide its devotees with
w^ays and means to use their enforced leisure time. It is not enough
to while away idle hours in malicious thought and gossip. The
minds of high school graduates, w^ho w^ill find increasingly more time
on their hands in the new social order, must have sown w^ithin them
seeds that will germinate into healthy ideals and ideas, not only of
work, but of play and of beauty.
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Quite as important as history, algebra, Latin, and other foreign
languages in our curriculum, are music, especially instrumental, art,
physical education and games, wood working hobbies, animal hob-
bies, etc. To the extent that a school can incorporate these and
similar courses in its program, to the same extent can it consider
itself as preparing its graduates to meet conditions in the peculiar
world situation that obtains after today's graduation is over.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. HOUGH, Superintendent.
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Report of Domestic Science Teacher
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
In the Eighth Grade Sewing Class there are thirty-two pupils.
Three projects have been planned — a slip, pair of pajamas, and a
school dress. These three articles, in the process of making, will in-
clude all the fundamental stitches and seams, and the proper use of
the sewing machine. Twenty-three garments have been finished to
date. When these articles are finished, special lessons on darning,
household mending, and sewing will be given.
Those pupils who neglect to bring their sewing are given material
to practice stitches, and they also hem dish cloths.
One afternoon a week, after school, has been spent in teaching
plain knitting.
There are three classes of Cooking. A great deal of responsibil-
ity is given these classes, for after they have completed their indi-
vidual cooking, they must prepare the luncheon and cafeteria table
for serving — each and every girl having special work to do. More
difficult dishes to prepare are given the Eighth Grade Cooking
Classes.
The Cafeteria is self-supporting and has the following report
to make:
Cash on hand, January 1, 1933 $20 71
Total sales for fiscal year 1 , 1 00 17
Cost of supplies $1,097 70
Cash on hand, December 31,1933 23 18
$1,120 88 $1,120 88
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH M. AMES.
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Report of the School Physician
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my annual report as school physician.
Physical examinations were completed in October.
There have been no serious outbreaks of any contagious diseases,
and the general physical health has been very good.
The improvement in the posture of the pupils of the High and
Junior High Schools has been very noticeable, and I think physical
training has done much to bring this about.
I wish again to thank the Superintendent, teachers, and nurse for
their valuable assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
' E. A. MAYELL, M. D.
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Report of School Nurse
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
The Physical Examinations for the year were completed by the
School Physician during October, with the following result:
Total number of examinations by Doctor 545
Defects found:
Tonsils and Adenoids 46
Glands 1 69
Poor posture 1 1 8
Teeth 210
Heart (irregularities) 1 8
Report of school examinations during the school year by school
nurse:
Special examinations 1 809
Simple dressings 103
Sanitary inspection of all buildings 1 08
Home visits 289
Individual instruction 1 76
Pupils excluded because of communicable diseases 5 7
Pupils taken home ill 1 8
Pupils taken to the eye specialists 8
Pupils taken to the dentist 1 6
There w^ere twenty-seven children examined at the pre-school con-
ference in May. Fourteen others were examined by their family
physician, leaving only a very small number of the children entering
school in September that had not received a thorough physical ex-
amination before school started. Many defects found w^ere cor-
rected before school opened. In this way our children are getting a
better start.
Two children were sent to Camp Virginia in Bolton. Both chil-
dren showed marked improvement. Tliis was made possible by our
Tuberculosis Seal Sale.
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. FROST, R. N.
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Index
Accountant ----- 89
Auditor ----- 125
Appointments by Selectmen - - . 4
Assessors ----- 70
Board of Health ----- 75
Cemetery Commissioners - - * - - 52
Finance Committee - - - - 29
Fire Department - - - - 73
Forest Warden ----- 74
Goodnow Fund ----- 76
Health Nurse ----- 75
Inspector of Animals - - - - 68
Inspector of Slaughtering - - - - 76
Jury List - - - - - 6
Librarian's Report - - - - 77
Old Age Assistance - - - - 33
Police Department - - - - 65
Public Welfare ----- 32
Selectmen's Report - - - 31
Special Election, June 13, 1933 - - - 39
State Audit - - - - - 10
Superintendent of Streets - - - 69
Tax Collector ----- 71
1 own Clerk ----- 41
Births - - - - - 42
Deaths ----- 46
Dog Licenses - - - - - 49
Marriages - - • - 44
Non-Resident Burials - - - - 47
Town Meetings ----- 34
Annual Meeting - - - - 35
Special Town Meeting, January 4, 1933 - - 34
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Town Officers
Town Warrant
Treasurer
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Cemetery Funds
Elizabeth White Fund
Firemen's Relief Fund
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Nineteenth of April Fund
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
Wilde Library Fund
3
7
115
123
119
118
122
120
121
123
122
SCHOOL REPORT
Comparison of Cost
5
Domestic Science - - - -
17
Estimates for 1934
5
Legal Holidays - - - -
2
Organization . - . .
2
School Calendar - - - -
2
School Committee - - - -
4
School Nurse - - - .
19
School Physician - - - - -
18
Summary of Expenses . - . .
6
Superintendent . . - . .
13
Teachers . - . . .
3
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31
1934
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31
1934
Town Officers, 1934
Moderator
Albert P. Durkee
Selectmen
Howard J. Billings Term expires 1935
Waldo E. Whitcomb Term expires 1936
George S. Braman Term expires 1937
Town Clerk
Horace F. Tuttle
Town Treasurer
William Henry Soar
Assessors
Albert P. Durkee Term expires 1935
Henry L. Haynes Term expires 1936
Warren H. Jones Term expires 1937
Collector of Taxes
Charles A. Durkee
Tree Warden
James J. Knight
Board of Public Welfare (One Year)
Carl E. Backman Bertram D. Hall
George A. Richardson
Constables
George A. Braman Charles A. Durkee
Michael Foley Allan B. Frost
Cemetery Commissioners
Fred W. Green Term expires 1935
Wendell F. Davis Term expires 1936
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1937
School Committee
Forrest E. Bean Term expires 1935
Louise M. Price Term expires 1935
Albertie M. Mead Term expires 1936
Randall N. Woodworth Term expires 1936
Louisa N. Wood Term expires 1937
Everett N. Montague Term expires 1937
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Trustees of Memorial Library
J. Sidney White Term expires 1935
Frank A. Merriam Term expires 1936
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1937
Board of Health
Raymond F. Durkee Term expires 1935
Frank E. Tasker Term expires 1936
George H. Tuttle Term expires 1937
Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund
Warren H. Jones Term expires 1935
Waldo E. Whitcomb Term expires 1936
Charlotte Conant Term expires 1937
Trustees of West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
C. D. Cram Term expires 1935
H. Stuart MacGregor Term expires 1936
A. N. Hederstedt Term expires 1937
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
Charles E. Smith Term expires 1935
Charlotte Conant Term expires 1936
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1937
Appointments Made by Selectmen — 1934
Finance Committee
Murray Brown William T. Merriam
Alfred W. Davis William Rawitser
Albert P. Durkee Webster S. Blanchard
Superintendent of Streets
A. H. Perkins
Town Accountant
Howard L. Jones
Registrars of Voters
Daniel W. Sheehan Term expires 1936
Edwin A. Phalen Term expires 1937
Clarence D. Chickering Term expires 1935
Horace F. Tuttle Ex-Officio
Election Officers
Precinct I
Warden — James W. Coughlin
Clerk — Arthur W. Wayne
Inspector — Arthur F. Davis
Deputy Inspector — Harold F. Coughlin
Deputy Warden — George A. Murphy
Deputy Clerk — Spencer H. Taylor
Deputy Inspector — S. E. Knowlton
Inspector — Leo F. McCarthy
Precinct II
Warden — Theron Lowden
Clerk — John J. Manning
Inspector — L. C. Hastings
Inspector — Timothy Hennessey
Deputy Warden — Clare Milbery
Deputy Clerk — Thomas Murray
Deputy Inspector — Frank A. Merriam
Deputy Inspector — James Brown
Precinct III
Warden — Bertram D. Hall
Clerk — David R. Kinsley
Inspector — A. R. Beach
Inspector — James Kinsley
Deputy Warden — Fred S. Whitcomb
Deputy Clerk — Frank McDonald
Deputy Inspector — Harry Holt
Deputy Inspector — John J. Dugan
Fire Engineers
H. Stuart MacGregor, Chief
Alan B. Frost, Engineer — Precinct I
David C. Clayton, Engineer — Precinct II
A. Hazelton Perkins, Engineer, Precinct III
Cattle Inspector
Fred S. Whitcomb
Forest Warden
Alan B. Frost
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Ralph Littlefield
Superintendent of Town Forest
Charles A. Durkee
Burial Agent
Charles A. Durkee
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
Bertram D. Hall Charles E. Smith George H. Reed
Field Drivers
Michael Foley Alan B. Frost George A. Braman
Superintendent of Moth Work
James J. Knight
Police Officers
Michael Foley, Chief
Alan B. Frost C. A. Durkee
George A. Braman
George H. Reed
William Braman
A. W. Davis
Public Weighers
W. H. Soar
G. Howard Reed
W. H. Francis Davis
Edward S. Fobes
Fred Billings
Frank E. Parsons
Simon Taylor
George A. Richardson
Charles Miles
Fred Sims
Carl Flint
Henry Capelle
David R. Kinsley
Bertram D. Hall
Howard C. Tracy
Eugene L. Hall
Jury List (Revised 1934)
Precinct I
Spencer H. Taylor
E. Faulkner Conant
James W. Coughlin
George S. Tucker
J. A. VanWinkle
Precinct II
James Brown
William S. Jones
Llewellyn T. Fullonton
John J. Bradley
Precinct III
Allen Brooks Parker
James A. Grimes
George A. Rifford
Benjamin Coolidge
Arthur H. Wetherbee
Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in said
County, Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you
are hereby directed to notify the legal voters of said town of
Acton, qualified to vote at town meetings for the transaction
of town affairs, to meet in their respective precincts, to wit:
Precinct 1 — Town Hall, Acton Center.
Precinct 2 — Universalist Church, South Acton.
Precinct 3 — Fire House, West Acton,
at 12 o'clock noon, on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1935,
by posting a copy of this warrant, by you attested, at each of
the place as directed by vote of the town, seven days at
least before the fourth day of March. To bring in their
votes on one ballot for the following town officers : Moderator,
town clerk, town treasurer, collector of taxes, one selectmen
for three years, one assessor for three years, three members
of the board of public welfare, four constables, one cemetery
commissioner for three years, two members of the school
committee for three years, one member of thfe board of
health for three years, one trustee Memorial Library for
three years, and a tree warden.
The polls will be open at 12 o'clock noon, and close at 8
o'clock, p. m.
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You are further requested in the name of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts to notify the legal voters of said
Town of Acton, as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said
Acton, on Monday, the eleventh day of March, at seven o'clock
in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers and com-
mittees and fix salaries of all town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the sev-
eral reports of the town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any com-
mittees chosen at any previous meeting that have not already
reported.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the town will appro-
priate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the
several departments of the town and determine how the same
shall be raised.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise
for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard
to the collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise
and appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department,
or vote anything thereon.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush
fires and fix price thereon.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward
the suppression of the brown-tail and gypsy moth.
Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money to insure the employees of the town or act anything
thereon.
Article 11. To see what amount of money the town will
appropriate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's
and collector's bonds, or act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town
treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money
from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial
year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes
therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or
notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in
accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 13. To see if the town -will vote to employ a public
health nurse, and appropriate a sum of money for the main-
tenance of same.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the
sum of §2,500.00 for the reconstruction of Pope Road from State
Highway, East Acton to the Carlisle line provided at least a like
sum is allotted to the town by the State Department of Public
Works and at least a similar sum by the County of Middlesex or
act anything thereon. " .
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum
sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law,
the town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and
repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as as-
sessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the
General Law^s and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto or take any action in relation thereto. v4 ^ - -_
Article 16. To see if the town will accept the laying out by
the selectmen of a street in West Acton ; beginning at the south-
erly end of Kinsley Road and extending in a southerly direction
over the former location of the Street Railway about 850 feet
as described and shown on a plan filed with the town clerk and
appropriate a sum of money to build said street.
Article 17. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen
to construct a vault in the town hall for the safe keeping of the
public records and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 18. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money to meet the Town's share of ERA expenses or act any-
thing thereon. /Crcro-
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the
sum of Three hundred dollars (§300.) for the redemption of
tax titles held by the town.
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Article 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate
the sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum, for the care of shade
trees, or act anything thereon.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to accept a fund
contributed by the members of the several fire departments of
the town and known as the Acton Fireman's Relief Fund. Said
fund to be held as a trust fund and administered by three trus-
tees to be chosen one for one year, one for two years and one for
three years and thereafter one annually for the term of three
years.
Article 22. To see if the town will purchase new chairs for
the town hall and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum
for the pruning of dead wood from the elms and for the removal
of any dead or dying elms on the public streets.
Article 24. To see if the town will cause to be published the
list of valuation on all personal and real-estate of the town for
the year 1935.
Article 25. To see what action the town will take to have
each head of any department of the town bring in to the Select-
men a written inventory each year of all tools and stock which
they may have, the same to be kept on file.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting at-
tested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said
meeting as directed by vote by the town. Hereof fail not and
make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to
the town clerk at or before the time of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Acton this second day of Febru-
ary, 1935.
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
GEORGE S. BRAMAN,
Selectmen of Acton.
A true copy.
Attest: MICHAEL FOLEY, Constable of Acton.
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Report of Finance Committee
Your Committee on Finance respectfully submits the fol-
lowing recommendations for appropriations for the ensuing year.
Roads $12,000.00-
Schools 43,500.00-
Street Lighting 2,500.00^ /<J^' ~
Memorial Library, current expense .... 800.00 -~
Memorial Library, books 200.00 —
Hydrant Service 3,079.00-—
General Government 5,500.00 "^^
Buildings and Grounds 1,800.00— *x ^ J (U
Cemeteries 700.00 "^ -KJcn>.ir^--s
Military Aid 200.00
State Aid 500.00-^
Soldier's Relief 1,000.00"^^^^-'^ -
Police Department 2,500.00'~
Board of Health 1,000.00 —
Public Welfare 7,000.00-
Old Age Assistance 8,000.00 -
Snow Removal, estimate 6,000.00- 4-/(ro-o-
Care of Shade Trees 500.00
Unclassified 400.00-^
Bonds, High School 4,000.00-
Interest on Bonds : . . 1,200.00-
Interest on Revenue Loans 2,000.00
Memorial Day 275.00
Fire Department 2,800.00
Forest Fires 500.00
Gypsy Moth Work 500.00'
Liability Insurance 1,000.00
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds 250.00
Public Health Nurse 2,200.00 ./^^^
County Hospital Assessment 504.46 - ^ f f
ERA Expense 1,000.00-
Redemption of Tax Titles, Article 19 300.00
$113,708.46
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Article 14. We do not recommend an appropriation for Ar-
ticle 14, this year.
Article 16. Recommend under Article 16, if the Town ac-
cepts the general lay-out of this road, the expense be taken from
general road maintenance.
Article 17. Recommend under Article 17 that a Committee
be appointed to look into the matter of constructing and locat-
ing a Town vault and report at a later date.
Article 20, 22, 23. We do not recommend an appropriation
for these articles.
Recommended an appropriation of $1,000.00 for Cemetery
Fund. $700.00 to be raised and |300.00 to be taken from the
Cemetery Land Fund.
Recommend appropriating the sum of $1,500.00 from the
Overlay Surplus for the Reserve Fund.
The Committee wishes to bring to the attention of the Voters
of the Town that approximately $17,000.00 of the Town Grant
goes to meet the various relief measures.
This means at least $7.00 per $1,000.00 on your tax rate.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Precinct 1 — Murray Brown, Albert P. Durkee.
Precinct 2 — Ralph W. Piper, William T. Merriam.
Precinct 3. Webster Blanchard, Alfred W. Davis.
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Selectmen's Report
We submit, herewith, the reports of the various departments
of the Town for the year ending December 31, 1934. All of the
actions under the different articles voted at the last annual
town meeting and special town meeting.
The following abstract from a letter received from the Com-
missioner of Corporations and Taxations should be called espe-
cially to the attention of the voters.
**The practice which has prevailed in some communities to
purposely make the first appropriation less than is required and
then to add subsequently through special meetings must be
abandoned because after the tax rate is set there can be no
appropriations which can be included in it and if there are no
funds available, the city or town is likely to face serious dis-
comforture.
The responsibihty of the financial bodies in the cities and
tovnis in 1935 is perhaps greater than ever before in the re-
quirement of a very careful and complete survey of departmental
needs. It is highly desirable that the amount to be taken from
the taxpayers as shown in the tax bill received by them on or
before June 14, 1935 represents the total amount needed to pay
for required activities for the fiscal year ending on December
31, 1935 and that no necessary functions will have to be aban-
doned because of lack of money not provided through the tax
levy."
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD J. BILLINGS,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
GEORGE S. BRAMAN,
Selectmen of Acton.
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Welfare Department
The Board of Public Welfare submits the following report
for the year 1934.
During the year forty-four families representing one hundred
and twenty-two persons have been aided.
Two cases having an Acton settlement, but living elsewhere.
Seven families living in Acton but having a settlement in
other towns.
The Board has had four burials.
We have expended about $1,800.00 from Town Funds for ex-
penses incurred by the ERA projects.
To provide for the expenses of the coming year, the Board
advises a separate appropriation.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. RICHARDSON, Chairman,
BERTRAM D. HALL,
CARL E. BACKMAN,
Board of Public Welfare.
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Old Age Assistance Report
We started the year 1934 with eleven Old Age Assistance
cases. There was added to this during the year, ten new cases
and one case closed, due to the party having passed away. There
is no doubt that, if the prevailing conditions continue throughout
the coming year, we may expect an increase in number of cases.
With this in view and due to the considerable increase in cases
during the past year, we found it necessary to ask for a con-
siderably increased amount to carry through the year, 1935.
CARL E. BACKMAN,
0. A. A. Agent.
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Emergency Relief Administration Report
The following work has been done under ERA projects, since
April, 1934.
Hosmer St., from Mass. Ave., to School St., widening,
straightening and grading 3,168 feet, using sixteen
men, 1 foreman, four trucks, from April 5 to Octo-
ber 25.
Total payroll,
Arlington Street from Newtown Road, widening^
and grading 3600 feet to December 27, using six-
teen men, 1 foreman, four trucks from November
8 to December 27.
Total payroll $1,489.70
Insect Pest Control, ten men, 1 foreman used, from
October 11 to December 27.
Total payroll $1,354.50
Painting Outside of Town Hall, six men, 1 foreman.
Total payroll 1516.00
Fire Protection Water Holes. Hosmer Street, six
men, 1 foreman $281.40
Central Street, seven men, 1 foreman, five trucks 376.95
Total payroll $658.35
Sewing Project, ten women, 1 forewoman
Total payroll $2,522.40
Total Expended $10,213.55
During the year 1934, there has been distributed among 58
families :
34 241/2 lb. bags flour 1 venison
105 lb. lard 60 lbs. lard
1096 lb. butter 105 lbs. pork
600 pkgs. cereal 600 cans roast beef
78 cans canned vegetables 40 lbs. cheese
81 pieces of veal 3200 lbs. potatoes
384 pkgs. rice 2000 lbs. cabbage
1400 articles (clothing, etc., from the sewing project.)
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. RICHARDSON,
Administrator.
Town Meetings
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting,
March 12, 1934
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers and com-
mittees, and fix salaries of all town officers.
Chose Charlotte Conant, Trustee of Elizabeth White Fund
for three years.
Chose, A. N. Hederstedt, Trustee of the West Acton Fireman's
Relief Fund for three years.
Chose Horace F. Tuttle, Trustee of the Goodnow Fund for
three years.
Voted : To fix the salary of the tax collector at three quarters
of one per cent of the amount collected and to allow an addi-
tional charge for expense of postage incurred in the collection
of taxes.
Voted : That the salary of the chairman of the Selectmen be
two hundred dollars per annum and the other members one
hundred dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the moderator be fifteen dollars
for the annual meeting and ten dollars for other meetings.
Voted : That the salary of the chairman of the Board of Public
Welfare be one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum and
the other members seventy dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Treasurer be five hun-
dred dollars per annum.
Voted : That the salary of Town Accountant be four hundred
dollars per annum.
Voted : That the salary of the Town Clerk be two hundred
dollars per annum.
Voted : That the salary of the Assessors be nine hundred dol-
lars in the aggregate per annum, to be apportioned as they may
determine, the said sum to include any salary of a clerk.
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Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to fix the salaries
of all other town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the several
reports of the town officers.
Voted : To accept the reports of the several town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the report of any com-
mittees chosen at any previous meeting who have not already
reported.
No action taken under this article.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the town will appro-
priate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several
departments of the town and determine how the same shall be
raised.
Under this article and other articles in the warrant it was
voted to appropriate and raise by taxation for:
Roads §12,000.00
Schools 41,500.00
Street Lighting 2,500.00
Memorial Library, current expenses 800.00
Memorial Library, books 200.00
Hydrant Service 3,079.00
General Government . 5,500.00
Buildings and Grounds 1,000.00
Cemeteries 700.00
Military Aid 200.00
State Aid 600.00
Soldiers' Relief 1,000.00
Police Department 2,500.00
Board of Health 1,000.00
Public Welfare 3,000.00
Old Age Assistance 4,000.00
Snow Removal 5,000.00
Care of Shade Trees 500.00
Unclassified 400.00
Bonds, High School 4,000.00
Interest on Bonds 1,600.00
Interest on Revenue Loans 2,000.00
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Memorial Day 250.00
Fire Department 2,800.00
Forest Fires 500.00
Gypsy Moth Work 500.00
Liability Insurance 600.00
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds 225.00
Public Health Nurse 2,200.00
County Hospital Assessment 598.08
County Hospital Note 2,500.00
Pope Road 2,500.00
High School Insurance 900.00
Sylvia Street Construction 600.00
Voted: To appropriate for care of cemeteries from
the Cemetery Land Fund 300.00
Voted : To appropriate from the overlay surplus as a
Reserve Fund 1,500.00
Article 5. To see what sum of money the tov^n will raise
for the observance of Memorial Day.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and
fifty dollars to be expended under the direction of ^ commit-
tee consisting of the commander of the Isaac Davis Post, G. A.
R., and the commander of the American Legion.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard
to the collection of taxes.
Voted: That all taxes other than poll, shall be payable not
later than October 15, 1934 and on all taxes remaining unpaid
after November 1, 1934 interest shall be charged according to
law from October 15, 1934 until such taxes are paid.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise
and appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department or
vote anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-eight
hundred dollars.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush
fires and fix the price thereon.
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Voted : To appropriate five hundred dollars for fighting brush
fires and that the price per hour be fixed by the forest warden.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward
the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths.
Voted : To raise and appropriate five hundred dollars.
Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money to insure the employees of the town.
Voted: To raise and appropriate six hundred dollars.
Article 11. To see what amount of money the town will
appropriate for the payment of premiums on the Treasurer's
and Collector's bonds or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer
with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time
to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be-
ginning January 1, 1934 and to issue a note or notes therefor
payable within one year any debt or debts incurred under this
vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Voted : That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the
Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from
time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year
beginning January 1, 1934 and to issue a note or notes therefor,
payable within^ one year any debt or debts incurred under this
vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to employ a Public
Health Nurse and appropriate a sum of money for the main-
tenance of the s-ame.
Voted: To employ a PubHc Health Nurse to be under the
direction of the Board of Health.
Voted: To appropriate twenty-two hundred dollars for the
salary and maintenance of said nurse.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the
sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the reconstruction of
Pope Road from State Highway, East Acton to the Carlisle
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line, provided at least a like sum is allotted to the town by the
State Department of Public Works and at least a similar sum by
the County of Middlesex or act anything thereon.
Voted : To appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars
for the reconstruction of Pope Road from the State Highway,
East Acton to the Carlisle line, provided at least a like sum is
allotted to the town by the State Department of Public Works
and at least a similar sum by the County of Middlesex.
Voted: That the road be built by town labor.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money as an annuity to the widow of Frank W. Hoit, who died
Irom injuries received while in the performance of his duty
as a member of the fire department of the town, in accordance
with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 32, Section 89 as
amended by the Acts of 1933, Chapter 340, the same to be paid
if and when all members of the Board provided for by said
statute shall certify to the Town Treasurer that the death was
the direct result of said injury, the amount of said annnuity to
be determined from time to time within the limits of said statute
by the Board of Selectmen, to do or act anything thereon.
Voted : To pass over the article.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to accept the layout
as made by the Selectmen of a street in South Acton leading
northwesterly from Main street toward the Marlboro Branch
railroad tracks. Sylvia Street so called.
Voted : To accept the laying out of a street in South Acton,
called Sylvia Street by the Selectmen and to appropriate six
hundred dollars to construct said street.
Article 17. To see if the town will appropriate a sum suf-
ficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law, the
town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance and repair
of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, and for the
town's share of the expense under the provisions of Chapter
331 of the Acts of 1933 which provides for the settlement of
certain claims of the Commonwealth against the Middlesex
County Tuberculosis Hospital District, including interest or
discount on temporary notes issued therefor, as assessed in ac-
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cordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General
Laws, and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto,
or take any action in relation thereto.
Voted : To appropriate five hundred ninety-eight and 8/100
(598.08) dollars for said County Hospital assessment.
Article 18. To see what amount of money the town will
raise for insurance on the High School Building.
Voted to raise and appropriate nine hundred dollars for in-
surance on the High School Building.
Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting Held July 23, 1934
Article 1. To see if the town will appropriate an addi-
tional sum of money for the use of the Welfare Department
or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of three thousand (|3000)
dollars.
Art. 2. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new fire
truck for Precinct 1, or act anything thereon.
Voted : That the town purchase a new piece of fire appara-
sus for Precinct 1, the cost not to exceed three thousand
($3000) dollars.
Voted: That the sum of three thousand ($3000) dollars be
taken or appropriated from the Overlay Surplus account to
purchase said fire apparatus.
Voted: That the Fire Chief and Fire Engineers be a com-
mittee to purchase said fire apparatus subject to the approval
of the Selectmen,
Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Se-
lectmen to lay out a public highway in West Acton, begin-
ning near the southerly end of Kinsley road near the bound-
ary line between land formerly of James Hurley and land of
Annie Kinsley, and extending southerly along the location of
the Lowell, Acton and Maynard Street R. R. about 1000 feet,
or act anything thereon.
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Voted: To instruct the Selectmen to lay out a public high-
way in West Acton as described in the article.
Art. 4. To see what action the town will take in regard
to the observance of the two hundredth anniversary of its in-
corporation or act anything thereon.
Voted : That the matter of the observance of the 200th
anniversary of the incorporation of the town be referred to a
committee consisting of the Selectmen and six members to
be appointed by the moderator two from each precinct, that
said committee be authorized to make arrangements for such
observance.
Voted : To appropriate the balance of the Nineteenth of
April Fund, and seven hundred and fifty ($750) dollars for
the use of said committee. The Moderator appointed as mem-
bers of the committee: Webster S. Blanchard, Henry Tol-
man, Horace F. Tuttle, Mrs. Henrietta Torsleff, Miss Clara
Sawyer, Mrs. W. Stuart Allen.
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State Election, November 6, 1934
Pet. 1
Whole number of ballots cast 335
Governor
John W. Aiken 0
Caspar G. Bacon 252
James M. Curley 60
Freeman W. Follett 1
Frank A. Goodwin 19
Alfred Baker Lewis 0
Edward Stevens 0
Blanks 3
Lieutenant Governor
Elizabeth Donovan 0
John W. Haigis 261
Hcrace I. Hillis 0
Joseph L. Hurley 62
Florence L. Lawton 1
Horace Riley 0
Blanks 11
Secretary
Walter Burke 0
Frederick W. Cook 269
George L. McClynn 0
Leslie A. Richards 0
Joseph Santosuosso 53
William B. Taylor 0
Blanks 13
Treasurer
Oscar U. Dionne 224
William R. Ferry 2
Thomas Cilmartin 0
Charles F. Hurley 93
Harry Maltzman 0
Frederick S. Reynolds 0
Blanks 16
Pet. 2
Pet. 3
Total
407
415
1157
2
0
2
249
297
798
96
77
233
1
1
3
56
31
106
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
8
14
3
0
3
274
315
850
0
0
1
115
89
266
4
1
6
0
0
0
11
9
31
1
1
2
275
330
874
3
0
3
0
1
1
107
68
228
4
1
5
17
14
44
239
269
732
12
6
20
3
0
3
131
124
348
1
0
1
2
0
2
19
16
51
25
Auditor
Pet. 1 Pet. 2
Henning A. Blomen 0 2
Thomas H. Buckley 66 115
Alonzo B. Cook 244 265
Walter S. Hutchins 2 7
Paul Skers 0 0
Blanks 23 18
Attorney General
Morris Berson 0 2
Paul A. Dever 58 107
Charles A. Flaherty 0 0
George F. Hogan 1 9
Fred E. Oelcher 0 4
Joseph E. Warner 258 259
Blanks 18 26
Senator in Congress
Albert Sprague Coolidge 1 3
W. Barnard Smith 1 6
David I. Walsh Ill 153
Robert M. Washburn 209 224
Albert L. Waterman 1 2
Paul C. Weeks 0 2
Blanks 12 17
Congressman (Fifth District)
Jeremiah J. 0. Sullivan 49 94
Edith Nourse Rogers 272 291
Blanks 14 22
Councillor (Third District)
Frank A. Brooks 251 254
William J. Coughlan 59 108
Blanks 25 45
Senator
P. Gerard Cahill 58 113
George G. Moyse 247 253
Blanks 30 41
Pet. 3
1
Total
3
101
282
296
805
0
9
1
1
16
57
0
2
87
252
0
0
3
13
0
4
308
825
17
61
0
3
4
10
160
424
238
671
1
4
0
2
13
42
63
206
334
897
18
54
314
819
76
243
25
95
87
258
303
803
25
96
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Representative in General Court
Pet. 1 Pet, 2
John J. Kelley 58 112
John H. Valentine 255 245
Blanks 22 50
District Attorney
Warren L. Bishop 239 248
James J. Bruin 60 98
Richard S. McCabe 14 19
Blanks 21 40
Clerk of Courts
John J. Brennan 61 109
Ralph N. Smith 255 246
V. Philip Torigian 0 3
Blanks 19 49
Register of Deeds
John Gordon Duffy 59 108
Thomas Leighton 257 248
Blanks 19 51
County Commissioner
Thomas B. Brennan 60 105
Earl C. Hamilton 1 4
Victor Francis Jewett 244 240
Blanks 30 58
Associate Commissioners
Robert D. Donaldson 184 201
Edward L. Harley 56 95
Thomas Murray 37 74
Alfred H. Pigott 1 5
Melvin G. Rogers 197 215
John D. Sexton 0 2
Blanks 26
Sheriff
Donald P. Hurd 0 5
Joseph M. McElroy 260 254
Ascanio di Rago 3 1
Ralph W. Robart 55 110
Blanks 17 38
Pet. 3
Total
84
254
J
302
802
29
101
311
798
72
230
13
46
19
80
86
256
306
807
\
0
3
23
91
81
248
300
805
34
104
79
244
4
9
294
778
38
126
254
639
75
226
54
165
2
8
239
651
1
3
34
1
6
315
829
0
4
78
243
21
76
125
146
405
89
122
276
193
147
476
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Question No. 1
Shall the trapping law as amended be
be approved?
Yes 134
No 65
Blanks 136
Question
Shall licenses be granted in this town
for the sale of all alcoholic beverages ?
Yes 126 143 128 397
No 165 184 233 582
Blanks 44 80 54 178
Question
Shall licenses be granted in this town
for the sale therein of wines and
malt beverages?
• Yes 145 188 175 508
No 127 134 181 422
Blanks 63 85 59 197
Question
Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting
on licensed horse races be permitted
in this county.
Yes 170
No 101
Blanks 64
Question
Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting
on licensed dog races be permitted
in this county?
Yes 119 147
No 134 137
Blanks 80 123
215
207
592
95
132
328
97
76
237
138
404
178
449
99
302
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Vote for Representative (11th Middlesex District)
November 6, 1934
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Bedford 271 507
Carlisle 45 193
Chelmsford 625 2085
Littleton 108 507
Westford 434 680
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Town Clerk's Report
Births
Whole number recorded 34
Born in Acton 11 Native parentage 25
Male 16 Foreign parentage 1
Females 18 Mixed parentage 8
Marriages
Whole number recorded 26
Residents of Acton .... 32 Residents of other places . 20
Deaths
Whole number recorded 38
Residents of Acton .... 38 Residents of Other Places 0
Occurring in Acton .... 27 Occurring in Other Places 11
Average Age in Years 65 —
The Town Clerk requests information of any errors or omis-
sions in the lists of Births, Marriages and Deaths. The Tov^n
Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks
for the return of Births and Deaths.
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Deaths Registered in 1934
No.
1.
Date of Death
Sept. 4
Name
Anderson, Olive
Years
68
Age
Months
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Dec.
6
Banks, Edgar I.
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June
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List of Persons Havings Dogs Licensed in 1934
Alley, Frank $2.00
Anderson, Hilda 5.00
Backer, Helen 2.00
Baslor, Frank E 2.00
Bancroft, Clesson A. . . . 10.00
Batchelder, Walter I. . 2.00
Bean, Priscilla 5.00
Bedford, Mrs. A. E. ... 2.00
Bell, George 2.00
Benere, Antonia 2.00
Birch, Alfred 2.00
Blanchard, Webster S. . 2.00
Bondelevitch, Walter . . 2.00
Bondelevitch, Barney . . 2.00
Bowen, Robert M 4.00
Boyer, Charles W 5.00
Bradbury, Rolfe 4.00
Bradford, F. R. W 2.00
Bradley, Leo 6.00
Bragdon, Guy W 2.00
Braman, Dorothy 5.00
Braman, Frank S 6.00
Braman, George A 2.00
Briggs, Jesse 2.00
Brill, Fred E 4.00
Brown, Robert 2.00
Bulette, F. W 2.00
Bullard, Mary E 2.00
Butler, Mary K 2.00
Caldwell, Hazel 2.00
Caldwell, Margaret 2.00
Carey, Lester 5.00
Carlson, Christian .... 4.00
Chaffin, Nancy S 4.00
Charles, Florence 2.00
Charter, William W. . . 2.00
Christofferson, Edwin H. 5.00
Claflin, Leon L 2.00
Clark, Lulu L 2.00
Condon, Timothy 2.00
Conant, Charlotte 2.00
Conquest Arthur 2.00
Cooper, Ernest S 2.00
Coughlin, Harold 6.00
Coughlin, John F 2.00
Creeley, Genevieve J. . . 2.00
Cullinane, C. C 2.00
Davis, Charles E 7.00
Davis, Warren A. & Son 5.00
Davis, Wendell F 7.00
DeSouza, Joseph J 2.00
DiGacamandrea, Elvira . 2.00
Drummond, Thomas F. . 2.00
Durkee, Mabel C 2.00
Durkee, Raymond F. . . 2.00
Durkee, Sidney P 2.00
Enneguess, Michael . . . 2.00
Fairbanks, Curtis S. . . . 5.00
Farquhar, Stuart 2.00
Farrar, James 2.00
Farrell, Edward J 2.00
Ferguson, Robert C. . . . 2.00
Finan, Bertha C 5.00
Fisher, Charles W 2.00
Fitzgerald, James .... 2.00
Flagg, Alden C 4.00
Fletcher, Charles J. . . . 2.00
Fletcher, John 4.00
Flint, Buddie 2.00
Flint, Margery S 5.00
Fogarty, Ernest A 2.00
Foley, Michael 2.00
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Fraser, Arthur 25.00
Frost, Lillian E 5.00
Gagnon, John F 5.00
Gallagher, Daniel J. . . . 2.00
Gallagher, Thomas C. . 5.00
Gallant, Mildred 4.00
Gallant, Minnie P 2.00
Garceau, Jean B 2.00
Gibbs, Hattie E 5.00
Gilman, George W 2.00
Godfrey, Carl R 2.00
Gognon, John B 2.00
Goodwin, Martin F. . . . 2.00
Goward, Mrs. Clarence . 5.00
Green, Catherine M. . . . 2.00
Hall, Irwin 2.00
Harris, Hattie B 5.00
Hart, Nelson 2.00
Hartwell, Russell 7.00
Hayes, Michael G 4.00
Haynes, Albert L 2.00
Hill, John 7.00
Hodgen, Hugh 2.00
Holden, Frank H 2.00
Holden, Wilhs L 2.00
Holland, Frank T 2.00
Holland, Hope C 5.00
Holland, Neville R 2.00
Hollowell, F. Elwin 2.00
Holt, Walter W 2.00
Hough, John F 2.00
Howe, 0. H 2.00
Hunt, Wilbur V 2.00
Hurley, James 2.00
Jalonen, Arthur 4.00
Jenks, Albert R 4.00
Jensen, Albert 2.00
Johnson, Albion 2.00
Johnston, James J 2.00
Jones, Howard F 5.00
Jones, Hugh M. . .
Jones, Karl R. . . .
Kazokas, William
Kazokas, Cypras .
Keyes, Henry M. .
Kilmartin, Wilham
King, Benjamin .
Kingsley, Mrs. Carrie
Knowlton, Samuel E.
LaTulippe, John .
Larrabee, G. W. . .
LaRoche, Arthur .
Lears, William . . .
Lemoine, Frances
Liebfried, Lawrence
Littlefield, Ralph F
Livermore, J. W. . .
Livermore, Roland 0.
Logan, George W.
Lowden, Richard
Lowell, Clesson A.
Lucot, Albert ....
MacGregor, Stuart
MacKinnon, F. R.
Marsh, A. W
Mason, Eleanor . .
Mason, Roger . . .
Massie, Wilham A. Jr
Mayell, Ernest A.
Maynes, Everett M
Mead, Hobart E. .
Mekkelsen, Henry Jr.
Mekkelsen, Ida . . .
Mekkelsen, Soren .
Merriam, Harold A
Montague, Everett N.
Moore, Mildred Pope
Morehouse, Mrs. C. F.
Morrison, F. D
Morse, Stella
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Murgatroyd, James .... 4.00
Nealey, Edward Mrs. . . 2.00
Nugent, Joseph 2.00
O'Connell, Arthur 2.00
O'Neil, Catherine 5.00
Parsons, Elsie F 2.00
Pedersen, John 5.00
Penney, David F 4.00
Penney, Mary Mrs 5.00
Perry, Toney 2.00
Phalen, Lucretia H 4.00
Pratt, Edward F 2.00
Price, Daniel 0 2.00
Price, Frank 2.00
Rahberg, F. J 2.00
Rawitser, Ethel C 2.00
Raymond, George J. . . 2.00
Reed, George H 2.00
Reed, G. Howard 5.00
Reed, Mildred V. ...... 5.00
Reed, Otis J. 2.00
Reid, Robert A. 3rd 2.00
Reynolds, Arthur Mrs. . 2.00
Reynolds, Jesse C 2.00
Richards, Fred 2.00
Richardson, George A. . 2.00
Robbins, Mildred H. .. 5.00
Robins, Paul G 2.00
Roche, Frank B 2.00
Rugg, George 2.00
Sargent, George W 2.00
Sawyer, Benjamin H. . . 2.00
Scanlon, Ruth H 2.00
Scribner, Harry V 2.00
Shapley, Eva C 2.00
Smith, Hattie E 2.00
Smith, Ralph 1 2.00
Soar, W. Henry 2.00
Spinney, Carlton T. . . 2.00
Spinney, Marion 2.00
Starck, Cecil 2.00
Stokes, William A 2.00
Stuart, Raymond 2.00
Swenson, Hilda Mrs. . . 2.00
Sylvia, Emanuel 2.00
Taylor, Spencer H 2.00
Teele, Henry 2.00
Todd, Ethel 20.00
Tolman, Wilbur 5.00
Tompkins, Elizabeth P.. 5.00
Tripp, Horatio 2.00
Turnbull, George L. . . . 2.00
Tuttle, George F 2.00
Tuttle, Osgood 5.00
Waite, Frederick 9.00
Waluk, John 2.00
Walther, Joseph 2.00
Watkins, John H 5.00
Wise, Glenna 2.00
Wood, Elizabeth 2.00
Young, David 2.00
211 hcenses at $2.00 §422.00
42 licenses at 85.00 210.00
1 hcense at §25.00 25.00
Deduct fees — 254 at 20 cents
Paid to Town Treasurer
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All licenses expire March 31.
Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1 or the owners or
keepers thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months old or over regard-
less of time of year ownership is acquired.
No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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54
Police Department
To the Citizens of Acton:
I wish to call the attention of all our good citizens to the
the large increase in automobile accidents and persons injured in
accidents during the past year. These accidents in most cases
were the result of operating at a rate of speed too fast for con-
ditions. During the past summer a drive was conducted against
speeding within the several villages. Speed signs were placed at
the village limits and assisted by the State Police two hundred
motorists were stopped and warned. Many of those stopped
were residents of Acton. No doubt this drive prevented more
accidents and possible loss of life. During the drive Officer
George A. Braman assisted me in the work. Stricter enforce-
ment of automobile laws is promised in order to reduce the
number of accidents next year.
Several times during the past year damage was caused to
both public and private property. Failure of residents nearby
to call the police resulted in the persons responsible getting
away without making restitution. The co-operation of all' citi-
zens is desired and appreciated.
In closing I wish to thank the operators at the local exchange
for their co-operation.
Following is the report:
Persons calling at the office 133
Telephone calls received 665
Telephone calls made 183
Emergency calls received by radio 4
Complaints received and investigated 84
Persons questioned during investigations 54
Arrests and prosecutions made on the following charges :
Drunkenness 23
Operating under the influence of liquor 7
Operating so as to endanger 8
Attaching wrong plates to car 1
I
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Operating uninsured car 1
Operating unregistered car 1
Operating without a license 1
Operating after a suspension of license 1
Allov/ing improper person to operate car 1
Larceny of automobile 1
Failing to slow down at intersections 3
Larceny 2
Delinquent child 1
Non-support 1
Committmxents to State Institutions 6
Persons examined by Doctor 2
Transportation of Prisoners, Acton to Concord 24
At Concord District Court 43
At Cambridge Superior Court -, 12
Juveniles reprimanded 10
Accidents reported 53
Hit and run accidents reported 2
Persons assisted to hospital 2
Occupants of automobiles injured in accidents 60
Pedestrians injured by automobiles 2
Operators warned 200
Licenses suspended or revoked 20
Registrations revoked 10
Assisted in investigations for other departments 3
Recommendations given for reissuing of licenses 11
Persons summoned to Court 15
Summonses served for other departments 12
Sumonses returned without service 2
Cars ordered taken to garage 4
Cars checked on complaints 6
Traffic duty during funerals 3
Traffic duty during weddings 1
Motorists assisted after midnight 10
Persons reported loitering around homes 3
Dog complaints received 54
Dogs disposed of 15
Dogs hit by automobiles 4
Lost dogs reported 4
Dogs found 2
Notices of unpaid licenses sent to dog owners 95
56
Poultry killed by dogs as reported to this department 15
Fire alarms answered (Traific-protection) 5
Fire alarms sounded 1
Emergency telegrams delivered to persons 4
Emergency telephone calls delivered to persons 3
Public buildings checked on when lights found burning
after midnight •. . 10
Painting traffic lines at West Acton 2
Painting traffic lines at South Acton 2
Assisted in giving medical aid 1
Missing persons broadcast for by this department 2
Missing persons located 2
Protection given persons during domestic troubles 3
Protection given persons while obtaining personal property 1
Trips made to other towns during investigations, etc. :
Concord .... 24 Cambridge . . 3 Westboro ... 1
Maynard .... 4 Hudson .... 2 Billerica .... 1
Boston 4 Bedford .... 1 Tewksbury . 1
Littleton .... 3 Ayer 1 Marlboro ... 1
Worcester . . 3 Shirley 1 Boxboro .... 3
Homes checked on during absence of occupants at their
request 6
Truants looked after 1
Posting warrants 4
Collecting ballots 2
Jury blanks filled out for District Attorney's office 2
Persons sent home off the streets when intoxicated 5
Inmates returned to Fernald School 1
With Tax Collector during collections 2
With Water Department Collector during collections .... 2
Breaks in buildings reported to this department 5
Runaway boys picked up 10
Persons ordered out of town after complaints 2
Property reported lost or stolen :
$30.00 in cash 2 automobiles
1 shot-gun 1 bag tools
1 rifle 1 tire
1 diamond ring 2 chickens
1 bundle clothes 3 bicycles
1 heater
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Property recovered or foun
d:
830.00 in cash
1 heater
1 shot-gun
2 automobiles
1 rifle
1 bag tools
1 diamond ring
2 bicycles
1 bundle clothes
Trips made to other sections of the Town outside regular
patrol :
West Acton 46 North Acton 6
East Acton 15 Acton Center 13
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL FOLEY,
Chief of Police.
Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Acton :
I herewith submit my report as inspector of Animals for
the year 1934.
Cows 465
Young Cattle 76
Swine 65
Sheep 20
Bulls 16
Quarantined four cows for tuberculosis. Quartined nine
dogs under suspicion for rabies. One case positive.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED S. WHITCOMB,
Inspector.
58
Report of Superintendent of Streets
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I submit herewith my report concerning the highway main-
tenance and construction work for the year 1934.
In addition to regular maintenance work, such as, scraping,
dragging, surface repair and patching, the following streets have
been surface treated with cut-back asphalt No. M. C. 2 :
Nagog Hill Road, Harris Street, Davis Street, Strawberry Hill
Road, Esterbrook Road, Pope Road, Concord Road, Hosmer
Street, Taylor Road, Concord Street, Laws Brook Road, Stow
Street, Martin Street, Prospect Street, Homestead Street, Main
Street, Central Street, Summer Street, Davis Terrace, Wright
Terrace, Windsor Avenue and Willow Street.
Work done by Town on C. W. A. projects :
Wetherbee Road, scraping, rolling, oiling.
Hosmer Street, scraping, rolling, shaping.
Hayward Street, scraping, rolling.
Charter Street, scraping, rolling.
New drainage :
Main Street, 510 feet of 12-inch concrete pipe.
Stow Road, 36 feet of 30-inch corrugated pipe.
Hammond Street, 20 feet of 10-inch corrugated pipe.
Arlington Street, 20 feet of 12-inch corrugated pipe.
Hosmer Street, 20 feet of 12-inch corrugated pipe.
Pope Road, 40 feet of 30-inch corrugated pipe.
Pope Road, 34 feet of 12-inch corrugated pipe.
The bridge over the Boston and Maine Railroad was re-
planked, and the old electric car line was regraded.
The bridge over Nashe's Brook on Central Street, has been
widened and resurfaced, new cable guard rails have been erected.
New Construction:
Pope Road, 4,100 feet new gravel and oil. This piece of road
has been built according to contract and accepted by the Massa-
chusetts Department of Public Works.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT H. PERKINS,
Superintendent of Streets.
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Assessors' Report
Buildings, Exclusive of Land $2,450,433.00
Land 717,905.00
Personal 620.772.00
13,789,110.00
Valuation April 1, 1933 3,756,457.00
Increase in Valuation $32,653.00
Rate of Taxation, $25.60.
Tax Assessed as follows:
Real Estate $81,109.46
Personal Estate 15,891.76
Polls 1,746.00
$98,747.22
Amount of Money Raised:
State Tax $5,700.00
County Tax 5,670.00
Total Tax Assessed $6,283.09
State Audit Assessment 373.41
Welfare Department Overdraft . . 148.44
Town Grant 83,377.07
Overlay 3,443.68
$98,747.22
Added Assessment:
Polls $30.00
$30.00
Excise :
Number of Vehicles Assessed 1126
Total Valuation of motor Vehicles $226,445.00
Rate of Taxation, $32.14
State Park Assessment 34.05
WARREN H. JONES,
ALBERT P. DURKEE,
HENRY L. HAYNES,
Board of Assessors.
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Report of Tax Collector
1931 TOWN TAX
Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1934 |23.14
Interested Collected 13.09
Tax Title Account .02
$36.25
Cr.
Paid Treasurer . . . , $28.31
Abated 6.94
Uncollected 1.00
$36.25
1932 TOWN TAX
Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1934 $15,179.04
Interest Collected 1 ,339.79
Abatement a/c 2.00
$16,520.83
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $14,109.50
Abated 1,006.66
Tax Titles 1,391.04
Uncollected January 1, 1935 13.63
$16,520.83
1933 TOWN TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1934 $36,066.31
Interest Collected 968.98
$37,035.29
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $23,645.46
Abated 166.97
Tax Title 3,066.82
Uncollected January 1, 1935 10,156.04
$37,035.29
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1934 TOWN TAX
Dr.
Committed 898,777.22
Interest Collected 55.34
898,832.56
Cr.
Paid Treasurer 861,035.28
Abated 190.96
Uncollected 37,606.32
898,832.56
1931 EXCISE
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934 8105.03
Interest Collected 10.46
8115.49
Cr.
Paid Treasurer 8115.49 8115.49
1932 EXCISE
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934 $2,054.04
Interest Collected 124.87
Due from Collector .06
82,178.97
Cr.
Paid Treasurer 81,040.11
Abated 651.35
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 487.51
§2,178.97
1933 EXCISE
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1934 83,408.33
Interest Collected 89.98
83,498.31
Cr.
Paid Treasurer 81,907.06
Abated , 31.14
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 1,560.11
83,498.31
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1934 EXCISE
Dr.
Committed |6,283.09
Interest Collected 12.34
$6,295.43
i
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $3,439.22
Abated 31.71
Uncollected 2,824.50
$6,295.43
SUMMARY OF TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Total Debits
1931 Town Tax S36.25
1932 Town Tax 16,520.83
1933 Town Tax 37,035.29
1934 Town Tax 98,832.56
1931 Excise 115.49
1932 Excise 2,178.97
1933 Excise 3,498.31
1934 Excise 6,295.43
$164,513.13
Total Credits
Cash Paid Treasurer $105,320.43
Abated 2,085.73
Tax Titles 4,457.86
Uncollected 52,649.11
$164,513.13
CHARLES A. DURKEE,
Tax Collector.
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Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I, herewith submit my report for the Fire Department for
the year of 1934.
The total number of alarms answered by the entire depart-
ment are as follows:
Building, 12 ; Auto 1 ; Chimney 8 ; False 2.
Total loss: |8,250.26 (extinguishing labor cost |311.00).
The new five hundred (500) gallon pump has been put into
service at Acton Center and makes quite an improvement and
will also give the Acton Center district adequate fire protection.
The old Chemical Truck at South Acton is getting rather
weak and should be replaced with a new pump as soon as possible.
Respectfully submitted,
H. S. MacGREGOR,
Chief of Fire Department.
Forest Warden's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
Your Forest Warden submits the following report for the
year ending December 31, 1934:
Total number of fires responded to 15
Out of town 2
This has been another good year for us on forest fires which
has enabled us to further add to our equipment.
Your Forest Warden wishes to recommend an appropriation
of ($500) five hundred dollars for the suppression and extin-
guishing of forest fires.
The "Water Hole" proposition, as suggested by your Forest
Warden, in last year's report, has been started and we hope
funds will be available to carry on this good work this year.
The forest fire apparatus is in good condition and has given
excellent service on building fires as well as forest fires.
Respectfully submitted,
ALAN B. FROST,
Forest Warden.
64
Report of the Board of Health
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1934
Burial Permits issued in Acton 30
Residents who died in other towns 11
Total number of deaths recorded 41
Non-resident burials . 21
List of contagious diseases reported to the Board of Health
January 1, 1934 to January 1, 1935:
Chicken-pox 5
Influenza 1
Measles 5
Scarlet Fever 6
Pneumonia (Lobar) 1
Whooping Cough 6
Dog Bite 5
Meningitis (Acute) 1
Total 30
Deaths None
Your Board would recommend that $1,000 be appropriated
for the use of the Board for the present year. -
ACTON BOARD OF HEALTH,
CHARLES A. DURKEE,
■ Agent.
Report of Town Nurse
To the Board of Health :
Town calls (bedside nursing) 1,164
Welfare 501
Prenatal 176
Child Welfare 317
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. FROST.
65
Goodnow Fund
For the Year Ending December 31, 1934
Investments
Warren Institution for Savings $1,458.33
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank . . 1,000.00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell .... 1,000.00
Receipts
Warren Institution for Savings |43.93
Charlestov^n Five Cents Savings Bank . . 35.00
City Institution for Savings 30.00
Payments
Ella L. Miller, treasurer of the Evangeli-
cal Church in Acton $32.50
Harlan E. Tuttle, treasurer of the Evan-
gelical Church in Acton 56.40
Fred W. Green, care of Goodnow Lot,
Woodlawn Cemetery 15.00
Added to Savings deposit 5.03
$3,458.33
$108.93
$108.93
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
CHARLES E. SMITH,
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
66
Report of the Work of the Middlesex County Extension
Service in Acton During 1934
The following report is given of the work of Middlesex County
Extension Service in this town for the year 1934.
The town of Acton has served more or less as a central meet-
ing place for farm organizations of Middlesex County. Middle-
sex County Dairy Farmers' Association and the Herd Improve-
ment Association hold all of their meetings in this town. Also
the County Poultrymen's Association meetings are held every
month except during the summer.
Meetings were held of interest to fruit growers on picking and
packing apples. Many individual farm requests have been an-
swered, either through the office or by making personal farm
visits. These have had to do largely with the poultry and fruit
men.
Under the C. W. A. project for cutting down ieglected apple
trees some assistance was rendered in the organization and de-
velopment of the project.
At Acton Fair judges were furnished for several departments
and assistance given in arranging some of the exhibits.
Ninety-two boys and girls are enrolled in Acton in 4-H club
work. The membership is divided among Clothing, Home Fur-
nishing, Poultry, Garden and Handicraft projects. John
McGuire and Robert Clapp had unusually fine gardens and were
both awarded money prizes by the Middlesex North Agricultural
Society. This society sends a man to judge the boys' and girls'
gardens in the northern part of the county, awarding prizes to
the best.
The junior committee for the Acton Fair headed by Joseph
Perry, Superintendent, did a fine job. In spite of dry weather
the garden exhibits were good and there was an increase in all
other exhibits. The committee took entire charge of the 4-H
building.
North and Center Acton have had regular organized groups in
homemaking, studying Nutrition, Home Management, Garden-
ing and Canning. Miscellaneous meetings were held in West
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and South Acton. All leader training meetings for the Nas-
hoba section have been held in Acton Center ; the Woman's Club
house offers excellent facilities for such work. A study group in
West and Center Acton is discussing the problems of the pre-
school child. These leader schools are conducted by Mrs. Ruth
Morley, State Child Guidance Specialist.
The home agent has met with a group of interested men to talk
over the possibilities of a recreational center in Acton. The fair
grounds would make an ideal center if proper arrangements can
be made. Two state recreation specialists and Mr. Carl Scraeder
from the State Department of Education spoke at some of these
committee meetings. The topic will be discussed this winter,
and we hope definite plans will be made.
It should be remembered that the work of the Middlesex
County Extension Service is free to all citizens of the county
who desire to participate in its work. It is organized primarily
to serve farmers, homemakers and boys and girls residing in
rural sections, but homemakers, back yard gardeners and boys
and girls in villages may also avail themselves of this service.
68
Librarian's Report, 1934
Accessions: Number of volumes in the Library January 1,
1934, 19,797. Increase by purchase, 383. Increase by gift, 22.
Total increase 405 ; withdrawn from circulation, 175.
Total number of volumes in Library, January 1, 1935, 20,027.
Circulation: Number of days the Library was open, 101.
Number of volumes circulated, 15,480.
Largest daily circulation, 217 March 24.
Smallest daily circulation, 76, December 19.
Daily average circulation, 153 plus.
Received from Library fines and magazines sold
paid to Town Treasurer S67.48
Gifts of Books have been received from the following sources :
U. S. Government, 1 ; State of Massachusetts, 8 ; First National
Bank of Boston, 1; Ford Motor Co., 1; New York Stock Ex-
change, 1 ; Harvey J. Firestone, 1 ; David I. Walsh, 1 ; Alice Con-
don, 4 ; Edward R. Farrar, 1 ; Albert Jensen, 1 ; Barbara Horton,
1 ; Irene Barritt, 1.
ARTHUR F. DAVIS, Librarian. I
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Andrews, R. C— Ends of the Earth 910A569e
Anon— The First National Bank of Boston 974.5A100f
Anon— The New Dealers 921A100n
Anon — New York Stock Exchange Year Book 33A100nf
Baker, R. H.— When the Stars Come Out 52B168w
Bartlett, R. A.— Sails Over Ice 919.8B291s
Batson, A. — African Intrigue 916B334a
Benet, S. V.— John Brown's Body 81B461J
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Benson, E. F.— The Life of Alcibiades 928A352h
Borden, M.— Mary of Nazareth 23B728m
Borrow, G.— Celtic Bards, Chiefs and Kings 82B737c
Bowles, E. S. — About Antiques 74B787a
Bowles, E. S. — Homespun Handicrafts 74B787h
Boyd, J.— My Farm in Lion Country 916.7B789m
Bradley, N.— Anne Sulhvan Macy 922M177b
Brown, C. S.— Shifted Letter Puzzles 79B877s
Brown, S. (ed.)— The Boat Book 69B879b
Browne, L.— How Odd of God 29B882h
Bush, F. G. and Welboume F.— Design 74B978d
Chapman, F. M. — Autobiography of a Bird-lover . . . 922C466c
Chappel, J. M.— Face to Face With Our Presidents . . 921C467f
Charnley, M. — Jean Lafitte, Gentleman Smuggler . . . 922L164c
Chinard, G.— Honest John Adams 922A214c
Churchill, W. S.— Amid These Storms 924C5631c
Churchill, W. S.— A Roving Commission 924C5631ch
Clapper, R. — Racketeering in Washington 32C589r
Clemenceau, G.— In the Evening of My Thought 50C625i
Coates, C. W.— Tropical Fishes 59C652t
Colman, R. A. (Ed.)— The Golden West 81C716g
Cooper, V. I. — Windjamming to Fiji 910C778w
Cotton, E. H. (Ed.)— Has Science Discovered God 50C851h
Crissey, F.— The Story of Foods 64C932s
Danzig, A.— The Racquet Game 79D199r
Davidson, M. — Understanding Modern Art 70D253u
Dennis, M. C. — My Normandy 914.4D411m
Ditmas, R. L.— The Forest of Adventure 59D615f
Ditmas, R. L.— Reptiles of the World 59D615r
Drake, W. A. — Contemporary European Writers .... 920D763c
Duggar, B. M. — Mushroom Growing 63D8661m
Dunn, E. D. — Double-crossing America by Motor . . 917.3D923d
Dwinger, E.— Between White and Red 940.3D991d
Earhart, W. — Music to the Listening Ear 78E12m
Eddy, S.— Russia To-day 914.7E21r
Eldridge, F. R.— Dangerous Thoughts on the Orient . 915.2E37d
Elson, A.— The Book of Musical Knowledge 78E49b
Engelbrecht, H. C. and Hanighen, F. C. — Merchants of
Death 35E57m
Essad-Bey— Ogpu the Plot Against the World 947E78o
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Floherty, J. J.— 'Board the Airliner 62F628b
Fosdick, H. E.— As I See Religion 20F748as
Gibbs, P. — Adventures in Journalism 924G443g
Gilfillan, L.— I Went to Pit College 922G473g
Goodman, N.— Benjamin Rush 922R952g
Grant, M.— The Conquest of a Continent 57G762c
Graves, R. H.— The Triumph of an Idea 922F711g
Grosjean, W. H.— The Nev^ Chardenal 44G877n
Gross, A.— Lincoln's Own Stories 922L736gr
Haldane, J. B. S.— Possible Worlds 50H158p
Hearn, L.— Creole Sketches 81H436c
Herrick, F. H.— The American Eagle 59H566a
Hillyer, R.— The Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer . . . 81H565c
Hoover, H.— The Challenge to Liberty 32H789c
Hoover, I. H.— Forty-two Years in the White House, 922H7891h
Hopkins, C. E.— Ohio the Beautiful and Historic . . 917.3H793o
Howard, J. T. — Stephen Foster, America's Trou-
bador 922F757h
Huffard, G. T. (Ed) My Poetry Book 80H889m
Ivey, G. F. — The physical Properties of Lumber 69I94p
Jaife, B. — Crucibles, the Lives and Achievements of
the Great Chemists 920J23c
James, W.— All in the Day's Riding 917.3J29a
Johnson, T. M.— Our Secret War 940.3J69o
Joralemon, I. B. — Romantic Cooper, its Lure and Lore . 62J82r
Keene, J. H.— The Mystery of Handwriting 65K26m
Kemmerer, E. W. — Kemmerer on Money 33K31k
Kipling, R.— Letters of Travel, 1892-1913 910K571
Klein, J.— Frontiers of Trade 38K64f
Knowlton, E.— The Naked Mountain 915.4K73n
Kreymborg, A. (Ed.) — Lyric America 80K921
Krzyzanowski, J. — Polish Romantic Literature 89K94p
LaMonte, F. and Welch, M. — Vanishing Wilderness . . 59L234v
Lathom, X.— Claude Monet 925M7421
Lincoln, C. H. (Ed.) — Correspondence of Gov.
William Shirley, 1731-1760 922S5581
Lindsay, J. S. — Iron and Brass Implements of the
Enghsh Home 74L748i
Lippman, W.— Interpretations, 1931-32 973L766i
Lomax, J. A. — American Ballads and Folk Songs 78L829a
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Lothrop, E. — Early American Inns and Taverns . . 917.3L882e
Lothrop, E.— Historic Houses of Early America . . . 917.3L882h
McCully, A. — American Alpines in the Garden 63M133a
McFee, I. N.— How Our Government is Run 35M143h
Macy, J — American Writers on American Literature . 81M177a
Manley, W. L.— Death Valley in '49 922M279m
Mann, L. Q.— From Jungle to Zoo 59M281f
Maule, F.— She Strives to Conquer 37M449s
Miller, J.— Camel-bells of Baghdad 915.5M648c
Morris, A. A.— Digging in the Southwest 913M875d
Naumburg, E. H. and Others — Skyscraper 62N299s
Newton, A. E. — End Papers, Literary Recreations . . 81N561e
Norden, H.— Africa's Last Empire 916.6N829a
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Page, V. W.— Ford Model V 8-B & A Cars 62P132f
Prescott, W. H.— Conquest of Mexico 972P933c
Quinn, A. H. — A History of the American Drama to
to the Civil War 79Q7h
Quinn, A. H. — A History of the American Drama to
the Present Day 79Qhi
Raymond, W. (Ed.) — Standard Catalog, United
States Coins and Currency 73R273s
Reinach S. — Orpheus, a History of Religions 27R364o
Rihbany, A. M. — Wise Men from East and from
the West 32R571w
Rockwell, F. F.— Gardening Under Glass 63R684g
Rogers, C— The Legend of Calvin Coolidge 922C774r
Rugg, A. P. — Memorial Address on Calvin Coolidge, 922C774ru
Russell, C. E.— Charlemagne, First of the Moderns . . 925C474r
Schnitman, L. S.— How Safe is Life Insurance? 33S361h
Scott, N. — Old Plantation Houses in Louisiana 72S428o
Sears, C. E.— The Great Pow-wow 973.2S439g
Sewall, W. W.— Bill Sewall's Story of T. R 922R781s
Shaw, F. H.— Full Fathom's Five 910S534f
Shull, J. M. — Rainbow Fragments 63S562r
Snyder, F.— The Life of Robert Burns 924B967sn
Stout, C. H.— The Amateur's Book of the Dahlia 63S889a
Streeter, D. W. — An Arctic Rodeo 919.85915a
72
Sutley, Z. T.— The Last Frontier 922S965s
Talman, C. F.. .The Realm of the Air 55T151r
Toothaker, C. R. — Commercial Raw Material 33T668c
Townsend R. — Ways That are Dark; the Truth
About China 915.1T749w
Warner, G. S.— Pop Warner's Book for Boys 79W281p
Warshow, R. I. — Alaxander Hamilton 922H217w
Way, F., Jr.— The Log of the Betsy Ann 917.3W3571
White, B.— The Book of Daniel Drew 922D7762w
White, E. L.— Why Rome Fell 937W583w
White, P.— How to Fly an Airplane 62W587h
Winkler, J. K.— Incredible Carnegie 922C289w
Wright, W. J. — Greenhouses; their Construction
and Equipment 63W9541g
Young, J. C. — Liberia Rediscovered 916.7Y731
Young, W. E. and Mazet, H. S.— Shark! Shark! 59Y78s
FICTION
Aldrich, B. S.— Miss Bishop A3652mi
Ashton, H.— Mackerel Sky A828m
Bacheller, I. — A Candle in the Wilderness B121c
Bacheller, I— The Master of Chaos B121ma
Baldwin, F. — Innocent Bystander B181i
Baldwin, F. — Rosalie's Career B181r
Baldwin, F. — Week-end Marriage B181w
Bailey, T. — Enchanted Ground B156e
Barnes, M. A.— Within this Present B261wi
Barrington, E. — The Great Romantic B276gr
Bassett, S. W.— Bayberry Lane B319b
Bassett, S. W.— Shifting Sands B319s
Beach, R. — Beyond Control B365be
Beeding, F.— The Hidden Kingdom B4142h
Bibesco, M. — Catherine Paris B581c
Billings, B.— The Wolf of the Pecos ^ B598w
Bindloss, H.— The Ghost of Hemlock Canyon B612gh
Borden, M. — Jericho Sands B728j
Bottome, P.— Devil's Due B751d
Bower, B. M.— Laughing Water B7861a
Bower, B. M.— Trails Meet B786ts
Bower, B. M.— The Whoop-up Trail B786wh
13
Brand, M.— Slow Joe B817s
Brand, M. — Smiling Charlie B817sm
Brand, M.— Timbal-gulch Trail B817t
Buchan, J.— Witch Weed B918w
Buck, P.— The Mother B9221m
Cohen, 0. R.— Transient Lady C678t
Cullum, R.— The Luck of the Kid C9671u
Cullum, R.— Sheets in the Wind C967s
Curwood, J. 0.— Back to God's Country C982ba
Curwood, J. 0.— Falkner of the Inland Seas C982fa
Curwood, J. 0. — A Gentleman of Courage C982ge
Curwood, J. 0.— Steele of the Royal Mounted C982s
Dashwood, J.— The Month of May D2291m
Deeping, W — The Prophetic Marriage DSllp
Deeping, W. — Seven Men Came Back DSllse
De la Roche, M.— Lark Ascending D3391
Dell, E.— Charles Rex D357c
Dell, E.— The Gate Marked Private D357ga
Dilnot, G.— The Lazy Detective D5761
Douglass, L. C. — Precious Jeopardy D734p
Dumas A. — Sylvandire D888s
EHot, E. C— Green doors E421g
Evarts, H.— The Shaggy Legion E921sh
Evarts, H.— Tomahawk Rights E921to
Fairbanks, J. A.— The Bright Land F164b
Farnol, J. — My Lady Caprice F235my
Fletcher, J. S.— The Yorkshire Moorland Murder F613y
Footner, H.— Anybody's Pearls F687a
Footner, H.— The Doctor Who Held Hands F687d
Friel, A. 0.— Cat O'Mountain F8991c
Gaborian, E.— The Honor of the Name G116h
Gibbs, P.— The Cross of Peace G443c
Gibbs, P. — Young Anarchy G443y
Gordon, R. C— The Arm of Gold G662a
Gordon, R. C— The Girl from Glengary G662gi
Gordon, R. C— The Runner G662ru
Gregory, J. — Emerald Trails G822em
Gregory, J. — The Everlasting Whispers G882e
Gregory, J.— The Silver Star G822si
Grey, Z.— The Drift Fence G842dr
74
Hackney, L. W.— Wing of Fame H123w
Hauck, L. P.— Bill Had an Umbrella H358b
Hauck, L. P.— His Own Roof Tree H358h
Hauck, L. P.— Partners H368p
Hendryx, J. B. — Corporal Downey Takes the Trail ..... H498c
Hendryx, J. B.— North H498n
Hendryx, J. B.— Raw Gold H498r
Hendryx, J. B.— Snow Drift H498s
Heyward, D.— Peter Ashley H622p
Hichens, R.— The First Lady Brendon H626f
Hueston, E.— Blithe Baldwin H887b
Johnson, M.— The Slave Ship J73s
Keating, L. A. — Riding the Range K25r
Keating, L. A. — Riders of the Valley Range K25ri
Kelland, C. B.— The Cat's Paw K293ca
Keown, A. G.— The Cat Who Saw God K37c
Kyne, P. B.— The Thunder God K99th
Lane, R. W. — Let the Hurricane Roar L2661
Larrimore, L. — Mulberry Square L334m
Larrimore, L. — Robin Hill L334r
Larrimore L. — Tarpaper Palace L334t
Lincoln, J. C— The Peel Trait L7372pe .
Lockhart, C— Old West and New L8160
Loring, E.— We Ride the Gale L873w
Lutz, G. L. H.— The Beloved Stranger L975be
Lutz, G. L. H.— The Challengers L975ch
Lutz, G. L. G.— The Chance of a Life Time L975cj J
Lutz, G. L. H.— The Girl from Montana L975gi
Lutz, G. L. H.— Kerry L975k
Lutz, G. L. H.— The Patch of Blue L975pa
Lutz, G. L. H.— Silver Wings L975si J
MacGowan A. and Newberry P. — The Seventh Passenger M146se *
MacGrath, H.— The Cellini Plaque M147c
McNally, W.— House of Vanished Splendor M1692h
Marshall, A.— Miss Webby at Steen M367mi
Masefield, J.— The Bird of Dawning M396b
Mason, A. E. W.— No Other Tiger M398n
Miller, C— Lamb in His Bosom M64721
Miller, H. T.— Sharon M648s
Millin, S. G— The Coming of the Lord M655c
75
Morgan, C— The Fountain M847fo
Moro&o, J. A.— Love in Her Heart M8691
Mottram, R. H.— At the Sign of the Lame Dog M921a
Nordhoff, C. and Hall, J. N.— Men Against the Sea N832me
Nordhoff, C. and Hall, J. N.— Mutiny of the Bounty . . . N832m
Norris, F. — Vandover and the Brute N855v
Norris, K.— Treehaven N856tr
O'Brien, K.— Without My Cloak 0132w
Ogden, G. W.— The Guard of the Timberlands 034g
Oppenheim, E. P. — The Ex-Detective 062ex
Oppenheim, E. P. — Harvey Garrard's Crime Oo2ha
Oppenheim, E.P.— The Ostrekoff Jewels 062o
Pedler, M.— The Greater Courage P371gr
Philpotts, E.— Bred in the Bone P556b
Philpotts, E.— Witches Cauldron P556wj
Philpotts, E.— A Shadow Passes P556s
Poole, E.— Silent Storms P822s
Raine, W. M. — Roaring River R155rp
Rath, E. J.— Mister 44 R234mi
Rhode, J. — The Venner Crime R475v
Rinehart, M. R.— The Album R579al
Rinehart, M. R. — The State versus Elinor Norton R579su
Roberts, K. — Rabble in Arms R845r
Rodda, C— Storm R686s
Rolls, A.— Clerical Error R749c
Rolvaag, 0. E. — Peder Victorious R744p
Ruck, B.— Understudy R911u
Sass, H. R.— Look Back to Glory S2521
Scott, L.— Folly's Gold S427f
Sholokhor, M.— And Quiet Flows the Don S5592q
Shute, N. — The Mysterious Aviator S5621m
Vance, L. J. — Linda Lee Incorporated V22221i
Wallace, E.— The Land of Power W188ha
Walpole, H.— Portrait of a Man with Red Hair W218p
Ward, C— A Yankee Rover W2571y
Weber, L. M. — Mr. Gold and Her Neighborhood House . W374m
White, S. E.— Folded Hills W588f
Williams, B. A.— Thrifty Stock W721th
Wilson, M. B. — Yesterday's Promise W751y
Wylie, E.— The Orphan Angel W982o
76
Wynne, A. — The White Arrow .- . W988w
Yore, C.~Ranger Bill Y61ra
Young, F. B.— The Redlakes Y715r.
JUVENILE
Allen, A. E.— Little Aunt Emmie JA42521
Andersen, H. C— Fairy Tales JA546f2
Bartlett, A. C— A Son of the Wild Pack— JB2891so
Barton, G..— The Bell Haven Eight JB2931b
Baynes, E. H.— Wild Life in the Blue Mountain Forest JB361w
Bechdolt, J.— Hidden Waters JB3912b
Bechdolt, J.— The Race of the Rails JB3912r
Bemelmans, L. — Hansi JB455h
Berry, E.— The Winged Girl of Knossos JB5342w
Bianco, M.— The Good r riends JB578g
Bianco, M. — Poor Cecco JB578p
Blake, E. T.— The King of the Trail JB6361k
Boulting, E. F.— The Beautiful Childhood J9B763b
Brown, M. and E.— Alexander JB8791a
Carr, M. J.— Children of the Covered Wagon JC312c
Casserley, A. — Brian of the Mountain JC344b
Chamberlin, E. C. — The Amazing Adventures of Kermit
the Hermit Crab JC4431a
Chute, A. H.— The Crested Seas JC564c
Clarke, R. S.— Prudy Keeping House JC5992p
Cook, N. E.— Welcome— Stranger JC7711w
Cooper, F. T.— Little Gold Nugget JC77621
Credle, E.— Down, Down the Mountain JC912d
DeNervand, M.— Scarum JD392s
Dixon, F. W.— Across the Pacific JD621a
Dixon, F. W.— Battling the Wind JD621b
Dixon, F. W.— Danger Trails of the Sky JD621d
Dixon, F. W.— Lost at the South Pole JD6211
Dixon, F. W. —The Secret of the Old Mill JD621se
Dodgson, C. L. — Through the Looking Glass JD644t
Doone, R. — Nurat the Brave JD691n
Eaton, W. P.— The Cow that Lived in a House JE14c
Edwards, L. — Jerry Todd and the Oak Island Treasure JE262J
Edwards, L.— Jerry Todd and the Waltzing Hen JE262je
Ellis, A. W.— Fairies and Enchanters JE472f
77
Fisher, C. and Langham, M. L. — World of Nature . . JF5331w
Fitler, M. B.— Anna Mary JF546a
Fitzgerald, P. L.— The Black Spearman JF554b
Foa, E. — Little Robinson Cruso of Paris JF6491
Fuller, C— Kitten Whiskers JF965k
Gale E. — Katrina Van Ost and the Silver Rose JGlSlk
Grant, M. N.— Windmills and Wooden Shoes JG7622w
Green, F. Jr.— Fitz Junior With the Fleet J9G7952f
Gregor, E. R. — Running Fox JG818ru
Hall, E. G.— Back to Buckeye - . . JH175b
Harshaw, R. — Reindeer of the Waves JH324r
Hope, L. L. — The Bobbsey Twins Treasure Hunting JH791bob21
Hope, L. L.— The Bobbsey Twins Wonderful Secret JH791bob22
Jay, M. F.— High on a Hill JJ42h
Judson, C. F. — Mary Jane her Book JJ93ma
Judson, C. I. — Mary Jane in England JJ93m
Keane, T. J.— Lubbers Afloat JK2441
Keeler, 0. B.— The Boys Life of Bobby Jones J9J76k
Keene, C.— The Secret of the Old Clock JK26s
King, M,— Kees and Kleintje JK531k
Krohn, G. & Johnson, J. N.— The Scales of the Silver Fish JK93s
Lewis, S. F.— Ho-ming Girl of New China JL6732h
Lippincott, J. W. and Roberts, G. J. — Nature Craft
Creatures JL765n
Lofting, H. — Doctor Dolittles Caravan JL829db
McNeer, M. and Ward, L.— Prince Beautiful JM1695p
Maxon, A.— The House that Jill Built JM463h
Miller, J.— True Bear Stories JM648t
Mills, J.— A Mountain Boyhood JM657m
Milne, A. A. — Winnie the Pooh JM659w
Minot, J. C— The Best Stories of Heroism I Know . . JM6662bg
Minot, J. C— Tales of Freckle Days JM6682t
Mirza, Y. B.— Son of the Sword JM677s
Mochi, U.— African Shadows JM688a
Morrow, H. W.— On to Oregon JM872o
Nolan, J. C— The Young Douglas JN788y
Osborne, N. C. — Gardiner A. C. — Good Wind and Good
Water J0812g
Pease, H.— The Ship Without a Crew JP363sh
Peet, C— Mike the Cat JP375m
78
Petersham, M. and M. — Miki and Mary, their Search for
Treasures JP484m
Petersham, M. & M.— The Story Book of Things We Use JP484s
Porcher, M. F. W.— Gloom Creek JP833g
Ransome, A. — Winter Holiday JR212w
Raspe, R. E. — Adventures of Baron Munchausen JR226a
Rien, N.— The Reckless Seven JR564r
Riggs, S.— The Story of Beowulf JR569s
Robinson, L. F.— Jack's House JR6621J
Ross, M. I.— Land of WilHwav^s JR8251
Sayers, F. C. — Blue Bonnets for Lucinda JS274b
Shannon, M.— Doby JS528d
Sperry, A. — One Day with Jambi JS751on
Stephens, C. A. — A Busy Year at the Old Squires JS832b
Stephens, C. A.— A Great Year of Our Lives JS832g
Stephens, C. A. — Hap and Mishaps at the Old Farm JS832h
Stephens, C. A.— Molly's Baby JS832m
Stephens, C. A.— My Folks in Maine JS832my
Stephens, C. A.— When Life Was Young JS832w
Stoddart, J. T. E.— Strange Birds at the Zoo JS868s
Stone, A. W.— P. Penny and His Little Cart JB8772p
Sugimoto, E. L & Austen, N. V. — With Taro and Hana in
Japan JS947w
Tarn, W. W.— The Treasure of the Isle of Mist JT189t
Theiss, L. E.— The Mail Pilot of the Caribbean JT376m
Van Epps, M. T. — Nancy Pembroke, Sophomore at Rex-
ford JV252n
Van Stockum, H.— A Day on Skates JV251d
Verrill, A. H. — The Inca's Treasure House JV555i
White, E. 0.— Where is Adelaide JW583wh
Whitefield, R.— Danger Circus JW591d
Williamson, T.— North After Seals JW732n
Wyman, L. P.— The Golden Boys at the Haunted Camp JW984g
Yeager, D.— Bob Flame Ranger JY37b
REFERENCE
Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1933
Annual Proceedings American Legion, 1933
Birthplace of the Farrar Family in America
Journal of the House of Representatives of Mass., 1934
79
Journal of the Senate of Massachusetts, 1934
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil
War,, Vol. 7
New York Stock Exchange Year Book, 1932-33
Proceedings Encampment G. A. R., 1934
Proceedings Encampment Mass. U. S. W. V., 1933
Proceedings Encampment Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1933
Report of the Librarian of Congress
80
Accountant's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1934 :
Expenditures
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriation $5,500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 169.12
$5,669.12
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Howard J. Billings, Chairman $200.00
Waldo E. Whitcomb 100.00
George S. Braman 100.00
Middlesex County Selectmen's Association 4.50
N. E. Telephone & Tel. Co 3.67
L. J. Peabody, Steel Cabinet 21.00
Lowden's, Stationery 3.50
Kennison Print, Town Reports 372.20
Standard Maintenance Co., Typewriter . . 60.00
Murphy & Snyder, Stationery, Printing 10.75
Hobbs & Warren, Blanks 16.22
Glenna Jones, Salary as Clerk 189.25
Postage 36.00
$1,117.09
ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT
Howard L. Jones, Salary $400.00
Howard L. Jones, Postage 8.47
Allen Stationery Co., Books, Stationery 5.55
Remington Rand Co., Ledger Sheets .... 2.25
Murphy & Snyder, Treasury Warrants . . 18.75
$435.02
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Henry L. Haynes, Salary $300.00
Albert P. Durkee, Salary 300.00
Warren H. Jones, Salary 300.00
George R. Barnistead, Tax Cards 1.00
81
Warren H. Jones, Attending Meetings . . 15.00
Albert P. Durkee, Attending Meetings . . 10.00
Henry L. Haynes, Attending Meetings . . 20.00
L. L. Applin, Transfers, Probates 18.68
Rachael Haynes, Services 25.00
Maplewood Press, Voting List 60.00
Henry L. Haynes, Postage, Telephone and
Express 16.61
Murphy & Myher, Printing 11.20
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Stationary 66.38
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Turners Public Spirit, Notices §5.50
P. B. Murphy, Blanks 2.60
J. L. Fairbanks, Binding, Book 13.50
Robert S. Osterhout, Notices 3.36
Murphy & Snyder, Printing, Stationary . . 16.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
George A. Richardson, Salary 8125.00
Carl Backman, Salary 70.00
B. D. Hall, Salary 35.00
Carl Backman, Expense 35.00
Glenna Jones, Clerk 116.00
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Wm. H. Soar, Salary 8500.00
Wm. H. Soar, Postage 59.70
Wm. H. Soar, Recording Deeds 5.96
Wm. H. Soar, Telephone .30
Wm. H. Soar, Certifying Notes 8.00
Hobbs & Warren, Book 6.02
Murphy & Snyder, Envelopes 2.60
Maynard Trust Co., Deposit Vault 5.50
Glenna Jones, Services 24.50
81,143.87
840.96
8381.00
$612.58
82
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Charles A. Durkee, Salary 1697.50
Charles A. Durkee, Expense at Registry
of Deeds 18.50
Charles A. Durkee, Postage 173.10
James N. Berry, Cabinet 38.34
A. W. Davis Co., Shellac, Hardware .... 1.95
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Books, Deeds,
Etc 38.97
Murphy & Snyder, Tax Bills, Envelopes,
Etc 60.90
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Daniel W. Sheehan, Registrar $20.00
David R. Kingsley, Registrar 6.00
E. A. Phelan, Registrar * 20.00
C. D. Chickering, Registration 20.00
L. C. Hastings, Officer 15.00
L. C. Hastings, Placing Booths 6.25
Bertram D. Hall, Officer 15.00
Theron Lowden, Officer 15.00
James P. Brown, Officer 12.00
John J. Manning, Officer •. 12.00
Timothy Hennessey, Officer 3.00
A. R. Beach, Officer 9.00
Harry E. Holt, Officer 6.00
John J. Duggan, Officer 6.00
James W. Coughlin, Officer 12.00
Harold Coughlin, Officer 9.00
D. R. Kingsley, Officer 6.00
James Kingsley, Officer 12.00
Arthur F. Davis 15.00
E. A. Phalen, Recount 4.00
Universalist Church, Rent 20.00
Murphy & Snyder, Warrants, Ballots,
Lists, Etc 178.60
R. Dexter Tolman, Ballot Box 70.00
Enterprise Press, Notices 5.64
Albert P. Durkee, Moderator 25.00
$1,029.26
1522.49
83
CATTLE INSPECTOR
Fred S. Whitcomb, Salary, 1933-1934 . . . 8250.00
?250.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Ralph T. Littlefield, Salary $120.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc 16.85
$136.85
$5,669.12
TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S BONDS
Appropriation $225.00
Paid:
C. A. Durkee $200.50
Unexpended Balance 24.50
$225.00
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Appropriation $1,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 3.93
$1,003.93
Paid:
A. W. Davis Co., coal, wood, fertilizer $226.63
Boston Consolidated Gas Co 32.60
Allen Chair Corp., Chair parts 6.24
Edison Electric Light Co 90.12
B. A. King, lighting fixtures, labor .... 25.50
N. H. Tenney, repairs on boiler 50.29
Frank Braman, removing ashes 2.70
0. D. Wood, labor 88.67
George A. Braman, repairs, labor and
supplies 35.20
So. Acton Dept. Store, stove pipe .... 1.50
So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co.,
lumber 1.20
E. F. Conant, labor 29.20
Mrs. C. F. Kingsley, removing ashes . . 2.00
Spaulding Fibre Co., chair seats 4.59
William Lawrence, labor 3.20
N. Di Gracamandera, labor 4.80
N. Di Gracamandera, labor 8.00
1
84
West and South Water Supply 18.47
William P. Proctor Co., Lumber 19.27
Samuel Knowlton, Painting Fire House 28.40
0. H. Howe, Flowers 1.50
George H. Reed, Fertilizer 3.25
Ideal Mower Sales Co., Repairs 7.65
Neil & Butcher, Patching Fire House 5.00
George Morse, Gas 8.00
David Clayton, Painting Fire House . . 52.00
E. R. Sanborn, Repairs 8.58
H. Schnair, Painting Fire House .... 199.00
Esther Bressette, Cleaning 6.50
W. A. Raynor, cutting brush and
hedge 10.00
Joe Gallant, Labor 3.20
F. W. Green, Mowing 10.79
Albert E. Sims, Repairs 9.88
$1,003.93
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation |2,500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 100.00
12,600.00
Paid:
Michael Foley, Salary |2,053.02
Roy Houghton 1.45
N. E. Telephone & Tel. Co 72.24
Murphy & Snyder, envelopes, signs . . 12.50
Edison Electric 111. Co 23.83
George A. Braman, Services 272.51
McPhersons, cartridges 1.50
F. M. Batchelder Co., Uniform 43.50
Robert G. Willette, Services $20.26
Wm. Driscoll, Services 12.00
Alan B. Frost, Services 63.01
J. S. Moore, Brush .20
M. E. Taylor & Co., Paint 1.20
W. P. Proctor Co., Paint, Lumber .... 6.11
Dr. R. F. Christie, Medical Aid 5.00
$2,588.33
Unexpended Balance 11.67
$2,600.00
85
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation 82,800.00
Paid:
George S. Braman, Janitor $30.00
Pay Roll, West, for Fires ]
Pay Roll, South, for Fires [ 251.00
Pay Roll, Center, for Fires J
N. E. Telephone & Tel. Co 92.05
E. L. Young, Paper 1.00
Maynard, Acton & Oil Co., Gas 2.63
H. Schnair, Care of Truck 16.00
Iner Peterson, Janitor and Care of
Truck 128.00
George H. Reed, Coal 213.16
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., Coal 201.44
Acton Motor Co., Gas, Repairs, Etc. . . 29.30
WilHam G. Lawrence, Janitor 158.95
Malcolm Fullonton, Care of Truck 16.00
John Pederson, Gas and Motor Parts 9.25
T. F. Parker, Latch 5.00
J. J. Manning, Janitor 120.00
Frank Gallant, Bolts .75
American La France & Foamite Indus-
try, Hose 541.41
E. R. Sanborn, Labor 20.00
West & South Water Supply 36.00
R. S. Baker, Gas 5.52
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., Equip-
ment 9.20
Edison Electric 111. Co 188.78
South Acton Dep't Store, Tube 4.00
A. W. Davis Co., Supplies 5.15
F. K. Howe, Bandage 1.00
W. J. Murray, Repairs on Truck 15.00
George Morse, Gas and Oil 10.33
Direct Sales Co., First Aid Kits 29.25
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Lumber .81
A. H. Blanchard Co., Supplies 26.60
C. A. Mosso Labratories, Oil of Salt . . 3.50
J. S. Moore, Paper, Polish 1.84
86
Clarence Robbins, Carting Ashes .... 5.50
Strong & Tracy, Paper .68
Hay ward & Fullonton, Work on Whistle 1.50
Wm. B. Holt, Solvent 1.50
H. S. MacGregor, Postage, Telephone 6.30
Towers Motor Parts, Chains 6.70
Farrar Body Co., Connection 9.85
Acton Fire Co., No. 1, Mop, Polish 1.65
Annual Salaries 460.00
E. R. A. PROJECTS
F. E. Hollowell, Truck 64.00
Hosen A. Gould, Truck 42.50
A. R. Jenks, Gravel 24.30
C. B. Robbins, Truck 2.00
$2,799.40
Unexpended Balance .60
$2,800.00
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation $500.00
Paid :
Pay Rolls, Fires $113.60
John Pederson, Gas 2.00
Justin A. McCarthy, Hose 144.12
Giant Battery Co., Battery 7.42
Allan B. Frost, Patrol 21.44
Tower Motor Parts, Chains 8.73
American LaFrance and Foamite Ind.,
Hose 130.00
$427.31
Unexpended Balance 72.69
$500.00
87
SPECIAL NEW EQUIPMENT
Appropriation 83,000.00
Paid:
Reo Sales Corp 81,307.00
Farrar Body Co 828.00
American Steam Pump 800.00
$2,935.00
Unexpended Balance 65.00
§3,000.00
HYDRANT SERVICE
Appropriation 83,079.00
Paid:
West and South Water Supply District §2,825.00
Town of Concord 253.00
§3,078.00
Unexpended Balance 1.00
§3,079.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation §500.00
Paid:
James J. Knight, Labor §127.00
James J. Knight, Truck 160.33
Clarence Robbins, Truck 1.00
J. S. Moore, Tools 62.07
George L. Morse, Oil 3.04
Harold E. Day, Filing Saws 1.50
MacPherson, Saw 9.45
Frost Insecticide Co., Brushes 24.10
M. W. Leahy, Moving Tree 20.00
James J. Knight, Sundry Expenses . . 4.70
James Higgins and Son, Creosote .... 84.43
§497.62
Unexpended Balance 2.38
§500.00
88
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation $500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund .15
8500.15
Paid:
J. S. Moore, Chisel, Oil $3.00
Samuel Cabot 5.18
James J. Knight, Labor 310.05
James J. Knight, Truck 147.75
John Dunivan, Labor 2.00
David Clayton, Labor 3.00
H. E. Day, Filing Sav^s 2.70
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co 1.57
Horace Tuttle, Labor 1.00
John Bradley, Labor 12.80
E. P. Gates, Irons 1.50
T. F. Parker, Saw 2.90
Herbert Hale, Filing Saws 1.25
James J. Knight, Sundry Expenses . . 5.45
S500.15
HEALTH
Appropriation $1,000.00
Paid:
R. F. Durkee, Salary 1933-1934 $30.00
George H. Tuttle, Salary 1933-1934 • . 20.00
F. E. Tasker, Salary 1933-1934 50.00
James Kingsley, Inspection 9.00
E. R. Sanborn, Labor and Material . . . 8.00
C. A. Durkee, Service 57.91
Frank Farrar, Labor 141.00
M. E. Taylor & Co., Supplies 53.32
W. A. Twombley, Ambulance 12.00
Fitzgerald Garage 2.70
Dr. 0. L. Clark, Services 49.00
Wm. P. Proctor Co 14.01
George A. Braman, Messenger 5.00
Parke Davis Co., Supplies 32.83
Waltham Hospital 96.50
89
Francis Shaw, Labor 2.00
Percy Wood, Labor 2.60
Richard Sisson, Labor 3.20
Ernest A. Mayell, Services . 75.00
Acton Pipe Co., Pipe 13.25
George A. Richardson, Cleaning .... 17.40
Acton Motor Co., Gas Cartage 1.15
R. F. Durkee, Postage 1.50
?697.37
Unexpended Balance 302.63
11,000.00
TOWN NURSE
Appropriation §2,200.00
Paid:
Lillian E. Frost, Nurse §2,000.16
Albert Noll, Supplies 83.01
Ye Old Town Shoppe 12.00
12,095.17
Unexpended Balance 104.83
§2,200.00
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation §12,000.00
State of Mass., Chapter 81 8,700.00
State of Mass., Chapter 90 2,000.00
Middlesex County, Chapter 90 2,000.00
§24,700.00
Paid:
A. W. Davis Co., Tools, Cement §271.47
G. H. Reed, Cement, Tools 142.45
N- E. Fencing Co., Cable Guard 44.70
Samuel Knowlton, Gravel 67.20
Mrs. M. Spinney, Gravel 15.60
E. B. Gates, Sharpening 129.30
John Watkins', Gravel 94.05
John Anderson, Gravel 231.20
Buffalo Springfield Roller Co., Parts . . 75.89
Mass. Broken Stone Co 447.81
General Crushed Stone Co 7.50
90
North Middlesex Washed Sand and
Gravel Co 162.33
Standard Oil Co., Oil 7,3457ci
Laffins Express 2.75
A. Cristofferson, Gravel 234.60
J. S. Moore, Tools 22.35
Shunk Mfg. Co., Blade 7.45
Nashoba Garage, Repairs 4.10
Acton Motor Co., Gas, Repairs 53.08
Bursan Gas and Oil Co 37.41
T. F. Parker, Hammer, Wedge 2.30
Geo. Morse, Gas 8.15
Maynard and Acton Oil Co 29.56
Acton Pipe Co .98
Charles A. Miller, Expense Account . . 92.96
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., Lock,
Lumber 2.70
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Lumber 715.76
Lowell Iron & Steel Co., Bars 86.00
N. E. Bolt Co 9.76
Ccnant Machine Co., Repairs 49.88
A. Jalonen, Drag 7.50
John C. Bennett, Drills, Wedges 6.50
Dance Co., Rental of Pump 66.00
M. I. Houghton 1.13
W. Larabee, Bags 3.75
G. M. & A. W. Hartwell, Strips 3.20
W. B. Holt, Gasket .75
R. S. Baker, Gas 2.60
E. A. Ccmeau, Sand 146.70
E. Hollowell, Curbing 140.00
G. H. Pierce, Rental of Mixer 35.95
MacPhersons, Hoe 1.15
Greenough Const. Co., Trucking 51.80
Fletcher Corner Filling Co., Gas 5.10
C. DiGracomandrea, Gravel 79.94
M. E. Taylor & Co., Tools 7.92
E. Holowell, Cement Work 1.50
N. E. Concrete Const. Co., Pipe 204.92
Wilson Lumber Co 30.75
N. E. Bolt Co., Pipe 116.40
91
American Powder Co., Dynamite .
15.25
$11,323.11
PAY ROLLS
Labor :
A. H. Perkins, Superintendent $986.40
C. A. Miller 280.00
Geo. Hayward 260.55
W. Larabee 363.50
J. Beach 189.00
J. Gallant 347.80
J. Weymouth 19.20
E. Anderson 9.10
T. Murray 106.00
P. Callan 241.20
A. Beach 206.40
R. Penney 43.20
G. Penney 19.20
R. Gagnon 217.40
L. Allard 149.60
E. Butler 157.20
L. Morse 157.80
J. Garceau 149.40
J. Desmond 82.60
W. Scanlon 190.80
A. Wessels 173.80
J. Combs 122.40
E. McGuire 54.80
F. Williams 19.20
W. Lawrence 163.20
F. Mauro 25.60
T. Cole 6.40
J. Troup 22.40
A. Marsh 68.80
W. Conquest 154.40
C. DiGracomandrea 48.40
N. DiGracomandrea ♦ 105.60
W. Livermore 33.60
F. Brayent 22.40
H. Conquest 105.20
E. Hurley 91.20
92
M. Sheehan 148.00
J. Brennen 72.00
A. MacKelvie 68.80
A. Hurley 122.80
B. Owen 114.00
A. Dubey 147.00
C. Whitcomb 229.60
E. Hall 205.60
H. Capell 186.00
P. Wood 167.20
F. Willet 25.60
W. Henson 102.40
F. Gallant 1.60
W. Charter 38.40
G. Rugg 52.00
H. Smart 17.60
A. Haynes 25.60
R. Sisson 33.60
J. Hurley 1.60
G. Charter .80
W. Goodearl 15.20
R. Boyse 89.60
S. Hagen 40.40
S. Paddock 198.00
R. Willet 67.00
L. Leveroni 16.00
Trucks :
C. Robbins ' $847.10
N. Perlins 1,331.35
Mrs. C. Kingsley 842.20
A. H. Perkins 495.60
R. Jones 807.00
H. Gould 547.00
E. Anderson 82.00
A. Jalonen t 266.00
J. Reynalds 284.75
E. Halowell 68.00
A. W. Davis 8.00
R. Willett 74.00
17,580.15
93
J. Briggs 127.00
J. Hurley 16.00
5,796.00
§24,699.26
Unexpended Balance .74
§24,700.00
POPE ROAD
Appropriation §2,500.00
State of Mass. Chapter 90 3,750.00
Middlesex County Chapter 90 1,250.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 6.82
Paid:
Berger Metal Culvert Co., Culvert . . . $153.82
N. E. Bolt Co., Pipe 321.27
S. E. Knowlton, Gravel 31.30
Wilson Lumber Co., Brick 71.23
Bursar Gas & Oil Co 92.45
Commonwealth of Mass., Rail Posts . . . 57.50
A. W. Davis Co., Cement, Tools 34.50
C. DiGracomandrea, Gravel 189.86
Com. of Mass., Grate Frames 40.38
Am. Cyanide & Chemical Co., Caps . . . 7.00
Standard Oil Co., Oil 522.61
PAY ROLLS
Labor :
A. H. Perkins, Supt $306.00
W. Larrabee 314.50
W. Lawrence 78.40
A. Hurley 104.80
J. Beach 78.40
A. Dubey 71.60
J. Gallant 54.40
L. Allard 99.60
W. Conquest 103.00
S. Paddock 159.20
$7,506.82
$1,521.92
94
R. Willet 6.40
W. Henson 41.60
T. Murray 19.20
P. Callan ' 30.00
A. Wessells 82.00
P. Wood 75.60
A. Beach 69.20
N. DiGracomandrea 175.20
C. DiGracomandrea 172.80
H. Conquest 198.20
R. Gagnon 105.60
M. Sheehan 90.80
W. Condon 36.00
C. Briggs 164.80
E. Butler 79.40
S. Hagen 90.00
H. Capell 36.80
B. Owen 148.00
R. Boyce 53.00
A. Haynes 12.80
R. Sisson 12.80
W. Scanlon 22.40
C. Whitcomb 20.80
E. Hall 36.80
H. Smart 19.20
L. Morse .60
Trucks :
A. H. Perkins $159.00
N. Perkins 100.00
Mrs. C. Kingsley 552.50
C. Robbins 377.00
H. Gould :.. 456.50
R. Jones 544.50
R. Willet 334.00
E. Anderson 243.50
A. W. Davis 48.00
83,169.90
2,815.00
$7,506.82
95
SYLVIA STREET
Appropriation §600.00
Paid:
John Anderson, Gravel S43.50
Geo. Morse, Gas 8.70
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., Gas 13.27
§65.47
PAY
Labor :
W. Larabee
P. Callan
ROLLS
S47.25
3.20
R. Penney
12.00
C. Whitcomb
W. Henson
25.00
25.00
H. Capell
21.80
E. Hall
18.60
M. Marsh
15.40
L. Morse
3.20
A. Hurley
8.00
B. Owen
9.60
A. Dubey
8.00
W. Charter
J. Davis
16.00
12.80
R. Gagnon
19.20
A. Wessells
16.00
W. Scanlon
16.00
Trucks :
H. Gould
$94.50
J. Briggs
22.50
A. Anderson
C. Robbins
14.50
64.00
?277.05
$195.50
Unexpended Balance
?538.02
61.98
$600.00
96
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation $5,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 26.81
$5,026.81
Paid:
A. M. Christofferson, Ploughing $2,605.66
Good Road Machinery Co., Parts 49.25
Monarch Mfg. Co., Plow, Edges 300.G0
A. W. Davis Co., Shovels 38.27
J. S. Moore, Shovels 4.00
Conant Machine Co., Screen, Repairs . . 20.23
Acton Motor Co., Welding 5.75
E. P. Gates, Repairs 3.40
Geo. H. Reed, Shovels 6.00
Pay Rolls :
Labor 1,714.10
Trucks 280.15
$5,026.81
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation $2,500.00
Paid:
Edison Electric 111. Co $2,416.05
Unexpended Balance 83.95
$2,500.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation $6,000.00
Contributions 17.50
Transferred from Reserve Fund 83.18
$6,100.68
Paid:
Orders of Board of Public Welfare $6,102.34
Overdraft $1.66
STATE AID
Appropriation $600.00
Paid $370.00
Unexpended Balance 230.00
$600.00
97
MILITARY AID
Appropriation $200.00
Paid $127.50
Unexpended Balance 72.50
$200.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation $1,000.00
Paid:
Orders of Soldiers' Relief Agent $749.69
Unexpended Balance 250.31
81,000.00
' OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation $4,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 511.00
$4,511.00
Paid:
Orders of the Board of Public Welfare $4,511.00
EDUCATION
Appropriation $41,500.00
Paid:
Orders of School Committee $41,499.77 $41,499.77
Unexpended Balance .23
$41,500.00
INSURANCE ON HIGH SCHOOL
Appropriation $900.00
Paid:
Charles A. Durkee, Agent $837.22 $837.22 *
Unexpended Balance 62.78
$900.00
LIBRARY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation $800.00
Paid:
O. D. Wood, Labor Stock $15.75
Acton News & Publishing Co., Slips . . 10.00
98
A. W. Davis Co., Coal, Fertilizer 88.88
Edison Electric 111. Co 33.78
Chester B. Bobbins, Insurance 68.68
A. F. Davis, Librarian, Janitor 303.00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., Coal,
Lumber 82.80
West and South Water Supply 12.00
Frank Price, Labor, Plants . 18.50
John Pederson, Wood 10.00
E. Z. Stanley, Repairs 10.04
Remington Rand Co., Cards 4.00
M. E. Taylor Co., Supplies 2.98
John Pederson, Cutting Trees 10.00
A. F. Davis, Binding Books, Writing
Cards, Cataloging, Etc 74.68
$745.09
Unexpended Balance 54.91
$800.00
LIBRARY BOOKS
Appropriation . .* $200.00
Unexpended Balance .27
Received from Library Fund 293.17
$493.44
Paid:
Dr. Wolfe & Fi&ke Co $174.35
Mrs. Preston Crowell 2.00
American Federation of Art 3.34
W. R. Huntting Co 90.03
Acton News & Publishing Co 1.50
Union Library Assn 33.84
National Republic 5.00
Madison Cooper 2.00
Junior Literary Guild 55.50
Jean Karr 62.03
Southern Publishing Co 2.00
George W. B. Turner, 2.00
' Old Squires- Books Store 6.90
Herman Goldberger 38.90
Wm. A. Wilde Co 8.07
i
99
Noble & Noble 3.98
Christian Century 2.00
$493.44
CEMETERIES
Appropriation $700.00
Paid:
Y & A Trading Co., Tarpaulin $16.00
A. S. Freese, Pipe Fittings .55
Holmerden Co., Weed Killer 55.00
A. W. Davis Co., Seed 1.00
Albert Batley & Son, Flowers 28.20
West & South Water Supply 8.42
F. W. Green, Labor 173.57
F. W. Green, Horse 43.00
F. S. Kennedy, Labor 1C3.50
D. S. Kennedy, Labor 85.60
A. Freese, Labor 66.40
E. Hollowell, Labor 85.80
Howard Jones, Labor 28.20
S695.24
Unexpended Balance 4.76
$700.00
PERPETUAL CARE
Trans^ferred from Trust Fund Account . . $675.00
Received Interest from Cemetery Fund . . 613.15
Received Interest from Blanchard Fund . 25.00
Paid:
F. W. Green, Care of Lots $1,288.15
F. W. Green, Care of Blanchard Lot . . 25.00
$1,313.15
$1,313.15
HOSMER FUND
Trans-ferred from Trust Fund Account . . $ .99
Received Interest from Hosmer Fund . . . 1,147.70
$1,148.69
100
Paid:
Continental Nurseries $230.61
Conant Machine & Steel Co., Gates 737.84
F. W. Green, Labor 42.33
F. W. Green, Horse 10.50
F. S. Kennedy, Labor 31.00
D. S. Kennedy, Labor 34.20
A. Freese, Labor 6.40
E. Hollowell, Labor |9.60
Howard Jones, Labor 12.80
F. W. Green, Dressing and Seed 8.25
West & South Water Supply 16.16
Carrie Kingsley, Truck 4.50
C. Robbins', Truck 4.50
$1,148.69
SPECIAL CEMETERY
Transferred from Cemetery Land Fund . . .
Paid :
Thos. J. Grey Co., Seed
Frank Bulette, Team
H. Gould, Truck
Mrs. C. Kingsley, Truck
Fred Willette, Truck
J. Beach, Labor
B. CooHdge, Labor
Geo. Turner, Labor
S. E. Knowlton, Gravel
John F. Anderson, Gravel
F. W. Green, Labor
F. W. Green, Horses
D. S. Kennedy, Labor
F. S. Kennedy, Labor
J. Jones, Labor
E. Hollowell, Labor
A. Freese, Labor
$300.00
$30.87
27.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
6.40
6.40
6.40
4.05
3.60
53.13
21.75
31.60
14.80
12.40
24.00
9.60
$300.00
101
CEMETERY SURPLUS
Received from Cemetery Surplus Account $102.98
Paid:
E. P. Gates, Repairs $1.50
Hayward & Fullonton, Sharpening . . 23.35
Thos. J. Grey Co., Seed 1.88
A. W. Davis Co., Lime |25.30
Murphy & Snyder, Deeds 10.70
Fred W. Green, Labor 17.95
Fred W. Green, Team 3.50
D. S. Kennedy, Labor 9.40
F. S. Kennedy, Labor 7.80
Hov^ard Jones, Labor 1.60
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Appropriation $600.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 528.23
Paid :
Theron Lov^den, Premium $815.90
John J. Murphy, Ad Premium 312.33
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation $250.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 15.20
Received Refund 1.05
Paid:
A. W. Davis Co., Rope $2.10
0. H. Howe, Flov^ers 20.50
West Acton Women's Club, Rent 5.00
Lovell Bus Lines 30.00
Gladys McL^^ne, Dinners 55.00
American Legion Auxiliary 3.15
Boston Regalia Co., Flags 9.92
Newton Post 48, Music 100.00
Frank Price, Flowers 22.75
Edwards Quimby Post, Shells 16.78
$265.20
Unexpended Balance 1.05
$102.98
$1,128.23
$1,128.23
$266.25
$266.25
102
COUNTY HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT
Appropriation §598.08
Paid:
Treasurer of Middlesex County $598.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation S400.00
Paid :
Murray Brown, Expenses C.W.A S21.00
So. Acton Dept. Store, Supplies C.W.A. 49.75
H. J. Billings, Telephone C.W.A 2.40
So. Acton Improvement Assoc, Rent
C.W.A 30.00
Ina Milbery, Expenses C.W.A 3.35
C. A. Durkee, Bond 5.00
Com. of Mass., Signs 94.00
Howard Wilson, Services 138.00
C. C. Cullinane, Moving Pictures .... 3.50
Lungmotor Corporation 7.19
So. Acton Dept. Store, Flags 15.60
Geo. A. Braman, Painting Flag Pole,
and New Ropes 10.00
Oliver D. Wood, Care of Flag 5.00
S384.79
Unexpended Balance 15.21
$400.00
INTEREST ON NOTES & BONDS
Appropriation $1,600.00
Paid :
Merchants National Bank $1,320.00
First National Bank, Ayer 75.00
$1,395.00
Unexpended Balance 205.00
$1,600.00
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS
Appropriation $2,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 55.56
$2,055.56
103
Paid:
Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund S800.00
First National J^luI:, Aycr 1,255.56
82,055.56
BONDS AND NOTES
Appropriation 86,500.00
Paid :
First National Bank of Ayer 82,500.00
Middlesex County Hospital No::e
Merchants National Bank,
High School Bonds 4,000.00
86,500.00
REVENUE LOANS
Amount Outstanding Jan. 1, 1934 845,000.00
Received First National Banli, Ayer . . . 50,000.00
Susan A. Hosmer Fund 20,000.00
8115,000.00
Paid :
First National Bank of Ayer 850,000.00
Susan A. Hosmer Fund 20,000.00
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1934 . . 45,000.00
— 8115,000.00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation $1,500.00
Transferred to:
Liabihty Insurance 8528.23
Police Department 100.00
Memorial Day 15.20
General Government 169.12
Building and Grounds 3.93
Tree Warden .15
Pope Road 6.82
Snow Removal 26.81
Public Welfare 83.18
Old Age Assistance 511.00
Interest on Revenue Loans 55.56
81,500.00
104
REFUNDS
1933 Excise Tax $35.29
1934 Excise Tax 59.07
$94.36
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
Balance December 31, 1933 $20,914.28
Surplus Revenue 1934 4,066.34
Received Additional Tax 2.00
$24,982.62
Debit:
Tax Title Revenue 948.48
Balance Dec. 31, 1934 $24,034.14
OVERLAYS
1931
Balance December 31, 1933 $1,938.72
Debit :
Abatements 6.94
Overlay Surplus 1,930.78
1,937.72
Balance December 31, 1934 $1.00
1932
Balance December 31, 1933 $3,601.82
Debit :
Abatements $1,006.66
Transferred to Overlay
Surplus 2,581.53
3,588.19
Balance December 31, 1934 $13.63
1933
Balance December 31, 1933 $2,915.74
Debit :
Abatements 266.97
Balance December 31, 1934 $2,648.77
105
1934
Overlay 83,443.68
Abatements 190.96
Balance December 31, 1934 83,252.72
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance December 31, 1933 87,236.28
Transferred from 1931-1932 Overlay 4,512.31
811,748.59
Debit :
Reserve Fund 81,500.00
New Fire Truck 3,000.00
4,500.00
Balance December 31, 1934 $7,248.59
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE
Balance December 31, 1933 $5,567.46
Tax 1934 6,283.09
811,850.55
Debit:
Abatements §714.20
Refunds 94.36
Total Amount Collected 1934 6,169.87
6,978.43
Balance December 31, 1934 84,872.12
CEMERY LAND FUND
Balance December 31, 1933 81,173.00
Received for Lots Sold 1934 294.00
81,467.00
Debit:
Special Appropriation Cemetery Work at Mt. Hope 300.00
81,167.00
106
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Amt. Due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1933 . §56,835.95
Received State Tax 5,700.00
State Audit 373.41
State Parks 34.05
Overlay 3,443.68
Overdrafts 1933 148.44
Town Grant 83,377.07
Added Tax 1932 2.00
Added Assessment 30.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 6,283.09
County Tax 5,670.57
$161,898.26
Treasurer Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1933 . $32,039.17
Received Interest on Taxes 2,614.85
Receipts Other Than Taxes 115,664.43
150,318.45
1312,216.71
Paid :
State Tax |5,700.00
State Audit 373.41
State Park Tax 34.05
State Bank Tax, 1933 5.35
County Tax 5,670.57
County Hospital Assessment 598.08
County Dog Tax 607.80
General Government 5,669.12
Buildings and Grounds 1,003.93 .
Police 2,588.33
Fire Department 2,799.40
New Fire Truck 2,935.00
Forest Fires 427.31
Moth Work 497.62
Tree Warden 500.15
Health and Sanitation 697.37
Town Nurse 2,095.17
Highways 24,699.26
Sylvia Street 538.02
Snow Removal 5,026.81
Pope Road 7,506.82
107
Middlesex County Hospital Note 2,500.00
Street Lighting 2,416.05
State Aid 370.00
Soldiers' Relief 749.69
Education 41,499.77
Library Maintenance 745.09
Library Books 493.44
Cemeteries 695.24
Cemeteries Perpetual Care 1,313.15
Cemeteries Hosmer Fund 1,148.69
Cemeteries Surplus Fund 102.98
Unclassified 384.79
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds . . . 200.50
Protest Fees 1.53
Military Aid 127.50
High School Insurance 837.22
Cemetery Special 300.00
Memorial Day 265.20
Liability Insurance 1,128.23
Hydrants 3,078.00
Public Welfare 6,102.34
Old Age Assistance 4,511.00
Tax Titles Expense 97.93
High School Bonds 4,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds 1,395.00
Revenue Loans 70,000.00
Interest on Revenue Loans 2,055.56
Refunds Taxes 94.36
8216,586.83
Tax Titles 34,457.84
Abatements 1,371.53
Abatement Excise Tax 714.20
Amount Due from Collector, Dec. 31,
1934 52,649.11
Amount Due from Treasurer, Dec. 31,
1934 36,437.20
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Treasurer's Report
Year Ending December 31, 1934.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Massachusetts:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1934 :
Cash Balance, January 1, 1934 |32,039.17
Receipts for 1934:
Received from State Treasurer:
Old Age Assistance $1,314.66
Education Measure 1,942.50
State Valuation Measure 3,135.00
Temporary Aid 777.16
Education Aid 154.07
Highway Department 1,070.00
Highway Department 3,650.00
Highway Department 850.00
Highway Department 1,350.00
Highway Department 3,830.00
Highway Department 3,700.00
Loss of Taxes — Reimbursement 568.03
Income Tax 3,608.29
Corporation Tax — Business 3,160.41
Corporation Tax— Light and Water 438.97
Corporation Tax— Tel. & Tel 138.86
Corporation Tax — Service 1.41
Trust Co.— Tax .40
National Bank— Tax 96.14
National Bank Tax, 1932 7.06
National Bank Tax, 1931 6.00
National Bank Tax, 1930 1.05
National Bank Tax, 1933 .61
Tuition on Children 697.60
State Aid 400.00
Veteran's Exemption 52.25
Corporation Tax — Public Service 127.58
$31,078.05
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County Treasurer:
Dog Licenses 1536.46
Highways 1,070.00
Highways 850.00
Highways — Pope 1,250.00
Highways 80.00
Miscellaneous Receipts:
Town of Carlisle, Tuition |99.97
Bloomberg Bros., P. P. Tax Title 130.39
Arthur F. Davis, Library Fines 57.73
Arthur F. Davis, Magazines Sold 9.75
Town of Dedham, Public Welfare 801.56
M. Davis, Beacon Repairs 3.00
Sundry Persons, Contributions 17.50
Arthur Wayne, Rent of Hall, Town 26.75
Waldo E. Whitcomb, License 1.00
L. E. Frost, Nurse Services 9.00
City of Attleboro, Public Welfare 549.13
Leo Cunningham, Tuition 57.00
Anna Farrell, Tax Title 200.24
Alfred Casassa, License 100.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Cemetery Lots Sold . . 195.00
Frank E. Tasker, Milk License 20.00
Director of Standards, Licenses 16.00
Concord District Court, Fines 95.50
Protested Check 12/31/33, Nurse Ser-
vices 3.00
Chester Robbins, Insurance Refunds . . . 16.08
John Maguire, License 100.00
J. S. Moore, C. W. A. Refund 50.05
R. A. Lowden, Vit. License 1.00
Ralph Littlefield, Mdse 2.00
Selectmen, Licenses 2500
Board of Health, Services 27.75
Horace F. Tuttle, Dog Licenses 606.20
Sherman Sebastian, License 100.00
Supt. of Schools, Hill Tuition 132.00
City of Medford, Public Welfare 183.60
$3,786.46
$66,903.68
Ill
F. E. & I. Griffen, Tax Title 1,419.93
A. B. Parker, Tax Title 570.40
First Nat'l Bank, Ayer, Loan 25,000.00
First Nat'l Bank, Ayer, Loan 25,000.00
Ralph Littlefield, Weights and Measures 70.49
Katherine Kane, Tax Title 94. CO
Arthur D. Raymond, Tax Title 195.77
Town of Lexington, 0. A. Ass't 28.00
Town of Boxboro, Tuition 1,139.37
Protest Fees, 7/31/34 1.53
A. W. Davis Co., Refund Mem. Day 1.05
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Note 10,000.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Note 10,000.00
Middlesex City House Correction, Fines . 9.50
Fred W. Green, Cemetery Lots Sold 99.00
Fred W. Green, Rent Lowering Device . 51.00
Fred W. Green, Cemetery Wood Sold . . 20.00
Town of Concord, Land Tax 25.12
City of Peabody, Public Welfare 260.00
Julia Kelly, Tax Title 436.75
George Sisson, P. P. Tax Title 384.00
Anton Christianson, Tax Title 175.81
Cemetery Surplus, Transfer 102.98
Cemetery Fund, Transfer 613.15
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund,. Transfer .. 1,147.70
Memorial Library, Transfer 293.17
Blanchard Fund, Transfer 25.00
880,799.92
Received of Chas. A. Durkee, Collector :
Town Taxes, 1931 $28.31
Excise Taxes, 1931 115.49
Town Taxes, 1932 14,109.50
Excise Taxes, 1932 1.040.11
Town Taxes, 1933 23,645.46
Excise Taxes, 1933 1,907.06
Town Taxes, 1934 . 61,035.28
Excise Taxes, 1934 3,439.22
8105,320.43
Total Cash Receipts and Balance 1/1/34 $253,024.03
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Payments, 1934:
Selectmen's Orders $210,472.49
State Taxes 6,112.81
Protest Fees, 7/31/34 1.53
1216,586.83
Cash Balance December 31, 1934 $36,437.20
Note— Overdraw reported 12/31/33 for $675.00
returned to Cemetery Fund Account.
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Anticipation Revenue Note 140, Due June 25, 1935 $25,000.00
Anticipation Revenue Note 141, Due July 25, 1935 10,000.00
Anticipation Revenue Note 142, Due Oct. 25, 1935 10,000.00
High School Bonds, Due 1935 to 1945 29,000.00
ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Balance, January 1, 1934 :
Principal Fund $25,000.00
Unexpended Balance 1,529.60
$26,529.60
Received Interest:
Amherst Savings $70.00
Athol Savings 70.00
Worcester North Savings 33.75
Middlesex Inst. Savings 65.00
Lav^rence Savings 69.96
North Middlesex Savings 70.00
Worcester Savings 65.00
Marlboro Savings 70.00
Waltham Savings 70.00
East Cambridge Savings 70.00
Charlestown Five Cent 70.00
Andover Savings 65.00
Lowell Inst. Savings 60.00
North Middlesex Savings (income) 17.42
$866.13
$27,395.73
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Balance, December 31, 1934:
Amherst Savings §2,000.00
Andover Savings 2,000.00
Athol Savings 2,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent 2,000.00
East Cambridge Savings 2,000.00
Hudson Savings (income) 1,000.00
Lawrence Savings 2,000.00
Lowell Inst, for Savings 2,000.00
Marlboro Savings • 2,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings 2,000.00
North Middlesex Savings (income) .... 374.43
North Middlesex Savings 2,000.00
Waltham Savings 2,000.00
Worcester Five Cent 2,000.00
Worcester North Savings 1,000.00
826,374.43
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1934 1,021.30
$27,395.73
CEMETERY FUNDS
Balance January 1, 1934 :
Principal Fund §36,407.21
Unexpended Balance 3,494.40
839,901.61
Received for Perpetual Care:
James E. Richard&on Lot, Mt. Hope $100.00
Charles A. Taylor Lot, Woodlawn 150.00
Clarence Frost Lot, Woodlawn 100.00
Nellie M. Cloud Lot, Woodlawn 100.00
Soloman Dutton Lot, Woodlawn 75.00
Warren D. Lake Lot, Mt. Hope 100.00
William Rawitser Est. Lot, Woodlawn . . 400.00
Margaret Cleaves Lot, Woodlawn 100.00
Waldo Chaplin Lot, Mt. Hope 100.00
Edwin Rouillard Lot, Woodlawn 100.00
Samuel Jones, Reuben Hayward Lot,
Woodlawn 100.00
Marion W. Handley Lot, Wooodlawn .... 50.00
$1,475.00
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Received Interest:
Worcester North Savings |67.50
Worcester Five Cent 48.75
Atho] Savings 36.74
Marlboro Savings 35.00
East Cambridge Savings 70.00
Boston Five Cent 60.00
Warren Inst. Savings 66.00
Charlestown Five Cent 105.00
Charlestov^n Five Cent 10.50
Charlestown Five Cent 8.76
Home Savings 30.00
Suffolk Savings 90.00
West and South Water Bonds 126.00
North Middlesex Savings 116.37
Middlesex In&t. Savings 151.11
Middlesex Inst. Savings ( (income) .... 45.05
Assabet Inst. Savings (income) 52.76
Balance, December 31, 1934 :
Assabet Inst. Savings |2,455.25
Athol Savings 1,050.00
Boston Five Cent 2,000.00
Central Savings 1,000.00
Charlestov^n Five Cent 1,500.00
Charlestov^n Five Cent 250.00
Charlestown Five Cent 300.00
Charlestown Five Cent 1,500.00
East Cambridge Savings 2,000.00
Home Savings 1,000.00
Hudson Savings 2,400.00
Marlboro Savings 1,300.00
Maynard Trust Co 3,228.96
Middlesex Inst. Savings 3,175.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (income) 2,038.34
North Middlesex Savings 4,965.45
Suffolk Savings 3,000.00
Worcester North Savings 2,000.00
11,119.54
142,496.15
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Worcester Five Cent 1,500.00
Warren Inst. Savings 2,200.00
West and South Water Bonds 3,000.00
Error Interest 12/31/33 Assabet Savings 20.00
Transfer to Town Account 613.15
$42,496.15
Note — Received from Town Account §675.00
12/31/34.
West and South Water Bond redeemed, funds de-
posited in the Marlboro Savings Bank ($300.00)
LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1934 $1,429.58
Received Interest:
Charlestown Five Cent $3.33
Charlestown Five Cent 8.61
Massachusetts Savings 15.06
Warren Inst. Savings 3.92
$30.92
$1,460.50
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Balance December 31, 1934:
Charlestown Five Cent $97.86
Charlestovm Five Cent 252.90
Massachusetts Savings 994.66
Warren Inst. Savings 90.08
$1,435.50
Transfer to Town Account 25.00
$1,460.50
CEMETERY SURPLUS FUND
Balance January 1, 1934 $1,212.69
Received Interest:
Assabet Inst. Savings 21.21
$1,233.90
Balance December 31, 1934 $1,130.92
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Transfer to Town Account:
Assabet Inst. Savings
102.98
$1,233.90
19TH OF APRIL FUND
Balance January 1, 1934 $246.57
Received Interest:
Middlesex Inst. Savings 7.44
§254.01
Balance December 31, 1934:
Middlesex Inst. Savings S254.01
FIREMEN^S RELIEF FUND
Balance January 1, 1934 ?501.43
Received Interest:
Middlesex Inst. Savings 15.14
§516.57
Balance December 31, 1934 *
Middlesex Inst. Savings §516.57
WILDE LIBRARY FUND
Balance January 1, 1934:
Principal Fund §9,000.00
Susan Augusta & Luther Conant Fund . . 1,000.00
Hiram J. Hapgood Fund 200.00
Luke Tuttle Fund 200.00
John W. Heald Fund 817.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund 2,016.90
Minnie Davis Fund 300.00
Unexpended Balance 259.28
§13,793.18
Received Interest:
West Shore R. R. Bond §40.00
Cambridge Savings (Hosmer Fund) 70.56
Home Savings 30.00
Charlestown Five Cent 105.00
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Middlesex Inst. Savings 66.58
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Heald) 54.39
Massachusetts Savings 50.83
Maynard Trust Co., (Income) 21.33
$438.69
$14,231.87
Balance December 31, 1934:
Cambridge Savings $2,016.90
Cambridge Savings 300.00
Charlestown Five Cent 3,000.00
City Inst. Savings 1,000.00
Home Savings 1,000.00
Massachusetts Savings 1,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings 817.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings 1,000.00
Warren Inst. Savings 2,000.00
West Shore R. R. Bond 1,000.00
Maynard Trust Co., 400.00
Maynard Trust Co., (Income) 404.80
$13,938.70
Transfer to Town Account 293.17
814,231.87
ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance January 1, 1934:
Principal Fund 235.00
Unexpended Balance 2.06
$237.06
Received to Fund:
Bequest (Mr. Fairbanks) $20.00
Bequest (Company Salaries) 230.00
Bequest (Am. Chem. Corp.) 10.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Interest) .... 8.54
$268.54
$505.60
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Balance December 31, 1934:
Middlesex Inst. Savings $493.60
Cash on Hand 10.00
1503.60
Paid Trustees Order (E. A. Mayell) 2.00
$505.60
SUSAN NOYES HOSMER FUND
Balance January 1, 1934:
Principal Fund $82,238.95
Unexpended Balance 34.77
Received Interest:
Middlesex Inst. Savings $105.23
Arlington Five Cent 140.00
Athol Savings 105.00
Lynn Five Cent 81.25
Leominster Savings 97.50
Franklin Savings 97.50
North Middlesex Savings 105.00
Springfield Inst. Savings 97.50
Cambridge Savings 87.50
Hudson Savings 97.50
Marlboro Savings 105.00
Town of Acton (Notes) 800.00
Waltham Savings 70.00
Charlestown Five Cent 175.00
Worcester North Savings 101.25
Lexington Savings 90.00
Farmers & Mechanics Savings 162.50
Winchendon Savings 175.00
Medford Savings 105.00
Andover Savings 97.50
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income) 34.00
Federal Tax .04
$82,273.72
2,929.27
$85,202.99
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Balance December 31, 1934:
Andover Savings $3,000.00
Arlington Savings 4,000.00
Athol Savings 3,000.00
Cambridge Savings 2,500.00
Charlestown Five Cent 5,000.00
Farmers and Mechanics 5,000.00
Franklin Savings 3,000.00
Hudson Savings 3,000.00
Leominster Savings 3,000.00
Lexington Savings 3,000.00
Lynn Five Cent 2,500.00
Marlboro Savings 3,000.00
Medford Savings 3,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings 3,238.95
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income) 1,816.34
North Middlesex Savings 3,000.00
Springfield Inst. Savings 3,000.00
Waltham Savings 2,000.00
Winchendon Savings 5,000.00
Worcester North Savings 3,000.00
Town of Acton Note 10,000.00
Town of Acton Note 10,000.00
$84,055.29
Transfer to Town Account 1,147.70
$85,202.99
NOTE: Received from Town $0.99
WILLIAM HENRY SOAR, Treasurer.
Auditor's Report
I have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer and
Collector of Taxes for the Town of Acton and have found them
correct.
HOWARD L. JONES,
Town Accountant.
Feb. 11, 1935.
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Elizabeth White Fund
January 1, 1935.
The Trustees have signed orders to the Treasurer for $1,021.30
(one thousand twenty-one dollars, thirty cents) for the year
ending December 31, 1934.
This money we have given where in our best judgment it
was most needed, to assist over some unfortunate time when
help was most needed.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN H. JONES,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31
1934
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ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Dr. Randall Woodworth, Chairman Term expires 1936
Mrs, Lulu Clark Term expires 1935
(Appointed to comi:letG term of Mrs. Price)
Mrs. Albertie Mead Term expires 1936
Mr. Everett Montague Term expires 1937
Mrs. Oliver Wood Term expires 1937
Mr. Forrest Bean Term expires 1935
Superintendent
John F. Hough
South Acton, Mass. Office— High School Building. Tel. 110
School Physician, Dr. Ernest A. Mayell, Acton ; School Nurse,
Miss Lillian Frost, North Acton; Attendance Officer, Michael
Foley, South Acton.
School Calendar
January 2, 1935 — All schools reopened.
February 15, 1935 — All schools close.
February 25, 1935 — All schools reopen.
April 12, 1935 — All schools close.
April 22, 1935 — All schools reopen.
May 30, 1935 — Memorial Day ; no school.
June 12, 1935 — Grades I to VIII, inclusive, close.
June 19, 1935 — High School closes.
September 3, 1935 — High School reopen:.
September 9, 1935 — Grades I to VIII, inclusive, reopen.
November 27, 1935 — All schools close.
December 2, 1935 — All schools reopen.
December 20, 1935 — All schools close.
January 2, 1936 — All schools reopen.
Legal Holidays
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, first Monday
of September, October 12, November 11, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day (the day follov^ing when any of those mentioned
occur on Sunday) .
Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April, and is not a
legal holiday.
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Flag Day falls on June 14, and is not a legal holiday. It should
be observed by proper exercises by any school in session on that
day.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL— Time: 7:30 A. M.
Acton Center and South Acton 2-2-2-2 blasts
West Acton 1-1 blasts
TEACHERS IN SERVICE
App. Where Educated
Center School:
Ella Miller 1896 Framingham Normal
Ruth Sutcliffe 1934 Fitchburg State College
Gertrude Puhakka 1931 Fitchburg Normal
South School:
Julia McCarthy 1903 Fitchburg Normal
Florence Merriam 1927 Fitchburg Normal
Jessie Kinnevan 1923 Worcester Normal
West School:
Harriet Suchovsky 1929 Framingham Normal
Elsie Dickerman 1926 Fitchburg Normal
Mrs. Louise Price 1935 Boston University
High School Building:
Marion Towne 1921 Sm.ith College
Mary Stolte 1931 Middlebury College
Marjorie Jones 1931 Simmons College
Barbara Douglass 1931 University of Vermont
Elsie Bixby 1S27 Framingham Normal
Boston University
Edith Ames 1928 Simmons College
Margaret Boornazian 1929 Boston University
Walter Holt 1928 Dartmouth College
Robert Dolan 1930 Clark University
Henry Hopkinson 1930 Northeastern Law
John Hough 1927 Middlebury, Harvard
Colgate
Supervisor of Manual Training :
George Braman 1933 Wentworth Institute
Supervisor of Music :
F. Carl Gorman 1934 New England Conserva-
tory of Music
Home Address
Acton
Monson
Fitchburg
South Acton
South Acton
Worcester
Clinton
Ayer
South Acton
Concord
Brattleboro, Vt.
South Acton
Winchester, N. H.
Woodville
Me'rose
Methuen
South Acton
Marlboro
West Acton
South Acton
Acton
Boston
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Acton :
The School Committee presents herewith its annual report, to-
gether with the report of the Superintendent of Schools, which
has the approval of the Committee, and is recommended for your
study and attention.
It is with regret that at this time we must announce the resig-
nation of Mr. John F. Hough as Superintendent of Schools and
Principal of the High School, to take effect July 15, 1935. Those
of us who know, from close association, can say that he has given
the town a faithful, efficient administration, and a successor his
equal will be difficult to find. The Committee surely wish him
success in his new endeavor.
Regrets also come from the board in the loss of Mrs. Frank
Price, by resignation. Her services were extremely valuable
and her associations most pleasant.
Mrs. Charles Clark, for many years a member of the board,
consented to fill the unexpired term, and it is our wish that she
will continue to serve. Her knowledge of school affairs will surely
be a great asset to the committee.
During the past year a course in. Manual Training under the
direction of Mr. George Braman has shown remarkable progress,
with the very small amount of equipment available. About
seventy per cent of our high school boys end their course of
education in Acton. A real practical training along manual
lines will reflect good no end in many cases. It is our hope to
help them if we can and give them the bare necessities of a good
workshop. There are eighty boys enrolled now and the interest
is astounding. The course includes mechanical drawing, wood-
working, electrical wiring, soldering, simple repairs, etc., and
its merits will undoubtedly be reflected into their homes. We all
feel that a little money spent in that direction will return divi-
dends.
Not trusting our own judgment, your superintendent and com-
mittee have used all the available measuring facihties, such as
state achievement tests, unbiased professional deductions, etc.,
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and there is every reason to believe that our schools rank high in
standard of vv^ork and are getting better results than many of our
critics realize.
Lest we forget, times are changing. Today the facts taught in
school are taught primarily for use in after life, to train young
people to think, to appreciate things worth while, to mold their
minds and their bodies into such shape as to meet the require-
ments of sound adult life — in fact, the three R's have taken on
a denominator RRR
CAW Concentration, Appreciation, Wholesome-
ness.
After carefully and conservatively calculating, we are placing
our financial needs for 1935 at |43,500. Deducting out-of-town
tuition and state returns in the approximate amount of $7,000,
the actual amount to be raised by taxation will be $36,500.
Respectfully submitted,
R. N. Woodworth, Chairman.
COMPARISON OF COSTS FOR OPERATING
ACTON SCHOOLS
Massachusetts School Fund: 1934 1933 ' 1932 1931
Part I $4,012.00 $3,885.00 $3,530.00 $3,736.00
Part II none none 1,879.92 1,565.07
State Wards 697.60 651.16 801.77 580.58
Total from State $4,709.60 $4,536.16 $6,211.69 $5,881.65
Out-of-town Tuition n,428.34 2,250.62 2,671.03 2,486.15
Total $6,137.94 $6,786.78 $8,882.72 $8,367.80
Expended from Appropriation 41,499.77 39,999.63 42,999.13 44,863.47
Net cost to town $35,361.83 $33,212.85 $34,116.41 $36,495.67
Appropriation 41,500.00 40,000.00 43,000.00 45,000.00
Special appropriation 837.22 1,100.00
* Approximately $1,100 for tuition from Sept. to Dec. 1934 will be paid the
first of the year.
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ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR 1935
General Control:
Supt. of Schools and Enforcement of Law
Salary of Superintendent $2,000.00
Salary of Clerk 600.00
Telephone and other Office Expenses 75.00
Expenses of Instruction:
Supervisors, Music, Manual Training,
Handwriting 1,787.00
Principal of High School 1,200.00
Teachers— H^igh 10,610.00
Teachers— Elementary 14,106.00
Textbooks 750.00
Stationery and Supplies 750.00
Expenses of Operating School Plant:
Wages of Janitors 3,392.00
Fuel— High School 800.00
Fuel— Elementary Schools 900.00
Miscellaneous, Supplies, Electricity,
Water 400.00
Maintenance :
Repairs, Etc ■ 1,200.00
Auxiliary Agencies:
Libraries 100.00
Health 250.00
Transportation 4,000.00
Overlays :
New Material 230.00
$43,550.00
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934
General Control
Salary and Other Expenses of Supt $2,681.37
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries of Teachers and Supervisors :
Elementary $14,227.30
High School 10,300.00
Principal of High School 1,200.00
Supervisors . 769.00
$26,496.30
High School Textbooks $482.60
Elementary Textbooks 233.54
High School Stationery & Supplies .... 457.90
Elementary Stationery & Supphes 448.31
1,622.35
Total Expenses of Insruction $28,118.65
Expenses of Operation
High School :
Fuel
408.05
507.53
Miscellaneous
South
$722.00
324.32
60.68
West
$684.00
164.65
54.58
2,215.58
$2,062.00
701.99
164.54
lementary :
Wages of Janitor
Fuel
Miscellaneous
Center
$656.00
213.02
49.28
$1,107.00 $903.23 $918.30 $2,928.53
Total High and Elementary Operating Expenses . . . $5,144.11
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Maintenance and Repairs
High School §651.57
South West Center
Elementary $71.26 $154.75 $189.01 415.02
Total Maintenance and Repairs 81,066.59
Auxiliary Agencies
Health $200.00
Transportation 4,000.00
Libraries 18.76
Tuition 26.94
Miscellaneous 43.35
New Equipment 200.00
4,489.05
Total Expended 41,499.77
Unexpended Balance .23 1
$41,500.00
PAID FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1934
I General Control
Superintendent, Salary $2,000.00
Secretary 572.76
Office Expenses:
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. $51.06
The MacMillan Co 11.17
Post Office, envelopes 32.62
Joseph E. Avent, book 2.40
Wilbur D. Gilpatric, stapler . 3.80
Murphy & Snyder, record cards 6.75
Remington Rand, Inc.,
Office cards .81
108.61
$2,681.37
Total General Control $2,681.37
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Expenses of Instruction
Supervisor's Salary, Music 8300.00
Supervisor's Salary, Manual Training . . 382.75
Supervisor's Salary, Penmanship 56.25
Music Supervisor's expenses 30.00
8769.00
Principal's Salary, High School 1,200.00
High School Teachers' Salaries:
Henry Hopkinson $2,000.00
Walter Holt 1,800.00
Robert Dolan 1,400.00
Elsie Bixby 1,660.00
Margaret Boornazian 1,500.00
Barbara Douglass 1,200.00
Edith Ames, part 565.00
Alice Goodrich, substitute 175.00
810,300.00
Elementary Teachers' Salaries:
Marion Tov^ne §1,350.00
Mary Stolte 1,000.00
Marjorie Jones, part 477.30
Edith Ames, part 700.00
Ella Miller 1,300.00
Ruth Brennan 600.00
Ruth Sutcliffe 400.00
Gertrude Puhakka 995.00
JuHa McCarthy 1,387.50
Jessie Kinnevan 1,100.00
Florence Merriam 1,250.00
Harriet Suchovsky 1,300.00
Elise Dickerman 1,200.00
MadeHne Allard 1,050.00
Margaret Shea, substitute 12.50
Jessie Knippel, substitute 5.00
Flora Reed, substitute 25.00
Louise Price 75.00
§14,227.30
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High School Textbooks
D. C. Heath and Company
Globe Book Company
The Macmillan Company
John C. Winston Company
Ginn & Company
McGraw Hill Publishing Company
Oliver Ditson
South- Western Publishing Company . . .
World Book Company
American Book Company
Allyn & Bacon
Henry Holt & Company
Edward E. Babb & Company, Inc
Prentice-Hall, Inc
Dura Binding Company
Iroquois Publishing Company
Elementary Textbooks
D. C. Heath and Company
Houghton Mifflin Company
Silver, Burdett & Company
Iroquois Publishing Company
American Book Company
The Macmillan Company
John C. Winston Company
Arlo Publishing Company
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Scott, Foresman Company
Benj. H. Sanborn Company
World Book Company
Baker & Taylor Company
S5.75
9.22
122.21
3.00
52.53
6.56
12.66
28.83
12.68
5.04
32.59
7.54
12.38
23.88
81.31
66.42
14.40
1.88
1.97
23.79
20.20
4.24
11.49
15.34
44.49
98.98
2.38
.92
3.46
?482.60
S233.54
High School Stationery and Supplies
Gledhill Bros. Inc., pencils, hinges, braces
William Hoyt, College Information Chart
Edward E. Babb & Company, Inc., paper,
book covers, report cards, envelopes,
etc
Oliver Ditson, music
S55.04
1.10
62.94
3.48
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Windsor Pad and Paper Co., exam, books 9.00
Dura Binding Company 3.50
Vannah Lithograph Company, diplomas 51.30
Central Scientific Company, lab. sup. . . . 63.14
Woodstock Typewriter Company, covers 4.00
Taylor Instrument Companies, charts . . . 2.40
General Electric Supply Corporation, lamp 3.00
Wilbur D. Gilpatric 2.47
John C. Winston Company, bus. forms,
class record books 20.81
J. L. Hammett Company, ink, chalk, rib-
bons, paper, etc 121.19
Courrier des Etats-Unis, French paper . . 6.25
The Papercrafters Inc 33.26
Typewriter Maintenance Co., stencils . . 8.02
Murphy & Snyder, lab. paper, gradua-
tion programs 7.00
Elementary Stationery and Supplies
Baker & Taylor Company, writing pads §1.94
J. L. Hammett Company, crayons, paper 110.35
Gledhill Bros. Inc., pencils, hinges, braces 48.79
Wilbur D. Gilpatric, drawing and con-
struction paper, scissors 16.84
The Classroom Teacher Inc., hektograph
printer 16.00
Edward E. Babb & Company, Inc 108.19
A. W. Davis Company 4.34
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co 1.38
The Papercrafters Inc 33.26
World Book Company, achievement tests 19.10
George F. Cram, map set 27.60
Frank C. Johnson, elementary record cards 4.14
Wm. P. Proctor Company ' 36.81
Milton Bradley Company 4.26
MacPherson's Hardware 15.31
High School Operating Expense
Daniel MacDoougall, Janitor §1,300.00
Booston Consolidated Gas Company .... 32.70
$457.90
S448.31
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Porter-Cable Machine Company, sanding
machine 154.60
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., screws,
nails 6.78
General Electric Supply Corp., lamp . . . 3.10
Conant Machine & Steel Company .50
Clarence Robbins, refilling chemicals . . . 3.00
Dallman Company, floor brushes, mop
sticks 13.50
Masury- Young Company, oil 23.00
The Holmerden Company, soluble pine . 6.23
A. W. Davis Co., coal, shellac, glass, etc. 424.99
Strong & Tracy, bon ami .78
Beacon Wiper Supply Company 16.50
Edward E. Babb & Co., brush mat 7.74
A. P. W. Paper Co., holders and paper . 10.20
Wm. M. Horner, wax 8.75
Edison Electric Illuminating Company . . 144.69
Maydale Beverage Co., distilled water . . 1.50
Andrews Paper Co., toilet fixtures 4.50
MacPherson's Hardvvare, bolts, locks, etc. 16.95
West & South Water Supply 31.06
Gledhill Bros., angle irons 4.51
$2,215.58
Elementary Operating Expense
South West Center
Janitor
Fuel .
Ed. Elec. 111. Co. . .
Clarence Robbins,
refill chemicals.
West & South
Water Supply. .
A. W. Davis Co. . .
Masury- Young, oil
$722.00
$684.00
$656.00
$2,062.00
324.32
164.65
213.02
701.99
$1,046.32
$848.65
$869.02
$2,763.99
Miscellaneous
South
West
Center
$19.79
$13.55
$15.53
1.00
1.00
1.00
12.13
17.68
16.50
12.00
11.15
5.25
8.00
8.00
8.00
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So. Acton Coal &
Lumber Co. . . .
.55
L. C. Hastings . . .
7.21
Joe Gallant
3.20
Acton Motor Co.,
hydrometer
.50
E. S. Fobes
2.00
M. E. Taylor, win-
dow wash
.50
^ 860.68 854.58 849.28 8164.54
Total Elementary Operating Expense §2,928.53
High School Maintenajice and Repairs
William B. Holt • §28.44
Porter-Cable Machine Company, sand
belts 16.23
West Disinfecting Company, porofil .... 57.50
Roderick MacDougall, refinish desks . . . 25.00
J. S. Moore, paint 254.23
George Braman, basketball court, work
on boiler 21.15
Edward E. Babb & Co. Inc., window vent-
ilators 2.35
Albert E. Sims 2.00
Gledhill Bros., angle irons 14.78
Fred Kennedy, calking 3.50
Archie Morison, calking 3.50
James Baker, calking 3.50
Jack Desmond, calking 1.75
Albert Gravilin, calking 1.75
Edward McGuire, calking 1.75
Wilmot B. Cleaves, tune piano 7.00
International Business Machine Corp. . . 1.03
Typewriter Maintenance Company 10.50
0. D. Wood, work on boiler and lockers . 55.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company . . 18.58
Byron Lumber Company 7.28
Ideal Weather Stripping Company, rent
of equipment and tools 20.00
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Barnes & Jones, condensator head
L. T. Fullonton, rent of rigging, painting
45.00
49.75
$651.57
Elementary Maintenance and Repairs
South
West
Center
Albert E. Sims .
$11.35
$6.99
Acton Pipe Co. . .
3.41
William B. Holt . .
24.60
$21.16
George H. Reed .
5.00
Smith & Dunivan
23.48
J. P. Brown
1.25
Wm. P. Proctor
Co
2.17
James Berry
113.59
H. J. Schnair ....
10.00
E. R. Sanborn . . .
•
7.00
Wilmot Cleaves .
3.00
George Braman . .
5.00
0. D. Wood
78.12
E. S. Fobes
7.00
James Knight . . .
7.50
Elwin Hollowell .
55.00
Nelson Tenney . .
23.40
Walker & Pratt . .
6.00
$71.26 $154.75 $189.01 $415.02
Total High and Elementary Maintenance and Repairs $1,066.59
Auxiliary Agencies
Health:
Dr. Ernest Mayell, examinations in high and elem-
entary schools $200.00
Transportation :
A. W. Davis $4,000.00
Library :
D. Appleton Century Co., Commercial
Geography reference books $4.11
G. & C. Merriam Company dictionary 14.65
$18.76
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Tuition :
City of Lowell 26.94
New Equipment :
Royal Typewriter Company 200.00
Miscellaneous Expenses :
C. C. Cullinane, express $ .85
Laffin's Bedford Express .50
George H. Pierce, express 2.00
Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler
inspection 5.00
E. Faulkner Conant, census 35.00
43.35
14,489.05
Total Expended 41,499.77
Unexpended Balance .23
C. A. Durkee, Special Appropriation for Insurance . . $837.22
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Report of School Superintendent
To the School Committee and Voters of Acton:
This is my fifth annual report of Superintendent of Schools
and Principal of the High School.
The past year has seen increases in the prices of practically
all school supplies, including coal, paper, pencils, etc. The
market has been watched, however, and such supplies have been
purchased at such times and in such quantities as have been
most advantageous to the town. Money has been saved some-
what by substituting coke for coal in two of the buildings, and
in arranging better heating facilities in the piping system to
radiators in one building.
An ERA project took care of a painting job last winter in
the High School building as far as labor was concerned, but
there was a considerable sum for material that had to come
from the school appropriation.
The Town of Acton has been accustomed to good-looking
buildings, well heated and clean, to good up-to-date textbooks
and classroom material, to plenty of paper, pencils, pens and ink,
to good teachers, and to plenty of transportation for pupils,
many of whom live at great distances from the school buildings.
Of course, these things cost money, and since I honestly believe
that the administration ha£' spent wisely as well as frugally, I
do net see how equally good things can be had for less, nor more
things for the same amount.
The public has expressed its desire to have the Domestic
Arts course and the Manual Arts course extended to include
pupils in the senior high school, and that has been done this
year. There is every indication that next year many more will
elect these courses than has been the case this year. In that
event it will be necessary to supply more textbooks and ap-
paratus and make provision for a full time instructor in the
Manual Arts course. Since these courses meet the needs of
a large group of pupils and train them for actual life situations
it has the approval and support of the superintendent.
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The approved modern educational system emphasizes the
need of educating for life and of giving knowledge that will
enable high school graduates and even those who leave school
earlier to find themselves in hf e, and to meet problems squarely.
No one can honestly deny that social conditions have changed
much more rapidly than educational methods and courses have
changed — the educational courses which should prepare the
young to cope with these social changes.
Most courses in high school can be modified and adapted in
such a way as to stress the qualities in them that do give pupils
training to fit them for life more definitely than is now done.
The course in Civics, given to all first year pupils in the high
school, brings out a great many discussions of current history
and social problems designed to teach the fundamentals of good
citizenship and to show practical every day ways of putting it
into effect.
It is common knowledge that, thanks to the radio and news-
papers, the average citizen of our country knows more about
the qualifications of a candidate for the presidency or governor-
ship, than he does about the qualifications of a candidate for a
local town or county office. Somewhere in our education there
should be stress placed upon training to cope with actual life
situations. American and European History courses as well
as all English courses lend themselves to opportunities- for such
training, and even such courses as modern foreign languages
and Latin can be adapted to varying degrees.
In the schools of lower grade the revised system of Elson
readers has supplanted the elder edition in all but the fifth and
sixth grades, and it is hoped to complete that equipment this
year.
In May, 1934, Standard Achievement Tests were given to all
pupils in grades six, seven and eight. These tests, which are
based upon what pupils throughout the United States are
doing in those grades, showed that Acton pupils were well above
the average in all subjects except possibly spelling. Conse-
quently we extended the formal drill in spelling with a textbook
into the eighth grade, and more pressure has been brought to
bear upon that particular subject.
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In order to improve the handwriting of pupils in our schools,
The Functional System of Handwriting has been introduced
throughout the sy&tem. Penmanship is put under the guidance
of a special supervisor, a master in his field. To date the
experiment has been quite successful as you have perhaps
noticed if you have children in school.
Personally, I think the schools offer more value at present
than ever before. This opinion may be biased, I admit, but it
has been the desire and endeavor of this administration, if it
may be called that, to give pupils value in their school work.
It may not have always seemed that way to them. Correction
does not always meet with our approval when we are being
corrected. The thought of the schools has always been first.
No friendships or relations or sentimentalisms have taken
precedence or exerted influence. The present administration has
done what was thought right without fear or favor. Mistakes
have probably been made. But through it all, pupils and
teachers have worked together to the end that many have found
themselves in high school and have gonet into life to meet its
problems with a ready hand and a stout heart.
The gratitude of the superintendent is extended to the School
Committee for its co-operation, to parents and friends of the
school for their loyalty, and to all those boys and girls of the
school, who have graduated during the past eight years and who,
when they were in school, furnished me with many delightful,
inspiring, and profitable hours whether as their teacher, princi-
pal, or superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. HOUGH, Superintendent.
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Athletics
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Mass.
Dear Sir:
It is with a happy realization of accomplishment that we
look back to the past athletic year. We have striven to keep
before the pupils, at all times, the importance of fair play,
clean living and honest endeavor, as the fundamental elements
of happiness and success in all games, especially, the Game of
Life.
Our athletic teams in Acton High school have achieved dis-
tinction in the eyes of the athletic rivals who, at once, respect
and fear them. Their success is due to the mental alertness
on the part of their players and to the earnest perseverance on
the part of their coaches in drawing out the latent forces within
them.
The spirit of competition runs strong in the blood of Ameri-
centre of the ''All Star" team. In the Lowell Suburban League
can youth. Coupled with an equal amount of co-operation, it
makes for independence, self-reliance and confidence. A most
certain proof that these characteristics have been carried to
our athletes is the exemplary manner in which they have played.
The basketball season opened about the middle of January.
Practice for the boys' and girls' varsity team was held daily
in the auditorium of the school.
The boys developed exceptionally well and succeeded in win-
ning all but two of their regular scheduled games. In March,
the team journeyed to Fitchburg and won three out of four
tournament games. Appleton Academy, from New Hampshire,
won over Acton High School in the final game for the champion-
ship. However, each boy and the coach were awarded a silver
basketball and Charles Claflin, the Acton centre, was chosen as
the boys were tied for the league leadership. They finally lost,
in a well played game, to Johnson High School, a team they had
previously defeated twice.
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The girl's team, under the supervision of Miss Mary Stolte,
developed remarkably well before the season v^as finished. The
squad consisted chiefly of inexperienced players from the Fresh-
man and Sophomore classes. These girls, working diligently
willingly all season, displayed a perseverance and a determina-
tion that promises better success in coming seasons. Miss Mary
Stolte deserves much credit for the guidance she gave as coach
and as friend.
The baseball and the football teams were fairly successful.
The baseball team won the majority of its games while the
football team, the lightest in Acton High School's football
history, played unexpectedly well against its heavier and more
experienced opponents from larger schools.
The Freshman, Sophomore and Junior High School boys and
girls were benefited directly by physical training classes during
the school year. The classes were conducted by teachers with
the aid of some seniors. Thus, the majority of the pupils in the
High School and the Junior High School were reached athleti-
cally.
The funds for sponsoring the entire athletic program were
raised by the magazine campaign conducted! by the pupils, the
athletic dues paid by the pupils and the income received from
the basketball games. Football, baseball and basketball equip-
ment had to be bought along with equipment for the physical
training classes. Added to this expense, referees had to be paid
for their services and transportation bills had to be met. The
entire program is large and expensive and only careful buying
and spending make it possible.
It is pleasing to report that no athlete suffered any serious
injury during any of the games. The physical condition of all
the players was determined before the season s-tarted and
every player had to be physically able to participate in each
game. We take this opportunity to thank Dr. E. A. Mayell,
school physician, and Miss Lillian Frost, school nurse, for their
helpful advice and professional assistance during the year.
It is interesting to note that most of the athletes attended
school regularly and maintained a fairly high scholarship record.
No athlete was allowed to play a game unless his weekly scholas-
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tic average was satisfactory. Thus, the athletics gave added im-
petus to study.
The coaches realize that in educating the players mentally
and morally and in developing them physically, they have no
easy task to accomplish. However, the high calibre of the girls
and boys of Acton and their apparent realization of what the
Game means, lightens the burden on the coaches.
The future of athletics in Acton High School is bright, for
the future teams will have their heritage, a truly memorable
athletic record or tradition — a tradition that is adding to the
already sacred historical traditions of the town they represent.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT A. DOLAN,
Physical Director.
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Report of Domestic Science Teacher
Mr. John Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
In the Sewing Course in the eighth grade the fundamental
stitches are taught in the order of use on the garments being
made. Aprons, slips, pajamas, gymnasium suits and baby gar-
ments are some of the articles made. Knitting is taught to those
interested.
Cooking lessons for the eighth grade come early in the
morning, thus giving them more time to. work with Foods and
Meal Planning. The girls in this class plan and prepare the
menu two days a week for the school cafeteria.
The seventh grade cooking classes plan and prepare one
day's menu for the cafeteria besides their regular cooking les-
sons. They also serve the food at lunch time and take care
of the teachers' trays.
Household duties in the school kitchen are allotted to each
pupil in all classes.
A course has been opened to high school pupils this year
which they seem to enjoy. Two periods are devoted to advanced
cooking lessons, one period to talks and discussions on etiquette,
systematic work in the home, practical buying of household
needs, first aid for the home, child care, and personal hygiene.
Two periods are used for sewing, the pupils learning to make
garments for themselves, useful articles for the home, and
practical gifts.
The cafeteria is self-supporting, and has the following report
to make:
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Cash on hand January 1, 1934 S23.18
Total Sales for Fiscal Year 1,087.77
Cost of Supplies for Cooking, Sewing,
and Replacement of Dishes $1,066.76
Lunch for Music Teacher 5.10
Lunch for Needy Pupils 20.15
Cash on Hand December 31, 1934 18.94
?1,110.95 $1,110.95
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH M. AMES.
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Report of School Physician
Mr. John F. Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my annual report as School Physician.
The usual physical examinations were completed in late Oc-
tober. Details will be found in the nurse's report.
We have been very fortunate in not having any serious out-
breaks of contagious diseases this past year, and I think much
credit is due Miss Frost and the teachers for their watchfulness.
The general physical condition of our school population is
very good.
Much improvement is noted in the condition of the teeth of the
pupils in the higher grades.
I wish to thank the Superintendent, teachers, nurse, and the
parents for their co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. MAYELL, M. D.
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Report of School Nurse
Mr. John F. Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir :
The physical examinations for the year were completed by the
School Physician during October with the following result :
Total Number of Examinations by Doctor 506
Defects Found:
Tonsils and Adenoids 38
Glands 148
Poor Posture 123
Teeth (in need of attention) 216
Heart (irregularities) 21
Report of Examinations by Nurse During School Year :
Special Examinations 1303
Simple Dressings 218
Individual Instruction 168
Pupils Excluded Because of Communicable Disease .... 52
Sanitary Inspection of all Buildings 170
Pupils Taken Home 111 (by nurse) 23
Pupils Taken to Eye Speciahst 6
Pupils Taken to Dentist 6
May 5, 6, and 7, pre-school conferences were held in the graded
schools. Eighteen children were examined by the school doctor.
In the latter part of May the children were given the oppor-
tunity to be immunized against diphtheria. Thirty-two children
previously immunized were given the Schick Test, and all but
four of this number were immune. Three of these, together
with fifty others, were given three injections of Toxin-anti-toxin.
In August two children were sent to Camp Virginia. Both
children showed marked improvement. This was made possible
by our seal sale fund.
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. FROST, R. N.
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Report of Music Supervisor
Mr. John F. Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
Music for every child — every child for music! This is the
motto of the Music Educators' National Conference. With this
in mind, I have tried to put this motto in practice, since my con-
nection v^ith your schools as Supervisor of Music.
The main objective in teaching music in the public schools is
to create within the child a natural desire to express his and her
emotions through the study of music, either vocal or instru-
mental. In order to try to accompli&h this, great patience, care-
ful attention to pitch, tone quality, rhythm, and interpretation
must be the essential points the supervisor should insist upon.
In school systems where the supervisor meets the class only
once a week, such as Acton, he or she depends entirely upon
the willingness and co-operation of the room teacher. It is
necessary, therefore, that the supervisor, before leaving a room,
be sure that the new lesson is thoroughly understood by the
room teacher, and any detail of the old one explained again if
found necessary. I am very happy to say at this point that I
have been very fortunate in having one of the best groups of
teachers to carry on in all my years of experience. My person-
al thanks to all of them.
It is the hope of the supervisor that the work of the first
six grades may be presented to the people of Acton sometime
during the coming spring. We have attempted to organize an
orchestra, girls' glee club, and mixed chorus in the High School.
The orchestra, I am sorry to say, cannot function without the
necessary instruments, and so far we have very few. Unless
the parents are willing to buy instruments, an orchestra in the
High School is almost impossible.
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The Girls' Glee Club has a membership of twenty-eight. It
is now in the process of studying- two and three part music,
and wiJl present a program later on. This organization is also
planning to put on an operetta in May, the first one that has
been attempted, as I understand it.
The mixed chorus is studying some of the well known chor-
uses, both sacred and secular, with attention paid to the bass and
tenor sections. When the opportunity presents itself I have tried
to interest the students to listen to the classics through the play-
ing of records, first giving a sketch of the composer's life and
then the story of the composition. Through lack of time it has
been impossible to do the things that one would like to introduce.
May I take this opportunity to thank Mr. Hough, Superin-
tendent of Schools, for his splendid help and co-operation?
In closing I would like to say to the members of the School
Committee of Acton that there are fine possibilities in your
schools for good music, and I hope that you will see to it that
these children are given every opportunity to express them-
selves in the greatest of all arts, Music.
Respectfully submitted,
F. CARL GORMAN.
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Report of Manual Training Supervisor
Mr. John F. Hough,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my report of the Manual Training Depart-
ment.
Due to the fact that I now have approximately eighty pupils
taking Manual Training, it is necessary that they work on the
group project system. This means that three or four pupils
must work together on one project because of an inadequate
amount of tools and materials. Under the present conditions
I find it necessary to demolish completed projects and use the
stock in constructing new ones. This is discouraging to the
pupils as they would like to keep some of the work to show to
their parents. However, we have accomplished much, and have
just recently acquired five new sloyd benches, each being equip-
ped with two vises and a tool rack.
The seventh and eighth grade pupils have thus far been
taught the proper care of tools and the sharpening of edged
ones. They have learned use of marking gauge, coping, rip and
crosscut saws ; how to square and plane stock, bore holes, drive
nails and brads, set plane and spoke shave blades. These classes
have been immensely interested in their work, and through
their ambitious endeavors have gone far in this field.
The Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior classes are doing very
well in the regular practice work.
The school and parents may well be proud of the young men
of the 1935 class who have taken this course. Their course has
covered a wide variety of work, all of which has been done with
the best of spirit and workmanship. The knowledge they have
acquired prepares them for a higher education in colleges and
mechanical and technical schools. Those who are unable to
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continue their school career will find this course very helpful
in working for tradesmen, enabling them to go about their work
with a general understanding of the tools which they are ex-
pected to use. This course does in no may make an accomplished
tradesman of the pupil but presents to him the ground floor
upon which to build.
In order to create and stimulate the mechanical ability which
is prevalent in about ninety per cent of the male pupils in our
school, it is necessary that their interest be kept at all times.
The pupils should appreciate the quality, value, and skill of the
finer things in the fields of knowledge so that their minds and
hands will develop on an equal basis.
Our present equipment is as follows:
Five sloyd benches.
One sanding machine.
Bench tools and stock.
In conclusion, I anticipate proper equipment may be allotted
to this department for the education of our future citizens and
craftsmen. Their reward will be unlimited.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. BRAMAN.
INDEX
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Accountant 80
Auditor 119
Appointments by Selectmen .♦ 4
Assessors 59
Board of Health 64
Cemetery Commissioners 41
Elizabeth White Fund 120
Finance Committee 11
Emergency Relief Administration 16
Fire Department 63
Forest Warden 63
Goodnow Fund 65
Inspector of Animals 57
Inspector of Slaughtering 76
Librarian's Report 68
Middlesex County Extension Service 66
Old Age Assistance 15
Police Department 54
Selectmen's Report 13
State Election Nov. 6, 1934 24
Superintendent of Streets 58
Tax Collector 60
Town Clerk 29
Births 30
Deaths 35
Dog Licenses 37
Marriages 32
Non-Resident Burials 36
Town Meetings :
Annual Meeting 17
Special Town Meeting, July 23, 1934 22
Town Officers 3
Town Warrant 7
Treasurer 109
Acton Fremen's Relief Fund 117
Cemetery Funds 113
EHzabeth White Fund 112
Firemen's Relief Fund 116
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund 115
Nineteenth of April Fund 116
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund 118
Wilde Library Fund 116
Welfare Department 14
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Comparison of Cost 125
Domestic Science 142
Estimates for 1935 126
Legal Holidays 122
Manual Training Supervisor 148
Music Supervisor 146
Organization 122
Paid for Support, 1934 128
Physical Director 141
School Calendar 122
School Committee 124
School Nurse 145
School Physician 144
Summary of Expenses 127
Superintendent 136
Teachers 123
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TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31
1935
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Several Official Boards
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31
1935
Town Officers, 1935
Moderator
Albert P. Durkee
Selectmen
Ralph W. Piper Term expires 1938
Waldo E. Whitcomb Term expires 1936
George S. Braman Term expires 1937
Town Clerk
Horace F. Tuttle
Town Treasurer
William Henry Soar
Assessors
Albert P. Durkee Term expires 1938
Henry L. Haynes Term expires 1936
Warren H. Jones Term expires 1937
Collector of Taxes
Charles A. Durkee
Tree Warden
James J. Knight
Board of Public Welfare (One Year)
Carl E. Backman Bertram D. Hall
Frank S. Braman
Constables
George A. Braman Charles A. Durkee
Michael Foley Alan B. Frost
Cemetery Commissioners
Fred W. Green Term expires 1938
Wendell F. Davis Term expires 1936
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1937
School Committee
Samuel E. Knowlton Term expires 1938
Lulu L. Clark Term expires 1938
Albertie M. Mead Term expires 1936
Randall N. Woodworth Term expires 1936
Louisa N. Wood Term expires 1937
Everett N. Montague Term expires 1937
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Trustees of Memorial Library
J. Sidney White Term expires 1938
Frank A. Merriam Term expires 1936
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1937
Board of Health
Raymond F. Durkee Term expires 1938
Frank E. Tasker Term expires 1936
George H. Tuttle Term expires 1937
Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund
Warren H. Jones Term expires 1938
Waldo E. Whitcomb Term expires 1936
Charlotte Conant Term expires 1937
Trustees of West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Arnold H. Perkins Term expires 1938
H. Stuart MacGregor Term expires 1936
A. N. Hederstedt Term expires 1937
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
Charles E. Smith Term expires 1938
Charlotte Conant Term expires 1936
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1937
Appointments Made by Selectmen — 1935
Finance Committee
Murray Brown William T. Merriam
Alfred W. Davis Webster S. Blanchard
Albert P. Durkee Howard J. Billings
Superintendent of Streets
A. H. Perkins
Town Accountant
Howard L. Jones Term expires 1938
Registrars of Voters
Daniel W. Sheehan Term expires 1936
Edwin A. Phalen Term expires 1937
Clarence D. Chickering Term expires 1938
Horace F. Tuttle Ex-Officio
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Election Officers
Precinct I
Warden — James W. Coughlin
Clerk — Arthur W. Wayne
Inspector — Arthur F. Davis
Deputy Inspector — Harold F. Coughlin
Deputy Warden — George A. Murphy
Deputy Clerk — Spencer H. Taylor
Deputy Inspector — S. E. Knowlton
Inspector — Leo F. McCarthy
Precinct II
Warden — Theron Lowden
Clerk— William F. Driscoll
Inspector — Clare Milbery
Inspector — Timothy Hennessey
Deputy Warden — John G. Maguire
Deputy Clerk — Thomas Murray
Deputy Inspector — Frank A. Merriam
Deputy Inspector — James Brown
Precinct III
Warden — Bertram D. Hall
Clerk — David R. Kinsley
Inspector — A. R. Beach
Inspector — James Kinsley
Deputy Warden — Fred S. Whitcomb
Deputy Clerk — Frank McDonald
Deputy Inspector — Harry Holt
Deputy Inspector — John J. Duggan
Fire Engineers
H. Stuart MacGregor, Chief
Alan B. Frost, Engineer — Precinct I
David C. Clayton, Engineer — Precinct II
A. Hazelton Perkins, Engineer — Precinct III
Cattle Inspector
Fred S. Whitcomb
Forest Warden
Alan B. Frost
Dog Officer
Arthur Eraser
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Bertram D.
Michael Foley
Reed
George A. Braman
George H. Reed
William Braman
A. W. Davis
F. D. Harrington
M. B. Ferber
Phillip Newell
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Clare Milbery
Superintendent of Town Forest
Charles A. Durkee
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
Hall Charles E. Smith George H.
Field Drivers
Alan B. Frost George A. Braman
Superintendent of Moth Work
James J. Knight
Police Officers
Michael Foley, Chief
Alan B. Frost
Public Weighers
Alfred Davis, Jr.
W. H. Soar
G. Howard Reed
W. H. Francis Davis
Thomas Ahern
Fred Burke
Daniel MacMillan
C, A. Durkee
Jury List — Revised 1935
Precinct I
Edward S. Fobes Spencer H. Taylor
Elwin Hollowell E. Faulkner Conant
George A. Richardson J. A. Van Winkle
Samuel E. Knowlton Charles Farris
James W. Coughlin
Precinct II
James Brown
William S. Jones
Fred Sims
Carl Flint
Henry Capelle
Precinct HI
George A. Rifford
Benjamin Coolidge
Warren Davis
August N. Hederstedt
William Munn
Fred Billings
John G. Maguire
H. L. Jones
David Clayton
David R. Kinsley
Howard C. Tracy
Eugene L. Hall
Arthur H. Wetherbee
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Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss
To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in said County,
Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
hereby directed to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton,
qualified to vote at town meetings for the transaction of town
affairs, to meet in their respective precincts, to wit :
Precinct 1 — Town Hall, Acton Center
Precinct 2 — Universalist Church, South Acton
Precinct 3 — Fire House, West Acton
on Monday, the second day of March, 1936, by posting a copy
of this warrant, by you attested, at each of the places as directed
by vote of the town, seven days at least before the second day of
March.
To bring in their votes on one ballot for the following town
officers : Moderator, town clerk, town treasurer, collector of
taxes, one selectman for three years, one assessor for three years,
three members of the board of public welfare for one year, four
constables for one year, one cemetery commissioner for three
years, two members of the school committee for three years, one
member of the board of health for three years, one trustee Me-
morial Library for three years and a tree warden.
Also to vote Yes or No on the following question: Shall the
operation of Section 105B of Chapter 131 of the General Laws,
requiring for the taking of fur bearing animals the use of traps
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that kill at once or take such animals alive unharmed, be sus-
pended in this town?
The polls will open at 12 o'clock noon, and close at 8 o'clock
P.M.
You are further requested in the name of the Commonwealth
of Massachustts to notify the legal voters of said Town of Acton,
as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said Acton, on Monday,
the ninth day of March at seven o'clock in the evening, then and
there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers and commit-
tees and fix salaries of all town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the several
reports of the town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any commit-
tees chosen at any previous meeting that have not already re-
ported.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the town will appropri-
ate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several
departments of the town and determine how the same shall be
raised.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for
the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard
to the collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise and
appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department, or vote
anything thereon.
Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires
and fix price thereon.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward
the suppression of the brown-tail and gypsy moth.
Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of
money to insure the employees of the town or act anything
thereon.
Article 11. To see what amount of money the town will
appropriate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and
collector's bonds, or act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town
treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money
from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial
year beginning January 1, 1936, and to issue a note or notes
therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes
as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance
with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to employ a public
health nurse, and appropriate a sum of money for the mainte-
nance of same.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum
sufl^cient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the
town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair
of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General
Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto
or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the
sum of $1,125.00 to install a new heating plant and repair the
ceiling in the Memorial Library, or act anything thereon.
Article 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the
sum of SI, 700 or any other sum for the suppression of brown-tail
and gypsy moths or act anything thereon.
Article 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the
sum of SI, 000 or any other sum for the care of shade trees or
act anything thereon.
Article 18. Shall the provisions of Chapter 139 of the Gen-
eral Laws pertaining to; Burnt and Dangerous buildings be
accepted.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro-
priate the sum of S5,000 to reconstruct Parker Street, starting
at the Concord Street end or act anything thereon.
Article 20. To see what action the town will take to
adequately and efficiently heat the South Acton Fire House,
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appropriate a sum of money for the same, or act anything
thereon.
Article 21. To see what action the town will take to purchase
and install a fire whistle, or other fire signal device for use
at the West Action Fire house or act anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to purchase two new
fire trucks for Precincts 2 and 3, or act anything thereon.
Article 23. To see what sum of money the town will raise
and appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department or
vote anything thereon.
Article 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the
sum of $550.00 or any other sum to purchase new fire hose.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to elect a board of
Public Welfare to serve for three years, the term of one member
to expire each year, or act anything thereon.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to discontinue as a
public way, the road known as Woodlawn Lane from its inter-
section with Taylor Road near the residence of William S. Dunn
to its intersection with Concord Road near Woodlawn Cemetery.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to discontinue as a
public way, the road known as Forest Road from its intersection
with Woodlawn Lane to a point five hundred feet distant from its
intersection with Hosmer Street near the residence of Samuel
E. Knowlton.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro-
priate the sum of $200 for thq use of the treasurer, to pay the
expenses of the local dog officer. The town will be reimbursed
for the amount spent by the County of Middlesex, or act anything
thereon.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to authorize the
selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place
of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and
public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale,
property taken by the town under tax title procedure provided
that the selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold
such public auction may reject any bid which they deem
inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested
copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting
as directed by vote of the tov^n. Hereof fail not and make due
return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town
Clerk at or before the time of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands in Acton this third day of February,
1936.
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
GEORGE S. BRAMAN,
RALPH W. PIPER,
Selectmen of Acton.
A true copy.
Attest : Constable of Acton.
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Report of Finance Committee
Your Committee on Finance respectfully submits the follow-
ing recommendations for appropriations for the ensuing year.
Roads, General Maintenance |12,000.00
Schools 46,000.00
Street Lighting 3,000.00
Memorial Library, Current Expense .... 800.00
Memorial Library, Books 200.00
Hydrant Service 3,079.00
General Government ' 5,500.00
Buildings and Grounds 1,500.00
Cemeteries 800.00
Military Aid 200.00
State Aid 500.00
Soldiers' Relief 1,200.00
Police Department 2,500.00
Board of Health 1,000.00
Public Welfare 8,500.00
Old Age Assistance 9,000.00
Snov^ Removal, Estimate 4,000.00
Care of Shade Trees 500.00
Unclassified 400.00
Bonds, High School 4,000.00
Interest on Bonds 1,000.00
Interest on Revenue Loans 2,000.00
Memorial Day 275.00
Fire Department 2,800.00
Forest Fires 500.00
Forest Fires, Nev^ Hose 200.00
Gypsy Moth Work 1,700.00
Liability Insurance 1,000.00
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds 250.00
Public Health Nurse 2,200.00
County Hospital Assessment 656.03
$117,260.03
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Article 15. Recommend the appropriation of 81,125.00 for
this article.
Article 16. Recommend the appropriation of 81,700.00 for
Gypsy Moth Work and the purchase of a spraying machine.
Article 17. Recommend the appropriation of $500.00 for the
care of shade trees.
Article 19. Recommond this article be taken care of from the
General road maintenance.
Article 20-21. Recommend action on these articles be post-
poned this year.
Article 22. Recommend appropriation of $8,000.00 for the
purchase of two fire trucks for Precincts 2 and 3. The sum of
§2,000.00 to be raised this year and balance to be paid in not
more than four years.
Article 24. Recommend the appropriation called for in this
article.
Recommend appropriating the sum of $1,500.00 from the
Overlay Surplus for the Reserve Fund.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Precinct 1 — Murray Brown, Albert P. Durkee.
Precinct 2 — Howard J. Billings, William T. Merriam.
Precinct 3 — Webster Blanchard, Alfred W. Davis.
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Selectmen's Report
February 5, 1936
We submit the report of the various departments of the Town
for the year ending December 31, 1935.
All of the actions under the different articles voted at the last
Annual Town Meeting and at the Special Town Meeting.
We find the town at the close of the year in very good finan-
cial standing, and we wish to thank the different officers and
committees of the town for doing their part in keeping within
their appropriations in carrying out their work in the different
departments of the town.
WALDO E. WHITCOMB
GEORGE S. BRAMAN
RALPH W. PIPER
Selectmen of Acton
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Welfare Department Report
January 27, 1936
The Board of Public Welfare submits the following report for
the year 1935.
During the year, aid was given to forty-six families represent-
ing 157 persons, eight families representing twenty-seven per-
sons having Acton settlements were aided in other cities or
towns. This makes a total of fifty-four families representing
one hundred and seventy-four persons that were aided during
the year.
Seven families were aided but having settlements in other
cities or towns, the town of Acton will be reimbursed approxi-
mately |1,700. In July the appropriation for ERA having run
out, this Department assumed the expense of carrying on this
work for the balance of the year. Due to this added expense,
and also to make it possible to dispose of all unpaid bills carried
over from the previous year, this board asked for an additional
appropriation of $1,000 which was granted at a Special Town
Meeting. This board assumed the sponsorship of the Sewing
Project under WPA, and the expense for carrying this project is
included in the appropriation asked for during the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL E. BACKMAN
BERTRAM D. HALL Board of Public Welfare.
FRANK S. BRAMAN
January 27, 1936
Honorable Board of Selectmen:
In estimating our budget for the coming year, this Board is
faced with the problem as( to what the effect will be if and when
WPA employment ends.
However, from the figures now available, we feel that it will
not be advisable to set our requirements for the coming year
under $8,000. This includes the expense for carrying on the
WPA Sewing Project. Also collecting and distributing the dif-
ferent Federal Commodities, such as food, clothing, etc.
This is $1,000 less than total amount appropriated last year.
CARL E. BACKMAN
BERTRAM D. HALL Board of Public Welfare.
FRANK S. BRAMAN
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ERA-WPA Sewing Project
January 27, 1936
During the year approximately 4,000 articles, (clothing, etc.)
were given out to 150 families representing 600 persons. This
project has given continuous employment to about 15 women
during the year. There is now employed on the Sewing Project
under WPA, 17 women. During the next six months for which
time this project is expected to run, the estimated payroll com-
ing into this town will be about $6,000.
CARL E. BACKMAN, Chairman.
Board of Pubhc Welfare (Sponsor)
Old Age Assistance Report
January 27, 1936
We started the year 1935 with twenty Old Age Assistance
Cases, there was added to this during the year, five new cases
and six cases were closed. Four due to parties having passed
away and two on account of removal.
Changes in Old Age Assistance Laws that have gone into ef-
fect and others that are pending will no doubt, result in an in-
crease in number of cases the coming year.
CARL E. BACKMAN, Agent
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
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Town Meetings
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting,
March 11, 1935
Art. 1. To choose all necessary town officers and committees,
and fix salaries of all town officers.
Chose Warren H. Jones, Trustee of Elizabeth White Fund
for three years.
Chose Arnold H. Perkins Trustee of the West Acton Fire-
men's Relief Fund for three years.
Chose Charles E. Smith Trustee of the Goodnow Fund for
three years.
Voted : To fix the salary of the Tax Collector at three-quarters
of one per cent of the amount collected, and to allow an addi-
tional charge for expense of postage incurred in the Collection of
Taxes.
Voted: That the salary of the chairman of the Selectmen be
two hundred dollars per annum, and the other members, one
hundred dollar each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Moderator be fifteen dollars
for the annual meeting and ten dollars for other meetings.
Voted : That the salary of the chairman of the Board of Pub-
lic Welfare be one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum,
and the other members seventy-five dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Treasurer be five hun-
dred dollars per annum.
Voted : That the salary of the Town Accountant be four hun-
dred dollars per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Clerk be two hundred
dollar per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Assessors be nine hundred
dollars in the aggregate per annum to be apportioned as they
may determine the said sum to include any salary of a clerk.
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Voted : That the Selectmen be instructed to fix the salaries of
all other town officers.
Art. 2. To see if the town will accept the several reports of
town officers.
Voted : To accept the reports of the several town officers.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of any committees
chosen at any previous meeting who have not already reported.
No action taken under this article.
Art. 4. To see what sum of money the town will appropriate 1
to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several de- ■
partments of the town and determine how the same shall be
raised.
Under this article and other articles in the warrant it was
voted to appropriate and raise by taxation for:
Roads : general maintenance |12,000.00
Schools 43,500.00
Street Lighting 3,500.00
Memorial Library, current expenses 800.00
Memorial Library, books 200.00
Hydrant Service 3,079.00
General Government 5,500.00
Buildings and Grounds 1,800.00
Cemeteries 700.00
Military Aid 200.00
State Aid 500.00
Soldiers^ Rehef 1,500.00
Police Department 2,500.00
Board of Health 1,000.00
Public Welfare 7,000.00
Old Age Assistance 8,000.00
Snow Removal 7,000.00
Care of Shade Trees 500.00
Unclassified 400.00
Bonds, High School 4,000.00
Interest on Bonds 1,200.00
Interest on Revenue Loans 2,000.00
Memorial Day 275.00
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Fire Department 2,800.00
Forest Fires 500.00
Gypsy Moth Work 500.00
Liability Insurance 1,000.00
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds 250.00
Public Health Nurse 2,200.00
County Hospital Assessment 504.46
E. R. A. Expenses 1,000.00
Redemption of Tax Titles 300.00
Kinsley Road Construction 400.00
Pope Road 2,500.00
Voted : to appropriate from the overlay surplus for a
Reserve Fund 1,500.00
Voted : To appropriate from the Cemetery Land Fund
for the care of Cemeteries 300.00
Art. 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for
the observance of Memorial Day.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred
and seventy-five dollars to be expended under the direction of a
committee consisting of the commander of the Isaac Davis Post,
G. A. R., and the commander of the American Legion.
Art. 6. To see what action the town will take in regard to
the collection of taxes.
Voted : To pass over the article.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise and ap-
propriate for the maintenance of the Fire Department or vote
anything* thereon.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-eight hun-
dred dollars.
Art. 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires
and fix the price thereon.
Voted : To appropriate five hundred dollars for fighting brush
fires and that the price be fixed at fifty cents per hour.
Art. 9. To see what action the town will take toward the
suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moth.
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Voted : To raise and appropriate five hundred dollars.
Art. 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money
to insure the employees of the town or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand
dollars.
Art. 11. To sed what amount of money the town will appro-
priate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and col-
lector's bonds or act anything thereon.
Voted : To appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dol-
lars.
Art. 12. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with
the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to
time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin-
ning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay-
able within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be
given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sec-
tion 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the
Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from
time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year
beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor,
payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may
be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with
Section 17 Chapter 44, General Laws.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to employ a public health
nurse.
Voted: To employ a pubHc health nurse to be under the di-
rection of the Board of Health.
Voted: To appropriate twenty-two hundred dollars for the
salary and maintenance of said nurse.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum
of $2,500.00 for the reconstruction of Pope Road, from State
Highway, East Acton, to the Carlisle line, provided at least a
like sum is allotted to the town by the State Department of Pub-
lic Works and at least a similar sum by the County of Middlesex
or act anything thereon.
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Voted: To appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dol-
lars for the reconstruction of Pope Road from the State High-
way East Acton, to the Carlisle line provided at least a like sum
is alloted to the town by the State Department of Public Works,
and at least a similar sum by the County of Middlesex.
Voted: That the road be built with town labor.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum
sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law, the
town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance and repair
of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General
Laws in amendment thereof, and in addition thereto, or take any
action in relation thereto.
Voted: To appropriate $504.46 for said County Hospital as-
sessment.
Art. 16. To see if the town will accept the laying out by the
Selectmen of a street in West Acton : beginning at the southerly
end of Kinsley Road, and extending in a southerly direction over
the former location of the Street Railway about 850 feet as de-
scribed and shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk, and ap-
propriate a sum of money to build said street.
Voted : To accept the laying out by the Selectmen of a street
in West Acton : beginning* at the southerly end of Kinsley Road
and extending in a southerly direction over the former location
of the Street Railway about 850 feet as described, and shown on
a plan filed with the Town Clerk.
Voted : To raise and appropriate four hundred dollars for the
construction of said street.
Art. 17. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to
construct a vault in the town hall for the safe keeping of the
public records and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Voted : That the Selectmen with three persons chosen by the
meeting, be a committee to consider the matter of locating and
constructing a town vault with instruction to report at a special
town meeting: John S. Hoar, John L. Smith and Horace F. Tut-
tle were chosen as members of the committee.
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Art. 18. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money
to meet the town's share of E. R. A. expenses, or act anything
thereon.
Voted : To raise and appropriate one thousand dollars for ex-
penses incurred in relation to the E. R. A.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum
of three hundred dollars for the redemption of tax titles held by
the town.
Vote to appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars.
Art. 20. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the
sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum for the care of shade trees or
act anything thereon.
A motion to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the care of
shade trees did not prevail.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to accept a fund con-
tributed by the members of the several fire departments of the
town and known as the Acton Firemen's Relief Fund. Said fund
to be held as a trust fund, and to be administered by three
trustees to be chosen one for one year, one for two years, and one
for the term of three years.
Voted : To accept said fund as a trust fund to be administered
by three trustees chosen by the town.
Chose Clarence Frost a trustee for one year.
Chose Herbert Merriam a trustee for two years.
Chose James E. Kinsley a trustee for three years.
Art. 22. To see if the townl will purchase new chairs for the
Town Hall and appropriate a sum of money therefore.
Voted : To pass over the article.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum
for the pruning of dead wood from the elms and for the re-
moval of any dead or dying elms on the public streets.
Voted: To pass over the article.
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Art. 24. To see if the town will cause to be published the list
of valuation on all personal and real estate of the town for the
year 1935.
Voted : To pass over the article.
Art. 25. To see what action the town will take to have each
head of any department of the town bring in to the Selectmen a
v^itten inventory each year of all tools and stock which they
may have, the same to be kept on file.
Voted : To pass over the article.
Proceedings of the Special Town Meeting Held October 7, 1935
Art. 1. To hear and act upon the report of the committee
chosen at the annual Town Meeting to consider the matter of
locating and constructing a town y^^lt-
Waldo E. Whitcomb, chairman of the Selectmen, presented
the report for the committee.
Voted : To accept the report of the committee.
Art. 2. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of thirty-
five hundred dollars to build a vault and remodel the Town Hall
and transfer the same from available funds or borrow under
Chapter 49 of the Act of 1933 as amended, or take any action
relative thereto.
Voted : That the sum of 83,500.00 be appropriated to build a
vault and remodel the Town Hall, and to meet said appropriation,
the sum of 83,500.00 be transferred from available funds in the
treasury.
Art. 3. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one
thousand dollars for the Welfare Department from available
funds or borrow under Chapter 49 of the Act of 1933, as
amended or take any action thereon.
Voted : That the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated
for the public welfare department, and to meet said appropria-
tion the sum of one thousand dollars be transferred from avail-
able funds in the treasury.
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Town Clerk's Report
Births
Whole number recorded 45
Born in Acton 4 Native parentage 32
Male 18 Foreign parentage 3
Females 27 Mixed parentage 10
Marriages
Whole number recorded 28
Residents of Acton .... 36 Residents of other places 20
Deaths
Whole number recorded 51
Residents of Acton 51 Residents of other places 0
Occurring in Acton .... 31 Occurring in other places 20
Average Age in Years, 64+
The Town Clerk requests information of any errors or omis-
sions in the lists of Births, Marriages and Deaths. The Town
Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks
for the return of Births and Deaths.
HORACE F. TUTTLE.
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Deaths Registered in 1935
No. Date of Death Name
1. Mar. 28 Allen, John F.
2. Dec. 10 Atwood, Emma A.
3. July 12 Beach, Hazel Clementine
4. Mar. 20 Bursaw, Robert
5. Oct. 7 Charles, Mary Florence
6. Nov. 9 Christiansen, Anton
7. Apr. 24 Cole, James R.
8. June 6 Coones, Mary E.
9. Aug. 19 Dickson, Charles
10. Dec. 5 Di Giacomandrea, Frances
11. Dec. 11 Drummond, Thomas F.
12. May 23 Dudley, Louisa Maria
13. Jan. 13 Ford, Charles L.
14. Mar. 17 Freeman, Andrew
15. Nov 14 Grimes, James Albert
16. Oct. 14 Hayward, Nettie Flora
17. Aug. 24 Henson, Jennie D.
18. Feb. 6 Hodgen, Sarah Jane
19. Jan. 16 Holt, Bertram S.
20. May 3 Jones, Arthur Aaron
21. June 8 Jones, Mary E.
22. Jan. 8 Jones, Samuel
23. July 1 Kendall, William A.
24. June 25 Lears, William
25. Mar. 14 Leon, Joseph T.
26. Dec. 31 MacKinnon, Christine
27. July 17 Manning, John J.
28. July 2 Mansir, Annie J.
29. Feb. 24 McCarthy, Hannah
30. July 9 McCarthy, Luke J.
31. June 4 Miller, Ella Lizzie
32. June 23 Moore, Pauline B.
33. Jan. 25 Morse, Stella M.
34. Feb. 7 O'Connell, Patrick
35. Nov. 8 Pierce, George Hoke
36. Nov. 21 Pratt, Etta Cora
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37. Jan. 14 Punch, Mary Hurley
38. May 13 Reed, Emma Augusta
39. Nov. 10 Russell, Madeline E.
40. May 12 Schofield, Richard Leonard
41. June 4 Scott, Thomas A.
42. Nov. 11 Stowell, M. Alma
43. Oct. 19 Tuttle, Luke Harris
44. Jan. 6 Vallee, Andrew Henry
45. Apr. 17 Webster, George A.
46. Aug. 16 Welsh, Ella
47. July 30 Whitcomb, Abbie B.
48. Jan. 17 Williams, Frank Gordon
49. July 2 Willis, Ora A.
50. Aug. 17 Yeaton, Alphonso Burton
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List of Persons Having Dogs Licensed in 1935
Frank Alley $2.00
Hilda Anderson 5.00
Helen Bacher 2.00
Frank Balsor 2.00
Clesson A. Bancroft . . . 10.00
M. Wheelock Barteaux . 2.00
Leon Bateman 2.00
Priscilla Bean 5.00
Mrs. A. E. Bedford 2.00
George Bell 2.00
Antonia Benere 2.00
William G. Berry, Jr. . . 2.00
Alfred Birch 2.00
Hazel G. Blanchard . . . 2.00
Walter Bondelevitch . . . 4.00
Robert M. Bowen 4.00
Charles W. Boyer 5.00
Rolfe Bradbury 4.00
F. W. R. Bradford 2.00
John J. Bradley 2.00
Guy W. Bragdon 2.00
Dorothy Braman 5.00
Frank S. Braman 4.00
George A. Braman 2.00
Jesse Briggs 2.00
Fred Brill 2.00
Robert Brown 2.00
F. W. Bulette 2.00
Mary E. Bullard 2.00
Mary K. Butler 2.00
William Cahill 2.00
Hazel Caldwell 2.00
Margaret Caldwell 2.00
Lester Carey 5.00
Christian Carlson 4.00
Manuel Carvelo 2.00
Nancy S. Chaffin 4.00
Florence Charles 2.00
William W. Charter . . . 2.00
Allen M. Christoff erson . 4.00
Edwin Christofferson . . 2.00
Lulu L. Clark 2.00
Albert Chfford 2.00
Charlotte Conant 2.00
Timothy Condon 2.00
Arthur Conquest 2.00
Harold Coughlin 4.00
John F. Coughlin 2.00
Charles E. Davis 7.00
Warren A. Davis & Son. 5.00
Wendell F. Davis 7.00
Harold E. Day 2.00
Joseph J. DeSouza .... 2.00
Carmine DiGiacomandrea 2.00
Anthony J. Dora 2.00
Thomas F. Drummond . 2.00
John Duggan 5.00
Mabel C. Durkee 2.00
Raymond F. Durkee . . . 2.00
Sidney P. Durkee 2.00
Jedediah Edgarton 2.00
Michael Enneguess .... 2.00
Curtis S. Fairbanks . . . 5.00
Charles J. Farley 4.00
James Farrar 2.00
Charles Farris 5.00
Stuart Farquhar 2.00
Robert C. Ferguson 2.00
Charles W. Fisher 5.00
Bertha M. Finan 5.00
James Fitzgerald 2.00
Charles J. Fletcher 2.00
John L. Fletcher 4.00
Buddie Flint 2.00
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Marjorie S. Flint 5.00
Robert A. Frazier 2.00
Matthew D. Freeman . . 2.00
Lillian E. Frost 10.00
Llewellyn T. Fullonton . 2.00
Ida Gagnon 5.00
Margaret Gallagher . . . 2.00
Thomas C. Gallagher . . 5.00
Mildred Gallant 4.00
Minnie P. Gallant 2.00
Jean B. Garceau 2.00
Hermann Gatchell 7.00
Joseph Geoghegan 2.00
Hattie E. Gibbs 5.00
George U. Gilman 2.00
Carl R. Godfrey ....... 2.00
Howard Goodrich 2.00
Martin Goodwin 2.00
Albert Gravlin 2.00
Catherine M. Green . . . 2.00
Evelyn L Hamm 2.00
Hattie B. Harris 5.00
A. J. Harrison 2.00
Mrs. Nelson H. Hart . . 2.00
Raymond L. Hatch 2.00
Thomas F. Hayes 2.00
Michael G. Hayes 4.00
Albert L. Haynes 2.00
Willis L. Holden 2.00
Hugh Hodgen 2.00
Mrs. Hope C. Holland . . 5.00
Frank T. Holland 2.00
Neville R. Holland .... 2.00
F. Elwin Hollowell 2.00
Walter W. Holt 2.00
John F. Hough 2.00
David Hubbard 2.00
Wilbur Hunt 2.00
James Hurley 2.00
Arthur Jalonen 4.00
Albert R. Jenks 4.00
M. P. Jenney 2.00
Albert Jensen 2.00
Peter Jensen 7.00
Albion Johnson 2.00
Mary Johnson 2.00
Howard F. Jones 2.00
Hugh M. Jones 4.00
Karl R. Jones 2.00
William Kazokas 2.00
Cypras Kazokas 2.00
Henry M. Keyes 4.00
William Kilmartin 2.00
Benjamin King 2.00
Mrs. Carrie Kingsley . . 2.00
Samuel E. Knowlton . . 2.00
Ormal Laffin 2.00
G. W. Larrabee 5.00
Arthur LaRoche 2.00
John LaTulippe 2.00
Arnold B. Leavitt 2.00
Edward LeClere 2.00
Robert Liebfried 2.00
Ralph F. Littlefield 4.00
J. W. Livermore 2.00
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George W. Logan 2.00
Bertha Lowden 2.00
Richard Lowden 2.00
Albert Lucot 2.00
H. Stuart MacGregor . . 2.00
James Mahoney 2.00
John Maguire 2.80
A. W. Marsh 2.00
Eleanor Mason 2.00
Roger Mason 4.00
W. A. Massie 2.00
Everett M. Maynes 2.00
Ernest Mayell 2.00
T. Leo McCarthy 2.00
Hobart E. Mead 2.00
Ida Mekkelsen 2.00
Soren Mekkelsen 2.00
Eleanor Mel 2.00
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Harold Merriam 2.00
W. J. Middleton 12.00
Everett Montague 2.00
David F. Morrison 5.00
Mildred Pope Moore . . . 4.00
J. S. Moore 2.00
Mrs. C. F. Moorhouse . . 2.00
George A. Morse 2.00
James Murgatroyd 4.00
John Murray 2.00
Mrs. Edward Nealey . . . 2.00
Dorothy Newell 2.00
Joseph Nugent 2.00
Hazel W. Oliver, trans,
from Wendell, Mass.
Peter Olsen 2.00
Richard O'Neil 2.00
Elsie F. Parsons 2.00
Charles Parsons 2.00
Stanley Paskiewicz .... 2.00
John Pedersen 5.00
Mrs. Ruth Peterson 5.00
D. F. Penney 4.00
Mary A. Penney 5.00
A. H. Perkins 2.00
Tony Perry 2.00
Lucretia Harvey Phalen 4.00
Ralph W. Piper 2.00
Edward F. Pratt 2.00
Daniel 0. Price 2.00
Lloyd Priest 2.00
Walter L. Prowse 2.00
F. J. Rahberg 2.00
Ethel C. Rawitser 2.00
George H. Reed 2.00
G. Howard Reed 7.00
Mildred V. Reed 5.00
Robert A. Reid, 3rd 2.00
Mrs. Arthur Reynolds . . 2.00
Jesse C. Reynolds 2.00
Howard E. Rich . . 2.00
Fred Richards 2.00
George A. Richardson . . 2.00
Mildred H. Robbins . . . 5.00
Paul G. Robbins 2.00
Frank B. Roche 2.00
George Rugg 2.00
Everett R. Sanborn Jr.. 7.00
George W. Sargent 2.00
Benjamin H. Sawyer . . 2.00
Ruth H. Scanlon 2.00
Harry V. Scribner 2.00
L. A. Sebastian 2.00
Eva C. Shapley 2.00
Frank Simeone 2.00
Ralph I. Smith 2.00
Mary Soares 2.00
W. Henry Soar 2.00
Marion Spinney 2.00
Hattie E. Smith 2.00
Cecil Starck 2.00
Reginald Stoney 2.00
Emanuel Sylvia 2.00
Simon D. Taylor 2.00
Spencer H. Taylor 2.00
Henry Teele 2.00
Ethel Todd 20.00
Wilbur Tolman 5.00
Elizabeth Tompkins . . . 5.00
Michael Towler 2.00
Alfred H. Tracy 2.00
George L. Turnbull . . . 4.00
George F. Tuttle 2.00
Osgood Tuttle 5.00
Frederick Waite 7.00
John Walluck 2.00
John H. Watkins 2.00
J. Arthur Wayne 2.00
Charles Willett 2.00
Glenna Wise 2.00
Ehzabeth Wood 2.00
239 licenses at $2.00 §478.00
41 licenses at 5.00 205.00
?683.00
Deduct fees 280 at 20 cents 56.00
Paid to Town Treasurer §627.00
Notice
All licenses expire March 31.
Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1 or the owners or
keepers thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months old or over regard-
less of time of year ownership is acquired.
No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Town Clerk.
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Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit the following report of the Police Depart-
ment for the year ending Dec. 31, 1935.
Persons calling at the office 246
Telephone calls received . 781
Telephone calls made 275
Emergency calls received by radio 12
Complaints received and investigated 63
Persons questioned during investigations 42
Arrests and prosecutions made on the following com-
plaints :
Drunkenness 22
Operating under the influence of liquor 9
Operating so as to endanger 1
Operating after revocation 1
Leaving scene of accident 1
Assault with dangerous weapon with intent to rob . . 2
Larceny 2
Malicious destruction of property 2
Robbery 2
Assault 1
Default 1
Illegitimacy 1
Passing where view is obstructed 2
Failing to slow at intersections 2
Operating without a license 1
Having gaming machines in possession 1
Disturbing a public assembly 2
Persons sent home when intoxicated 7
Fugitives from Shirley School 3
Committed to State Institutions 3
Automobile accidents reported 69
Occupants of automobiles injured in accidents 63
Persons assisted after accidents 4
Licenses suspended or revoked 5
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Fire alarms answered (Traffic-protection) 20
Registrations revoked 6
At Concord District Court 42
At Cambridge Superior Court 6
At Ayer District Court 1
Emergency telegrams delivered to persons 6
Summonses served 9
Summonses served for other departments 10
Breaks reported 10
Homes checked on during absence of occupants at their
request 5
Prov^lers reported 6
Obstructions in road reported and removed 1
Public buildings checked on v^hen lights found burning
after midnight 7
Doors found open 2
Windows reported broken 17
Trespassers ordered off property following complaints . . 10
Raids 1
Traffic duty during funerals 12
Traffic duty during wedding 1
Missing persons reported to this department 2
Missing persons broadcast for by this department 3
Cattle reported lost 3
Protection given while obtaining property 2
Payrolls guarded 9
Juvfeniles reprimanded 20
Truants picked up for other towns 2
Collecting ballots 1
Posting warrants 1
Jury blanks filled out for District Attorney's office 3
With Tax Collector during collections 2
With Water Department Collector during collections 1
Persons ordered out of town after complaints 2
Assisted in investigations for other departments 3
Runaway boys picked up and returned to Boxboro 6
Dog complaints received 21
Dogs hit by automobiles 4
Dogs killed by automobiles 3
Persons reported bitten by dogs 5
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Dogs reported lost 6
Dog notices posted 1
Poultry killed by dogs 24
Property reported lost or
stolen :
1 set of number plates
2 watches
1 shotgun
1 tire and wheel
1 rifle
2 automobiles
1 brief case
1,000 gallons of fuel oil
2 blankets
$4.00 cash
1 spotlight
Property recovered or Restitution made :
1 bicycle §22,00 in cash
2 automobiles Automobile equipment
1 watch value $15.00
Found and returned to owner, 1 billfold and $2.00 in cash.
Trips made to other towns during investigations, etc.:
Arlington 1 Marlboro 1
Ayer 2 Maynard 15
Boxboro 4 Newton 1
Carlisle 1 Shirley 1
Concord 7 Tewksbury 1
Littleton 1 Westford 2
Worcester 2
Trips to other sections of the town outside of regular patrol :
Acton 30 North Acton 37
East Acton 17 West Acton 33
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL FOLEY,
Chief of Police.
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Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Acton:
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the
year 1935.
Cows 648
Young Cattle 107
Swine 84
Sheep 16
Goat 1
Bulls 20
Quarantined 18 dogs suspicious of rabies.
Respectfully submitted
FRED S. WHITCOMB,
Inspector.
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Report of Superintendent of Streets
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I submit herewith my report covering the highway main-
tenance and construction work during 1935.
In addition to regular maintenance work such as scraping,
dragging, surface repair, patching bridge repairs.
New drainage :
Main Street, 36 feet of 36-inch corrugated pipe.
Main Street, 42 feet of 12-inch corrugated Pipe.
Main Street, one drop inlet.
Concord Street, 36 feet of 12-inch corrugated pipe. .
Concord Street, 150 ftt of 12-inch concrete pipe.
Concord Road, 42 feet of 12-inch corrugated pipe.
Concord Road, one drop inlet.
Hammond Road, 18 feet of 12-inch corrugated pipe.
New guard rail :
Main Street, 13.40 feet New guard rail and post.
Powder Mill Road, 320 feet New guard rail and post.
New Construction:
Pope Road, this piece of road has been built according to con-
tract and accepted by the Massachusetts Department of Public
Works.
Kingsley Road, this piece of road has been built as far as it
was laid out.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT H. PERKINS,
Superintendent of Streets.
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Assessors' Report
Tax assessed as follows :
Buildings, exclusive of land 82,435,358.00
Land 706,385.00
Personal 631,095.00
?3,772,838.00
Valuation April 1, 1934 3,789,110.00
Decrease in Valuation 16,272.00
Rate of Taxation, ?26.80.
Real Estate $84,198.69
Personal Estate 16,913.37
Polls 1,746.00
$102,858.06
Amount of Money raised:
State Tax $6,000.00
County Tax 5,693.60
State Park Assessment 55.44
Town Grant 87,537.93
Overlay 3,571.09
§102,858.06
Added Assessment:
Poll Tax $10.00
$10.00
Excise :
Number of Vehicles Assessed 1153
Total Valuation of Motor Vehicles $227,360.00
Rate of Taxation, $33.06
Total Excise Tax $6,286.31
WARREN H. JONES,
ALBERT P. DURKEE,
HENRY L. HAYNES.
Board of Assessors.
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Report of Tax Collector
1931 TOWN TAX
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Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 |1.00 |1.00
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Paid Treasurer |1.00 fl.OO
1932 TOWN TAX
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Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 |13.63
Interested Collected 1.75 $15.38
Cr.
Paid Treasurer |15.38 $15.38
1933 TOWN TAX
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 $10,156.04
Old Age Added 42.00
Interest Collected 900.93
Costs Collected 7.00
$11,105.97
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $9,780.13
Abated 706.90
Tax Title 611.86
Uncollected 7.08
$11,105.97
1934 TOWN TAX
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 $37,606.32
Interest Collected 869.01
Costs Collected 3.85
$38,479.18
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Cr.
Paid Treasurer $24,296.93
Abated 176.08
Tax Title 2,732.80
Uncollected 11,273.37
$38,479.18
1935 TOWN TAX
Dr.
Committed 8102,858.06
Interest Collected 35.48
Costs Collected 24.85
8102,918.39
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $69,803.80
Abated 150.88
Tax Title 1,673.66
Uncollected 31,290.05
8102,918.39
1931 EXCISE
Dr.
Interest Collected $12.40 $12.40
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $12.40 $12.40
1932 EXCISE
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 $487.51
Interest Collected 34.31
S521.82
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $217.43
Abated 78.14
Uncollected 227.25
$522.82
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OVER REMITTED
Over Remitted 1.00
1933 EXCISE
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 |1,560.11
Interest Collected 144.30
$1,704.41
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $1,208.45
Abated 376.71
Uncollected 119.25
$1,704.41
1934 EXCISE
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1935 $2,824.50
Interest Collected 86.83
$2,911.33
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $1,822.33
Abated 29.84
Uncollected 1,059.16
$2,911.33
1935 EXCISE
Dr.
Committed $6,306.31
Interest Collected 5.59
$6,311.90
Cr.
Paid Treasurer $3,802.83
Abated 83.38
Uncollected 2,425.69
$6,311.90
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SUMMARY OF TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Total Debits
1931 Town Tax $1.00
1932 Town Tax 15.38
1933 Town Tax 11,105.97
1934 Town Tax 38,479.18
1935 Town Tax 102,918.39
1931 Excise 12.40
1932 Excise 521.82
1933 Excise 1,704.41
1934 Excise 2,911.33
1935 Excise 6,311.90
$163,981.78
Total Credits
Cash paid Treasurer $110,960.68
Abated 1,601.92
Tax Title 5,018.32
Uncollected 46,401.85
$163,982.78
Over Remitted 11.00
CHARLES A. DURKEE,
Tax Collector.
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Fire Department
January 29, 1936
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the Fire Department for the
year of 1935.
The total number of alarms responded to by the entire depart-
ment are as follows :
Building, 13 ; auto, 1 ; chimney, 13 ; false, 1 ; miscellaneous, 4.
Total loss: |4,305.00 (extinguishing labor cost $301.50).
The equipmemnt in Precincts Two and Three are in need of
repair. In fact the two (2) pieces of apparatus in Precincts
mentioned are twelve (12) years old and consideration should be
taken as soon as possible to replace them.
Following are a few recommendations I would like to make:
(1) That the present siren system at West Acton be replaced
with a compressed air whistle; (2) that the hose be replenished
to bring it up to its standard quota; (3) that the heating system
at South Acton be put in such condition as to make it satisfac-
tory.
The equipment at Acton Center is in excellent condition with
the exception of the shortage of hose.
As the Fire Department is very good insurance against life
and property, I sincerely hope that the voters will give these rec-
ommendations due consideration.
H. S. MacGREGOR,
Chief of Fire Department.
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Forest Warden's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen :
Your Forest Warden submits the following report for the year
ending December 31st, 1936 :
Total number of fires responded to 37
Out of town 2
Total cost of extinguishing S477.81
The spring of this year being extremely dry and the first haz-
ard being great, we had a large number of fires, consequently en-
tailing considerable expense.
The property damage was very low in comparison, due to the
prompt and efficient cooperation of the various departments, for
which I take this opportunity of thanking them.
The forest fire truck is in very good shape, but we are in need
of some new forestry hose.
In the past we have been able to purchase some new hose each
year out of our $500 appropriation, but this year we were unable
to do so; therefore your Forest Warden recommends an appro-
priation of S200 for new hose in addition to the usual 8500 for the
prevention and extinguishing of forest fires.
Respectfully submitted.
ALAN B. FROST,
Forest Warden
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Report of the Board of Health
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1935
Burial Permits issued in Acton 31
Residents who died in other Towns 20
Total number of deaths recorded 51
Non-resident burials 32
List of contagious diseases reported to the Board of Health
January 1, 1935, to January 1, 1936 :
Chicken-pox 2
Dog bite 4
German Measles 29
Measles 20
Influenza 10
Scarlet Fever 4
Whooping Cough 10
Dog bite (Rabies) 1
Total 80
Deaths None
Your Board would recommend that $1,000 be appropriated for
the use of the Board for the present year.
CHARLES A. DURKEE, Agent.
Acton Board of Health.
Report of Town Nurse
To the Board of Health:
/ Town calls (bedside nursing) 1503
Welfare 302
Prenatal 206
Child Welfare 408
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. F. TAYLOR.
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Goodnow Fund
For the year ending December 31, 1935
Investments
Warren Institution for Savings $1,458.70
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank . . 1,000.00
City Institution for Savings Lowell 1,000.00
Receipts
Warren Institution for Savings $40.37
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank . . . 32.50
City Institution for Savings Lowell 27.50
Payments
Harlan E. Tuttle treasurer of the Evangeli-
cal Church in Acton $80.00
Fred W. Green care of Goodnow lot,
Woodlawn Cemetery 20.00
Added to Savings deposit .37
$3458.70
$100.37
$100.37
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
CHARLES E. SMITH,
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
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Report of the Work of the Middlesex County Extension
Service In Acton for the Year 1935
Poultry interests dominate the agriculture of this town. The
organized poultrymen have made definite progress in marketing.
The beginning of organized cooperative marketing of eggs in
Middlesex County was made in October with the establishment
in the Regional Market in West Cambridge of the Massachusetts
Poultry Producers Cooperative. This organization is actively
supported by Middlesex County poultrymen, two of whom —
James Murgatroyd and Charles Willett — are president and a
member of the Advisory Board respectively. The Extension
Service has worked with these men in furthering their eiforts
toward cooperative marketing.
The Middlesex County Poultry Association, meeting in Acton
several times a year has the active cooperation of the Extension
Service. Definite assistance has been given poultrymen with
their problems in brooding, range, housing and ventilation.
The dairy farmers of the county met in Acton last February
and March for the annual series of dairy meetings when market
and production problems were discussed by men of prominence.
The dairy farmers have been given help with their individual
milk market problems and with herd management and emer-
gency crop suggestions.
Thirty-nine farm visits were made on fruit growing and three
on market garden crops. Pest control and cultural problems
were the chief reasons for farm visits. Spray warning service
was given to 26 fruit growers and 17 market gardeners. Moving
pictures on seed germination were shown to a garden group.
The judges were furnished for the Acton Fair and cooperation
rendered, especially in the management of the 4-H boys and girls
club exhibits.
The women in North Acton and at the Center have carried the
entire extension program of The Good School Lunch, Home
Grounds Improvement, and The Cotton Dress projects. The
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garden club also sent leaders to the meetings on the Home
Grounds Improvement as they felt the work given in gardening
by Mr. Arnold Davis was most valuable to their members.
Canning meetings were conducted in West Acton.
A series of five discussion meetings on Understanding the
Adolescent Child were conducted by Mrs. Ruth D. Morley, State
Child Guidance Specialist. These meetings were held at the
high school and were open to all Acton Parents.
Due to many requests home nursing classes were organized
in South and North Acton. Miss Lillian Frost very kindly assist-
ed the Extension Service by teaching these classes.
Sidney Durkee was awarded a week at Camp Middlesex as a
county poultry delegate. Robert Clapp, Dorothy Bond, John
McGuire, and Meltha Walther were awarded the two-day trip
to the State College.
4-H Clubs were organized in all sections resulting in two home
furnishing clubs, two garden clubs, one poultry club, and two
clothing clubs.
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Report of Two Hundredth Anniversarv Committee.
Acting upon the vote recorded at the special Town Meeting,
held July 23rd, 1934, in regard to the appointment of the
Committee to arrange for the observance of the 200th Anniver-
sary of the incorporation of the Town, the following Committee
was organized: Horace F. Tuttle, Chairman; Waldo E. Whit-
comb, George S. Braman, Ralph W. Piper, Vice Chairmen ; Web-
ster S. Blanchard, Treasurer; Clara L. Sawyer, Secretary; Mrs.
Hobart E. Mead, Mrs. W. Stuart Allen and Henry E. Tolman.
A three day program was arranged for and committees ap-
pointed to carry out the same.
The Tovm voted approximately one thousand dollars to defray
the expenses incident to the observance of the Anniversary, with
the cooperation of all the Committees and the fine spirit of help-
fulness displayed by all our Townspeople we were able to return
a substantial sum to the Town treasury.
Saturday afternoon, July 20th, 1935, the program opened with
the Bi-Centennial Parade, consisting of elements of the Regular
Army and Navy, the Massachusetts National Guard, and non
military Organizations.
Following the review of the Parade at the Issac Davis Monu-
ment, Howard J. Billings, President of the Day, read this letter
from the President of the United States ;
The White House, Washington
July 10, 1935
To the People of Acton :
My acquaintance with the Town of Acton extends
over a considerable portion of my own lifetime, and
it was with a sense of being honored by an old friend
that I received an invitation to address a message to
the ''Citizens of Acton" on the occasion of the Two
Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the Town.
I am sure that in looking back over those years you
have very much in mind just now the gallant services
of Captain Issac Davis and the other men of Acton at
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the Battle of Concord. The sacrifice which they made
is characteristic of the vigor and courage with which
the men of the colonies rose to defend their rights.
It is to the particular and everlasting glory of Acton
that from her peaceful farms came such early and
vital response to the demands for heroic action.
I am sure that the stalwart qualities of that earlier
day are still with you, even though our present pro-
blems are of a different sort.
I congratulate you upon your past and I send you my
best wishes for your future.
(Signed)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Governor James M. Curley of Massachusetts was then intro-
duced. After the Governor's speech, the audience was addressed
by the Hon. John F. Fitzgerald, Boston ; Hon. John H. Valentine,
Chelmsford; the Rev. Frederick Brooks Noyes, Prof. Harold R.
Phalen and Mr. Nelson H. Tenney (Acton).
Miss Florence Piper Tuttle (South Acton) read the poem
"Acton Speaks" written by her for this occasion.
Hon. Leonard D. White, unable to be present owing to illness,
sent a message of good wishes.
Mr. Carlos B. Clark (formerly of West Acton) sent the follow-
ing telegram ;
Midland, Ontario, July 18, 1935.
To Horace F. Tuttle, Acton, Mass. :
It is with deep regret that I have decided it inadvis-
able to make the long trip from my Ontario Camp to
attend Acton's Celebration of its 200th Anniversary.
I hope you may have the finest weather and that the
plans of those who have worked so devotedly for the
success of the event may be rewarded beyond their
expectations.
I sincerely trust the three days' exercises may bring
to Acton's people a finer and keener realization of
their proud heritage as citizens of one of the Country's
outstanding Historical Towns.
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May it also bring them deep conviction of the great
truth that the problems of Peace are as great as those
of war and that conquest of the present chaos of our
National affairs calls for their consecration now as
they have so often consecrated themselves in the past
to the support of the Commonwealth and the Nation
and to the defense of the Constitution which has made
the United States the hope of the World.
(Signed)
Carlos B. Clark
The Concert by the National Champion Band, American
Legion Post, Watertown, Massachusetts, completed the pro-
gram for the first day.
Sunday, July 21st, 1935; (Acton incorporated as a Town,
July 21st, 1735).
Services appropriate to the day were held in all Churches.
Old Hom.es, built previous to the year 1800 were open to
visitors during the afternoon; early evening a Concert at the
Town Hall by the E. R. A. Orchestra of Boston, rendering
selections from the compositions of the late Lucius Hosmer
(South Acton). Mr. Hosmer, a direct descendant of Abner Hos-
mer, ranks as one of America's leading Composers.
An open air Service on the Common, conducted by the Pastors
of all the Churches, with music by the United Chorus Choir
under the direction of Harold A. Merriam (South Acton) ; an
address by the Rev. Dr. Ashley D. Leavitt, Brookline, Massachu-
setts, concluded the program for the second day.
Monday, July 22nd, 1935 ;
Mr. Arthur F. Davis conducted a trip to the "Old North
Bridge", Concord, over the route reputed to have been followed
by the Acton Minute Men, and to some of Acton's historic places.
The Pageant, "Acton in History", written and directed by
Miss Evelyn A. Knowlton (West Acton) produced by the John
B. Rogers Co. of Fostoria, Ohio.
With a cast of two hundred people, the Pageant was enacted
on that historic spot, trod by the Acton Minute Men as they
marched to Concord on that morning of April 19th, 1775, to lead
in the first organized attack upon the troops of George III in
that memorable war, making the 13 colonies independent of
Great Britain and giving political being to the United States of
America.
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The March, 'To the Acton Patriots", played at the opening of
the performance was written for the production by the late
Lucius Hosmer.
In the cast of leading characters were many descendents of the
characters they represented.
The United Chorus Choir of Acton and the E. R. A. Orchestra,
(60 pieces) of Boston furnished the music for the Pageant.
A grand Military Ball in charge of the Officers and Members
of Acton's ''Edwards Quimby Post 248 American Legion" closed
the three days' Celebration.
The Committee wishes to express its appreciation for the
earnest cooperation of all who helped to make the Celebration
a splendid success.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA L. SAWYER,
Secretary.
West Acton, Massachusetts
February 1, 1936
Mr. Horace F. Tuttle, Chairman,
Two Hundredth Anniversary Committee of Acton,
Dear Mr. Tuttle :
I wish to report to you, and through you to your Committee,
the following report of the Finances of the Two Hundredth An-
niversary Celebration.
Total Drawn from the Town Appropria-
tion , S997.15
Receipts :
Net from Military Ball 104.22 ,
Net from Hospital Committee 13.90
Sale of Souvenirs 123.00
Sale of Programs 195.62
Concessions 35.00
Gift, a/c Chairs 11.60
81,480.49
Total Expenditures:
John B. Rogers Producing Co., S500.00
Progf ams 213.94
Cord for Programs '^•00
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Watertown Post, A. L, Band 100.00
Women's Club (Supper for Band) 16.50
•Souvenirs 126.05
Boy Scouts (Selling Souvenirs) 25.00
Lovell Bus Lines 122.35
Farrington South Radio 42.10
Murphy & Snyder 61.25
George D. Elson 17.00
Horace F. Tuttle 13.48
Wm. P. Proctor Co., . 5.84
South Acton Cong'l Church 32.50
Frank A. Merriam . 16.42
Clara L. Sawyer 10.83
Thomas Murray . 2.50
Postage, Etc 1.36
News Enterprise 18.50
Green Ridge Riding School 9.00
Transportation of Oxen 10.00
Wilmot Cleaves 3.00
Evelyn Knowlton 57.30
Lyde Wells 1.99
1,413.91
Unexpended Balance February 1, 1936 $66.58
Through you, may I not express my sincere appreciation of
the marked generosity of the townspeople, who gave so unspar-
ingly of their time, energy and ability that the anniversary
might be the financial as well as the social success that it was.
. Very truly yours,
WEBSTER L. BLANCHARD
Treasurer.
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Gentlemen :
The report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year
ending December 31, 1935, is herewith submitted.
This report shows the joint work performed by the late John
J. Manning and myself.
It has been quite necessary to give much time and attention in
examining, checking and testing the many measuring devices in
the town to the exacting requirements of the State Department
of Standards. I feel confident in stating these devices in Acton
are in good condition and in accordance with the State Laws.
Platform scales over 5,000 lbs. .
Platform scales 100 to 5,000 lbs.
Counter 100 or over
Counter under 100 lbs
Beam 100 lbs. or over
Spring 100 lbs. or over
Spring under 100 lbs
Computing under 100 lbs
Personal weighing
Perscription <
Avoirdupois weights
Troy weights
Liquid measures
Ice cream cans
Oil jars
Gasoline measuring pumps ....
Gasoline measuring meters ....
Truck meters
Kerosene measuring pumps . . .
Quantity measures on pumps . .
Yard sticks
Adjusted
Condemned
Sealed
6
Not Sealed
21
3
1
11
2
1
21
11
1
124
2
12
1
88
12
38
5
21
5
1
22
11
3
8
4
4
23
12
397 24
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Mileage covered, J. J. Manning, April 30 to July 3, 1935 — no
record.
Mileage covered by C. A. Milbery, August 5 to November 30 —
249 miles.
Mills account J. J. Manning $8.08
Mills account C. A. Milbery
Boston Nickel Plating Co |10.00
C. C. Cullinane, express 1.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
paint .75
Hobbs, Warren, lead seals 1.30
Fitzgerald's Garage, reaming
v^ashers .25
13.30
Total expense $21.38
Sealing fees collected — J. J. Manning $17.60
Sealing fees collected — C. A. Milbery 45.48
Adjusting fees collected — C. A. Milbery .90
Total collections S63.98
Respectfully submitted,
CLARE A. MILBERY,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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Librarian's Report, 1935
Accessions: Number of volumes in the Library January 1,
1935, 20,027. Increase by purchase 321. Increase by gift 40.
Total increase 361; withdrawn from circulation 99. Total
number of volumes in Library January 1, 1936, 20289.
Circulation: Number of days the Library was open, 100.
Number of volumes circulated, 13,772.
Largest daily circulation, 247 December 11.
Smallest daily circulation, 77 June 8.
Daily average circulation, 137 +.
Received from Library fines and magazines sold and paid to
Town Treasurer, $63.42.
Gifts of Books have been received from the following sources :
U. S. Government 4, State of Massachusetts 9, American Can
Co. 1, The Chemical Foundation 1, New York Stock Exchange 1,
Lowell Savings Bank 1, R. M. Bowen 1, Franklin Charter 3, John
Deese 1, David Drikall 3, Mildred Fullonton 1, Mrs. Howard
Jones 1, Mildred Pope Moore 1, Fred S. Piper 1, Edith Nourse
Rogers 1, Moses E. Taylor 1, Leo Thatcher 1, Ernest H. Wash-
burn 5, Mrs. C. E. Willett 3. Total 40.
ARTHUR F. DAVIS, Librarian.
Adams, J. — Letter to Lemuel Shattuck from 974.5
Josiah Adams A2141
Allen, A. A. — American Bird Biographies 59A425a
Augoff, C. — A Literary History of the American People 81A5921
Anon— At the ''Meeting of the Water'' 974.5A100a
Anon— Das Deutsche Lichtbild 77A100d
Arms, J. T.— John Taylor Arms (Etcher) 76A724J
Athinson B. — The Cingalese Prince 910A875c
Bailey, C. S.— Children of the Handicrafts 70B154c
Banks, N. — Directions for Collecting and preserving
insects 59B218d
Barber, J. W.— Historical Collections in Mass 974.5B234h
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Barbour, R. H.— How to Play Better Baseball 79B239h
Beard, C. A.— The Open Door at Home 32B368o
Beebe, W.— Halfmile Down 59B414h
Bennett, H. — Practical Every Day Chemistry 66B471p
Blakeslee, G. H.— Conflicts of Policy in the Far East . . 32B637c
Braun, P. G. — Figure Composition 74B82Df
Brown, A. C. — Horizons Rim 910B8/7h
Brown, W. H.— The Plant Kingdom 58B881p
Buchan, J.— -Oliver Cromwell 924C946b
Buck, F.— Fang and Claw 59B922f
Callahan, W. F. — Leveling in Massachusetts 52C1561
Cartledge — Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry 54C327i
Corsi, E.— In the Shadow of Liberty 922C826c
ColHns, A. C— The Story of America in Pictures 973C712s
Craig, W. W. and Gore C— The Forgotten Fifty
Millions 33C886f
Dawley, T. R., Jr.— The Child That Toileth Not 33D269c
Dean, V. M.— Soviet Russia 1917-1935 947D282s
Deere, J. — The Operation, Care and Repair of Farm
Machinery 62D312op
Ditmas, R. L.— The Book of Zoography 59D615b
Ditmas, R. L. — Confessions of a Scientist 59D615c
Doran, G. H.— Chronicles of Barabbas 922D693d
Doyle, H. M.— A Child Went Forth 922D754d
Dressier, M.— My Own Story 922D773d
Eagan-Edelson and Viet — An Elementary Study of
Business 65Elle
Erskine,, G. S.— Broncho CharHe Miller 922M647e
Fabre, J. H.— Fabre's Book of Insects 59F123f
Faulkner, H. W.— Wood Carving as a Hobby 73F263w
Faunce, H.— Desert Wife 922F264f
Floherty, J. J.— Guardsmen of the Coast 62F628g
Floherty, J. J.— The Movie Makers 62F628m
Fraprie, F. R. (Ed.) — The American Annual of Pho-
tography 1929 77F838a
Gibbs, W. M.— Spices and How to Know Them 66G444s
Giddings, T. P. and Others— The Magic of Song 78G453m
Giles, R. — Your Money and Your Life Insurance 33G472y
Gregg, J. R.— Gregg Short Hand 65G819g
Greenwood, E.— Spenders All (On Taxation) 33G816s
Hackett, F.— Francis the First 925F818h
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Hale, E. E. — Notebook Kept by Rev. E. E. Hale in
1881 922H161ha
Hale, E. E.— Scrap Books About Rev. E. E. Hale 04H161s
Hamilton-Madison-Jay— The Federalist 81H217f
Hammond, J. H. — Autobiography of John Hays
Hammond 922H226h
Harris, F. — Bernard Shaw 924S524h
Hawkes, E.— The Book of Electrical Wonders 62H395b
Hottes, A. C— 1001 Garden Questions Ansv^ered 63H834o
Hough, R. B. — Trees of the Northern States and
Canada 58H838h
House, H. D.— Wild Flowers . 58H842w
Howe, G. F.— Chester A. Arthur 922A788h
Hoyt, R.— 'We Can Take It" 35H869w
Hurley, V. — Southeast of Zamboanga 919.1K965s
Job, H. K.— The Sport of Bird Study 59J62s
Jones, D. L. — Diesel Engines 62J76d
Joslin, T. G.— Hoover off the Records 922H789J
Kallet, A. — Schlink, F. J.— 100,000,000 . . Guinea Pigs 64K14o
Kittridge, H. C— Shipmasters of Cape Cod 974.5K62s
Knight, C. R.— Before the Dawn of History 56K69b
Koizumi, K.— Father and 1 929K79k
Lengyel, E.— The New Deal in Europe 940L566w
Leonard, L. — Percival Lowell, An Afterglow 922L9161
Lentz, C. R. & Gable, R. B.— Short Waves 62L654s
Lippincott, L — Economic Resources and Industries of
the World 33L765e
Longstreth, T. M.— The Lake Superior Country 917.3L8571
Longstreth, T. M.— To Nova Scotia 917.1L857t
MacCreagh, G.— The Last of Free Africa 916.6M1321
Marshall, J.— The Life of George Washington 922W318ma
Marshall, R.— Arctic Village 919.8M369a
Mathews, R. G.— Sailing Craft 914.2M441s
May, E..C.— The Circus from Rome to Ringling 79M466c
Michael, G.— Handout 32M621h
Millis, W.— The Future of Sea Power in the Pacific . . 32M654f
Morgan, C— Frank W. Benson, N. A. (Etcher) 76M847f
Mulholland, J.— John Mulholland's Story of Magic . . . 79M956J
O'Connell, C— The Victor Book of the Symphony 78018v
Outhwaite, L.— UnrolHng the Map 910O93u
Palmer, F. — Bliss ; Peacemaker .' 922B649p
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Phillips, C— Paderewski 928P123p
Piper, F. S. — Nathaniel Piper and Some of His
Descendents 921P665n
Pitkin, W. B.— Capitalism Carries On 33P683c
Ponder, H. W.— Java Pageant 919.1P796J
Porter, G. S.— Tales You Won't Believe 59P845t
Pound, A. — Johnson of the Mohawks 922J71p
Prentice, E. P.— Breeding Profitable Dairy Cattle 63P927p
Rock, F. M.— Automobiles from Start to Finish 62R298a
Ryder, A. A.— Lands of Sippican 974.5R9921
Shroeder, H.— History of the Electric Light 62S381h
Schultz, E. D.— Cactus Culture 62S391c
Schuster, C. N. & Bedford, F. L.— Field Work in
Mathematics 51S562f
Simonds, F. & Emeny, B.— The Price of Peace 32S597p
Tchernavin, T.— Escape from the Soviets 928T251t
Tchernavin, V. V. — I Speak for the Silent Prisoners
of the Soviets 928T251tc
Thom, D. A. — Normal Youth and Its Everyday
Problems 37T452n
VanCleve, K. — Hand Loom Weaving for Amateurs .... 67V122h
Vanderbilt, C. Jr.— Farwell to Fifth Ave 922V228v
Verrill, A. H. — Romantic and Historic Florida .... 917.3V555vo
Walsh, C. (Ed.)— Intercollegiate Football, 1869-1934 . 79W223i
Waterman, P.— The Story of Superstition 23W328s
Wells, R. — Covered Bridges in America 917.3W455c
Wertheimer, M. S.— Germany Under Hitler 943W499g
Whitaker, C. H. — The Story of Architecture from
Rameses to Rockerfeller 72W577s
White, E. A. — The Principles of Flower Arrangement 71W583p
Wood, A. M.— Noman's Land Isle of Romance 917.3W873n
Wood, T.— Cobblers, a Personal Record 919.4W879c
Young, I. N. — Story of Coffee, Pineapple and Salmon . . 64Y73s
Zinser, H. — Rats, Lice and History 61Z79r
FICTION
Abbott, J. — Beggerman A132b
Baldwin, F.— Beauty B181b
Baxter, G. 0.— Red Devil of the Range B355re
Beach, R.— Don Careless B365d
Beach, R.— The Mating Call B365ma
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Beach, R.— Wild Pastures B365wi
Bennet, R. A.— Caught in the Wild B469ca
Bennet, R. A. — Ken the Courageous B469k
Biggers, E. D.— The House Without a Key B5922h
Bindloss, H.— By Right of Purchase B612by
Blochman, L. G. — Bombay Mail B651b
Bower, B. M.— The Haunted Hills B786hb
Brand, M.— Brothers on the Trail B817h
Brand, M.— The Longhorn Feud B8171
Brand, M.— The Seven of Diamonds B817s
Buchan, J.— The Free Fishers B918f
Buck, P.— A House Divided B9221h
Carfrae, E.— Sunlight on the Hills C276s
Carroll, G. H.— A Few Foohsh Ones C3191f
Charles, E.— Portrait of the Artist's Children C4751p
Chase, M. E.— Mary Peters C4872m
Christie, A. — The Murder at Hazelmuir C5551mv
Christie, A. — The Murder of Roger Ackroyd C5551m
Claugh, S.— The Angel Who Couldn't Sing C635a
Colver, A. R.— Hilltop House C727h
Colver, A. R. — Modern Madonna C727m
Cooper, C. R.— Boss Elephant C7762b
Dela, Roche M.— Young Renny D339y
Dell, E. M.— Rosa Mundi D357ro
Dell, E. M.— The Silver Bride D357si
Douglas, L. — Green Light D734g
Doyle, A. C— The Lost World D7541o
Doyle, A. C— The Sign of Four D754si
Eastman, E. G. — Hundred Maples E13h
Evarts, H. G.— Wolf Dog E921w
Ferber, E.— They Brought Their Women F346t
Ferguson, B. S.— Glorious Thunder F3522g
Field, R.— Time Out of Mind F4551t
Fortner, H.— Dead Man's Hat F687de
Fortner, H.— The Shanty Sled F687sh
Gill, T.— Starhght Pass G475s
Graves, M. D.— Bubblin's an' B'ilin's at the Center G776b
Gregory, J.— The House of the Opal G822h
Gregory, J. — Valley of Adventure G822v
Grey, Z.— The Hashknife Outfit G842ha
Grey, Z. — Thunder Moutain G842tj
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Hauck, L. P.— The Crystal Tree H368c
Hauck, L. P.— The Pink House H368pi
Hauck, L. P. — Prince of the Moon H368pr
Hauck, L. P. — Rainbow Glory H368r
Hauck, L. P.— The Story of Nancy Meadows H368s
Hauck, L. P.— Two Together H368t
Hauck, L. P.— Wild Grape H368wi
Hendryx, J. B. — Oak and Iron H498o
Holton, E. A.— Cap'n Alf's Log H758c
Hueston, E.— Star of the West H887st
Kelland, C. B.— Speak Easily K293sp
Kyne, P. B.— Golden Dawn K99go
Larrimore, L. — Jonathan's Daughter L334j
Larrimore, L. — The Wagon and the Star L334w
LeBoutillier, C. G.— The Bright Thread L447b
Lincoln, J. C. — Storm Signals L7372st
Loring, E. — Hilltops Clear L873hi
Loring, E. — With Banners L873wi
Lovell, E. W.— Legacy L8991
Lutz, G. L. H.— White Orchids L975wj
McCord, J.— Dawns Delayed M131d
McCutcheon, G. B.— Oliver October M133o
McCutcheon, G. B.— Viola Gwyn M133v
Marshall, E.— The Missionary M3675m
Marshall, E.— Seward's Folly M3675se
Miln, L. J.— The Vintage of Yon Yee M659v
Miln, L. J.— Aun Zu-Zan M659a
Montgomery, L. M. — Anne's House of Dreams M787ap
Montgomery, L. M.— Mistress Pat M787m
Montgomery, L. M. — A Tangled Web M787t
Morrow, H — Yonder Sails the Mayflower W741y
Mowery, W. B. — Resurrection River M9362r
Nordhoif & Hall— Pitcairns Island N832p
Norris, K. — Beauty's Daughter N856bg
Norris, K.— Walls of Gold N856wa
Norris, K.— Wife for Sale N856w
Oppenheim, E. P. — The Spy Paramount 062sp
Parmenter, C. W.— The Kings of Beacon Hill P254k
Pedler, M.— Distant Dawn P371di
Plomer, W. — Paper Houses P729p
Poole, E.— One of Us P822o
Raine, W. M. — Square Shooter R155sq
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Raine, W. M.— Under Northern Stars R155u
Raine, W. M.— The Vahant R155va
Rhodes, E. M.— Beyond the Desert R4765be
Rhodes, E. M.— The Proud Sheriff R4765p
Richmond, G. — Bachelor's Bounty R532ba
Rinehart, M. R.— Two FHghts Up R579tx
Rinehart, M. R.— The Window at White Cat R579wi
Roberts, K. — Captain's Caution R645c
Rosman, A. G. — Somebody Must R819so
Ruck, B.— The Mind of a Minx R911m-i
Ruck, B.— This Year, Next Year, Sometime R911th
Ruck, B.— The Pearl Thief R911p
Seltzer, C. A.— Land of the Free S4681a
Seltzer, C. A.— The Valley of the Stars . . . .; S468va
Seltzer, C. A. — War on Wishbone Range S468wa
Shippey, L. — Where Nothing Ever Happens S5571w
Smith, H. L.— Pat and Pal S6492pc
Sykes, H. W.— Second Hoeing S983s
Tarkington, B.— Little Orvie T1761
Tuttle, W. C— Mystery at the J. H. C. Ranch T9671my
Tuttle, W. C— The Red Head from Sundog T9671r
Wallace, E.— Again the Three Just Men W188ag
Wallace, E.— Red Aces W188re
Wallace, E. — Sergeant Sir Peter W188se
Walpole, H.— Captain Nicholas . . '. W218c
Werfel, F.— The Forty Days of Musa Dagh W488f
Widdemer, M.— The Other Lovers W6380
Widdemer, M.— The Rose Garden Husband W638r
Widdemer, M.— The Wishing-Ring Man W638w
Widdemer, M.— The Years of Love W638y
Wren, P. C— Valiant Lust W945r
JUVENILE
Aanrud, H. — Sidel Longskirt and Solve Suntrap JAllls
Allen, M. P.— William Walker Filibuster J9W186a
Barbour, R. H.— Five Point Service JB239fg
Barlow, R. C. — Fun at Happy Acres JB258f
Bell, B. B.— Circus, a Girl's Own Life Under the Big
Top J9B433m
Bennet, J.— The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ber Loo JB471p
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Brooks, J. — Pigskin Soldier JB8732p
Buckingham, B. R.— The Eelephant's Friend JB923e
Buckingham, B. R.— The Great Idea JB923g
Buckingham, B. R. — In a Green Valley : JB923i
Buckingham, B. R. — Munching Peter JB923m
Buckingham, B. R. — The Masquerader JB923ma
Buckingham, B. R. — Play Days JB923p
Buckingham, B. R. — Playing Together JB923pl
Burtis, T.— The War of the Ghosts JB973w
Calvin, J.— Fishman 28 JC168f
Campbell, R. — Small Fry and the Winged Horse JC189s
Carroll, R. — Bounce and the Bunnies JC193b
Carroll, A. L. — The Capper Cousins at the Fair .... JC3192ca
Chalmers, B. — The Boy Scout and His Law JC438b
Coffin, R. P. T.— Lost Paradise JC6751
Cox, L.— The Treasure Ship Sails East JC8772t
Craig & Baldwin— Out of Doors JC8862ov
Craig & Baldwin— Our Wide, Wide World JC8862ou
Craig & Blake— Wee Look About Us JC8862w
Craig & Condry — Learning About Our World JC88621
Craig & Hurley — The Earth and Living Things JC8862e
Craig & Johnson — Our Earth and Its Story JC8862o
Craine, E. J.— The Victors JC8861v
Crownfield, G.— Traitor's Torch JC953t
Curtis, A. T. — The Little Runaways at Home JC9781r
Curtis, A. T.— The Little Runaways and Mother JC9781p
Curtis, A. T. — The Little Runaways at Orchard House JC9781q
Daughterty, S.— The Broken Song JD238b
D'Aulaire, I. & G.— Children of the North Lights . . . JD2394ch
Davidson, F. D.— Red Heifer JD2521r
Dean, G. M.— Bob Gordon, Cub Reporter JD281b
Dean, G. M.— The Front Page Mystery JD281f
Denison, M. A. — An Everyday Heroine JD396e
Denison, M. A. — Her Secret JD396h
Donahey, M. — Mysterious Mansions JD674mb
Dyott, G. M.— Nip and Tuck JD997n
Eastman, F. — Pursuit of the Flying Baby JE135p
Eliot, G. F.— The Eagles of Death JE422e
Enching, L. F.— The Little Gardeners JE5621
Enching, L. F.— The Toy Maker JE562t
Ets, M. H.— Mister Penny JE85m
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Fayerweather, M. D. — Anne at Large JF283an
Fayerweather, M. D. — Anne at Work JF283ab
Field, W. T.— Finding the New World J9F457f
Flack, M.— Topsy and Angus and the Cat JF569t
Gilkinson, G.— Little Arthur JD4741
Gordon, E. B.— Music for Youth JG6621m
Gray, E. J.— Young Walter Scott J9S778g
Hamilton, E. T.— Popular Crafts for Boys JH2172p
Hicks, H.— Alexander Hamilton . . J9H217h
Hubbard, R.— The Wolf Song JH876w
James, W.— In the Saddle with Uncle Bill JJ29i
James, V. M. — Peter and Gretchen of Old Nuremberg . . . JJ79p
Justus, M. — Honey Jane JJ96h
Kahmaun, C. — Carmen Silent Partner JK12c
Kahmaun, C. — Tara Daughter of the Gypsies JK12t
Kent, L. A.— He Went with Marco Polo JK371h
Kiyooka, C. S.— Chiyo's Return JK62c
Kimhardt, D.— Little Ones JK951
LeFevre, F.— Fiddle Diddle Dee JL493f
Lindman, M. — Snipp, Snapp, Snurr the Buttered
Bread JL746sn
Lindsay, P.— The Knights at Bay JL874k
McBride, J. L.— Golden Glacier JM119g
McCoy, N.— Jupie and the Wise Old Owl JM131J
Masters, J. G.— Stories of the Far West J9M423s
Miller, M. B.— Menagerie (Poems) JM6492m
Mills, G. R.— The Talking Dolls JM6572t
Morley, C— I Know a Secret JM8641k
O'Brien, J.— Valiant Dog of the Timberline J013r
Orvieto, L.— The Birth of Rome J9079b
Paine, A. B. — The Arkansaw Bear Complete JP145a
Pease, H.— Wind in the Rigging JP363w
Peet, C. — Captain Teddy and Sailor Chips JP375c
Petersham, M. & M.— The Story Book of Earth's
Treasures JP484st
Ransome, A.— Coot Club JR212c
Rigney F. J. (Ed.)— What's the Joke? JR572w
Robinson, T.— Trigger John's Son JR665t
Russell, K. — The Young Birdmen up the Amazon JR964y
Russell, K. — The Young Birdmen across the Continent JR964yo
Sabin, E. L. — Klondike Partners JS116k
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Sabin, E. L. — Mississippi Boy JSllGm
Sarg, T.— Tony Sarg's Alphabet JS245t
Schrank, J. — Seldom and the Golden Cheese JS377s
Scott, L. B.— Dawn Boy of the Pueblos T . JS427d
Scoville, S. Jr.— The Snake Blood Ruby JS432s
Seeley & Lane — Chinook and His Family JS452c
Seredy, K.— The Good Master JS483g
Sevarcid, A. — Canoeing with the Cree JS497c
Sherman, H. M.— Over the Line JS5533o
Sickels, E. — In Calico and CrinoHne JS565i
Smith, D. E. — Number Stories of Long Ago JS645n
Snell, R. J.— The Black Schooner JS671b
Snell, R. J.— The Gray Shadow JS671g
Snell, R. J.— The Hidden Trail JS71h
Sperry, A.— All Sail Set . . . JS751a
Sperry, A. — One Day with Tuktu, An Eskimo Boy . . . JS751on
Stony, P.— Farm Boy JS8773f
Thomas, M. L.— Paulo in the Chilean Desert JT459p
Tomlinson, E. T.— Ward Hill at College JT659wb
TomHnson, E. T.— Ward Hill the Senior JT659wc
Tomlinson, E. T.— Ward Hill at Weston JT659wa
Toussey, S. — Cowboy Tommy and Cowboy Tommy's
Roundup JT734C
Travers, P. L.— Mary Poppin JT781m
Warde, M.— Biddy and Buddy's Holidays JW265bi
Wheeler, F. R.— The Pyramid Builder JW562py
White, S. E.— The Shepper — Newfounder JW588s
Williams, U. M.— Kelpie the Gypsies Pony JW727k
Wolverton, E. T.— That Missing Deed JW869t
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Accountant's Report
To the Honorable Board or Selectmen :
I hereby submit my report for the year 1935:
Expenditures
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriation $5,500.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Paid:
Waldo E. Whitcomb, Chairman, Salary . . $200.00
Ralph W. Piper, Salary 100.00
George S. Braman, Salary 100.00
Waldo E. Whitcomb, Postage and Tele-
phone 5.47
Glenna Jones, Clerk 111.50
Glenna Jones, Postage 12.00
Hobbs & Warren Co., License Forms . . . 7.76
Royal Typewriter Co., ribbon 1.05
Robert S. Osterhout, Advertising 1.56
A. H. Perkins, Delivery Reports 10.00
Memorial Press, Town Reports 263.41
Middlesex County Selectmen Association 4.50
Murphy & Snyder, Printing 3.00
Lowden's, Stationery 1.40
$821.65
ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT
Howard L. Jones, Salary $400.00
Howard L. Jones, Postage Books 16.95
Murphy & Snyder, vouchers 7.00
R. S. Osterhout, Notices, Envelopes . . . 25.50
$449.45
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Henry L. Haynes, Salary $300.00
Albert P. Durkee, Salary 300.00
Warren H. Jones, Salary 300.00
Henry L. Haynes, Postage, Telephone . . . 12.38
Henry L. Haynes, Attending Meetings
'34-35 20.00
Albert P. Durkee, Attending Meetings
'34-'35 10.00
Warren H. Jones, Postage 10.00
Assessors' Auto Tax List 7.50
Murphy & Snyder, Printing Envelopes . . 13.50
Hobbs & Warren Co., Tax Lists, Blanks. . 56.36
L. L. Applin, Transfer Notices 21.56
G. R. Barnstead, Tax Cards 1.00
Maplewood Press, Tax List 65.00
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Horace F. Tuttle, Salary, 1934-'35 |400.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Recording Births,
Deaths, Marriage, 1934-'35 148.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Postage, Telephone . . . 67.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Binder 2.25
Commonwealth of Mass., Maps 2.20
Hobbs & Warren Co., Envelopes 2.95
Murphy & Snyder, Envelopes 4.75
P. B. Murphy, Notices 2.25
A. H. Bartlett, Pads .53
PUBLIC WELFARE
Carl Backman, Chairman, Salary $125.00
Bertram D. Hall, Salary 75.00
Bertram D. Hall, Balance of Salary, 1934 40.00
'Frank A. Braman, Salary 75.00
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Wm. Henry Soar, Salary $500.00
Wm. Henry Soar, Postage, Telephpone . . 85.25
Wm. Henry Soar, Certifying Notes .... 4.00
Maynard Trust Co., Deposit Box 5.50
Murphy & Snyder, Envelopes 17.95
Hobbs & Warren Co., Books, Stationery . . 28.39
Safeguard Ink Co., Pads .78
$1,117.30
$629.93
$315.00
$641.87
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COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Charles A. Durkes, Salary $737.23
Charles A. Durkee, Postage 72.32
Charles A. Durkee, Expense Registry of
Deeds 8.00
Charles A. Durkee, Robbery Insurance . . 16.00
Charles A. Durkee, Demands 5.25
Hobbs & Warren Co., Blanks 22.56
Murphy & Snyder, Tax Bills, Notices . . . 56.70
Greenwood Typewriter Co., Typewriter 38.00
L. J. Peabody, Cabinet File 15.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Horace F. Tuttle, Registrar, 1934-'35 . . . |65.00
Arthur Wayne, Officer, 1933, '34, '35 ... . 25.00
John J. Manning, Officer 3.00
Arthur F. Davis, Officer 3.00
James P. Brown, Officer 3.00
David R. Kinsley, Officer 3.00
David R. Kinsley, Registrar 20.00
Clarence D. Chickering, Registrar 20.00
Albert P. Durkee, Moderator 25.00
L. C. Hastings, Officer 3.00
L. C. Hastings, Placing Booths 1.25
Theron Lowden, Officer 3.00
Harry E. Holt, Officer 3.00
Fred S. Whitcomb, Officer, 1934-35 6.00
Universalist Church, Rent, 1934-35 10.00
Murphy & Snyder, Notices, Ballots, War-
rants 44.25
Turner's Public Spirit, Notices 4.00
Robert S. Osterhout, Notices 4.88
S971.06
8246.38
CATTLE INSPECTOR
Fred S. Whitcomb §125.00
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
John J. Manning, Salary |20.00
Clare Milbery, Salary 100.00
Clare Milbery, Express 1.75
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 9.38
Boston Nickel Plating Co 10.00
Wm. P. Proctor Co.. Paint .75
$141.88
$5,459.52
Unexpended Balance 40.48
$5,500.00
TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S BONDS
Appropriation $250.00
Paid:
Charles A. Durkee $220.50
Unexpended Balance 29.50
$250.00
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Appropriation $1,800.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 134.31
1,934.31
Paid:
A. Wayne, Janitor, 1933-34 $253.75
A. Wayne, Care of Clock, 1933-34 104.00
A. Wayne, Amount Paid R. Livermore,
Care of Lawns 114.83
A. Wayne, Janitor, 1935 42.50
A. Wayne, Care of Clock, 1935 13.00
Edison Electric Illuminating Co 109.83
Spencer Taylor, Mowing 63.37
A. W. Davis Co., Paint, Coal, Supphes,
tankage 292.77
Boston Consolidated Gas Co 38.80
M. E. Taylor & Co., Paint, Supplies .... 202.66
0. D. Wood, Janitor 81.15
0. D. Wood, Repairs and Mowing 60.54
0. D. Wood, Care of Clock 39.00
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0. D. Wood, Care of Flag 5.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., Coal . . 42.21
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Lumber, Cement . . . 60.13
E. F. Conant, Labor 95.40
Morse Oil Co., Gas 4.21
T. F. Parker, Hardware 13.00
E. A. Phalen, Repairs to Fire Escape . . 27.44
George A. Richardson, Gold Leaf 6.16
L. T. Fullonton, Rental of Equipment . . . 20.00
Lloyd Priest, Repairs to Roof 4.88
A. L. Freese, Repairs 14.85
Ye Old Towne Shop, Flag 12.00
West and South Water Supply 12.00
S. E. Knowlton, Relettering Monument,
Painting 14.50
Ideal Mower Sales Co., Parts . 3.32
E. H. Hollowell, Fertilizer 4.00
B. A. King, Repairs 3.40
Hayward & Fullonton, Sharpening Mow-
ers 7.00
Acton Monumental Co., Cleaning Tablet. 2.00
Charles F. Young Co., Decorating 35.00
E. Anderson, Cleaning Cellar 3.00
Commonwealth of Mass., Boiled Inspec-
tion 10.00
John Pederson, Watering 21.75
John Pederson, Wood 10.00
W. A. Raynor, Care of Lot at E. Acton. . 10.00
John Weymouth, Raking' 25.60
F. W. Green, Care of W. Acton Common 7.56
Edwin Anderson, Wood 6.00
J. Gallant, Labor 3.20
T. Murray, Labor 3.20
W. Scanlon 3.20
Carrie Kingsley, Truck 6.00
Jesse Briggs, Removing Ashes 3.00
R. G. Willett, Truck 2.50
M. N. Barteau, Wood and Sawing 9.00
E. P. Gates, Repairs 6.10
Carrie Kingsley, Removing Ashes 1.50
§1,934.31
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $2,500.00
Transfers from Reserve Fund 249.73
Paid :
Michael Foley, Chief $2,100.00
George A. Braman, Services 267.00
Robert G. Willett, Services 50.25
Allan B. Frost, Services 69.00
Wm. Driscoll, Services 6.00
Frank Braman, Services 3.75
Charles A. Durkee, Services 36.75
Georga A. Braman, Telephone 1.95
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 76.29
Edison Electric 111. Co 4.31
M. Linsky & Bros., uniform 51.00
Traffic Equipment Co., Supplies 43.00
Murphy & Snyder, Printing 18.75
Harding Uniform & Regalia Co., caps,
badges 14.18
MacPherson's, v^^histle 2.00
Concord Radio Laboratory, repairing tube 2.50
Doctor E. A. Mayell, services 3.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $2,800.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 2.67
Paid:
Annual Salaries $460.00
Pay Rolls, South Dept 120.50
Pay Rolls, West Dept 178.60
Pay Rolls, Center Dept 130.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 79.78
Edison Electric 111. Co 145.20
Acton Motor Co., Repairs, Oil, Gas, Etc. . 135.26
John J. Manning, Janitor 65.00
Clare Milbery, Janitor 40.00
$2,749.73
$2,749.73
$2,802.67
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Iner Peterson, Janitor 110.00
Wm. G. Lawrence, Janitor 127.75
West & South Water Supply 36.00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., Coal 256.31
George H. Reed, Coal 169.30
Belmont Supply Co., Supplies 57.74
A. W. Davis Co., Battery, Supplies 3.00
Malcolm Fullonton, Care of Trucks 16.00
J. S. Moore, Rake, Paint 1.79
A. H. Blanchard Co., Ladder 176.04
A. H. Blanchard Co., SuppHes 8.51
American LaFrance Co., Supplies 9.47
Morse Oil Co., Gas, Freezone 12.16
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., Grease 9.00
R. S. Baker, Gas 5.33
John Pederson, Gas, Oil 5.49
Grant Battery, Service 1.00
Albert E. Sims .45
Jesse Briggs, Care of Trucks 16.00
Hayward & Fullonton, Repairs to Clock . 2.25
Maxim Motor Co., Repairs on Pump 347.89
B. A. King, Wiring 6.00
Clarence Robbins, Trucking Ashes 6.00
Acton Pipe Co., Flag Pole, Pipe Fittings 26.28
David Clayton, Janitor 5.00
So. Acton Woolen Co., Rags 1.00
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., Bulbs .... 1.71
Lowden's, Wood Paper 2.83
J. A. McCarthy, Ext.Fluid 15.00
A. B. Leavitt, Wood 5.50
Waverly Heating Supply, Center Bars . . 4.88
C. C. CulHnane, Trucking .65
David Clayton 2.00
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation $500.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund .23
$2,802.67
$500.23
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Paid:
Pay Rolls $477.81
Justin A. McCarthy, Hose Menders 14.39
Gorham Fire Equipment Co.,
Hose Couplings 4.92
John Penderson, Gas 3.11
$500.23
HYDRANT SERVICE
Appropriation $3,079.00
Paid:
West & South Water Supply District . . . $2,825.00
Town of Concord 253.00
$3,078.00
Unexpended Balance 1.00
$3,079.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund . 87.83
$587.83
Paid :
James J. Knight, Labor $91.75
James J. Knight, Truck 333.00
James J. Knight, Supplies, Sundry Ex-
pense 17.75
J. S. Moore, Sundry Supplies 5.80
George Morse, Oil 4.53
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Lumber, Paper . . . 1.73
J. G. Maguire, Pails 1.50
MacPherson's, Saws, Wedges, Rope 13.72
Howe & French, Castor Oil 50.00
Hird & Connor, Rosin 23.75
A. W. Davis Co., Saw, Paper 4.95
C. C. Culhnane, Express 6.00
R. Sisson, Labor 2.00
Hugh Hodgen, Truck 5.00
T. F. Parker, Rope, Saw, Etc 6.95
W. E. Aubuchon Co., Saw Handles . 3.82
Samuel Cabot, Healing Paint 5.18
John Bradley, Labor 5.20
Hugh Hodgen, Laboi" 5.20
$587.83
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TREE WARDEN
Appropriation ^ $500.00
Paid :
James J. Knight, Labor $226.50
James J. Knight, Truck 113.25
David Clayton, Labor 37.20
John Bradley, Labor 20.20
Hugh Hodgen, Labor 3.20
Carl Flint, Labor 6.40
William Conquest, Labor 8.00
George Clayton, Labor 1.60
Albert R. Jenks, Labor 2.00
George Hodgen, Sprayer 5.00
Frank Price, Labor 18.00
Sears Roebuck Co., Grindstone 6.50
James Conquest, Sharpening 2.10
Hugh Hodgen, Sprayer 5.00
Ellis Chemical Co., Lead 4.80
T. F. Parker, Wedges, Saw 1.70
Samuel Cabot, Tree Paint 5.18
George H. Davidson, Filing Saws 1.80
J. S. Moore, Rake .50
MacPherson's, Rope, Wire 11.00
Harold Day, Filing Saws 1.50
Wm. P. Proctor, Cement, Paint 6.40
E. P. Gates, Irons 4.85
$492.68
Unexpended Balance 7.32
$500.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriation §1,000.00
Paid:
Frank Farrar, Labor at Dump 123.00
J. Desmond, Labor 4.00
Dr. 0. L. Clark, Services 362.00
Hobbs & Warren, Blanks, Book 3.46
Pitman Morse Co., Vaccine 45.15
Percy Wood, Labor 5.00
N. Dakin, Labor 3.60
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L. L. Strong, Groceries, Etc 85.05
Dr. F. E. Tasker, Services 9.00
Charles A. Durkee, Services as Agent . . . 19.60
Charles A. Durkee, Paid Out for Labor . 69.30
Harriman — Prentiss, Milk 40.80
John Pederson, Burning Dump 9.50
Fitzgerald Garage, Gas, Oil 2.63
Fitzgerald Garage, Delivering Gas, Oil . 1.50
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., Oil 6.00
George Roe, Services 4.50
Gladys Taylor, Nurse 140.00
Dr. F. E. Tasker, Salary, Chairman 25.00
R. F. Durkee, Salary, Clerk 15.00
Dr. George H. Tuttle, Salary 10.00
?984.09
Unexpended Balance 15.91
$1,000.00
TOWN NURSE
Appropriation $2,200.00
Paid:
Lillian Frost, Nurse $2,000.16
Albert Noll, Supplies 55.18
Pitman Morse Co., Supplies 15.70
Diadem Surgical Co., Supplies 16.32
$2,087.36
Unexpended Balance 112.64
$2,200.00
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation $12,000.00
Com. of Massachusetts, Chap. 81 8,700.00
Com. of Massachusetts, Chap. 90 1,700.00
Middlesex County, Chap. 90 1,700.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 288.71
$24,388.71
Paid:
F. Richards, Gravel $5.90
Samual Knowlton, Gravel 63.80
Dyar Sales and Machinery Co., Blade . . . 7.50
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W. J. Costello, Si^s 9.00
MacPherson Hardware Co., Bars 3.45
A. F. Davis, Sign 1.00
Wilson Lumber Co., Brick 14.00
M. E. Taylor & Co., Shovels 20.69
E. A. Comeau, Sand, Gravel 156.82
James Kingsley, Gravel 9.15
F. Greenough, Rental of Bulldozer 20.00
Acton Granite Co., Posts 88.75
A. W. Davis Co., Paint, Tools, Etc 150.27
E. P. Gates, Repairs 165.65
Mass. Broken Stone Co 686.17
Standard Oil Co. of New York, Oil 6,559.13
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Lumber, Cement, Etc. 100.01
J. S. Moore, Tools 20.98
Acton Motor Co., Repairs 26.23
Berger Metal Culvert Co 152.38
Conant Machine & Steel Co., Repairs . . . 76.04
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., Gas, Oil 129.95
No. Middlesex Sand & Gravel Co 352.84
No. Middlesex Sand & Gravel Co., Rental
of Compressor 24.00
Geo. H. Reed, Tools 27.80
Am. Cyanimide & Chemical Co., Dynamite 19.00
Lowell Iron & Steel Co 25.47
New England Fence Co 800.70
E. Anderson, Gravel 215.30
Acton Pipe Co., Pipe 5.80
George Morse, Gas 10.60
Com. of Mass., Rail Posts 220.10
N. E. Concrete Pipe Co 87.03
James Berry, Gravel 155.80
Harold Day, Sharpening 3.30
N. E. Metal Culvert Co 14.70
PAY ROLLS
Labor :
A. H. Perkins, Supt. and Truck $1,458.50
W. Larrabee 560.55
J. Gallant 372.40
810,429.31
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J. Gagnon 231.60
M. Sheehan 350.00
N. DiGracomandrea 399.80
E. Hall 252.80
G. Rugg 345.60
P. Callan 445.40
T. Murray 309.00
P. Coughlin 306.00
A. Wessella 35.20
F. Mauro 51.60
W. Henson 252.80
A. Dubey 201.60
C. DiGracomandrea 237.40
F. Courville 192.80
S. Paddock 17.60
A. Beech 40.80
J. Beech 180.60
A. Jalonan 3.20
C. Robbins 6.40
E. Conant 1.00
T. Newsham 9.60
J. Brennen 6.40
C. Whitcomb 16.00
E. Anderson 63.20
H. Gould 78.00
W. Scanlon 38.40
W. Jones 1.60
N. Perkins 1.20
W. Lawrance .80
P. Wood 19.20
Trucks :
Mrs. C. Kingsley $1,337.35
H. Gould 368.50
C. Robbins 1,344.50
A. Anderson 1,021.00
N. Perkins 1,314.75
R. Willett 685.50
A. Jalonan 71.50
R. Jones 730.25
J. Reynalds 70.75
6,487.05
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J. Briggs 84.75
F. Greenough, Shovel 440.00
7,468.85
124,385.21
Unexpended Balance 3.50
$24,388.71
POPE ROAD
Appropriation $2,500.00
.Com. of Mass., Chap. 90 3,187.50
Middlesex County, Chap. 90 1,062.50
Transferred from Reserve Fund 18.92
$6,768.92
Paid:
Am. Cyanimide & Chemical Co., Dynamite $44.50
N. E. Metal Culvert Co 154.44
Mrs. M. Spinney, Gravel 280.30
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Lime, Cement 6.31
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., Oil 412.50
Bursav7 Gas & Oil Co 26.42
$924.47
PAY ROLLS
Labor :
A. H. Perkins, Supt. and Truck $405.00
W. Larrabee 156.00
J. Gallant 158.40
P. Callan 19.20
A. Dubey 22.40
J. Gagnon 140.80
P. Coughhn 144.00
W. Henson 117.60
M. She^han 124.80
N. DiGracomandrea 76.80
S. Paddock 104.00
F. Courville 105.60
F. Mauro 28.80
H. Gould 2.00
T. Murray 103.00
E. Hall 112.60
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C. DiGracomandrea 57.60
G. Rugg 105.60
J. Beech 54.40
A. Wessells 9.60
2,048.20
Trucks :
H. Gould ?364.50
N. Perkins 547.50
Mrs. C. Kingsley 458.25
C. Robbins 408.00
A. Anderson 324.00
A. W. Davis 118.50
Geo. H. Reed 138.00
A. Jalonen 96.00
R. Jones 31.50
F. Greenough, Shovel 935.00
3,421.25
?6,393.92
*Unexpended Balance 375.00
$6,768.92
*NOTE — The State and County cut their appropriations 15 per-
cent, therefor the Town was obliged to do the same.
POPE ROAD AND MAIN STREET, CHAP. 464
Received from Com. of Massachusetts $2,900.00
Paid:
Berger Metal Culvert Co S151.35
F. Greenough, Shovel 140.00
N. E. Bolt Co., Pipe 41.66
Mrs. M. Spinney, Gravel 43.60
Am. Cyanimide & Chemical Co 8.50
Wm. P. Proctor, Cement 8.64
Mrs. C. Kingsley, Truck 282.00
C. Robbins, Truck 270.00
E. Anderson, Truck 297.00
N. Perkins, Truck 216.00
H. Gould, Truck 96.00
Labor Payrolls 1,179.45
$2,734.20
Appropriation Balance 165.80
$2,900.00
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KINSLEY ROAD
Appropriation $400.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 12.60
§412.60
PAYROLLS
Labor :
A. H. Perkins, Supt ?36.00
W. Larrabeel 24.00
J. Gallant 18.00
W. Henson 24.40
F. Courville 11.60
T. Newsham 8.40
P. Coughlin 18.00
A. Beech 11.60
T. Murray 14.80
J. Brennen 3.20
N. DiGraeomandrea 17.60
C. DiGraeomandrea 4.80
E. Hall 9.60
G. Rugg 9.60
H. Gould 3.20
P. Callan 9.60
M. Sheehan 11.20
?235.60
Trucks :
Mrs. C. Kingsley §45.00
N. Perkins 22.00
A. Anderson 50.00
C. Robbins 21.00
H. Gould 24.00
162.00
Horace Tuttle, Laying Out and Locating 15.00
§412.60
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation §7,000.00
Paid:
A. M. Christofferson, Ploughing $2,611.87
Wm. J. Gallagher, Ploughing 531.25
So. Acton Woolen Co., Ploughing 39.00
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Charles Willett, Spreader 150.00
Good Roads Machinery Co., Plough 395.00
Good Roads Machinery Co., Parts, Oil . . 120.10
Conant Machine Co., Steel 9.39
T. J. Ball, Caster Wheels 14.60
Acton Motor Co., Bolts, Nuts .75
J. S. Moore, Shovels 1.50
E. P. Gates, Repairs 11.75
A. H. Perkins, Express Paid 2.81
Pay Rolls 3,111.80
16,999.82
Unexpended Balance .18
$7,000.00
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation |3,500.00
Paid:
Edison Electric 111. Co |3,095.74
Unexpended Balance 404.26
13,500.00
STATE AID
Appropriation 1500.00
Paid: 1270.00
Unexpended Balance 230.00
1500.00
MILITARY AID
Appropriation $200.00
Paid: $120.00
Unexpended Balance 80.00
$200.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation $8,000.00
Orders Board of Public Welfare $7,276.32
Paid:
Unexpended Balance 723.68
$8,000.00
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SOLDIER RELIEF
Appropriation $1,500.00
Paid:
Orders of Soldiers' Relief Agent $1,084.79
Unexpended Balance 415.21
$1,500.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation $7,000.00
Transferred from Surplus Account 1,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund ....... 432.41
$8,432.41
GENERAL ACCOUNT
Paid
Orders of the Board of Public Welfare $7,300.06
ADMINISTRATION
Glenna Jones, Clerk $194.85
Glenna Jones, Postage 6.00
Hobbs & Warren, Blanks 13.67
N. E. Tel. and Tel. Co 10.46
B. D. Hall, Expenses 24.40
George Braman, Expenses 5.00
Carl Backman, Expenses 63.00
John Pederson, Delivering Wood 25.00
$342.38
E. R. A. AND W. P. A.
South Acton Improvement Association,
Rent $175.00
J. S. Moore, Trips to Lov^ell and Deliv-
livering Supplies 273.85
Carl Backman, Trips to Lowell, Worces-
ter, Marlboro ,. . . 99.50
Carl Backman, Postage 1.00
Carl Backman, Telephone 1.10
Carl Backman, Expense 50.00 ^,
South Acton Dept. Store, Supplies 30.57
Glenna Jones, Clerk 42.00
Virginia Milbery, Sorting Clothing 59.20
H. F. Tuttle, Services, Water Hole 5.00
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C. C. Cullinance, Removing and Trucking
Ashes 22.00
A. W. Davis, Truck to Marlboro 10.00
R. Jones, Trip to Lowell 3.00
George A. Richardson 2.50
Edison Electric 111. Co., Iron 3.95
Ina Milbery, Supplies 2.30
E. P. Gates, Repairs 2.25
Clare Milbery, Labor 3.00
$786.22
$8,428.66
Unexpended Balance 3.75
$8,432.41
E. R. A.
Appropriation $1,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 58.08
$1,058.08
Paid:
Harlan E. Tuttle, Sharpening Tools $8.60
C. C. Cullinane, Express 1.25
Harrington King Co., Rope 13.43
Ye Olde Towne Shoppe, Patterns 1.50
A. Merriam Co., Machine Work 75
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 3.67
E. Hollowell, Sharpening Saws 2.05
Emerson Hospital 2.00
Pierce Express 1.50
Moulton Ladder Co., Ladder 31.20
George H. Reed, Wire 6.18
Horace F. Tuttle, Releasee 5.00
George Richardson, Trips to Lowell,
Marlboro 50.00
George Richardson, Telephone 4.05
A. W. Davis Co., Tools 57.05
A. W. Davis, Trip to Marlboro 5.00
Louis Flerra, Truck 46.00
South Acton Improvement Association,
Rent 130.00
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Herbert Hale, Sharpening 4.35
Boston Harness Co., Safety Belts 21.00
J. S. Moore, Delivering Supplies and Trip
to Lowell 94.00
J. S. Moore, Merchandise .15
So. Acton Dept. Store, Supplies 14.79
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Tree Paint 17.31
James J. Knight, Truck 27.00
Glenna Jones, Sorting Clothes and Cler-
ical Work 139.75
Virginia Milbery, Sorting Clothes 2.50
M. E. Taylor Co., Tools 1.80
Carl Backmman, Trips to Lowell and
Marlboro 22.25
Carl Backman, Rental of Ladder 10.50
E. P. Gates, Repair Work 28.35
Jesse Briggs, Truck 270.00
Ralph Jones, Trips to Lowell 29.50
Horace Tuttle, Labor 7.60
$1,058.08
EDUCATION
Appropriation ?43,500.00
Paid:
Orders of School Committee (See Re-
port) $43,498.72
Unexpended Balance 1.28
843,500.00
LIBRARY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation $800.00
Transferred from Library Fund 50.69
$850.69
Paid:
Arthur F. Davis, Librarian $150.00
Arthur F. Davis, Janitor 150.00
Arthur F. Davis, Cataloging 13.48
Arthur F. Davis, Binding and Writing
Cards 40.08
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Arthur F. Davis, Postage, Etc 1.94
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., Coal 199.50
0. D. Wood, Repairs 6.35
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Lumber 1.97
Edison Electric 111. Co 43.02
Allen Chair Co., Oak 1.24
Chester Robbins, Insurance 30.87
Kirkeguard Nurseries, Trees 6.00
John Pederson, Fertilizer, Seeds, Labor . 96.15
Samuel Knowlton, Painting 31.81
C. F. Young Co., Decorating 10.00
John Brennan, Services 1.00
Flora B. Reed, Services 2.00
Woodbury Stevens, Services 1.00
HoUiston Mills, Glutino 1.29
Remington Rand Co., Cards 4.55
E. Z. Stanley, Repairs 4.69
Sue Nev^port, Picture 5.00
A. W. Davis Co., Ash Cans 22.50
West & South Water Supply 12.00
H. S. Turner, Slips 14.25
LIBRARY BOOKS
Appropriation 1200.00
Received from Library Funds 302.55
Paid:
DeWolfe Fiske $126.04
Junior Literary Guild 95.50
H. R. Huntting Co 150.18
Jean Karr 28.85
George H. B. Turner 2.00
Madison Cooper 3.00
Ginn & Co 18.27
Boston Music Co 3.26
Sippican Book Committee 2.36
Robert S. Osterhout 1.50
Review of Reviews 3.00
Union Library Association 12.83
$850.69
$502.55
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Goodspeeds Book Shop 5.51
World Peace Foundation 1.90
Herman Goldberger 44.85
N. E. Homestead 1.00
Country Gentlemen 1.00
Dura Binding Co 1.50
$502.55
CEMETERIES
Appropriation S700.00
Transferred from Cemetery Land Fund . 300.00
§1,000.00
Paid:
E. H. Christofferson, Ploughing S9.37
Dolge Co., Weed Killer 63.60
Samuel Knowlton, Lettering 1.00
A. Batley & Son, Flowers 33.80
M. E. Taylor & Co., Tools 3.90
George Cahoon, Sharpening 26.00
A. W. Davis Co., Sprinklers, Paint 18.35
Chester Robbins, Insurance 8.00
Thomas Grey Co., Tools 19.75
Sudbury Nurseries, Trees 13.20
Worcester Lawn Mower Co., Mowers . . . 51.66
West & South Water District 32.25
Fred W. Green, Labor 218.68
Fred W. Green, Horse 54.76
Fred W. Green, Paid Freight .84
Duncan S. Kennedy, Labor 144.60
Fred S. Kennedy, Labor 136.10
Howard Jones, Labor 111.20
Horace Tuttle, Report and Writing Deeds
1934-35 50.00
$997.06
Unexpended Balance 2.94
81,000.00
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PERPETUAL CARE
Received Interest from Cemetery Funds . $1,153.50
Received Interest from Blanchard Funds 25.00
Paid:
F. W. Green, Care of Lots |1,153.50
F. W. Green, Care of Blanchard Lot 25.00
11,178.50
$1,178.50
HOSMER FUND
Received Interest from flosmer Fund $1,791.31
Paid :
Sudbury Nurseries, Trees $2.40
Bronze Craft Foundry, Tablet 84.15
Acton Granite Co., Granite Posts 600.00
George H. Reed, Manure 146.33
A. W. Davis Co., Lime, Cement, Paint . . 10.10
Conant Machine & Steel Co., Paint 13.50
E. P. Gates, Grating and Repairing Fences 17.75
A. G. Lundberg, Fitting Tablet 10.00
Thomas J. Grey Co., Hose, Sprinklers,
Seed 69.45
Berger Metal Culvert Co., Culvert 144.88
F. W. Bulette, Team 43.00
Norman Perkins, Stone 1.50
Carrie Kingsley, Truck 18.00
A. Anderson, Truck 18.00
F. W. Green, Labor 168.50
F. W. Green, Horse 41.75
F. W. Green, Express .60
Fred S. Kennedy, Labor 150.80
Duncan Kennedy, Labor 103.80
Howard Jones, Labor 116.40
Edward F. Conant, Labor 19.20
J. Gagnon, Labor 4.80
F. Courville, Labor 3.20
M. Sheehan, Labor 3.20
$1,791.31
CEMETERY SURPLUS
Received from Cemetery Surplus Account $41.50
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Paid:
Horace F. Tuttle, Laying Out Lots and
Making Plans |37.50
Horace F. Tuttle, Trucking 4.00
141.50
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Appropriation $1,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 198.01
$1,198.01
Paid:
Theron F. Lowden, Premiums $1,198.01
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation $275.00
Paid :
Newton Post, Music $100.00
Lovell Bus Lines 30.00
Gladys McLane, Dinners 62.00
Sherm's Lunch, Coffee 6.00
0. H. Howe, Flowers 25.76
G. H. Finan, Flowers 22.40
Boston Regalia Co., Flags 12.50
Mrs. John Feltus, Washing Dishes 3.00
John Maguire, Doughnuts 7.00
W. A. Women's Club, Rent 5.00
E. L. Young, Lemons 1.25
$274.91
Unexpended Balance .09
$275.00
200TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Appropriation Balance $750.00
Received 19th of April Fund 261.68
$1,011.68
Paid:
John B. Rogers Producing Co $500.00
Watertown A. L. Band 100.00
Murphy & Snyder, Guest Stickers 1.25
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W. A. Women's Club, Dinners 16.50
S. A. Congregational Church, Dinners . . . 32.50
Murphy & Snyder, Printing 61.25
R. S. Osterhout, Programs 18.50
Farrington Radio Co 42.10
Whitehead Hoag Co., Badges 126.05
Lovell Bus Lines 99.00
$997.15
Unexpended Balance 14.53
$1,011.68
VAULT AND REMODELING TOWN HALL
Transferred from Surplus Account |3,500.00
Paid:
Morris-Ireland Safe Co., Vault Doors . . . $300.00
Appropriation Balance 3,200.00
$3,500.00
REDEMPTION OF TAX TITLES
Appropriation $300.00
Appropriation Balance $300.00
COUNTY HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT
Appropriation $504.46
Paid:
Middlesex County $504.46
UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation $400.00
Paid:
Howard L. Jones, Taking Census $150.00
C. A. Durkee, Bonds for Town Clerk and
Deputy Collector 25.00
Arthur Eraser, Dog Officer 106.00
So. Acton Dept. Store, Flags 15.60
Wm. P. Proctor Co., Lumber, Paint, Nails 8.27
Elwin Hollowell, Repairing Sidewalk . . . 11.20
Fred A. Tower, Weather, Report 1.00
Ralph W. Piper, Perambulating Town
Lines 15.00
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Waldo E. Whitcomb, Perambulating Town
Lines 15.00
George S. Braman, Perambulating Town
Lines \ 10.00
Flynn & Flynn, Professional Services . . . 35.00
8392.07
Unexpended Balance 7.93
8400.00
INTEREST ON NOTES AND BONDS
Appropriation 81,200.00
Paid :
Merchants National Bank, Interest on
High School Bonds 81,160.00
Unexpended Balance 40.00
81,200.00
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS
Appropriation 82,000.00
Paid:
First National Bank of Ayer 8900.00
Susan Hosmer Fund 600.00
81,500.00
Unexpended Balance 500.00
82,000.00
BONDS AND NOTES
Appropriation 84,000.00
Paid:
Merchants National Bank, High School Bonds $4,000.00
RESERVE FUND
Transferred from Overlay Surplus $1,500.00
Transferred to :
Pohce Department 8249.73
Kinsley Road 12.60
Liability Insurance 198.01
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Forest Fire .23
Building & Grounds 134.31
Fire Department 2.67
Moth Department 87.83
Highways 288.71
Pope Road 18.92
E. R. A 58.08
Welfare 432.41
$1,483.50
Unexpended Balance 16.50
REVENUE LOANS
Amount Outstanding January 1, 1935 . . $45,000.00
Received First National Bank of Ayer . . 35,000.00
Susan Hosmer Fund 10,000.00
Paid:
First National Bank of Ayer $25,000.00
Susan Hosmer Fund 20,000.00
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1935 45,000.00
REFUNDS
1934 Tax $110.08
1935 Tax 5.36
Excise Tax 216.19
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
Balance Jan. 1, 1935 $24,034.14
Surplus Revenue 1935 3,030.60
Tax Title Revenue 342.24
Debit:
Transferred to Overlay Surplus $65.00
Appropriation for Vaults and Remodeling
Town Hall 3,500.00
$1,500.00
$90,000.00
$90,000.00
$331.63
$27,406.98
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Appropriation for Welfare Dept 1,000.00
$4,565.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1935 22,841.98
$27,406.98
OVERLAYS
1931
Balance January 1, 1935 $1.00
Transferred to Overlay Surplus $1.00
1932
Balance January 1, 1935 $13.63
Transferred to Overlay Surplus $13.63
1933
Balance January 1, 1935 $2,748.77
Debit :
Abatements $706.90
Transferred to Overlay Surplus 2,034.79
Balance Dec. 31, 1935 7.08
$2,748.77
1934
Balance Jan. 1, 1935 $3,252.72
Debit:
Refunds $110.08
Abatements 176.08
Balance, Dec. 31, 1935 2,966.56
$3,252.72
1935
Overlay $3,867.06
Debit :
Refunds $5.36
Abatements 150.88
Balance Dec. 31, 1935 3,710.82
S3,867.06
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OVERLAY SURPLUS ^
Balance Jan. 1, 1935 $7,248.59
Transferred from Surplus Account .... 65.00
Transferred from 1931, 1932, 1933 Over- J
lays 2,049.42 1
$9,363.01
Debit :
To Reserve Fund $1,500.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1935 7,863.01
$9,363.01
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE
Balance Jan. 1, 1935 $4,872.12
Tax 1935 6,306.31
$11,178.43
Debit :
Abatements $568.07
Refunds 216.19
Total Amount Collected 1935 6,563.82
Balance Dec. 31, 1935 3,830.35
$11,178.43
CEMTERY LAND FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1935 $1,167.00
Received for Lots Sold in 1935 255.00
$1,422.00
Debit :
Transferred to Cemetery Account $300.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1935 1,122.00
$1,422.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Amount Due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1934 $52,649.11
Received State Tax 5,718.07
State Parks 35.00
Overlay 3,867.06
Town Grant 87,537.93
Added Assessment 1933 42.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 6,306.31
County Tax 5,700.00
$161,855.48
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Treasurer Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1934 . . 836,437.20
Received Interest on Taxes 2,090.60
Received Costs on Taxes 35.70
Receipts Other Than Taxes 97,080.62
135,644.12
$297,499.60
Paid:
State Tax $6,000.00
State Park Tax 55.44
Special Tax 38.00
County Tax 5,693.60
County Hospital Assessment 504.46
County Dog Tax 651.20
General Government 5,459.52
Buildings and Grounds 1,934.31
Police 2,749.73
Fire Department 2,802.67
Forest Fires 500.23
Moth Work 587.83
Tree Warden 492.68
Health and Sanitation 984.09
Town Nurse 2,087.36
Highways 24,385.21
Kinsley Road 412.60
Snow Removal 6,999.82
Pope Road 6,393.92
Pope Road & Main St., Chapter 464 2,734.20
200th Anniversary Celebration 997.15
Vault & Remodehng Town Hall 300.00
E.R.A. and W.P.A 1,058.08
Street Lighting 3,095.74
State Aid 270.00
Soldiers' Rehef 1,084.79
Education 43,498.72
Library Maintenance 850.69
Library Books 502.55
Cemeteries 997.06
Cemeteries Perpetual Care 1,178.50
Cemeteries Hosmer Fund 1,791.31
Cemeteries Surplus Fund 41.50
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Unclassified 392.07
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds 220.50
Military Aid 120.00
Memorial Day 274.91
Liability Insurance 1,198.01
Hydrants 3,078.00
Public Welfare 8,428.66
Old Age Assistance 7,276.32
Tax Titles Expense 94.32
High School Bonds 4,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds 1,160.00
Revenue Loans 45,000.00
Interest on Revenue Loans 1,500.00
Refund Taxes 331.63
§200,207.38
Tax Titles $5,018.32
Abatements 1,033.86
Abatement Excise Tax 568.07
Amount Due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1935 46,400.85
Amount Due from Treasurer, Dec. 31,
1935 44,271.12
97,292.22
S297,499.60
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Treasurer's Report
Year Ending December 31, 1935
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Acton, Massachusetts :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1935 :
Cash Balance January 1, 1935 $36,437.20
Receipts for 1935 :
Received from State Treasurer :
Educational Measure |2,006.00
Valuation Measure 1,898.01
Highways 2,400.00
Highways 630.00
Highways 3,600.00
Highways 3,187.50
Highways 1,070.00
Highways 2,700.00
Highways, Chapter 464 2,900.00
Old Age Assistance 1,779.51
Loss of Taxes — Reimbursement 535.57
Tuition 525.58
Income Tax 5,394.00
Corporation Tax, Business 3,343.74
Corporation Tax, Gas & Light 384.76
Race Track, Distribution 210.00
State Aid 400.00
Veteran^s Exemption 63.78
33,028.45
Received from County Treasurer:
Dog Licenses 1527.77
Highways 630.00
Highways, Pope Road 1,062.50
Highways 1,070.00
Dog Damages . . .* 297.00
3,587.27
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Miscellaneous Receipts :
Alfred Casassa, License $100.00
Lester Sebastian, License 100.00
John Maguire, License 100.00
Travellers Ins. Co., Claim 10.00
Town of Maynard, Welfare 18.00
Acton Grange, Rent of Hall 86.75
Arthur F. Davis, Library Fines 53.92
Arthur F. Davis, Magazines Sold 9.50
Arthur Wayne, Whist, Bingo, Costume . . 19.50
James Mahoney, License 100.00
Concord District Court, Fines 492.00
Wm. Henry Soar, Fire Dept 3.50
Selectmen, Licenses 53.00
Board of Health, Services 7.50
F. E. Tasker, M.D., Milk Licenses 20.00
City of Lynn, Welfare 56.00
Arthur Wayne, Grange Rent 10.50
Town of Boxboro, Tuition 3,291.72
Horace F. Tuttle, Lots Sold, Woodlawn . 155.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Dog Licenses 627.00
City of Peabody, Welfare 270.00
0. D. Wood, Whist Parties 10.00
0. D. Wood, Grange Rent 51.42
0. D. Wood, Reunion 8.00
Katherine Kane, Tax Title P. P 76.08
Edison Elec. 111., Refunds, Schools 15.72
George T. Weaver, Tax Title 585.55
Fred Waite, Tax Title 565.48
Eloise Sisson, Tax Title 2,047.25
Director of Standards, License 8.00
City of Medford, Welfare 11.20
First Nat'l Bank, Ayer, Loan 35,000.00
City of Waltham, Welfare 243.45
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Loan 10,000.00
West Acton Women's Club, Rent Hall . . . 5.85
Clare Milbery, Weights and Measures . . 46.38
Fred Green, Lots Sold, Mt. Hope 100.00
Fred Green, Rent Lowering Device 78.00
Emile Dumas, License 100.00
Joseph McElroy, Fines 29.00
Jennie Henson, Tax Title 124.22
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John Hill, Tuition 50.16
Emile Noterman, Tax Title 583.11
J. Henry Thatcher, Tax Title 140.29
Gertrude Moorhouse, P. P. Tax Title 66.55
Town of Concord, Land Tax 25.12
Manuel Bloomberg, P. P. Tax Title 175.89
Charles Polep Est., P. P. Tax Title 84.96
Frank & Louise Price, Tax Title 570.50
Howard L. Jones, Tax Title 213.08
Archie Beach, Tax Title 69.33
Est. of J. J. Manning, Weights & Meas-
ures 17.60
Walter Goss, Tax Title 152.59
Transfer, Blanchard Fund 25.00
Transfer, 19th April Fund 261.68
Transfer, Cemetery Fund 1,153.50
Transfer, Cemetery Surplus 41.50
Transfer, Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund . . . 1,791.31
Transfer, Memorial Library 328.54
Transfer, Memorial Library (lleald) . . . 24.70
Received of Charles A. Durkee, Collector :
Town Taxes, 1932 $15.38
Town Taxes, 1931 1.00
Town Taxes, 1933 9,780.13
Town Taxes, 1934 24,296.93
Town Taxes, 1935 68,414.90
Poll Taxes, 1935 1,388.90
Excise Interest, 1931 12.40
Excise Taxes, 1932 217.43
Excise Taxes, 1933 1,208.45
Excise Taxes, 1934 1,822.33
Excise Taxes, 1935 3,802.83
60,464.90
110,960.68
Total Cash Receipts and Cash Balance 1/1/35 $244,478.50
Payments in 1935 :
Selectmen's Orders $194,151.94
State Taxes 6,055.44
200,207.38
Cash Balance December 31, 1935 $44,271.12
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OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Anticipation Revenue Note 143, Due June 25, 1936 . . $35,000.00
Anticipation Revenue Note 144, Due Aug. 1, 1936 . . 10,000.00
High School Bonds, Due 1936 to 1945 25,000.00
ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 :
Principal Fund $25,000.00
Unexpended Balance 1,374.43
126,374.43
Received Interest :
Amherst Savings $65.00
Athol Savings 60.00
Andover Savings 55.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 65.00
East Cambridge Savings 60.00
Lawrence Savings 60.00
Lov^ell Savings 50.00
Marlboro Savings 60.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings 60.00
North Middlesex Savings 60.00
North Middlesex Savings (Income) 17.43
Waltham Savings 60.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings 60.00
Worcester North Savings 30.00
762.43
$27,136.86
Balance December 31, 1935 :
Amherst Savings $2,000.00
Andover Savings 2,000.00
Athol Savings 2,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent 2,000.00
East Cambridge Savings 2,000.00
Hudson Savings (Income) 1,000.00
Lawrence Savings 2,000.00
Lowell Inst. Savings 2,000.00
Marlboro Savings 2,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings 2,000.00
North Middlesex Savings 2,000.00
North Middlesex Savings (Income) 324.86
Waltham Savings 2,000.00
Worcester Five Cent 2,000.00
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Worcester North Savings 1,000.00
126,324.86
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1935 812.00
127,136.86
CEMETERY FUNDS
Balance January 1, 1935:
Principal Fund $37,882.21
Unexpended Balance 4,000.79
$41,883.00
Received for Perpetual Care :
Elijah E. Smith Lot, Woodlawn $100.00
Marshall E. Wright 5.00
Isaac W. Flagg, Lot, Woodlawn 100.00
Charles L. Miller, Lot, Woodlav^n 100.00
E. M. Wheeler, J. S. Hoar, Lot, Mt. Hope 100.00
Daniel MacMillan, Lot, Woodlav^n 100.00
Mary F. Yeaton, Lot, Mt. Hope 100.00
Bertha F. Harrington, Lot, Mt. Hope 100.00
705.00
Received Interest:
Assabet Inst. Savings (Income) $101.61
Athol Savings 31.50
Boston Five Cent Savings 55.00
Charlestov^n Five Cent Savings 9.75
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 48.75
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 8.13
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 48.75
East Cambridge Savings 60.00
Home Savings 27.50
Marlboro Savings 37.50
Maynard Trust 301.44
Middlesex Inst. Savings 98.96
North Middlesex Savings 213.73
Suffolk Savings 82.50
Worcester North Savings 60.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings 45.00
Warren Inst. Savings 60.50
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income) 68.30
West & South Water Bonds 114.00
1,472.92
$44,060.92
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Balance December 31, 1935 :
Assabet Inst. Savings §1,423.36
Athol Savings 1,050.00
Boston Five Cent Savings 2,000.00
Central Savings 1,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 1,500.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 250.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 300.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 1,500.00
East Cambridge Savings 2,000.00
Home Savings 1,000.00
Hudson Savings 2,400.00
Marlboro Savings 1,300.00
Maynard Trust Co 3,228.96
Middlesex Inst. Savings 3,475.00
North Middlesex Savings 5,737.33
Suffolk Savings 3,000.00
Worcester North Savings 2,000.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings 1,500.00
Warren Inst. Savings 2,200.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income) 3,342.77
West & South Water Bonds 2,700.00
842,907.42
Transfer to Town Account 1,153.50
844,060.92
Note: West and South Water Bond redeemed,
funds deposited in the Middlesex Inst. Savings Bank
(8300.00).
LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 §1,435.50
Received Interest:
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 83.19
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 8.27
Massachusetts Savings 42.85
Warren Inst. Savings 2.49
56.80
$1,492.30
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Balance December 31, 1935 :
Massachusetts Savings $1,012.51
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 101.05
Charlestov^n Five Cent Savings 261.17
Warren Inst. Savings 92.57
$1,467.30
Transfer to Town Account 25.00
$1,492.30
SUSAN NOYES HOSMER FUND
Balance January 1, 1935:
Principal Fund $82,238.95
Unexpended Balance 1,816.34
Received Interest:
Andover Savings $82.50
Arlington Savings 120.00
Athol Savings 90.00
Cambridge Savings 75.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 162.50
Farmers and Mechanics Savings 137.50
Franklin Savings 90.00
Hudson Savings 90.00
Leominster Savings 90.00
Lexington Savings 90.00
Lynn Five Cent Savings 75.00
Marlboro Savings 90.00
Medford Savings 90.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income) 87.44
Middlesex Inst. Savings 97.14
North Middlesex Savings 90.00
Springfield Inst. Savings 90.00
Watlham Savings 60.00
Wincheondon Savings 175.00
Worcester North Savings 90.00
Town of Acton (Notes) 600.00
$84,055.29
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2,572.08
$86,627.37
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Balance December 31, 1935 :
Andover Savings |3,000.00
Arlington Savings 4,000.00
Athol Savings 3,000.00
Cambridge Savings 2,500.00
Charlestov^n Five Cent Savings 5,000.00
Farmer's & Mechanics Savings 5,000.00
Franklin Savings 3,000.00
Hudson Savings 5,000.00
Leominster Savings 3,000.00
Lexington Savings 4,000.00
Lynn Five Cent Savings 2,500.00
Marlboro Savings 3,000.00
Medford Savings 3,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income) 2,597.11
Middlesex Inst. Savings 3,238.95
North Middlesex Savings 3,000.00
Springfield Inst. Savings 3,000.00
Waltham Savings 4,000.00
Wincheondon Savings 5,000.00
Worcester North Savings 3,000.00
Town of Acton, Note 10,000.00
Boston Five Cent Savings 2,000.00
Wildey Savings 1,000.00
Home Savings 2,000.00
?84,836.06
Transfer to Town Account 1,791.31
$86,627.37
CEMETERY SURPLUS FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 $1,130.92
Received Interest:
Assabet Inst. Savings 53.23
$1,184.15
Balance December 31, 1935 :
Assabet Inst. Savings $1,142.65
Transfer to Town Account 41.50
$1,184.15
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19TH OF APRIL FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 $254.01
Received Interest :
Middlesex Inst. Savings 7.67
$261.68
Balance December 31, 1935 :
Middlesex Inst. Savings $000.00
Transfer to Town Account 261.68
' $261.68
FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 $516.57
Received Interest:
Middlesex Inst. Savings 15.60
' $532.17
Balance December 31, 1935 :
Middlesex Inst. Savings $532.17
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 :
Principal Fund $9,000.00
Unexpended Balance 404.80
Susan Augusta & Luther Conant Fund . . 1,000.00
Hiram J. Hapgood Fund 200.00
Luke Tuttle Fund 200.00
John W. Heald Fund 817.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund 2,016.90
Minnie Davis Fund 300.00
$13,938.70
Received Interest:
West Shore R. R. Bond $40.00
Cambridge Savings (Hosmer) 60.48
Home Savings 27.50
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 97.50
Cambridge Savings 26.65
Massachusetts Savings 43.11
Middlesex Savings (Heald) 24.70
Middlesex Inst. Savings 30.23
Maynard Trust Co. (Income) 21.51
371.68
$14,310.38
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Balance December 31, 1935 :
Cambridge Savings §2,047.14
Cambridge Savings 326.65
Charlestown Five Cent 3,000.00
City Inst. Savings 1,000.00
Home Savings 1,000.00
Massachusetts Savings 1,043.11
Middlesex Inst. Savings 817.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings 1,000.00
Warren Inst. Savings 2,000.00
Maynard Trust 400.00
Maynard Trust (Income) 323.24
West Shore R. R. Bond 1,000.00
813,957.14
Transfer to Town Account 328.54
Transfer to Town Account (Heald) 24.70
?14,310.38
ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 :
Principal Fund 8465.00
Unexpended Balance 28.60
8493.60
Received to Fund :
Bequest (Am. Chem. Corp.) 810.00
Bequest (Company Salaries) 230.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Interest) 16.32
256.32
$749.32
Balance December 31, 1935 :
Middlesex Inst. Savings 8745.92
Paid Trustee's Order (0. L. Clark) 82.00
Paid Trustee's Order (E. A. Mayell) . . . 2.00
4.00
$749.32
Respectfully submitted,
WM. HENRY SOAR,
Town Treasurer.
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Auditor's Report
I have audited the books of the Tax Collector and have mailed
Notices to delinquents. I have checked the Treasurer's cash on
hand and verified the various trust funds in the Treasurer's
care.
HOWARD L. JONES,
Feb. 10, 1936. Town Accountant.
Elizabeth White Fund
The Trustees have signed orders to the Treasurer for eight
hundred twelve dollars (1812.00) for the year ending December
31, 1935. These orders have been given after careful investi-
gation with the knowledge that each person is needy and worthy
of help from this trust fund.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN H. JONES,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB,
CHARLOTTE CONANT,
Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF TKE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31
1935
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ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Dr. Randall Woodworth, Chairman Term expires 1936
Mrs. Lulu Clark Term expires 1938
Mrs. Albertie Mead Term expires 1936
Mr. Everett Montague Term expires 1937
Mrs. Oliver Wood . Term expires 1937
Mr. Samuel Knowlton Term expires 1938
Meetings of the School Committee
Regular meetings of the School Committee shall be held the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the High School,
at 7.30 P. M. Exceptions may be made during July and August.
Superintendent
Walter F. Hall
South Acton, Mass. Office— High School Building. Tel., 110
School Physician Dr. Ernest A. Mayell, Acton
School Nurse Mrs. Simon Taylor, North Acton
Attendance Officer Michael Foley, South Acton
School Calendar
January 2, 1936 — All schools reopened.
February 21, 1936 — All schools close.
March 2, 1936 — All school reopen.
April 17, 1936 — All schools close.
April 27, 1936 — All schools reopen.
May 30, 1936 — Memorial Day — no school.
June 12, 1936 — Grades I to VIII, inclusive, close.
June 19, 1936 — High School closes — Graduation.
September' 9, 1936 — High School reopens.
September 14, 1936 — Grades I to VIII, inclusive, reopen.
November 25, 1936 — All schools close at noon.
November 30, 1936 — All schools reopen.
December 22, 1936 — All schools close.
January 4, 1937 — All schools reopen.
Legal Holidays
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, first Monday
of September, October 12, November 11, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day (the day follov^^ing v^hen any of those mentioned
occur on Sunday). Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April
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and is not a legal holiday. Flag- Day falls on June 14 and is not
a legal holiday. It should be observed by proper exercises by
any school in session on that day.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL— Time: 7.30 A. M.
Acton Center and South Acton 2-2-2-2 blasts
West Acton 1-1 blasts
STANDING RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1. Admission to School
Children shall not be admitted to the public school until they
are 5 years, 8 months of age on or before September 1, except
in the case of those children 5 years, 6 months of age on Septem-
ber 1, whose mental age and physical condition are satisfactory.
Ordinarily, entrance must come during the first two weeks of
school. All children entering for the first time must present
birth and vaccination certificates.
2. School Sessions
The total length of sessions shall) be 5l^ hours in the elemen-
tary schools and 6 hours in the high school, with sufficient re-
cesses. The doors of schools shall not be opened to pupils except
by the principals or persons delegated by the principals.
3. School Busses
All pupils living more than two miles away from the schools
they attend are entitled to bus transportation. Bus pupils must
meet the bus schedule and, while on the bus, conduct themselves
properly.
4. Excuses for Absence and Tardiness
Pupils are expected to attend school regularly. They must
present a written excuse signed by parent or guardian for each
absence or tardiness.
5. Detention
Pupils may be detained after school in the afternoon not longer
than 30 minutes in the elementary schools and for a longer per-
iod in the high school.
6. Contagious Diseases
State Laws: Chapter 71, Section 55; Chapter 76, Section 15.
'*A child from a household where a person is ill with small-
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pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or
contagious disease, or from a household exposed to contagion
from any such disease in another household, shall not attend any
public school during such illness or exposure until the teacher of
the school has been furnished with a certificate from the local
board of health, school physician or from the attending physi-
cian, stating that danger of conveying such disease by such
child has passed. '
7. School Property
Pupils shall be held responsible for books loaned to them by
the school authorities, and_ shall not mar or injure any form of
school property.
8. Fire Drill
Fire drills shall be given at least once in tv^o v^eeks in the
elementary schools and at least once a month in the high school.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE
As of January 1, 1936
App.
Center School:
Ruth Sutcliffe, Prin 1934
Ruth Berglind 1935
Gertrude Puhakka 1931
South School
Julia McCarthy, Prin. . . 1906
Jessie Kinnevan 1929
Florence Merriam 1927
West School
Richard Greeman, Prin. 1935
Grace Callanan 1935
Elise Dickerman 1926
High School:
Walter F. Hall, Prin 1935
Henry Hopkinson, Asst.
Prin 1930
Edith Ames 1927
Elsie Bixby 1927
Margaret Boomazian , . . 1929
George Braman 1933
Robert Dolan 1930
Barbara Douglass 1931
Walter Holt 1928
Marjorie Jones 1931
Mary Stolte 1931
Marion Towne 1921
Graduate of
Fitchburg State College
Lesley Normal School
Fitchburg Normal
Fitchburg Normal
Worcester Normal
Fitchburg Normal
Harvard University
Fitchburg State College
Fitchburg Normal
Harvard University
Northeastern Law
Miss Forehand's School
Framingham Normal
Boston University
Burdett College
Wentworth Institute
Clark University
University of Vermont
Dartmouth College
Simmons College
Middlebury College
Smith College
Horr^e Address
Monson, Mass.
South Acton
Fitchburg
South Acton
Worcester
South Acton
Concord
West Acton
Ayer
South Acton
West Acton
Melrose
Woodville
Methuen
Acton
Marlboro
Winchester, N. H.
East Acton
South Acton
South Acton
Concord
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Acton:
The School Committee presents herewith its report for the
year 1935, together with the report of the Superintendent of
Schools, which has the approval of the committee and is rec-
ommended to your study and attention.
The principal event in connection with our schools this past
year has been a change in the superintendency. After inter-
viewing some seventy odd men the committee was unanimous
in the choice of Mr. Walter F. Hall of Canton, a man of wide
school experience, a gentleman, and scholar. He has already
shown his adaptability to his new position in many ways, and
we all know that the townspeople will be proud of the fact that
he heads our school system.
We have encountered a few more financial obstacles this
past year, and will have considerable difficulty meeting expenses
unless our budget is increased slightly.
A new transportation problem has arisen which we are
obliged to care for according to law. There are seven or eight
pupils in the Newtow^ne section of our tow^n living beyond the
two-mile limit and one or two on Nagog Hill Road, who are
entitled to transportation. Right now, this adds five hundred
dollars thereabouts to the cost of buses. The Committee is also
interested at this time in a proposition whereby we might
transport all eligible pupils to the different buildings at a
slight additional cost. It would help considerably on tardiness,
as well as other difficulties which arise between the different
centers and the school building.
During the past year we have replaced the unsanitary toilet
accommodations at the South School, so that today each of the
elementary buildings has a new clean group of toilets, which
were so sadly needed. It might be in order at this time to say
that it seems unwise to pour money into these buildings which
are poorly ventilated, poorly heated, and expensive to operate,
when we all know that a new central elementary plant would
be a much better proposition, from the child's point of view as
well as the town's. It might seem like a big project right now,
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but so is anything that is worthwhile. The high school build-
ing was considered too large a project, but since its completion
the town has saved three thousand dollars and over each year.
It is safe to say that during the ten-year period that it has
operated the town has made a saving of some forty thousand
dollars, — almost enough money to build again. This is abso-
lutely so: for years, our school budget was |48,000, while the
pupils were being sent to Concord for the high school training ;
but, during the last several years, it has varied from $40,000
to 145,000.
Our Superintendent and the Committee have carefully pre-
pared a budget for the coming year ; there are no extravagances
involved, just the bare necessities to run the school system as it
should be. So, let's get in back of our Superintendent. We
know he will give you an administration of which you will be
proud.
Respectfully submitted,
R. N. WOODWORTH, Chairman.
COMPARISON OF COSTS FOR OPERATING
ACTON SCHOOLS
Mass. School Fund: 1935 1934 1933 1932
Part I $4,031.00 $4,012.00 $3,885.00 $3,530.00
Part II none none none 1,879.92
State Wards 525.58 697.60 651.16 801.77
$4,555.58 $4,709.60 $4,536.16 $6,211.69
Out-of-town tuition *1,699.83 2,549.86 2,250.62 2,671.03
Total $6,256.41 $7,259.46 $6,786.78 $8,882.72
Expended from Appropriation 43,498.72 41,499.77 39,999.63 42,999.13
Net cost to town $37,242.31 $34,240.31 $33,212.85 $34,116.41
Appropriation 43,500.00 41,500.00 40,000.00 43,000.00
Special Appropriation 837.22 1,100.00
* Approximately $1,000 due on out-of-town tuition from September to De-
cember 1935. Any discrepancy between this amount and that in the Treasurer's
report is due to the fact that only money received for tuition for the year 1935
is included here.
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ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR 1936
I. General Control
1. School Committee:
Salaries :
2. Superintendent of Schools and En-
forcement of Law:
Salary of Superintendent $2,000.00
Salary of Clerk 150.00
Office Expenses:
Phone 160.00
Printing and Forms . . 75.00
Books 15.00
Miscellaneous 50.00
200.00
$2,350.00
II. Expenses of Instruction
3. Supervisors' Salaries, Music, Art,
Physical Education $1,400.00
4. Principals' Salaries:
High $1,000.00
Elementary 3,600.00
4,600.00
5. Teachers' Salaries:
High $14,950.00
Elementary 6,950.00
21,900.00
6. Textbooks :
High $450.00
Elementary 335.00
785.00
7. Stationery and Miscellaneous Supplies:
High $600.00
Elementary 400.00
1,000.00
29,685.00
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III. Expenses of Operating School Plant
8. Wages of Janitors:
High 11,300.00
Elementary 2,046.00
3,346.00
9. Fuel :
High 1800.00
Elementary 1,000.00
1,800.00
10. Miscellaneous :
High:
Gas 140.00
Electricity 195.00
Water 35.00
Miscellaneous 230.00
500.00
Elementary :
Electricity 160.00
Water 55.00
Miscellaneous 305.00
420.00
16,066.00
IV. Maintenance and Repairs
11. High $700.00
Elementary 1,000.00
1,700.00
V. Auxiliary Agencies
12. Libraries |50.00
13. Health 200.00
14. Transportation 5,500.00
5,750.00
VI. Miscellaneous Expenses
15. Sundries $200.87
16. Vocational Education 100.00
300.87
17. Evening School 000.00
VII. Outlays
18 and 19. High, Elementary, unpaid bills of 1935 . 148.13
20. Total (both pages) $46,000.00
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1935
General Control
Salary and Other Expenses of Superintendent $2,304.45
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries of Teachers, Supervisors and Principals :
Supervisors $1,350.00
Expenses of Supervisors 70.33
Principal of High School 1,108.37
High School 10,300.00
Elementary 14,367.74
27,196.44
High School Textbooks $435.75
Elementary Textbooks 322.80
High School Stationery and Supplies . . . 471.70
Elementary Stationery and Supplies .... 753.90
1,984.15
Total Expenses of Instruction $29,180.59
Expenses of Operation
High School:
Wages of Janitor $1,300.00
Fuel 820.66
Miscellaneous 518.35
$2,639.01
Elementary: South West Center Total
Wages of Janitor $722.00 $684.00 $640.00 $2,046.00
Fuel 513.27 403.90 232.80 1,149.97
Miscellaneous . . 135.25 120.65 111.39 367.29
$1,370.52 $1,208.55 $984.19 $3,563.26
Total Expenses of Operation $6,202.27
Maintenance and Repairs
High School $229.59
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South West Center
Elementary $807.84 $70.57 $105.76 984.17
Total Maintenance and Repairs $1,213.76
Auxiliary Agencies
Libraries $15.31
Health 205.00
Transportation 4,000.00
Miscellaneous 58.60
New Grounds and Buildings 191.64
New Equipment 127.10
$4,597.65
Total Expended $43,498.72
Unexpended Balance 1.28
$43,500.00
PAID FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1935
General Control
Superintendent, Salary $1,999.92
Secretary 150.00
Office Expenses:
Noyes Print, Requisition Blanks $2.54
Yawman & Erbe, File Folders . . 7.00
Murphy & Snyder, Letterheads . 21.50
Wright & Potter Printing Co. . . 4.17
So. Acton Post Office, Envelopes 48.72
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. 53.23
The Macmillan Co., Professional
Books 3.24
Picken Printing Co 3.00
Henry S. Wolkins, Labels 1.08
Robert S. Osterhout, Graduation
Programs 8.00
World Book Co., Primary Tests .35
Remington Rand Inc., Office
Cards 1.70
154.53
Total General Control ."777777777 $2,304.45
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Expenses of Instruction
Supervisor's Salary, Music $382.50
Supervisor's Salary, Manual Training . . 705.00
Supervisor's Salary, Penmanship 262.50
Music Supervisor's Expenses 70.33
1,420.33
Principal's Salary, High School 1,108.37
High School Teachers' Salaries :
Edith Ames, Part $700.00
Elsie Bixby 1,695.00
Margaret Boornazian 1,500.00
Robert Dolan 1,400.00
Barbara Douglass 1,185.00
Walter Holt 1,777.50
Henry Hopkinson 2,000.00
Howard Jones, Substitute 22.50
Louise Price, Substitute 5.00
Thomas Yetman, Substitute 15.00
10,300.00
Elementary Teachers' Salaries :
Edith Ames, Part $700.00
Ruth Berglind 397.50
Grace Callanan 360.00
EHse Dickerman 1,200.00
Richard Greenman 240.00
Marjorie Jones, Part 954.62
Jessie Kinnevan 1,100.00
Julia McCarthy 1,400.00
Florence Merriam 1,247.50
Ella Miller 675.00
Louise Price 635.00
Gertrude Puhakka 1,020.00
Mary Stolte 1,080.00
Harriet Suchovsky 760.00
Ruth Sutcliffe 1,025.00
Marion Towne 1,370.00
Forrest Wing 98.12
Flora Reed, Substitute 105.00
14,367.74
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High School Textbooks
John C. Winston Company $1.19
C. C. Birchard & Company 30.59
J. P. Lippincott Company 27.87
The Macmillan Company 130.47
Allyn & Bacon 16.53
Ginn & Company 44.29
Tracy Music Library 31.96
Noble & Noble 12.50
New York Times 6.38
Benj. H. Sanborn Company 2.82
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc 38.04
Charles W. Homeyer & Company 18.00
Henry Holt & Company 41.85
D. C. Heath Company 5.86
World Book Company 1.15
Dura Binding Company 26.25
Elementary Textbooks
The Macmillan Company $ .85
Scott Foresman & Company 122.34
G. & C. Merriam Company 8.28
Noble & Noble 24.71
Ginn & Company 40.77
American Book Company 12.62
Welles Publishing Company 10.14
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc 43.47
D. C. Heath Company 2.26
Silver Burdett Company 8.00
Houghton Mifflin Company 6.30
Charles Scribner's Sons 14.78
Charles E. Merrill Company 2.03
Dura Binding Company 26.25
High School Stationery and Supplies
0. H. Toothacker, maps |1.50
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc., paper, rec-
ord books, supplies 126.00
435.75
322.80
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J. L. Hammett Company, paper, pencils,
crayons, supplies 109.44
Murphy & Snyder, lab. paper 4.00
Typewriter Maintenance Co., stencils . . . 11.44
John C. Cheever Company, paper 26.85
The Papercrafters Inc., paper 55.60
John C. Winston Co., business forms . . . 31.44
U. S. Typewriter Ribbon Co., carbon
paper, ribbons 10.30
Gledhill Bros., pencils, flag 46.63
Old Corner Book Store Inc 1.15
A. J. Torsleff, printing 1.75
Hayden Costume Company, operetta .... 3.00
M. E. Taylor Co., graduation decorations .50
V. M. Baxter Co., graduation decorations 1.10
Vannah Lithograph Company, diplomas . 37.80
The Bon Marche, ribbon 3.20
Elementary Stationery and Supplies
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc., paper, rec-
ord books, supplies §139.55
J. L. Hammett Company, paints, pencils,
erasers 103.99
Wm. P. Proctor Co., manual training sup-
plies 24.72
Ditto Inc., elementary pads 6.38'
The Papercrafters Inc 54.50
Brodhead-Garrett Company 342.87
A. W. Davis Company, manual training
supphes 9.46
Charles E. Homeyer Co., pitch pipes .... 5.00
Gledhill Bros. Inc 42.27
Mass. Reformatory for Women, flags . . . 12.72
Milton Bradley Company, map 7.34
W. H. Brine Company, football 5.10
471.70
753.90
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High School Operating Expense
Daniel MacDougall, Janitor |1,300.00
Fuel 820.66
Miscellaneous :
M. E;. Taylor & Co., screws,
shellac |1.44
A. W. Davis Co., glass, wax, etc. 42.99
The Dallman Co., killdust, mops,
brushes 26.25
Boston Consolidated Gas Co. ... 29.90
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. 165.55
C. L. McCarthy, washers 2.88
Perkins & Butler Inc., toilet
paper 14.10
Hi-Gien Lab'tory, soap, brushes 10.90
C. B. Dolge Co., ban, alta-co . . . 12.25
Eastern Oil Company 4.50
MacPherson's Hardware, sash,
wired glass 5.60
William H. Horner, soap, pipe /
solvent 5.25
West & South Water Supply . . . 37.23
Gledhill Bros., hinges 54.05
Masury- Young Co., oil 20.31
Maydale Beverage Co., distilled
water 75
The Holmerden Co., tacola 5.00
West Disinfecting Co., soap,
paper towels 74.40
Commissioner of Public Safety,
boiler inspection 5.00
518.35
Total High School Operating Expense 2,639.01
Elementary Operating Expense
South West Center
Janitors . . 1722.00 |684.00 $640.00 |2,046.00
Fuel 513.27 403.90 232.80 1,149.97
$1,235.27 $1,087.90 $872.80 $3,195.97
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Miscellaneous
South
Edison Electric 111. Co. . . $49.93
C. B. Dolge Co., ban 4.09
Eastern Oil Co 4.00
MacPherson's Hardware,
sash 1.60
South Acton Dept. Store,
dry cells 2.52
The Dallman Co., cloths,
mops 5.92
Arthur Jalonen, gravel . . 8.95
Ralph Jones, gravel .... 6.00
Masury- Young Co 8.67
The Holmerden Co., tacola 1.67
L. C. Hastings 8.38
J. L. Hammett Co., bas-
kets 1.25
West Disinfecting Co.,
towels, soap 24.80
West & South Water Sup-
ply 6.08
J. S. Moore .75
Teksag Sales Co., fuses . .64
A. W. Davis Co
Baker's Filling Station . .
M. E. Taylor Co
William Livermore
E. S. Fobes
Wm. Proctor Co
West Center
S45.38 829.01
4.08 4.08
4.00 4.00
3.13
5.92
1.60
5.91
9.30
1.67
1.66
1.23
1.23
24.80
24.80
8.71
10.12
.62
.62
10.46
1.35
3.16
12.00
11.50
1.70
§135.25 §120.65 §111.39 367.29
Total Elementary Operating Expense 3,563.26
High School Maintenance and Repairs
George Braman, repairs
Acton Pipe Co., material and repairs .
William B. Holt, bubbler and plumbing
$10.50
14.34
35.78
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Wilmot B. Cleaves, tune piano 10.00
Porter Cable Machine Co., sand belts .... 4.11
International Machines Corp., repair clock 10.35
Gledhill Bros. Inc., hinges 120.75
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Inc. . . 4.94
B. A. Kind 3.50
Albert E. Sims, plumbing 11.36
MacPherson's Hardware, batteries & belt 3.96
Total High School Maintenance and Repairs 229.59
Elementary Maintenance and Repairs
South
West
Center
William B. Holt
$1.15
$3.30
Wilmot B. Cleaves
6.00
$3.00
Albert E. Sims
655.01
9.73
21.40
L. T. Fullonton, stock
22.40
A. W. Davis Co
3.95
3.95
M. E. Taylor Co
64.36
64.36
George L. Janarin
1.50
W. J. Costello, signs
10.00
Holland Furnace Co
30.00
B. A. King
11.47
Hayward & Fullonton
2.00
E. R. Sanborn
3.50
West Disinfecting Co. . . .
31.35
South Acton Coal & Lum-
ber Co
.47
15.40
James N. Berry
Wm. Proctor Co
2.87
Robert Willett
3.00
Arthur Jalonen
9.00
W. F. Blaisdell
2.00
Christian Jensen
3.00
$807.84 $70.57 $105.76
Total Elementary Maintenance and Repairs 984.17
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Auxiliary Agencies
Health:
Dr. Ernest Mayell, examinations in
high and elementary grades $200.00
Dr. 0. L. Clark, special examination . . 5.00
205.00
Transportation :
A. W. Davis 4,000.00
Library :
Charles Scribner's Sons, books $3.13
Dura Binding Company, rebound books 12.18
15.31
Outlays :
High School Grounds and Driveway:
Ralph Jones, trucking $48.00
Hosea Gould, trucking 32.00
John Pederson, trucking 2.50
Arthur Jalonen, trucking & grading 44.00
Everett Montague, surveying 12.50
Jesse Briggs, grading 25.13
Wm. P. Proctor Co .51
Standard Oil Co. of New York 27.00
191.64
New Equipment:
Massachusetts Reformatory, benches
for Manual Training $25.00
Edward E. Babb & Co., elementary
chairs 32.10
Woodstock Typewriter Co., four ma-
chines 70.00
127.10
Miscellaneous Expenses :
Laffin's Express $ .35
C. C. Cullinane, express 3.25
Charles F. Young, decorating high and
elementary buildings 25.00
E. Faulkner Conant, school census .... 30.00
58.60
I
Total Expended $43,498.72
Total Unexpended Balance $1.28
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
To the School Committee and Voters of Acton:
It is a privilege to submit my first annual report as Superin-
tendent of Schools and Principal of the Acton High School,
covering the period from July 15, 1935 to January 1, 1936. The
newness of many factors and the manifold duties of the com-
bined office require that this report be rather general in
character.
School Costs
Possibly a few simple statistics and tables can bring out cer-
tain important facts.
1. The average annual appropriation for schools in Acton
over a five-year period, 1930-1934, was §43,287.44; that for 1935,
143,500.00.
2. The annual average cost to the taxpayers of Acton, over
the same period, after deduction of state and other refunds, was
135,551.54; that for 1935, approximately ?36,242.31.
3. The per capita cost (actual cost ip 2 divided by average
annual membership) was $74.01; that for 1935, $75.82. The
average membership for 1934-1935 was 478 ; on October 1, 1935,
it was 510.
4. Operation and Maintenance for 1935 :
Average Membership
Grades Cost (1934-35)
Grades 1-6 §3,551.03 215
Grades 7-12 2,865.00 272
Actual School Cost
From the above figures and other factors certain assumptions
seem warranted. The annual appropriation is at least ?7,000
more than the town actually spends for schools. The per capita
cost of $75.82, while less than the average for the previous five
years, is probably f 5.00 less than the average for Class III of the
state, and not adequate for the larger enrollment, needed equip-
ment, legally required bus transportation since January 1, 1936,
and requisite supervision.
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Transportation
The bus arrangement is not sufficient, for students should be
transported directly to the schools, as they are elsewhere, and not
left one mile away, regardless of weather conditions. This would
help cut down the present poor attendance in bad weather, the
excessive tardiness, and the dangerous travel on highways, where
there are no sidewalks. Forty high school students are now left
daily at South Acton Square and Acton Center. After school
they must walk back to these points. The School Committee and
Superintendent, therefore, feel strongly that §1,000 more is
needed to take proper care of the whole problem.
Cost of Elementary Schools
Another significant and vital factor is the increasing cost of
the operation and maintenance of the elementary schools as com-
pared with the high school, especially after much needed repairs
are made. Added to this factor is the more important question
of instructional difficulty. The following two tables of enroll-
ments and age distribution for Grades 1-6 will help to make
this clear :
a. Enrollment as of October 1, 1935
Grade
Center
West
South
Total
1
16
18
17
51
2
15
15
16
46
3
11
20
14
45
4
15
12
17
44
5
13
17
16
46
6
9
11
14
34
b.
Distribution of Ages by Grades
Age 5
6
7 8
9
10
11
12 13
14 Ttl.
Grade
Range
;
1
12
36
2
1
51
5 yrs.
I
2
13
22 10
1
46
Range
/
3
8 26
7
4
45
5 yrs.
I
4
9
17
15
3
44
Range
{
5
14
19
11
2
46
6 yrs.
6
8
25
8 2
1 34
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It should be very evident that the three teachers in each one
of the three elementry schools, in handling two grades in one
room, with such a variation in age and mentality (as recent
Haggerty Intelligence Tests disclosed), have a difficult job.
Under the present circumstances, therefore, the elementary
school teachers are doing a fine piece of work. But how much
more could be done in a combined school of one grade to a room,
with special classes for the many retarded children who are now
retarding several other children ! In brief, the elementary school
pupils in Grades 1 to 6 are not getting a ''square deal". In these
days, when better and better education is in demand to train
boys and girls for the increasingly complex problems of modern
life, every child, within his capacity, has a right to the best
training we can possibly give him. Moreover, a town becomes an
attractive residental place for desirable families, not alone by a
low tax rate and natural beajaty, but equally aa much by good,
progressive schools, one of the finest investments a town can
make.
Certain Changes Attempted
Many excellent features were in practice in the school system
in Acton when the present Superintendent began his work last
summer. Certain changes, however, seemed advisable, some of
which have not progressed far. Perhaps a brief enumeration
may be of some interest.
1. An inventory of all texbooks and supplies, followed by a
policy of more consistent discarding of old and worn-out mater-
ial, to prevent confusion and provide needed space.
2. A more careful regular check-up of school property in the
high school, in an effort to cut down needless damage.
3. A change in high school report card and marking system.
4. The beginning of a revision of the program of studies in
the high school.
5. The beginning of a reorganization of the high school plan
on a 6-6, rather than 6-2-4, basis. The school needs to be de-
partmentalized. For example, there are six English teachers
and six Mathematics teachers. There should not be more than
three teachers in each subject available in all six grades, in
order to promote continuity, better instruction through special-
ization, and less confusion in texbook use. Some of the chief
advantages of a six-year high school have not been developed.
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6. Reduction from an eight-period to a seven-period day, in
order to increase the length of periods and eliminate unecessary
and unprofitable study periods. This change should be carried
further, if possible, to produce at least 3 six-period days and 2
seven-period days, within the present six-hour day.
7. Regular monthly faculty meetings for both elementary
and high school teachers, where professional, aa well as routine,
questions are discussed.
8. A daily detention period at the high school for regular
make-up, attendance, and conduct cases.
9. The beginning of an educational guidance plan in the high
school through intelligence tests (not given for many years),
individual statements of interests and desires in questionnaire
form, and regular conferences. Mr. Hopkinson is doing good
work in this direction. In April or May, elective blanks of choice
of studies for the following year will be prepared, to be filled
out by the students, after due consideration is given to each
case. Something of this sort is absolutely necessary to reduce
the present number of misfits in the different courses. The pre-
sent Senior Class started with about 55 members and now has
only 26, thus retaining only 47% of the original membership,
as against 60% commonly found in the majority of towns and
cities in Massachusetts. The families of many of these students
moved away during these four years, but, doubtless, some stu-
dents might have been saved by more attention to individual
needs, aptitudes, and interests. In this connection, of the twenty-
eight students who graduated in June 1935 six entered college
(2 Northeastern, 3 Fitchburg State College, 1 Boston Univers-
ity), two entered other higher institutions, nine are engaged in
gainful occupations, ten are ''at home", and one has become
married.
10. The beginning of the organization of an English course
for Grades 7-12, by a committee of four teachers, to be followed
by similar work in Mathematics and Science.
11. The beginning of the reclassification of the high school
library books, according to the Dewey System, through the ef-
forts of Miss Bixby. The high school library should have more
reference books for collateral reading.
12. The increase of school publicity through regular weekly
use of the columns of the ''Acton News" and a school publication
managed by Miss Boornazian.
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13. The formation of Agricultural Clubs for boys of grades
10-12 and Crafts Clubs for boys of grades 7-9, under the auspices
of the United States Department of Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice. Mr George Erickson and Mr. Frank Braman, assisted by
several students, have done very conscientious work in this
direction. The several visiting lecturers on poultry, conservation,
forestry, dairying, etc., often using slides to illustrate their
talks, have created considerable interest among at least 30 senior
high\ school boys. As Mr. Braman says, "Acton High School is
the pioneer in this field. Since our club has been organized, four
other clubs have been formed in nearby towns."
Similar to these Agricultural and Crafts Clubs for boys are
the 4-H Clubs, particularly for girls in grades 1-6. Miss Berg-
lind, Miss Dickerman, and Miss Kinnevan at the three elemen-
tary schools, in conjunction with several interested ladies in
Acton, have enrolled many girls and some boys in worth-while
projects having to do with gardening, canning, poultry, live-
stock, sewing, designing, and other forms of craft work.
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REPORTS for DOMESTIC and MANUAL ARTS, ART and
DRAWING, and ATHLETICS
The reports submitted' by the teachers in these subjects and
activities have been incorporated in the Superintendent's report.
1. Domestic Arts — Outline of Work
7th grade — One period of sewing- daily — use and care of the
sewing machine, knowledge, of fundamental stitches, and selec-
tion of material in the making of aprons, underwear, pajamas,
and simple dresses. Forty-eight garments have already been
made this school year.
8th grade — double period of cooking daily — preparation of
foods for training in practical, clean home-cooking, preparation
of foods for use at lunch counter — 7th and 8 grades compulsory.
9th grade — first-half year, one period, three days a week, —
discussion on character, manners, and personal subjects appli-
cable to girls ; second-half year, one period, three days a week, on
food study and cooking; one period, two days throughout the
year, on practical arithmetic.
10th and 11th grade — first-half year, — home management,
with emphasis upon family relationships, family budgets, home
planning and furnishing, and care of the home and the sick;
second-half year, — advanced sewing.
12th grade — one period daily, when students have entire
charge of serving noon lunches; also, lessons in advanced cook-
ery.
The Cafeteria account for 1935 is as follows:
Cash on hand, January 1, 1935 $18.94
Total Sales for year 1,443.14
Cost of Supplies for Cooking, Sewing and
Replacement of Dishes $1,234.76
Milk Supply 122.05
Candy (Starting in Sept. 1935) 62.50
Special Lunches for teachers and pupils. 18.40
Cash on hand, December 31, 1935 24.37
$1,462.08 $1,462.08
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Miss Ames, both in her instruction and management of the
Domestic Arts department and in her capacity as Dean of Girls,
is doing very creditable work.
2. Manual Arts
7th and 8th grades (compulsory) — construction of bird houses,
windmills, necktie racks, broom holders, book-ends, etc., involv-
ing accuracy, skill in the use of tools, care of tools, making com-
mon joints, sawing, planing, measuring, boring, gluing, and
finishing. Along with hand training, the boys are given regular
instruction in Shop Mathematics and Management. On the
whole. Manual Arts work in these grades is valuable not only
for practical training, the developement of the idea of learning
by doing, but also for trying out or exploring the talents and
interests of boys along mechanical lines. If a boy discovers a
natural bent, he may continue the work in grades 9-12.
Grades 9-12 (elective) — General shop training, including fun-
damentals of woodworking, electrical bench work, and mecha-
nical drawing. — At present, group project work, later individual
project work, when more material is secured. The interest in
all this hand work is very encouraging. Boys who do not take
to books, find this form of activity their chief interest in school.
*'We are not all", writes Mr. Braman, ''born to be lawyers or
doctors. Some of us are to make our mark in the world by being
craftsmen and engineers; therefore, these students need to be
educated along mechanical lines."
In spite of the serious lack of materials, curtailed for the
purchase of necessary machinery, Mr. Braman has been very
successful. His fine spirit of co-operation in making repairs in
the various schools is much appreciated.
3. Athletics and Physical Education
7th and 8th grades — At least two periods a week of compul-
sory physical training for every boy and girl, efficiently super-
vised by Miss Towne and Miss Stolte, assisted by a Sargent
School Senior one day a week.
9th to 12th grades — A large majority of the boys and girls
have engaged in baseball, football, field hockey, and basketball.
Several girls and parents regretted the elimination of girls' in-
terschool basketball played at night, but the change has resulted
in practically doubling the number of boys and girls participat-
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ing through the addition of a second team for boys and inter-
class games for girls. Moreover, the evening basketball contest
of the boys ends at least one-half hour earlier than before.
Girls' field hockey has not had opportunity to develop far yet,
but it promises well for the future. In general, the 'increase of
participants is encouraging, but every boy and girl in grades 9
through 12 should have some form of compulsory athletics or
physical training. So far as the girls are concerned, this can be.
brought about by hiring a graduate of either Sargent or Posse-
Nissen for three full days a week, part of which time should be
given to the children in grades 1-6. They are in urgent need of
regular supervision in physical education by a specially trained
teacher.
In baseball, Acton won the Sudbury Valley League Champ-
ionship Cup last spring. In football, Acton won two games, tied
one, and lost three, but the spirit was good and the outlook for
next fall is very encouraging. Basketball is creating the usual
interest.
Financing athletics by the High School Athletic Association,
practically unaided, is a big job, because equipment, transporta-
tion, officials, medical supplies, and miscellaneous items must be
paid for. During the last four months, much new equipment
has been secured and the expenses of a Senior from Sargent
have been met. At present, there is a deficit, which basketball
and football will reduce but baseball increase. The students are
striving earnestly to do their part.
The value of well-regulated athletics is great for boys and
girls. Acton has joined the Massachusetts State Athletic As-
sociation and faithfully abides by all the rules as to eligibility.
As Mr. Dolan says : ''Our boys and girls are happier and health-
ier because of athletics. We stress the idea of mental, physical,
and moral training, rather than the idea of winning games at
all costs."
Art and Freehand Drawing
Grades 3-6 — Elementary drawing, using poster projects for the
S. P. C. A., as a basis. This sort of drawing has been definitely
motivated, so that pupils gain skill through direct interest in the
object. Incidentally, the underlying principle involved in these
posters of ''being kind to animals" is more strongly impressed,
we believe, upon the youthful mind.
—ISO-
Grades 7-12 — Progressive work in sketching, color charts, fur-
niture study, and interior decorating. Scenery for Senior and
Latin plays, covers, posters, Christmas cards, and other projects
of a practical nature have been designed.
The interest in Mr. Braman's work in all grades of the Acton
Schools is evidence of art progress and innate desire to express
ideas. Mr. Braman has devoted five mornings a week to the
schools, without remuneration.
There is no particular report for music as Mr. Gorman re-
signed in September and music had to be temporarily omitted on
account of budget requirements. But Music, Art, and Physical
Training should be available for as many boys and girls as possi-
ble. Ninety percent of Grade 8 now continue in grade 9 and 10,
compared with not more than twenty-five percent, a generation
ago. This means that many who are not book-minded or who do
not find their interests in academic study now attend school be-
yond the age of 14 years, and these boys and girls must learn to
develop and express themselves through hand training, whether
it be Manual or Domestic Arts, Drawing, Music, or even Physical
Education.
In closing, I wish to express my gratitude to the School Com-
mittee, parents, and teachers for their kindness and help. In ad-
dition, I must express my pleasure in working with so many
wholesome boys and girls in a fine New England community.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER F. HALL, Superintendent.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Mr. Walter Hall,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my annual report as school physician. The
usual physical examinations were completed October 24, 1935,
and details will be found in the nurse's report.
During the past year we have had some German Measles and
Whooping Cough in the lower grades; but the cases were mild
and did not reach the epidemic stage.
On examination it sometimes becomes necessary to limit some
students in their activities in football, hockey, etc., on account of
some irregularity of the heart action. This precaution is taken
to safe-guard the student, and the family physician should be
consulted.
Immunization for diphtheria was omitted this past year on ac-
count of the prevalence of other diseases.
Again I wish to thank the Superintendent, teachers, nurse, and
the townspeople for their co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. MAYELL, M. D.
—152—
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
Mr. Walter Hall, •
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
The physical examinations for the year were completed by
the School Physician during October.
Total number of Examinations by Doctor 508
Defects Found :
Tonsils and Adenoids 46
Gland ' 132
Poor Posture 195
Teeth (in need of attention) 242
Heart (irregularities) 31
Report of examinations by Nurse, during school year :
Special Examinations 1606
Home Visits 485
Simple Dressings 285
Individual Instruction 210
Pupils Excluded Because of Commmunicable Disease . . 294
Sanitary Inspection of all Buildings 194
Pupils Taken Home 111 (by Nurse) 56
Pupils Taken to Eye Specialist 10
Pupils Taken to Dentist 18
May 8-9-10, pre-school conferences were held in the grade
schools. This means examination of children to enter school in
September. By these examinations parents; are acquainted with
the defects of their children and then have an opportunity to
have these defects corrected before school starts. By so doing
their child is given a fairer start in school and many do not have
to repeat grades because of poor health which could have been
avoided.
—153—
In August, one girl was sent to Camp Virginia. This child
showed some improvement. She was given this opportunity-
through our seal sale fund.
In September, the children of the 7th, 9th, and 11th grades
were given the privilege of the Tuberculin test with X-ray and
physical examinations. Very few, however, took advantage of
this clinic. Of the twenty-five that were tested only seven re-
acted to the test and all of these were negative in the X-ray. This
must have been a great satisfaction to the parents of those chil-
dren. There is nothing so satisfying as to be sure you have given
your child the best available to you. I trust another year more
parents will realize this chance and take it when it is offered to
them.
The school children, as a whole, are quite healthy, but much
can still be done in the line of physical education. Their pos-
tures are still generally poor.
Many have suffered from lack of dental work during these
last few years of depression.
In closing, may I thank the Superintendent and the teachers
for their hearty support and cooperation, without which a school
nurse can not function to any degree of satisfaction.
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN E. F. TAYLOR, R. N.
—154—
GRADUATES OF 1935
*Ralph W. Anderson
Wesley D. Charter
Alfred A. Curtis, Jr.
*James J. Economides
*John Henry Farrar
Edwin J. F. Flerra
*Mary Gertrude Gallagher
Esther Elizabeth Gates
Edward J. Grala
*Annie M. Granberg
*Richard Parlin Howe
Lucy Mae Jones
William L. Kelley
Helen Irene Knowlton
* Honor
John Wyman Maguire
Edward Lawrence McGuire
Mary Frances McGuire
Arthur Wesley Nelson
* Edwin H. Parker
*Ella Elizabeth Perkins
George J. Raymond
Paul G. Robbins, Jr.
^Elizabeth Eileen Sheehan
Ansel R. Smart
*Earle R. Spinney
* Marguerite H. Taylor
Mary Frances Ward
Louisa Josephine Wood
Pupils
Student Essays :
First Honors: James Economides — "Education — A Prepara-
tion for Life".
Second Honors: Eileen Sheehan — ^'Character — The Most
Important''.
Awards During Year:
Marguerite H. Taylor: Carlos B. Clark Acton History Award.
Elizabeth Eileen Sheehan: Balfour Award, chosen for best
rank in Scholarship, Loyalty, and Achievement.
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INDEX
Page
Accountant 83
Anniversary Committee, Report of 66
Auditor 124
Appointments by Selectmen 4
Assessors 55
Board of Health . . 62
Balance Sheet 113
Cemetery Commissioners 37
Elizabeth White Fund, Trustees' Report '. 124
ERA-WPA Sewing Project 16
Finance Committee 12
Fire Department 60
Forest Warden 61
Goodnow Fund 63
Inspector of Animals 53
Librarian's Report 73
Middlesex County Extension Service 64
Old Age Assistance 16
Police Department 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures 71
Selectmen's Report 14
Superintendent of Streets 54
Tax Collector 56
Town Nurse 62
Town Clerk 24
Births 25
Deaths 29
Dog Licenses 33
Marriages 27
Non-Resident Burials 31
Town Meetings:
Annual Meeting 17
Special Town Meeting, Oct. 7, 1935 23
Page
Town Officers 3
Town Warrant 7
Treasurer 114
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund 122
Cemetery Funds 118
Elizabeth White Fund 117
Firemen's Relief Fund 123
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund 119
Nineteenth of April Fund 122
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund 120
Wilde Memorial Library Fund 122
Welfare Department 15
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Standing Rules 127
Comparison of Cost 130
Domestic, Manual Arts and Athletics 147
Estimates for 1935 131
Graduates, 1935 154
Legal Holidays 126
Organization 126
Paid for Support, 1935 134
Physical Director 148
School Calendar 126
School Committee 129
School Nurse 152
School Physician 151
Summary of Expenses 133
Superintendent 142
Teachers •. 128
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