HomeMy Public PortalAbout1940 Annual Watertown Report ANNUAL REPORTS
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Town o Watertown
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Three Hundred and Tenth Year
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 311 1940
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LEROY S. EATON
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1940
Selectmen
BERNARD S. McHUGH, Chairman
CHARLES P. COLLIGAN, Secretary
H. HERBERT APPLIN
Committee Assignments
BERNARD S. McHUGH
Legal, W.P.A., Selectmen's Contingent, Highways, Sewers, Drainage,
Sidewalks, Dust Laying, Engineer, Administration Building, Building
Inspector.
H. HERBERT APPLIN
Police, Outside Aid, Mother's Aid, Old Age Assistance, Aid to De-
pendent Children, Election Expense. Weights and Measures, Insurance,
Veterinarian.
CHARLES P. COLLIGAN
Fire, Poles & Wires, Street Lights, Dog Officer, Workmen's Compen-
sation, Tree Warden, Moth Department, Town Physician, Pensions.
Military and State Aid, Soldier's Relief.
Town Clerk
GEORGE B. WELLMAN Term Expires 1943
Treasurer
JAMES H. SHERIDAN 'Perin Expires 1942
Collector of Taxes
JOHN J. KENNEDY Term Expires 1942
Auditor
WILLIAM W. NORCROSS Term Expires 1943
Assessors of Taxes
JAMES J. VAHEY, Chairman Term Expires 1941
EDWARD F. WRIGHT, Secretary Term Expires 1942
ANDREW D. BRADF'ORD Term Expires 1943
Moderator
JOHN M. RUSSELL Term Expires 1941
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School Committee
EARLE S. TYLER, Chairman Term Expires 1942
G. JOHN GREGORY, Secretary Term Expires 1943
HELEN REGAN Term Expires 1941
FRANCIS RYAN Term Expires 1941
ROSCOE DAUGHTERS Term Expires 1942
HERBERT O. BERRY Term Expires 1943
WINTHROP G. ROCKWELL Term Expires 1943
Trustees Free Public Library
BERNICE L. CAMPBELL, Chairman Term Expires 1942
CHARLES T. BURKE, Secretary Term Expires 1941
FRANCES M. SAVAGE Term Expires 1941
EDWARD C. CAMP Term Expires 1942
WILLIAM H. ECKERT Term Expires 1943
WHITFIELD JOHNSON Term Expires 1943
Health Department
DR. EDWARD J. KELLEY, Chairman Term Expires 1942
DR. LOUIS MASTRANGELO, Secretary Term Expires 1943
DR. GUY C. PESCE Term Expires 1941
Park Commissioners
THOMAS F. VAHEY, Chairman Term Expires 1941
JOSEPH A. COOK, Secretary Term Expires 1942
HAROLD A. GODWIN Term Expires 1943
Water Commissioners
EDWARD C. HALL, Chairman Term Expires 1942
CHARLES ARMSTRONG, Secretary Term Expires 1943
JOHN R. FORD Term Expires 1941
Tree Warden
JOHN C. FORD Term Expires 1941
Constables
•FRANK L. MAGUIRE Term Expires 1941
WALDO P. EMERSON Term Expires 1941
*HENRY L. MORLEY Term Expires 1941
"BENJAMIN COHEN Term Expires 1941
Planning Board
GEORGE E. LeFAVOR, Chairman Term Expires 1942
CHARLES P. EATON, Secretary Term Expires 1942
K. EDWIN LEINONEN Term Expires 1941
ARTHUR E. SCHOEPFER Term Expires 1941
JOHN H. DARDIS Term Expires 1943
"Deceased Oct. 16, 1940.
•Appointed by Selectmen Jan. 5, 1940.
***Appointed by Selectmen Oct. 24, 1940.
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APPOINTED OFFICERS
Superintendent of Moth Department
JOHN C. FORD Term Expires 1941
Registrars of Voters
SURAN OHANIAN, Chairman Term Expires 1941
GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Clerk Term Expires 1943
JOHN A. LOYND Term Expires 1942
PATRSCK D. GLEASON Term Expires 1943
Town Physicians
DR. PERICLES CANZANELLI
DR. EUGENE F. GORMAN
Keeper of Lockup
JOHN F. MILMORE
Town Counsel
WILFRED J. PAQUET
Fence Viewers
ELIAS A. PERKINS JOSEPH LALLY
JOHN DARDIS PETER J. WHITE
Superintendent of Schools
FRANCIS A. KELLY
Dog Officer
SAMUEL G. THAYER
Board of Appeals
"SEBASTIAN TANGUSSO, Chairman Term Expires 1943
EDWARD A. OATES, Clerk Term Expires 1942
MARTIN F. REID Term Expires 1941
Associate Members
JOSEPH TYGHE PETER M. FEINBERG (Apptd. May 10, 1940)
*Appointed from Associate Member to Full'Member April 4, 1940 in place
of Albert L. Partridge, Resigned.
Retirement Board
(Contributory Retirement)
W.W. NORCROSS By Virtue of Office (Auditor)
NORMAN D. MacKAY Term Expires 1943
THOMAS V. DWYER Term Expires 1941
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Finance Committee
EDWARD C. WEBSTER, Chairman Term Expires 1942
ROY C. PAPALIA, Secretary Term Expires 1942
JAMES N. BARRETT Term Expires 1941
LOUIS N. COUSBELIS Term :Expires 1941
WILLIAM H. DONALD Term Expires 1941
ARTIN PAPAZIAN Term Expires 1941
CHESTER H. PARKER Term Expires 1941
ROBERT J. PLUNKETT Term Expires 1941
SEBASTIAN TANGUSSO Term Expires 1941
FRANCIS I. BROWN Term Expires 1942
CARL W. JOHNSON Term Expires 1942
HARRY J. LANDEN Term Expires 1942
CLARK B. PARTRIDGE Term Expires 1942
EDWARD J. SUPPLE Term Expires 1942
LELAND C. BIXBY Term Expires 1943
ARAM BRAZILIAN Term Expires 1943
ALBERT P. BROGLE Term Expires 1943
MATTHEW W.J. CARLEY Term Expires 1943
WILLIAM S. HOLDSWORTH Term Expires 1943
SAMUEL K. TARBELL Term Expires 1943
LAURENCE J. W ALSH Term Expires 1943
Public Weighers
LOUIS P. RAY HARRY E. BURROUGHS
ALBERT TAUBENSEE PAUL DRURY
MARION G. O'BRIEN PERCY J. WALKER
ROGER FRISSORA MARSHALL CIAMPI
WM. McCARTHY CHELLY N. SWANSON
PETER COEN HAROLD R. PEVEAR
CHARLES CASEY CHARLES DENMAN
JOSEPH HOLBROOK
Measurers of Wood and Bark
CHARLES CASEY HAROLD R. PEVEAR
PETER COEN
Keeper of Infirmary and Pound
PATRICK J. SKEHILL Appointed by Selectmen Sept. 5, 1940
OFFICERS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE
Town Engineer
OTIS D. ALLEN
Superintendent of Streets
PIERCE P. CONDON
Keeper of Infirmary and Pound
•GEORGE H. WHITE
"Deceased June 11, 1940
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Inspector of Cattle and Town Veterinarian
HARRY W. JAKEMAN
Agent, Soldiers' Relief
MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON
Agent for Burial of Deceased Soldiers
MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON
Agent of Public Welfare
AUGUSTINE A. FOLEY
Health Officer
JOHN A. COLBERT
Superintendent of Cemeteries
VAN D. HORTON
Superintendent of Water Department
*WALTER E. RUNDLETT
*Deceased June 3. 1940. No successor named in 1940.
Chief of Police
JOHN F. MILMORE
Chief of Fire Department
JOHN W. O'HEARN
Inspector of Buildings
ELIAS A. PERKINS
Inspector of Plumbing
CHARLES M. HEWITT
Inspector of Poles and Wires
LEO P. LANDRY
Sealer of Weights and Measures
VICTOR M. ANDERSON
Supervisors of Attendance
JOSEPH L. CARROLL FRANCIS E. CAVERLY
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1940 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
At Town Meeting of March 25, 1940 under Article 4, it was voted to
appoint a committee of five to study the needs of Highway department
with view to motorizing the Department and replacing at regular inter-
vals equipment of Department.
On May 15, 1940 the Moderator appointed the following committee:
Thomas F. Megan, Chairman
Matthew W.J. Carley Percy C. Campbell
Daniel S. MacKay Samuel K. Tarbell
At Town Meeting of March 25, 1940 under Article 11 it was voted to
appoint a committee of five, of whom the Town Counsel shall be one
member, to study matter in regard to securing quarters for allied organ-
izations of the Grand Army of the Republic.
On August 2, 1940 the Moderator appointed the following:
B. Fay McGlauflin Mrs. Marion C. Healy
Lester E. Markham Mrs. Ella Smith
Wilfred J. Paquet, Town Counsel (Ex officio)
At Town Meeting of October 14, 1940 under Article 17, it was voted
to appoint a committee of five to study report of survey submitted by
Town Meeting of June 12, 1939 by The Bingham Associates and to report
to next Annual Town Meeting such recommendations for action by
Town or any of its officers together with any drafts of articles necessary
to carry such recommendations into effect. Such Committee to consist
of Chairman of Board of Selectmen, Chairman of Finance Committee
and three other persons not elective or appointive officers or employees
of the Town.
On January 14, 1941 the Moderator appointed the following Com-
mittee:
Bernard S. McHugh, Chairman Board of Selectmen (ex officio)
Edward C. Webster, Chairman Finance Committee (ex officio)
Charles L. Milward, 15 Robbins Rd.
James M. Oates, 145 Russell Ave.
Charles F. Shaw, 62 Langdon Ave.
Under Article 18 of Town Meeting of October 14, 1940 it was voted
to appoint a committee of five to study and survey advisability of erect-
ing a Municipal Incinerator, to report at next annual meeting.
On January 20, 1941, the Moderator appointed the following com-
mittee:
John L. Hayden, 84 Bradford Rd.
James Bagnall, 15 Kimball Rd.
Charles P. Colligan, 5 Royal St.
John M. Dardis, 26 Hawthorne St.
G. Frederick Robinson, 106 Mt. Auburn St.
Under Article 20 of Town Meeting of October 14, 1940 it was voted
to appoint a committee of five to survey and study the advisability of
erecting a Municipal Recreation Centre, to report at next annual Town
Meeting.
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The following Committee was appointed by Moderator John M.
Russell on January 20, 1941:
Henry W. Gibson, 14 Avon Rd.
Oscar M. Canady, 89 Carroll St.
Mrs. Mary F. Gledhill, 364 School St.
Miss Helene M. Maxwell, 37 Pearl St.
Sebastian Tangusso, 92 Bellevue Rd.
Under Article 28 of Town Meeting of October 14, 1940 it was voted
to appoint a Committee of Five to study the advisability of purchasing
Lots 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 Buick St. for the purpose of enlarging the so-
called Bemis Playground. Report and recommendations to be submitted
to next annual Town Meeting.
On January 20, 1941, Moderator John M. Russell appointed the fol-
lowing:
Francis X. Mooney, 25 Longfellow Rd.
Robert E. Carney, 49 Olney St.
Joseph A. Dunn, 28 Robbins Rd.
William H. Thomas, 73 Galen St.
L. Bennett Turner, 33 Robbins Rd.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Committee to study methods of co-ordinating and increasing effect-
iveness of Town's recreational activities, as directed under Article 18
of Warrant for Adjourned Town Meeting of March 30, 1936.
Charles F. Shaw, Selectman ex ofiicio
Archibald Williams, School Committee
Lawrence F. Lane, Park Commission
Bernard S. McHugh, Playground Commission
M. Louise Russell
James M. Oates
Bernice L. Campbell
Committee of five appointed by Moderator June 7, 1937 under Article
1 of Town Meeting May 17, 1937 "to study the necessity of a revision of
the By-laws, including the Building Laws."
Wilfred J. Paquet, Town Counsel, ex ofl'icio
Elias A. Perkins
Lieut. Joseph J. Reilly
Edward C. Hall
William G. Grundy
Committee to study school site in Riverton section of Watertown,
Article 21 of Annual Town Meeting April 4, 1938.
John A. Collins, Chairman
Dr. Francis J. Burger, Jr. John A. Colbert
Lester W. Cooch Patrick A. Menton, School Com.
Alexander Ross E. Louise Richardson, School Com.
Committee of seven to study advisability of establishing a Municipal.
Lighting Plant.
John A. Colbert, Chairman
Wilfred J. Paquet, Sec. Andrew D. Bradford
Charles P. Colligan, Selectman Maurice J. Carroll
Frank C. Gallagher Ernest K. Ingalls
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Committee of ten appointed July 9, 1938 to consider Federal Govern-
ment appropriation of $200,000 for a new Post Office for the Town of
Watertown.
Edward D. Holland, Chairman
Harry Brown Pierce L. Fish
Frederick F. Hale Florence F. McAuliffe
Daniel J. Murphy James M. Oates
G. Frederick Robinson James H. Sheridan
Melvin V. Weldon
POPULATION
The estimated number of inhabitants of Watertown for the year
1915, as shown by the State Census, 16,615; Police census, 18,040; Police
census in January 1917, 20,055. Estimated population January 1918,
20,500. Police census in January 1919, 21,500. Federal census January
1, 1920, 21,457. Estimated population, January 1922, 22,500. Estimated
population, January 1923, 23,000. Estimated population January 1924,
25,000. State Census April 1, 1925, 25,480. Estimated population January
1926, 27,500. Estimated population January 1927, 28,500. Estimated pop-
ulation January 1928, 30,000. Estimated population January 1929, 31,500.
Estimated in January 1930, 32,500. Federal Census April 1930, 34,913.
Estimated in January 1933, 36,400. Estimated in January 1934, 36,500.
State Census in January 1935, 35,827. Estimated in January 1937, 36,500.
Estimated in January 1938, 37,000. Estimated in January 1939, 38,000.
Estimated in January 1940, 38,500. Federal Census April 1940, officially
reported as 35,427.
NOTICE TO CITIZENS
As suggested by the Bingham Survey report of 1939, the actual copy
of warrants for the Town Meetings held during 1940 are deleted from
the Annual Reports. The Articles, as they appear in the Warrants for
Town Meetings, are printed in full in the record of meetings.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 4, 1940
PRECINCT OFFICERS
Precinct 1. Warden: Eugene L. Storey; Clerk, John T. Dorney.
Inspectors: Albert Zaino, Americo Valentino, Jacob Sarkisian, Ameila
D'Amico, Wallace McCarthy, Frances C: Barrett, Mary Pennington,
Anna Stanley, Ernest Swanson, Anna Guiliani. Counters: Concetta
Centorino, Joseph Mazza, Eleanor Valentino, Theresa Sardellitti, Theresa
Arone, Mary R. Lowney, Ardrina Surabian, John J. Sullivan, Mary
Morrell, Agnes D. Morris.
Precinct 2. Warden: Peter T. Coen; Clerk, Andrew K. Scott. In-
spectors: Katherine Nielsen, Hermine Horhorouny, Helen L. Morley,
Mollie E. Smith, Diadzan Garabedian, Helen F. Oates, Margaret J.
O'Driscoll, Julia Gallagher, Alexander K. Ward, George E. Stickney.
Counters: Walter G. MacDonald, Kevork DerBogosian, Suzanne Feeney,
Anna D. Asaiante, Rose Ajemian, Isabelle Robley, Theodore Nielsen,
Mathilda Harley, John J. Busconi, Albert Abrahamian.
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Precinct 3. Warden, Richard M. Hatch; Clerk, John J. Ingerson.
Inspectors: Carroll Y. Monaghan, Mary A. Andrews, Ellen M. Tracy,
Roger F. Mathews, Gertrude M. Hynes, Anna L. Vahey, Roy L. Cum-
mings, James H. Thornley, Hugh McBreen, Stanley C. Weldon. Count-
ers: J. Carl Orth, Gertrude E. French, Ida B. Partridge, S. Edna White,
M. Elizabeth Patterson, Frank J. Hynes, Charles W. Patterson, Minnie
McNamara, Bertha Kelly, Bernard E. Tombrink.
Precinct 4. Warden, Wm. M. Emerson; Clerk, John B. Watson. In-
spectors: Emil K. Hall, James D. Hackett, Joseph G. Gavin, Christine
M. McNiff, Elizabeth F. MacDonough, Francis M. Lightbody, Frances P.
Stone, John J. Brennan, Edith M. Beck, Winifred M. Donnelly. Count-
ers: Helen L. Walsh, Eleanor V. Ford, Franz Joseph Liljeholm, John
R. Mooney, Joseph H. Sheehan, Jr., Mary V. Catton, Barbara E. Hurley,
Katherine E. Ryan, Dorothy Bodge, Beatrice Stone.
Precinct 5. Warden, Joseph R. Cooney; Clerk, Grace M. Olson. In-
spectors: Lena Buchanan, Harry J. Quilty, Agnes C. Farraher, Alice E.
Sanger, Sadie E. Nichols, Grace E. McGee, Edward K. Bacon, Madaleine
C. Morgan, Cecelia M. Ford, Maud D. Hodges, Teresa D. Kenney.
Counters: Walter R. Flagg, Mabel C. MacNutt. Sarah E. Bickford, Eliza-
beth A. Williams, Ann Wilson, Mary Brennan, Rosemary Hogan, Helen
Beach, Grace W. Farwell.
Precinct 6. Warden, William G. Saunders; Clerk, George F. Doher-
ty. Inspectors: Mary C. Tuscher, Rosalie J. Whalan, Viola R. Parsons,
Margaret A. Ferguson, Clark F. Higgins, Elijah B. Robertson, Margaret
A. McDonald, Margaret Teletchea, Mary G. Luther, James L. Haddie.
Counters: Dorothy M. Nolan, Alvira C. Davis, Katherine C. Atkinson,
Florence H. Munsell, Arthur T. Derry, Helen C. Nolan, Olive C. Downer,
Anne M. McCoubrey, Arthur B. Jones, William R. Tuscher.
Precinct 7. Warden, Harry J. York; Clerk, John T. Gleason. In-
spectors: Percy M. Bond, Evangeline Johnson, Alice T. Withee, Ernestine
P. Howe, Amy F. Osborn, Mary Murnaghan, Margaret E. Berry, Marie
Gildea, Anna T. Hyde, John Linnehan, Counters: Mary B. Wilson.
Elizabeth Brown, Ruth C. McGowan, Mary E. Monroe, Marjorie Warner,
Dorothy Cooney, Anna M. Greeley, Walter J. McMullen, Julia C. Kellett,
Josephine R. O'Halloran.
Precinct 8. Warden, John P. Monahan; Clerk, Katherine M. Rollins.
Inspectors: Esther C. Costello, Olive P. Thayer, Maude Purchase, Esther
Grace, Antoinetta Santangelo, Catherine Campbell, Mary D. Garaway,
Mary G. Kenney, Walter A. Cooper, Mary McCall. Counters: Kath-
erine R. Mee, Ralph Garafalo, John C. Handrahan, Edward W. Connors,
Priscilla E. Achorn, Laura B. Fewkes, Irene Maguire, Thomas J. Keddy,
Rose Annese, James F. Walsh.
Precinct 9. Warden: Joseph M. Lally; Clerk, A. Leighton Marchant.
Inspectors: Barbara Connolly, Mary A. Devaney, Marguerite R. Colby,
Mary McElligott, Eleanor Mosman, Edythe B. Fraser, Margaret D. Hayes,
Margaret Grinnell, Annie M. Owen, Mary A. Clark. Counters: Martha
E. Ford, Sara Marchant, Mae C. Kelly, William A. Milton, Pauline C.
Johnston, Raymond H. Fraser, L. Elsie George, James J. O'Connell,
Frances McGrady, Hazel Howley.
Precinct 10. Warden, Francis J. McCarthy; Clerk, Ellen B. Lougee.
Inspectors: Wm. I. Norrish, Mildred Upit, Robert Carney, Margaret J.
Campbell, Mary E. Follansbee, Etta A. Kelly, John E. Mattison, Anna
V. Hughes, George E. LeFavor, Randolph J. Martin. Counters: Eliza-
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beth LaRhette, Esther D. Moffett, Harold F. Giggey, Patrick J. Morley,
James Faulkner, Ruth J. Harrington, Mary F. Watson, William H.
Hughes, John M. Sjostedt, Thomas F. MacDonald.
The foregoing officers were sworn to the faithful performance of
their duties by Town Clerk George B. Wellman.
The necessary ballots and paraphernalia for conducting the election
were inspected by the election officers of the various precincts.
At 8:00 A.M. the meetings were called to order, the polls were de-
clared open, and voting continued until 8:00 P.M. The ballots were
counted and the result of the same was declared in the respective pre-
cincts.
The return of votes cast was duly recorded in the record books of
the different precincts, and the ballot sheets and records were delivered
to the Registrars of Voters who proceeded to canvass the same with the
following result, which was declared by the Town Clerk.
The following persons indicated by a star (*) were elected and
sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by Town Clerk,
George B. Wellman.
TOTAL VOTE CAST-10,660
SELECTMAN, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE, SURVEYOR OF
HIGHWAYS AND APPRAISER—For Three Years
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
*H. Herbert Applin 435 551 634 835 574 700 732 314 339 413 5527
Patrick A. Menton 635 571 280 235 499 295 406 829 324 560 4634
Dick Piantedosi 128 23 1 3 6 11 66 32 51 10 331
Blanks 33 22 9 8 15 4 15 33 13 15 167
Scattering 1 1
TOWN CLERK—For Three Years
Gerard J. Riley 592 490 219 179 407 238 331 703 322 468 3949
*George B. Wellman 559 619 692 894 660 754 858 457 380 510 6383
Blanks 80 58 13 8 27 18 30 49 25 20 328
SCHOOL COMMITTEF,—For Three Years
*Herbert O. Berry 499 540 622 835 595 721 771 355 358 447 5743
*G. John Gregory 436 542 603 806 547 699 719 318 340 399 5409
Joseph C. Kelley 657 522 286 209 473 252 399 759 310 512 4379
*Winthrop G. Rockwell 375 472 593 801 564 673 729 315 329 413 5264
Alice D. Sullivan 528 515 253 235 451 279 420 803 316 515 4315
Laurence J. Walsh 735 578 265 216 469 257 391 766 304 496 4477
Blanks 463 332 150 141 183 149 228 311 224 212 2393
AUDITOR—For Three Years
*William W. Norcross, Jr. 926 951 829 998 933 922 1072 988 584 825 9028
Blanks 305 216 95 83 161 86 147 220 143 173 1629
Scattering 2 1 3
MODERATOR—For One Year
*John M. Russell 939 943 823 989 938 909 1058 990 592 824 9005
Blanks 292 224 101 92 156 101 161 219 135 174 1655
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ASSESSOR OF TAXES—For Three Years
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
*Andrew D. Bradford 410 482 585 813 559 682 735 321 350 391 5328
John J. Curran 750 632 323 258 501 308 453 828 334 555 4942
Blanks 71 53 16 10 34 20 31 60 43 52 390
BOARD OF HEALTH—For Three Years
Eugene F. Gorman 564 590 344 292 511 356 465 849 353 585 4909
Louis Mastrangelo 595 495 551 761 530 624 706 306 330 342 5240
Blanks 72 82 29 28 53 30 48 54 44 71 511
TRUSTEES FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY—For Three Years
John A. Collins 661 573 300 254 496 300 447 825 328 534 4718
William H. Eckert 446 497 593 809 547 696 703 300 322 376 5289
`Whitfield W. Johnson 444 486 596 801 540 670 711 291 315 381 5235
Donald J. MacDonald 644 565 285 241 486 280 436 830 350 566 4683
Blanks 267 213 74 57 119 74 141 172 139 139 1395
PARK COMMISSIONER—For Three Years
*Harold A. Godwin 425 491 594 816 571 703 720 326 353 415 5414
Bernard F. Pelkey 707 596 305 247 483 283 451 816 326 528 4742
Blanks 99 80 25 18 40 24 48 67 48 55 504
WATER COMMISSIONER—For Three Years
*Charles Armstrong 459 534 617 838 593 694 757 379 363 425 5659
Joseph W. Burke 679 557 284 223 461 288 414 755 316 515 4492
Blanks 93 76 23 20 40 28 48 75 48 58 500
TREE WARDEN—For One Year
"John C. Ford 929 953 831 996 950 905 1013 999 585 828 8989
Blanks 302 214 93 85 144 105 206 210 142 170 1671
PLANNING BOARD—For Three Years
*John H. Dardis 701 600 329 277 522 339 488 851 376 580 5063
Peter M. Feinberg 399 455 539 771 515 632 673 283 284 351 4902
Blanks 131 112 56 33 57 39 58 75 67 67 695
PLANNING BOARD—For One Year
Alexander Astorian 626 586 242 172 399 230 348 701 256 456 4016
*K. Edward Leinonen 427 452 589 810 549 660 726 310 328 383 5234
Henry A. Rattigan 647 558 293 254 495 304 432 819 327 564 4693
"Arthur E. Schoepfer 421 436 596 807 556 681 725 316 363 399 5300
Blanks 341 302 128 119 189 145 207 272 180 194 2077
CONSTABLES—For One Year
*Frank J. Argento 540 504 570 767 539 655 706 321 341 384 5327
James P. Burke 647 598 281 253 472 308 441 804 324 529 4657
"Waldo P. Emerson 485 556 640 853 592 719 764 392 368 466 5835
*Frank L. Maguire 629 662 723 891 739 802 882 622 455 586 6991
John A. Timoney 612 524 259 221 448 254 379 752 286 468 4203
Blanks 780 657 298 258 492 292 485 736 407 561 4966
Scattering 1 1
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT ONE
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
*Alberico, Remigio P. 18 Prentiss Street 297
Anestis, Nicholas 11 Yukon Avenue 219
Anjoorian, John A. 46 Elton Avenue 142
Argento, Frank J. 57 Elm Street 256
*Aron, Lawrence 8 Keith Street 290
Buonopane, Jerry 38 School Lane 137
*Cerrati, Frank 139 Grove Street 320
Cirillo, Vito M. 22 Edgecliffe Road 231
Clark, Charles E. 15 School Lane 251
Coutts, James 26 Westland Road 182
*Curran, Anne 14 Brimmer Street 360
*Curran, Charles J. 67 Templeton Pkwy. 318
*D'Angelo, Rocco 58 Cottage Street 284
*Davenport, Alfred M., Jr. 88 Grove Street 336
Doyle, Timothy 42 Salisbury Road 255
Duca, Anthony 42 Clarendon Street 143
Eaton, Robert D. 21 Elton Avenue 281
Garber, Rubin E. 183 Grove Street 150
Harting, Herbert C. 62 Templeton Pkwy. 266
MacLeod, James E. 790 Mt. Auburn Street 184
Maloney, William E. 10 Brimmer Street 269
McDermott, George W. 9 Maplewood Street 203
McDermott, Joseph J. 217 Arlington Street 211
Montuori, Tony 8 Berkeley Street 170
*Natale, Frank J. 750 Mt. Auburn Street 314
Pallone, Domenic 11-0 Elm Street 189
Pelkey, Bernard F. 163 Hillside Road 254
*Pugliese, Amarando G. 805 Mt. Auburn Street 298
Raneri, Pasquale 17 Hearn Street 103
Raymond, Dominic J. 8 School Lane 232
Renaccio, George 16 Prentiss Street 150
Riordan, Daniel L. 31 Kimball Road 174
Ryan, William J. 153 Hillside Road 272
Stark, James G. 36 School Lane 151
Urquhart, Fraser A. 16 Francis Street 155
Blanks 3034
Scattering 1
Two Year Term—Vote for One
(To fill Vacancy)
Duca, Cirio G. 93 Arlington Street 408
*Morley Edward F. 22 Brimmer Street 555
Scattering 1
Blanks 267
One Year Term—Vote for Two
(To fill Vacancies)
*Kendall, Delbert W. 38 Kimball Road 712
*Garber, Rubin E. 183 Grove Street 3
Scattering 8
Blanks 1739
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PRECINCT TWO
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
*Berberian, Diran H. 142 Nichols Avenue 377
Cheevor, William A. 76 Putnam Street 239
Cleval, John E. 136 Cypress Street 173
Djinivis, Paul B. 30 Concord Road 182
*Ellis, Thomas E. 134 Spruce Street 374
*Fallon, Walter L. 6 Porter Street 444
Glossa, William R. 375 Mt. Auburn Street 248
*Hannan, Owen 67 Hazel Street 403
*Higgins, Florence 25 Dartmouth Street 376
Jenkins, Walter L. 125 Spruce 'Street 330
Jones, Frank E. 91 Boylston Street 312
Kavalgian, Aram 146 School Street 301
Lembo, Philip J. 176 Walnut Street 236
MacKinnon, Hugh 160 School Street 320
MacLeod, Malcolm J. 40 Spruce Street 271
sMcEnaney, Michael J. 113 Boylston Street 378
Mooers, Edward P. 105 Spruce Street 216
Ohanian, Suran M. 33 Melendy Avenue 366
Robley, George H. 45 Boylston Street 213
*Ryan, Alice 39 Hazel Street 403
Sheehan, Gerald P. 17 Hazel Street 267
Shyne, Elizabeth C. 5 Porter Street 207
Stewart, James A. 164 School Street 338
*Sullivan, John J. 96 Boylston Street 382
"Whittemore, Charlotte 11 Fairfield Street 432
Blanks 2713
One Year Term—Vote for One
(To fill Vacancy)
*DuBois, Eugene W. 157 Spruce Street 476
Nielsen, Ellen A. 34 Dartmouth Street 421
Blanks 270
PRECINCT THREE
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
*Beale, William R. 38 Carver Road, East 703
*Brooks, Eugene B. 97 Langdon Avenue 715
*Campbell, Percy C. 330 School Street 709
*Eaton, Charles P. 144 Winsor Avenue 707
*MacMillan, Willard 169 Winsor Avenue 665
*Murray, Joseph F. 32 Richards Road 485
*Pike, Kenneth L. 73 Winsor Avenue 678
*Saunders, Abraham 93 Langdon Avenue 664
*Taylor, Charles H. 11 Appleton Street 636
Toscano, Anna R. 3 Langdon Avenue 360
Scattering 8
Blanks 1986
Two Year Term—Vote for One
(To fill Vacancy)
*Setcliffe, Guy M. 151 Maplewood Street 667
Blanks 257
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One Year Term—Vote for One
(To fill Vacancy)
Shaw, Charles F. 62 Langdon Avenue 14
*Tombrink, Bernard E. 96 Hillside Road 18
Scattering 22
Blanks 870
PRECINCT FOUR
Three Year Terni—Vote for Nine
'Bowen, Alma G. 265 Mt. Auburn Street 849
*Camp, Edward C. 25 Garfield Street 862
*Casey, Wiliam G. 11 Marcia Road 822
Erskine, Kenneth H. 91 Common Street 848
*Grower, James G. 30 Barnard Avenue 8577
*Keene, Irving C. 7 Grenville Road 823
*Reed, Earle L. 18 Robbins Road 852
*Tuck, Harold S. 42 Barnard Avenue 850
*Weldon, Melvin V. 41 Columbia Street 859
Blanks 2107
Two Year Terin—Vote for Two
(To fill Vacancy)
*Catton, Walter R. 486 Belmont Street 861
*Wright, Donald D 127 Barnard Avenue 868
Blanks 433
One Year Term—Vote for Three
(To fill Vacancy)
'Johnson, Clifford K. 22 Robbins Road 854
*Knight, George W. 36 Arden Road 837
*Black, Lester 20 Chester Street 30
Blanks 1522
PRECINCT FIVE
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
Ansell, William Edward, Jr. 281 Arsenal Street 282
`,Baker, Karl G. 54 Beacon Park 457
*Carroll, Joseph L. 238 No. Beacon Street 387
Concannon, Edmund P. 91 Arsenal Street 249
Driscoll, Michael Henry 18 Pequossette Street 270
Flood, Joseph W. 142 No. Beacon Street 358
*Ford, James E. 29 Irving Street 430
Gildea, Joseph E. 18 Fifield Street 284
Hickey, Edmund P. 9 Thurston Road 385
Howe, George K. 13 Auburn Place 379
*Hutchins, Arthur L. 34 Phillips Street 441
Kavanaugh, J. Roger 36 Frank Street 208
Kelliher, Patrick J. 22 Frank Street 344
Kelly, Edward P. 3 Royal Street 263
Linehan, Michael L. 17 Bay Street 176
Maguire, John J. 42 No. Beacon Street 290
''Milmore, Stephen 98 Irving Street 424
Morley, Edward F. 17 Patten Street 284
Neal, Paul Leslie 175 No. Beacon Street 208
*Sampson, Anselm Paul 16 Frank Street 383
Sheehan, Maurice J. 3 Fifield Street 231
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*Spalding, William F. 86 Beechwood Avenue 443
Specht, Alden S. 24 Irving Street 350
*Worcester, Ralph H. 43 Phillips Street 474
Blanks 1846
One Year Term—Vote for Two
(To fill Vacancy)
*Coolidge, William A. 15 Pequossette Street 456
*Milmore, Thomas 90 Riverside Street 464
Noyes, Clifford K. 86 Riverside Street 179
Walsh, William F. 115 No. Beacon Street 358
Whitney, Charles A. 15 INfield Street 380
Blanks 342
PRECINCT SIX
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
Bagley, Robert W. 189 Waverley Avenue 249
*Bradford, Andrew D. 144 Lovell Road 705
*Bramhall, Charles W. 28 Hall Avenue 599
Campbell, Walter M. 21 Springfield Street 295
Carson, Everett J. 760 Belmont Street 252
Cashin, Edward V. 79 Harnden Avenue 187
*Dexter, Evans K. 101 Lovell Road 619
*Eckert, William H. 12 Hall Avenue 604
*Fay, Stuart J. 11 Locke Street 533
Foisy, Hubert 43 Carroll Street 215
Geary, John J. 17 Bradford Road 242
'Gilbert, Walter P. 134 Standish Road 570
'Gillis, Edward F. 176 Lovell Road 514
Gless, Dorothea C. 74 Springfield Street 111
*MacKay, Norman D. 166 Worcester Street 601
McAuliffe, Thomas J. 16 Fitchburg Street 1D9
*Parsons, William 14 Carlton Terrace 568
Stevens, William H. 15 Lawrence Street 201
Teletchea, Joseph L. 760 Belmont Street 186
Welch, John J., Jr. 27 Quincy Street 231
Scattering 1
Blanks 1408
One Year Term—Vote for One
(To fill Vacancy)
Lauricella, Antonio 249 Waverley Avenue 115
"Wilson, Herbert S. 21 Standish Road 682
Blanks 213
PRECINCT SEVEN
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
Cannon, George H. 9 Dana Terrace 362
*Cary, Ethel Gibson 25 Marion Road 633
Cohen, Benjamin 22 Church Street 175
D'Antonio, Stramero S. 200 Summer Street 193
Dardis, John H. 26 Hawthorne Street 386
*Day, John M. 13 Oliver Street 692
English, Samuel 127 Waverley Avenue 226
*Everett, Harold C. 114 Marshall Street 694
*Fish, Pierce L. 78 Marshall Street 684
*Gray. Arthur F. 20 Payette Street 643
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O'Halloran, Edward P. 107 Fayette Street 373
Papalia, John F. 191 Summer Street 252
*Perkins, Homer C. 101 Marshall Street 646
*Savage, Frances M. 145 Church Street 451
Smith, Edwin B. 91 Spring Street 387
*Smith, Harry A. 52 Oliver Street 617
Tiano, Roy 37 Quirk Street 158
Twohig, Charles Francis 153 Summer Street 239
*Waterhouse, Frank W. 59 Marshall Street 609
Young, Frederick N. 11 Hill Street 368
Blanks 2183
One Year Term—Vote for Three
(To fill Vacancy)
*Coumans, William J. 67 Marion Road 808
*Kerr, Charles A. 130 Marshall Street 812
Peyton, Stephen C. 4 Hawthorne Street 390
*Porter, Stanley D. 35 Marion Road 731
Blanks 916
PRECINCT EIGHT
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
Achorn, Warren J. 47 Maple Street 215
Adams, Chester A. 67 Union Street 247
*Andrews, Joseph W. 134 Main Street 527
Calden, Mortimer H. 52 Morse Street 226
*Costello, Maurice H. 29 Boyd Street 474
Feinberg, Peter M. 93 Watertown Street 193
Furfey, Arthur L. 12 Eliot Street 230
*Gaffney, George J. 8 Theurer Park 394
Hayes, Clifford R. 13 Union Street 261
Hayes, Cornelius B. 77 Union Street 283
*Joyce, Thomas F. 23 Boyd Street 460
Keefe, John J. 38 Green Street 308
Leacy, H. Maynard 111 Galen Street 233
*Maloney, John Joseph 39 Green Street 354
McCabe, Edward J. 65 Boyd Street 213
McCassie, Elbert W. 10 Jewett Street 138
McDonnell, James J. 19 California Park 169
McNicholas, James 38 Union Street 148
*McManus, Joseph 43 Morse Street 358
O'Donnell, James P. 12 Bacon Street 273
Perkins, Jesse S. 27 Maple Street 185
•Quinn, Edward M. 94 Galen Street 269
*Rockett, Richard 43 Boyd Street 342
Rollins, Richard B. 143 Galen Street 244
Sallese, Anthony 153 Pleasant Street 220
Sullivan, Francis P. 59 Morse Street 289
*Thomas, William H. 73 Galen Street 551
*Walsh, Leo F. 63 Union Street 593
Blanks 2484
Two Year Term—Vote for One
(To fill Vacancy)
Kelley, Charles B. 50 California Street 438
*Kenslea, Daniel L. 44 Capitol Street 546
Blanks 225
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One Year Term—Vote for One
(To fill Vacancy)
Kokotoff, Henry 64 California Street 70
Mannix, Mary 24 Middle Street 379
*Morris, William J. 35 Morse Street 522
Blanks 238
PRECINCT NINE
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
*Bray, Fred W. 164 Waverley Avenue 373
*Bronson, Franklin C. 15 Brookline Street 347
Carbone, Giovanni 26 Loomis Avenue 270
*Clark, Guy P. 34 Waverley Avenue 361
Daley, Michael L. 88 Edenfield Avenue 259
Damiano, Joseph 112 Edenfield Avenue 193
*Daughters, Roscoe F. 15 Knowles Road 356
Hession, Philip J. 11 Bancroft Street 232
Howley, Thomas Joseph 128 Chapman Street 225
*McElhiney, George H. 189 Sycamore Street 296
Noren, Ernest Y. 10 Harnden Avenue 246
Paterson, Gilbert W. 12 Bridgham Avenue 227
*Perkins, Joseph G. 158 Sycamore Street 334
*Schoepfer, Arthur E. 189 Sycamore Street 284
*Swanson, Roy B. 361 Orchard Street 290
Thyberg, Carl J. 14 Harnden Avenue 225
*Vaughan, Frank J. 14 Edenfield Avenue 295
Scattering 8
Blanks 1722
Two Year Term—Vote for One
(To fill Vacancy)
DeLuca, Vincent 43 Loomis Avenue 244
*McMahon, Patrick T. 54 Knowles Road 286
Scattering 1
Blanks 196
One Year Term—Vote for Two
(To fill Vacancy)
*Bragole, Louis 11 Hillside Street 4
MacIsaac, Frank 191 Sycamore Street 2
DeLucca, Vincent 43 Loomis Street 2
Hauswirth, John B. 298 Waverley Avenue 2
Bronson, Burr 15 Brookline Street 2
Mann, Charles 137 Lexington Street 2
Scattering 9
Blanks 1431
*Tie for second place—No one declared elected.
PRECINCT TEN
Three Year Term—Vote for Nine
Blanchard, Joseph S. 84 Lexington Street 272
*Cannon, Joseph G. 27 Gilbert Street 425
*Chase, Erle L. 32 Olcott Street 274
Comfort, Redford L. 669 Main Street 260
*Connors, James E. 98 Rutland Street 396
*Connors, Thomas F. 98 Rutland Street 352
*Dwyer, Joseph A. 30 Stuart Street 419
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Fitzgerald, James F. 235 Pleasant Street 183
Gibson, William A. 57 Chapman Street 197
Giggey, Katherine M. 15 Copeland Street 267
Hanley, George S. 37 Prescott Street 257
Hubbell, Thaddeus R. 71 Emerson Road 212
*Hunt, Harold I. 35 Emerson Road 302
King, Myles L. 15 Partridge Street 233
LaForte, Albert J. 542 a Pleasant Street 160
Lamb, Leon M. 39 Bridge Street 215
Lopez, Richard F. Sr. 15 Oakland Street 267
*Lovegren, Oscar P. 38 Gilbert Street 313
*MacDonald, Donald J. 537 Main Street 356
Moran, Patrick J. 56 Gilbert Street 259
Morris, Robert 50 Chapman Street 162
Mosman, Arthur D. 14 Olney Street 240
Pratley, Henry G. 33 Gleason Street 191
Ramsay, 'Stewart 136 Highland Avenue 225
Reid, Martin J. 23 Chapman Street 264
Scarpino, Frank 12 Lexington Street 86
'Scharff, Louis 16 Olcott Street 292
Blanks 1903
One Year Term—Vote for Two
(To fill Vacancies)
*Hardy, Thomas 70 Wilmot Street 383
King, Myles 15 Partridge Street 250
Lindahl, Francis C. 20 Prescott Street 339
*MacRae, Clarence W. 19 Rutland Street 369
Moran, Paul C. 56 Gilbert Street 290
Blanks 365
The result of count of votes cast at the Annual Town Election was
forwarded to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
In accordance with Chapter 51, Section 61, the return of the regis-
tered voters at the close of Registration on February 21, 1940, was for-
warded to the Secretary of State.
In accordance with Chapter 54, Section 132, the number of persons
who voted in each precinct was forwarded to Secretary of State.
In connection with the work of the Department of Corporations and
Taxation a list of Town officials was forwarded to Theodore N. Waddell,
Director of Accounts.
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
Record of Annual Town Meeting—Monday Evening,
March 4, 1940
Meeting was called to order at 8.15 P.M. by Moderator John M.
Russell.
Officers' returns on Warrant were read by Town Clerk George B.
Wellman.
Voted: To take up Article 2.
Article 2. To choose all other necessary Town Officers in such man-
ner as the Town may direct.
Voted: That the Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to
appoint all Town Officers not chosen on the official ballot.
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Voted: That this meeting be and is hereby adjourned until Mon-
day evening, March 25, 1940, at 7.00 P.M. to meet in the Senior High
School building, Columbia Street, Watertown, at which time and place
all business called for in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of
March 4, 1940, under Articles 3 to 34 inclusive, will come before the meet-
ing for consideration and action.
Notice for Adjourned Town Meeting, Monday Evening,
March 25, 1940
Notice is hereby given the legal voters of the Town of Watertown
that the Town Meeting called for Monday evening, March 4, 1940, at
8.15 P.M. has been adjourned until Monday evening, March 25, 1940 at
7.00 P.M. to meet in the Senior High School building, on Columbia
Street, in said Town of Watertown, at which time and place all business
in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 4, 1940 under
Articles 3 to 34 inclusive, will come before the meeting for consideration
and action.
And the legal voters of the Town of Watertown are hereby notified
and warned to meet at the time and place herein specified, by posting
copies of this notice in ten or more conspicuous public places in Town,
twenty-four hours at least prior to the time of said meeting, and also by
causing a copy of the same to be published in a Watertown newspaper.
Given under our hands this fourth day of March, A.D. 1940.
JOHN M. RUSSELL,
Moderator.
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
Clerk's Return on Notice
I have posted copies of the foregoing notice in ten or more conspicu-
ous public places in Town, at least twenty-four hours prior to the time
of said Adjourned Meeting, and have also caused a copy of the same to
be published in a Watertown newspaper.
Notices were mailed to the Town Meeting Members at least seven
days prior to the time of said Adjourned Town Meeting of the proposed
business to be considered at the meeting.
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
Record of Annual Town Meeting, March 25, 1940
Meeting was called to order by Moderator John M. Russell on Mon-
day Evening, March 25, 1940 at 7.30 P.M.
Clerk's returns on notice of Adjourned Annual Meeting were read
by Town Clerk George B. Wellman.
The meeting was opened with prayer being offered by Rev. William
E. Collins of St. Patrick's Church.
Number of Town Meeting Members present at time of calling meet-
ing to order: 175. Number present at meeting as reported by checkers'
record: 253. Number of Town Meeting Members necessary for a
quorum: 93.
Notices were received from the Chairman of Precincts 4, 5, and 9,
respectively, of the election to fill town meeting vacancies of:
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Eric L. Johnson of 87 Barnard Avenue, to fill vacancy in Precinct
Four, 1941 Term, caused by the election of Earle S. Tyler as Chairman of
the School Committee.
Russell B. Kennett, 12 Marcia Road, to fill vacancy in Precinct Four,
1942 Term, caused by the election of H. Herbert Applin as a Selectman.
George K. Howe, 19 Auburn Place. to fill vacancy in Precinct Five,
1942 Term, caused by the election of Edward C. Hall as Chairman of the
Water Commissioners.
Eva M. Eagleson, 60 Hillside Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Nine.
1941 Term, caused by a tie vote being cast on Election Day, March 4,
1940.
The Town Meeting Members present were sworn to the faithful
performance of their duties by Town Clerk George B. Wellman, as fol-
lows:
Oath of Town Meeting Members
"Having been duly elected Town Meeting Members, you, each of you,
severally, solemnly swear that you will perform the duties pertaining to
that office with fidelity and impartiality, and for the best interests of the
Town of Watertown, so help you, God."
Article 3. To hear the report of the Town Officers as printed and to
hear the report of any committee heretofore appointed, and act thereon.
Voted: That the reports of the Town Officers as printed in the
Town Report for the year 1939 be and they are hereby accepted.
Article 4. To grant such sums of money as may be thought neces-
sary for the uses and expenses of the Town for the current year, direct
how the same shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: To change the name of "Clerk" in the Selectmen's Depart-
ment to "Confidential Secretary."
Voted: That Committee of Five be appointed by the Moderator to
study the needs of the Highway Department with view to motorizing the
department, and replacing at regular intervals equipment of department.
General Administration
Moderator . . . . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . $100.00
Selectmen's Department:
Selectmen's Salaries . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.500.00
Salary of Confidential Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
Contingencies ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
Treasurer's Department:
Treasurer's Salary . . . .. . . .. .. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500.00
Salary of First Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
Salary of Second Clerk . . ... .. . . ... . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100.00
Contingencies .. . . .. .. . . ... .. . . .... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.00
NewDesk . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
Protectograph and Signature Machine . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 550.00
Collector's Department: (See Article 7)
Collector's Salary . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . .... .. . ... . . . .. . . .. 3,500.00
Salary of First Clerk .. . . . .... ..... . . ..... . .. ... . . . . ... 1,600.00
Salary of Second Clerk . ...... . .... . . ...... .. .... . .. .. . 1,300.00
Salary of Third Clerk . . . . ... . . .... . . .... . . . . .. . . . .. . .. 1,150.00
Contingencies .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . .. ... .. . . ... . . ... . . 1,700.00
Tax Sale Advertising .. . . . . . .. . .... .. . .... . . ... . . . . . . .. 500.00
Recording Deeds . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. .. . . ... . . .. . . . .. 300.00
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Auditor's Department:
Auditor's Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . 3,500.00
Salary of Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1,350.00
Contingencies .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . ... 675.00
Clerk Hire . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . . ... . ... . . . . . ... 100.00
Assessor's Department:
Assessor's Salaries . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 4,100.00
Salary of First Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.00
Salary of Second Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 1,350.00
Salary of Third Clerk .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 2,100.00
Appellate Tax Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. No appro.
Finance Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . 1,500.00
Legal Services:
Salary of Town Counsel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. 2,000.00
Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00
Town Clerk's Department:
Salary of Town Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . 3,500.00
Salary of First Clerk . .. . .. .. . . . ...... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,400.00
Salary of Second Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . 1,300.00
Salary of Third Clerk . . ... . . . . . . . .... . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . 1,086.00
Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. 1,375.00
Advertising Building By-laws . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . 147.50
Engineering Department:
Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15,250.00
Contingencies . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . ..... . . . .. . . 1,000.00
Blue Printing Machine . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.00
Election Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 10,400.00
Registrars of Voters:
Salary of 4 men @ $100.00 . . . . . . ... .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . 400.00
Permanent Assistant Registrar . .. .. .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . 950.00
Listing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . 900.00
Printing Voting Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .... . . .. . . .. . . 1,540.00
Town Hall:
Salary of Janitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 1,700.00
Salary of Assistant Janitor . . . . . .. . ... . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
Telephone Operator . . .. . .. .. . . . .. . ... . . . ... . . .. . . . . .. . 1,200.00
Fuel . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . .... ... . . . . . ... .. . . . . ... .. 1,100.00
Light . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 1.400.00
Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... . 1,000.00
Telephone—Mid. 8200 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,200.00
Planning Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . 100.00
Board of Appeals . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . 300.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department:
Salary of Chief ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200.00
Salaries of Captains (2) . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 4,883.00
Salaries of Lieutenants (2) . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,160.00
Salaries of Sergeants (6) . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,700.00
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Patrolmen (35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,000.00
Civilian Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,850.00
Wagonman—Clerk 1st half . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,825.00
Janitor—Wagonman . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,825.00
Wagonman—Clerk 2nd half . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1,600.00
Reserve Police . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,150.00
Contingencies . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000.00
Teletype . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 540.00
Broadcasting Fee . .. . . . . .. ... . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . 300.00
Replace Cruisers . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00
Replace Plymouth . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 540.00.
Replace Motorcycles (3) ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932.00
Ballistics Advisor . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
Fire Department:
Salary of Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200.00
Salaries of Captains (3) . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,800.00
Salaries of Lieutenants (4) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,800.00
Permanent Men (48) . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,714.80
Mechanician . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400.00
Call Men (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 310.00
Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,800.00
Portable Lighting Unit . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . 475.00
Inhalator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
Uniforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . . . . .. . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . 600.00
New Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
Fire tappers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No appro.
New 750 gal. Pump . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No appro.
Inspector of Buildings
Salary of Inspector . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.600.00
Salary of Clerk . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 250.00
Contingencies . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Transportation . . . ... . . . . . . ... . . . ... . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 200.00
Weights and Measures:
Salary of Sealer . .. .. . . .... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900.00
Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... .. . . . .. .. . . . .. . .. . . ... 350.00
New Car . . . . ... . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . No appro.
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth:
Salary of Superintendent . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00
Salary of Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.00
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
Elm Leaf Beetle and Aphis . . . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
Tree Warden:
Salary of Tree Warden . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00
Salary of Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
Maintenance . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00
New Trees and Labor . ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.000.00
New Truck . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
Poles and Wires Department:
Salary of Inspector .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200.00
Salary of Clerk .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.00
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,560.00
New Construction . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00
Replace Auto . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700.00
Signal Room—Maintenance .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 865.00
Signal Room—Salaries (See Art. 24) . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 6,587.40
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Dog Officer:
Salary of Dog Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.00-
Health and Sanitation
Health Department:
Salary of Health Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00
Milk Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700.00
Salary of Clerk . . . . ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
Salaries of Nurses . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 3,000.00
Baby Clinic . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425.00
Dental Clinic . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,600.00
Contagious Diseases . ... . . . . ...... . . .. ... ... . . . .. . . . . . . 20,000.00
Contingent (Inc. insurance on 2 Cars) . ... . . . . . . . ... . . . 1.200.00
Cattle Inspection:
Salary of Town Veterinarian . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
Inspection of Plumbing:
Salary of Inspector .. .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . 2,500.00
Contingent . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 50.00
Sewer Department:
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.000.00
Maintenance . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . :... . ...... .. . . . . ... . . . . 12,000.00
Short Extensions . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .. . . . 500.00
Drainage . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . .. . . . 6,000.00
Drainage, Special (Catch Basins) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . No appro.
Care and Lighting of Highways
Highway Department:
Salary of Superinteud'ent . . . . . : . . . ... .. . 3,600.00
Salary .,V ^irst Clerk .. ... . . . . ... . . .............. . . . . . , . . 1,600.00
Salary (if-8.scond Clerk 1,300.00
Office Expense . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 400.00
Vacations .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . . . .. .. ... . 7,352.20
Construction . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. .... . . . . ..... . . .. ;. ..... 40,000.00
Constructicii—Chapter 90 . . . ....... . . .... ..•,•�:; : . .. 8,437.50
Maintenance ••• • •..••• 60,0W•00
Snow and Ice . . . . . . .. ...; ti..•.:•r;�... : .. . .. . ....... 40,000.00
Stable Maintenance . . ... . . . . .. .... . . . .. . ... . . . . . .... .. 1,500.00
Garbage Collection . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 26,200.00
Ashes and Paper . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 30,700.00
Patching W P A Ditches . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . 5,000.00
Betterments . . . ... .... . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 14,900.00
Dust Laying (Oiling Streets) 3,000.00
New Trucks . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . No appro.
Tractor Snowplows . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No appro.
Snow Plows (4) . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . No appro.
Chevrolet Car .. . . . . ..... . . . . . . ... .. . . . .... . . . . . ... . . . . 550.00
Street Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . 46,000.00
Sidewalks . .. . ... . . . . . .. ... . . . . .. .... . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
Sidewalk Maintenance .. . . . . .. ... ... . . .. . .. . .. . . .. .. . . 10,030.00
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
Infirmary Department:
Salary of Keeper . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . ....... .. ...... 1,000.00
General Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. 5,370.00
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Public Welfare:
Salary of Agent . . ... . . . . . ... ... . . .. ... . . ..... . . . . . . . . 2,100.00
Senior Investigator and Supervisor ...... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 2,100.00
Chief Clerk ..... . . ..... . . . . .. ... . . ..... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . 1,300.00
Junior Investigator . .. .. .. . 1,100.00
Interviewer-Clerk . . . . ... . . .. . ... . . . .... . . . . ..... . . . . . . 1,125.00
Senior Clerk . .. .. . .. ... . . .. .. .. . . . . .... . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . 1,050.00
Male Visitor . . . . . . .. .. . . . . ... .. . . .... .. .. . .. . .. . . . . . .. No Appro.
Intake Clerk . . . . . ... .. . . . . . ... . . . .. ... . . . ..... . . . . . . . No Appro.
Stenographer Clerk ... . . . . . .. . . . No Appro.
Outside Aid . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .... .. . . . . .... . . . .... . . . . . . . 125,000.00
Contingent . . .. . . . . ... . .. . . .... .. . . .. ... . . . . ... ... . . . . . 1,500.00
Supervisor, Old Age Asst. & A.D.C . ... . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . No Appro.*
Senior Visitor-Old Age Asst. and A.D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600.00
Junior Visitor-Old Age Asst. & A.D.C . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . No Appro.*
Chief Clerk-Old Age Asst. & A.D.C. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. 1,250.00
Junior Clerk-Old Age Asst. & A.D.0. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1,050.00
Additional Visitor-Old Age Asst. & A.D.C.. .. . . . . . . . . . No Appro.
Additional Clerk-Old Age Asst. & A.D.0. . .. . . . . . . . .. No Appro.
Old Age Assistance ... . . .. . ... .. . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. 75,000.00
Aid Dependent Children . . .. . .. . . . . ..... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 50,000.00
* To be paid out of Federal funds allocated for administration.
Town Physicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
State Aid: . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.500.00
Soldiers' Relief and Military Aid: . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . 45,000.00
Salary of Agent . . . . .. ... . . . . . .. . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00
Office Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . 500.00
. '6hools and UlftFie,• .
School DepartMen•`
General Codv&:%
Salary of'-Superintendent 5,200.00
Salaries of Glpiks .,. • 4,200.00
Attendance.,OII Vi s . ... ... . . ... . * . .a . .. .. 3,650.00
Attendance bi#ictl•s' Fieas� - .. . r:... .:. . . . . . . 500.00
Telephones . . . . . . ..... . . . 750.00
Office Expense 350.00
Instruction:
Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. ... .. . . . . ... . . . . .... . . . . . .. 463,320.00
Sick Leave-Special . . . . . 1,600.00
Books and Supplies . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 20 000.00
Operation:
,
Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . 33,900.00
Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
Light and Powei• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000.00
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 12,500.00
Halls . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
Maintenance . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 6,000.00
New Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00
Medical Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000.00
Miscellaneous . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
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Evening Schools:
Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00
Supplies . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . 200.00
Trade Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,000.00
Transportation . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,754.00
Public Library:
Salaries . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,300.00
Books, Periodicals, Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . 6,000.00
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,200.00
Plans to remodel North Branch . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
Roof Insulation at East Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Appro.
Oil Burner at East Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Appro.
Oil Burner at North Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Appro.
Recreation
Parks and Playgrounds:
Salary of Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00
Salary of Clerk . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.50
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
Labor . . . . 3,900.00
Playground Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,200.00
New Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
Public Enterprises
Water Department:
Salary of Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200.00
Salary of Assistant Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100.00
Salary- of First Clerk . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.00
Salary of Second Clerk . . .. ... . . . . .. . .. . . . . . ... .. . . . . . 1,100.00
Salary of Third Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . No Appro.
Extra Clerk Hire . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 500.00
Maintenance-Laboi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 31,440.00
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,460.00
Office Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ... .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00
Vacations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190.00
Detector Meters . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . 1,000.00
50 new 5/8" Meters . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
Ledger Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
Construction and Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,700.00
Renewal of Services . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,300.00
Cemeteries
Cemetery Department:
Salary of Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000.00
)Contingent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550;00
New Equipment at Ridgelawn . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . No Appro.
Public Debt and Interest
Town Debt (See Article 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 231,500.00
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,500.00
Unclassified
Pensions 19,486.15
Insurance . . .. .. . . . . . .... ... ... .. ... .. . . . . ... . . .. . . . .. . 7,995.16
Workmen's Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,500.00
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Salary of Agent . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.()0
Printing Town Reports . . . . .. ... . . . . .. . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
Contingent . . . . 2,500.00
Eyeglasses for School Children . . .. ... . . . . .... . . . .. .. . 200.00
Reserve Fund . . . . ... . .. . . . ... ... . ...... . . .. ... . . .. .. . . 10,000.00
Annuities (See Article 8) 5.100.00
W P A Administration .......... ....... ............... 4,316.00
Memorial Day (Article 10) ..... . . ...... . . . ..... . . . . . .. 1,000.00
Rent of Grand Army Hall (Article 11) .. ....... . .. ... . No Appro.
Headquarters, Veterans of Foreign Wars (Article 12) 1,080.00
Headquarters, Dis. American Veterans (Article 13) . . . . 360.00
Headquarters, Women's Relief Corps (Article 14) . . . . . No Appro.
Legion Convention (Article 15) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 500.00
Tax Title Releases (Article 16) . . . . . .. .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . 768.00
County T. B. Assessment (Article 17) .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 28,661.04
Retirement System (Article 18) . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . .. 29,477.00
Collector's Deficit (Article 19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . .. .. . . No Appro.
Purchasing Agent (Article 21) . .. .... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . No Appro.
Parking Area (Article 22) ..... . . .... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. No Appro.
Vacuum Cleaner (Article 23) 100.00
Fire Alarm System Salaries (Article 24) No Appro.
Traffic Lights (Article 26) ....... . ...... . . . . . . ... . . . .. . 880.00
Police Uniforms (Article 27) ... . . . . .... . . .. ... . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
Police Two-way Radio (Article 28) . . . ... . .. . . . .. . . . . .. 4,335.00
Swimming Pool (Article 29) ... . . .. . ... . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . No Appro.
Unpaid Bills . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . 1,096.60
Automobile Insurance (Article 32) . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . No Appro.
Committee on By-laws . . . .... . .. ... . .. . . . .. ... . . . . .. .. No Appro.
Voted: That of the total appropriation of Two Million One Hun-
dred Seventy-four Thousand, Two Hundred One Dollars and Eighty-five
cents ($2,174,201.85), the sum of Two Million, One Hundred Thirty-two
Thousand, Thirty-one Dollars and Twenty-seven cents ($2,132,031.27)
be assessed on the polls and estates; and of the balance Two Thousand
One Hundred Seventy Dollars and Fifty-eight cents ($2,170.58) be
transferred from the premium account, and Forty Thousand Dollars
($40,000.00), for Snow and Ice removal, be transferred from the Excess
and Deficiency account.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the necessary
sum of money to pay that portion of the Town debt which matures on
or previous to January 1, 1941, direct how the money shall be raised,
or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That the sum of Two Hundred and Thirty-one Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($231,500.00) be and is hereby appropriated to
pay that portion of the Town Debt which matures during the year
1940, Two Thousand One Hundred Seventy Dollars and Fifty-eight
cents ($2,170.58) to be transferred from Premium account and the bal-
ance Two Hundred Twenty-nine Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-nine
Dollars and forty-two cents ($229,329.42) to be placed on the tax levy
for the current year.
Article 6. 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, begin-
ing January 1, 1940, 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 General Laws, Chap_
44, Sections 4 and 17.
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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, 1940, 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 Sections 5 and 17, Chapter 44, Gen-
eral Laws.
Article 7. To see what method the Town will vote to adopt for
the collection of Taxes for the year 1940, and to fix the compensation
of the Collector, or take any action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the same method for the collection of taxes be and
is hereby adopted as was pursued last year, and that bills for taxes shall
be sent out and interest shall be charged as provided by General Laws,
Tercentenary Edition, Chapter 59, section 57, and Acts in amendment
thereof.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide
by transfer or otherwise, the sum of fifty-one hundred dollars ($5100)
for annuities to be paid to the dependents of five deceased Town Em-
ployees, as provided for by Chapter 340 of the Acts of 1933, and direct
how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of Fifty-one Hundred Dollars $5100) be and
is hereby appropriated to pay the amount due for 1946 for annuities
to the dependents of Gilbert Nichols, Willard E. Streeter, and Ernest
B. Ford, deceased former members of the fire department, and to the
dependents of Henry Welsh and Daniel Sullivan, deceased former mem-
bers of the police department, and that the said sum shall be payable
in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 32, Section
99, and Acts and amendments thereto, and to be divided as follows:—
Seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) each to the dependents
of Gilbert Nichols and Willard E. Streeter,
One Thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to the dependents of Ernest B.
Ford, deceased member of the Fire Department, and
Sixteen Hundred dollars ($1600.00) to the dependents of Henry
Welsh, and
One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) to the dependents of Daniel Sulli-
van, deceased members of the police department.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer
with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow under the authority of
and in accordance with provisions of Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1939,
the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the pur-
pose of paying for materials or other expenses in connection with the
Works Progress Administration projects or its successors, or take any
action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Unanimously Voted: That the sum of One Hundred and Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00) be and is hereby appropriated for the
purpose of paying for materials or other expenses in connection with
the Works Progress Administration projects, or its successors thereto,
to be designated as follows:
Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) for materials,
Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) for expenses,
Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) for "Garage Special,"
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and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and
is hereby authorized to borrow, under authority of and in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 72, of the Acts of 1939, and Acts and
amendments thereto, the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand
Dollars ($120,000.00) and to issue therefor the bonds or notes of the
Town, said bonds or notes to become due and payable five years from
the date thereof.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sure
of Thirteen Hundred Dollars ($1300) to be expended under the direction
of the Selectmen for the purpose of defraying the expenses of deco-
rating the graves of deceased soldiers on the next Memorial Day and
all exercises pertaining thereto, said sum of money shall be apportioned
among local military organizations as follows: American Legion $500.;
Veterans of Foreign Wars $200.; Disabled American Veterans $100.;
Nellie F. Barney Tent No. 43, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil
War and Isaac B. Patten Camp Z29 Sons of Union Veterans of the
Civil War $500.; or take any action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) be and
is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying expenses of Memo-
rial Day, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board
of Selectmen, under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, and Acts and
amendments thereto, said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy
of the current year.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of six hundred and sixty dollars ($660) for the rent of the Grand Army
Hall for the use of Nellie F. Barney Tent No. 43 Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War and Isaac B. Patten Camp �29 Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War, or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: "No appropriation."
Voted: That Committee of five (5) be appointed by the Moderator,
of whom the Town Counsel shall be one member, to study matter in
regard to securing quarters for allied organizations of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money to pay the cost of providing suitable headquarters for Burnham-
Manning Post No. 1105, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States,
direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating
thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of One Thousand Eighty Dollars ($1080) be
and is hereby appropriated for the rent of headquarters for Burnham-
Manning Post No. 1105, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States,
to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, under
General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 9, and Acts and amendments thereto,
said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy of the current year.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of three hundred and sixty dollars ($360) to pay the cost of providing
suitable headquarters for Watertown Chapter No. 14, Disabled American
Veterans of the World War, direct how the money shall be raised, or
take any action relating thereto. (Request of Watertown Chapter No. 14,
Disabled American Veterans of the World War)
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(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of Three Hundred and sixty dollars ($360)
be and.is hereby appropriated for rent of Headquarters for Watertown
Chapter No. 14, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, to be
expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, said appro-
priation to be placed on the tax levy of the current year.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of sixty-six dollars ($66.) to pay the cost of providing suitable head-
quarters for the Women's Relief Corps of the Isaac B. Patten Post No.
81, G.A.R., direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action
relating thereto. (Request of Women's Relief Corps).
Voted: "No appropriation."
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of five hundred dollars ($500) to be expended under the direction of
the Selectmen, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incidental to
the entertaining, by the American Legion Post 99 of delegates to the
National Convention of the American Legion to be held in Boston in
October 1940.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) be and is
hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying expenses incidental
to the entertaining by the American Legion Post No. 99, of delegates
to the National Convention of the American Legion to be held in
Boston in October 1940, said sum to be expended under the direction
of the Selectmen, and to be placed on the tax levy of the current year.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of seven hundred sixty-eight dollars ($768), to compensate the Town
Counsel for drawing 256 tax title releases during the year 1939, direct
how the same shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of Seven Hundred and sixty-eight dollars
($768.00) be and is hereby appropriated to compensate the Town Coun-
sel for drawing 256 tax title releases during the year 1939, to be placed
on the tax levy of the current year.
Article 17. To see if the town will appropriate a sum sufficient to
pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assess-
ments levied on the town for its share of the principal of the Middlesex
County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding Loan, Act of 1932 bonds matur-
ing in 1940 issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932, also for
any other indebtedness incurred and outstanding under said Chapter
10, also for the town's share of the cost and interest on said bonds due
in 1940; also for its share of the principal of the Middlesex County
Tuberculosis Hospital Addition Funding Loan, Act of 1935, bonds matur-
ing in 1940 issued in compliance with Chapter 417 of the Acts of
1935, as amended by Chapter 205 of the Acts of 1937, also for any
other indebtedness incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 417 as
amended, also for the town's share of the cost and interest on said
bonds due in 1940; also for the care, maintenance, and repair of said
Hospital for 1939 and including interest on Temporary Notes issued
therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter ill of the General
Laws applicable thereto, and for all other expenses in connection there-
with, including Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936,
determine how the money shall be raised or ,in any way act thereon.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
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Voted: That the sum of $10,000.00 this being the town's share of
the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding
Loan, Act of 1932 bonds maturing in 1940, be and the same is hereby
appropriated, and that a further sum of $1,062.50 be and hereby is
appropriated on account of interest and other charges on account
thereof. That a further sum of $2,000.00 this being the town's
share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital
Addition Funding Loan, Act of 1935, bonds maturing in 1940, be and
the same is hereby appropriated, and that a further sum of $315.00 be
and hereby is appropriated on account of interest and other charges
on account thereof. That a further sum of $15,283.54 be and hereby
is appropriated for the town's share of the net cost of care, mainten-
ance, and repair of the Middlesex County Hospital, including interest
on temporary notes issued therefor, in accordance with sections of
Chapter ill of the General Laws applicable thereto, and including
Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of Twenty-nine Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-seven dollars ($29,477.)
to be paid into the various funds of the Watertown Contributory
Retirement System; said sum to be divided as follows: Twenty-seven
Thousand Six Hundred and Seventy-seven Dollars ($27,677.) for the
Pension Accumulation Fund, and One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars
($1,800.) for the Expense Fund, or take any action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of Twenty-nine Thousand, four hundred and
seventy-seven dollars ($29,477.00) be and is hereby appropriated to be
paid into the various funds of the Watertown Contributory Retirement
System; said sum to be divided as follows: Twenty-seven thousand, six
hundred and seventy-seven dollars ($27,677.00) for the Pension Accumu-
lation Fund, and One Thousand eight hundred dollars ($1800) for the
Expense Fund, said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy of the
current year.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of
One Hundred Thirty-four Dollars and Nine cents ($134.09) to pay that
part of the Collector's Deficit of 1936 still remaining on the Town
Auditor's books, or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: "No appropriation."
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 41,
Section 103, of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, providing for
the appointment of a Purchasing Agent, or take any action relating
thereto.
Voted: That Article 20, be stricken from the Warrant.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.) to pay the salary of
a Purchasing Agent, Clerk, and for the maintenance of said office, or
take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That Article 21, be stricken from the Warrant.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to purchase from the
Boston and Maine Railroad and/or the First Parish Unitarian Church
for a sum, not to exceed ten thousand ($10,000) dollars or to otherwise
take by eminent domain, a tract of land and buildings thereon, bounded
on the west by Church Street, on the north by land of the Unitarian
Church and Leroy S. Eaton; on the east by Spring Street, and on the
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south by the Boston and Maine Railroad right of way, for the purpose
of a public parking area. (Request of the committee).
Voted: "No appropriation."
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of One Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars and Sixty cents ($199.60) to pay
for a Vacuum cleaner and attachments, purchased from the Kent
Company, Inc., on August 17, 1934, or take any action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) be and is
hereby appropriated to pay for a vacuum cleaner and attachments,
purchased from the Kent Company, Inc., on August 17, 1934, said appro-
priation to be placed on the tax levy of the current year.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of Fourteen Hundred Seventy-six Dollars and Ninety Cents ($1,476.90)
to pay the salary increases to the members of the Fire Alarm System
in the Department of Poles & Wires, or take any action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: "No appropriation". See Signal Room—Salaries, under
Poles and Wires Department.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its representa-
tives to the General Court to file a petition for the repeal of the
Tenement Act, so-called, insofar as it affects the Town of Watertown,
or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That the Town instruct its Representatives to the General
Court to file a petition for repeal of the Tenement Act, so-called,
insofar as it affects the Town of Watertown.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide
by transfer or otherwise, the sum of Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars
($880) to make certain changes in traffic signal equipment at the inter-
section of School and Mount Auburn Streets in accordance with the
requirements of the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of
Inspector of Poles & Wires).
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of Eight Hundred and eighty dollars ($880)
be and is hereby appropriated to make certain changes in traffic signal
equipment at the intersection of School and Mount Auburn Streets in
accordance with the requirements of the Department of Public Works
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; said appropriation to be placed
on the tax levy of the current year.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of
Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.) to pay for uniforms for members of
the Police Department, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
40 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, or take any action
relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of Fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.) be and
is hereby appropriated to pay for uniforms for members of the Police
Department, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40 of the
General Laws of the Commonwealth; said appropriation to be placed
on the tax levy of the current year.
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Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of
Four Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-five Dollars ($4,335.) to purchase
and install a two-way radio for the Police Department, or take any
action relating thereto.
(Action taken in conjunction with Article 4)
Voted: That the sum of Four Thousand Three Hundred and thirty-
five dollars ($4,335.) be and is hereby appropriated to purchase and
install a two-way radio for the Police Department; said appropriation
to be placed on the tax levy of the current year.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum
of Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) to pay the expense of con-
structing a swimming pool and designate the location thereof on some
vacant land centrally situated and now owned by the Town, or take
any action relating thereto. (Request of Richard F. Lopez, Sr. and
others)
Voted: "No appropriation".
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct
the Selectmen to request the Legislature of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts to amend the present Town Meeting Act so that no
members of the Finance Committee except the Chairman thereof shall
have the right to vote at the Town Meetings, or take any action relating
thereto. (Request of Richard F. Lopez, Sr. and others.)
Voted: To indefinitely postpone.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote that no person elected as
a Town Meeting member who accepts such office shall be employed by
the Town in any capacity during the term of such office, or take any
action relating thereto. (Request of Richard F. Lopez, Sr. and others).
Voted: To indefinitely postpone.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote that all automobiles and
trucks owned by the Town be insured against personal injury and
property damage caused by the operation thereof and will appropriate
such sum of money as may be necessary to pay the premium on such
insurance policies, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of
Richard F. Lopez, Sr., and others).
Voted: "No appropriation."
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to prohibit the issuance
of licenses or permits for holding, promoting or conducting the game
of Beano or any similar or incidental games in the Town of Watertown
or limit in any way the issuance of licenses or permits for the same, or
take any action relating thereto. (Request of Richard F. Lopez, Sr.,
and others).
Voted: That it is the sense of the Town Meeting to prohibit the
issuance of licenses or permits for holding, promoting or conducting the
game of Beano or any similar or incidental games in the Town of
Watertown.
Article 34. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Five
Hundred Dollars ($500) for the use of the Committee on Revision of
the By-laws, or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: "No appropriation".
Voted: Final adjournment at 11.15 P.M. on March 25, 1940.
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
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Emergency Finance Board
State House, Boston
April
Fifth
19-40
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Common-
wealth, held on the 5th day of April, 1940, a majority of the Board
being present, the following vote was unanimously passed:
Voted: To approve the borrowing by the Treasurer of the TOWN
OF WATERTOWN of the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand
Dollars ($120,000.00) under authority of and in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 72 df the Acts of 1939, as amended by Chapter
453 of the Acts of 1939. The proceeds of this loan are to be used to
meet the appropriations made for the Materials and Expenses of W P A
Projects. The term of this loan is fixed at five (5) years.
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD
GEORGE E. DALRYMPLE
WILT B. COY
DANIEL F. DOHERTY
WILLIAM E. HURLEY
THEODORE N. WADDELL
Record of Presidential Primary, April 30, 1940
The polls were open at Two (2.00) P.M. and voting continued until
Eight (8.00) P.M., at which time the polls were closed.
The following election officers were present:
Precinct 1. Eugene L. Storey, Warden; John T. Dorney, Clerk;
Inspectors: Frances C. Barrett, Ernest W. Swanson, Albert Zaino, Wal-
lace E. McCarthy, Mary Pennington, Anna Stanley, Eleanor Valentino,
Jacob Sarkisian.
Precinct 2. Peter T. Coen, Warden; William B. Glidden, Clerk;
Inspectors: George E. Stickney, Kevork Der Bogosian, Helen F. Oates,
Julia Gallagher, Hermine Horhorouny, Katherine Nielsen, Helen L.
Morley, Dziadzan Garabedian, Margaret J. O'Driscoll, Alexander K.
Ward.
Precinct 3. Richard M. Hatch, Warden; John J. Ingerson, Clerk;
Inspectors: Joseph A. Mahoney, Mary A. Andrews, Carroll Y. Monaghan,
Roy L. Cummings, Gertrude M. Hynes, Ellen M. Tracy, Anna L. Vahey,
Stanley C. Weldon, Roger E. Mathews, J. H. Thornley.
Precinct 4. William M. Emerson, Warden; John B. Watson, Clerk;
Inspectors: Winifred M. Donnelly, Emil K. Hall, Joseph G. Gavin,
James D. Hackett, Edith M. Beck, Frances P. Stone, Elizabeth F.
MacDonough, Christine M. McNiff, Francis M. Lightbody, John J.
Brennan.
Precinct 5. Joseph R. Cooney, Warden; Grace M. Olson, Clerk;
Inspectors: Lena Buchanan, Sadie E. Nichols, Cecelia M. Ford, Edward
K. Bacon, Agnes C. Farraher, Madaleine C. Morgan, Alice E. Sanger,
Grace E. McGee, Teresa D. Kenney, Maud D. Hodges.
Precinct 6. William G. Saunders, Warden; George F. Doherty,
Clerk; Inspectors: Margaret A. McDonald, Viola A. Parsons, Mary C.
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Tuscher, Rosalie J. Whelan, Margaret A. Ferguson, Margaret Teletchea,
Mary G. Luther, James L. Haddie, Clark F. Higgins, Elijah B. Robert-
son.
Precinct 7. Harry J. York, Warden; John T. Gleason, Clerk;
Inspectors: Marie Gildea, Percy M. Bond, Amy F. Osborn, Anna T.
Hyde, Ernestine P. Howe, John J. Linehan, Margaret E. Barry, Mary E.
Murnaghan, Marjorie Warner, Alice T. Withee.
Precinct 8. John P. Monahan, Warden; Katherine M. Rollins,
Clerk; Inspectors: Esther C. Costello, Mary G. Kenney, Olive P. Thayer,
Walter A. Cooper, Mary L. Garaway, Esther Grace, Catherine Campbell,
Maude Purchase, Antoinetta Santangelo, Mary S. McCall.
Precinct 9. Joseph M. Lally, Warden; Eva M. Eagleson, Clerk;
Inspectors: Edythe B. Fraser, Mary A. Devaney, Barbara Connolly,
Eleanor Mosman, Margaret Hayes, Annie M. Owen, Marguerite R. Colby,
Mary A. Clark, Margaret Grinnell, Mary McElligott.
Precinct 10. Frank J. McCarthy, Warden; Ellen Lougee, Clerk;
Inspectors: Randolph J. Martin, Margaret J. Campbell, George E.
LeFavor, Mary E. Follansbee, Anna V. Hughes,'John E. Mattison, Wil-
liam I. Norrish, Mildred Upit, Robert Carney, Etta A. Kelly.
Presidential Primary—April 30, 1940
REPUBLICAN BALLOT
Total Votes Cast-802
DELEGATES AT LARGE AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES
AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
DELEGATES AT LARGE
GROUP 1 (Vote for not more than Four)
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
William H. McMasters
Cambridge 6 7 6 15 15 5 10 4 8 12 88
Byron P. Hayden
Springfield 2 4 7 12 11 4 8 4 6 9 67
Harry P. Gibbs
Brockton 4 4 5 12 11 4 7 2 6 7 62
Seldon G. Hill
Danvers 4 4 4 12 11 5 8 2 4 10 64
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE
GROUP 1 (Vote for not more than Four)
Abbie L. Tebbetts
Waltham 11 10 12 32 26 10 10 4 14 14 143
Berton S. Evans
Ayer 8 8 9 32 25 9 13 5 9 14 132
Annie L. Brown
Leominster 6 8 8 32 21 9 11 3 12 13 123
Lucius K. Thayer
Marblehead 8 9 8 38 26 9 13 5 11 15 142
GROUP 2 DELEGATES AT LARGE
Leverett Saltonstall
Newton 27 11 68 134 65 80 78 19 16 19 517
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Beverly 27 12 67 135 65 80 77 20 17 20 520
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Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
No. Attleboro 20 10 63 132 59 79 76 15 11 18 483
John W. Haigis
Greenfield 21 8 63 133 60 80 72 17 it 19 484
*Blanks 85 52 93 171 87 95 120 73 73 74 923
GROUP 2 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE
Mary B. Besse
Wareham 18 8 57 105 41 66 60 12 11 16 394
Orin S. Kenney
Beverly 15 6 56 104 43 66 63 14 7 15 389
Mary Phillips Bailey
Northampton 14 6 52 105 42 65 63 15 9 18 389
Irene Gowetz
Worcester 14 8 51 99 39 65 61 11 7 14 369
"Blanks 102 49 123 209 121 133 162 87 72 69 1127
' Delegates at Large of Groups 1 and 2
" Alternate Delegates at Large of Groups 1 and 2
NINTH DISTRICT
DISTRICT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DISTRICT
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
DELEGATES
GROUP 1 (Vote for Two)
Charles F. Danforth
Newton 6 6 3 20 15 11 12 5 4 13 95
Leon H. Cutting
Cambridge 7 6 4 18 13 11 9 2 1 9 80
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
GROUP 1 (Vote for Two)
John W. Adshade
Waltham 6 6 4 27 16 12 12 3 6 18 110
Edwin D. English
Brookline 6 6 4 32 21 11 13 3 11 16 123
DELEGATES
GROUP 2 (Vote,for Two)
Robert F. Bradford
Cambridge 23 9 53 114 51 74 66 16 18 16 440
Sinclair Weeks
Newton 21 10 55 114 54 75 62 14 16 18 439
"Blanks 41 25 73 112 59 45 79 41 37 38 550
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
GROUP 2 (Vote for Two)
Susanne P. Shallna
Cambridge 17 8 44 93 41 59 54 11 12 9 348
Alice H. Wellington
Brookline 14 6 45 100 45 60 55 12 12 11 360
"Blanks 55 30 91 126 69 74 94 49 35 40 663
" District Delegates of Groups 1 and 2
"' Alternate District Delegates of Groups 1 and 2
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STATE COMMITTEE
(Fifth Middlesex District)
(Vote for One Man)
Robert W. Elder
Waltham 18 14 55 116 58 81 58 19 18 19 456
William E. Hays
Waltham 12 9 18 37 21 15 22 10 7 17 168
Blanks 19 5 21 36 17 12 34 10 13 11 178
(Vote for One Woman)
Madge N. Ray
Hudson 19 18 66 132 73 86 68 21 23 27 533
Blanks 30 10 28 57 23 22 46 18 15 20 269
TOWN COMMITTEE
(Vote for Not More Than Thirty-five)
Norman D. MacKay 34 25 88 167 83 96 104 34 31 38 700
Lester E. Markham 25 21 84 170 85 95 104 32 31 39 686
Clark B. Partridge 24 23 84 159 81 95 104 30 29 41 670
Edward C. Hall 25 24 86 163 90 95 104 32 30 38 687
Anthony Julian 33 24 84 163 80 95 104 30 27 40 680
Edward P. Furber 29 25 86 174 84 97 104 33 30 39 701
H. Herbert Applin 29 24 85 179 88 99 104 31 29 40 708
Earle S. Tyler 27 24 88 169 86 99 104 32 29 40 698
Waldo P. Emerson 26 22 85 175 83 96 104 31 28 41 691
Andrew D. Bradford 24 23 83 171 80 100 104 31 29 38 683
Winthrop G. Rockwell 26 25 85 174 86 97 104 33 31 42 703
Edward P. Wright 24 22 82 163 83 93 104 29 27 36 663
G. Frederick Robinson 25 25 85 165 85 91 104 33 29 36 678
Roy C. Papalia 32 21 81 153 75 92 104 29 23 36 646
Kenneth H. Erskine 24 22 82 173 80 100 104 30 29 39 683
G. John Gregory 26 21 83 166 80 95 104 30 27 38 670
Herbert O. Berry 26 20 84 169 82 95 104 30 28 38 676
Arthur E. Schoepfer 25 21 83 159 74 94 104 27 29 38 654
George E. LeFavor 25 21 84 165 78 95 104 31 26 39 668
Katherine M. Giggey 23 21 81 157 72 92 104 28 24 41 643
Pauline A. Johnson 26 21 85 166 81 93 104 28 28 39 671
John Natale 29 21 81 161 76 95 104 27 24 38 656
Harold C. Everett 24 22 83 173 83 96 104 33 28 37 683
Maude M. Markham 24 20 82 166 78 93 104 29 29 38 663
Sara Heenan 24 20 80 155 79 95 104 28 23 35 643
Marian A. Shaw 24 22 82 174 84 95 104 34 27 41 687
Charles F. Shaw 26 25 84 168 87 95 104 32 27 39 687
Shahin A. Ajemian 25 21 81 154 76 97 104 28 25 38 649
Anna R. Toscano 31 21 82 155 72 91 104 27 25 38 646
Agnes G. Page 25 20 82 163 79 96 104 31 25 39 664
Eva M. Eagleson 24 21 81 161 77 92 104 30 30 38 658
Annie E. Strayhorn 24 20 81 156 74 93 104 32 26 37 647
Sarah E. Garafalo 27 21 80 155 72 90 104 29 25 38 641
Herbert C. Harting 25 21 82 162 79 93 104 30 26 36 658
George B. Wellman 27 23 86 178 87 95 104 34 31 41 '706
Blanks 798 207 375 834 541 460 350 297 365 296 4523
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
Total Votes Cast-703
DELEGATES AT LARGE AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES
AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
DELEGATES AT LARGE
'GROUP 1 (Vote for not more than Twelve)
David I. Walsh
Fitchburg 26 87 26 53 99 55 48 114 32 47 587
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Paul A. Dever
Cambridge 26 88 25 48 91 54 49 111 33 43 568
John W. McCormack
Boston 24 80 21 47 81 52 43 92 28 38 506
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston 22 81 24 50 90 56 48 107 32 40 550
William H. Burke, Jr.
Hatfield 22 76 21 46 82 47 43 90 29 33 489
James M. Curley
Boston 21 90 24 43 86 47 45 104 30 41 531
Charles F. Hurley
Cambridge 19 77 21 44 84 49 44 90 24 34 486
Joseph B. Ely
Westfield 20 74 23 50 83 50 43 89 25 39 496
Francis E. Kelly
Boston 21 79 20 41 85 50 44 94 29 39 502
Roger L. Putnam
Springfield 24 72 20 44 76 47 42 85 22 33 465
William J. Foley
Boston 21 72 20 44 83 48 43 89 23 33 476
Alexander G. Lajoie
Worcester 18 72 20 42 77 45 42 81 24 33 454
Blanks 108 300 95 204 363 216 150 582 113 195 2326
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE
"GROUP 1 (Vote for not more than Twelve)
Henry K. Cushing
Brookline 21 70 17 45 73 44 38 82 23 35 448
Joseph A. Scolponeti
Boston 19 67 15 37 72 43 36 76 20 31 416
Elizabeth L. McNamara
Cambridge 20 70 18 40 79 44 40 86 21 35 453
Catherine E. Hanifin
Belchertown 19 65 15 40 75 42 39 79 23 29 426
Sadie H. Mulrone
Springfield 17 65 14 41 72 43 38 77 21 35 423
Clementina Langone
Boston 16 66 14 39 72 41 38 74 19 34 413
Pledged to James A. Farley
Anna A. Sharry
Worcester 18 65 14 39 72 40 38 77 23 32 418
Margaret M. O'Riordan
Boston 18 69 16 39 75 42 40 84 25 33 441
John Zielinski
Holyoke 16 66 14 37 70 40 37 73 18 30 401
Mary Maliotis
Boston 16 66 14 37 70 40 36 73 17 30 399
Michael J. Batal
Lawrence 16 65 14 38 70 41 38 75 18 30 405
Morris Kritzman
Boston 16 63 14 38 71 40 36 75 17 30 400
Blanks 160 451 181 286 509 316 230 797 199 264 3393
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NINTH DISTRICT
DISTRICT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DISTRICT
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
DELEGATES
"GROUP (Vote for not more than Four)
John P. Brennan
Cambridge 24 55 20 37 60 40 33 80 20 32 401
Edward O'Hearn Mullowney
Brookline 23 54 17 34 57 37 31 74 19 28 374
Daniel H. Coakley
Boston 20 56 15 29 57 32 33 72 19 30 363
Joseph P. Kennedy. Jr.
Cambridge 25 58 20 37 65 35 33 81 22 35 411
Blanks 20 185 47 109 211 120 94 251 65 82 1184
ALTERNATE DELEGATES
*GROUP (Vote for not more than Four)
Thomas D. Lavelle
Newton 17 59 16 33 58 40 31 74 21 27 376
Mary M. Doyle
Cambridge 17 59 18 32 62 44 33 78 22 29 394
Daniel P. Collins
Cambridge 17 60 19 32 59 41 33 78 21 26 386
Charles P. Colligan
Watertown 18 71 22 33 81 46 40 87 22 36 456
Blanks 54 167 45 122 200 101 91 259 62 98 1199
Sarah Timoney, 736 Mt. Au-
burn St., Watertown 1
* Pledged to James A. Farley
Not Grouped DELEGATES
John Gerard Sullivan
Boston 6 5 1 4 6 6 3 10 3 4 48
Robert B. White
Boston 6 3 2 4 2 1 8 5 31
STATE COMMITTEE
(Fifth Middlesex District)
(Vote for One Man)
Charles P. Colligan
Watertown 14 63 18 23 79 33 32 68 16 31 377
Charles P. Gormley
Waltham 1 0 1 7 3 3 1 7 0 1 24
Thomas W. Lawless
Waltham 2 2 2 4 0 3 4 9 4 4 34
Francis L. Norton
Waltham 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 17
Martin L. Vahey
Watertown 8 17 3 18 20 20 9 35 13 11 154
Blanks 5 19 5 8 12 7 8 23 4 6 97
(Vote for One Woman)
Muriel H. Jones
Waltham 4 5 1 3 7 1 3 12 3 4 43
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Ellen Linehan
Watertown 9 16 6 10 32 22 20 13 7 11 146
Alice D. Sullivan
Watertown 12 61 19 44 55 38 26 103 15 27 400
Blanks 6 22 4 6 21 7 8 16 12 12 114
TOWN COMMITTEE
(Vote for not more than Ten
Charles P. Colligan 18 84 22 33 89 44 39 90 28 41 488
John A. Murray 17 78 21 29 68 45 39 76 24 31 428
Michael J. Harrington 18 76 19 34 74 44 39 90 26 34 454
Thomas F. Vahey 18 78 20 36 75 47 39 82 26 34 455
Bernard S. McHugh 19 81 19 40 80 50 39 99 28 38 493
John P. Gallagher 17 75 21 32 73 46 39 77 26 36 442
Leo F. Walsh 18 71 21 34 77 46 39 93 27 33 459
John H. Dardis 15 72 21 34 79 44 39 92 28 34 458
Patrick A. Menton 22 80 23 41 80 54 39 109 28 37 513
Henry L. Morley 20 72 18 34 77 45 39 89 25 30 449
Blanks 128 273 95 283 378 215 180 543 104 192 2391
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
Record of State Primary, September 17, 1940
The polls were opened at 12 Noon, and voting continued until 8:00
P.M., at which time the polls were closed.
The following served as Election officers:
Precinct 1. William B. Glidden, Warden; John T. Dorney, Clerk;
Frances C. Barrett, Mary Kalanjian, Anna Stanley, Gertrude Dickson,
Ernest Swanson, George Natale, Anna Guiliano. Hagop B. Barsamian,
Mary Dorney, Villa Easton, Inspectors; Joseph Lally, Eleanor Valentino,
Adriana Surabian, Theresa Sardellitti, Agnes D. Morris, Theresa M.
Arone, Counters.
Precinct 2. Peter T. Coen, Warden; Mollie E. Smith. Clerk; Mar-
garet J. O'Driscoll, Grace E. Ross, Mae F. Elwell, Ellen M. McDonald,
Helen F. Oates, Katherine Nielsen, Judy Gallagher, Bertha A. Nelson,
Lillian Paskerian, Andrew K. Scott, Inspectors; Charles M. Ross, Kevork
Der Bogosian, Anna D. Assiante, Suzanne Feeney, Dziadzan Garabedian,
Helen L. Morley, Ella Lane, Isabelle Robley, Randall J. Boyce, Theo-
dore Nielsen, Counters.
Precinct 3. Richard M. Hatch, Warden; Joseph A. Mahoney. Clerk;
Ellen M. Tracy, Haigouhy Choulian, Mary A. Andrews. Gertrude M.
Hynes, Minnie McNamara, Carl Orth, Roy L. Cummings, Hugh A. Mc-
Breen, Carroll Y. Monaghan, James H. Thornley, Inspectors; M. Eliza-
beth Patterson, Gertrude E. French, Geraldine O'Neill, Stanley C.
Weldon, Bernard E. Tombrink, Margaret A. Vincent, Frank J. Hynes,
Charles W. Patterson, Thomas B. Mulvahill, Counters.
Precinct 4. William M. Emerson, Warden; Winifred M. Donnelly,
Clerk; James D. Hackett, Frances P. Stone, Edith M. Beck, Francis M.
Lightbody, Marion M. Belmont, Joseph J. Gavin, Christine B. McNiff,
Elizabeth F. McDonough, George H. Moran, Rita Sheridan, Inspectors;
Serafino Fantasia, Ludwig W. Buckley, Harry J. Quilty, Beatrice Stone,
Barbara Hurley, Emil K. Hall, Helen L. Walsh, Eleanor V. Ford, Joseph
H. Sheehan, Katherine E. Ryan, Counters.
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Precinct 5. Joseph R. Cooney, Warden; Maud D. Hodges, Clerk;
Edward K. Bacon, Sadie E. Nichols, Cecelia M. Ford, Grace E. McGee,
Madaleine C. Morgan, Lena E. Buchanan, Alice E. Sanger, Teresa D.
Kenney, Thomas W. 'Simms, Agnes C. Farraher, Inspectors; William
J. Heenan, Jennie M. Tattrie, Mary P. Brennan, Elizabeth A. Williams,
Imelda Holland, Williams S. Sellers, Helen E. Beach, Alice M. Godwin,
Andrew McIntyre, Grace W. Farrell, Counters.
Precinct 6. William G. Saunders, Warden; George F. Doherty,
Clerk; Arthur T. Derry, Mary C. Tuscher, Margaret Teletchea, Viola R.
Parsons, Margaret A. MacDonald, Anne M. Davis, Olive Downer, Margaret
A. Ferguson, Mary G. Luther, Florence H. Munsell, Inspectors; Kay C.
Atkinson, Florence A. Godwin, Dorothy M. Nolan, Arthur B. Jones,
William H. Holmes, Eunice P. Gordon, Thelma G. Robinson, Anna M.
McCoubrey, Marcella S. Courtney, Rosalie J. Whelan, Counters.
Precinct 7. Harry J. York, Warden; John T. Gleason, Clerk; Mary
E. Murnaghan, Marjorie W. Warner, Alice T. Withee, Anna T. Hyde,
Margaret I. Barry, Amy F. Osborn, Marie Gildea, Percy M. Bond, John
J. Linehan, Ernestine P. Howe, Inspectors; Walter J. McMullen, Mary
E. Munroe, Julia C. Kellett, Gertrude Greeley, Josephine R. O'Halloran,
Mary B. Wilson, Evangeline L. Johnson, Dorothy F. Cooney, Ethel
Gibson Cary, Frank L. Maguire, Counters.
Precinct 8. John P. Monahan, Warden; Katherine M. Rollins, Clerk;
Catherine Campbell, Walter A. Cooper, Antoinetta Santangelo, Mary
G. Kenney, Mary McCall, Olive P. Thayer, Mary Garaway, Esther C.
Costello, Esther Grace, Sarah E. Bickford, Inspectors; Joseph Devaney,
James F. Walsh, Katherine R. Mee, Rose Annese, Priscilla E. Achorn,
Laura B. Fewkes, Maude Purchase, Ralph Garafalo, Edward W. Connors,
Leo F. Walsh, Counters.
Precinct 9. John J. Mahoney, Warden; Eva M. Eagleson, Clerk;
Barbara Connolly, Franklin C. Bronson, Gilbert W. Paterson, Annie M.
Owen, Mary McElligott, Margaret Grinnell, Mary A. Clark, Edythe B.
Fraser, Margaret Hayes, Inspectors; Archie R. Whitman, Robert T. Cun-
ningham, George H. McElhiney, Gertrude L. Nolan, Martha E. Ford,
Frances McGrady, Emma Roche, Pauline C. Johnston, Sara Marchant,
Fred W. Bray, Hazel A. Howley, Counters.
Precinct 10. Gerard J. Riley, Warden; Ellen B. Lougee, Clerk;
Anna V. Hughes, Mildred D. Upit, Randolph J. Martin, Margaret J.
Campbell, Esther D. Moffett, Mary F. Watson, Mary E. Follansbee,
George E. LeFavor, John E. Mattison, Robert Carney, Inspectors; John
J. Hickey, Maude L. Hopkinson, Arline L. Foster, Ruth N. Hull, Etta A.
Kelly, David E. Fitzgerald, Frank C. Lindahl, Leo Harrington, Edward
B. Rattigan, Harold F. Giggey, Counters.
RECORD OF STATE PRIMARY, 'SEPTEMBER 17, 1940
DEMOCRATIC
(Total Vote Cast: 2455)
GOVERNOR
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Paul A. Dever of
Cambridge 305 243 176 117 188 158 126 277 110 139 1839
Francis E. Kelly of
Boston 90 103 26 13 54 37 37 95 23 34 512
Blanks 20 18 3 4 8 4 14 18 8 7 104
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
John C. Can, of
Medford 150 131 78 55 82 93 50 106 44 59 848
Owen A. Gallagher of
Boston 120 91 85 54 104 77 75 181 54 70 911
Francis P. Kelley of
Milton 46 41 13 10 34 12 25 57 19 28 285
Michael P. McCarron of
Lowell 12 7 2 2 0 2 3 9 2 3 42
Charles E. O'Neill of
Danvers 46 54 7 2 5 3 4 3 2 2 128
Raymond A. Willett, Jr.
of Woburn 11 8 4 2 5 4 1 4 2 4 45
Blanks 30 32 16 9 20 8 19 30 18 14 196
SECRETARY
Albert L. Fish of
Boston 78 42 26 16 33 22 17 41 23 28 326
Katherine A. Foley of
Lawrence 125 121 83 46 85 73 69 136 53 73 864
Arthur M. MacCarthy of
Winthrop 80 82 44 26 56 36 33 94 18 38 507
Albert, E. Morris of
Everett 87 71 24 22 44 47 27 65 26 20 433
Blanks 45 48 28 24 32 21 31 54 21 21 325
TREASURER
Ernest J. Brown of
Medford 52 26 16 8 11 11 9 25 11 9 178
Patrick M. Cahill of
Peabody 74 70 37 29 56 35 45 83 25 45 499
Joseph W. Doherty of
Brookline 84 78 28 29 52 40 30 79 21 37 478
John J. Donahue of
Somerville 98 98 60 35 47 61 49 95 29 42 614
John J. McGrath of
Boston 60 49 32 14 47 32 17 43 32 24 350
Blanks 47 43 32 19 37 20 27 65 23 23 336
AUDITOR
Thomas J. Buckley of
Boston 145 135 70 54 102 85 67 177 55 86 976
Thomas P. Flaherty of
Boston 64 52 23 9 29 21 24 43 12 11 288
William P. Husband, Jr. of
Belmont 105 82 72 36 60 60 32 71 38 41 597
Leo D. Walsh of
Boston 52 56 23 16 34 17 31 54 15 22 320
Blanks 49 39 17 19 25 16 23 45 21 20 274
ATTORNEY GENERAL
John H. Backus of
New Bedford 15 29 19 6 15 12 10 22 7 5 140
James H. Brennan of
Boston 37 34 34 27 28 28 22 56 20 17 303
Thomas M. Burke of
Boston 73 96 25 15 40 29 40 91 33 41 483
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Joseph V. Carroll of
Belmont 89 59 47 32 34 42 13 71 20 36 443
Jeannette C. Chisholm of
Waltham 23 26 10 6 38 13 22 36 14 34 222
Josepn Finnegan of
Boston 12 13 3 9 15 8 6 13 3 8 90
John W. Lyons of
Cambridge 67 39 26 11 27 23 10 28 13 13 257
Edward A. Ryan of
Worcester 9 4 5 1 7 4 6 5 4 4 49
Harold W. Sullivan of
Boston 60 38 20 17 27 26 27 31 10 12 268
Blanks 30 26 16 10 19 14 21 37 17 10 200
STATE SENATOR IN CONGRESS
David I. Walsh of
Fitchburg 339 296 161 107 205 174 141 320 109 136 1988
Patrick A. Menton of
Watertown 1 1
Blanks 76 68 44 27 45 25 36 70 32 43 466
CONGRESSMAN 9th DISTRICT
Cornelius P. Cronin of
Cambridge 98 63 46 38 33 38 26 66 17 36 461
Thomas H. Eliot of
Cambridge 147 140 79 45 117 81 67 142 58 52 928
Joseph M. Maher of
Waltham 23 23 14 it 28 12 26 44 14 25 220
Richard M. Russell of
Cambridge ill 110 51 36 55 57 50 110 40 49 669
Blanks 36 28 15 4 17 11 8 28 12 18 177
COUNCILLOR 3rd DISTRICT
Edward D. Holland of
Watertown 1 1
William E. Bennett of
Boston 2 2
John J. Slattery of
Watertown 1 1
Henry I. Morrison of
Newton 2 3 3 3 1 12
Gerald S. Mee of
Watertown 1 1
Frank C. Gallagher of
Watertown 1 1
Lester A. Murphy of
Watertown 1 1 2
Joseph P. Coughlin of
Cambridge 2 2
John A. Murray of
Watertown 1 1 2
Scattering 3
Blanks 409 360 203 134 247 195 171 390 140 179 2428
SENATOR 5th DISTRICT
Louis B. Connors of
Waltham 330 298 137 103 197 158 143 309 116 144 1935
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Patrick A. Menton of
Watertown 1 1
Blanks 85 66 68 31 53 41 34 81 25 35 519
THIRD MIDDLESEX REPRESENTATIVE
(Precincts One and Two—Total Vote Cast: 1558)
Precincts 1 2 Total
Thomas F. Gibson of
Cambridge 67 55 122
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. of
Cambridge 190 204 394
Jeremiah J. Sullivan of
Cambridge 211 176 387
Thomas Baumer of
Cambridge 25 23 48 .
M. Walter Madigan of
Cambridge 175 130 305
Blanks 162 140 302
TWENTY-THIRD MIDDLESEX REPRESENTATIVE
(Precincts Three, Nine and Ten—Total Vote Cast: 1052)
Precincts 3 9 10 Total
Vincent DeLuca of
Watertown 1 1
Patrick A. Menton of
Watertown 14 16 30
Giovanni Carbone of
Watertown 1 1
John A. Murray of
Watertown 10 2 12
John E. Kelly of
Belmont 2 2
Edmund L. Roche of
Watertown 50 20 70
Blanks 334 260 342 936
THIRTIETH MIDDLESEX REPRESENTATIVE
(Precincts 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8—Total Vote Cast: 1150)
Precincts 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Charles P. Colligan of
Watertown 97 190 153 136 271 847
Blanks 37 60 46 41 119 303
CLERK OF COURTS
J. Gordon Duffy of
Cambridge 68 75 24 21 31 35 18 51 21 21 365
Martin Leo Vahey of
Watertown 285 249 154 96 192 146 132 287 99 121 1761 .
Blanks 62 40 27 17 27 18 27 52 21 38 329
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Francis W. Ryan of
Watertown 1 1
Thomas L. Hughes of
Watertown 1 1
Scattering 1
Blanks 414 364 205 134 250 199 177 388 141 180 2452
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Thomas Brennan of
Medford 306 272 139 93 169 142 118 269 100 105 1713
Francis J. Kelley of
Lowell 283 243 101 77 151 113 113 242 87 97 1507
Blanks 241 213 170 98 180 143 123 269 95 158 1690
COUNTY TREASURER
Raymond H. Hurley of
Lowell 340 286 142 102 180 154 132 284 102 125 1847
Blanks 75 78 63 32 70 45 45 106 39 55 608
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
John H. Dardis of
Watertown 213 192 110 95 163 128 148 237 84 107 1477
Bernard S. McHugh of
Watertown 243 224 132 87 161 137 148 253 83 115 1583
John P. Gallagher of
Watertown 224 215 116 90 141 135 148 235 78 95 1477
James H. Sheridan of
Watertown 238 220 126 93 168 139 148 264 93 107 1596
John J. Kennedy of
Watertown 226 230 122 95 152 128 148 235 75 99 1510
Michael J. Harrington of
Watertown 214 189 106 87 153 130 148 237 79 103 1446
Martin J. Reid of
Watertown 189 179 95 81 118 115 148 179 71 92 1267
John A. Murray of
Watertown 220 227 110 84 130 126 148 200 67 86 1398
Patrick A. Menton of
Watertown 234 217 120 93 157 144 148 255 86 113 1567
Charles P. Colligan of
Watertown 223 203 115 88 154 137 148 229 78 100 1475
Thomas F. Vahey of
Watertown 228 217 123 90 144 138 148 225 87 96 1496
Henry L. Morley of
Watertown 206 190 111 83 154 122 148 213 74 98 1399
Robert J. Plunkett of
Watertown 188 184 105 83 118 128 148 194 71 83 1302
John J. Curran of
Watertown 244 204 118 87 141 120 148 212 73 89 1436
Edward A. Oates of
Watertown 223 238 117 88 142 133 148 221 79 98 1487
James J. Vahey of
Watertown 219 210 114 90 158 133 148 223 77 92 1464
Marion C. Healy of
Watertown 189 187 103 81 122 121 148 187 75 93 1306
Laurence J. Walsh of
Watertown 238 216 120 82 131 125 148 208 74 92 1434
Eugene F. Gorman of
Watertown 199 188 113 87 141 121 148 225 76 100 1398
Bernard J. Pelkey of
Watertown 216 207 121 87 147 124 148 214 69 92 1425
John M. Russell of
Watertown 216 203 108 99 140 127 148 222 76 92 1431
John J. Slattery of
Watertown 200 190 105 88 149 128 148 203 73 98 1382
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Michael Collins of
Watertown 1 1
Robert Conroy of
Watertown 1 1
William F. Fallon of
Watertown 4 4
Edmund L. Roche of
Watertown 1 1
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Blanks 4340 3478 1995 1010 2315 1539 638 3708 1404 1820 22247
REPUBLICAN
(Total Vote Cast: 2763)
GOVERNOR
Leverett Saltonstall
of Newton 157 130 427 507 296 410 318 110 143 121 2619
Blanks 31 14 7 11 8 17 16 9 15 16 144
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Horace T. Cahill
of Braintree 163 130 423 500 287 411 312 109 142 122 2599
Blanks 25 14 11 18 17 16 22 10 16 15 164
SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook
of Somerville 155 131 424 505 292 411 311 108 139 130 2606
Blanks 33 13 10 13 12 16 23 11 19 7 157
TREASURER
William E. Hurley
of Boston 149 125 416 494 289 410 307 106 141 126 2563
Blanks 39 19 18 24 15 17 27 13 17 11 200
AUDITOR
Russell A. Wood
of Cambridge 148 126 420 504 288 407 309 100 138 125 2565
Blanks 40 18 14 14 16 20 25 19 20 12 198
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Clarence A. Barnes
of Mansfield 29 26 108 119 33 96 85 19 23 17 555
Robert T. Bushnell
of Newton 77 60 179 256 151 177 152 50% 58 70 1230
William C. Crossley
of Fall River 5 3 11 13 16 18 14 7 9 7 103
Edmund R. Dewing
of Wellesley 18 26 100 94 50 70 26 7 31 23 445
Michael A. Fredo
of Arlington 30 6 2 1 8 6 15 9 16 2 95
George W. Roberts
of Boston 14 12 26 24 24 49 31 22 9 14 225
Blanks 15 11 8 11 22 11 11 5 12 4 110
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Henry Parkman, Jr.
of Boston 139 117 398 477 274 380 290 95 132 118 2420
Blanks 49 27 36 41 30 47 44 24 26 19 343
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CONGRESSMAN
Robert Luce
of Waltham 83 65 259 267 161 189 182 48 97 72 1423
Philip G. Bowker
of Brookline 37 41 67 184 91 136 98 31 17 30 732
George F. Foster
of Newton 5 4 7 8 11 8 9 11 15 1 79
Edward M. Rowe
of Cambridge 16 5 40 21 18 50 10 6 5 17 188
Richard M. Russell
of Cambridge 27 20 50 31 17 35 22 17 19 13 251
Blanks 20 9 11 7 6 9 13 6 5 4 90
COUNCILLOR (3rd District)
Frank A. Brooks
of Concord 94 82 335 433 230 337 269 66 99 88 2033
William M. Foster
of Lowell 11 7 9 13 6 14 8 7 9 3 87
Henry I. Morrison
of Newton 46 39 55 34 46 46 31 26 25 36 384
Victor L. Picard
of Lowell 8 3 2 4 3 4 3 4 5 2 38
Blanks 29 13 33 34 19 26 23 16 20 8 221
SENATOR (Fifth Middlesex District)
Louis B. Connors
of Waltham 95 72 167 187 111 185 115 52 82 56 1122
Albert W. Bullock
of Waltham 70 54 231 302 175 215 195 58 64 71 1435
Blanks 23 18 36 29 18 27 24 9 12 10 206
THIRD MIDDLESEX REPRESENTATIVE
(Precincts One and Two—Total Vote Cast: 664)
Precincts 1 2 Total
James Coutts
of Watertown 150 117 267
Auguste J. Pelletier
of Cambridge 111 93 204
Blanks 115 78 193
TWENTY-THIRD MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
(Precincts Three, Nine and Ten—Total Vote Cast: 1458)
Precincts 3 9 10 Total
John W. Vaughan
of Belmont 255 83 84 422
Clark B. Partridge
of Watertown 400 117 114 631
Nellie L. Temple
of Belmont 62 33 27 122
Blanks 151 83 49 283
THIRTIETH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
(Precincts 4,5.6,7 and 8—Total Vote Cast: 1702)
Precincts 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Edward C. Hall
of Watertown 308 210 190 190 71 969
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John L. Hayden
of Watertown 190 84 226 129 42 671
Blanks 20 10 11 15 6 62
CLERK OF COURTS
Frederic L. Putnam
of Melrose 86 82 355 450 230 324 230 59 98 87 2001
Harold A. Murray
of Newton 68 43 43 44 54 74 76 45 33 41 521
Blanks 34 19 36 24 20 29 28 15 27 9 241
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Thomas Leighton
of Belmont 130 117 391 483 273 387 288 91 125 119 2404
Joseph J. Launie
of Medford 25 12 9 6 11 13 12 9 10 6 113
Blanks 33 15 34 29 20 27 34 19 23 12 246
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Nathaniel I. Bowditch
of Framingham 47 35 227 293 162 198 165 41 47 49 1264
Lewis A. Adams
of Medford 17 18 38 22 33 22 25 17 13 10 215
Leslie G. Ainley
of Cambridge 20 20 21 35 20 115 12 5 16 9 273
Howe Coolidge Amee
of Cambridge 36 13 58 47 20 26 32 12 17 12 273
Robert W. Beyer
of Winchester 4 6 10 17 3 9 8 2 5 2 66
Maurice V. Blomerth
of Malden 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13
Thomas B. Brennan
of Medford 15 9 8 7 4 17 9 8 7 6 90
Edward J. Bushell
of Malden 20 19 58 54 60 46 44 16 12 23 352
Ernest J. Chisholm
of Medford 11 11 22 12 8 7 11 4 3 5 94
Donald B. Falvey
of Belmont 18 10 32 17 16 39 17 15 27 10 201
Harry R. Gardner
of Medford 1 6 13 5 14 6 9 1 3 1 59
Archibald R. Giroux
of Lexington 33 38 135 249 96 135 132 30 48 57 953
William A. Hastings
of Malden 14 7 46 36 24 54 35 14 32 19 281
Arthur K. Reading
of Cambridge 22 18 47 56 37 44 41 9 15 13 302
Charles A. Stevens
of Lowell 9 8 30 34 22 21 12 8 7 10 161
John A. Sweeney
of Cambridge 9 2 2 5 1 3 2 3 3 3 33
Herbert L. Trull
of Tewksbury 5 2 6 13 10 7 1 3 7 3 61
Frank D. Walker
of Marlborough 11 13 23 30 15 18 23 8 5 9 155
Blanks 80 52 89 104 62 86 85 42 49 31 680
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COUNTY TREASURER
William F. Drake
of Framingham 39 28 60 61 44 75 50 31 26 24 438
Charles P. Howard
of Reading 69 73 299 387 180 275 219 59 91 84 1736
John E. Howard
of Medford 20 14 22 14 52 29 12 3 9 11 186
Frank M. Syrewicz
of Somerville 16 3 4 0 3 3 6 7 3 1 46
Blanks 44 26 49 56 25 45 47 19 29 17 357
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
Earle S. Tyler
of Watertown 111 96 342 470 261 361 310 90 92 107 2240
H. Herbert Applin
of Watertown 102 92 332 468 263 354 310 80 99 109 2209
Norman D. MacKay
of Watertown 107 96 335 465 253 353 310 85 103 104 2211
Herbert O. Berry
of Watertown 92 84 318 451 243 334 310 79 90 104 2105
Maude M. Markham
of Watertown 96 81 309 455 237 327 310 76 79 99 2069
Marian A. Shaw
of Watertown 101 85 318 453 244 340 310 78 87 105 2121
Winthrop G. Rockwell
of Watertown 101 90 325 464 258 347 310 82 92 107 2176
Peter M. Feinberg
of Watertown 90 81 302 444 232 314 310 73 80 100 2026
Waldo P. Emerson
of Watertown 96 90 325 468 251 333 310 76 82 99 2130
Anna R. Toscano
of Watertown 111 84 312 423 219 314 310 73 89 92 2027
Clark B. Partridge
of Watertown 95 82 352 448 230 322 310 69 90 102 2109
Edward C. Hall
of Watertown 101 88 320 463 261 342 310 87 84 104 2160
Roy C. Papalia
of Watertown 111 81 299 432 225 312 310 72 88 94 2024
Andrew D. Bradford
of Watertown 98 85 320 459 243 355 310 80 89 99 2138
Charles Armstrong
of Watertown 99 90 311 457 251 328 310 73 75 101 2095
Edward F. Wright
of Watertown 97 82 310 454 244 339 310 72 77 96 2081
K. Edward Leinonen
of Watertown 93 78 297 436 217 307 310 65 77 94 1974
Catherine A. E. Harcourt
of Watertown 98 81 310 460 230 329 310 73 80 97 2068
Florence M. Shaw
of Watertown 96 83 312 451 233 327 310 74 77 100 2063
Anthony Julian
of Watertown 113 88 308 446 241 329 310 79 94 101 2109
Ruth H. Furber
of Watertown 98 92 319 471 257 347 310 82 95 106 2177
James Coutts
of Watertown 95 79 304 438 222 310 310 67 74 93 1992
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John Natale
of Watertown 110 84 300 436 232 315 310 74 86 97 2044
William Parsons
of Watertown 90 81 317 446 238 335 310 71 84 97 2069
Herbert C. Harting
of Watertown 105 88 319 445 238 327 310 75 87 99 2093
Sam Ingalls
of Watertown 1 1
George E. LeFavor
of Watertown 2 8 8 1 6 25
Edward K. Bacon
of Watertown 1 1
Margaret Boutelle
of Watertown 1 7 1 9
G. Fred Robinson
of Watertown 1 4 6 1 1 13
Arthur Schoepfer
of Watertown 4 4
Franklin Bronson
of Watertown 2 2
William Bell
of Watertown 1 1
Richard Stumcke 1 1
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Blanks 2758 1891 4231 3189 2488 3632 1601 1424 2268 1324 24806
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
Record of Special Town Meeting, October 14, 1940
Meeting was called to order at 8.00 P.M. by Moderator John M.
Russell. Officers' returns on Warrant were read by Town Clerk George
B. Wellman. Number present at time of calling meeting to order: 130.
Number present at meeting as reported by Checkers' record: 173. Num-
ber of town meeting members necessary for a quorum: 93.
Notices were received from the Chairmen of Precincts 2, 4, 5, 6,
and 7, respectively, of the election of
Katherine S. Varris, 38 Dartmouth Street, to fill vacancy in the
1941 term Precinct Two, caused by the removal of John Driscoll from
the precinct.
Michael J. Ryder, 61 Hazel Street, to fill vacancy in the 1943 term,
Precinct Two, caused by the removal from the precinct of Thomas Ellis
to Precinct Nine.
Francis M. Lightbody, 59 Robbins Road, to fill vacancy in the 1942
term Precinct Four, caused by the death of W. Harvey Lucas.
Paul Neal. 175 North Beacon Street, to fill vacancy in 1941 term
Precinct Five, caused by resignation of Albert E. Norbury,
Herbert E. Robinson, 25 Palmer Street, to fill vacancy in 1943 term
Precinct Five, caused by removal to Precinct Six of Edmund P. Hickey.
Anthony Julian, 11 Carlton Terrace, to fill vacancy in 1943 term
Precinct Six, caused by the removal from Town of Stuart Fay.
Edward S. Parsons, 19 Hardy Avenue, to fill vacancy in the 1943
term, Precinct Six, caused by the resignation of Andrew D. Bradford.
Avery A. Morton, 192 Standish Road, to fill vacancy in the 1941 term
Precinct Six, caused by the death of George H. White.
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Carl B. Richardson, 118 Marshall Street, to fill vacancy in the 1942
term Precinct Seven, caused by the removal from Precinct of Sylvester
M. Loring.
All duly elected members, who were present, were sworn to the
faithful performance of duty by Town Clerk George B. Wellman.
Article 1. To hear the report of any committee heretofore ap-
pointed and act thereon.
Voted: That Committee of Five appointed to make survey and
recommendations regarding highway department equipment, be ac-
cepted, and its recommendations adopted: (See Article 15)
The report submitted by Thomas F. Megan, Chairman, follows:
To Town Meeting Members:
We submit a report by the Committee of Five appointed by the
Moderator to study the needs of the Highway Department with a view
to motorizing the department and replacing its equipment at regular
intervals as voted under Article 4 of Town Meeting held March 25, 1940.
We recommend the following purchases:
1—Walter Snow fighter 150 H.P., 7-10 Capacity, complete with 7 ton
capacity Humphrey paddle type sand spreader, complete with power
hydraulic controls, Walter center scraper plow, and Front one-way
plow with Humphrey lift . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $13,927.50
1—Garbage truck, 8 yd. body 5,200.00
2—Rubbish and Ash trucks, 7 yd. bodies 10,000.00
5—Sidewalk Cletrac Tractors 11,000.00
4—Truck plows 1,000.00
1-12 Ton Gasoline Roller 5,000.00
$46,127.50
We recommend the trade-in of:
1-1929-5 Ton Auto Car
1-1928-5 Ton Mack
1-1929-5 Ton Mack
1-1931-5 Ton Four Wheel Drive
1-1930-5 Ton Four Wheel Drive
We suggest that complete daily records be kept of all trucks cover-
ing mileage, oil and gas consumption, and maintenance with thorough
mechanical inspection and greasing every 2000 miles.
In order to service this highway equipment we recommend an
appropriation of $2000. to cover hydraulic hoist, automatic air com-
pressor, greasing, oiling and inspection of equipment.
Regarding future trade-in of equipment this can only be judged
over a period of time as to costs of maintenance of each truck when
records are fully kept as to costs.
This committee has endeavored to go into needs for new motor
equipment for highway department. We have held several meetings
with Mr. Condon and his assistants, and with the Selectmen. We have
visited some of the surrounding towns and have inspected their equip-
ment.
We therefore make the foregoing recommendations as submitted in
the preceding paragraphs.
THOMAS F. MEGAN, Chairman,
MATTHEW W. J. CARLEY,
PERCY C. CAMPBELL,
DANIEL S. MacKAY,
SAMUEL K. TARBELL,
Committee.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with
the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January
1, 1941, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning
January 1, 1941, or take any action relating thereto.
Unanimously Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval
of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money on and
after January 1, 1941, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial
year beginning January 1, 1941, and to issue the note or notes of the
Town therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred
under the vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year begin-
ning January 1, 1941.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide
by transfer or otherwise, the necessary sums of money for the use of
the various Town departments for the balance of the current year, or
take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That the following sums be and are hereby appropriated
for the use of the following departments, and that the money be pro-
vided by transfer from certain accounts in accordance with the following
schedule:
FROM TO
School, Instruction, School, General Control,
Salaries $1,950.00 Tel. $150.00
School, Trade School 1,100.00
$1,950.00 School, New Equipment 200.00
School, Maintenance 500.00
$1,950.00
Printing Voting Lists $128.50 Town Clerk, Contingent $350.00
Election Expense 221.50
$350.00 $350.00
Police, Patrolmen $70.00 Police, Reserve Force $170.00
Police, Broadcasting Fee 100.00
$170.00 $170.00
Police, Two-way Radio $601.00 Police, Contingent $601.00
Fire, New Hose $500.00 Fire, Contingent $500.00
Infirmary, Keeper's Infirmary, General
Salary $150.00 Expense $150.00
Interest $836.97 Pensions $230.00
Insurance 606.97
$836.97 $836.97
Public Library, Salaries $200.00 Pub. Library, Books, Per.
& Bdg. $200.00
Health, Dental Clinic $100.00 Health, Contagious
Excess & Deficiency 900.00 Diseases $1,000.00
$1,000.00 $1,000.00
Public Welfare, Sr. Town Hall, Fuel $150.00
Clerk $250.00 Town Hall, Contingent 185.00
Finance Committee 135.00 Light 50.00
$385.00 $385.00
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Highway, Chapter 90 $8,175.00 Highway, Ashes &
Paper $1,520.00
Highway, Garbage 1,854.00
Sewer, Maintenance 4,801.00
$8,175.00 $8,175.00
Water, Supt's Salary $1,454.00 Water, Maintenance,
Labor $1,454.00
Water, Renewal of Water, New House
Services $500.00 Connections $500.00
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide
by transfer or otherwise, the sum of Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00),
in addition to such sums as have already been appropriated to be used
in the Department of Outside Aid, in the Welfare Department, or take
any action relating thereto.
Voted: That the sum of Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) be
and is hereby appropriated to be used in the Department of Outside
Aid, Welfare Department, and that the money be provided by transfer
of Forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) from the Overlay Reserve account,
and Ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) from Excess and Deficiency
Account.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide
by transfer or otherwise, the sum of Nine thousand dollars ($9,000.00),
in addition to such sums as have already been appropriated to be used
in the Soldiers' Relief Department, or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That the sum of Nine Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00) be and
is hereby appropriated for the Soldiers' Relief and Military Aid Account,
and that the money be provided by transfer from the Excess and De-
ficiency account.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer or
otherwise, the sum of Three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) in addition to
such sums as have already been appropriated, for the Workmen's Com-
pensation Department, or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00)
be and is hereby appropriated for the Workmen's Compensation Account,
and that the money be provided by transfer from the Excess and Defi-
ciency Account.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to provide by transfer or
otherwise the sum of Twelve Hundred dollars ($1,200.00) for the purpose
of purchasing and erecting a fence along the easterly side of Victory
Field, running in a southerly direction from Orchard Street, for a dis-
tance of about 550 linear feet, or take any action relating thereto. (Re-
quest of Park Commission).
Voted: "No Appropriation," and that the question contained in Ar-
ticle 7, be carried over to the next annual Town Meeting.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide
by transfer or otherwise, the sum of Eight hundred dollars ($800.00)
for maintenance of the Park Department for the remainder of the cur-
rent year, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Park Com-
mission).
Voted: That the sum of Six hundred dollars ($600.00) be and is
hereby appropriated for the use of the Park Department. as follows:
Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for Water Bills, and Three Hundred
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Dollars ($300.00) for Park Department Contingent, and that the money
be provided by transfer from the School, Instruction-Salaries account.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise the sum of Twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for the
purpose of installing a new billing system in the Water Department.
(Request of Water Department).
Voted: "No Appropriation."
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise, the sum of Four Thousand eight hundred and fifty dol-
lars ($4,850.00) for the purpose of purchasing and installing the neces-
sary equipment for the new Water Department quarters in the Munici-
pal Garage, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Water
Commissioners).
Voted: "No Appropriation."
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise the sum of One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for a new
sixteen-inch connection with the Metropolitan Water Works supply
at the Newton line on Galen Street, to provide a necessary increased
supply of water, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Water
Commissioners).
Voted: "No Appropriation."
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise the sum of Twenty-two hundred and eighty dollars
($2,280.00) for an addition to the maintenance account to provide for
an increase in the salary of laborers in the Water Department. (Request
of Water Commissioners).
Voted: That the sum of One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) be and is
hereby appropriated for the Maintenance and Labor account in the
Water Department, and that the money be provided by transfer as fol-
lows: Two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) from Water, Renewal of
Services account, and Seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) from
Water Construction and Reconstruction account.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to change and amend the
present Zoning By-law by altering the Zoning Map of Watertown dated
1935, changing certain property on Williams Street, now in District
General Residence District, to District 4, Business District, as follows:
Beginning at a point 90 feet more or less easterly from Galen Street,
at the rear of property now or formerly owned by Sun Oil Company,
on the southerly side of Williams Street, running in an Easterly direc-
tion along said Williams Street to property now or formerly of John
Rosenbaum; Thence running in a Southerly direction by land now or
formerly of the said John Rosenbaum to land now or formerly of Pas-
quale Marucci and Maria Marucci; Thence running Southwesterly to the
boundary line of the city of Newton; Thence running Northwesterly
along said boundary line of the city of Newton to the rear property line
now or formerly of the Sur_ Oil Company; Thence running Northwesterly
along said rear boundary line of the land now or formerly of the Sun
Oil Company to a point of beginning comprising an area of approxi-
mately 24,000 square feet. (Request of Arthur B. Green and others).
Unanimously Voted: That the Town change and amend the present
Zoning By-law by altering the Zoning Map of Watertown dated 1935,
changing certain property on Williams Street, now in District 2, Gen-
eral Residence District, to District.4, Business District, as follows:
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Beginning at a point 90 feet more or less easterly from Galen Street.
at the rear of property now or formerly owned by Sun Oil Company, on
the Southerly side of Williams Street, running in an Easterly direction
along said Williams Street to property now or formerly of John Rosen-
baum; Thence running in a Southerly direction by land now or formerly
of the said John Rosenbaum to land now or formerly of Pasquale Mar-
ucci and Maria Marucci; Thence running Southwesterly to the boundary
line of the city of Newton; Thence running Northwesterly along said
boundary line of the city of Newton to the rear property line now or
formerly of the Sun Oil Company; Thence running Northwesterly along
said rear boundary line of the land now or formerly of the Sun Oil
Company to a point of beginning comprising an area of approximately
24,000 sq. feet.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to provide by transfer or
otherwise the sum of One hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) as salary
for the Civil Service Clerk, or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: "No Appropriation."
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise the sum of Forty six thousand, one hundred twenty-seven
dollars and fifty cents ($46,127.50), to purchase new equipment for the
Highway Department, or take any action relating thereto.
Unanimously Voted: That the sum of Forty-three Thousand DoI-
lars ($43,000.00) be and is hereby appropriated to purchase new equip-
ment for the Highway Department, the same to be expended under the
direction of the Board of Selectmen, and of this amount Thirteen Thou-
sand Dollars ($13,000.00) be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency
Account, and that the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) be
borrowed by the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of
Selectmen, over a period of Five (5) years.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for the pur-
chase of equipment in the Municipal Garage to be used in the main-
tenance of motor vehicles, or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be and
is hereby appropriated to purchase equipment in the Municipal Garage
to be used in the maintenance of motor vehicles, the same to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and that the
money be provided by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator
to appoint a committee to study the report of the survey submitted by
The Bingham Associates pursuant to the vote of the town at the Special
Town Meeting of June 12, 1939, and to report to the next Annual Town
Meeting such recommendations for action by the Town or any of its
officers as will, in its opinion, further the efficient administration of town
affairs, together with any drafts of articles necessary to carry such rec-
ommendations into effect, such committee to consist of the Chairman of
the Board of Selectmen, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and
three other persons not elective or appointive officers or employees of
the town, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of The Tax
League of Watertown, Inc.)
Voted: That Committee of Five, be appointed by the Moderator,
to study the report of the survey submitted by Town Meeting of June
12, 1939, and to report to the next Annual Town Meeting such recom-
mendations for action by the Town or any of its officers together with
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any drafts of articles necessary to carry such recommendations into
effect, such committee to consist of the Chairman of the Board of Se-
lectmen, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and three other per-
sons not elective or appointive officers or employees of the Town.
Article 18. To see*if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee of
Five to survey and study the advisability of erecting a Municipal Incin-
erator, said committee to report at the next annual meeting, or take any
action relating thereto.
Unanimously Voted: That a committee of five (5) be appointed by
the Moderator, to survey and study the advisability of erecting a Munici-
pal Incinerator, said committee to report at the next annual meeting.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise the sum of Two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the use of
the Committee on Municipal Incinerator, or take any action relating
thereto.
Voted: "No Appropriation."
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee of
Five to survey and study the advisability of erecting a Municipal Recre-
ation Centre, said committee to report at the next annual meeting, or
take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That Committee of Five be appointed to survey and study
the advisability of erecting a Municipal Recreation Centre, said com-
mittee to report at the next annual meeting.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to purchase from the Boston
and Maine Railroad and/or the First Parish Unitarian Church for a
sum, not to exceed ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars or to otherwise take
by eminent domain, a tract of land and buildings thereon, bounded on
the west by Church Street, on the north by land of the Unitarian Church
and Leroy S. Eaton; and on the east by Spring Street, and on the south
by the Boston and Maine Railroad right of way, for the purpose of a
public parking area. (Request of the Committee).
Voted: "No Appropriation."
Voted: That Committee on Parking Site (Boston and Maine Rail-
road property) be discharged.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide
by transfer or otherwise the sum of Eleven thousand, seven hundred
ninety-nine dollars and thirty cents ($11,799.30), in addition to such
sums as have already been appropriated, for the use of the Old Age
Assistance division of the Public Welfare Department, or take any action
relating thereto.
Voted: That the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be and
is hereby appropriated for the use of the Old Age Assistance division of
the Public Welfare Department, and that the money be provided by
transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide
by transfer or otherwise the sum of Ten Thousand, five hundred and
seventeen dollars and eighteen cents ($10,517.18) in addition to such
sums as have already been appropriated, for the use of the Aid to De-
pendent Children division of the Public Welfare Department, or take
any action relating thereto.
Voted: That the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be and
is hereby appropriated for the use of the Aid to Dependent Children
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division of the Public 'Welfare Department, and that the money bt,
provided by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 24. To see if the Town will amend the Building Laws as
follows:
Strike out D, Section 15, and replace with a new paragraph to read:
No person or corporation shall erect or maintain a billboard, sign or
other outdoor advertising device, except as provided in Section 32 of
Chapter 93 of General Laws, on any location, within three hundred feet
of any public park or playground or Metropolitan Park or Parkway.
if within public view of any portion of such parks, playgrounds, or park-
ways; or within three hundred feet of any other public way, and within
public view from any portion of the same, if such billboard, sign or
device exceeds five feet in height or eight feet in length, and no bill-
board, sign or device placed within three hundred feet of any such public
way and within public view shall be nearer than fifty feet to any other
such billboard, sign or device; or at the corner of any public ways and
within the radius of one hundred and fifty feet from the point where
the center lines of such ways intersect; or in any place unless the lowest
portion of such billboard, sign or device is at least three feet from the
ground, or if on a roof shall be set back at least five feet from the edge
of the roof and shall have at least five feet clearance between the bot-
tom of sign and roof. The maximum height above roof shall not be
more than twenty-five feet and the entire structure, including its braces.
and supports shall be kept in good repair, painted and free from the
accumulation of rubbish and filth and from the pupae, eggs and cater-
pillars of gypsy and browntail moths and other tree and shrub destroying
pests; provided that this section shall not apply to signs or other devices
which advertise or indicate either the person occupying the premises in
question or the business transacted therein, or advertise the property
itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let. Or act thereon. (Re-
quest of G. Frederick Robinson and others).
With 136 recorded in favor, and 8 recorded opposed, it was
Voted: That the Town change and amend the present Building
Laws of the Inhabitants of the Town of Watertown by striking out
Paragraph D, Section 15, and replacing with a new paragraph to read
as follows:
No person or corporation shall erect or maintain a billboard, sign
or other outdoor advertising device, except as provided in Section 32 of
Chapter 93 of General Laws, on any location, within three hundred feet
of any public park or playground or Metropolitan Park or Parkway, if
within public view of any portion of such parks, playgrounds, or park-
ways; or within three hundred feet of any other public way, and within
public view from any portion of the same, if such billboard, sign or
device exceeds five feet in height and eight feet in length, and no bill-
board, sign or device placed within three hundred feet of any such public
way and within public view shall be nearer than fifty feet to any other
such billboard, sign or device; or at the corner of any public ways and
within the radius of one hundred and fifty feet from the point where
the center lines of such ways intersect; or in any place unless the lowest
portion of such billboard, sign or device is at least three feet from the
ground, or if on a roof shall be set back at least five feet from the edge
of the roof and shall have at least five feet clearance between the
bottom of the sign and roof. The maximum height above roof shall not
be more than twenty-five feet and the entire structure, including its
braces and supports shall be kept in good repair, painted and free from
the accumulation of rubbish and filth and from the pupae, eggs and
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caterpillars of gypsy, and browntail moths and other tree and shrub
destroying pests; provided that this section shall not apply to signs or
other devices which advertise or indicate either the person occupying
premises in question or the business transacted therein, or advertise the
property itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let.
Note: Mr. G. Frederick Robinson moved for reconsideration, but
his motion was defeated.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise the sum of One Hundred and thirty-five dollars ($135.00)
for the purpose of purchasing and erecting a wrought iron railing on the
front steps of the Administration Building, or take any action relating
thereto.
Voted: "No Appropriation."
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept Broadway as and
for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the pro-
visions of the General Laws, Chapter 82, bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at a point of intersection of the northerly line of Broad-
way and the westerly line of Russell Avenue said point being two hun-
dred twenty nine and ninety one hundredths (229.91) feet southerly
from a S. B. marking the intersection of the southerly line of Columbia
Street, and the westerly line of Russell Avenue; thence running south-
easterly along said line of Russell Avenue across the end of Broadway,
forty and thirty four hundredths (40.34) feet to a point of intersection
with the southerly line of Broadway; thence turning and running west-
erly along the southerly line of Broadway, two hundred thirty one and
seventy eight hundredths (231.78) feet to a point of curvature; thence
extending westerly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of
sixty (60) feet, eighty five and thirty seven hundredths (85.37) feet to
a point of tangency on the westerly line of street formerly known as
Barnard Avenue Extension now to be called Broadway; thence running
northerly along the new line of Broadway, one hundred seventy and
seventy nine hundredths (170.79) feet to a point of curvature; thence
turning and extending northerly and westerly along a curved line having
a radius of twenty (20) feet, twenty-nine and eighty three hundredths
(29.83) feet to a point of tangency on the southerly line of Columbia
Street; thence turning and running easterly along the said line of
Columbia Street across the end of the now called Broadway, said line
being fifty (50) feet and parallel with the northerly line of Columbia
Street, fifty eight and sixty one hundredths (58.61) feet to a point of
intersection with the easterly line of Broadway, formerly Barnard
Avenue Extension, said point being ten and three hundredths (10.03)
feet southerly from the intersection of Columbia Street and the now
easterly line of Broadway, Columbia Street at that point being forty
(40) feet and parallel with the northerly line of Columbia Street; thence
turning and running southerly along the easterly line of the now Broad-
way, one hundred eighty six and ten hundredths (186.10) feet to a
point of curvature; thence turning and extending southerly and easterly
along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, twenty eight and
forty six hundredths (28A6) feet to a point of tangency on the northerly
line of Broadway; thence running easterly along the northerly line of
Broadway, two hundred twenty six and fifty seven hundredths (226.57)
feet to a point of beginning.
The area enclosed by the above description encloses that area known
as Broadway and Barnard Avenue Extension to be known as Broadway,
to be accepted-as a public way, being forty (40) feet in width between
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parallel lines from Russell Avenue to Columbia Street as shown on plan
entitled Town of Watertown Record Plan showing Broadway, dated
September 19, 1940, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer.
Voted: That the Town hereby accepts Broadway as and for a
public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the provisions
of the General Laws, Chapter 82, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point of intersection of the northerly line of Broad-
way and the westerly line of Russell Avenue said point being two hun-
dred twenty nine and ninety one hundredths (229.91) feet southerly
from a S.B. marking the intersection of the southerly line of Columbia
Street and the westerly line of Russell Avenue; thence running south-
easterly along said line of Russell Avenue across the end of Broadway,
forty and thirty four hundredths (40.34) feet to a point of intersection
with the southerly line of Broadway; thence turning and running west-
erly along the southerly line of Broadway; two hundred thirty one and
seventy eight hundredths (231.78) feet to a point of curvature; thence
extending westerly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of
sixty (60) feet, eighty five and thirty seven hundredths (85.37) feet to
a point of tangency on the westerly line of street formerly known as
Barnard Avenue Extension now to be called Broadway; thence running
northerly along the new line of Broadway, one hundred seventy and
seventy nine hundredths (170.79) feet to a point of curvature; thence
turning and extending northerly and westerly along a curved line having
a radius of twenty (20) feet, twenty nine and eighty three hundredths
(29.83) feet to a point of tangency on the southerly line of Columbia
Street, thence turning and running easterly along the said line of Col-
umbia Street across the end of the now called Broadway, said line being
fifty (50) feet and parallel with the northerly line of Columbia Street,
fifty eight and sixty one hundredths (58.61) feet to a point of inter-
section with the easterly line of Broadway, formerly Barnard Avenue
Extension, said point being ten and three hundredths feet (10.03)
southerly from the intersection of Columbia Street and the now easterly
line of Broadway, Columbia Street at that point being forty (40) feet
and parallel with the northerly line of Columbia Street; thence turning
and running southerly along the easterly line of the now Broadway, one
hundred eighty six and ten hundredths (186.10) feet to a point of curva-
ture; thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along a
curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, twenty eight and forty
six hundredths (28.46) feet to a point of tangency on the northerly line
of Broadway; thence running easterly along the northerly line of
Broadway, two hundred twenty six and fifty seven hundredths (226.57)
feet to a point of beginning.
Note: The area enclosed by the above description encloses that
area known as Broadway and Barnard Avenue Extension to be known
as Broadway, being forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines from
Russell Avenue to Columbia Street as shown on plan entitled Town of
Watertown Record Plan showing Broadway, dated September 19, 1940,
by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept Norseman Avenue,
as and for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under
the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 82, bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a point of intersection of the westerly line of Norse-
man Avenue and the southerly line of Mount Auburn Street, said point
being two hundred twenty and six tenths (220.6) feet more or less
westerly from the westerly line of French Terrace; thence extending
along said line of Mount Auburn Street in a northerly and easterly
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direction along a curved line having a radius of nineteen hundred seven
and eight tenths (1907.8) feet, forty and ten hundredths (40.10) feet,
more or less to a point of intersection with the easterly line of Norse-
man Avenue; thence turning and running southeasterly along the east-
erly line of Norseman Avenue two hundred fifty three and forty two
hundredths (253.42) feet to a point of curvature; thence turning and
extending southerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of
nineteen and forty hundredths (19.40) feet, nine and ninety three (9.93)
hundredths feet to a point of reversed curvature; thence turning and
extending easterly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of
nineteen and forty hundredths (19.40) feet, nine and ninety three hun-
dredths (9.93) feet to a point of tangency; thence running still south-
easterly along the said line of Norseman Avenue thirty and fifty hun-
dredths (30.50) feet to a point of intersection with the northerly lot line
of Lot No. 34; thence turning and running southwesterly along said
line of Lot thirty four (34), fifty (50) feet to a point of intersection
with the westerly line of Norseman Avenue; thence turning and running
northwesterly along the westerly line of Norseman Avenue, thirty and
five tenths (30.5) feet to a point of curvature; thence turning and ex-
tending northerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of
nineteen and four tenths (19.4) feet, nine and ninety three hundredths
(9.93) feet to a point of reversed curvature; thence turning and extend-
ing easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of nine-
teen and four tenths (19.4) feet; nine and ninety three hundredths
(9.93) feet to a point of tangency; thence running northwesterly along
the westerly line of Norseman Avenue, two hundred fifty four and six-
teen hundredths (254.16) feet to a point of beginning.
Note: The above description encloses that area known as Norseman
Avenue, being forty (40) and fifty (50) feet in width between parallel
lines from Mount Auburn Street to dead end at Lot Number thirty four
(34) as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan show-
ing Norseman Avenue, dated September 19, 1940, by Otis D. Allen, Town
Engineer.
Voted: That the Town hereby accepts Norseman Avenue as and
for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the
provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 82, bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at a point of intersection of the westerly line of Norse-
man Avenue and the southerly line of Mount Auburn Street, said point
being two hundred twenty and six tenths (220.6) feet more or less
westerly from the westerly line of French Terrace; thence extending
along said line of Mount Auburn Street in a northerly and easterly
direction along a curved line having a radius of nineteen hundred seven
and eight tenths (1907.8) feet, forty and ten hundredths (40.10) feet;
more or less to a point of intersection with the easterly line of Norseman
Avenue; thence turning and running southeasterly along the easterly
line of Norseman Avenue two hundred fifty three and forty two hun-
dredths (253.42) feet to a point of curvature; thence turning and extend-
ing southerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of nine-
teen and forty hundredths (19.40) feet, nine and ninety three hun-
dredths (9.93) feet to a point of reversed curvature; thence turning and
extending easterly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of
nineteen and forty hundredths (19.40) feet, nine and ninety three hun-
dredths (9.93) feet to a point of tangency; thence running still south-
easterly along the said line of Norseman Avenue thirty and fifty hun-
dredths (30.50) feet to a point of intersection with the northerly lot
line of Lot No. 34; thence turning and running southwesterly along said
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line of Lot thirty four (34). fifty (50) feet to a point of intersection
with the westerly line of Norseman Avenue; thence turning and running
northwesterly along the westerly line of Norseman Avenue, thirty and
five tenths (30.5) feet to a point of curvature; thence turning and
extending northerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius
of nineteen and four tenths (19.4) feet, nine and ninety three hun-
dredths (9.93) feet to a point of reversed curvature; thence turning and
extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius
of nineteen and four tenths (19.4) feet, nine and ninety three hun-
dredths (9.93) feet to a point of tangency; thence running northwesterly
along the westerly line of Norseman Avenue, two hundred and fifty four
and sixteen hundredths (254.16) feet to a point of beginning.
Note: The above description encloses that area known as Norse-
man Avenue, being forty (40) and fifty (50) feet in width between par-
allel lines from Mount Auburn Street to dead end at Lot Number thirty
four (34) as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan
showing, Norseman Avenue, dated September 19, 1940, by Otis D. Allen,
Town Engineer.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by transfer
or otherwise the sum of Seventy-five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) to pur-
chase Lots 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 Buick Street, as shown on a plan of the
Subdivision of Boyle Farm, dated April 16, 1925, by Forrest J. Maynard.
Engineer, for the purpose of enlarging the so-called Bemis Playground,
or take any action relating thereto.
Voted: That a Committee of Five (5) be appointed by the Mod-
erator to study the advisability of purchasing Lots 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41
Buick Street, for the purpose of enlarging the so-called Bemis Play-
ground, and that said committee submit its report and recommendations
to the next annual town meeting.
Voted: "No Appropriation."
There being no further business to come before the meeting, final
adjournment took place at 10.00 P.M.
Attest:
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
1940 Attendance Record of Town Meeting Members
P—Present
A—Absent
BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE
Mar. 25 OCL. 14
Bernard S. McHugh, 19 Emerson Rd. P P
Charles P. Colligan, 5 Royal St. P P
H. Herbert Applin, 31 Barnard Ave. P P
George B. Wellman, 128 Barnard Ave. P P
W. W. Norcross, 39 Spruce St. P P
John M. Russell, 96 Robbins Rd. P P
John J. Kennedy, 153 Common St. A A
James H. Sheridan, 75 Robbins Rd. P P
John C. Ford, 24 Church St. P A
Wilfred J. Paquet, 95 Spruce St. P P
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Leo P. Landry, 72 Bradford Rd. P A
James J. Vahey, 104 Riverside St. A A
Earle S. Tyler, 232 Bellevue Rd. P A
Edward J. Kelley, 380 Mt. Auburn St. A A
Thomas F. Vahey, 171 Common St. P P
Edward C. Hall, 65 Mt. Auburn St. P P
George E. LeFavor, 466 Main St. P P
Bernice L. Campbell, 330 School St. P P
FINANCE COMMITTEE
James N. Barrett, 24 Hall Ave. A A
Louis N. Cousbelis, 746 Mt. Auburn St. P A
William H. Donald, 144 Riverside St. P A
Artin Papazian, 49 Melendy Ave. P P
Chester H. Parker, 17 Gleason St. P A
Robert J. Plunkett, 10 Hovey St. P P
Sebastian Tangusso, 92 Bellevue Rd. P P
Francis C. Brown, 198 Bellevue Rd. P P
Carl W. Johnson, 72 Winsor Ave. P P
Harry J. Landen, 72 Standish Rd. P A
Roy C. Papalia, 191 Summer St. P P
Clark B. Partridge, 75 Commonwealth Rd. P P
Edward W. Supple, 12 Sheldon Rd. P A
Edward C. Webster, 124 Marshall St. P P
Leland C. Bixby, 109 Barnard Ave. P A
`Aram Brazilian, 44 Adams Ave. P A
"Albert Brogle, 38 Harnden Ave. P A
"Matthew W. J. Carley, 48 Evans St. P A
William S. Holdsworth, 65 Barnard Ave. — A
Samuel K. Tarbell, 18 Avon Rd. — P
Laurence J. Walsh, 724 Mt. Auburn St. — P
Daniel J. Murphy, 35 Channing Rd. A Expired
Dr. Pericles J. Canzanelli, 300 Mt. Auburn St. A Expired
Wilfred J. Paquet, 95 Spruce St.—Apptd. Town Counsel
*Re-appointed by Moderator
PRECINCT ONE
Henry Brown, 11 Edgecliffe Rd. A A
Patrick J. Curley, 19 Francis St. P A
John T. Dorney 137 Hillside Rd. P P
Delbert W. Kendall, 38 Kimball Rd. P P
Wallace E. McCarthy, 32 Maplewood St. P P
William D. Murphy, 62 Prentiss St. P A
;Michael J. Powers, 29 Brimmer St. P A
Antonio Toscano, 23 Brimmer St. A A
Rubin E. Garber, 183 Grove St. A Moved
John Anestis, 104 Coolidge Hill Rd. A A
John P. Brennan, 41 Elton Ave. P P
Paul C. Diliberto, 823 Mt. Auburn St. A A
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick, 28 Melendy Ave. P A
Edward C. Kenney, 23 Irma Ave. P A
Edward F. Morley, 22 Brimmer St. P P
Thomas F. Morley, 23 Irma Ave. P P
Charles P. Pelkey, 9 Edgecliffe Rd. P A
Albert Valentino, 19 French Terrace P A
Remigio P. Alberico, 18 Prentiss St. A A
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Laurence Arone, 8 Keith St. A A
Frank Cerrati, 139 Grove St. P P
Anne Curran, 14 Brimmer St. P P
Charles J. Curran, 67 Templeton Pkwy. A P
Rocco D'Angelo, 58 Cottage St. A P
Alfred M. Davenport, Jr., 88 Grove St. P P
Frank J. Natale, 750 Mt. Auburn St. P P
Amarando G. Pugliese, 805 Mt. Auburn St. P P
PRECINCT TWO
Timothy Clifford, 36 Hosmer St. A A
Julia Coffey, 7 Dexter Ave. P P
Eugene DuBois, 157 Spruce St. P P
Katherine T. McCarthy, 81 Dexter Ave. P P
James McLaughlin, 35 Hosmer St. P P
John J. Murphy, 17 Fairfield St. P P
Edward A. Oates, 37 Hazel St. P P
M. Frank Sullivan, 29 Dartmouth St. P P
Catherine S. Varris, 38 Dartmouth St. — P
John Driscoll, 86 Spruce St. P Moved
John Christopher, 175 Boylston St. P A
James Donovan, 11-a Fairfield St. P P
Peter H. Duffy, 5 Arthur Terrace P P
James J. Higgins, 25 Dartmouth St. P A
Ellen M. McDonald, 12 Dartmouth St. P P
Mary B. Moran, 41 Fairfield St. A A
Esther T. Oates, 37 Hazel St. P P
John P. Oates, 14 Dartmouth St. P P
John O'Driscoll, 41 Fairfield St. P A
Diran H. Berberian, 142 Nichols Ave. P P
Walter L. Fallon, 6 Porter St. A A
Owen Hannon, 67 Hazel St. P P
Florence Higgins, 25 Dartmouth St. P A
Michael J. McEnaney, 113 Boylston St. P A
Alice Ryan, 39 Hazel St. P P
Michael J. Ryder, 61 Hazel St. — P
John J. Sullivan, 96 Boylston St. P A
Charlotte Whittemore, it Fairfield St. P P
Thomas E. Ellis, 134 Spruce St. P
Removed from Precinct
PRECINCT THREE
William Bell, 17 Appleton St. P A
Erving N. Buffum, 33 Hillside Rd. P A
James M. Cox, 188 Winsor Ave. A A
Elizabeth A. Creamer, 113 Winsor Ave. A A
George E. Dodge, 112 Langdon Ave. P P
Rodney G. Page, 366 School St. P A
Albert T. Partridge, 54 Langdon Ave. P A
Bernard E. Tombrink, 96 Hillside Rd. A P
Joseph A. Wheelock, 41 Rangeley Rd. P P
Elmer H. Comey, 23 Carver Rd. P P
John M. Edgecomb, 102 Winsor Ave. P A
Edward J. Flaherty, 101 Winsor Ave. P A
Ernest K. Ingalls, 30 Adams Ave. P A
Albert T. MacKay, 116 Langdon Ave. P P
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Eric H. Norrby, 9 Langdon Ave. P P
Leverett L. Preble, Jr., 22 Clyde Rd. P P
Guy M. Setliff, 151 Maplewood St. P A
Charles L. Sheldon, 311 School St. A P
William R. Beale, 38 Carver Rd., E. P P
Eugene B. Brooks, 97 Langdon Ave. P P
Percy C. Campbell. 330 School St. P P
Charles Eaton, 144 Winsor Ave. P P
Willard McMillan, 169 Winsor Ave. P A
Joseph M. Murray, 32 Richards Rd. P P
Kenneth L. Pike, 73 Winsor Ave. P P
Abraham Saunders, 93 Langdon Ave. P P
Charles H. Taylor, 11 Appleton St. P A
PRECINCT FOUR
Lester Black, 20 Chester St. A P
Virgil C. Brink, 34 Bailey Rd. P A
Frank A. Gray, 20 Lincoln St. A A
Clifford K. Johnson, 22 Robbins Rd. P P
*Eric L. Johnson, 87 Barnard Ave. P P
George W. Knight, 36 Arden Rd. P P
Ray V. Richardson, 25 Robbins Rd. P A
Walter C. Stone, 19 Stoneleigh Rd. P P
Ernest M. Small, 42 Walnut St. P Resigned
John E. Buddington, 70 Lincoln St. P A
Walter R. Catton, 486 Belmont St. P P
Frank D. Emery, 9 Franklin St. P P
Edward P. Furber, 11 Bates Rd. P P
**Russell B. Kennett, 12 Marcia Rd. P P
*"Francis Lightbody, 59 Robbins Rd. — P
L. Bennett Turner, 33 Robbins Rd. P P
Donald D. Wright, 127 Barnard Ave. P P
William H. Lucas, 31 Otis St. P Deceased
Samuel K. Tarbell, 18 Avon Rd. P +
Alma G. Bowen, 265 Mt. Auburn St. P P
Edward C. Camp, 25 Garfield St. P P
William G. Casey, 11 Marcia Rd. P A
Kenneth H. Erskine, 91 Common St. P A
James G. Grower, 30 Barnard Ave. P A
Irving C. Keene, 7 Grenville Rd. P P
Earle L. Reed, 18 Robbins Rd. P P
Harold S. Tuck, 42 Barnard Ave. P P
Melvin V. Weldon, 41 Columbia St. P A
Appointed to Finance Committee
A Appointed to fill vacancy caused by election of Earle S. Tyler to
School Committee
"* Appointed to fill vacancy caused by election of H. Herbert Applin
as Selectman
Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of William H. Lucas
PRECINCT FIVE
Edward K. Bacon, 16 Royal St. P P
Charles O. Chase, 6 Patten St. P P
William A. Coolidge, 15 Pequossette St. P P
Walter H. Gregg, 12 Riverside St. A P
Edward J. Maloney, 19 Alfred Rd. P A
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Thomas Milmore, 90 Riverside St. P A
Henry L. Morley, 115 North Beacon St. P A
*Paul Neal, 175 North Beacon St. — P
Martin L. Vahey, 104 Riverside St. P A
Albert E. Norbury, 29 Paul St. A Resigned
Francis M. Andrews, 103 Beechwood Ave. P P
Edward E. Bruce, 26 Phillips St. P A
John J. Colligan, 5 Royal 'St. P P
Effie Comstock, 103 North Beacon St. P P
J. Joseph Cunniff, 11 Thurston Rd. P P
Gabriel Farrell, 175 North Beacon St. P P
*George K. Howe, 19 Auburn Place — A
Andrew E. McDermott, 40 Royal St. A P
J. Arthur Smith, 69 Pequossette St. A A
Karl G. Baker, 54 Beacon Park P P
Joseph L. Carroll, 238 North Beacon St. P A
James E. Ford, 29 Irving St. P P
Arthur L. Hutchins, 34 Phillips St. P A
Stephen Milmore, 98 Irving St. P A
°*Herbert Robinson, 25 Palmer St. — P
Anselm Paul 'Sampson, 16 Frank St. P P
William F. Spalding, 86 Beechwood Ave. P P
Ralph H. Worcester, 43 Phillips St. P P
Edmund P. Hickey, 9 Thurston Rd. P Moved from Pet.
• Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Albert Norbury
:'* Appointed to fill vacancy caused by election of E.C. Hall to
Chairmanship Water Com.
*; Appointed to fill vacancy caused by removal of Edmund P.
Hickey from precinct
PRECINCT SIX
Frederick Bell, 20 Fitchburg St. A A
Charles Jewell Brown, 211 Orchard St. P P
John F. Craig, 37 Lowell Ave. P A
Arthur I. Davis, 89 Lowell Ave. P A
Grace E. Johnson, 162 Common St. P P
Daniel S. MacKay, 164 Lovell Rd. P P
Avery A. Morton, 182 Standish Rd. — P
William A. Sheridan, 153 Bellevue Rd. A A
Herbert S. Wilson, 21 Standish Rd. P A
George H. White, 59 Wilson Ave. A Deceased
Russell Cook, 186 Common St. P A
Arthur T. Derry, 172 Standish Rd. P P
John H. Holt, 116 Poplar St. P P
Everett A. Kelley, 92 Poplar St. P P
John A. MacRury, 63 Orchard St. P P
Elijah B. Robertson, 59 Hovey St. P A
Waldron Smith, 167 Lovell Rd. A A
James Thomson, Jr., 11 Lovell Rd. P P
John B. Whelan, 179 Waverley Ave. P P
Charles W. Bramhall, 28 Hall Ave. P P
Evans K. Dexter, 101 Lovell Rd. A P
William H. Eckert, 12 Hall Ave. P P
Walter P. Gilbert, 134 Standish Rd. P P
Edward F. Gillis, 176 Lovell Rd. P A
"Anthony Julian, 11 Carleton Terrace — A
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Norman D. MacKay, 166 Worcester St. P A
*'Edward S. Parsons, 19 Hardy Ave. — P
William Parsons, 14 Carleton Terrace P P
Stuart Fay, 11 Locke St. P §
Andrew D. Bradford, 144 Lovell Rd. P Resigned
§ Removed from Town
*Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of George H. White
"'Appointed to fill vacancy caused by removal from Town of
Stuart B. Fay
**",., Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Andrew D.
Bradford
PRECINCT SEVEN
William J. Coumans, 67 Marion Rd. A A
William M. Holmes, 62 Katherine Rd. A A
Perry B. Howard, 31 Katherine Rd. P P
Homer F. Hunt, 42 Oliver St. A P
B. Fay McGlauflin, 36 Katherine Rd. P P
Stanley D. Porter, 35 Marion Rd. P P
George Edw. Quimby, 119 Church St. P A
Ronald M. Stone, 56 Marion Rd. P P
Charles A. Kerr, 130 Marshall St. A Resigned
Robert F. Field, 104 Church St. P A
William B. Harvey, 106 Mt. Auburn St. P P
Jarvis B. Keene, 40 Fayette St. P P
Lester E. Markham, 9 Fayette St. P P
Julia A. Paine. 170 Palfrey St. P A
Ralph F. Perry, 125 'Summer St. P P
*Carl B. Richardson, 118 Marshall St. — P
G. Frederick Robinson, 106 Mt. Auburn St. A P
Edward F. Wright, 44 Fayette St. P P
Sylvester M. Loring, 125 Summer St. P -t.
Ethel Gibson Cary, 25 Marion Rd. P P
John M. Day, 13 Oliver St. A A
Harold C. Everett, 114 Marshall St. A P
Pierce L. Fish, 78 Marshall St. P P
Arthur F. Gray, 20 Fayette St. P P
Homer C. Perkins, 101 Marshall St. P P
Frances M. Savage, 142 Palfrey St. A A
Harry A. Smith, 52 Oliver St. P A
Frank A. Waterhouse, 59 Marshall St. P P
Removed from Precinct
*Appointed to fill vacancy caused by removal of Sylvester M. Loring
PRECINCT EIGHT
Patrick D. Cahill, 49 Myrtle St. P P
Daniel J. Clifford, 22 Myrtle St. P P
Edward E. Dyer, 62 Capitol St. P A
Raymond J. Ford, 61 Green St. P A
John F. Lyons, 48 Maple St. P A
Joseph F. McElroy, 33 Green St. A A
William J. Morris, 35 Morse St. P P
William J. Shields, 81 Galen St. P A
James F. Walsh, 12 Green St. P A
William J. Barry, 9 Maple St. P A
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Michael F. Casey, 83 Pleasant St. P A
Thomas J. Coen, 9 Green St. Terr. A P
Denis A. Devaney, 72 Green St. P P
Joseph M. Donnelly, 32 Eliot St. P A
Patrick B. Ford, 46 Eliot St. A A
Daniel L. Kenslea, 44 Capitol St. P A
Michael B. Oates, 55 Union St. P P
Francis H. Quinlan, 68 Green St. P P
Joseph W. Andrews, 134 Main St. P A
Maurice H. Costello, 29 Boyd St. P P
George J. Gaffney, 8 Theurer Park P A
Thomas F. Joyce, 23 Boyd St. P A
John Joseph Maloney, 39 Green St. P P
Joseph McManus, 43 Morse St. P P
Richard Rockett, 43 Boyd St. P P
William H. Thomas, 73 Galen St. P A
Leo F. Walsh, 63 Union St. A A
PRECINCT NINE
Louis G. Bragole, 11 Hillside St. A P
James F. Brennan, 55 Grandview Ave. A A
John C. DeLaney, 897 Belmont St. P P
*Eva M. Eagleson, 60 Hillside St. P P
Angus Fraser, 240 Sycamore St. P P
John B. Hauswirth, 298 Waverley Ave. P A
James J. O'Connell, 26 Westminster Ave. P A
Leonard Owen, 254 Sycamore St. P P
Francis J. Sheridan, 30 Gertrude St. A A
James F. Ahearn, 32 Waverley Ave. A A
Mary Clark, 34 Waverley Ave. P P
Frederick R. Coolidge, 1043 Belmont St. P P
John W. Little, 1039 Belmont St. A P
John T. MacKay, 247 Sycamore St. P P
Patrick T. McMahon, 54 Knowles Rd. P A
Maurice H: O'Connell, 20 Westminster Ave. P A
Joseph E. Ransom, 164 Edenfield Ave. P A
Anthony Tocci, 242 Waverley Ave. A A
Fred W. Bray, 164 Waverley Ave. P P
Franklin C. Bronson, 15 Brookline St. A P
Guy P. Clark, 34 Waverley Ave. P P
Roscoe P. Daughters, 15 Knowles Rd. P A
George H. McElhiney, 189 Sycamore St. P A
Joseph G. Perkins, 158 Sycamore St. A A
Arthur E. Schoepfer, 189 Sycamore St. P A
Roy B. Swanson, 361 Orchard St. P P
Frank J. Vaughan, 14 Edenfield Ave. P P
" Elected to fill vacancy caused by tie vote being cast Election Day
March 4th
PRECINCT TEN
Henry Allen, 33 Olcott St. P A
William J. Brosnahan, 587 Main St. P A
Vincent A. Drosdick, 479 Main St. P A
David E. Fitzgerald, 34 Olcott St. P P
Thomas Hardy, 70 Wilmot St. P P
Joseph M. Hughes, 10 Morton St. P P
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James F. Keating, 491 Main St. P P
Clarence W. MacRae, 19 Rutland St. P P
Kenneth S. Newell, 66 Stuart St. A A
John R. Burke, 51 Olney St. P A
Joseph W. Burke, 51 Olney St. P P
Joseph L. Doherty, 667 Main St. P A
Elmer E. Erickson, 24 Stuart St. P P
Marion C. Healy, 35 Purvis St. P P
Anna M. Keating, 491 Main St. P A
Richard Kelley, Jr., 567 Main St. P A
Fred E. Lindahl, 20 Prescott St. P A
Chester A. Parkhurst, 8 Purvis St. P A
Joseph G. Cannon, 27 Gilbert St. P A
Erle L. Chase, 32 Olcott St. P P
James Connors, 98 Rutland St. P A
Thomas F. Connors, 98 Rutland St. P A
Joseph A. Dwyer, 62 Stuart St. P P
Harold I. Hunt, 35 Emerson Rd. P A
Oscar P. Lovegren, 38 Gilbert St. P P
Donald J. MacDonald, 537 Main St. P A
Louis Scharff, 16 Olcott St. P A
The following oath was administered to officers by the Town Clerk
as Town Officers of the Town of Watertown for the year 1940:
"You . . . . . having been appointed as . . . . . swear that you will
perform the duties of the office to the best of your ability, so help you
God."
Assessor's Oath:
"I, Having been chosen to assess taxes and estimate the value of
property for the purpose of taxation for the Town of Watertown for
three years ensuing, do swear that I will truly and impartially, accord-
ing to my best skill and judgment, assess and apportion all such taxes
as I may during that time assess; that I will neither overvalue any
property subject to taxation, and that I will faithfully perform all the
duties of said office."
TOWN OFFICERS:
Charles Armstrong, Watertown Commissioner Sworn March 5, 1940
Waldo P. Emerson, Constable " March 5, 1940
Winthrop G. Rockwell, School Committee " March 5, 1940
H. Herbert Applin, Selectman March 5, 1940
Herbert O. Berry, School Committee March 5, 1940
William Eckert, Library Trustee March 5, 1940
Andrew D. Bradford, Assessor March 6, 1940
Dr. Louis Mastrangelo, Health Board March 6, 1940
George B. Wellman, Town Clerk itMarch 6, 1940
*Frank Argento, Constable 44March 7, 1940
*Frank L. Maguire, Constable March 7, 1940
Harold A. Godwin, Park Commissioner March 7, 1940
John Dardis, Planning Board March 7, 1940
K. Edwin Leinonen, Planning Board March 8, 1940
Arthur E. Schoepfer, Planning Board March 8, 1940
Whitfield Johnson, Library Trustee March 8. 1940
G. John Gregory, School Committee March 8, 1940
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Henry L. Morley, Constable Jan. 8. 1940
Charles J. Mackin, Deputy Collector Jan. 8, 1940
Leo F. Walsh, Deputy Collector Jan. 8. 1940
' Did not qualify to serve
Deceased October 16, 1940
Record of State and Presidential Election
November 5, 1940
The polls were opened at 7.00 A.M. and voting continued until 8.00
P.M. at which time the polls were closed.
The following served as Election Workers:
Precinct 1. Warden, Wm. B. Glidden; Clerk, John T. Dorney.
Inspectors: Frances C. Barrett, George Natale, Anna Stanley, Gertrude
M. Dixon, Ernest Swanson, Hagop B. Barsamian, Anna Guiliani, Villa
A. Easton, Mary C. Dorney, Robert D. Eaton. Counters: Augustin R.
Papalia, Marion Scanlon, Beatrice Crosby, Lucy Caccavaro, Theresa
Arone, Theresa Sardelletti, D. Agnes Morris, Adrina Surabian, Mary
M. Kalajian, John J. McGann, Max F. Kirschner, Charles Grafton,
Arlene McCarthy, Regina Riccio, Mary A. Gallagher, John Lavrakas.
Precinct 2. Warden, Peter T. Coen; Clerk, Mollie E. Smith.
Inspectors: Hermine Horhorouny, Katherine Nielsen, Mae F. Elwell,
Lillian Paskerian, Helen F. Oates, Julia Gallagher, Margaret J. O'Dris-
coll, Ellen M. McDonald, Bertha A. Nelson, Andrew K. Scott. Counters:
Kevork DerBogosian, Helen L. Morley, Dziadzan Garabedian, John J.
Murphy, Ernest Bullen, Emily Durso, Georgia A. Varris, John C. O'Dris-
coll, Suzanne Feeney, Charlotte Whittemore, Anna D. Asiante, Alice
Delleville, Ella Lane, Isabelle Robley, Alexander K. Ward, Richard J.
Fontaine, Theodore Nielsen, Charles Ross.
Precinct 3. Warden, Richard M. Hatch; Clerk, Joseph A. Mahoney.
Inspectors: Haigouhy Choulian, J. Carl Orth, Carroll Y. Monaghan,
Stanley C. Weldon, Ellen M. Tracy, Mary A. Andrews, Gertrude M.
Hynes, Minnie McNamara, Hugh A. McBreen, James H. Thornley, M.
Elizabeth Patterson, Bernard E. Tombrink, Gladys R. Weldon, Thomas
Creamer, Charlotte L. Adams, Percy C. Campbell, Felix A.' Leonard,
Margaret Sperguiro, Gertrude E. French, Margaret A. Vincent, Charles
W. Patterson, Geraldine O'Neil, Frank J. Hynes, Thomas B. Mulvahill.
Precinct 4. Warden., Wm. M. Emerson; Clerk, Winifred M. Don-
nelly. Inspectors: Francis M. Lightbody, James D. Hackett, J. Frank
Mooney, Emil K. Hall, Julia A. Rattigan, Elizabeth F. MacDonough,
Edith M. Beck, Frances P. Stone, Rita M. Sheridan, George H. Moran,
Catherine A.E. Harcourt, Margaret E. Humphreys, John J. MacDonald,
William J. Prout, Francis L. Ford, Alice E. Reuter, Daniel Draper, John
L. Hynes, Joseph J. Gavin, Barbara E. Hurley, Katherine E. Ryan, Mary
V. Catton, Joseph H. Sheehan, Jr., Liana Fantasia, Harriet S. Buckley,
Harry J. Quilty, Eleanor V. Ford, Beatrice Stone.
Precinct 5. Warden, Joseph R. Cooney; Clerk, Thomas W. Simms.
Inspectors: Lena E. Buchanan, Madaleine C. Morgan, Cecelia Ford,
William C. MacGregor, Mary K. Woodward, Mary E. O'Brien, Grace E.
McGee, Alice E. Sanger, Maude Hodges, Edward K. Bacon, Sadie Nichols,
Theresa Kennedy, Agnes C. Farraher. Counters: Eleanor Mae Ford, E.
Richard Bryant, John E. MacArthur, William J. Heenan, Grace W.
Farwell, Mary P. Brennan, Elizabeth A. Williams, Imelda Holland, Wil-
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liam S. Sellers, Alice Godwin, J. Joseph Cunniff, Jennie M. Tattrie,
Helen E. Beach.
Precinct 6. Warden, William G. Saunders; Clerk, George F. Doher-
ty. Inspectors: Florence H. Munsell, Margaret A. Ferguson, Margaret
Teletchea, Mary C. Tuscher, Olive Downey, Mary G. Luther, Arthur T.
Derry, Viola R. Parsons, Margaret A. McDonald, Anne F. Davis. Count-
ers: Mildred I. Donnelly, Edith G. Curwen, Marie Teletchea, Ardys Gray,
Ella M. Jenkins, Fannie B. Wilson, Rosalie J. Whelan, Catherine C.
Atkinson, Thelma G. Robinson, Florence A. Godwin, Marcella Courtney,
Francis J. Courtney, Arthur B. Jones, Dorothy M. Nolan, William K.
Holmes, Eunice P. Gordon.
Precinct 7. Warden, Harry J. York; Clerk, John T. Gleason. In-
spectors: Alice T. Withee, Anna T. Hyde, Marie Gildea, Mary E. Murn-
aghan, Marie J. Twohig, Amy F. Osborn, Percy M. Bond, Margaret E.
Barry, Marjorie W. Warner, Ernestine P. Howe. Counters: Dorothy F.
Cooney, Geneva E. Green, Josephine R. O'Halloran, Warren L. Rockwell,
Edith Gardini, Robert P. McGee, A. Warren Hanson, Elizabeth Brown,
Walter J. McMullen, Julia C. Kellett, Mary B. Wilson, Mary E. Munroe,
Evangeline L. Johnson, Ethel G. Cary, Gertrude Greeley, Charles F.
Twohig.
Precinct 8. Warden, John P. Monahan; Clerk, Katherine M. Rol-
lins. Inspectors: Mary B. Garaway, E. Esther Grace, Walter A. Cooper,
Antoinetta Santangelo, Sarah E. Bickford, Mary McCall, Olive P.
Thayer, Mary G. Kenney, Esther C. Costello, Catherine Campbell.
Counters: Thomas W. Molloy, Priscilla E. Achorn, Wm. T. Monahan,
Ann L. Garafalo, Amelia M. Baia, Mary E. Rockett, William J. Robillard,
Lillian B. Lane, Ralph Garafalo, Martha Doyle, Rose Annese, Kather-
ine Mee, Laura B. Fewkes, James F. Walsh, Mary Mann.
Precinct 9. Warden, John J. Mahoney; Clerk, Eva M. Eagleson.
Inspectors: Margaret Grinnell, Edythe B. Fraser, Franklin C. Bronson,
Margaret D. Hayes, Mary A. Clark, Fred W. Bray, Annie M. Owen, Mary
McElligott, Gilbert W. Paterson, Barbara Connolly. Counters: Frances
McCrady, Alice Manning, Martha E. Ford, Robert T. Cunningham,
Archie R. Whitman, Paul J. Conners, Wm. B. Farley, Pauline C. John-
ston, John T. Maloney, Emma Roche, George H. McElhiney, Chester
B. Lagerblade, 'Sara Marchant, Marguerite R. Colby.
Precinct 10. Warden, Gerard J. Riley; Clerk, Ellen B. Lougee.
Inspectors: Mildred Upit, Anna V. Hughes, Mae F. Watson, Esther D.
Moffett, Mary E. Follansbee, Margaret J. Campbell, George E. LeFavor,
John E. Mattison, Randolph J. Martin, Robert Carney. Counters: Leslie
J. Loughlin, Ida J. Hunt, Anne Ryan; Arline L. Foster, Esther A. Mac-
Rae, Jessie Myra, James R. McNichols, Marion C. Healey, Dorothy R.
Mayer, Ruth N. Hull, Maude S. Hopkinson, Mary J. Hamrock, Frank
Lindahl, Edward B. Rattigan, John J. Hickey, John R. Burke, David E.
Fitzgerald, Harold F. Giggey, Sr.
PRESIDENTIAL AND STATE ELECTION
NOVEMBER 5, 1940
Total Vote Cast-17,409
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Totals
Aiken and Orange
Socialist Labor 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 15
Babson and Moorman
Prohibition 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 8
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Browder and Ford
Communist it 12 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 34
Roosevelt and Wallace
Democratic 1270 1302 637 334 854 627 662 1127 636 782 8231
Thomas and Krueger
Socialist 3 2 1 4 1 4 2 2 1 2 22
Willkie and McNary
Republican 729 657 1101 1259 841 1338 956 595 623 702 8801
Blanks 46 45 17 25 26 16 42 38 23 20 298
GOVERNOR
Henning A. Blomen, Cambridge
Socialist Labor 13 13 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 35
Jeffrey W. Campbell, Boston
Socialist 5 6 1 5 1 2 6 6 4 3 39
Paul A. Dever, Cambridge
Democratic 1245 1073 616 384 819 631 670 1139 666 805 8048
Otis Archer Hood, Boston
Communist 15 56 4 0 5 2 5 2 3 2 94
E. Tallmadge Root, Somerville
Prohibition 3 4 2 1 4 0 3 2 3 1 23
Leverett Saltonstall, Newton
Republican 730 818 1117 1218 866 1340 953 560 578 665 8845
Blanks 53 55 18 13 33 10 27 54 30 32 325
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Horace T. Cahill, Braintree
Republican 717 779 1094 1221 845 1332 960 546 593 680 8767
Hugo DeGregory, Springfield
Communist 34 34 1 0 6 2 6 4 5 2 94
Owen A. Gallagher, Boston
Democratic 1161 1067 619 365 809 614 642 1119 616 767 7779
Walter S. Hutchins, Greenfield
Socialist 13 17 6 7 3 6 6 4 9 1 72
George L. McGlynn, Springfield
Socialist Labor 12 7 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 34
Guy S. Williams, Worcester
Prohibition 9 10 3 6 9 2 8 7 10 6 70
Blanks 118 111 35 22 54 27 43 82 50 51 593
SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook, Somerville
Republican 830 924 1203 1276 924 1434 1039 626 669 781 9706
Katherine A. Foley, Lawrence
Democratic 1022 923 494 313 728 492 552 1019 535 654 6732
Thomas F. P. O'Dea, Boston
Communist 35 42 5 3 3 3 7 6 7 5 116
Modestino Torro, Boston
Socialist Labor 32 16 0 1 0 0 "r 12 15 7 90
Peter Wartiainen, Jr., Fitchburg
Socialist 10 8 3 4 2 6 4 9 4 1 51
Blanks 135 112 53 25 71 50 57 92 57 62 714
TREASURER
John J. Donahue, Somerville
Democratic 1089 1009 561 338 751 562 586 1079 566 705 7246
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Henry Grossman, Worcester
Communist 31 34 2 2 2 3 6 3 2 2 87
Thomas Hamilton, Lynn
Prohibition 24 21 12 13 13 4 21 12 7 3 130
William E. Hurley, Boston
Republican 761 827 1129 1231 885 1353 975 547 640 726 9074
Malcolm T. Rowe, Lynn
Socialist Labor 12 18 1 1 3 3 2 7 2 3 52
Andrew Swenson, Greenfield
Socialist 8 6 5 5 1 7 7 8 3 4 54
Blanks 139 110 48 32 73 53 69 108 67 67 766
AUDITOR
Arthur R. Buckley, Boston
Communist 36 30 6 6 12 9 13 8 4 7 131
Thomas J. Buckley, Boston
Democratic 1175 1099 594 370 806 620 629 1140 606 763 7802
Charles H. Daniels, North Adams
Socialist 8 11 7 4 3 5 5 11 7 1 62
Bernard G. Kelly, Springfield
Socialist Labor 10 26 2 1 2 2 6 10 6 5 70
Harry W. Kimball, Needham
Prohibition 20 16 8 6 8 5 12 5 12 6 98
Russell A. Wood, Cambridge
Republican 674 734 1083 1204 818 1288 933 478 573 656 8441
Blanks 141 109 58 31 79 56 68 112 79 72 805
ATTORNEY GENERAL
James Henry Brennan, Boston
Democratic 1110 1044 578 353 789 571 581 1088 576 678 7368
Robert T. Bushnell, Newton_
Republican 756 822 1121 1236 849 1354 1004 562 635 764 9103
Joseph C. Figueiredo, New Bedford
Communist 31 35 2 0 5 4 4 0 5 4 90
Austin H. Fittz, Natick
Prohibition 5 8 1 2 6 1 10 4 2 3 42
Charles R. Hill. Brookline
Socialist 10 12 6 5 3 5 5 9 6 1 62
Fred E. Oelcher, Peabody
Socialist Labor 7 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 4 26
Blanks 145 99 50 26 75 49 61 99 58 56 718
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Philip Frankfeld. Boston
Communist 29 41 2 0 4 4 7 8 5 3 103
Horace I. Hillis, Saugus
Socialist Labor 14 12 3 1 1 3 5 4 1 4 48
George Lyman Paine, Cambridge
Socialist 9 9 4 4 2 4 3 10 7 4 56
Henry Parkman, Jr., Boston
Republican 551 627 938 1065 733 1107 837 381 482 552 7273
George L. Thompson, Randolph
Prohibition 15 12 7 2 10 3 7 5 3 6 70
David I. Walsh, Fitchburg
Democratic 1351 1246 773 534 923 838 759 1257 733 891 9305
Blanks 95 78 31 16 55 26 48 99 56 50 554
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CONGRESSMAN
(Ninth District)
Thomas H. Eliot, Cambridge
Democratic 1346 1287 792 526 895 845 754 1208 693 815 9161
Robert Luce, Waltham
Republican 611 650 930 1078 768 1092 863 472 539 635 7638
Blanks 107 88 36 18 65 48 49 84 55 60 610
COUNCILLOR
(Third District)
William E. Bennett, Jr., Boston
Democratic 1220 1134 600 381 796 641 637 1137 626 737 7909
Frank A. Brooks, Concord
Republican 673 742 1077 1194 835 1256 948 484 568 679 8456
Blanks 171 149 81 47 97 88 81 143 93 94 1044
SENATOR
(Fifth Middlesex District)
Albert W. Bullock, Waltham
Republican 621 689 998 1158 776 1176 907 464 505 599 7893
Louis B. Connors, Waltham
Democratic 1285 1212 688 430 868 724 697 1194 705 834 8637
Blanks 158 124 72 34 84 85 62 106 77 77 879
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
(Third Middlesex District)
(Vote for Two)
James Coutts, Watertown
Republican 950 922 1872
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Cambridge
Democratic 987 914 1901
Auguste J. Pelletier, Cambridge
Republican 512 577 1089
Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Cambridge
Democratic 945 946 1891
Blanks 734 691 1425
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
(Twenty-third Middlesex District)
(Vote for Two)
Clark B. Partridge, Watertown
Republican 1048 560 706 2314
Edmund L. Roche, Watertown
Democratic 719 643 790 2152
John P. Sullivan, Belmont
Democratic 512 571 653 1736
John W. Vaughan, Belmont
Republican 836 455 538 1829
Blanks 401 345 333 1079
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
(Thirtieth Middlesex District)
(Vote for One)
Charles P. Colligan, Watertown
Democratic 420 863 711 674 1097 3765
Edward C. Hall, Watertown
Republican 1167 800 1208 925 554 4654
Blanks 35 65 66 67 112 345
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CLERK OF COURTS
J. Gordon Duffy, Cambridge
Democratic 1256 1145 636 400 822 651 650 1168 634 768 8130
Frederic L. Putnam, Melrose
Republican 639 748 1044 1168 806 1245 928 463 559 658 8258
Blanks 169 132 78 54 100 89 88 133 94 84 1021
REGISTER OF DEEDS
John P. Clair, Somerville
Democratic 1150 1078 574 353 781 584 623 1139 588 726 7596
Thomas Leighton, Belmont
Republican 735 797 1090 1213 840 1312 955 492 598 689 8721
Blanks 179 150 94 56 107 89 88 133 101 95 1092
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(Middlesex County. Vote for Two)
Nathaniel I. Bowditch, Framingham
Republican 590 665 982 1058 728 1104 824 421 497 616 7485
Thomas N. Brennan, Medford
Democratic 1170 1084 616 364 773 643 609 1082 605 727 7673
Archibald R. Giroux, Lexington
Republican .608 716 1007 1092 757 1135 857 423 550 647 7792
Francis J. Kelley, Lowell
Democratic 1052 992 509 317 656 528 507 974 539 647 6721
Blanks 708 593 402 413 542 560 535 628 383 383 5147
COUNTY TREASURER
Middlesex County (To fill Vacancy)
Charles P. Howard, Reading
Republican 676 778 1053 1192 829 1260 942 473 564 642 8409
Raymond H. Hurley, Lowell
Democratic 1204 1112 610 376 792 632 639 1155 624 778 7922
Blanks 184 135 95 54 107 93 85 136 99 90 1078
QUESTIONS
To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on all three
of the following questions:—
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale in this city (or town) of
any and all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off the premises
where sold, he will vote "YES" on all three questions.
(b) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt bev-
erages only to be drunk on and off the premises where sold, he will vote
"NO" on question one. "YES" on question two and "NO" on question
three.
(c) If he desires to permit the sale herein of all alcoholic bever-
ages but only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises
where sold, he will vote "NO" on questions one and two and "YES" on
question three.
id) If he desires to permit the sale herein of wines and malt bever-
ages to be drunk on and off the premises where sold and in addition
other alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called, not to be
drunk on the premises where sold, he will vote "NO" on question one
and "YES" on questions two and three.
(e) If he desires to prohibit the sale herein of any and all alcoholic
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beverages whether to be drunk on or off the premises where sold, lie
will vote "NO" on all three questions.
1. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale
therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages,
wines and all other alcoholic beverages?
YES 1342 1282 874 639 957 939 837 1088 808 920 9686
NO 388 419 683 799 568 839 628 416 317 436 5493
Blanks 334 324 201 184 203 207 201 260 162 154 2230
2. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale
therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other
malt beverages)?
YES 1320 1252 869 679 931 954 825 1072 779 915 9596
NO 336 375 604 707 523 760 574 376 289 384 4928
Blanks 408 398 285 236 274 271 267 316 219 211 2885
3. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale
therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk
on the premises?
YES 1402 1320 1012 819 1043 1185 928 1171 845 1018 10743
NO 260 296 475 579 440 554 478 282 237 279 3880
Blanks 402 409 271 224 245 246 260 311 205 213 2786
QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legis-
lation providing for ten dollar weekly payments to each recipient of
old age assistance?"
YES 1448 1401 1064 884 1157 1263 1090 1275 901 1124 11607
NO 178 170 368 446 248 396 271 153 139 143 2512
Blanks 438 454 326 292 323 326 305 336 247 243 3290
QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the
establishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth, which
shall be known as the Old Age Assistance Sweepstakes, the net proceeds
of which shall provide additional revenue for the Old Age Assistance
Fund?"
YES 1290 1228 793 577 909 954 833 1092 790 914 9380
NO 298 339 636 763 508 706 524 285 248 325 4632
Blanks 476 458 329 282 311 325 309 387 249 271 3397
ABSENTEE BALLOTS RECEIVED AND CAST
14 13 26 45 28 34 28 17 11 7 223
The Selectmen made return to the Secretary of the Commonwealth
as required by law of the foregoing result of votes cast in Watertown.
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
(Third Middlesex District)
The Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Cambridge and
the Town Clerk of the Town of Watertown canvassed the returns cast
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for Representatives in General Court, Third Middlesex District, an No-
vember 13th, 1940.
The result was as follows:
Total Vote Total Vote Total Vote Cast in
Cast in Cast in Combined 3rd
Watertown Cambridge District
James Coutts, Watertown
Republican 1872 2553 4425
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Cambridge
Democratic 1901 7259 9160
Auguste J. Pelletier, Cambridge
Republican 1089 2987 4076
Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Cambridge
Democratic 1891 7648 9539
Blanks 1425 5105 6530
Jeremiah J. Sullivan and 'rhomas P. O'Neill, Jr., were declared
elected Representatives in General Court, Third Middlesex District, and
notices of their election were delivered to them by the Election Commis-
sioners of the City of Cambridge and forwarded to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
(Twenty-third Middlesex District)
The Clerks of the Town of Belmont and the Town of Watertown
met on November 8th, 1940 at the Town Hall, Belmont, and canvassed
the returns cast for Representatives in General Court, Twenty-third
Middlesex District, and the result was as follows:—
Total Vote Total Vote Total Vote Cast in
Cast in Cast in Combined:13rd
Watertown Belmont 'District
Clark B. Partridge, Watertown
Republican 2314 7934 10,248
Edmund L. Roche. Watertown
Democratic 2152 3324 5,476
John P. Sullivan. Belmont
Democratic 1736 4386 6,122
John W. Vaughan, Belmont
Republican 1829 8612 10,441
Blanks 1079 4426 5,505
Clark B. Partridge and John W. Vaughan were declared elected
Representatives in General Court. Twenty-third Middlesex District, and
notices of their election were delivered to them by the Town Clerk of
Watertown (to Clark B. Partridge) and the Town Clerk of Belmont (to
John W. Vaughan) and forwarded to the Secretary of the Common-
wealth.
(Thirtieth Middlesex District)
Certificate of Election as Representative in General Court, Thirtieth
Middlesex District) was served upon Edward C. Hall at 65 Mt. Auburn
Street, Watertown, on Friday, November 8th, 1940 at 4.55 P.M. by Ser-
geant Thomas W. Devaney of the Watertown Police Department, and
return made to the Secretary of the Commonwealth as required by law.
Attest:
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
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Presidential and State Election
Recount of Votes
November 29, 1940
GOVERNOR
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Henning A. Blomen, Cambridge
Socialist Labor 13 13 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 35
Jeffrey W. Campbell, Boston
Socialist Party 6 6 1 5 1 2 6 6 4 3 40
Paul A. Dever, Cambridge
Democratic 1242 1105 619 384 818 628 670 1138 668 804 8076
Otis Archer Hood, Boston
Communist 16 25 1 0 6 3 5 2 2 2 62
E. Tallmadge Root, Somerville
Prohibition 3 2 0 1 3 0 3 2 3 1 18
Leverett Saltonstall, Newton
Republican 725 817 1120 1217 865 1338 951 557 574 662 8826
Blanks 59 57 17 14 35 14 29 58 33 36 352
November 29. 1940.
We, the undersigned members of the Board of Registrars of the
Town of Watertown, hereby certify that we have made a recount of votes
cast for Governor on November 5, 1940 and certify the returns as tabu-
lated on this sheet to be the result.
George B. Wellman,
Suran M. Ohanian
John A. Loynd
Patrick D. Gleason
Board of Registrars.
An Amended Return was made to the Secretary of the Common-
wealth as required by law of the result of recount of votes cast in
Watertown for Governor of the Commonwealth.
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
Annual Report
OF THE
AUDITOR
OF THE
Town of Watertown
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1940
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
I herewith present the annual report of the Financial transactions
of the Town of Watertown, for the year ending December 31, 1940.
The various funds in charge of the Town Treasurer belonging to
the Trustees of the Public Library have been examined and found
correct.
I have certified the cash of the Town Treasurer and Tax Collector
and found it correct.
Periodical examinations of the Tax Collector's Outstanding Ac-
counts have been made and checked against the Controlling Account
in my office.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM W. NORCROSS, Jr.,
Auditor.
Watertown, Mass. February 8, 1941.
Then personally appeared the-foregoing subscriber, W. W. Norcross,
Jr., who made oath that the foregoing statements subscribed by him
are true.
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Justice of the Peace.
Receipts
Taxes
Real Estate and Personal
1936 $33.40
1937 10.02
1938 505.40
1939 293,591.50
1940 1,470,463.18
Polls
1936 2.00
1937 10.00
1938 64.00
1939 110.00
1940 19 284.00
Motor Excise
1935 .28
1936 15.78
1937 124.60
1938 127.53
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1939 2,967.48
1940 70,847.45
From State—Corporation Tax 69,701.06
Income Tax 142,177.73 $2,070,035.41
Special Assessments
Moth $377 25
Sidewalks
Added to tax bill 3,230.80
Paid in advance 193.79
Streets
Added to tax bill 7.609.13
Paid in advance 502.92 $11,913.89
Tax Titles , $82.712.16
Accounts Receivable
Dog Officer $51.00
Tree Warden 15.00
Planning Board 11.30
Weights and Measures 99.43
Health 8,083.53
Sewers 8.48
Public Welfare 140,622.25
School 1,261.38
Cemetery 6,074.17
Water Rates 211,997.39
Water Charges 2,894.60 $371,118.83
Federal Aid for Welfare $97,848.32
Chapter 504 72,352.92 $170.201.24
Loans
Temporary—Anticipation of Revenue $800,000.00
Highway—Motor Equipment 30,000.00
W.P.A. Municipal Relief 120,W0.00
Premium on loans 144.42 $950,144.42
Interest
Taxes $8,389.50
Special Assessments
Sidewalks 501.52
Streets 945.21
Paid in advance 3.60
Tax Titles 5,202.54
Accrued on bonds 41.25
Trust Funds
Cemetery—Perpetual Care Fund $1,649.55
Potter Memorial Gate Fund 7.52
Library Trust Funds 522.51 $17,263.20
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Dog Fund 2,384.00
Sewer Deposits 3,524.00
Sale of Town owned Land 3,980.00
Old Age Asst.-Reimbursements 543.25
Miscellaneous
Aid Dependent Children $10.00
Collector's statements 280.00
Collector, costs 2,332.35
Engineering, damage to auto 22.00
Fire, loss 2.04
Fire, permits 14.00
Health. licenses 461.00
Dental clinic 66.65
Plumbing permits 652.00
Highway, Garbage 6,250.00
Miscellaneous 220.65
Insp. of Buildings, permits 650.50
Insurance, return of premiums 331.03
Mass., Comm. of
Burial of soldiers 450.00
Military Aid 945.00
State Aid 1,180.00
Middlesex County, Dog licenses 1,693.03
Old Age Assistance 715.00
Outside Aid 167.75
Poles and Wires 487.00
Police fines 897.65
Hackney licenses 93.75
Revolver permits 34.03
Sale of junk 7.75
Public Library, fines 1,316.90
Old books 3.95
School, miscellaneous 269.39
English speaking classes 328.12
Vocational 5,836.47
Evening 63.75
Tuition 1,424.88
Selectmen 31,923.29
Soldiers Relief 518.66
Tax Title Releases 675.00
Town Clerk 2,626.94
Town Records 5.00
Water, junk 127.07
Weights and Measures 289.26
State License 25.00
Workmen's Compensation 1,359.74 $64,756.57
Refunds
Tax Title Foreclosures 355.50
Treasurer, Contingent 13.12
Police, Replace Cruiser 17.62
Fire-Contingent 6•00
Highway, Maintenance 1•00
Street Lights 1.20
Outside Aid 998.99
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Aid to Dependent Children 547.59
Old Age Assistance 1,300.76
Soldiers Relief 549.00
School, Instruction 1.00
W.P.A. Materials 16.90
Garage 400.40
Water Maintenance 67.50 $4,276.58
752,853.55
Cash on Hand, January 1, 19403 324,303.55
$4,077,157.10
Payments
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator $100.00
Selectmen's Department
Selectmen's Salaries 1,500.00
Confidential Secretary 500.00
Contingent 493.94
Auditor's Department
Auditor's Salary 3,500.00
Clerk's Salary 1,350.00
Contingent 671.35
Treasurer's Department
Treasurer's Salary 3,500.00
Salary of 1st Clerk 1,500.00
Salary of 2nd Clerk 1,100.00
Contingent 1,410.12
New Desk 59.60
Protectograph and Signature Machine 550.00
Tax Title Foreclosures 1,064.75
Collector's Department
Collector's Salary 3,500.03
Salary of 1st Clerk 1,600.00
Salary of 2nd Clerk 1,300.00
Salary of 3rd Clerk 1,150.00
Contingent 1,523.62
Tax Sale Advertising 322.50
Recording Deeds 161.56
Assessors' Department
Assessors' Salaries 4,100.00
Salary of 1st Clerk 1,400.00
Salary of 2nd Clerk 1,350.00
Salary of 3rd Clerk 966.50
Contingent 2,099.67
Board of Tax Appeals 252.10
Finance Committee 1,096.20
Legal Services
Salary of Town Counsel 2.000.00
Contingent 934.14
Tax Title Releases 768.00
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Town Clerk's Department
Town Clerk's Salary $3,500.00
Salary of 1st Clerk 1,400.00
Salary of 2nd Clerk 1,300.00
Salary of 3rd Clerk 1,086.00
Contingent 1,364.35
Advertising Building Laws 147.50
Binding Old Records 15.00
Engineering Department
Salaries 15,149.31
Contingent 983.81
Blue Print Machine 410.00
Election Expense 9,414.58
Registrar of Voters 40•00
Permanent Assistant Registrar 950.00
Listing Board 857.30
Printing Voting Lists 1,183.90
Town Hall Department
Salary of Janitor 1,700.00
Assistant Janitor 1,500.00
Telephone Operator 1,200.00
Fuel 1,221.72
Light 1,448.09
Vacuum Cleaner 100.00
Contingent 1,177.56
Middlesex 8200 2,175.71
Planning Board 71.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
Chief $3,200.00
Captains 4,872.53
Lieutenants 6,094.60
Sergeants 14,686.62
Patrolmen 76,880.78
Reserve Force 3,309.00
Civilian Clerk 1,850.00
Janitor and Wagonman 1,825.00
Clerk and Wagonman, 1st half 1,825.00
Clerk and Wagonman, 2nd half 1,600.00
Teletype 532.50
Uniforms 1,474.58
Contingent 5,909.73
Ballistics Advisor 200.00
Replace Cruisers 868.57
Broadcasting Fee 200•00
Two-way Radio 3,724.00
Replace Plymouth 538.41
Replace Motor-cycles 912.00
Fire Department
Chief $3,200.00
Captains 7,800.00
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Lieutenants 9,800.00
Mechanician 2,400.00
Permanent Men 103,629.05
Call Men 310.00
Contingent 6,305.09
Uniforms 600.00
Hose 700.00
Lighting Unit 475.00
Inhalator 400.00
Inspector of Buildings
Salary of Inspector 2,600.00
Salary of Clerk 250.00
Transportation 200.00
Contingent 49.69
Weights and Measures
Salary of Sealer 1,900.00
Contingent 348.30
Moth Department
Salary of Superintendent 800.00
Salary of clerk 475.00
Maintenance 1,999.94
Elm Leaf Beetle, etc. 599.92
Tree Warden
Salary of Tree Warden 1,000.00
Salary of Clerk 200.00
Maintenance 5,000.00
New Trees 1,000.00
New Truck 600.00
Poles and Wires Department
Salary of I_nspector 3,200.00
Salary of Clerk 475.00
Maintenance 9,559.69
Signal Room Maintenance 573.51
Signal Room Salaries 6,587.40
Replace Auto 700.00
New Construction 997.16
Dog Officer
Salary 200.00
Contingent 348.03
Health and Sanitation
Health Department
Salary of Health Officer $2,500.00
Milk Inspector 700.00
Salary of Clerk 1,200.00
Nurses 3,030.00
Contagious Diseases 20,747.80
Contingent 1,199.75
Baby Clinic 424.50
Dental Clinic 2,429.23
Inspector of Cattle 600.00
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Inspector of Plumbing
Salary of Inspector 2,500.00
Contingent 49.95
Sewer Department
Construction 5.998.53
Short Extensions 494.25
Maintenance 16,783.51
Drainage 5,891.83
Perry Street Drain "14.49
Care and Lighting of Highways
Highway Department
Salary of Superintendent $3,600.00
Salary of 1st Clerk 1,600.00
Salary of 2nd Clerk 1,300.00
Office Expense 399.77
Construction 39,953.80
Motor Equipment 29,431.87
Garage Equipment 1,915.25
Betterments 14,403.68
Maintenance 59,994.48
Snow and Ice 42,903.65
Patching W.P.A. Ditches 4,974.38
Stables Maintenance 1,498.76
Chevrolet Car 531.15
Vacations 7,352.20
Ashes and Papers 32,219.30
Garbage Collection 28,053.41
Dust Laying 2,995.35
Street Lights 45,972.97
Traffic Lights 545.19
Sidewalks 1,997.20
Sidewalks, Maintenance 9,897.06
Charities and Soldiers Benefits
Public Welfare
Salary of Agent $2,100.00
Salary of Investigator and Supervisor 2,100.00
Chief Clerk 1,300.00
Interviewer—Clerk 1.125.00
Senior Clerk 794.92
Junior Investigator 1,100.00
Contingent 1,498.21
Outside Aid 175,869.39
Old Age Assistance A D C
Senior Visitor 1,600.00
Chief Clerk 1,250.00
Junior Clerk 1,050.00
Aid Dependent Children 60,447.11
A.D.C., Federal Aid 19,006.94
A.D.C., Federal Administration 2,768.81
Old Age Assistance 86.263.08
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O.A.A., Federal Aid 69,646.82
O.A.A., Federal Administration 2,165.81
Infirmary Department
Salary of Keeper 773.16
General Expense 5,275.78
Physicians 2,000.00
Soldiers' Relief Department
Salary of Agent 1,800.00
Office Expense 499.89
Soldiers Relief and Military Aid 53,793.89
State Aid 1.190.00
Schools and Libraries
School Department
General Control, Superintendent $5,200.00
Clerk's Salaries 4,200.00
Attendance Officers' salaries 3,650.00
Attendance Officers' expenses 500.00
Telephones 899.93
Office Expense 349.01
Instruction, Salaries 459,940.65
Sick Leave 1,600.00
Books and Supplies 19,997.18
Operation, Salaries 33,587.81
Supplies 1,999.79
Fuel 12,499.60
Water 1,999.80
Light and Power 8,998.02
School Halls 400.00
Maintenance 6,499.65
New Equipment 998.98
Miscellaneous 199.79
Medical Salaries 6,000.00
Evening, Salaries 2,945.00
Supplies 188.72
Trade 13,099.39
Transportation 2,699.80
Public Library
Salaries 27,908.05
Books, Periodicals and Binding 6,200.00
Maintenance 5,200.0U
Plans for North Branch 300.00
Library Trust Fund Income 522.51
Recreation
Park Department
Superintendent $1,800.00
Salary of Clerk 112.50
Labor 3,900.00
Maintenance 1,596.73
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Water Bills 300.00
Playground, Salaries 2.200.00
New Equipment 600.00
Miscellaneous
Pensions $19,640.74
Annuities 5,100.00
Memorial Day 916.91
Insurance 8,573.48
Workmen's Compensation 10,760.44
Agent 1,000.00
Printing Town Reports 1,102.28
Headquarters V.F.W. 1,080.00
Headquarters Dis. Amer. Vets. 360.00
Legion Convention 498.03
Contingent 2,308.64
Unpaid Bills 1,096.60
Revision of By-Laws 50.25
Board of Appeals 248.45
Eye-Glasses for School Children 199.15
W.P.A. Administration 4,302.18
W.P.A. Materials and Expenses 1,085.57
W.P.A. Materials 84,332.91
W.P.A. Expenses 15,350.88
W.P.A. Municipal Garage 52,414.75
Contributory Retirement'System 29,477.00
Enterprises and Cemeteries
Water Department
Salary of Superintendent $1357.10
Ass't Superintendent 2,100.00
Salary of lst Clerk 1,300.00
Salary of 2nd Clerk 1,100.00
Extra Clerk Hire 707.00
Office Expense 1,798.65
Maintenance—Labor 33,525.82
Maintenance—Materials 6,525.70
Detector Meters 1,000.00
New House Connections 498.07
Vacations 1,190.00
50—;%" Meters 500.00
Ledger Cards 150.00
Construction and Reconstruction 2,949.71
Metropolitan Connection 993.43
Renewal of Services 1,546.76
Cemetery Department
Superintendent 2,000.00
Labor 7,993.95
Contingent 547.90
Interest and Debt
Interest $30,229.59
Town Debt 231.500.0,0
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State and County Taxes
County Tat $70,220.24
County T. B. Hospital 28,661.04
State Taxes and Assessments 317,896.09
Temporary Loaiis
Anticipation of Revenue $800,000.00
Premium 405.21
Trust Funds
Deposited in Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund $1,999.50
Potter Memorial Gate Fund 22.38
Refunds
Board of Appeals $5•00
Water 7.00
Taxes
Real and Personal $12.278.31
Polls 6.00
Motor Excise 2,033.09
Dog Fund 2.173.40
Sewer Deposits 467.01 $3,732.597.22
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1940 344,559.88
$4,07 7,157.10
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
Appropriation for 1940 $100.00
Expenditures
Russell, John M., salary $100.00 100.00
Selectmen's Department
Appropriation for 1940 $1,500.00
Expenditures
Applin, Herbert, salary $411.31
Colhgan, Charles, salary 500.00
Gallagher, John P., salary 88.69
McHugh, Bernard, salary 500.00 $1,500.00
Selectmen's—Confidential Secretary
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Expenditures
Vahey,.Thomas F., Jr., salary $95.70
Wellman, George B., salary 404.30 $500.00
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Selectmen's Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Expenditures Z
American City Magazine, subscription $2.00
Buck Printing Co., flag posters 10.50 j
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 5.75
Eaton, Leroy S., printing and envelopes 90.77
Gibb's Express, express .35
Hobbs & Warren, forms 16.01
Timothy Kelley, flowers 15.00
Mass. Comm. of., Copies Inc. of Watertown 4.00
McGann & Sons Co., T. F., 2 bronze desk plates 11.00
Manifold Supplies Co. of Mass., carbon paper 3.50
Middlesex County Selectmen's Assoc., membership
dues 6.00
Mooney's Card Shop, office supplies 14.00
New Eng. Ribbon & Carbon Co., carbon paper 10.50
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 7.62
Post Index Co., paper 14.67
Robinson Seal Co., binder 4.84
Ryan, Wm. J., printing 15.00
Standard Mailing Machine Co., fluid 2.75
Stromberg Time Corp., time stamp-part payment 19.05
Terminal Stationery Co., stationery supplies 61.01
Watertown Herald, advertising 88.75
Watertown Sun, advertising 54.75
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 35.94
Wellman, George B., postage .18
Total Expenditures $493.94
Transferred to Revenue 6.06 $500.00
:auditor's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $3,500.00
Expenditures
Norcross, W.W., Jr., salary $3,500.00
Auditor's Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,350.00
Expenditures
Cameron, Florence W., salary S1.350.00
Auditor's Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $675.00
Expenditures
Adcock, Eugene, pensets $6.25
American City Magazine, subscription 2.00
Allen Wales Corp., machine repair and maintenance 44.00
Bromley & Co. Inc., casters 6.10
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 69.25
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 165.53
Kelley, Timothy, flowers 5.00
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Lawyers Co-op Publishing Co., book 6.00
Lydston, W. W., ink well maintenance 2.75
McArdle, H. B., office supplies 11.94
Mass. Municipal Auditor's & Comp. Ass'n., dues 2.00
Mittag & Volger, carbon paper 5.50
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 11.30
Municipal Finance Officer's Assoc., dues 10.00
New Eng. Ribbon & Carbon Co., carbon paper 6.85
Norcross, W. W., Jr., stamps and incidentals 25.17
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 3.42
Railway Express Agency, express 1.25
Robinson Seal Co., binder 3.84
Standard Mailing Machine Co., supplies 3.50
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 9.00
Terminal Stationery Co., binding books 38.70
Town Clerk's Assoc., Massachusetts-dues 4.00
Watertown Herald, quarterly statement 75.00
Watertown Sun, quarterly statement 75.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, quarterly statement 75.00
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., labor 3.00
Total Expenditures $671.35
Transferred to Revenue 3.65 $675.00
Treasurer's Department
Treasurer's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $3,500.00
Expenditures
Sheridan, James H., salary $3,500.00
Treasurer's 1st Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1.500.00
Expenditures
Mattison, Gertrude E., salary $1,500.00
Treasurer's 2nd Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,100.00
Expenditures
Walsh, Catherine, salary $1.100.00
Treasurer's Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,400.00
Refunds 13.12 $1,413.12
Expenditures
Allen Stationery Co., stationery supplies $4.60
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., ribbons and new
machine 227.05
Dimond Union Stamp Works, repair 2.85
Freeman, F. E., line-a-time 13.00
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 73.84
Fox Open Air Market, laurel 1.40
Gray, D. J., cushion stamp and repairs 2.00
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Kendon Supply Co., office supplies 14.30
Kiley, Margaret E., bond 20.00
Lydston, W. W., inkwell maintenance 3.90
Mass., Comm. of., paper forms 18.49
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Sup. Co., electric light
supplies .60
Mass. Tax Collector's & Treasurer's Assoc., dues 2.00
McArdle, H. B., office supplies 30.10
McGlauflin, B. Pay, insurance 107.51
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, stationery supplies 63.85
New England Envelope Co., envelopes 6.00
New Eng. Ribbon & Carbon Co., coupon book 10.00
New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 7.20
Post Office Dept., stamped envelopes 309.78
Sheridan, James H., certification 86.00
Sheridan, James H., stamps 22.40
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 16.00
Terminal Stationery Co., binding books 32.00
Todd Sales Co., ribbons 29.70
Union Market National Bank, safety deposit box 5.55
U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Bond 293.00
White, George W., germicide 4.00
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., labor 3.00
Total Expenditures $1,410.12
Transferred to Revenue 3.00 $1,413.12
Treasurer's-New Desk
Appropriation for 1940 $60.00
Expenditures
Kendon Supply Co., new desk $59.60
Transferred to Revenue .40 $60.00
Treasurer's Protectograph & Signing Machine
Appropriation for 1940 $550.00
Expenditures
Todd Co., signing machine $550.00
Treasurer-Tax Title Foreclosures
Balance brought forward $2,618.61
Refunds 355.50 $2,974.11
Expenditures
Land Court, foreclosures $930.00
McMahon, Patrick J., foreclosures 110.50
Middlesex County Reg. of Deeds, notice of
proceedings 19.00
Paquet, Wilfred J., fees 5.25
Total Expenditures $1,064.75
Balance carried forward 1,909.36 $2.974.11
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Collector's Department
Collector's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $3,500.00
Expenditures
Kennedy, John J., salary $3,500.00
Collectors 1st Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,600.00
Expenditures
F. Madeline Cunniff, salary $1.600.00
Collector's 2nd Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1.300.00
Expenditures
Beverly, Mary, salary S1.300.00
Collector's 3rd Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,150.00
Expenditures
Dolan, Bessie, salary $1,150.00
Collector's Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,700.00
Expenditures
Allen Bros. Corp., badge $3.50
Allen Wales Adding Machine Co., ribbons 2.00
Beaulac, A. A. Phone toilettes .80
Carter Ink Co., ink 10.95
Conroy, R. L., office supplies 2.85
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 22.15
Dimond Union Stamp Works, ink .35
Gray & Co., D. J., daters .70
Hobbs & Warren Inc., forms 17.81
Hughes, James F., printing 31.75
Keefe Chemical Co., germicide 1.47
Kennedy, John J., expenses 26.50
Keystone Envelope Co., envelopes 7.39
Leedham, Wm., repairing binders 7.80
McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 107.52
Mass. Comm. of., forms 28.01
Mass. Collector's & Treas. Assoc., dues 2.00
Melanson, O. J., repairing pen .50
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 16.55
Morley, Henry Leonard, services 55.00
O'Brien-Russell & Co., bonding 644.00
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 28.73
Post Office Department, stamped envelopes 281.32
Robinson Seal Co., binder and forms 17.72
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 6.00
Terminal Stationery Co., book binding 22.50
Thorp & Martin Co., office supplies 5.00
Walsh, Leo F., constable services 58.00
Watertown Bindery, binding 25.00
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West Publishing Co., subscription 14.00
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., office furniture 75.75
Total Expenditures $1,523.62
Transferred to Revenue 176.38 $1,700.00
Collector's Department Tax Sale Advertising
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Expenditures
Watertown Herald, advertising $108.00
Watertown Sun, advertising 106.50
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 108.00
Total Expenditures $322.50
Transferred to Revenue 177.50 $500.00
Collector's Recording Deeds
Appropriation for 1940 $300.00
Expenditures
Leighton, Thomas, Registrar $131.56
Leighton, Thomas, Jr., Ass't Registrar 30.00
Total Expenditures $161.56
Transferred to Revenue 138.44 $300.00
Assessors' Department—Assessors' Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $4,100.00
Expenditures
Bradford, Andrew D., salary $1,124.22
Curran, John J., salary 242.44
Vahey, James J., salary 1,366.67
Wright, Edward F., salary 1,366.67
Total Expenditures $4,100.00
Assessors' 1st Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,400.00
Expenditures
Kerivan, Helen Ford, salary $1.400.00
Assessors' 2nd Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,350.00
Expenditures
Walsh, Mary E., salary $1,350.00
Assessors' 3rd Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,200.00
Expenditures
Flaherty, Marie E., salary $402.50
Lowney, Mary R., salary 564.00
Total Expenditures $966.50
Transferred to Revenue 233.50 $1,200.00
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Assessors' Department Contingent
Apropriation for 1940 $2,100.00
Expenditures
Allen Wales Adding Machine Co., maintenance and
new machine $160.00
Applin, L.L., recording 141.70
Assessors Auto Tax Service, tax table 1.00
Boston Blue Print Co. 6.39
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 64.25
Copy-Right Mfg. Corp., copy holder 24.00
Dimond-Union Stamp Works, Bates numbering
machine and dater 10.00
Dow Service, subscription 10.00
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 126.28
Hobbs & Warren, forms 29.26
LaFond & Co., A.W., tax bills 339.50
MacDonald, A.D., use of car 407.00
McGann & Sons Co., T.F., bronze name plate 7.75
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 17.10
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 25.76
Post Office Department, stamps, stamped envelopes 584.90
Robinson Seal Co., books 17.78
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 33.00
Terminal Stationery Co., binding books 76.00
Vahey, James J., convention expenses 4.25
White, George W., germicide 4.00
Wright, Edward F., convention expenses 9.75
Total Expenditures $2,099.67
Transferred to Revenue .33 $2,100.00
Assessors' Board of Tax Appeals
Balance brought forward $426.21
Expenditures
Appellate Tax Board, books $ .75
Dunn's, films 1.35
Gray, Arthur F., plans 250.00
Total Expenditures $252.10
Balance carried forward 174.11 $426.21
Finance Committee
Appropriation for 1940 $1,500.00
Transferred Town Meeting 135.00 $1,365.00
Expenditures
Association of Town Finance Comm., dues $10.00
Buck Printing Co., reports 498.50
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 7.50
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 48.27
Norcross, Jr. W.W., services 300.00
Standard Mailing Machine Co., duplicator supplies 12.99
Terminal Stationery Co., binders and paper 46.20
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Thorp & Martin Co., fillers for binder 4.00
Post Office Dept., postage 166.34
Webster, Edward_ C., expenses 2.40
Total Expenditures $1,096.20
Transferred to Revenue 268.80 $1.365.00
Legal Services Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $2,000.00
Expenditures
Murray, John A., salary $392.45
Paquet, Wilfred J., salary 1,607.55
Total Expenditures $2.000.00
Legal Services Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Expenditures
Bab's Photo & Gift Shop, photo supplies $10.08
Eaton, Leroy S., stamped envelopes 29.86
Groom & Co., Thomas, stationery supplies 4.90
Hobbs & Waren Inc., forms 6.85
Kelley, Josephine P., stenographic services and
typewriter rental 345.50
Lawyers Co-op Pub. Co., book 15.00
Murray, John A., stenographic, phones, clerical
services 387.12
National Institute of Mun Law Offices, member-
ship fee 12.50
Office Furniture Inc., file 29.03
Paquet, Wilfred J., incidentals 87.30
Terminal Stationery Co., stationery supplies 6.00
Total Expenditures $934.14
Transferred to Revenue 65.86 $1.000.00
Legal Services—Tax Title Releases
Appropriation for 1940 $768.00
Expenditures
Murray, John A., releases $768.00
Town Clerk's Department—Salary of Town Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $3,500.00
Expenditures
Wellman, George B., salary $3.500.00
Town Clerk-1st Clerk's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $1,400.00
Expenditures
Griffin. Mary, salary $1.400.00
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Town Clerk-2nd Clerk's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $1,300.00
Expenditures
Benjamin. Alma R., salary $1.300.00
Town Clerk-3rd Clerk's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $1,086.00
Expenditures
Duff, Florence Farley, salary $1,086.00
Town Clerk-Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,375.00
Transferred Town Meeting 350.00 $1,725.00
Expenditures
Allen Stationery Co., stationery supplies $5.00
Alphadine Co., typecleaner .50
American Writing Ink Co., ink 6.60
Bromley & Co., office supplies 4.95
Cohen, Sydney S., blotters 4.66
Commonwealth, Secretary of, certified statements 3.00
Crosby Publishing Co., directory 8.00
Dennison Mfg. Co., seals .39
Eaton, Leroy S.. envelopes and printing 290.98
Evans Printing Co., printing 5.50
Gibb's Express, express .35
Hall, Raymond L., bulletin board 45.34
Hobbs & Warren, forms 1.81
Kendon Supply Co., office supplies 4.35
Keystone Envelope Co., envelopes 12.65
LeFavor, George E., bond 5.00
L,ydston, W.W., inx well maintenance 3.25
Maloney, John, services 3.00
Mass. Gas & Electric Co., fan 12.22
Mittag & Volger, ribbons 9.00
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 56.15
Morris-Ireland Safe Co., changing combination 3.00
Morticians Returns 49.25
National Survey, map 3.00
Newton Glass Co., glass 15.00
Postindex Co., cabinet file 51.50
Railway Express, express .68
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 50.84
Pilgrim Paper Corp., paper 2.40
Remington Rand Inc., forms 1.50
Ross, David, services 5.00
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter 88.68
Standard Maintenance Co., maintenance typewriters 17.00
Stromberg Time Corp., part payment time clock 50.00
Terminal Stationery Co., stationery supplies 45.30
Towle Co., A., paper .50
Tracy Chair Co., chair and table rental 74.50
Underwood-Elliott-Fisher Co., typewriter 65.31
Watertown Bindery Co., bindery 99.00
Watertown Herald, advertising 15.00
Watertown Sun, advertising 111.75
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Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 110.06
Wellman, George B., stamps and envelope 18.78
White, George W., germicide .60
York, Harry J., services 3.00
Total Expenditures $1,364.35
Transferred to Revenue 360.65 $1,725.00
Town Clerk's—Advertising Building By-Laws
Appropriation for 1940 $147.50
Expenditures
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising $147.50
Town Clerk—Binding Old Records
Balance brought forward $40.70
Expenditures
Watertown Bindery Co., bindery
Total Expenditures $15.00
Transferred to Revenue 25.70 $40.70
Engineering Department—Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $15,250.00
Expenditures
Allen, Otis D., salary $3,200.00
Cook, Herbert C., salary 2,100.00
Paolera, Alexander Della, salary 45.84
Dwyer, Thomas, salary 2,500.00
Fitzgerald, Francis, salary 1,450.00
Hetherington, Walter, salary 1,450.00
Holland, Francis, salary 1,300.00
Stanley, Herbert, salary 1,303.47
Sullivan, James, salary 1,800.00
Total Expenditures $15,149.31
Transferred to Revenue 100.69 $15,250.00
Engineering Department—Blue Print Machine
Appropriation for 1940 $410.00
Expenditures
Bruning Co., Charles, blue print machine $410.00
Engineering—Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000 00
Expenditures
Allen Stationery Co., stationery supplies $10.00
Allen, Otis D., garage and incidentals 65.42
American City Magazine, subscription 7.00
Bauer, Frank F., hammer 2.25
Berger & Sons, C.L., transit repaired and cleaned 26.00
Boston Blue Print Co., supplies 7.64
Bruning Co., Charles, draughting supplies 10.76
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Burroughs Adding Machine Co., maintenance 9.35
Butler, George F., supplies 6.70
Carlstrom, K.S., cleaning clock 2.00
Crosby Publishing Co., directory 8.00
Dwyer, Thomas V., auto insurance 14.00
Eaton, Leroy S., cards punched 5.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 13.29
Haartz-Mason-Grower Co., Leatherette 1.50
Harvard Trust Co., garage 30.00
Hawes Electric Co., electric supplies 17.53
Hayes Service Station, auto service 378.37
Hub Shade & Screen Co., shade 10.50
Jenney Mfg. Co., auto service 38.60
Johnson Co., Andrew T., drawing supplies 86.53
Land Court, plans 1.50
McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 57.11
McVey, T.H., bound posts 6.00
Middlesex Registry of Deeds, prints 3.84
Monrod Calculating Co., service 7.35
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 20.23
New Eng. Ribbon & Carbon Co., ribbons 17.00
Registry of Motor Vehicles 6.00
Remington Rand Inc., cards 28.29
Shutt, George, tires 55.90
Standard Mailing Machine Co., duplicator supplies 4.40
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 12.00
Terminal Stationery Co., stationery supplies 12.50
Ward's, office supplies 1.25
Total Expenditures $983.81
Transferred to Revenue 16.19 $1.000.00
Election Expense
Appropriation for 1940 $10,400.00
Transferred Town Meeting 221.50 $10.178.50
Expenditures
Allen Wales Corp, rental $81.00
Andrews, Alma E., catering 150.00
Dimond Union Stamp Works, die and pad 2.20
Dowd, James C., services 3.00
Driscoll, John, services 25.00
Duffy, Peter H., services 55.00
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 1,113.50
Flagg, Walter, services 30.00
Fletcher Hdwe Co., tacks .55
Foisy, Hubert, services 55.00
Hartshorn, William, services 55.00
Hughes, James F., printing 38.25
Johnson Co., Andrew T., maps 10.00
LeShane, Richard, services 55.00
Maloney, John, checker at meetings 3.00
Manifold Supplies Co. of Mass., carbon 18.90
Martha's Coffee Shoppe, meals 4.00
Mass. Reformatory for Women, voting booths 131.00
Metropolitan Device Corp., seals 10.15
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Miller, J.C., cards 3.00
Mooney's Card Shop, office supplies 33.20
Mosman, Arthur D., services 43.00
Morris-Ireland Safe Co., changing combination 3.00
New Eng. Ribbon & Carbon Co., ribbons 10.00
Parquette Folding Chair Co., table rental 2.40
Payroll 5,885.00
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 9.67
Perkins, Joseph, services 64.00
Piccolo's Pharmacy, lunches 1.30
Robinson Seal Co., forms 24.74
Ross. David, services 60.00
Stromberg Time Corp., part payment time clock 40.00
Terminal Stationery Co., stationery supplies 58.22
Tolman, R. Dexter, recondition ballot boxes 32.20
Tracy Chair Co., table and chair rental 160.75
Utting, J.A., catering 482.00
Walton Trunk Co., leather straps 6.50
Watertown Bindery, distributing warrants 244.90
Watertown Sun, advertising 4.50
White, Peter J., bulletin board repair 245.00
Wellman, George B., stamps 41.65
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., filing cabinet 116.00
York, Harry J., checker at meetings 3.00
Total Expenditures $9,414.58
Transferred to Revenue 763.92 $10.178.50
Registrars of Voters Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $400.00
Expenditures
Gleason, Patrick D., salary $100.00
Lloynd, John A., salary 100.00
O'Hanian, Suran M., salary 100.00
Wellman, George B., salary 100.00
Total Expenditures $400.00
Permanent Assistant Register
Appropriation for 1940 $950.00
Expenditures
Callan, Mary M., salary $950.00
Listing Board
Appropriation for 1940 $900.00
Expenditures
Allen Bros. Corp., rubber stamp $ .77
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 88.00
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 68.20
Gleason, Patrick D., sorting 24M cards 77.00
Gibbs Express, express .70
Igoe, Phyllis, services 142.50
Mass. Gas & Electric Co., lamp 6.52
Mooney's Card Shop, supplies 13.25
Murray Printing Co., printing 293.69
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New England Ribbon & Carbon Co., carbon and
master paper 59.47
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 2.62
Robinson Seal Co., forms 1.05
Standard Mailing Machines Co., duplicator supplies 27.18
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 7.00
Terminal Stationery Co., office supplies 7.00
Useful Products Co., seat cushion 1.35
Watertown Bindery, bindery 5.00
Watertown Herald, advertising 8.00
Watertown Sun, advertising 14.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 12.00
Webster, F.S., typewriter ribbons 22.00
Total Expenditures $857.30
Transferred to Revenue 42.70 $900.00
Printing Voting Lists
Appropriation for 1940 $1,540.00
Transferred Town Meeting 128.50 $1,411.50
Expenditures
Eaton, Leroy S., printing
Total Expenditures $1,193.90
Transferred to Revenue 227.60 $1,411.50
Town Hall Department—Janitor's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $1,700.00
Expenditures
Duffy, Peter, salary $1,700.00
Town Hall—Ass't Janitor's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $1,500.00
Expenditures
Kelley, Richard, salary $1,500.00
Town Hall—Telephone Operator
Appropriation for 1940 $1,200.00
Expenditures
Connors, Ann, salary $1,200.00
Town Hall—Fuel
Appropriation for 1940 $1,100.00
Transferred Town Meeting 150.00 $1,250.00
Expenditures
Buckley & Scott Utilities Inc., fuel $1,221.72
Transferred to Revenue 28.28 $1.250.00
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Town Hall-Light
Appropriation for 1940 $1,400.00
Transferred Town Meeting 50.00 $1,450.00
Expenditures
Boston Edison Co., light $1,448.09
Transferred to Revenue 1.91 $1,450.00
Town Hall-Vacuum Cleaner
Appropriation for 1940 $100.00
Expenditures
Kent Co., vacuum cleaner $100.00
Town Hall-Telephone-Watertown 8200
Appropriation for 1940 $2.200.00
Expenditures
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., services $2,175.71
Transferred to Revenue 24.29 $2,200.00
Town Hall Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 185.00 $1,185.00
Expenditures
Boston Cons. Gas Co., service $43.64
Boston Janitor's Supply Co., janitor's supplies 54.65
Boston Staminite Co., staminite 5.95
Darley & Co., office supplies 3.60
Dennett & Bigelow, information counter 97.50
Dudley Lock Corp., master keying cylinders 24.93
Easter Products Co., furniture polish 2.50
Gilbert-Howe-Gleason Co., burner service 8.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware 39.33
Fort Hill Paper Co., paper supplies 51.75
Hawes Electric Co., electric supplies 40.13
Hawes Electric Co., electric work 5.35
Hebert & Co., Win., screen for chimney 35.00
Hinckley's, labor 1.40
Hub Shade & Screen Co., shade 42.74
Krasser & Co., F., iron railing 85.00
Johnson Co., Geo. T., paper supplies 12.50
Lawn Mower Grinding Co., grinding 3.00
Lewandos, cleansing .60
Linsky & Bros. Inc., M., badge 1.50
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co., electric light
supplies 26.67
Needham, Margaret, services 10.00
Newcomb Co., J. T., door check repair 11.85
Newton Glass Co., glass 73.05
Petroleum Heat & Power Co., cleaning burners 57.00
Royal Furniture Co., window shade rollers .70
Shawmut Specialty Co., wax 3.50
Standard Equipment Co., multiple fuse plugs 7.30
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Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 140.00
Stetson Co., M.D., janitor's supplies 56.05
Sturgis Associates, Inc., plans for railing 30.00
Thompson Water Cooler Co., repairs 7.50
U. S. Sanitary Specialties Corp., lusterbryte 45.80
Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing supplies 3.40
White, George W., germicide 3.75
White, Peter J., painting, and storm windows 116.00
Windsor Co., cheese cloth 20.72
Woolworth Co., P.W., decorations 5.20
Total Expenditures $1,177.56
Transferred to Revenue 7.44 $1,185.00
Planning Board
Appropriation for 1940 $100.00
Expenditures
Dardis, John H., expenses at Federation $10.00
Leinonen, K. Edwin, expenses at Conference 10.00
Mass. Federation of Planning Boards, dues 30.00
Schoepfer, Arthur E., expenses at Conference 10.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 11.00
Total Expenditures $71.00
Transferred to Revenue 29.00 $100.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY
Police Department—Chief's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $3,200.00
Expenditures
Milmore, John F., salary $3.200.00
Captains' Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $4,883.00
Expenditures
Burke, James P., salary $245.69
Murray, Edward A., salary 2,392.94
Reilly, Joseph J., salary 2,233.90
Total Expenditures $4,872.53
Transferred to Revenue 10.47 $4,883.00
lieutenants' Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $6.160.00
Expenditures
Igoe, James M., salary $2,600.00
Igoe, John J., salary 2,600.00
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Murray, Edward A., salary 369.20
Reilly, Jos. J., salary 525.40
Total Expenditures $6,094.60
Transferred to Revenue 65.40 $6,160.00
Police—Sergeants' Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $14.700.00
Expenditures
Devaney, Thos. W., salary $2,436.62
Donnelly, Andrew J., salary 2,450.00
Flaherty, Walter F., salary 2,450.00
Nally, Francis A., salary 2,450.00
Norton, Edmund H., salary 2,450.00
Stead, Joseph P., salary 2,450.00
Total Expenditures $14,686.62
Transferred to Revenue 13.38 $14,700.00
Police—Patrolmen's Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $77,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 70.00 $76,930.00
Expenditures
Borden, Andrew A., salary $2,200.00
Boyle, Edward J., salary 2,200.00
Burke, Jas. J., salary 2,176.00
Carnes, Wm. W., salary 2,200.00
Clinton, George M., salary 2,200.00
Cullen, Thos. J., salary 2,200.00
Farrell, George J., salary 2,200.00
Gilfoil, Jos. H., salary 2,200.00
Garafalo, Francis, salary 2,200.00
Gleason, John F., salary 2,200.00
Gleason, Lawrence J., salary 2,200.0-3
Hanley, Lawrence C., salary 2,200.00
Hanlon, John J., salary 2,200.00
Harrington, Jos. C., salary 2,200.00
Higgins, John A., salary 2,200.00
Keefe, Richard H., salary 2,200.00
Kimball, Russell J., salary 2,200.00
Long, John J., salary 2,200.00
Loughlin, Jos. F., salary 2,182.00
Lyons, Stephen F., salary 2,200.00
MacDonald, Herbert A., salary 2,200.00
McGeever, John F., salary 2,200.00
Munhall, William H., salary 2,200.00
Murphy, Edward P., salary 2,200.00
Parker, Harold A., salary 2,200.00
Perkins, Arthur F., salary 2,200.00
Reilly, James M., salary . 2,200.00
Reilly, John J., Jr., salary 2,122.78
Ryan, Richard T., salary 2,200.00
Savage, Stewart E., salary 2,200.00
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Shea, Charles E.. salary 2,200.00
Shea, Jas. P., salary 2.200.00
Shea, William, salary 2,200.00
Walsh, Jos. A., salary 2,200.00
Walsh, John A., salary 2.200.00
Total Expenditures $76,880.78
Transferred to Revenue 49.22 $76.930.00
Police—Reserve Officers
Appropriation for 1940 $3,150.00
Transferred to Revenue 170.00 $3,320.00
Expenditures
Gildea, Thomas V., salary $255.00
Maloney, Edward, salary 1,142.50
Maurer, Edward, salary 505.00
McCarthy, Francis J., salary 1,081.50
Pouliot, Wilfred J., salary 255.00
Reimann, Theodore, salary 50.00
Sargent, Francis, salary 20.00
Total Expenditures $3,309.00
Transferred to Revenue 11.00 $3,320.00
Police—Civilian Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,850.00
Expenditures
Hickey, Edmund, salary $1,850.00
Police—Janitor and Wagonman
Appropriation for 1940 $1,825.00
Expenditures
Ryder, Thomas, salary $1,825.00
Police—Clerk and Wagonman 1st Half
Appropriation for 1940 $1.825.00
Expenditures
Sheridan, Thos. F.. salary $1,825.00
Police—Clerk and Wagonman 2nd Half
Appropriation for 1940 $1,600.010
Expenditures
Casey. Michael F., salary S1,600.00
Police Teletype
Appropriation for 1940 $540.00
Expenditures
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service $532.50
Transferred to Revenue 7.50 $540.00
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Police—Uniforms
Appropriation for 1940 $1,500.00
Expenditures
Basch Cap Co., caps $2.25
Berberian Bros., repair 66.88
Davis Clothing Co., clothing 61.00
Harris, Charles A., clothing 58.05
Leavitt Shirt Mfg. Co., shirts 26.00
Linsky & Bros„ Inc., M., uniforms 1,260.40
Total Expenditures $1,474.58
Transferred to Revenue 25.42 $1,500.00
Police—Ballistics Advisor
Appropriation for 1940 $200.00
Expenditures
Heffernan, John E., advisor $200.00
Police--Replace Cruisers
Appropriation for 1940 $900.00
Refund 17.62 $917.62
Expenditures
Coombs Motor Co., car $843.62
Jackson Electric Co., generator 24.95
Total Expenditures $868.57
Transferred to Revenue 49.05 $917.62
Police—Broadcasting Fee
Appropriation for 1940 $300.00
Transferred Town Meeting 100.00 $200.00
Expenditures
Newton, City of, service $200.00
Police—Two Way Radio
Appropriation for 1940 $4,335.00
Transferred Town Meeting 601.00 $3,734.00
Expenditures
General Electric Co., communication unit $2,970.00
LeFavor, George E., insurance 30.00
McPherson, Joseph H., radio mast 699.00
Worcester & Co., J. R., plan of concrete foundation 25.00
Total Expenditures $3,724.00
Transferred to Revenue 10.00 $3,734.00
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Police--Replace Plymouth
Appropriation for 1940 S540.00
Expenditures
Mohawk Pete $473.41
Jackson Electric Co., generator 65.00
Total Expenditures $538.41
Transferred to Revenue 1.59 $540.00
Police-Replace Motorcycles
Appropriation for 1940 $932.00
Expenditures
Crandall-Hicks Co., motor cycles $912.00
Transferred to Revenue 20.00 $932.00
Police-Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $6,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 601.00 $6.601.00
Expenditures
Al & Carl, auto repair $6.00
Allen Stationery Co., stationery supplies 156.77
American Standard Tourniquet Co., tourniquets 19.50
Automobile Protective Patrol, towing 5.00
Bab's Photo & Gift Shop, photo supplies 76.02
Baker Co., Frank G., labor 12.00
Beacon Service Station, auto service 6.95
Boston Edison Co., service 523.35
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 1.64
Boston Office Partition Co., partition 55.00
Brassil, Thomas E., wax 11.25
Buckley & Scott Utilities, oil 220.58
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 13.75
Coolidge Sq. Service Station, auto service 215.25
Coombs Motor Co., service 263.07
Comstock's Home Laundry, A. H., laundry 9.51
Commissioner of Public Safety, book on licenses 1.35
Conroy, Robert L., office supplies 1A5
Crandall-Hicks Co., motor cycle service 8.37
Crescent Armature & Generator Co., generator repair 6.00
Dennett & Bigelow, cabinet 32.00
Dowd & Co., Inc., H. J., paper supplies 101.53
Duro Test Corp, lamps 12.52
Eastern Products Co., floor wax 11.95
Fay Paper Products Inc., signal rolls 17.92
Feeley's Esso Servicenter, auto service 13.60
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., paint 11.43
Gatchell Glass Co., Inc., glass 2.75
Goodrich Co., B. F., tires 226.34
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Graff Co., George B., office supplies 2.88
Graphic Press, printing 9.25
Harris, Charles A., gloves 3.00
Hawes Electric Co., electric work 3.31
Hebert & Co., Wm., sheet iron 2.80
Hewtison & Co.; R. T., police pins 3.20
Hickey, Edmund, changing registrations 11.00
Hinckley's, keys 1.20
Hutchinson, Leroy, books 5.50
Iver-Johnson Sporting Goods Co., cartridges 72.56
Jackson Electric Co., auto repairs & generator 90.04
Lauricella, A., lunches 121.14
Lawn Mower Grinding Co., grinding 2.00
Linsky & Bros. Inc., M., service bars 100.45
McArdle, H. B., office supplies 18.50
MacDonald, John L., welding and reinforcing 9.00
Maloney Oil Co., oil 482.25
Mass., Commonwealth of., 2 class enrollments 12.00
Mass., Commonwealth of., State Prison, parking
signs 118.20
Melanson, O. J., watches 27.00
Metcalfe & Co., chamois 4.11
Mohawk Pete, oil 1.50
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 3.25
Murphy, Bridget, matron 62.00
Murray, Capt. Ed. A., transporting prisoner to Maine 31.8`0
New Eng. Police Revolver League, entry fees 26.70
New Eng. Ribbon & Carbon Co., ribbon 24.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 654.90
Newton Used Car & Parts Co., pipe 72.00
O'Hare, M. D., James P., services 70.00
Pennsylvania Oil Co., gas 1,381.00
Philco Sales & Service Co., electrical supplies 5.00
Potter Press, duplicate books 5.25
Raddin Waste Supply Co., waste 11.25
Raytheon Production Corp., tubes 8.22
Reed Co., Thomas W., 1st aid kits 21.00
Reilly, Capt., J. J., heater and defroster 15.0a
Square Hdwe. & Paint Co., hdwe. supplies 10.66
Standard Mailing Machine Co., duplicator supplies 20.26
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 18.00
Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 84.00
Stetson Co., M. D., janitor's supplies 56.15
Stevens, Albert J., paper rolls 5.00
Sullivan Badge Co., refinished and engraving 28.75
Summer St. Garage, repair 6.45
Traffic & Road Equipment Co., road signs 24.45
Universal Decorating Co., decorating building 12.00
Vestal Chemical Laboratories, chemicals 33.50
Waltham Paper Products Co., Inc., paper products 13.65
Watertown, Town of, metered water 31.20
Watertown Sq. Garage, service 25.55
Williams Book Store, book 5.00
Total Expenditures $5,909.73
Transferred to Revenue 691.27 $6,601.00
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Fire Department—Salary of Chief
Appropriation for 1940 $3,200.00
Expenditures
O'Hearn, John W.. salary $3,200.00
Fire—Captains
Appropriation for 1940 $7,800.00
Expenditures
Kelley, John J., salary $2,600.00
McElroy, William C., salary 2,600.00
Murphy, Raymond, salary 2,600.00
Total Expenditures $7,800.00
Fire—Lieutenants
Appropriation for 1940 $9,800.00
Expenditures
Costello, Jerome, salary $2,450.00
Devaney, John J., salary 2,450.00
Gilfoil, George, salary 2,450.00
Maloney, Thomas, salary 2,450.00
Total Expenditures $9,800.00
Fire—Mechanician
Appropriation for 1940 $2,400.00
Expenditures
Mee, Gerald, salary $2,400.00
Fire—Permanent Men
Appropriation for 1940 $103,714.80
Expenditures
Armstrong, Frank, salary $2,200.00
Barry, William J., salary 2,200X
Blackburn, Charles, salary 2,200.00
Burgess, Arthur, salary 2,200.00
Callan, Francis J., salary 2.011.48
Carney, James M., salary 2,011.48
Clark, William J., salary 2,011.48
Clifford, Clarence, salary 2,176.00
Conlon, Thomas C., salary 2,011.48
Connors, Joseph P., salary 2,011.48
Dardis, James, salary 2,200.00
Devaney, James F.. salary 2,200.00
Donnelly, Bernard P., salary 2,200.00
Dwyer, Paul, salary 2,200.00
Flanagan, James, salary 2,200.00
Ford, James E., salary 2,200.00
Gildea, John, salary 2,200.00
Higgins, Edmund P., salary 2,200.00
Hillier, Samuel, salary 2,200.00
Hunter, John, salary 2,200.00
Joyce,.Thomas F., salary 2,011.48
Kelley, Albert P., salary 2.200.00
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Kelley, Edward F., salary 2,011.48
Kimball, John Alan, salary 2,200.00
Kirwan, Francis M., salary 2,200.00
Laughrea, Giles, salary 2,200.00
Mackin, Walter, salary 2,200.00
Maloney, James J., salary 2,200.00
Maloney, Thomas J., salary 2,011.48
Maloney, William E., salary 2,200.00
Mann, Charles, salary 2,200.00
Mannix, Albert, salary 2,200.00
McManus, Frank, salary 2,200.00
McNicholas, Peter, salary 2,200.00
Mee, Joseph T., salary 2,200.00
Milmore, Frederick, salary 2,186.34
Murphy, James T., salary 2,200.00
Murphy, Jeremiah, salary 2,200.00
Nielsen, Bernard J., salary 2,011.48
O'Leary, John, salary 2,151.91
O'Reilly, John M., salary 2,200.00
Quirk, John P., salary 2,200.00
Robbins, Benjamin, salary 2,200.00
Sheehan, Maurice J., salary 2,011.48
Sullivan, John P., salary 2,200.00
Vahey, John T., salary 2,200.00
White, George E., salary 2,200.00
Whittemore, Carroll, salary 2,200.00
Total Expenditures $103,629.05
Transferred to Revenue 85.75 $103,714.80
Fire—Call Men
Appropriation for 1940 $310.00
Expenditures
Bates, Arthur C., salary $155.00
Murphy, James B., salary 155.00
Total Expenditures $310.00
Fire—Inhalator
Appropriation for 1940 $400.00
Expenditures
American Fire Equipment Co., inhalator $400.00
Fire—Uniforms
Appropriation for 1940 $600.00
Expenditures
Batchelder Co., Fred M., uniforms $588.25
Leavitt Shirt Co., shirts 7.75
Liberty Tailoring Co., tailoring 4.00
Total Expenditures $600.00
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Fire-New Hose
Appropriation for 1940 $1,200.00
Transferred Town Meeting 5.00.00 700.00
Expenditures
American Fire Equipment Co., hose $505.50
Eureka Fire Hose Div- U. S. Rubber Co., hose 194.50 5700.00
Fire-Portable Lighting Unit
Appropriation for 1940 $475.00
Expenditures
American Fire Equipment Co., lighting unit $475.00
Fire Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $5,800.00
Transferred Town Meeting 500.00
Refund $6.00 $6,306.00
Expenditures
Al & Carl, auto repair $15.50
Allen Stationery Co., stationery supplies 1.50
American Fire Equipment Co., fire equipment 759.55
American Red Cross, bandages and text books 17.80
American Standard Tourniquet Co., tourniquet 15.00
Arlington Motor Parts Co., motor parts 32.48
Auburadio Service, radio service 1.50
Arcand Spring Co., auto repair 5.00
Barbara, Anthony, meals 80.35
Beacon Co., wax 3.70
Boston Cons Gas. Co., service 55.84
Boston Edison Co., service 486.52
Boston Ring & Gasket Co., auto parts 17.50
Boston Janitor's Supply Co., janitor's supplies 41.50
B & M Sign Co., sign 6.60
Buckminster Co., Geo. H., batteries 22.40
Buckley & Scott Utilities, oil 546.26
Burnham Laboratories, vio gen 6.20
Butler, George, supplies 1.70
Chapin Medical Supplies, germicide 10.00
Claflin Co., Walter A., supplies 11.70
Coleman & Co., cheese cloth 6.00
Coolidge Cleansers Inc., cleansing 6.15
Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 5.71
Cambridge Hospital, X-rays 5.00
Comstock's Home Laundry, A. H., laundry 115.02
Connell Co., W. J., electrical supplies 1.69
Copple, D. W., brooms 13.40
Crosby Publishing Co., directory 8.00
Dardis, James B., reimbursement 26.64
Davenport Co., A. M., plants 10.00
Dependable Products Co., solvent 1.65
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 119.55
Evans Printing Service, repair 2.00
Everett Bros. Inc., express .50
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E. & J. Co., aspirator 20.00
Eureka Fire Hose Co., couplings 5.50
Flaherty Co., W. H., auto repair 3.93
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 145.96
Fire Engineering, subscription 6.00
Fraser, W. H., laundry 112.03
Gamewell Co., labor 35.82
Garden City Motor Parts, motor parts 125.66
Gatchell Glass Co., glass 3.51
General Equipment Corp., extinguishers 79.84
Gorman, M. D., Eugene F., services 84.00
Grant's Express, express .50
Hawes Electric Co., electric work 50.47
Harting, Herbert C., No Roost 7.00
Haartz-Mason-Grower Co., rubber fabric 1.65
Holcomb Mfg. Co., J. I., chamois 12,89
Hood Rubber Co., rubber boots 101.93
Jenney Mfg. Co., oil 45.55
Koehler Mfg. Co., Spotlight 17.80
Kreem's Camera Shop, picture framing 13.15
Leavitt Shirt Mfg. Co., shirts 35.75
Letzelter Bros., auto repair 6.00
Liberty Tailoring Co., repair 4.00
Lux Fire Equipment Co., equipment recharged 23.71
Lyman Co., John R., cleaning cloths 56.21
Master Motion Picture Co., fire prevention pictures 1.25
Mass., Comm. of-Registration of motor vehicles 18.00
Mass., Comm. of-Reformatory for Women, sheets
and cases 105.38
Mass., Comm. of-Reformatory for Men, furniture 79.00
Mass., Comm. of-State Prison Colony, furniture 87.20
Mass. Gas & Electric Co., electric supplies 25.51
Maxim Motor Co., motor parts 87.54
McElhiney, Eldon E., labor 8.00
McGivern, Frank, gauges 9.90
Melanson, O.J., repair clock 6.00
Midwestern Mfg. Co., clothes 50.22
Mooney's Gift Shop, stationery supplies 42.55
Morse Body Mfg. Co., milling stock 12.32
Moulton Ladder Co., step ladder and repairs 25.53
National Board of Fire Underwriters, books 10.00
National Fire Prot. Assoc., pamphlets 18AO
Newton Auto Sales Inc., auto supplies 31.94
Newton Auto Radiator Service, radiator service 4.00
New Eng. Assoc. Fire Chief, fees 15AO
New Eng. Ribbon Co., ribbons 5.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 300.96
O'Connell Lumber Co., Iumber 16.43
O'Hearn, J.W., food 55.37
O'Leary, John, mattress repair 14.00
Packard Motor Co., service 60.82
Puritan Comp. Gas Corp., compressed gas 58.90
Quint Blanket Co., blanket 59.40
Quirk Co., Edward S., vulcanizing 1.50
Railway Express Agency, express .44
Riley & Co., dry gods 2.40
Royal Furniture Co., furniture 61.00
Shutt, George L., auto service 179.70
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Socony Vacuum Oil Co., gas 43.68
Standard Oil Co., oil and gas 772.28
Staples Co., H.F., wax 8.80
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, x-ray 10.00
Solshine Mfg. Co., metal polish 12.00
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 13.20
Standard,Oil Co., oil 281.07
Sullivan Badge & Name Co., badges 24.00
Square Hdwe. Co., paint 2.15
Thompson-Durkee Co., duck curtain 11.83
Town Diner Co., meals 64.75
Tracy Chair., chair rental 4.00
Watertown Herald, advertising 16.50
Watertown Plumbing Co., plumbing 12.80
Watertown Sun, advertising 17.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 11.50
Watertown, Town of, metered water 86.70
Total Expenditures $6,305.09
Transferred to Revenue .91 $6.306.00
Inspector of Buildings Department
Inspector's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $2,600.00
Expenditures
Perkins, Elias A., salary $2.600.00
Inspector of Building Clerk's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 S250.00
Expenditures
Ford, Katherine M., salary $250.00
Inspector or Buildings-Transportation
Appropriation for 1940 $200.00
Expenditures
Perkins, Elias A., use of car $200.00
Inspector of Buildings-Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $50.00
Expenditures
Boston Blue Print Co., paper $14.79
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 20.50
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, of ice supplies 2.95
Newton Glass Co., glass 3.00
Post Office Department, stamps 3.00
Ward's, stapler 5.45
Total Expenditures $49.69
Transferred to Revenue .31 $50.00
Weights & Measures-Department-Salary
Appropriation for 1940 S1.900M
Expenditures
Ander,,;on, Victor M.. salar} $1.900.00
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Weights & Measures-Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $350.00
Expenditures
Alger Oil & Ice Co., trucking $6.00
Anderson, Victor M., garage 76.45
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 15.27
Eaton Paper Co., A. M., paper 3.68
Hayes Service Station, auto service 118.50
Hobbs & Warren Inc., alum. seals and supplies 8.60
Nonantum Coal Co., weights 15.00
Registry of Motor Vehicles 2.00
Robinson Seal So., seals 37.50
Scale Journal, subscription 2.00
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 6.00
Watertown Tire Co., gas 57.30
Total Expenditures $348.30
Transferred to Revenue 1.70 $350.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth-Superintendent
Appropriation for 1940 $83-0.00
Expenditures
Ford, John C., salary $800.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail ivloth-Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $475.00
Expenditures
Ford, Katherine M., salary $475.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth-Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $2.000.00
Expenditures
Abbott Spraying Equipment Co., spraying hose $67.75
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies .95
Pay Roll, weekly 1,585.35
Schmalz Mfg. Co., Alfred, arsenate of lead 327.69
Sullivan, James H., gas 18.20
Total Expenditures $1,999.94
Transferred to Revenue .06 $2,f,00.00
Moth-Elm Leaf Beetle- B. T. Moth
Appropriation for 1940 $600.00
Expenditures
Frost Insecticide Co., arsenate lead $4.32
Pay Roll 575.30
Sullivan, James H., gas 20.30
Total Expenditures $599.92
Transferred to Revenue .08 $600.00
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Tree Warden--Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Expenditures
Ford, John C., salary $1,000.00
Tree Warden—Clerk's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $200.00
Expenditures
Ford, Katherine M... salary $200.00
Tree Warden—Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $5,000.00
Expenditures
Coombs Motor Co., oil $1.75
Ford, John C., expenses 10.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies .30
Frost Insecticide Co., saw-rope 16.31
Myran Motors Inc., repair 19.35
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, supplies .95
New Eng. Ribbon & Carbon Co., carbon 3.50
New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 2.10
Pay Roll, weekly 4,736.70
Post Office Department, stamps 2.95
Registry of Motor Vehicles 2.00
Sanger, Ruth, services 15.00
Square Hardware & Paint Co., supplies 15.93
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 3.50
Sullivan, James H., gas 95.16
Summer St. Garage, service .50
Triconi, S., loam 72.00
Watertown Tire Co., repair 2.00
Total Expenditures $5,000.00 $5.000.00
Tree Warden—New Truck
Appropriation for 1940 $600.00
Expenditures
Coombs Motor Co., truck $B00.00
Tree Warden—New Trees
Appropriation for 1940 $1.000.00
Expenditures
Capers, Herbert T., land rental $20.00
Fish & Co., Charles R., new trees 550.00
Middlesex County Farm Bureau, fertilizer 19.50
O'Connell Lumber Co., stakes 60.00
Pay Roll 296.26
Square Hdwe. & Paint Co.. supplies 9.39
Sullivan, James H., gas 8.85
Triconi, S., loam 36.00
Total Expenditures $1.000.00 $1,000.00
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Poles and Wires Department-Inspector's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $3,2W.00
Expenditures .
Landry. Leo. salary $3,200.00
Poles and Wires-Clerk's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $475.00
Expenditures
Ford, Katherine M., salaiy $475.00
Poles and Wires-Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $9,560.00
Expenditures
Alphadine Co., type cleaner $ .50
American City Magazine, subscription 2.00
Arlington St. Garage, service 41.26
Allen Stationery Co., printing 15.00
Beacon Service Station, auto service 21.75
Boston Elevated Railway Co., licenses to make
attachments to poles 4.00
Dunn's Drug Store, drug supplies 1.80
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 6.20
Eastern Section International Asso., of Electrical
Inspectors, dues 3.00
Ferrin, F. M., cable 132.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 30.07
Gamewell Co., signal parts 72.37
Gingras, E. P., filing 1.00
Harris, Charles A., rubber boots and shoes 18.20
Harvard Trust Co., garage 45.00
Hinckley's, lock part .50
Kendon Supply Co., filing cabinet 30.00
Landry, Leo P., garage 73.00
MacKenzie, Robert, labor 3.00
Main St. Garage, auto supplies 7.15
Mass. Comm. of, State Examiners Electricians,
licenses 16.00
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co., electric
supplies 141.50
McGraw Hill Book Co., book 3.05
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 17.35
Mohawk Pete, battery and gas 41.72
Municipal Signal & Supply Co., keys 2.70
New Eng. Electrical News, subscription 2.00
New Eng. Section International Municipal Sig.
Asso., dues 5.00
New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 2.10
Payrolls 8,451.02
Penn Oil Co., gas 112.01
Perry's 'Service Station, auto service 2.25
Post Office Department, stamps 5.00
Puritan Sanitary Sup. Co., solder 4.29
Registrar of Motor Vehicles, registering 4.00
Quirk & Co., Edward S., tube 3.12
Sanger, Ruth, services 15.00
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Shutt, George L., tires 113.88
Spaulding, W. A., auto repair 2.00
Standard Maintenance Co., ribbon 4.25
Waterprook Paint & Varnish Co., paint 28.70
Watertown Letter Shop, printing 9.25
Watertown Tire Co., auto repair 65.70
Total Expenditures $9,559.69
Transferred to Revenue .31 $9,560.00
Poles and Wires—Replace Auto
Appropriation for 1940 $70D.00
Expenditures
Beacon Motors Inc., car $700.00
Poles and Wires—New Construction
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Expenditures
Perrin, F. M., cable $294.00
Gamewell Co., alarm box 465.50
Graybar Electric Co., wire 42.59
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co..
light supplies 187.72
Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 7.35
Total Expenditures $997.16
Transferred to Revenue 2.84 $1,000:GO
Poles and Wires—Signal Room Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $6,587.40
Expenditures
Fantasia, Sarafino, salary $1,646.85
Fitzgerald, Frank, salary 1,646.85
McEnaney, Arthur J., salary 1,646.85
O'Connell, Daniel E., salary 1,646.85
Total Expenditures $6,587.40 $6,587.40
Poles and Wires—Signal Room Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $365.00
Expenditures
Bahn, Co., L., metal letters $8.70
Boston Edison Co., service 275.75
Boston Janitor's Supply Co., disinfectant 10.00
Burke, Harry, wall cases 51.32
Everett Bros., Inc., express .25
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 9.74
Fort Hill Paper Co., paper supplies 2.75
Gamewell Co., repair, 51.18
Hinckley's, keys .50
Kendon Supply Co., table 68.75
Mancib, Alvin S., repairing instruments 16.00
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Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co.,
electric light supplies 6.66
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 5.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 54.22
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 8.72
Standard Auto Gear Co. terminals .34
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., sovasol 3.63
Total Expenditures $573.51
Transferred to Revenue 291.49 8865.00
Dog Officer—Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $200.00
Expenditures
Thayer, Samuel G., salary $200.00
Dog Officer—Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $350.00
Expenditures
Thayer, Samuel G., disposing of dogs $348.03
Transferred to Revenue 1.97 $350.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health Department—Agent
Appropriation for 1940 $2,500.00
Expenditures
Colbert, John A., salary $2,500.00
Health—Milk Inspection
Appropriation for 1940 $700.00
Expenditures
Burke, Arthur E., salary $700.00
Health—Clerk's Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $1,200.00
Expenditures
Farnham, Alice H., salary $1,200.00
Iiealtli—Nurses
Appropriation for 1940 $3,000.00
Expenditures
Drummey, Irene K., salary $1,500.00
Linehan, Marie M., salary 1,500.00
Total Expenditures $3,000.00 $3.000.00
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health-Contagions Diseases
Appropriation for 1940 $20,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 1,000 $21,000.00
Expenditures
Biller, M. D., Albert L., services $208.30
Boston, City of, Health Dept., care 188.90
Brooks, Charles, services 5.00
Bryson, E. L., services 10.00
Butler, George F., supplies 2.00
Cambridge Hospital, care 281.10
'Chase, M. D., Charles O., services 14.00
Costa Ambulance Coach Service, ambulance 55.00
Dunn's, supplies 24.89
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 87.57
Fleming, M. D., Frank J., services 28.00
Gorman, M. D., Eugene F., services 319.70
G & S Paper Co., cups 19.51
Hawes Electric Co., electric supplies 1.10
Jakeman, V. M. D., Harry W., services 100.00
Lakeville State Sanatorium, care 755.00
McGeever, John H., services 6.00
MacGregor Instrument Co., instruments 21.35
Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, medicine 2.80
Mass. General Hospital, care 144.19
Mass. Memorial Hospital, care 3,819.00
Middlesex County Sanatorium, care 12,691.00
Middlesex County Sanatorium Store, eyeglasses 27.50
National Drug Co., vaccine 38.63
North Reading State Sanatorium, care 333.00
Piccolo's Pharmacy, lunches 8.06
Pitman-Moore Co., vaccine 137.90
Quincy, City of (Health Dept.), care 239.20
Quirk, M. D., Thomas C., services 56.00
Rutland State Sanatorium, care 549.00
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, care 186.35
Shields, M. D., R. N., services 8.00
Sliney, William, services 5.00
Tibbetts, Ralph W., services 20.00
Viau, Ernest L., services 12.00
Waltham Ambulance Service, ambulance 12.00
Waltham Hospital, care 283.75
Watertown Herald, advertising 14.50
Watertown Sun, advertising 18.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 14.50
Total Expenditures $20,747.80
Transferred to Revenue 252.20 $21,000.00
Health Department--Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $1.200.00
Expenditures
Alger Oil & Ice Co., gas $115.85
Belmont Holding Co., auto service .50
Babb & Co., Edward E., audio record 4.20
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Bostitch Boston Inc., staples 4.00
Buckley & Scott Utilities Inc., gas 35.03
Butler, George F., supplies 18.24
Cherry-Burrell Corp., bottles 11.95
Colbert, John A., petty cash and garage 66.72
Coombs Motor Co., gas 18.33
Difco Laboratories, glucose 4.10
Dunn's, supplies 3.90
Duman, Jaynes H., gas 53.42
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 8.00
Farnham, Alice H., petty cash 45.20
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., flashlights 1.99
Hackett Bros. Co., carboys 5.50
Harvard Trust Co., garage 25.00
Hobbs & Warren Inc., forms 32.78
Heffernan, John E., insurance 141.00
Kiley & Powers Garage, auto repair 127.53
Kreem's Camera & Card Shop, envelopes 2.15
Mohawk Pete, gas 128.06
Mooney's Gift & Card Shop, office supplies 23.30
Mt. Auburn Motors, repair 16.64
Ogilvie & Co., insurance 3.36
Penn Oil Co., gas 40.06
Shutt, George L., auto service 8.46
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 12.00
Thayer, Samuel, disposing dead animals 210.50
Williams, Ernert S., gas 27.58
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., opening cabinet and 2 keys 4.40
Total Expenditures $1,199.75
Transferred to Revenue .25 $1.200.00
Health Department-Baby Clinic
Appropriation for 1940 $425.00
Expenditures
Eaton, Leroy S., printing $4.50
G & S Paper Co. Inc., tray mats 20.00
Lavrakes, M.D., R. C., services 200.00
Silverstein, M. D.. Louis B., services 200.00
Total Expenditures $424.50
Transferred to Revenue .50 $425.K)
Health Department-Dental Clinic
Appropriation for 1940 $2,600.00
Transferred Town Meeting 100.00 $2.500.00
Expenditures
Dunn's, supplies $5.85
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 26.20
G & S Paper Co., paper supplies 10.O0
Gleason, Alice, salary 319.45
Heinecke, Grace, salary 744.38
Kelley. D. M. D., Charles E., services 720.00
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Reynolds Sons Co., S. H., dental supplies 14.30
White Dental Supply Co., J. L., dental supplies 9.05
Zelermyer, D. M. D., Max, services 580.00
Total Expenditures $2,429.23
Transferred to Revenue 70.77 $2.500.00
Inspector of Plumbing—Salary
Appropriation for 1940 $2.500_00
Expcndi hires
Hewitt, Charles M., salary $2,500.00
Inspector of Plumbing--Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $50.00
Expenditures
Goding, Herbert, services $46.00
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co.,
flash light .95
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, supplies 3.00
Total Expenditures $49.95
Transferred to Revenue .05 S50.00
Inspector of Cattle
Appropriation for 1940 $600.00
Expenditures
Jakeman, V. M. D., Harry W., salary $600.00
Sewer Department—Construction
Appropriation for 1940 $6,000.00
Expenditures
McCarthy Co., Charles J., jute $25.53
Pay Roll 5,503.08
Robinson Clay Products Co., pipe 331.81
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., bricks 27.16
Watertown Builders Supply Co., sand 23.80
White Iron Works, C. M., covers and frames 87.15
Total Expenditures $5.998.53
Transferred to Revenue 1.47 $6,000.00
Sewer Department—Short Extensions
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Expenditures
McCarthy Co., Charles J., jute $25.99
Pay Roll 395.43
Robinson Clay Products Co., pipe 20.63
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., brick 24.80
White Iron Works, C. M., man hole covers and frames 27AD
Total Expenditures $494.25
Transferred to Revenue 5.75 $500.00
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Sewer Department—Sewer Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $12,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 4,801.00 $16,801.00
Expenditures
Banks, E. N., repairing oil burner $1.25
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 52.49
Hackett Bros. Co., chloride lime 8.03
Harris, Charles A., gloves 10.50
Healey, Edward P., rental excavating bucket 30.00
Hood Rubber Co., rubber boots 7.78
McCarty Co., Charles J., tools 167.85
Morton Oil Burner Corp., replaced motor 15.00
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 138.77
Parker-Danner Co., puroseal 100.02
Pay Roll, weekly 15,690.41
Robinson Clay Products Co., pipe 213.77
Therkeldsen, Harold, splicing 18.00
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., pipe 258.84
White Co., C. M., man hole covers and frames 67.60
Watertown Plumbing Co., plugs 3.20
Total Expenditures $16,783.51
Transferred to Revenue 17.49 $16,801.00
Sewer Department—Drainage
Appropriation for 1940 $6000.00
Expenditures
Boston & 'Maine R.R. Co., drain pipe privilege $12.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 17.40
McCarthy Co., Charles J., jute 51.06
Payrolls 4,876.20
Riverside Sand & Gravel Co., sand 9.00
Robinson Clay Products Co., pipe 33.31
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., cement supplies 589.46
White Iron Works, C.M., grates and frames 303.40
Total Expenditures 5,891.83
Transferred to Revenue 108.17 $6,000.00
Perry Street Drain
Balance brought forward $81.85
Expenditures
Payroll
Total Expenditures $74.49
Transferred to Revenue 7.36 $81.95
CARE AND LIGHTING OF HIGHWAYS
Highway Department—Superintendent
Appropriation for 1940 $3,600.00
Expenditures
Condon, P.P., salary $3,600.00
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Highway Department-1st Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,600.00
Expenditures
Regan, Esther, salary $1,600.00
Highway Department-2nd Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,300.00
Expenditures
Flaherty, Marie, salary $865.26
Kelley. Sadie, salary 434.74 $1,300.00
Highway Department—Olrice Expense
Appropriation for 1940 $400.00
Expenditures
Coolidge Printing Co., printing $110.75
Dimond Union Stamp Works, cleaning and repair-
ing stamp 3.00
Hawes Electric Co., repairing clock 4.25
Kendon Supply Co., office supplies 2.50
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 14.25
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 4.07
Remington Rand Inc., ribbon .75
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter 98.40
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 17.20
Standard Mailing Machines Co., duplicator supplies 12.75
Terminal Stationery Co., stationery supplies 73.45
Useful Products Co., seat cushion 1.35
Watertown Herald, advertising 22.00
Watertown Sun, advertising 9.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 23.50
White, George W., germicide 2.55
Total Expenditures $399.77
Transferred to Revenue .23 $400.00
Highway Department—Construction
Appropriation for 1940 $40,000.00
Expenditures
Condon Corp., John P., road material $19,518.88
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 14.50
Haller Engineering Associates Inc., concrete in-
spection 150.00
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 16.70
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 7.40
Payroll 20,236.48
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., brick 9.84
Total Expenditures $39,953.80
Transferred to Revenue 46.20 $40,000.00
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Highway Department-Betterments
Appropriation for 1940 $14,900.00
Expenditures
Condon Corp., John P., concrete $4,969.98
Haller Engr. Associates, inspection concrete 600.00
McVey, Thomas H., curbing 185.62
Payroll 8,648.08
Total Expenditures $14,403.68
Transferred to Revenue 496.32 $14,900.00
Highway Department-Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $60,000.00
Refund 1.00 $60,001.00
Expenditures
A. & J. Auto Ignition Co., repair $115.11
Alemite Co., alemite 20.88
Alger Oil & Ice Co., gas 4.80
Autocar Sales & Service Co., autocar repair 20.65
Arcand Spring Co., spring repair .75
Baker Co.. Frank G., metal work 9.07
Barber-Green Co., repair 4.13
Borden Co., A.E., parts 45.68
Boston Edison Co., service 261.37
Boston Elevated Railway Co., Sag posters 1.73
Boston Janitor's Supply Co., cleaning and paper
sup. 54.75
Boston & Maine R.R. Co., approach warning sign
disc 30.00
Boston & Maine Transportation Co., express 1.64
Bram Battery & Tire Co., battery acid .60
Breed Co., C.A., oil burner service 3.00
Buckley & Scott Utilities, oil 212.90
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co., plugs 54.69
Chrysler Motor Parts Corp., motor parts .24
Clancy Inc., Jos. H., auto supplies 85.11
Commonwealth Chevrolet Co., auto repair 147.29
Condon Corp., John P., road material 1,731.41
Condon, Pierce P., garage 92.00
Coombs Motor Co., motor parts 122.98
Cutter-Wood & Sanderson Co., grease 7.00
Davis Tractor Co., H.F., tractor parts 185.86
Delleville Oil Co., gas .96
Dunn's, 1st aid kit 6.00
Durnan, James H., auto parts 48.28
Duff Spring Co., repair 50.80
Dunham Chevrolet Co., auto repair 162.11
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., oil 9.00
Feeley, J.R., gas 4.48
Field & Son, Walter W., machinist's supplies 17.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 627.42
Four Wheel Drive Auto Co., auto supplies 414.08
Gatchell Glass Co., Inc., glass 26.70
General Motors Truck Co., motor parts 224.59
Gibb's Express. express .35
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Grant's Express, express 5.50
Green & Co., S.B., brick 1.20
Haller Engineering Assoc., inspection of concrete 100.00
Harvard Trust Co., garage 1,075.00
Harvey Co., A.C., steel 28.86
Hawes Electric Co., electric supplies 14.00
Hayes Service Station, auto repair 10.75
Heil Co., parts 18.67
Wm. Hebert & Co., metal work 2.25
Hinckley's, key .15
Hub Auto Radiator Co., repair radiators 147.00
Kiley, Margaret E., insurance 14.40
Lane, Frank J., waste 91.88
Lockwood-Smith Inc., Eppy-flush 9.00
McCarthy Co., Charles J., tools 133.50
McDermott, Andrew E., insurance 128.00
Mack Motor Truck Co., repair 149.91
Mass., Commonwealth-Dept of Correction, truck
covers 26.00
Mass., Commonwealth of, State Prison Colony, gar-
bage cans 89.10
Mass. Broken Stone Co., dust 4.79
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Suply Co., damage to
truck 5.50
Mass. Motor Car Co., part •32
Meister, O.J., welding 232.75
Mt. Auburn Motors Inc., motor repair 24.49
Metcalfe & Co., radiator shield •89
Metropolitan Ice Co., oil 274.35
Mohawk Pete, gas 12.87
Morash, Sr., Harvey, damage 5.00
Mosnicka, George W., repair motor 30.00
Moye Chevrolet Co., part .19
New Eng. Dressed Meat & Wool Co., oil 2.50
New Eng. Toro Co., lawn equip. parts 2.65
Newton Used Car & Parts Co.. pipe 55.30
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 191.75
O'Brien, J.J., damage to car 6.00
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 318.38
Parker-Danner Co., Puroseal 32.67
Penn Oil Co., gas 2.962.20
Payroll, weekly 46,211.02
Proctor, S.E. and R. C., supplies 1.90
Quinn, Patrick J., garage 55.00
Quirk & Co., Edward S., tires and tubes 1,210.09
Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 42.00
Railway Express Agency, express 3.00
Red Hed Mfg. Co., fittings 51.26
Reo Sales Corp., motor supplies 4.75
Riverside Sand & Gravel Co., sand 8.75
Sexton Can Co., cans 10.50
Shapiro Co., Inc., David, auto supplies 4.80
Shutt, George L., auto supplies 142.73
Snap-On-Tools Corp., tools 29.90
Standard Auto Gear Co., auto repair parts 499.40
Sullivan, James H., gas 189.79
Summer St. Garage, service 30.70
Systrom Co., E.W., equip. repairs 61.20
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Thomas, Mrs. Wm. H.. insurance 115.00
Traffic & Road Equipment Co., cylinder exchange 144.25
United Motors Service, labor 1.25
Velvet-touch Corp. of N.E., clutch plate 2035
Vatco Mfg. Co., fabric products 33.95
Vulcan Construction Co., concrete 18.00
Walworth Co., fitings 1.8.1
Waltham Supply Co., Inc., electric supplies .94
Watertown Auto Parts Co., Service All Products, auto
parts 45.61
Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 35.53
Watertown Chrome Plating Co., chrome 1.75
Watertown Plumbing & Sup. Co., supplies 4.87
White Co., John J., rock salt 1.20
Total Expenditures $59,994.48
Transferred to Revenue 6.52 $60,001.00
Highway Department-Snow and Ice
Appropriation for 1940 $40,000.00
Expenditures
Anderson Engineering Co., twist chain and hooks $575.59
Auto Welding Co., welding 33.75
Barber-Greene Co., gas tank and filter 73.22
Barrett, Paul, horse hire 5.50
Beatrice, Joseph, trucking 222.00
Bonanno Bros., trucking 146.00
Borden Co., A.E., electric parts 11.31
Butts & Ordway Co., tools 6.79
Carbone, John, trucking 139.50
Cavalen & Son, Louis, trucking 402.00
Condon Corp., John P., trucking 1,680.25
Cousbelis, Louis L., trucking 106.00
D'Antonio Bros., trucking 124.00
Davis Tractor Co., H.F., rubber pads 193.45
Dyar Sales & Machine Co., snow shovels 126.05
Field & Son, Inc., Walter, spreader 150.00
Fletcher Hdwe Co., supplies 227.94
Howard Cement Block Co., trucking 222.00
McDermott, Joseph J., trucking 12.00
Meister, O.J., welding 8.50
Payroll 34,778.78
Penn Oil Co., gas 663.48
Quinn, Daniel, horse hire 5.50
Raymond, D.B., trucking 569.00
Riverside Sand & Gravel Co., sand 506.90
Silvester & Co., A., trucking 118.00
Shney, John J., plowing snow 137.50
Stuart & Son Co., T., trucking 422.60
Systrom Co., E. W., parts 60.00
Watertown Builders Supply Co., rental bulldozer 143.95
Watertown Builders Supply Co., trucking 1,032.09
Total Expenditures $42,903.65
Deficit carried forward 2,903.65 $40,000.00
Deficit authorized by Emergency vote of Selectmen
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Highway Department—Patching W.P.A. Ditches
Appropriation for 1940 $5,000.00
Expenditures
Condon Corp., John J., concrete $1,020.56
Payroll 3,953.82
Total Expenditures $4,974.38
Transferred to Revenue 25.62 $5,000.00
Highway Department—Stables
Appropriation for 1940 S1.500.00
Expenditures
Boston Edison Co., service $90.09
Claflin Co., Walter A., supplies 1.15
Payroll 650.86
Perry, Peter, stable supplies 34.25
White, Co., John J., hay and straw 722.41
Total Expenditures $1,498.76
Transferred to Revenue 1.24 $1,500.00
Highway Department—Vacations
Appropriation for 1940 $7,352.20
Expenditures
Payroll $7,352.20
Highway Department—Chevrolet Car
Appropriation for 1940 $550.00
Expenditures
Dailey Chevrolet Co., car $531.15
Transferred to Revenue 18.85 $550.00
Highway Department—Motor Equipment
Appropriation for 1940 $43,000.00
Expenditures
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co., roller $3,925.00
Davis Tractor Co., H. F., plows 10,188.75
Systrom Co., E. W., plows 1,390.62
Wood Co., Charles N., snow fighter 13,927.50
Total Expenditures $29,431.87
Balance carried forward 13,568.13 $43,000.00
Highway Department—Garage Equipment
Appropriation for 1940 $2,000.00
Expenditures
McHugh. John D., two post hoist $1,915.25
Transferred to Revenue 84.75 $2,000.00
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Highway Department--Ashes and Papers
Appropriation for 1940 $30,700.00
Transferred Town Meeting 1,520.00 $32,220.00
Expenditures
Dinn & Co., P. J., fence supplies $27.85
Harvard Trust Co., garage 250.00
Payroll 30,696.92
Penn Oil Co., gas 1,226.53
Watertown Herald, advertising 12.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 6.00
Total Expenditures $32.219.30
Transferred to Revenue .70 $32,220.00
Highway Department—Garbage
Appropriation for 1940 $26,200.00
Transferred Town Meeting 1,854.00 $28.054.00
Expenditures
Butters Express, express 1.50
Pletcher Hdwe. Co., garbage pails 21.00
Harvard Trust Co., garbage 250.00
Mass., Comm. of, State Prison Colony, garbage cans 140.45
Paroll 20,700.65
Penn Oil Co., gas 939.81
Total Expenditures $28,053.41
Transferred to Revenue .59 $28.054.00
Highway Department—Dust Laying
Appropriation for 1940 $3,000.00
Expenditures
McGuire & Co., H. H., oil $187.44
Payroll 2,760.31
Watertown Builders Supply Co., sand 47.60
Total Expenditures $2,995.35
Transferred to Revenue 4.65 $3,000.00
Highway Department—Traffic Lights
Appropriation for 1940 $880.00
Expenditures
Baker, Frank G., cutting and threading pipe $10.90
Graybar Electric Co., parts for traffic lights 297.15
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co., electric
supplies 237.14
Total Expenditures $545.19
Balance brought forward 334.81 $880.00
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Street Lights
Appropriation for 1940 $46,000.00
Refund 1.20 $46,001.20
Expenditures
Boston Edison Co. $45,794.53
Pletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 1.38
General Electric Co., electric supplies 2.40
Jenney Mfg. Co., oil .10
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co., electric lights
supplies 16429
Municipal Signal & Supply Co., part 5.10
Western Electric Supply Co., electric supplies 5.17
Total Expenditures $45,972.97
Transferred to Revenue 28.23 $46.001.20
Sidewalks
Appropriation for 1940 $2.000.00
Expenditures
Pletcher Hdwe. Co., seed $28.00
Nelson, Arthur T., sidewalks 75.00
Payroll 1,836.37
Tocci Construction Co., rebuilding concrete 25.00
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., cement 32.83
Total Expenditures $1,997.20
Transferred to Revenue 2.80 $2,000.00
Sidewalks—Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $10,000.00
Expenditures
Condon, Corp., John P., concrete $303.75
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 64.25
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 11.10
Payroll 8,551.68
Riverside Sand & Gravel Co., sand and gravel 45.00
Watertown Builders Supply Co., sand 138.53
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., cement 782.75
Total Expenditures $9,897.06
Transferred to Revenue 102.94 $10,000.00
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS BENEFITS
Public Welfare—Salary of Agent
Appropriation for 1940 $2,100.00
Expenditures
Foley, Augustine A., salary $2,100.0Q
130
Public Welfare—Chief Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $2,100.00
Expenditures
Hyde, Joseph E., salary $2,100.00
Public Welfare—Chief Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,300.00
Expenditures
Ford, Grace H., salary $1,300.00
Public Welfare—Interviewer Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,125.00
Expenditures
Dooley, Mrs. Lena, salary $1,125.06
Public Welfare—Senior Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,050.00
Transferred Town Meeting 250.00 $800.00
Expenditures
Keating, Marie, salary 507.68
Sullivan, Lillian, salary 287.24
Total Expenditures $794.92
Transferred to Revenue 5.08 $800.00
Public Welfare—Junior Investigator
Appropriation for 1940 $1,100.00
Expenditures
Spergurio, Michael, salary $1,100.00
Public Welfare—Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,500.00
Expenditures
Allen-Wales Co., maintenance $10.00
Boston Council of Social Agencies, social service
index 88.00
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 1.32
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 78.50
Crosby Publishing Co., directory 8.00
Dennett & Bigelow Inc., typewriter stand 14.03
Dimond Union Stamp Works, ribbon 1.50
Eaton Paper Co., A. M., paper supplies 3.38
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware .86
Foley, A. A., carfares 58.45
Hinckley's, changing combination .50
Hyde, Joseph E., auto expense 299.00
Kendon Supply Co., 2 cabinets 72.50
Mooney's Gift Shop, office supplies 224.04
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., or Western Electric Co.,
desk 12.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., changing phone 4.58
Nettle Office Equip. Co., rental typewriter 7.50
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O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 2.75
Phillips Ribbon & Carbon Co., carbon 16.50
Postindex Co., forms 30.03
Post Office Department, stamped envelopes 121.04
Potter Press, books 20.07
Spergurio, Michael, auto expense 360.00
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter and ribbons 31.80
Survey Associates Inc., subscription 5.00
Watertown Bindery, binders 4.00
Watertown Upholstery, repair chair 4.00
Yawman & Erbe Co., shelves 18.86
Total Expenditures $1,498.21
Transferred to Revenue 1.79 $1,500.00
Public Welfare-Outside Aid
Appropriation for 1940 $125,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 50,000.()0
Refunds 998.99 $175,998.99
Expenditures
Abrams, M.D., J. I., services $386.00
Amendola, M.,D., Alfred, services 25.00
Andrews, Austin F., milk 103.21
Angelo, Rocco, rent 37.50
Apelian, M.D., Albert, services 3.00
Argiro, Rocco, rent 12.50
Arlington, Town of, aid 595.74
Arone, Joseph, rent 12.50
B. & M. Sign Co., sign .50
Baker, Chester A, prescription 1.25
Baratta Shoe Repair, shoe repair 208.80
Barbato, Cesare, rent 450.00
Barsam, Joseph, rent 37.50
Barsam, Mrs. Y., rent 12.50
Beirne, Matthew, rent 150.00
Belmont, Town of, aid 927.80
Bemis Market, groceries 310.00
Bemis Oil Co., oil 12.00
Biller, M.D., Albert J., services 2.00
Billings and Stover, apothecary supplies 1.50
Blaikie, agent, A.L., storage 180.00
Boccadoro, S., rent 505.50
Boghossian, O., rent 87.50
Boston, City of, aid 4.270.96
Boston City Hospital, care 3.92
Boston Dispensary, arches, shoes and glasses 49.50
Boston Hygienic Corset Co., corsets 12.75
Boylston Market, groceries 277.00
Boylston Pharmacy, supplies 49.73
Brigham Hospital, Peter Bent, care 27.20
Brigham Hospital, Robert B., care 300.01
Brockton, City of, aid 92.64
Brookline, Town of, aid 18.00
Brown. Margaret, rent 20.00
132
Buckley & Scott Co., rent 25.00
Burns & Sons, John T.. rent 240.00
Burke, Patrick M., rent 12.50
Burke, William, rent 225.00
Butler, George F., supplies 855.32
Butters, Lucinda, rent 12.00
Callahan, Mrs. A., rent 8.00
Cambridge, City of, aid 2,671.67
Cambridge Hospital, care 4,373.20
Cambridge Savings Bank, rent 154.00
Camerato, Carmine, rent 60.00
Canzanelli, Dr. Pericles 360.25
Capone, P.A., rent 75.00
Caragulian, G.H., rent 150.00
Carlstrom, K.S., eyeglasses 6.50
Carofano, Nicholas, rent 12.50
Caruso, James, rent 287.00
Caruso, Patsy, groceries 3,731.27
Case Shoe Co., Edwin, shoes 7.50
Cash, weekly disbursements 55,443.31
Cavellero, Louis, rent 12.50
Ceddia, Michiael, rent 44.00
Centebar's Market, groceries 475.00
Centofanti, D., rent 150.00
Children's Hospital, care 182.70
Chopourian, D.M.D., H.M., services 116.00
Christopher, S., groceries 130.00
Churakian, Armen, rent 50.00
Ciecarelli, Mrs. Peter, rent 100.00
Clapp & Son, Otis, surgical belt 9.00
Clemens, James, rent 180.00
Clements, Rest Home, care 920.00
Clinton, Town of, aid 260.00
Coakley's Lunch, lunches 15.20
Cohen, Dexter S., rent 175.M0
Cohen, Frances R., rent 77.50
Colligan, Nellie M., rent 50.00
Columbia Food Stores, groceries 140.00
Coolidge Corner Moving Co., moving 377.00
Coolidge Market, groceries 42.00
Costa, George W., prescriptions 4.21
Cotone, Anthony, rent 30.00
Crosby, Mrs. Katherine, rent 87.50
Crosby, M.D., Walter H., services 106.00
Cunniff, John F., rent 300.00
Curtis Funeral Service, burial 100.00
D'Amico, J., rent 396.00
D'Avena Oil Co., oil 507.20
Darvishian, David, rent 25.00
Delleville, Antonio, rent 55.00
Delleville Oil Co., oil 474.00
DiBlasio, Mary, rent 150.00
Diliberto, Frank, rent 134.50
Diliberto's Market, groceries 2,251.53
Directory for Mother's Milk, directory 54.45
DiVecchio, Maria, rent 22.00
Donovan, Dr. William F., eyeglasses 19.00
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Draper, M.D., A.L., services 57.00
Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 242.62
Dwyer, Paul T., rent 25.00
Eastman Moving Co., trucking 2,400.00
E. Watertown Realty Co., rent 157.50
Economy Grocery Stores, groceries 98.00
Egleston Shoe Repair, shoe repair 244.35
Elliott, M.D., Harold E., services 1.50
English, Samuel, rent 35.00
Esposito & Son, John, burials 400.00
Everett, City of, aid 104.00
Farago, Frank, rent 22.00
Ferrera Bros. Inc., groceries 1,714.00
Fierimonte, Charles, rent 150.00
First National Stores, groceries 2.048.00
Fitzgerald, Patrick, rent 300.00
Flaherty, Estate Wm., rent 398.50
Fletcher, Estate Frank B., eyeglasses repaired 18.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 1.15
Fitzpatrick, Mary, rent 125.00
Foley Rest Home, care 845.29
Ford, John P., rent 75.00
Foster & Malton, rent 475.00
Fowler Shoe Repair, shoe repair 228.40
Frees, Inc., C.A., artificial limb 150.00
Frissore, Concetta, rent 100.00
Fuller, C.S., rent 137.50
Gallagher, Mrs. C.A., board and room 26.57
Gallagher, John A., burial 280.00
Gallagher, John F., board and room 51.43
Garafalo, Mary, groceries 5,869.00
Gavin, Estate Bridget, rent 260.00
Gavin, Jennie A., rent 300.00
Giannagielo, Agnes, rent 175.00
Gill, Mrs. Catherine ,rent 10.00
Godwin's Taxi Co., taxi 5.10
Gorman, M.D., Eugene F., services 637.50
Grady, Patrick, rent 12.50
Grand Market, groceries 310.00
Grand Meat Market, groceries 1.228.00
Greeley, Mrs. Anna, board 5.00
Greene, J. M., rent 37.50
Green Meadow Dairy, milk 415.36
Grogan, D.M.D., T.F., services 60.00
Guido, Mrs. Angelo, board 270.00
Guzzetti, Joseph, rent 87.50
Hackett Bros., groceries 2,439.00
Hagopian, Karop, rent 12.50
Hall, Edward C., rent 100.00
Hannon, Mrs. Theresa, rent 12.50
Harris, Charles A., clothing 1,516.22
Hart, George, optician 23.75
Harting, Paul T., rent 96.00
Harvard Trust Co., rent 112.50
Harvard University Dental School, care 6.75
Haverhill, City of, aid 348.64
Hauswirth, John B., rent 62.50
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Hazel Market, groceries 816.00
Helms, M.D., James, services 21.00
Hia-Pearl Corp., rent 15.00
Higgins, Lincoln C., rent 75.00
Holy Ghost Hospital, care 1,152.03
Hooban, Mrs., rent 220.00
Hood & Son, H.P., milk 134.68
Holland, Mary, rent 25.00
House of Angel Guardian, care 13.80
Hovey, F.E., rent 25.00
Howard, Patrick, rent 10.00
Ianazzi, Frank, rent 176.00
Ianelli, Nicholas, rent 12.50
Inferrera, Josephine, rent 125.00
Johnson, John J., burial 550.00
Johnson, Bertil, rent 25.00
Jones, M.D., George E., services 35.00
Kelley, D.M.D., Charles, services 66.50
Kelley, Mrs. E., rent 20.00
Kelley, M.D., Edward J., services 5.00
Kelley, D.M.D., Joseph M., services 226.00
Kelley, D.M.D., Joseph M., rent 87.50
Kent M.D., Harold A., services 25.00
Kevorkian, M.D., John J., services 5.00
King, John J., range oil 56.00
LaFayette Bros., services 8.00
Lakeville Sanatorium, care 366.00
Landers, Lillian, nurse 5.00
Lalli, Mrs. Lucy, rent 9.00
Lawless, Mrs. Edward, rent 25.00
Leach, Mrs. Lillian, board 35.00
Leonard Fuel Co., fuel 867.35
Lembo, Phillip J., rent 275.00
Lepore, Joseph, rent 75.00
Leporado, Carlo, rent 310.50
LeRoy, M.D., R.V., services 3.00
Lethario, Domenick, rent 112.50
Lexington St. Drug Store, prescriptions 20.38
Longwood Convalescent Home, care 10.75
Lloyd Pharmacy, prescriptions 166.88
Lyndonville Creamery Ass'n, milk 940.10
Lynn, City of, aid 60.00
McAteer, Margaret, rent 103.50
McBride, Mary, rent 25.00
McCarthy, George, rent 25.00
McCree, John, rent 374.50
McCreight Sanatorium, care 706.60
McDermott, Andrew, rent 312.50
MacDonald, A.D., rent 210.00
MacDonald, Donald J., burials 115.00
McDonough, Mary B., rent 250.00
McDowell, Mrs. Mary, rent 10.00
McGlaufiin, B. Fay, rent 400.00
MacFarland, Agnes, rent 125.00
MacIntosh Coal Co., John, coal 136.95
McManus, J. K., rent 25.00
McPherson, Angus A., rent 80.00
135
M. & R. Dietetic Lab., Inc., similac 100.00
Mackin's Lunch, lunches 86.30
Madirion, Garabed S., rent 75.00
Maloney, Mrs. Mary, rent 24.00
Maloney Oil Co., range oil 517.00
Main St. Cash Market, groceries 1,611.85
Mantenuto, P., rent 187.50
Manzelli Oil Co., range oil 666.00
Marvel Cash Market, groceries 691.00
Mass., Comm. of, Div. Child Guardianship, care 693.26
Mass., Comm. of, Dept. Public Welfare, care 1,947.89
Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, care 400.81
Mass. General Hospital, care 1,467.06
Mass. Hospital School, care 682.26
Martino, Pasquale, rent 50.00
Meachen, M.D., John W., services 5.00
Merchant's Co-op Bank, rent 37.50
Medford, City of, aid 882.15
Milan, Phillip, shoe repair 24.20
Miskell, Michael, rent 50.00
Montgomery-Frost Co., rental square prisms 4.50
Montuori, Maddelena, rent 12.50
Morrell Oil Co., range oil 572.00
Morrill, D.M.D., Everett, services 10.00
• Morrissey, Mrs. Regina, rent 100.00
Morse, Mrs. A. Gardner, rent 564.00
Munhall Oil Co., range oil 516.00
Murray, John F., rent 37.50
Nally Movers, moving 21.00
Nahigian Market, groceries 24.00
Nelson Drug Co., prescription 1.75
New Deal Market, groceries 352.00
New Eng. Deaconess Hospital, care 197.16
Newton, City of, aid 180.53
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 1,156.70
Norwood, Town of, care 434.97
Oakhurst Dairy, milk 945.21
Oakland Pharmacy, prescriptions 4.60
O'Brien, Richard, rent 180.00
O'Hanian, M.B., rent 20.00
O'Toole, Mrs. Mary L., board 48.53
Ogilvie & Co., rent 50.00
Oriental Lunch, lunch 5.00
Oteri, Anthony, rent 50.00
Otis Bros., clothing 2,731.50
Paine, Herbert L., rent 27.00
Patriarco, Philomena, rent 62.50
Pearce, Oliver H., rent 400.00
Peabody, City of, aid 138.62
Perimian, J., rent 75.00
Pesce, M.D., Guy C., services 35.00
Peterson's Market, groceries 40.00
Piccolo's Pharmacy, prescriptions 199.55
Piscatelli, James, rent 276.00
Piantedosi, Mrs. N., rent 150.00
Pittsfield, City of, aid 560.00
Pomeroy Co., braces 11.20
136
Post Road Market, groceries 12.00
Prendergast Oil Co., range oil 538.39
Progresso Stores, groceries 1,976.00
Proodian, M.D., Leon, eyeglasses 10.00
Prospect Valley Milk Co., milk 19.92
Queen Lunch, lunches 121.60
Quimby, Esq., Wm. L., care 47.70
Quincy, City of, aid 311.13
Quirk, Mrs. Norma L., rent 34.50
Raffoni, Mrs. Francis, rent 87.50
Rand, Claude Allen, prescriptions 78.13
Ransom's Watertown Taxi, taxi 148.90
Raymond, D.B., rent 25.00
Reading, Town of. aid 69.39
Reliance Co-op Bank, rent 200.00
Riley & Co., clothing 430.46
Robbins, M.D., Walter W., services 8.00
Rockwell, Winthrop, burial 110.00
Rorke, Mercedes, rent 30.00
Rosary Academy, board 220.00
Rosenbloom & Sons, Inc., J.S., shoes 11.00
Ross Dairy, milk 167.40
Royal Furniture Co., mattress 8.75
Saugus, Town of, aid 12.00
School St. Grille, lunches 3.00
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, care 1,726.55
Scipione, Ciro, rent 240.00
Scott, C.S., rent 25.00
Scott, John W., rent 125.00
Sergi, Joseph, rent 12.50
Shamgochian, Mrs. Alice 100.00
Shamgochian, M., rent 162.50
Shawmut Market, groceries 997.70
Schindler, John H., eyeglass repair 9.25
Sheridan, James H., exec. Michael Cotter Est. 1,156.50
Slattery, M.D., John J., services 15.00
Somerville, City of, care 679.80
Sonnenberg, Gladys E., nurse 165.00
Stanton, John J., burial 100:00
Star Market, groceries 7,357.95
Stalker, Tr., John C., milk distribution fund 1.857.51
Stella Chain Store, groceries 919.00
Struzziero, Alexander, burial 90.00
Sudbury, Town of, aid 25.06
Sullivan, James H., range oil 520.80
Summer St. Market, groceries 585.00
Surplus Commodities Div., administrative expenses 560.72
Surgeons' and Physicians' Supply Co., corsets 10.00
Taylor, Mrs. Julia F., rent 42.50
Taylor's Drug Store, supplies 2.75
Technology Ambulance Service, ambulance 36.00
Teresian Hospital, care 189.00
Thresher, Samuel E., rent 220.00
Thomas, William, burials 115.00
Tiano, Rocco, rent 75.00
Tocci, Anthony, rent 300.00
Tomasetti, G., rent 852.50
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Tortorella, Antonio, rent 11.50
Toscano, Joseph, rent 12.50
Town Diner, lunches 8.40
Towne Market, groceries 806.00
Touzjian, M.D., Y., services 15.00
Treasurer of the U.S.A., administrative expenses 186.91
Trecartin's Pioneer Store, groceries 542.00
Tufts Dental School, dental work 171.00
Valchius Adm., Anthony, Est. of Attilio Valchius,
rent 225.00
Valchius, A., rent 55.00
Waltham, City of. aid 369.73
Waltham Hospital, care 1,239.65
Waltham Training School for Nurses, care 4.00
Waring, John J., prescriptions 2.20
Watertown, Town of, burials 64.00
Watertown Co-op Bank, rent 167.50
Watertown District Nursing, care 132.50
Watertown Market, groceries 1,412.95
Watertown Ideal Market, groceries 86.00
Wayland, Town of, aid 100.00
Welch, Mrs. Elizabeth, board 12.00
West Newton Co-op Bank, rent 250.00
White & Co., C. W., trusses 23.73
White House Market, groceries 92.00
White's Market, groceries 2,963.00
Wildey Savings Bank, rent 12.50
Winchell, Ida., board and room 493.03
Wilson, Mrs. A., rent 55.00
Wolfson, Dr. Daniel, services 44.00
Woodland, Charles L.. milk 114.36
Yerardi, Peter, rent 234.50
York, Dr. Robert S., services 35.00
Zaino, Frank 12.50
Zelermyer, M. D., Max, services 18.00
Total Expenditures $175,869.39
Transferred to Revenue 129.60 $175,998.99
Aid Dependent Children-Senior Investigator
Appropriation for 1940 $1,800.00
Expenditures
LaBonte. Mrs. M. M., salary $1,600.00
A.D. C. and O.A. A. Chief Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1.250.00
Expenditures
Hanley, Mary A., salary $1.250.00
A.D.C. and O.A.A.-Junior Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,050.00
Expenditures
McCree, Rosamond, salary $1,050.00
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Aid Dependent Children
Appropriation for 1940 $50,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 10,000.00
Refunds 547.59 $60,547.59
Expenditures
Cash Disbursements $60,447.11
Trapsferred to Revenue 100.48 $60,547.59
Aid Dependent Children—Federal Aid
Balance brought forward $135.47
Received for Aid 19,074.03 $19,209.50
Expenditures
Boston, City of, care $584.59
Cash Disbursements 18,422.35
Total Expenditures $19,006.94
Balance carried forward 202.56 $19,209.50
Aid Dependent Children—Federal Administration
Balance brought forward $720.44
Received for Administration 2,060.13 $2,780.57
Expenditures
Acme Adding Machine Co., machine maintenance 34.00
Alphadine Co., type cleaner .50
Coolidge Printing Co., stamped envelopes 86.20
Cram, M. Catherine, salary 563.00
Cram, M. Catherine, auto expense 242.20
Crosby Publishing Co., directory 8.00
Dennett & Bigelow, office furniture 14.20
Gibb's Express, express .35
Hall, Raymond L., cabinet 31.65
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms 7.67
LaBonte, Mrs. M. M., auto expense 238.65
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 35.90
Murray, Joseph, salary 984.88
Murray, Joseph, auto expense 288.25
New Eng. Ribbon & Carbon Co., carbon 38.16
Standard Mailing Machine Co., supplies 4.60
Terminal Stationery Co., supplies 32.75
United States Post Office, envelopes and stamps 155.85
Total Expenditures $2,768.81
Balance carried forward 11.76 $2,780.57
Old Age Assistance
Appropriation for 1940 $75,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 10,000.00
Refunds 1,300.76 $86,300.76
Expenditures
Cash disbursements $86,263.08
Transferred to Revenue 37.68 $86,300.76
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Old Age Assistance-Federal Aid
Balance brought forward $3,365.76
Received for Aid 74,238.71 $77,604.47
Expenditures
Arlington, Town of, aid $60.49
Belmont, Town of, aid 160.37
Boston, City of, care 2,876.38
Braintree, Town of, aid 11.37
Brookline, Town of, aid 139.22
Cambridge, City of, aid 825.71
Cash Disbursements 63,500.82
Chelmsford, Town of, aid 13.75
Clinton, Town of, aid 80.84
Everett, City of, aid 50.00
Falmouth, Town of, aid 79.00
Lancaster, Town of, aid 50.00
Leominster, City of, aid 6922
Lynn, City of, aid 38.17
Malden. City of, aid 70.83
Marlborough, City of, aid 83.33
Natick, Town of, aid 45.84
Newton, City of, aid 414.19
Norwood, Town of, aid 81.68
Pittsfield, City of, aid 20.67
Pondville Hospital, care 108.00
Quincy, City of, aid 67.47
Reading, Town of, aid 144.31
Revere, City of, aid 8.33
Shirley, Town of, aid 30.00
Somerville, City of, aid 88.47
Springfield. City of, aid 47.03
Waltham, City of, aid 315.81
Wareham, Town of, aid 47.92
Weymouth. Town of, aid 117.60
Total Expenditures $69,646.82
Balance carried forward 7,957.65 $77,604.47
Old Age Assistance--Federal Administration
Balance brought forward $57.74
Received for Administration 2,475.45 $2,533.19
Expenditures
Coolidge Printing Co., printing $10.50
Crain, M. Catherine, salary 635.00
Cram, M. Catherine, auto expense 53.10
LaBonte, Mrs. M.M.., auto expense 50.00
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, supplies 3.75
Murray, Joseph, salary 1.115.12
Murray, Joseph, auto expense 64.10
National Carloading Corp., express .89
Shaw-Walker Co., folders 31.05
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Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 2.30
United States Post Office, stamps and stamped en-
velopes 200.00
Total Expenditures $2,165.81
Balance carried forward 367.28 $2,533.19
Infirmary Department-Keeper
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 150.00 $850.00
Expenditures
Skehill, P.J., salary $313.16
White, George H., salary 460.00
$773.16
Transferred to Revenue 76.84 $850.00
Infirmary Department-General Expense
Appropriation for 1940 $5,370.00
Transferred Town Meeting 150.00 $5,520.00
Expenditures
Angell, J.H., shades $41.60
Baker, Frank G., boiler servicing 50.00
Bates, A.C., carpentering 171.64
Boston Cons. Gas Co. 84.96
Boston Edison Co., service 155.61
Buckley & Scott Utilities Inc., oil 231.60
Butler, George F., prescriptions 31.99
Centebar's, groceries 388.48
Claflin Co., Walter A., supplies 5.09
Crosby Publishing Co., directory 8.00
Dubois Oil Co., fuel oil 341.68
Dunn's, supplies 2.50
Edmand's Coffee Co., coffee 44.28
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 2.23
Fowler Shoe Repair Co., shoe repair 11.05
Goding, Herbert, plumbing 30.30
Hackett Bros. Co., groceries 308.41
Hawes Electric Co., electric work 19.66
Johnson Co., H.A., groceries 99.41
Jordan-Marsh Co., dry goods 206.93
Kelley, D.M.D., Joseph M., services 7.50
Lewis Inc., Robert F., buter and eggs 174.93
Lewis-Mears Co., buter and eggs 14.10
Lyndonville Creamery Assoc., cream and milk 367.35
McLellan Stores Co., Inc., dry goods 78.04
National Biscuit Co., cookies 64.76
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., services 66.59
Otis Bros. Co., shoes 29.85
Payroll, weekly 1,354.79
Raymond's Inc., shoes 44.41
Reformatory for Women, hose 6.17
Schindler, John H., repairing glasses 1.50
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Small Co., Frederick C., coffee and tea 33.51
Square Hdwe. Co., paint and wax 24.88
Star Market Co., groceries 48.51
Timken Silent Auto Heater, service 17.80
Warren Soap Mfg. Co., soap 19.35
Watertown, Town of, water 79.95
Webster-Thomas Co., canned goods 337.02
Welch, Jr., W.W., electrical service 15.70
White, George H., wet wash 253.65
Total Expenditures $5,275.78
Transferred to Revenue 244.22 $5,520.00
Town Physician
Appropriation for 1940 $2,000.00
Expenditures
Canzanelli, Dr. Pericles, salary $1,000.00
Gorman, Dr. Eugene F., salary 1,000.00
Total Expenditures $2,000.00
Soldiers Relief and Military Aid—Agent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,800.00
Expenditures
Harrington, Michael J., salary $1,800.00
Soldiers Relief and Military Aid—Office Expense
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Expenditures
All Steel Equipment Co., steel files $72.50
Butler, George F., germicide •89
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 125.00
Harrington. Michael J., auto expense 30.00
Kendon Supply Co., office supplies 11.50
Najarian, Dorothy, services 134.00
Terminal Stationery Co., office supplies 121.00
United States Post Office, stamps 5.00
Total Expenditures $499.89
Transferred to Revenue .11 $500.00
Soldiers Relief and Military Aid
Appropriation for 1940 $45,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 9,000.00
Refunds 549.00 $54,549.00
Expenditures
Aberg, Gunnar H., rent $56.00
Alger Oil & Ice Co., range oil 1,811.21
Atlantic Market Co., groceries 105.00
Bacon, Dr., G.S., services 30.00
Barratta Shoe Repairing Co., shoe repairing 14.55
Biller, Dr. Albert L., services 22.50
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Boylston Pharmacy, supplies 3.35
Buskirk, Dr. James H., services 5.00
Butler, George F., supplies 57.20
Cambridge, City of, (Municipal Hospital), care 45.71
Cambridge Hospital, care 654.75
Canzanelli, Dr. Pericles, services 120.00
Carstein Coal Co., coal 7.25
Connolly, Dr. John D., services 54.00
Connolly, Thomas F., range oil 40.00
Costa Ambulance Coach Service, ambulance service 20.00
Costa, George W., prescriptions 6.50
Davidow, Dr. W.N., services 3.00
Diliberto's Market, groceries 5.00
Dolbier Bros., range oil 3.75
Donovan, Dr. William F., eyeglasses 167.50
Dunn's Pharmacy, supplies 140.34
Egan, Dr. William J., services 26.00
Faulkner Bros., coal 45.50
First National Stores, groceries 381.00
General Market, groceries 25.00
Giobbe, Dr. Ciro, services 6.00
Goldfarb, Dr. Samuel, services 59.00
Gorman, Dr. Eugene F., services 112.00
Hackett Bros. Co., groceries 113.00'
Harrington, Michael J., Agent Burial, veteran 2.00
Harris, Charles A., shoes 31.95
Harvard University Dental School, dental work 1.25
Hasiotis, Arthur C.. burial, Manuel J. Anestis, Vet-
eran 98.00
Holland Co., John V., rent 60.00
Kelley, Dr. Edward Kelley, services 49.00
Kervorkian, Dr. John J., services 27.00
King, Dr. Alfred, services 174.00
Kraus, William H., brace 12.00
LaFayette Bros., services 114.00
Lahey Clinic, care 55.00
Lauricella, A., groceries 10.00
Leavitt Inc., Charles T., fuel 13.20
Lexington St. Drug Co., supplies 28.24
Lloyd Pharmacy, supplies 29.95
Lorraine Ice & Oil Co., coal 43.75
Marden-Wallace R. Co., rent 240.00
Marvel Cash Market, groceries 5.00
McGinn, Dr. Sylvester, services 10.00
McSweeney, Dr. Joseph H., services 6.00
Mass. General Hospital, care OPD 93.05
Mass. General Hospital, care 28.25
Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, care 58.95
Metropolitan Coal Co., coal 22.00
Munhall Ice Co., oil 67.78
Nahigian Grocery Co., groceries 67.00
Nally Movers, Inc., moving 91.50
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 9.10
Orlov, Dr. Samuel, services 3.00
Otis Bros. Co., shoes 440.03
Payroll, Highway 5,688.00
Payroll 40,422.25
Pesce, Dr. Guy C., services 54.00
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Pierce, Dr. Everett L., services 3.00
Perlmutter, Dr. Samuel, services 12.50
Porter, Emery, labor 2.00
Progresso Cash Stores, groceries 60.00
Proodian, Dr. Leon, eyeglasses 12.00
Quirk, Dr. Thomas C., services 87.00
Ransom's Watertown Taxi, taxi 7.90
Rand, Claude Allen, prescriptions 2.00
Reilly, Catherine, nurse 15.00
Roberts, Everett E., coal 6.50
Sam's Market, groceries 5.OD
Schindler's, John H., eyeglasses 33.00
Secord, Dr. Walter N., services 35.00
Slattery, Dr. John J., services 157.00
Snyder, Dr. Jacob D., services 11.00
Somerville, City of, care 4.53
Star Market Co., groceries 34.00
Stella Chain Stores, groceries 175.00
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, care 267.55
Sullivan, James H., range oil 68.00
St. Patrick's Parish, rent 192.00
Summer St. Market, groceries 45.00
Waltham Hospital, care 14.00
Ward, Ray, moving 8.00
Wenzler, Dr. Francis J., services 19.00
Weymouth Hospital, care 49.55
Weigel, Evelyn L., support 9.00
Wylie, Dr. Earl J., services 4.00
York, Dr. Robert S., services 245.00
Zovickian, H., services 15.00
Total Expenditures $53,793.89
Transferred to Revenue 755.11 $54,549.00
State Aid
Appropriation for 1940 $1,500.00
Expenditures
Monthly disbursements $1,190.00
Transferred to Revenue 310.00 $1,500.00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
School Department-General Control-Superintendent
Appropriation for 1940 $5.200.00
Expenditures
Kelley, Francis A., salary $5,200.00
School Department-General Control-Clerks' Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $4,200.00
Expenditures
Durgin, Margaret W., salary $1,700.00
Muldoon, Marion K., salary 1,200.00
O'Toole, Anna B., salary 1,300.00
Total Expenditures $4,200.00
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School Department—General Control—Attendance Officers' Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $3,650.00
Expenditures
Carroll, Joseph L., salary $1,900.00
Caverly, Francis, salary 1,750.00
Total Expenditures $3.650.00
School Department—General Control—Attendance Officers' Expenses
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Expenditures
Carroll. Joseph L.. transportation $250.00
Caverly, Francis. transportation 250.00
Total Expenditures $500.00
School Department—General Control—Telephones
Appropriation for 1940 750.00
Transferred Town Meeting 150.00 $900.00
Expenditures
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., services $899.93
Transferred to Revenue .07 $900.00
School Department—General Control—Office Expense
Appropriation for 1940 $350.00
Expenditures
Allen Wales Machine Agency, maintenance renewal $15.00
Boston Envelope Co., envelopes 1.20
Hammett Co., J.L., supplies .65
Hayes Service Station, service 12.20
Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 51.06
Martell Co.. A.E., order sheets 35.40
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, supplies 11.80
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 23.01
Post Office Department. stamps 84.00
Potter Press, books 43.00
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter 55.00
Shutt, George L., auto service 1.89
Watertown Bindery, bindery 12.00
Wolkins Co., Henry S., staples 2.80
Total Expenditures $349.01
Transferred to Revenue .99 $350.00
School Department—Instruction Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $463,320.00
Transferred Town Meeting 2,550.00 $460,770.00
Expenditures
Abbott, Sara D., salary $1,900.00
Adams, Alfred S., salary 2,600.00
Adams, Bernice, salary 1,650.00
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Andrews, Joseph, salary 1.884.00
Appel, Ruth, salary 2,088.00
Allyn. Lillian, salary 1.650.00
Andren, Ann, salary 945.00
Archibald, Helen L., salary 1,440.00
Archibald. Herbert, salary 4.200.00
Avanzino, Frances, salary 1,600.00
Banks, Pauline, salary 1,750.00
Bassett, Charlotte, salary 1,794.00
Bassett. Jennie M., salary 1,800.00
Baum, Col. Horace J., salary 360.00
Beeten, Claire, salary 1,650.00
Bentley, E. Mae, salary 1,750.00
Biller, Bernard, salary 1,634.00
Billman, Kathryn L., salary 516.00
Biggane, Sally, salary 1,380.00
Black. John, salary 3,000.00
Blake, May A., salary 1,800.00
Blake, Thomas, salary 1,728.00
Blazo, Deborah, salary 1,240.00
Blossom, Ellen C., salary 1,650.00
Boyajian, Flora, salary 1,435.00
Boyle, Mary, salary 1,540.00
Brereton, A. Eleanor, salary 1,532.50
Brooks, Gertrude, salary 612.50
Brooks, Pauline, salary 1,400.00
Brown, Eileen, salary 1,640.00
Brown, Harriet, salary 1,000.00
Brown, Janet, salary 1,225.00
Burge, Alice, salary 1,440.00
Burke, M. Alice, salary 1,6477.50
Burke, Ruth, salary 1,794.00
Campbell, Laura, salary 553.00
Cannon, Rita, salary 235.00
Carely, Mary, salary 1,650.00
Carver, Alice M., salary, 1,900.00
Chrakian, Elisha, salary 2,022.00
Collins, Margaret, salary 1,800.00
Connor, Eleanor B., salary 1,794.00
Craig, John.F., salary 2,780.00
Crozier. Charlotte, salary 1,433.00
Cusick, Elizabeth, salary 1.230.00
Daley, Elizabeth F., salary 1,235.00
Dalton, Col. Arthur T., salary 405.00
Daly, Helen, salary 165.00
Daughters, Robert, salary 1,380.00
Davis, Mary T., salary 1,750.00
Dedeyian, Angel, salary 1,299.98
Denning, Dorothy, salary 1,876.00
Desmond. Elizabeth, salary 1,634.00
Donnelly, Margaret, salary 1,000.00
Dooley, Gertrude, salary 1,647.50
Drake, Mabel, salary 1,800.00
Dubois, Marguerite, salary 600.00
Dunbar, Eunice, salary 1,645.00
Durell, Charles P., salary 3,100.00
Dwyer, Catherine, salary 1,435.00
Eagan. Mary, salary 1,645.00
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Edwards, Josephine, salary 1,650.00
Ellis, Cyril, salary 2,500.00
Eisenhauer, Hugh, salary 2,600.00
Farnham, Helen, salary 1,621.75
Farwell, Willard, salary 2,000.00
Finnegan, Mary, salary 1,432.50
Flagg, Augusta, salary 1,650.00
Fletcher, Gene, salary 1,640.00
Flynn, Jean, salary 1,645.00
Foley, Julia, salary 1,632.50
Ford, Patrick B., salary 1,440.00
Ford, Raymond, salary 1,800.00
Frounfelker, Lorraine, salary 1,330.00
Fulton, Leah, salary 1,740.00
Gallagher, Alice, salary 975.00
Gallen, Catherine, salary 1,650.00
Gartland, Harriet, salary 1,615.88
Gearin, Margaret, salary 1,750.00
Gifford, Joanna, salary 1,650.00
Gildea, James, salary 1,240.00
Gilligan, Mary, salary 1,650.00
Gleason, Robert, salary 1,428.00
Goodhue, Winifred, salary 1,480.00
Gough, Anna M., salary 1,440.00
Gould, Carolyn, salary 1,640.00
Grant, Glenys, salary 1,000.00
Gray, Bertha, salary 1,800.00
Gray, L. Jane, salary 1,800.00
Greely, Julia W., salary 1,800.00
Griffith, Pearl, salary 1,882.00
Grimes, George, salary 2,500.00
Grogan, Helen, salary 1,140.00
Grosvenor, Lucy, salary 1,900.00
Gruener, Adele, salary 1,645.00
Guidrey, Frances, salary 1,440.00
Guidery, Katherine, salary 999.90
Gutheim, Ruth, salary 1,650..00
Halberg, Irene, salary 1,630.00
Hammill, Catherine, salary 1,900.00
Hammill, Elizabeth, salary 1,53000
Hannabel, Mildred, salary 1,645.00
Harley, Gladys, salary 1,625.00
Harrington, Gertrude, salary 1,000.00
Harris, John J., salary 1,322.00
Hayes, Helen, salary 1,640.00
Helms, Phoebe, salary. 1,240.00
Hennesey, Julia, salary 1,650.00
Higgins, Catherine, salary 1,340.00
Hill, Hazel, salary 985.00
Hillen, Ethel, salary 1,640.00
Hilliard, Pearl M., salary 1,251.00
Holman, William, salary 2,500.00
Howard, John R., salary 1,521.00
Howard, Mary, salary 1,636.75
Hughes, Rose, salary 1,876.00
Hughes, Rosemary, salary 1,127.50
Hughes, Sally, salary 1,650.00
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Hutchinson, Edythe, salary 1,800.00
Hyde, Marie C., salary 1,640.00
Hynes, Rose, salary 1,650.00
Jacob, Edith, salary 2,200.00
Jeffers, Harriet M., salary 1,800.00
Johnson, Althea, salary 1,540.00
Johnson, Esther, salary 1,900.00
Jones, Mildred, salary 1,740.00
Keating, Franklin P., salary 2,500.00
Keay, Rena J., salary 540.00
Keene. Irving, salary 2,640.00
Keep, Marion P., salary 2,200.00
Kehoe, Katherine, salary 1,639.25
Kelley, John, salary 2,000.00
Kelman, A. Robert, salary 2,800.00
Kemp, Anna M., salary 1,800.00
Kenney, Harold S., salary 2,800.00
Kent. I. Elliott, salary 2,488.00
Kinchla, Ruth, salary 1,100.00
Knox, Mary, salary 1,750.00
Landin, Walter E., salary 2,500.00
Landry, Ruth, salary 1,040.00
Lane, Barbara, salary 816.00
Lappen, Eleanor, salary 197.50
Larkin, Muriel, salary 1,228.00
Learned, Edna, salary 1,645.88
Lenander, Dagmar, salary 1,340.00
Libby, Gladys, salary 1,545.00
Liston, John, salary 2,240.00
Loomer, Chester, salary 1,734.00
Lordan, Helen, salary 780.00
Lusk, Mildred, salary 1,650.00
Lyons, Emma, salary 1,650.00
Lyons, Frances, salary 1,631.00
Lyons, Helen, salary 1,650.00
MacGregor, Helen, salary 1,650.00
MacKenzie. Ella, salary 1,900.00
MacPherson, Mabel, salary 1,794.00
Macurdy, Elmo. D., salary 2,794.00
Macurdy, Louise, salary 1,635.00
Malkasian, Stella, salary 600.00
Malley, Joseph, salary 2,650.00
Matthews, Mary F., salary 1,650.00
McCarthy, Charles, salary 1,882.00
McCoubrey, Anne, salary 1,590.00
McDonough, Elizabeth, salary 1,650.00
McHugh, Katherine, salary 1,650.00
McKenny. Gladys, salary 1,900.00
McKeon, Dorothy, salary 1,240.00
McLaughlin, Helen, salary 1,540.00
McMahon, Katherine, salary 1,630.00
McManus, Helen, salary 1,645.00
McMullen, Anastasia W., salary 1,800.00
McNally, Alice, salary 1,894.00
McNally, Eileen, salary 660.00
McNealy, John, salary 2,090.00
Mealy, E. Gertrude, salary 1,540.00
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Milmore, Lillian, salary 1,14-0.00
Moakley, Janet, salary 1,199.50
Moody, Harold, salary 2,328.00
Mooney, Francis X., salary 3,100.00
Morse, Mildred, salary 1,800.00
Moynihan, Mary, salary 1,810.00
Mueller, Margaret, salary 65.00
Murphy, Beatrice, salary 1,800.30
Murphy, John, salary 720.00
Murphy, Joseph, salary 1,960.00
Murray, Mary, salary 1,650.00
Murray, Susan, salary 1,645.00
Nelson, Earl C., salary 3,100.00
Newell, Maude, salary 1,040.00
Norcross, Mildred, salary 1,900.00
O'Brien, Helen, salary 1,650.00
O'Brien, Madeline F., salary 1,900.00
O'Brien, Thomas, salary 2,800.00
O'Neil, Mary Lyons, salary 1,680.00
O'Toole, William, salary 2,600.00
Paquet, Charlotte, salary 1,240.00
Parker, Leila M., salary 1,630.00
Perkins, Arthur, salary 1,640.00
Poole, Elaine D.,salary 1,632.50
Prout, Janes Agnes, salary 1,134.00
Quackenbush, M. Theresa, salary 1,640.00
Quinn, Thomas, salary 96.00
Quirk, Mar3orie, salary 1,440.00
Randall, Freda, salary 1,900.00
Ranney Lurena, salary 1,782.00
Reed, Ethel L., salary 1,740.00
Reed, Lucy, salary 1,776.00
Reed, Ethel, salary 1,800.30
Reid, Mabel, salary 1,642.50
Ricker, Ethel, salary 1,890.50
Rideout, Grace, salary 1,532.50
Riley, Evelyn, salary 1,637.50
Riley, Isabel, salary 1,645.00
Roberts, Katherine, salary 1,794.00
Robinson, Thomas, salary 2,388.00
Rooney, Edward, salary 1,615.00
Rowe, Edna, salary 1,728.75
Sanborn, Alice, salary 1,650.M
Sanderson, Lucy, salary 1,900.00
Sargent, Mabel, salary 1,800.00
Sawyer, Erald L., salary 3,100.00
Secord, Muriel, salary 1,565.00
Severance, Elizabeth, salary 1,900.00
Shay, Esther, salary 1,800.00
Sheehan, James J., salary 100.00
Slattery, Catherine, salary 1,728.13
Slattery, Mildred, salary 1,640.00
Small, Virginia, salary 1,607.50
Smith, Gertrude, salary 1,800.00
Smith, Madeline, salary 1,645.88
Smith, R. Glenn, salary 2,600.00
Smith, Rose, salary 1,900.00
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Snow, Lucile, salary 1,632.50
Striley, C. Harold, salary 3,100.00
Stuber, Wava, salary 985.00
Sullivan, Daniel, salary 2,860.00
Sullivan, Esther, salary 773.50
Sullivan, Mary, salary 1,440.00
Sweet, Marion E., salary 1,864.00
Taylor, Catherine, salary 1,640.00
Thayer, Helen, salary 1,900.00
Thomas, Mary, salary 1,335.00
Thulin, Ruth, salary 1,620.00
Thurston, Charlotte, salary 1,650.00
Tierney, Rita, salary 1,640.00
Timper, Alma, salary 1,650.00
Treadwell, Dorothy, salary 1,650.00
Tynan, Gertrude, salary 1,470.00
Urquhart, Mildred, salary 990.00
Vanier, Ella L., salary 1,800.00
Ward, Alice, salary 1,180.00
Ward, Anna B., salary 1,800.00
Ward, Edwin, salary 2,534.00
Ward, John H.R., Jr., salary 2,500.00
Ward, Josephine G., salary 1,650.00
Wetsell, Doris, salary 840.00
Wheeler, C. Arthur, salary 3,400.00
Whitaker, Grace, salary 1,650.00
White, Bernard, salary 1,928.03
White, Doris, salary 1.540.00
Winning, G. Elizabeth, salary 1,800.00
Woodbury, Madeline, salary 1,794.00
Young, Mrs. Clara, salary 427.00
Substitutes
Baker, Mrs. Marjorie, salary 82,50
Barker, Luliona, salary 18.00
Abrahamian, Arthur, salary 30.00
Alberico, Mrs. Alice, salary 18.00
Barry, Katherine, salary 20.00
Bond, Stanley, salary 294.00
Brenan, Helen, salary 502.50
Brooks, Gertrude, salary 210.00
Capporica, James, salary 18,W
Caruso, Italia, salary 126.00
Cannon, Rita, salary 250.00
Donnellan, Alice, salary 74.50
Donnelly, Margaret, salary 27.00
Donnelly, George, salary 12.00
Driscoll, John, salary 12.00
Foley, Margaret, salary 24.00
Ford, Mrs. Eleanor Vahey, salary 120.00
Gately, Thomas, salary 18.0O
Gunn, Anna, salary 272.50
Hayes, Mrs. Neal 55.00
Hickey, Mrs. Anne 6.00
Jackson, Pauline, salary 80.00
Kelley, Joseph, salary 18.00
Keenan, Louise, salary 6.00
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King, Myles, salary 54.00
Koumjian, John, salary 408.00
Lappen, Eleanor, salary 487.50
Leddy, Arthur F., salary 6.00
Maloney, John, salary 30.00
Martin, Joseph, salary 35.00
McNichols, James, salary 18.00
Megan, Mrs. Emily, salary 392.50
Mueller, Maraget, salary 102.50
Nolan, Helen, salary 45.00
Odlum, Janet, salary 17.50
Palm, Mrs. Paul, salary 10.00
Scully, Cabel, salary 120.O0
Sheehan, James, salary 48.00
Sheridan, Rita, salary 36.00
Small, Mrs. Elizabeth, salary 40.00
Tragakis, John, salary 12.00
Vahey, Martin, salary 342.00
Toscano, Mrs. Anna, salary 50.00
Woodman, Mrs. Eunice, salary 216.00
Specials
Adams, Bernice, salary 14.00
Andren, Mrs. Ann, salary 51.00
Beeten, Claire, salary 44.00
Brown, Harriet, salary 50.00
Caruso, Italia, salary 60.00
Chick, Arnold, salary 1.250.00
Colbert, Edward B., salary 3,100.00
Daly, Elizabeth, salary 15.00
Drew, Jessie P., salary 2,000.00
Farley, Helen, salary 1,740.00
Farwell, Willard G., salary 495.00
Geary, Cecelia, salary 1,122.00
Goodhue, Mrs. Winnifred, salary 11.00
Gutheim, Ruth, salary 42.00
Hannabell, Mildred, salary 17.00
Larkin, Muriel, salary 19.00
Learned, Edna, salary 23.00
McBreen, Eleanor, salary 1,617.50
McManus, Helen, salary 49.0
Megan, Mrs. Emily A., salary 100.00
Milmore, M. Lillian, salary 20.00
Mitchell, Arthur, salary 2,300.00
Moore, Harris W., salary 1,332.50
Murray, Mary, salary 22.00
Nolan, Helen, salary 20.00
O'Brien, Helen, salary 16.00
Phelan, Julia, salary 1,650.00
Quinn, Thomas, salary 15.00
Riley, Isabel, salary 42.00
Roche, Emma, salary 378.00
Russell, Florence, salary 2,200.00
Sanborn, Alice, salary 7.00
Small, Virginia, salary 15.00
Thurston, Charlotte, salary 49.00
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Timper, Alma, salary 40.00
Ward, Alice, salary 4.00
Total Expenditures $459,940.65
Transferred to Revenue 829.35 $460,770.00
School Instruction-Sick Leave
Appropriation for 1940 $1,600.00
Expenditures
Andren, Ann, salary $5.00
Andrews, Joseph, salary 6.00
Appel, Ruth, salary 12.00
Bassett, Charlotte, salary 6.00
Biller, Bernard, salary 6.00
Billman, Katherine, salary 24.00
Blake, Thomas, salary 12.00
Blossom, Ellen, salary 60.00
Boyajian, Flora, salary 5.00
Brereton, A. Eleanor, salary 45.00
Brown, Janet, salary 15.00
Burke, Ruth, salary 6.00
Burke, M. Alice, 2.50
Chrakian, Elisha, salary 18.00
Cusick, Elizabeth, salary 10.00
Daly, Elizabeth, salary 5.00
Denning, Dorothy, salary 24.00
Desmond, Elizabeth, salary 6.00
Dooley, Gertrude, salary 2.50
Dunbar, Eunice, salary 5.00
Dwyer, Catherine, salary 5.00
Eagan, Mary, salary 5.00
Farley, Helen, salary 10.00
Farnham, Helen, salary 20.00
Farwell, Willard, salary 5.00
Finnegan, Mary, salary 7.50
Fletcher, Gene, salary 10.00
Flynn, Jean, salary 5.00
Foley, Julia, salary 17.50
Frounfelker, Lorraine, salary 10.00
Fulton, Leah, salary 10.00
Gallagher, Alice C., salary 15.00
Gleason, Robert, salary 12.00
Goodhue, Mrs. Winnifred, salary 50.00
Gould, Carolyn, salary 10.00
Griffith, Pearl, salary 18.00
Gruener, Adele, salary 5.00
Hannabell, Mildred, salary 5.00
Harley, Gladys, salary 25.00
Harris, John, salary 18.00
Hayes, Helen, salary 10.00
Hill, Hazel, salary 5.00
Hillen, Ethel, salary 10.00
Hilliard, Pearl, salary 45.00
Howard, Mary, salary 5.00
Hughes, Rose, salary 24.00
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Hughes, Rosemary, salary 12.50
Kent, I. Eliot, salary 12.00
Kehoe, Katherine, salary 2.50
Lane, Barbara, salary 24.00
Libby, Gladys, salary 50.00
Loomer, Chester, salary 6.00
Lyons, Frances, salary 2.50
MacPherson, Mabel, salary 6.00
Macurdy, Elmo, salary 6.00
Macurdy, Louise, salary 15.00
McBreen, Eleanor, salary 22.50
McCarthy, Charles, salary 18.00
McMahon, Kathyrn, salary 20.00
McManus, Helen, salary 5.00
McNally, Alice, salary 6.00
Moakley, Janet, salary 27.50
Moody, Harold, salary 12.00
Moore, Harris, salary 47.50
Moynihan, Mary, salary 60.00
Murray, Susan, salary 5.00
O'Neil, Mary Lyons, salary 60.00
Parker, Leila, salary 20.00
Poole, Elaine, salary 17.50
Prout, Jane, salary 6.00
Quackenbush, Theresa, salary 10.00
Ranney, Lurena, salary 18.00
Reed, Lucy, salary 24.00
Reid, Mabel C., salary 7.50
Rideout, Grace, salary 50.00
Riley, Evelyn, salary 12.50
Riley, Isabel. salary 5.00
Roberts, Katherine, salary 6.00
Rooney, Edward, salary 25.00
Rowe, Edna, salary 12.50
Secord, Muriel, salary 45.00
Slattery, Mildred, salary 10.00
Small, Virginia, salary 42.50
Snow, Lucille, salary 17.50
Stuber, Wava, salary 5.00
Sweet, Marion, salary 36.00
Thulin, Ruth, salary 30.00
Tynan, Gertrude, salary 45.00
Ward. Alice, salary 20.00
Ward, Edwin, salary 60.00
White, Bernard, salary 12.00
Woodbury, Madeline, salary 6.00
Total Expenditures $1,600.00
School Department-Instruction Books and Supplies
Appropriation for 1940 $20,000.00
Refund 1.00 $20,001.00
Expenditures
Abingdon Press, book $ .69
Air Reduction Sales, iron 48.32
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Allen, Ruth, instruction 7.50
Allyn & Bacon, books 316.40
American Ass'n School Administrators, dues 5.00
American Book Co., books 482.01
American Cookery, subscription 1.00
American Council of Education, books 4.90
American Education Press, subscriptions 265.29
American Ink Co., ink 9.87
American Library Asso., books 5.15
Andrews Paper Co., paper 37.18
Appleton-Century Co., D., books 62.30
Atwell Co., tests 3.36
Austin-Hastings Co., steel 29.73
Autocopy,, Inc., supplies 2.22
Babb & Co., E., supplies 1,793.96
Baker & Taylor, books 19.29
Ball, A. T., roll books 2.50
Barnes & Co., books 3.66
Beaudette & Co., supplies 161.38
Beackley & Cardy Co., books 5.09
Bellman Publishing Co., books 5.16
Birchard & Co., C. C., music 189A5
Bobbs-Merrill Co., books 9.13
Bond Publishing Co., P. S., books 39.13
Boston Blue Print Co., scales 93.79
Boston Comm. for Music, records 36.60
Boston Envelope Co., envelopes 87.67
Boston Mill Remnants Co., wiping cloths and waste 19.71
Boston Music Co., music 12.53
Boston University, express and book 5.65
Bradley Co., Milton, supplies 1,547.48
Brine Co., James W., recreational supplies 29.19
Bruce Pub. Co., books 13.55
Bryn Mawr College Book Shop, book 1.00
Cambsoco-Scientific Co., supplies 139.81
Carter & Co., John, index 72.15
Carter Rice & Co., paper 150.68
Central Scientific Co., supplies 52.63
Centebar's, groceries 188.93
Chandler-Farquhar Co., supplies 149.48
Classroom Teacher, film 1.17
College Blue Book, book 4.75
College Entrance Ex. Board, question papers 77.95
College Handbook, handbook .35
Colliers & Sons. P. F., books 15.75
Coop Study of Sec. School Standards, book 1.50
Coop Test Service, 1 set 1.50
Davis Press Inc., subscriptions 3.00
Davidson, James E.. subscriptions 16.00
Denoyer-Geppert Co., maps 77.25
Dietzgen Co., Eugene, drafting supplies 19.49
Dick Co., A. B., stencil sheets 23.54
Duell-Sloan & Pearce Inc., book 1.63
Dutton & Co., E. P., book 1.63
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 24.20
Educational Publishing Co., Inc., Int. tests 12.89
Educational Test Bureau, books 39.27
154
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 17.82
Farrar & Rinehart, book 1.62
Forecast, subscription 1.00
Foster & Stewart, book 1.14
Frontier Press Co., book 2.95
Funk & Wagnalls, Co., books 4A6
Gaylord Bros. Inc., cloth labels 1.25
Gledhill Bros. Inc., supplies 644.45
Globe Book Co., books 73.84
Ginn & Co., books 1,624.07
Globe Book Co., books 24.38
Gottschald, Roy I., music 27.38
Gregory Co., C. A., vocational tests .45
Grant Co., W. T., kitchen supplies 5.00
Gregg Publishing Co., books 191.37
Hackett Bros. Co., groceries 112.83
Hall, F. C., office supplies 3.00
Hall, W. A., leather 5.81
Hammett Co., J. L., supplies 500.58
Harcourt Brace & Co., books 254.06
Harper & Bros., books 12.28
Harvey Co., Arthur C., solder 37.62
Hawes Electric Co., electric work 20.19
Heath & Co., D. C., books 1,049.45
Herman Co., rental sound equipment 35.00
Holt & Bugbee, oak 15.59
Houghton-Mifflin Co., books 365.18
International Textbook Co., textbooks 5.87
Iroquois Publishing Co., book 1.56
Jones McDuffee & Stratton, dishes 8.61
Jordan-Marsh Co., sewing supplies 54.60
Johnson, Iver- Sporting Goods Co., sporting supplies 254.21
Junior Literary Guild, books 4.50
Keene, Irving C., note books 17.73
Kelley, Timothy, flowers 11.00
Knight-Allen & Clark, paper supplies 42.20
Koh-I-Noor Pencil Co., pencils 6.48
Laidlaw Bros., books 131.16
Library of Congress, cards 16.78
Lippincott Co., J. B., books 39.15
Little-Brown & Co., books 43.69
Longmans Green & Co., books 62.53
Loud, John A., printing equipment 28.30
McArdle, H. B., signals 4.00
Macmillan Co., books 418.08
Magnus Brush & Craft Co., craft materials 33.11
Manual Arts Press, books 3.55
Marsh, Dr. Daniel L., address 25.00
Mass. Bible Society, bibles 4.50
Mass., Comm. of, Dept. of Education, films 25.00
Mass. Safety Council, belts 7.00
McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., books 13.82
McKenzie Engraving Co., diplomas 198.00
McKnight & McKnight, books 20.64
Melanson, O. J., repair stop watches 5.00
Mentzer Bush Co., books 11.82
Merrill Co., Charles E., books 81.30
155
Metropolitan Ice Co., ice .30
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 205.25
Morrill Co., Geo. H., ink 15.25
National Council for the Social Studies,
course of study 3.00
National Institute of Vocational Research, book .50
National Safety Council, books 75.00
Nelson & Sons; Thomas, book 1.63
New Eng. Vocational Guidance, vocational guidance 2.50
Noble & Noble Publishing Co., books 37.63
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 67.54
Odyssey Press, books 24.50
Oxford Book Co., .87
Partridge, Horace, recreation supplies 38.03
Pitman Publishing Co., books 14.72
Phillips Paper Co., ink 86.52
Philadelphia, Inter-State Dairy Council, supplies 1.00
Post Office Department, envelopes and stamps 131.24
Practical Supply Co., paper 8.75
Prospect Union Ed. Exchange, booklets 1.50
Psychological Corp., books 24.62
Public School Pub. Co., books 9.30
Putnam's Sons, G.P., books 5.70
Quarrie Corp., books 54.25
Railway Express Agency, express 28.01
Rand McNally Co., books 112.92
Rand Type Setting Service, typesetting service 36.25
Remington Rand Inc., typewriters 457.50
Robinson, G. Frederick, books 8.00
Row-Peterson & Co., books 53.58
Rowe Co., H.M., books 52.57
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriters 715.00
Sanborn & Co., Benj. H., books 39.30
Sargent, Porter, book .25
.Science Research Associates, monograph 47.90
Science Research, books 34.50
Scribner's Sons, Charles, books 124.66
Scott-Foresman Co., books 542.19
Shaw-Walker Co., filing cards and supplies 8.35
Silver-Burdett Co., books 48.81
Singer Co., L.W., books 77.84
Smith & Corona Typewriter Inc., L.C., typewriters 205.00
Smithsonian Inst. Series, books 60.12
Spaulding-Moss Co., water colors 1.35
Sponge Rubber Products Co., bean bags 1.81
Standard Mailing Machines Co., supplies 181.70
Standard Oil of N.Y., oil 11.72
Stanford University Press. subscriptions 2.00
Star Market Co., groceries 331.06
Stephens, Samuel & Wickersham Quoin Co.. print-
ing supplies 33.38
Stoelting, C.H., tests 1.92
Stokes, Frederick A., books 3.44
Thrift Press, books 27.00
Tracy Chair Co., chair rental 107.50
University Publishing Co., books 58.33
University of Chicago Press, books 4.81
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co., typewriters 310.00
156
Van Nostrand Co. Inc., D. Van, books 2.46
Vocational Service, book 1.75
Wahn Co., Geo. H., electrical supplies 98.04
Ward's, supplies 6.17
Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 21.11
Watertown Electric Supply Co., electric supplies 68.09
Watertown Bindery, bindery 359.18
Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 429.78
Welles Publishing Co., books 14.30
White & Sons, Louis A., book 1.75
White Co., R.H., home supplies 65.51
Wiley & Sons Inc., John, books 34.20
Wild & Stevens, printers supplies 11.53
Wilkinson Co., A.J.. hdwe. supplies 112.32
Wilson Co., H.W., subscriptions 8.00
Windsor Pad & Paper Co., paper supplies 135.78
Winston Co., John C., books 125.86
Wolkins Co., Henry S., supplies 358.94
Wood Co., A.M., lumber 175.42
World Book Co., books 370.60
Wright & Potter Printing Co., ledger sheets 5.67
Young America, subscription 8.00
Total Expenditures $19,997.18
Transferred to Revenue 3.82 $20,001.00
School Department-Operation Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $33,900.00
Expenditures
Burns, Michael, salary $1,900.00
Comfort, Redford, salary 1,500.00
Corcoran, John, salary 1,600.00
Cornick, Adolphus, salary 1,900.00
Couture, Herman, salary 1,900.00
Dowd, James, salary 1,442.36
Driscoll, John, salary 425.16
Droney, Mrs. Bridget, salary 950.00
Dwyer, Mrs. Delia, salary 950.00
Evans, William, salary 9.50
Flagg, Walter R., salary 1,256.13
Foisy, Hubert, salary 1,900.00
Haddie, Mrs. Florence, salary 950.00
Harrington, James, salary 1,800.00
Hartson, William, salary 1,900.00
LeShane, Richard, salary 1,604.66
Maclennan, Catherine, salary 950.00
Morrisey, Mrs. Regina, salary 950.00
Perkins, Joseph G., salary 1,800.00
Quinn, Terence, salary 1,500.00
Ross, David, salary 2,500.00
Ross, John J., salary 2,000.00
Valois, Mrs. 'Margaret, salary 950.00
Ward, Mrs. Grace, salary 950.00
Total Expenditures $33,587.81
Transferred to Revenue 312.19 $33,900.00
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School Department-Operation Supplies
Appropriation for 1940 $2,000.00
Expenditures
A.P.W. Paper Co., paper supplies $106.00
Bab & Co., Ed. E., alatol 3.58
Boston Mill Remnants Co., cheese cloth 40.70
Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 12.93
Dutton Co., Andrew, burlap 14.50
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 49.64
Port Hill Paper Co., towels 207.50
Hammett Co., J.L., supplies 9.00
Howe & Prench, putty 14.00
Hoyt & Worthen Tanning Corp., chamois 15.77
Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 63.41
Lukon, Inc., wax 37.50
Mass., Comm. of, State Prison .Colony, brushes 146.81
Proctor, S.E. & R.C., brooms 70.25
Ryan, L., sawdust 18.50
Raynham Bleachery, wiping cloths 33.00
Square Hdwe. & Paint Co., hardware 44.07
Star Market Co., cleaning supplies 27.31
State Chemical Co., soap-polish 861.08
Vestal Chemical Co., pyra-seal 35.00
Waltham Paper Products Co., paper supplies 92.50
Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 96.49
Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing sup-
plies .25
Total Expenditures $1.999.79
Transferred to Revenue .21 $2.000.00
School Department-Operation-Fuel
Appropriation for 1940 $12.500.00
Expenditures
Maloney Oil Co., oil $458.01
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 11,051.10
Sullivan, James H., fuel oil 968.74
Watertown Herald, bids 9.00
Watertown Sun, advertising 6.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 6.75
Total Expenditures $12,499.60
Transferred to Revenue .40 $12.500.00
School Department-Operation-Water
Appropriation for 1940 $2,000.00
Expenditures
Watertown, Town of, metered water $1,099.80
Transferred to Revenue .20 $2.000.00
158
School Department-Operation-Light & Power
Appropriation for 1940 $9,000.00
Expenditures
Boston Cons. Gas Co., service $793.26
Boston Edison Co., service 7.956.35
Hawes Electric Co., bulbs 240.00
Visual Projection Service, projection lamp 8.41
Total Expenditures $8,998.02
Transferred to Revenue 1.98 $9,000.00
School Department-Operation-Halls
Appropriation for 1940 $400.00
Expenditures
Burke, James J., services $3.00
Comfort, Redford, services 10.00
Cornick, Adolphus, services 3.00
Couture, Herman J., services 85.00
Foisy, Hubert, services 109.00
Hanlon, John J., services 3.00
Hartson, William, services 80.00
Keefe, Richard F., services 3.00
LeShane, Richard, services 80.00
Maurer, Edward, services 10.00
McCarthy, Francis, services 5.00
Reilly, John J., services 3.00
Ross, David, services 3.00
Ryan, Richard T., services 3.00
Total Expenditures $400.00
School Department-Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $6,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 500.00 $6,500.00
Expenditures
Adams & Swett, cleaning rug $4.32
Allen Shade Holder Co., shades 379.73
Allston Lock Co., lock 1.00
Babb & Co., Edward E., supplies 8.50
Barnes & Jones, servicing heating system 278.06
Bradley Co., Milton, supplies 39.48
Brosnahan, William J., repairing ceiling 28.00
Brown, Charles Jewell, lawn making 33.00
Buckley & Scott, service contract 12.00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., labor 4.40
Butters Express, express .35
Cambosco Scientific Co., paint 14.00
Conway-Cannon Co., window grilles 170.50
Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 1.25
Daley, Michael, plumbing 1,242.50
Dick Co.. A.B., mimeograph supplies 13.90
Eastman Moving Co., moving piano 8.00
Estep, E.M., maps 9.00
Evans, William, setting glass 16.00
159
Fitzgerald, E.V., labor 46.50
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 193.79
Fowler Shoe Repair Co., repair .75
Frigidaire Div., belts 9.70
Gardner, Ralph A., casting 91.00
General Heat & Appliance Co., heat service 10.20
Green & Co., S.B., cement 53.51
Griffiths Saw Co., Albert, saws 63.14
Grimes, George, maintenance on typewriters 200.00
Hammett Co., J.L., supplies 27.01
Hawes Electric Co., supplies and work 12.33
Heywood-Wakefield Co., pedestals 6.00
Hinckley's Bicycle Shop, scissors sharpened 5.65
Hooper Electric Co., electric work 6.90
Howe & French Inc., aluminum paint 16.20
Hughes, William H., electric work 163.16
Jacobsen Power Mower Co., mower 30.60
Johns-Manville Co., supplies 1.52
Johnson Service Co., temperature service 347.75
Jordan Marsh Co., cloth 3.96
Lawn Mower Grinding Co., grinding 6.00
Maffioli, C., mason work 50.00
Marston Co., I.G., supplies 2.11
Mass., Comm. of, Reformatory for Women, flags 41.19
Mass., Comm. of, Div. of Blind, tuning pianos 13.00
Mass. Gas & Electric Co., electric supplies 37.60
McCarthy Bros., desks 235.00
McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 15.11
McWhirter, A.L., tuning pianos, repairs and parts 21.50
Meister, O.J., welding 2.00
Metropolitan Door Closer Co., door closer repair 96.05
Mohawk Pete, auto service 9.95
Monroe Calculating Machine Co., maintenance 48.00
Mumford, Frank S., auto repairs 23.38
Murphy, Henry, labor 4.00
Narragansett Machine Co., locks 11.71
New Eng. Adding Machine Co., repairs 5.00
New Eng. Laundries Inc., laundry 1.75
Newton Glass Co., 118.34
Olmsted-Flint Corp., belting 23.38
Perkins, L. Frank, typewriter part 1.77
Pink, Joseph A., plumbing supplies 85.50
Powers Regulator Co., temperature control repairs 89.92
Proctor, S.E. & R.C., locks 181.04
Reed, Lucy D., laundry 3.37
Remington Rand Inc., parts 4.00
Ross, David, services and garage 559.80
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter supplies 5.63
Ryan Co., L., sawdust 4.00
Scott, John, repairs to boiler 112.50
Singer Sewing Machine Co., sewing machine supplies 5.23
Smith Co., H.B., grates 28.80
Smith & Corona Typewriter Co., L.C., typewriter
supplies 110.21
Square Hdwe. & Paint Co., supplies 30.80
Standard Electric Time Co., electric time repair 47.43
Strickland, H.E., repairs-control system 94.15
Thompson-Durkee Co., plumbing supplies 36.00
160
Underwood-Elliott Fisher Co., supplies 10.97
Walworth Co., supplies 31.26
Ward, Grace, tools 60.00
Waterhouse, Frank W., carpenter work 58.00
Waterproof Paint & Varn. Co., paint 270.19
Watertown Hdwe. & Paint Co., Raphael P. Boru-
choff, supplies 30.02
Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 21.23
Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing
supplies 123.40
Watertown Tire Co., repairs .50
Watertown Upholstering Co., repairs 11.50
Westman, W.C., labor 100.00
White & Clean Hygienic Laundry, laundry .51
Wolkins Co., Henry S., inkwells 24.00
Worcester, Ralph H., auto service 5.50
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., locks 29.19
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., casters 4.50
Total Expenditures $6,499.65
Transferred to Revenue .35 $6,500.00
School Department-New Equipment
Appropriation for 1940 $800.00
Transferred Town Meeting 200.00 $1,000.00
Expenditures
Beaudette & Co., duplicator supplies $183.50
Dick Co., A.B., mimeoseope 15.75
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hardware 14.95
Glossa, William R., piano 44.00
Hawes Electric Co., radio-victrola 34.95
McCarthy Bros., desks 235.00
McNally Co., Rand, maps 69.45
Scott-Foresman Co., book 5.29
Singer Sewing Machine Co., sewing machines 91.62
Smith Sale Co., Walter S., mat hangers 6.40
Standard Mailing Machine Co., duplicator 178.20
Standard Theatre Sup. Corp., screen 30.00
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co., adding machine 89.87
Total Expenditures $998.98
Transferred to Revenue 1.02 $1,000.00
School Department-Medical Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $6,000.00
Expenditures
Beverly; Marjorie, salary $1,500.00
Carney, Mary, salary 1,500.00
Harding, Susan, salary 1,500.00
Quirk, Dr. Thomas C., salary 162.50
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Secord, Dr. Walter N., salary 337.50
Toppan, Dr. Albert, salary 500.00
Zovickian, Dr. H., salary 500.00
Total Expenditures $6.00C.00
School Department-Miscellaneous
Appropriation for 1940 $200.00
Expenditures
Babb & Co., Edward E., supplies $1.84
Beverly, Marjorie, expenses 7.05
Butler, George F., supplies 51.50
Carney, Mary C., transportation and supplies 7.57
ClaSin Co., Walter A., supplies 49.37
Harding, S.H., expenses 7.80
Jordan-Marsh Co., spread 1.59
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, supplies 12.00
Piccolo's Pharmacy, supplies 57.97
Tailby-Nason Co., medicinal preparations 3.10
Total Expenditures $199.79
Transferred to Revenue .21 $200.00
School Department-Evening-Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $3,000.00
Expenditures
Adams, Alfred, salary $72.00
Ajamian, Edward, salary 63.00
Burns, Michael, salary 84.00
Caruso, Eleanor, salary 33.00
Caruso, Italia, salary 81.00
Comfort, Redford, salary 9.D0
Cornick, Adolphus, salary 75.00
Doe, Barbara, salary 156.00
Farese, Rose, salary 72.00
Fitzgerald, Evelyn, salary 156.00
Ford, Patrick B., salary 165.00
Geary, Mrs. Cecilia, salary 270.00
Gildea, James, salary 12.00
Grade, Mrs. Oscar, salary 81.00
Guidrey, Frances, salary 21.00
Hillen, Ethel, salary 159.00
King, Myles, salary 72.00
Larkin, Muriel, salary 81.00
Maloney, John, salary 63.00
McBreen, Eleanor, salary 156.00
McCann, Mrs. Beatrice, salary 75.00
McDow, Norma, salary 81.00
Perkins, Joseph, salary 6.00
Rooney, Edward, salary 128.00
Ross, John J., salary 12.00
Santangelo, J. Anthony, salary 156.00
Sheehan, James, salary 78.00
Smith, R. Glenn, salary 135.00
162
Sullivan, Esther, salary 57.00
Taylor, E. Phillips, salary 75.001
Thurston, Charlotte, salary 81.00
Vahey, Martin, salary 75.00
Zeigler, Clara M., salary 105.00
Total Expenditures $2,945.00
Transferred to Revenue 55.00 $3,000.00
School Department—Evening School—Supplies
Appropriation for 1940 $200.00
Expenditures
Babb & Co., Edward E., supplies $6.68
Boston Blue Print Co., drawing supplies 22.27
Carter Co., John, paper 5.86
Geary, Cecelia, books 4.90
Gledhill Bros. Inc., supplies 2.81
Gregg Publishing Co., books 40.57
Hammett Co., J.L., supplies 32.33
Macmillan Co., books 32.65
Mass. Comm. of, lessons on citizenship 12.50
Mooney Card & Gift Shop, supplies 5.75
Smith, R. Glenn, locks 2.50
Wolkins Co., Henry S., supplies 19.90
Total Expenditures $188.72
Transferred to Revenue 11.28 $200.00
School Department—Trade School
Appropriation for 1940 $12,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 1,100.00 $13,100.00
Expenditures
Boston, City of, tuition $2,984.11
Cambridge, City of, tuition 26.50
Lynn, City of, tuition 9.50
Medford, City of, tuition 10.00
Middlesex County, tuition 357.42
Newton, City of, tuition 8,610.46
Norfolk County Agri. School, tuition 136.00
Somerville, City of, tuition 49.24
Waltham, City of, tuition 916.16
Total Expenditures $13,099.39
Transferred to Revenue .61 $13,100.00
School Department—Transportation
Appropriation for 1940 $2,754.00
Expenditures
Godwin Taxi Service, taxi $96.00
Lovell Bus Lines, transportation 1,408.00
163
Middlesex & Boston Railway Co., transportation 9801.00
Ransom Watertown Taxi, taxi 215.80
Total Expenditures $2,699.80
Transferred to Revenue 54.20 $2,754.00
Public Library—Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $28,300.00
Transferred Town Meeting 200.00 $28,100.00
Expenditures
Anderson, Carolyn, salary $8.10
Anderson, Dorothy, salary 9.90
Berry, Doris M., salary 173.60
Blazo, Elsa M., salary 1,200.00
Buckley, Ludwig, salary 32.75
Bresnahan, Dorothy, salary 21.50
Cannon, John, salary 1,000.00
Collins, Beatrice, salary 1,600.00
Courtney, Minnie C., salary 1,600.00
Cutler, Edward, salary 64.00
Dunbar, Natalie, salary 800.00
Elphick, Ruth L., salary 129.15
Hall, Ruth White, salary 27.10
Harney, Mary, salary 600.00
Kelley, Rose M. salary 1,300.00
Lee, Helen M., salary 1,056.34
LeShane, Richard, salary 200.00
Leverich, Ethelyn, salary 1,200.00
Madden, Esther E., salary 1,400.00
Mannix, Bernard, salary 1,600.00
Martin, Doris M., salary 1,500.00
Masters, Lydia W., salary 3,000.00
McNally, Mary C., salary 1,300.00
Molito, Geraldine, salary 148.15
Moore, Eleanor L., salary 2,000.00
Norton, Charlotte A., salary 1,100.00
Oates, Agnes, salary 4.00
Pollock, Charles, salary 400.00
Smith, Evelyn, salary 15.80
Smith, Helen E., salary 1,200.00
Sullivan, Alma M., salary 916.66
Sullivan, Mary, salary 1.00
Tracy, Ann, salary 800.00
York, Mary E., salary 1,500.00
Total Expenditures $27,908.05
Transferred to Revenue 191.95 $28.100.00
Public Library—Books, Periodicals & Bindings
Appropriation for 1940 $6,000.00
Transferred Town Meeting 200.00 $6,200.00
Expenditures
American Book Co., books $6.21
American Historical Assoc., dues 5.00
164
American Library Assoc., subscription 2.00
Americana Corp., Americana encyclopedia 119.50
Arco Publishing Co., books 4.80
Barnard & Co., F.J., binding 18.94
Beckley-Cardy Co., books 36.91
Bellman Publishing Co., book 5.13
Bowker Co., R.R., books .75
Cadmus Books, books 33.84
Clark Co., Charles W., books 5.40
Cord Publishing Co., book . 1.25
Cranton, G.L., books 36.50
Crosby Publishing Co., directories 24.00
Foreign Policy Assoc., subscription 5.00
Ginn & Co., books 82.84
Goldberger Agency, Herman, renewals 26.95
Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc., books 10.50
Heath & Co., D.C., books 14.55
Horn Book, subscription 2.50
Huntting Co., H.R., books 107.72
Junior Literary Guild, books 126.87
Karr & Co., Jean, books 7.97
Kirkus Bookshop Service, Virginia, service 25.00
Library Book House, books 11.92
Little-Brown Co., boobs 27.40
Macmillan Co., books 90.29
Marquis Co., A.N., subscriptions 31.35
New Eng. News Co., books 1,386.76
Noble & Noble Publishing Co., books 21.98
Pearson, John A., books 26.91
Personal Book Shop, books 1,345.76
Quarrie Co., books 10.00
Quincy Bookbinding Co., books 2.35
Roemer Co. Inc., A.H., books 22.93
Romano, Joseph, papers 26.10
Russell, Velma, books 2.60
Sackett, Meyer H., books 274.32
Schoenhof's, book .85
Science Research Associates, books 27.25
Scribner's Sons, Charles, books 114.81
Small & Hanson, books 67.19
Smith, N.T., books 70.45
Stein, Herbert A., books 12.15
Thomas Publishing Co., books 10.29
Toothaker, O.H., books 4.89
United Publishers Service, books 100.16
United States News, subscriptions 2.00
Van Press, books 4.00
Watertown News Co., papers 114.60
Watertown Sun, subscriptions 6.00
Waverly Book Store, books 22.35
Well's Bindery, L.A., binding 1,525.37
White Co., James H., books 12.14
Wilde Co., A.W., book .90
Wilson Co., H.W., books 113.80
Total Expenditures $6,200.00
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Public Libraries-Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $5,200.00
Expenditures
American Cotton Products Co., dust cloths $9.50
American Library Assoc., subscriptions 9.00
Atlas Products Co., electric bulbs 15.31
Baker, Frank G., repairs 16.50
Barnard & Co., F.J., grey slips 5.38
Beckley-Cardy Co., paste 1.50
Black, Lester M., painting 102.00
Blazo, M. Elsa, carting books 12.00
Book Week Headquarters, posters 1.00
Boston Con. Gas Co., service 66.84
Boston Edison Co., service 970.05
Bowker Co., R.R., map-posters 8.93
Breed Co., C.A., oil burner service 14.25
Cannon, John, carrying books 291.50
Chapin Medical Supply Co., germicide 5.00
Cohen, Sydney S., desk pad 2.00
Cook Chair Co., chairs 131.65
Cook-Vivian Co., paper 6.23
Crawford, Ward S., refill fire extinguishers 1.58
Demco Library Supplies, paste and library sup. 23.76
Dimond-Union Stamps Works, stamp supplies .85
Eastern Products Co., floor wax 20.50
Eaton, Leroy S., envelopes and printing 273.86
Evans Printing Service, printing 94.50
Farm Service Co., fertilizer 4.30
Fidelity Specialty Co., paste 15.90
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 37.82
Gaylord Bros., supplies 223.20
Gifford Supply Co., wax 107.25
Gilbert-Howe-Gleason Co., heater service 14.57
Goding, Herbert, labor 1.50
Hawes Electric Co., electric supplies 22.67
Holliston Mills, Inc., varnish 19.98
Household Fuel Corp., fuel 141.61
Huntting Co., H.R., supplies 16.90
Jordan-Marsh Co., shrubs 1.00
Librarian of Congress, cards 117.82
Lo-well Pencil Co., pencils 5.70
Lydston, W.W., ink-well maintenance 7.85
MacIntosh Coal Co., John, coal 466.01
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Sup. Co., electric stove 2.75
Mass. Library Assoc., dues 5.00
Masters, Lydia W., incidentals 92.47
McArdle, H.B., office supplies 217.43
Metropolitan Ice Co., oil 318.51
Milligan, Mary B., retouching posters 4.00
National Education Assoc., membership 5.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 240.09
Personal Book Shop, maps 5.20
Railway Express Agency, express 12.78
Robinson Disinfectant Co., Geo. B., liquid soap 7.50
Rogers Co., dustal treatments 3.11
Sampson, Paul, carpentering 180.60
Sanascent Co., clean scent 1.67
166
Smith-Corona Typewriter Co., L.C., maintenance and
new part 38.95
Spalding, A. & E., refinishing furniture 57.50
Stetson Co., M.D., mop wringer 4.00
Stone & Forsythe Co., paper supplies 28.50
Stuart, J.M., cleaner 2.65
Sullivan, James H., fuel oil 651.22
Watertown Sun, advertising 4.00
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 6.50
Watertown, Town of, metered water 16.80
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., labor 6.00
Total Expenditures $5,200.00
Public Library—Plans for North Branch
Appropriation for 1940 $300.00
Expenditures
Dirlan, Arland A., plans $300.00
Library Trust Fund Income
Income received $522.51
Expenditures
Goldberger Agency, Herman, renewals $3 75.00
New Eng. News Co., books 24.35
Pearson, John A., books 18.38
Personal Book Shop, books 59.78
Scribner's Sons, Charles, books 45.00
Total Expenditures $522.51
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Park Department—Superintendent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,800.00
Expenditures
Mosman, Arthur D., salary $1,800.00
Park Department--Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $112.50
Expenditures
Rundlett, Laura B.. salary $112.50
Park Department--Labor
Appropriation for 1940 $3,900.00
Expenditures
Payroll, weekly S3,900.00
Park Department—Maintenance
Appropriation for 1940 $1,500.00
Transferred Town Meeting 300.00 $1,800.00
Expenditures
Baker. Frank G., repair marker $3.50
167
Balam, R.W., clay 80.00
Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 56.80
Boston Edison Co., service 7.25
Brown, Charles Jewell, lawn supplies 59.00
Carbone, John, loam 45.00
Centebar's, pies 1.60
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 8.75
Coombs Motor Co., parts 1.20
Dennison Mfg. Co., paper supplies 3.85
Dunn's Drug Store, 1st aid kits 8.00
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 6.50
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 120.93
Goding, Herbert, labor 1.54
Green & Co., S.B., supplies 24.13
Howe & French Inc., paint 76.01
Ideal Mower Sales & Service, mower repairs 324.45
Johnson Sporting Goods Co., Iver-, bases 215.53
Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 136.67
Kelly, Timothy, cannas, 8.00
Lawn Mower Grinding Co., grinding 4.50
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Co., electric supplies .35
McLellan Stores Co., school bags .76
Mooney Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 14.14
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 48.47
New Eng. Toro Co., labor 2.50
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 26.38
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 88.12
Selfsharpening Blade Co., blades 5.00
Shepherd Worsted Mills, worsted 1.04
Shutt, George L., tires and tubes 75.68
Standard Auto Gear Co., parts 4.66
Summer St. Garage, auto repair 82.27
Terminal Stationery Co., office supplies 26.50
Universal Badge & Label Co., badges 11.00
Watertown Letter Shop, letters 5.00
Woolworth Co., F.W., supplies 11.65
Total Expenditures $1,596.73
Transferred to Revenue 203.27 $1,800.00
Park Department-Water Bills
Appropriation for 1940 $300.00
Expenditures
Watertown, Town of, metered water $300.00
Playground Department-Salaries
Appropriation for 1940 $2,200.00
Expenditures
Brown, Ralph, salary $81.00
Caporiccio. James, salary 75.00
Connors, Evelyn, salary 120.00
Costello, Rita, salary 120.00
Donnellan, Alice, salary 120.00
Donnelly, Andrew, salary 105.00
Donnelly, Mildred, salary 15.00
Farwell, Edith, salary 120.00
168
Giggey, Fred, salary 39.00
Gordon, Phyliss, salary 120.00
Gunn, Anna, salary 120.00
Hayes, Arthur, salary 120.00
Kelley, Claire, salary 120.00
King, Mildred, salary 120.00
Lund, John, salary 190.00
Madirosian, Mitton, salary 45.00
Murray, Paul, salary 120.00
Quirk, Thomas, salary 90.00
Reardon, Thomas, salary 120.00
Ryan, Rita, salary 120.00
Toscano, Paul, salary 120.00
Total Expenditures $2,200.00
Playground Department-New Equipment
Appropriation for 1940 $600.00
Expenditures
Babb & Co., Edward E., new equipment $600.00
Pensions
Appropriation for 1940 $19,486.15
Transferred Town Meeting 230.00 $19,716.15
Expenditures
Andrews, John, pension $600.00
Berardino, Fred, pension 713.29
Brown, Vernon S., pension 1,100.00
Burke, James P., pension 1,427.30
Burke, Martin, pension 592.00
Burke, Wm., pension 499.78
Clifford, Daniel, pension 832.10
Coleman, Win. P., pension 1,100.00
Days, James, pension 1,046.67
Doyle, Jas., pension 792.50
Flaherty, Michael, pension 785.00
Howard, Wm. A., pension 1,000.00
Igoe, Michael, pension 712.78
Liston. E.J., pension 1,100.00
Maguire, Peter, pension 914.38
McDermott, Michael, pension 712.78
McElhiney, Bertram, pension 1,100.00
Murphy, Thos. J., pension 1,100.00
O'Brien, Patrick J., pension 712.78
Oliveto, Frank, pension 914.38
Perkins, Louis, pension 1,100.00
Walsh, Patrick, pension 785.00
Total Expenditures $19,640.74
Transferred to Revenue 75.41 $19,716.15
Annuities
Appropriation for 1940 $5,100.00
Expenditures
Ford, Gertrude A., annuity $1,000.00
Nichols, Sadie, annuity 750.00
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Streeter, Katie C., annuity 750.00
Sullivan, Eleanor, annuity 1.000.00
Welch, Alice, annuity 1.600.00
Total Expenditures $5.100.00
Memorial Day
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Expenditures
Veterans Foreign Wars
Beach, Fred, pictures S8.65
Burnham-Manning Post =1105. drum corps 30.00
Cornette, A., flags 12.50
Eleanor Cake Shop, doughnuts 7.20
Evans Printing Shop, printing 12.83
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 1.40
Kelly, Timothy, wreaths 50.00
Lyndonville Creamery Ass'n, ice cream 4.23
O'Connell Lumber Co., dowells 3.50
Puritan Diner, coffee 10.50
Star Market, groceries 25.4.1
White. R.J., trucking 15.00
Woodland, Charles L., milk and tonic 18.72
Disabled American Veterans
Chase, Helen L., typing $9.50
Kelly, Timothy, wreaths 37.00
N.Y. Art Embroidery Co., grave markers 52.35
Robinson. Evelyn M., luncheons 20.00
Sons of Union Veterans
Barrett, Paul, pansies $32.04
Boston Elevated Railway, special cars 12.00
DiGregorio, Orlando, services 2.00
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 16.00
Griffith, Charles, services 2.00
Hackett Bros. Co., groceries 9.08
Harding Uniforms & Regalia Co., flags 38.20
Kelly, Timothy, flowers 56.00
Murphy, Mrs. Mary E., food supplies 11.45
Pollock, Harold G., delivering plants 5.00
Taylor, Rev. F.D.. services 25.00
General Committee
Chick, Arnold, band $25.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies .30
Godwin's Taxi, taxi 18.00
Kirkwood Bros. Inc., blank cartridges 14.38
Main Street Garage, auto hire 20.00
Universal Decorating Co., decorating stand 15.00
Watertown Letter Shop, typewriting 1.00
Watertown Post =99, American Legion Band,
services 125.00
American Legion No. 99
Biddeford Floral Co., wreath $2.00
Cornetta, A., flag 12.50
Kelly, Timothy, flowers 38.75
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Lawrence Post :-15, A.L., wreath 1.50
London Seal Bottling Co., tonic 9.86
Main Street Garage, auto hire 10.00
Mason, Ralph W., flowers 32.50
McHugh, James H., tonic 14.00
McGann & Sons Co., T.F., naive plates 41.50
Watertown Letter Shop, printing 8.00
Total Expenditures $916.91
Transferred to Revenue 83.09 $1,000.00
Insurance
Appropriation for 1940 $7,995.16
Transferred Town Meeting 606.97 $8,602.13
Expenditures
Barrett, John W., insurance $2,000.00
McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 500.00
Mutual Boiler Ins. Co., insurance 1,308.03
Ogilvie & Co., insurance 503.20
Owen, Lura G., insurance 500.00
Stone, Edwin L., insurance 2,440.00
Thomas, Mrs. William H., insurance 572.25
Young, U.S., insurance 750.00
Total Expenditures $8,573.48
Transferred to Revenue 28.65 $8,602.13
Workmen's Compensation Agent
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Expenditures
Vahey, Thomas F.. salary $1,000.00
Workmen's Compensation
Appropriation for 1940 $6,500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 2,375.00
Transferred Town Meeting 2,500.00 $11,375.00
Expenditures
Abrahamian, Fred, compensation $213.00
Bacon, Dr. G.S., services 24.00
Barnes, Frank, compensation 136.28
Brescia, Ralph, compensation 539.01
Burke, Joseph W., compensation 64.69
Burns, Joseph, compensation 954.00
Butler, George, supplies 38.00
Cambridge Hospital, care and x-rays 255.75
Campbell, Dr. Alexander, services 250.00
Canzanelli, Pericles, M.D., services 164.00
Connolly, Dr. John D., services 39.00
Crehan Esq., John J., atty. fees 225.00
Dinjian, Dr. Leo A., services 15.00
Drosdick, Dr. V.A., services 44.00
Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 3.65
171
Elliott, Harold E., lens for glasses 8.00
Faherty, Martin, compensation 54.00
Ferguson, Thomas, compensation 5.14
Gorman, Dr. Eugene F., services 176.00
Groden, Dr. Henry E., services 90.00
Hannon, Owen, settlement 1.7 75.00
Kelley, Dr. Ed. J., services 12.00
Kelley, Francis W., compensation 18.00
Kelliher, Mrs. Nellie, compensation 636.00
Kendon Supply Co., cabinet 36.25
Kevorkian, Dr. J.J., services 27.00
Koumjian, Charles, compensation 457.80
Lawn, Edward, settlement 223.71
Mahady Co., E.F., book 2.48
Malone, Dr. Stephen, services 15.00
Mass., Comm. of, Dept. Industrial Accidents, Dr.'s
fees 15.00
Mazzeo, Joseph, compensation 785.14
McHugh, Patrick, compensation 46.28
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 5.60
Moran, Michael, compensation 72.00
Nasman, Frank L.E., services 171.00
Natale, Alfred, compensation 195A2
New Eng. Adding Machine Co., rental of Royal
machine 21.00
O'Donnell, Thomas, compensation 954.00
O'Hara, Thomas, compensation 128.57
Osgood, Dr. Robert B., services 11.00
Papalia, Roy C., services 50.00
Quinn, Daniel, settlement 400.00
Ransom Taxi Service, taxi 2.50
Renneri, Pasquale, compensation 504.00
Rogerson, Peter F., back brace 18.00
Russo, Domenic, settlement 100.00
Secord, Dr. Walter, services 86.00
Slattery, Dr. John J., services 22.00
Spellman, Dr. Martin H., services 10.00
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 7.00
Terminal Stationery Co., office supplies 150.25
Vahey, Thomas F., expenses 2.50
Varatanian, Katon, compensation 95.14
Waltham Hospital, care 57.00
Wylie, Dr. Earl J.. services 110.00
York, Dr. Robert S., services 67.00
Zuppe, Frank, compensation 172.28
Total Expenditures $10,760.44
Transferred to Revenue 614.56 $11.375.00
Printing Town Reports
Appropriation for 1940 $1,200.00
Expenditures
Eaton, Leroy S., printing $1,102.28
Transferred to Revenue 97.72 $1,200.00
172
Headquarters Veterans Foreign Wars
Appropriation for 1940 $1,080.00
Expenditures
North Beacon Trust, rent $1,080.00
Headquarters Disabled American Veterans
Appropriation for 1940 $360.00
Expenditures
Pioneer Associates, rent $360.00
Legion Convention
Appropriation for 1940 500.00
Expenditures
B. & M. Sign Co., sign $4.00
Boston Edison Co., service 8.17
Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 99, services 15.00
Gleason, Wm., services at booth 33.00
Godwin's Taxi Co., taxi .55
McHugh, James H., tonics 66.00
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, supplies 2.50
Murphy, Jerry, costumes 26.50
O'Connell, Maurice H., expenses 30.31
O'Halloran, F.J., services at booth 38.00
Piantedosi, Carmine, information booth 64.00
Reveille Publishing Co., advertising 10.00
Square Hdwe. Co., paint 2.25
University Club, lunches 81.65
Watertown Herald, advertising 5.00
Watertown Letter Shop, letters 27.10
Watertown Sun, advertising 4.00
Universal Decorating Co., decorating 80.00
Total Expenditures $498.03
Transferred to Revenue 1.97 $500.00
Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $2,500.00
Expenditures
American District Telegraph, burglar alarm $288.00
Boston Edison Co., Xmas lighting 42.49
Boston & Maine R.R. Co., alterations at crossing
Nichols Ave. W0.00
Brown, Charles Jewell, supervision 67.00
Burke, James C., settlement of claim 25.00
Campbell, Florence H., settlement 15.00
Champagne, Arthur E., settlement 43.00
Cummings, Thomas W., settlement of claim 50.00
Dettra Flag Co., flag 14.25
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 6.25
Falvey, Mary E., settlement 10.00
Hawes Electric Co., Xmas lighting 24.90
Ingalls, E. K., clock attendance 25.00
Leonard, Joseph & Stanley Cogan, Atty., settlement 125.00
173
Lopez, Agnes C. & Earle S. Tyler, Atty., settlement 250.00
Martin, James and Margaret, settlement 100.00
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Co., decorations 88.52
:Mass., Comm. of, Reformatory for Women, flags 35.78
Quinn, Daniel, clock attendance 37.50
Riley, Gerard, settlement 50.00
Rowe, Harold B., settlement 16.45
Ryan, William J., insurance forms 33.50
Scheirer, Anna T., settlement 250.00
Stone, Edwin L., and Lena F. Stone, settlement of
claim 250.00
Universal Decorating Co., decorating 65.00
Walsh, James T., re-rope flag pole 8.00
Whitcomb, Mrs. Neva N. and Frank S. Whitcomb,
settlement 250.00
White, Bernard & Jos. Gandolpho, Xmas tree 38.00
Total Expenditures $2,308.64
Transferred to Revenue 191.36 $2,500.00
Unpaid Bills
Appropriation for 1940 $1,096.60
Expenditures
American Fire Equipment Co., helmets (Fire Dept.) $118.09
Batchelder Co., Fred M., clothes (Fire Dept.) 657.50
Midwestern Mfg. Co., clothes (Fire Dept.) 147.90
Royal Furniture Co., mattresses (Fire Dept.) 58.00
Terminal Stationery Co., office supplies (Selectmen) 115.11
Total Expenditures $1,096.60
Revision of By-Laws
Amount brought forward $165.00
Expenditures
Eaton, Leroy S., printing $50.25
Amount carried forward 114.75 $165.00
Reserve Fund
Appropriation for 1940 $10,000.00
Transfers
Workmen's Compensation $2,375.00
Water Department 1,207.00
Total Expenditures $3,582.00
Transferred to Revenue 6,418.00 $10,000.00
Board of Appeals
Appropriation for 1940 $300.00
Expenditures
Coolidge Printing Co., envelopes $3.22
Kerivan, Helen Ford, services 175.00
174
Mooney's Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 1.50
Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 2.41
Post Office Department, stamped envelopes 34.32
Watertown Herald, advertising 5.50
Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 26.50
Total Expenditures $248.45
Transferred to Revenue 51.55 $300.00
Special—Eyeglasses for School Children
Appropriation for 1940 $200.00
Expenditures
Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, care $85.65
Schindler, John, eyeglasses 113.50
Total Expenditures $199.15
Transferred to Revenue .85 $200.00
W. P. A. Administration
Appropriation for 1940 $4,316.00
Expenditures
D'Onofrio, Claudia, salary $933.00
Keating, James, salary 1,295.84
Oates, John P., salary 2,073.34
Total Expenditures 4,302.18
Transferred to Revenue 13.82 $4,316.00
W.P.A. Materials & Expenses
Amount brought forward $1,085.57
Expenditures
Clark, Guy, salary $70.00
Hill, Edward, roof slate and rope 8.00
Leedham, Wm., salary 23.00
Martin, Wallace, used electric drill 25.00
Payroll 91.50
Slamin, Frances, salary 20.00
Sullivan, Lillian, salary 40.07
Treasurer of the U.S.A., music project 48.00
Treasurer of the U.S.A., sewing project 740.00
Walsh, Helen, salary 20.00
Total Expenditures $1.385.57
W.P.A. Materials
Appropriation for 1940 $75,000.00
Balance brought forward 34,122.72
Refunds 16.90 $109.139.62
Expenditures
A. & J. Auto Ignition Co., auto repair $12.51
Alexander Service Station, service 161.00
175
Alexander Supply Co., payments on compressor 2,532.00
Allen Stationery Co., office supplies 160.00
American Building Wrecking Co., iron sink 1.00
American Fire Equipment Co., extinguisher 49.35
American Thread Co., thread 16.44
Artcraft Co., rental-sanding machine and supplies 24.15
Art-tex Adhesive Prod. Co., ovakal 1.50
Auto Welding Co., welding 20.00
B & M Sign Co., lettering 18.00
Baker Co., Walter, play 11.65
Blaikie, A.L., (J. Stalker), rent 60.00
Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 1.00
Boston Edison Co., service 899.16
Boston Varnish Co., rent 314.42
Boston & Maine R.R. Co., freight 22.91
Barnes Co., Frank, paint 395.97
Briggs-Maroney Co., paint 1.80
Brown, George E., mechanics bench 5.00
Bruning Co., Charles, scale 3.24
Buckley & Scott Utilities, oil 55.00
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co., supplies 22.95
Builders Iron Foundry, fittings 19.72
Burton Brush Co., brushes 92.85
Butler, George F., rat poison 3.75
Carine, Jon, 2nd hand copper folder 10.00
Central Building Wrecking Co., brick 480.00
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., supplies 119.92
Children's Shop, oil cloth 7.60
Clark, Guy, gasket .14
Colo, Thomas, carfares 2.40
Columbus Wiping Cloth Co., wiping cloths 7.00
Condon Corp., John P., concrete 33,180.98
Conroy, Eugene J., used sewing machines 9.00
Conroy, R.L., tobacco 2.90
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 175.75
Coombs Motor Co., repair 57.20
Cotter, Joe, used boiler 22.00
Cranska Thread Co., thread 259.10
Crocker Co., W.W. Co., electric tools 37.50
Cummings, Roy L., carfares 13.80
Cutter-Wood & Sanderson, goggles 8.10
Dalkranian, Nazareth, carfares 12.20
Davis Textile Co., H., sewing materials 156.95
Dennett & Bigelow, office furniture 99.00
Diemont Levy Co., Inc., sponges 26.40
Dowd Co., H. J., disinfectant 34.85
Drewrey, D. Hardy, insurance 13.48
Dunn's, supplies 67.35
Dunn Co., W.J., iron tools 30.00
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., municipal machinery 1,347.20
Elhide Co., pitch 133.32
Ellis Automobile Accessories, automobile part 5.63
Eureka Pipe Co., Inc., pipe 94.88
Fellow & Co., Inc., center ladders 13.61
Flaherty, Win., auto 1.65 .
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., Inc., supplies 5,704.32
Frost Insecticide Co., insecticide .96
176
Gaffney, George, carfares .60
Gatchell Glass Co., Inc., glass 17.94
General Motors Truck & Coach Co., supplies 1.28
General Plumbing Supply Co., plumbing supplies 1.20
Gibbs Express Co., express 3.24
Gingras, E.R., filing 35.75
Grainger, Inc., W.W., motor parts 54.05
Grant Co., W.T., dry goods 162A5
Green & Co., S.B., builders supplies 82.47
Haines, Roy, carfares 14.00
Hall, Raymond L., weather stripping 402.43
Haller Engineering Assoc., inspection concrete 150.00
Halperin Co., A.E., supplies 6.59
Hammett Co., recreational supplies 29.26
Hawes Electric Co., electric supplies 25.83
Hebert & Co., Wm.,,tin work 122.05
Heil Co., parts 3.18
Hillside Dairy Co., Inc., milk 5.40
Hinckley's, key .35
Holmes Trans. Service, express 2.46
Home Specialties Co., canvas bag for boxing 3.50
Hood Rubber Co., rubber gloves and boots 70.68
Howe & French, Inc., varnish 32AO
Hydraulic Development Co., Hydro-tite 136.50
Ingersoll Rand Co., parts 39.00
Johnson Sporting Goods Co., Iver, recreation goods 18.06
Jay's Curtain Shoppe, shades 39.75
Johnson Co., Andrew T., blue prints 10.0
Kelley, Thomas, blacksmith vise 5.00
Kendon Supply Co., office supplies 108.OD
Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., valves 246.45
Kerr, Bertha, carfare 79.45
Koplow Trimming Co., trimming 313.22
Lawler, Ida, sewing machine 3.00
Lawson, Inc., Douglas, insurance 6.00
Leacy, H. M., sewing machines 6.00
LeBaron Foundry, E. L., castings 167.53
Leonard Fuel Co., fuel 450.96
Lockwood-Smith Co., disinfectant 18.00
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves 159.97
Lyndonville Creamery Assoc., milk 28.38
MacIntosh Coal Co., John, coal 464.13
Mack Motor Truck Co., used Dodge chassis 425.00
Magnus Brush & Craft Co., craft materials 26.27
Maloney Oil Co., fuel oil 44.00
Mass., Comm. of, Surplus Comm. Division, milk 74.28
Mass., Comm. of, State Prison Colony, ash barrel
brushes 21.65
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Co., electric parts 6.95
Mass. Motor Parts Co., motor parts A9
MacArthur, J.R., golf balls 8.00
McCarthy, Wallace E., used sewing machine 2.00
McLellan Stores, supplies 38.54
McVey, T. H., curbing 1,290.80
Meister, O. J., welding 21.25
Middlesex County House of Correction, brooms 20.75
Mooney Card & Gift Shop, supplies 2.45
177
Mumford, Frank S., service 1.00
National Boston Lead Co., pipe 673.39
National Carloading Corp., express 1.42
New Eng. Concrete Pipe Corp., concrete pipe 241.68
New Eng. Inspection-inspection concrete 250.00
New Eng. News Co., games 53.58
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 537.94
Newton Used Car and Parts Co., used parts 48.75
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 497.40
Nu-Hesive, Inc., supplies 51.84
Oates, John P., garage 60.00
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 4,467.90
Otis Bros. Co., gloves 1.50
Parker-Danner Co., jute 63.31
Partridge, Horace, recreation supplies 468.82
Pennsylvania Oil Co., gas 2,721.27
Perkins, Inc., L. F., rental typewriter 26.25
Phillips Ribbon & Carbon Co., carbon 12.00
Post Office Department. stamps 44.00
Proctor, S.E. & R.C., hwde. supplies 3.25
Railway Express Agency, express .35
Red Hed Mfg. Co., brass goods 393.40
Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 26.00
Reliance Motor Trans., express .50
Remington Rand, Inc., cards 52.50
Riverside Sand & Gravel Co., sand 67.35
Roberts Croszier & Bailout, repairs 8.69
Robinson Clay Products Co., clay products 1,272.75
Royal Tire Co., tires 100.00
Royal Typewriter Co., rental typewriters 593.52
Ryan, William J., order books 23.00
Sandberg Equip. Co., grill 4.50
Schofield, Alice, repairing coat 1.00
School St. Garage, storage space 30.00
Seamans & Cobb Co., thread 3.93
Seidel's Sewing Machine Shop, sewing machine
supplies 6.74
Shaw, Thomas A., services 25.00
Shutt, George L., auto repair 289.59
Silver Lake Repair Shop, repair 4.37
Singer Sewing Machine Co., parts 86.78
Sliney, John J., stone 890.63
Snap-On-Tools Corp., tools 42.55
Speed Key Mfg. Co., speed key 9.00
Square Hdwe. & Paint Co., paint 281.02
Standard Auto Gear Co., auto gear parts 349.04
Standard Charcoal Co., charcoal 30.80
Standard Mailing Machine Co., mailing machine
supplies 12.26
Standard Maintenance Co., repairs 113.20
Standard Steel & Iron Works, steel 239.05
Star Market Co., food supplies 412.12
Strand, Carl, signs 3.00
Student Exchange Co., table 10.00
Sullivan, James H., oil 549.85
Summer St. Garage, repair 188.01
Stunner & Dunbar, plumbing materials 175.85
178
Sweetland & Son, Inc., C. W., plaques 8.02
Thomas, William, auto repair 147.85
Terminal Stationery Co., office supplies 875A5
Tractors, tractors equipment parts 16.82
Universal Badge & Label Co., buttons 27.95
Treasurer of the U.S.A., historical project 240.00
Treasurer of the U.S.A., music project 188.50
Treasurer of the U.S.A., sewing project 6,180.00
U.S. Bedford Textile Co., cloth 228.89
Vulcan Construction Co., concrete 29.97
Waldo Bros. Co., construction equipment 377.90
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., cement and brick 2,107.17
Waltham News Tribune, subscription 3.00
Waltham Paper Products Co., Inc., paper products 388.36
Warren Pipe Co. of Mass., pipe 2,106.13
Watertown Awning Co., golf net repaired .75
Watertown Bindery, bindery 165.00
Watertown Builders Supply Co., concrete 218.10
Watertown Hdwe. & Paint Co., hdwe. supplies 120.25
Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing work 76.65
Watertown Square Garage, service 6.00
West Co., chemicals 178.06
Western Electric Co., 2nd hand office furniture 26.00
White Iron Works, C.M., iron frames 419.40
White Co., John J., hay 50.52
White Motor Co., 1 used G.M.C. 550.00
Wilbur, E.H., repairs 31.20
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., athletic supplies 8.10
Wolfson, Dr. Daniel, rent 420.00
Woolworth Co., F.W., supplies 62.44
Worcester City Delivery, express .25
"'awman & Erbe Mfg. Co., repairs 9.00
Total Expenditures $84,332.91
Balance Brought Forward 24,806.71 $109.139.62
W.P.A. Expense
Appropriation for 1940 $15,000.00
Balance brought forward 5,390.51 $20,390.51
Expenditures
Clark, Guy, salary $1,761.67
Condon Corp., John P., rental spreader 73.38
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., rental compressor 2,114.40
Haughey, Helen, expenses 2.50
Leedham, Wm., salary 1,180.67
O'Brien, Anne, salary 107.28
Payroll, weekly, highway 3,587.69
Payroll. weekly 3,453.01
Slavin, Frances, salary 1,026.67
Sullivan, Lillian, salary 909.94
Udell, John C., expenses 34.50
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Walsh, Elizabeth, expenses 2.50
Walsh, Helen, salary 1,096.67
Total Expenditures $15,350.88
Balance carried forward 5.039.63 $20,390.51
IV. 1'. A. Municipal Garage
Appropriation for 1940 $30,000.00
Balance brought forward 28,384.84
Refunds 400.40 $58,785.24
Expenditures
Aberthaw Co., chain tong $19.00
American Fire Equip. Co., fire extinguishers 44.35
Atlantic Brick & File Co., bricks 644.10
B. & M. Sign Co., sign-wood letters 50.00
Baker Co., Frank G., forge hood installed 65.00
Boston Janitor's Supply Co., fixtures and supplies 27.15
Boston Varnish Co., paint 27.36
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 6.47
Brown, George, blacksmith equip. 45.00
Builders Patent Scaffolding Co., rental 67.50
Butters Express, express .35
Cambridge Cement Stone Co., cast stone 1,164.00
Carbone, John, sand 326.40
Cavanaugh & Early, Inc., roofing 2,787.28
Central Building Wrecking Co., brick 832.00
Concrete Steel Co., steel 841.79
Condon Corp., John P., concrete 1,390.65
Conver Steel & Wire Co., spacers 48.00
Crane Service & Equip. Co., rent of equipment 85.00
Davidson Fan Co., fan 1,198.00
Dinn & Co., P.J., wire partition 567.00
Federal Steam & Gas Supply Co., plumbing
supplies 1,147.17
Field & Son, Walter W., contractor's equip. 3.55
Fitzgerald, Joseph,salary 170.00
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., hdwe. supplies 1,636.66
Foster, John, truckman 7.50
Gatchell Glass Co., Inc., glass 841.23
Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 220.64
Gilfoil Distributing Co., graylite roof 748.20
Gnerre, Felice, salary 129.13
Graybar Electric Co., conduit 204.02
Green & Co., Inc., S.B., acid and cement 412.41
Grinnell Co., Inc., sprinkler system 2,898.00
Hamilton, Estate of Thomas B., architect 400.00
Harvey Co., Arthur C., steel 24.20
Hawes Electric Co., electric work 26.40
Hebert & Co., Wm., metal work 24.98
Hedge & Mattheis Co., asphalt expansion joint 111.04
Hodge Boiler Works, smoke flue 218.00
Hood Rubber Co., rubber gloves 6.00
Hudson, John, salary 782.50
Hughes, Wm. H., electrical supplies 601.10
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Johnson Co., Andrew T., blue prints 22.40
Kelley, Joseph C., salary 275.00
Kelley, Joseph C., washers .30
Leonard Fuel Co., fuel 266.84
Mass. Gas Light & Supply Co., electric supplies 2,411.79
McCree, John, payments on heating 896.50
McVey, Thomas H., edgestone 52.50
Metropolitan Pipe & Supply So., pipe and supply 576.60
Minneapolis Honeywell Co.; thermostat 11.75
Moulton Ladder Mfg. Co., ladder 16.52
New Eng. Concrete Pipe Co., concrete pipe 212.21
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 49.40
Nonantum Lumber Co., cement 2,152.99
O'Connell Lumber Co., lumber 986.86
Olive, Arthur N., rental timber cart 10.00
Payroll, weekly 270.60
Pennsylvania Oil Co., gas 106.03
Petroleum Heat & Power Co., balance on burners 274.05
Post Office Department, stamps 10.00
Proctor, S. E. & R. C. Proctor, nails 8.00
Puritan Sanitary Supply Co., pipe and supplies 2,831.70
Raymond, D. B., cinders 137.41
Reid, Martin, salary 4,765.61
Reid, Martin, incidentals .60
Riverside Sand & Gravel Co., stone 348.65
Robinson, R. G., rental power shovel and battery
and switch 833.25
Sliney, John J., stone 556.97
Standard Charcoal Co., charcoal 20.50
Standard Maintenance Co., maintenance 3.00
Standard Steel & Iron Works, steel 379.45
Tracy Chair Co., rentals 5.00
Truscon Steel Co., steel 64.53
Treasurer of the U.S.A., overhead doors 283.00
Universal Decorating Co., decorating stand 15.00
Universal Form Clamp Co., freight and lumber 5.67
Waltham Lime & Cement Co., pipe 12.30
Watertown Builders Supply Co., concrete 6,856.74
Watertown, Town of, water 39.45
Waxman Co., J. G., slide doors 1,756.00
Western Electric Co., 2nd hand office furniture 34.60
White Iron Works, C.M., iron work 145.85
Wilson Corp., J.G., overhead doors 3,860.00
Total Expenditures $52,414.75
Balance carried forward 6,370.49 $58,785.24
Contributory Ietirement Pension System
Appropriation for 1940 $29,477.00
Retirement Board 29,477.00
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ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
Watertown Department—Superintendent
Appropriation for 1940 $3,200.00
Transferred Town Meeting 1,454.00 $1,746.00
Expenditures
Rundlett, Walter, salary $1,357.10
Transferred to Revenue 388.90 $1,746.00
Water Department—Ass't Superintendent
Appropriation for 1940 $2,100.00
Expenditures
Oates, Michael B., salary $2,100.00
Water Department-1st Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,300.00
Expenditures
Rundlett. Laura B.. salary $1,300.00
Water Department-2nd Clerk
Appropriation for 1940 $1,100.00
Expenditures
Bright, Emma, salary $1,100.00
Water Department—Extra Clerk Hire
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 207.00 $707.00
Expenditures
Domenichello, Angela, salary $707.00
Water Department—Office Expense
Appropriation for 1940 $1.800.00
Expenditures
Armstrong, Thomas L., use of car $219.00
Cambridge Trucking Co., trucking .35
Carpenter Mfg. Co., battery 1.88
Coolidge Printing Co., printing 51.75
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 53.75
Evans Printing Service, printing 29.75
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., flashlight 1.85
Fletcher's Optical Shop, goggles 16.50
Groom & Co., Thomas, supplies .72
Hawes Electric Co., clock and repairs 15.45
Horner, S.E., safety device on dumb waiter 5.00
Johnson Co., Andrew T., metallic tapes 17.85
Johnson, Edwin, salary 754.16
Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co., lights 80.00
Mooney Card & Gift Shop, supplies 43.40
New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 10.80
No Pee Trading Co., ear phone 7.50
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Old Colony Forwarding Corp., express .81
Pascoe, George T., office supplies 34.42
Pequossette Press, printing 54.25
Post Office Department, stamps 309.62
Proctor, S.E. & R.C., battery supplies 14.72
Railway Express Agency, express 1.25
Sherman Envelope Co., envelopes 40.87
Standard Mailing Machine Co., duplicator supplies 2.75
Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 19.00
Terminal Stationery Co., stationery supplies 7.75
Towle Co., A., express .50
Water Works and Sewerage, subscription 3.00
Total Expenditures $1,798.65
Transferred to Revenue 1.35 $1.800.00
Water Department-Maintenance-Labor
Appropriation for 1940 $31,440.00
Transferred Town Meeting 2,454.00 $33,894.00
Expenditures
Johnson, Edwin, salary $1,073.64
Payroll, weekly 32,452.18
Total Expenditures $33,525.82
Transferred to Revenue 368.18 $33.894.00
Water Department-Maintenance-Materials
Appropriation for 1940 $6,460.00
Refunds 67.50 $6,527.50
Expenditures
Alger Oil & Ice Co., range oil $16.80
Barmakian Bros., Inc., clock repair 2.50
Bauer, Frank F., cleaning fluid 11.45
Bond, Herman L., auto service 53.00
Boston Edison Co., service 48.75
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 14.71
Brittain & Cannon Co., window 3.30
Buckley & Scott Utilities, gas 9.46
Caldwell Co., George A., curb boxes 135.10
Cement Lined Pipe Co., pipe 195.86
Curry Bros. Oil Co., supplies 11.86
Field & Son, Inc., Walter W., digging blades 49.31
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 29.87
Freeman, Albert, tubing 6850
Gingras, E.P., filing 2.50
Goding, Herbert, labor 9.50
Green & Co., Inc., S.B., salt 76.15
Halpin's Welding Shop, welding 37.50
Harvey Co., Arthur C., supplies .50
Hawes Electric Co., batteries 6.00
Hayes Service Station, auto repair 466.84
183
Hebert & Co., Wm., elbows 2.70
Hersey Mfg. Co., meter supplies 1,586.60
Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 514.17
Lawson, Inc., Douglas, insurance 258.60
LeBaron Foundry Co., E. L., castings 15.51
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves 274.80
Lyons, John F., insurance 234.10
Macaulay & Son, D., tools 4.25
MacIntosh Coal Co., John, wood 114.10
Mack Motor Truck Co., repair 55.85
Mass. Gas & Electric Supply Co., electric supplies 1.75
Meister, O. J., welding 424.50
Metropolitan Coal Co., coal 91.00
Mueller Co., brass goods 307.14
Munhall Ice Co., range oil 5.60
Nonantum Coal Co., coal 76.50
Pennsylvania Oil Co., gas 147.35
Pollard, A., suppers 3.50
Proctor, S.E. & R.C., snow shovels 224.95
Railway Express Agency, express 1.37
Red Hed Mfg. Co., tubes 121.47
Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 10.00
Robinson Clay Products Co., pipe 6.36
Runtdlett, Walter E., garage 10.00
Shutt, George L., auto supplies 57.30
Standard Auto Gear Co., sand paper 2.92
Summer St. Garage, repair 219.62
Sumner & Dunbar, pipe 165.35
Thompson-Durkee Co., springs 28.35
United Seal Co., seals 11.00
Waltham Screw Co., couplings 8.64
Warren Pipe Co., pipe 78.39
Watertown Square Garage, garage rent 6.00
Watertown Tire Co., auto repair 206.50
Total Expenditures $6,525.70
Transferred to Revenue 1.80 $6,527.50
Water Department-New House Connections
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Expenditures
Cement Lined Pipe Co., pipe $223.43
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 17.35
Hersey Mfg. Co., meters 90.00
National-Boston Lead Co., lead 17.76
Proctor, S.E. & R.C., lanterns 31.55
Red Hed Mfg. Co.. brass supplies 60.00
Robinson Clay Products Co., pipe 1.98
Sumner & Dunbar, couplings 56.00
Total Expenditures 498.07
Transferred to Revenue 1.93 $500.00
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Water Department—Detector Meters
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Expenditures
Hersey Mfg. Co., detector meters $1,000.00
Water Department—Vacations
Appropriation for 1940 $1,190.00
Expenditures
Johnson, Edwin, vacation $70.00
Payroll—vacations 1,120.00
Total Expenditures $1.190.00
Water Department-50 new ;k" Meters
Appropriation for 1940 $500.00
Expenditures
Hersey Mfg. Co., new meters $500.00
Water Department—Ledger Cards
Appropriation for 1940 $150.00
Expenditures
Pascoe Co., George T., cards $150.-10
Water Department—Construction and Reconstruction
Appropriation for 1940 $3,700.00
Transferred Town Meeting 750.00 $2.950.00
Expenditures
Alger Oil & Ice Co., oil $4.00
Boston & Maine R.R. Co., freight 12.49
Caldwell Co., George A., valve boxes 146.73
Cement Lines Pipe Co., pipe 190.64
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., steam gage 94.00
Curry Bros. Oil Co., oil 11.00
Field & Son, Walter W., digging blades 37.50
Hydraulic Development Corp, jointers 15.39
LeBaron Foundry Co., E. L., castings 81.36
Linde Air Products Co., cylinder exchange 2.75
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves 483.94
Meister, O.J., welding—wedges 11.00
Motor Consolidated Lines, freight 3.01
New Eng. Brick Co., clay 1.00
Otis Bros. Co., rubber coats 108.00
Proctor, S.E. & R.C., wrenches 72.64
Warren Pipe Co., pipe 1,674.26
Total Expenditures $2,949.71
Transferred to Revenue .29 $2,950.00
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Water Department—"Metropolitan Connection—Galen Street,
Appropriation for 1940 $1,000.00
Expenditures
Boston & Maine R.R. Co., freight $6.62
LeBaron Foundry, E.L., castings 112.96
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves 474.36
Sumner & Dunbar, valve boxes 23.40
Warren Pipe Co. of Mass., pipe 372.96
White Co., John J., hay 3.13
Total Expenditures $993.43
Transferred to Revenue 6.57 $1.000.00
Water Department—Renewal of Services
Appropriation for 1940 $2,300.00
Transferred Town Meeting 750.00 $1,550.00
Expenditures
Alger Ice & Oil Co., oil $2.56
Boston Supply Co., tubing 79.40
Boston & Maine R.R., freight 1.52
Caldwell Co., George A., instruments 208.83
Capitol Motor Trans. Co., express 2.05
Cement Lined Pipe Co., pipe 297.76
Curry Bros. Oil Co., supplies 49.09
Green & Co., S. B., brick and cement 28.45
Hersey Mfg. Co., meters 327.52
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe 28.94
Meister, O. J., welding and filing 19.25
Proctor, S.E. and R.C., supplies 2.80
Railway Express Agency, express .30
Red Hed Mfg. Co., supplies 335.31
Sumner & Dunbar, water works parts 147.40
Thompson-Durkee Co., equipment 6.94
Waltham Screw Co., couplings 8.64
Total Expenditures $1,546.76
Transferred to Revenue 3.24 $1.550.00
Cemetery Department—Superintendent
Appropriation for 1940 $2,000.00
Expenditures
Horton, Van D.. salary $2,000.00
Cemetery Department—Labor
Appropriation for 1940 $8,000.00
Expenditures
Payroll, weekly Total Expenditures $7,993.95
Transferred to Revenue 6.05 $8,000.00
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Cemetery Department-Contingent
Appropriation for 1940 $550.00
Expenditures
Alexander Shoe Repairing, stitching canvas $1.00
Alger Oil & Ice Co., range oil 6.23
Barrett, P., plants 15.55
Bay State Overall Cleaners, overalls 11.00
Bay State Uniforms Co., supplies 2.38
Carbone, John, trucking 3.00
Claflin Co., Walter A., ant killer 1.00
Eaton, Leroy S., printing 20.40
Fletcher Hdwe. Co., supplies 181.10
Green & Co., S.B., cement & sand 57.48
Groom & Co., Inc., Thomas, supplies 13.50
Hauck Mfg. Co., firegun 20.00
Hay & Peabody Cement Vault Co., markers 13.50
Hebert & Co., Wm., sheet metal work 7.00
Horton, Van D., gas 38.47
Lawn Mower Grinding Co., grinding 2.00
Leger, Albert X., device straps 5.13
MacIntosh Coal Co., John, coal 15.55
Mason, Ralph W., plants 6.00
McSherry Bros., lawn dressing 5.00
Meister, O.J., sharpening picks 31.15
Mooney Card & Gift Shop, office supplies 2.20
New Eng. Cemetery 'Service, servicing lowering
device 14.00
Newton Used Car & Parts Co., axle shafts 8.08
Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 12.16
Railway Express Agency, express .57
Reade Mfg. Co., weed killer 6.30
Roberts, H.D., cinders 2.00
Romano, S., trucking 35.85
Thompson-Durkee Co., pipe 1.75
Watertown, Town of, metered water 8.55
Total Expenditures $547.90
Transferred to Revenue 2.10 $550.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest
Appropriation for 1940 $31,500.00
Transferred Town Meeting 836.97 $30,663.03
Expenditures
Coupons of Bonds $29,844.38
Discount on notes 323.57
New Eng. Foundation Co., interest on refunded taxes 30.36
Titcomb, Albert C., interest on refunded taxes 10.21
Walker, Annie M., et al, Trustee, interest on
abatement 21.07
Total Expenditures $30,229.59
Transferred to Revenue 433.44 $30,663.03
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Town Debt
Appropriation for 1940 $231,500.00
Expenditures
Bonds Paid $231,500.00
Premium Account
Received from sale of Bonds $144.42
Tax Levy 370.91 $515.33
Expenditures
American Bank Note Co., printing coupons $24.30
Merchant's National Bank, costs incidental to
printing bonds and certifying 370.91
Second National Bank, advertising of bonds 10.00
Total Expenditures $405.21
Balance carried forward 110.12 $515.33
State Taxes and Assessments
Estimated by Commissioner $317.881.02
Expenditures
State Tax $130,720.00
Charles River Basin Loan 5,326.74
Metropolitan Parks 22,628.32
Metropolitan Planning Division 331.20
Metropolitan Sewerage 33,734.83
Metropolitan Water 87,664.51
Boston Metropolitan District 116.70
Boston Elevated Railway Deficiency 35,202A6
Boston Metropolitan Dist., Elevated Railway rental 1,466.33
Smoke Inspection 570.54
Veterans' Exemption 128.33
Canterbury Street Highway 6.13
Total Expenditure $317,896.09
Debit balance forward 15.07 $317,881.02
County Tax
Estimated by Commissioner $70,220.24
Expenditures
Middlesex County Treasurer $70,220.24
County Hospital—T. B. Assessment
Appropriation for 1940 $28,661.04
Expenditures
Middlesex County Treasurer—assessment $28,661.04
Potter Gate Memorial Fund
Balance brought forward $240.79
Received from Union Market National Bank 7.52 S248.31
Expenditures
Bond, Percy M., painting $22.38
Balance carried forward 225.93 5248.31
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BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
Cash on hand, December 31, 1940 $344,559.88
Collector's Petty Cash 500.00
Soldiers' Relief Emergency Cash 200,00
Collector's Deficit 134.09
Taxes:
1937 Poll $88.00
1938 Poll 326.00
1939 Poll 1,054.00
1939 Property 29.53
1939 Personal 1,261.04
1940 Poll 1,584.03
1940 Property 254,870.80
1940 Personal 6,784.04 $265,997.41
1936 Motor Vehicle $30.54
1937 Motor Vehicle 110.19
1938 Motor Vehicle 473.19
1939 Motor Vehicle 709.79
1940 Motor Vehicle 3,075.12 $4,398.83
Special Assessments:
1940 Moth $49.75
1940 Sidewalks 402.01
1940 Sidewalk Interest 57.20
1940 Streets 1,149.56
1940 Street Interest 135.58 $1,794.10
Tax Titles $114,198.35
Tax Title Possessions 21,426.74 $135,625.09
Departmental Accounts Receivable
Weights & Measures $29.98
Health Department 857.15
Sewer Department 756.60
Public Welfare Department 31,542.78
Cemetery Department 57.12 $33,243.63
Water Accounts Receivable:
Water Rates $66,709.37
Water Charges 574.28 $67,283.65
Overlay 1935 25.05
Overlay 1936 4.00
Overlay 1937 41.81
Overlay 1938 92.54
Overlay 1940 4.098.00
State Taxes and Assessments 15.07
Judgments (on taxes) 1,302.39
Snow and Ice Removal 2,903.65
$862,219.19
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DECEMBER 31, 1940
LIABILITIES
Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Revenue $203,000.00
Potter Memorial Gate Fund 225.93
Dog Fund 23.00
Premium Account 110.12
Sewer Deposits 988.00
Cemetery—Sale of Lots Fund 6,847.33
Sale of Town Hall Site 28,882.68
Sale of Town-owned Land 2,700.00
Soldiers' Relief Emergency Fund 200.00
Overlay Reserved for abatements:
Levy of 1939 2,344.57
Overlay Reserve 4,103.31
Motor Excise Revenue 4,398.83
Special Assessment Revenue 1,794.10
Tax Title Revenue 135,623.09
Departmental Revenue 33,243.63
Water Revenue 67,283.65
Tailings 1,037.85
Unexpended Balances Forward:
Treasurer—Tax Title Foreclosures $1,909.36
Assessors—Board of Tax Appeals 174.11
Highway—Motor Equipment 13,568.13
Betterments 1939 276.32
Traffic Lights 334.81
Land Taking—Church Street 50.001
Mt. Auburn St. Building Line 500.00
ADC Federal Aid 202.56
ADC Federal Administration 11.76
Old Age Ass't Federal Aid 7,957.65
Old Age Ass't Federal Administration 367.38
Old Age Ass't Reimbursements 543.25
Riverton School Plans 500.00
Park—McGlauflin Bequest 2.97
Revision of By-Laws 114.75
Municipal Light Committee 1,000.00
W P A Materials 24,806.71
W P A Expenses 5,039.63
W P A Municipal Garage 6,370.49
Cemetery—Fence at Ridgelawn 209.09 $63,938.97
Excess and Deficiency $308,470.13
$862,219.19
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DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sidewalk assessments not due $4,101.51
Apportioned Street assessments not due $6,112.25
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt $1.120.000.00
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DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sidewalk assessments
Due in 1941 $2,219.39
1942 1,489.72
1943 170.59
1944 127.66
1945 94.15 $4,101.51
Apportioned Street assessments
Due in 1941 $3,694.54
1942 1,444.14
1943 326.95
1944 304.99
1945 300.09
1946 41.54 $6,112.25
DEIST ACCOUNTS
Surface Drainage Loan 1916 $6,000.00
Spring Street Drain Loan 1919 9,000.00
Sewer and Drains Loan 1920 10,000.00
Surface Drainage Loan 1921 11,000.03
West Watertown School Loan 1921 12,000.00
High School Ldnd Loan 1923 3,000.00
Land Taking Loan 1923 3,000.00
High School Loan 1924 124,000.00
North End School Loan 1926 10,000.00
Water Mains Loan 1928 3,000.00
West Elementary School Loan 48,000.00
Lowell School Addition 1930 20,000.00
Administration Bldg. Loan 1931 110,000.00
Sewer and Drains Loan 1934 4,000.00
Senior High School Add'n 1934 44,000.00
Public Library Add'n Loan 1934 11,00.-.00
New Elementary School Loan 1935 70,000.00
Police Station Loan 1935 22,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1936 10,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1937 16,003.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1937 20,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1938 67,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1938 67,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1939 81,000.00
Betterment Street Loan 1939 19,000.00
Municipal Garage Loan 1939 67,000.00
State Tax Refunding Loan 1939 58,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1939 45,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1940 120,000.00
Highway Equipment Loan 1940 30,000.00 $1,120,000.00
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash R Securities $79.951,03
Municipal Contributory Retirement Funds:
Cash & Securities $117.097.94
193
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Library Trust Funds
Asa Pratt Fund $13,009.29
Mary D. Meade Fund 3,165.81
Pierce Fund 1,313.73
Barry Fund 1,007.28
Templeton Fund 2,545.34
Martha Sanger Fund 849.52
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 58,060.06 $79,951.03
Annuity Savings Fund $51,300.52
Annuity Reserve Fund 1,279.55
Pension Accumulation Fund 60,545.69
Expense Fund 235.70
Income (Undistributed) 3,736.48 $117.097.94
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UNPAID BILLS
The following are all the unpaid bills sent to the Auditor:
Dog Officer
Samuel G. Thayer, disposing of dead animals 78.67
Premium Account
Second National Bank, certifying bonds 344.22 $422.89
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM W. NORCROSS, Jr.,
Auditor.
INDEX TO REPORT OF TOWN AUDITOR
Receipts . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . so
Refunds . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Payments .. ..... .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Annuities .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Assessors' Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Auditor's Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Balance Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Buildings, Inspector of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Cattle, Inspector . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cemetery Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Clerk, Town . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Collector's Department . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Contributory Retirement Pension System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Dog Officer . . . ... . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 118
Election Expenses ... ... .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Engineering Department . . ... . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Finance Committee .... ... .. .. . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Fire Department .... .. ... . ... . . .. . . .. ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 109
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth, Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... 114
Headquarters, Veterans .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Health Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Highway Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Insurance . ... ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .. . ... . 170
Infirmary Department . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Interest and Maturing Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Legal Services .. .... .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Library Department . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... 163
Memorial Day ..... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Moderator . .. ...... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Park Department . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. 166
Pensions .... ......... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .. . . 168
Physician, Town .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ....... .. .. 141
Plumbing, Inspector . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . 121
Planning Board ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. .. . . 103
Playground Department . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . .. .. 167
Poles and Wires Department . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. ..... . .. .. . 116
Police Department ... . . .. .. ... .. ........ . . . .. ... ... ...... ... 103
Registrars of Voters ... . . . . .. .... . ...... .. . . . . . ..... . ... ... ... 100
Reserve Fund . .. ... .. . . .. .. ..... .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. .. .. ... ... . 173
School Department .. . . . . . .. ..... ... ... . .. . . . . . ... . .. .. .. ... . 143
Selectmen's Department .. . . .. . .. ..... . . . . . . . . .. .... ... . . . . . . 89
Sewer Department . . . . . . . . ... ....... ... . . .. . . . .... . . ... . ... . . 121
Soldiers' Relief .. . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. ... .. . . .. . .. ... . . .. . . . ... .. . 141
StateAid .. .... . .... . . . . .. .... . ... .... . . . . . .. .... . .. . . . ... .. . 143
TownHall . . .. . . . . . . . ... ... . . . ... . .. . . . . . . ... ... . . . ... ... ... 101
Town Report, Printing .. .. . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . .. . ... .. . . .. . .. .. . 171
Treasurer's Department ... . .. ... .. .. . . ... ... ........ ... .. . . . 91
Tree Warden . .. . . . .. . .. ...... ........ .. . . . .... ...... ... . . . . . 115
Unpaid Bills .. .. . . . . . . .......... ...... ... . ..... ... . . . . . . . . . . . 173
VotingLists ... . . . . .. . .... .. . .. .. . .. . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Water Department . . ....... . ..... .. . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Weights and Measures ...... ........ . . . . .. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Welfare, Public, Department . .... ... .. . ............... . . . . .. 129
Workmen's Compensation ... . .. ..... . . . . ... .......... ... .... . 170
W. P. A. ...... . .. . .. ........... . ... . . ............... ... . ... .. 174
Veterans Foreign Wars . . .... ... ... . . . . . ........ .... .. . . . . .. . 169
WATERTOWN
MASSACHUSETTS
PUBLIC SC
The One Hundred and Third Annual Report
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
Sixtieth Annual Report
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
1940
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
EARL S. TYLER, Chairman Term Expires 1942
G. JOHN GREGORY, Secretary Term Expires 1943
HELEN REGAN Term Expires 1941
FRANCIS RYAN Term Expires 1941
ROSCOE DAUGHTERS Term Expires 1942
HERBERT BERRY Term Expires 1943
WINTHROP ROCKWELL Term Expires 1943
FRANCIS A. KELLY
Superintendent of Schools
Office, Administration Building
OFFICE FOURS
3.30 to 5.00 P. M., Monday, Tuesday
Thursday and Friday
Watertown, Mass., January 2. 1941.
In School Committee: Voted: That the report of the Superinten-
dent of Schools be accepted and adopted as the annual report of the
School Committee of the Town.
G. JOHN GREGORY,
Secretary.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Hereinafter is respectfully submitted the annual report of the School
Committee for the year ending December 31, 1940. The reports of the
various officers and departments in the school system will indicate to
the citizens of the Town the precise status of the schools and all matters
connected with the school system as of the close of the year and parti-
cularly the progress which our system of education has made during
the last year. The School Committee by vote has adopted the report
of the Superintendent as the official report of the Committee and we
respectfully call attention to the items and details set out therein.
The members of your School Committee feel that the establishment
of the Department of Military Science and Tactics in the Senior High
School will prove of tremendous benefit in the future to the boys who
actually complete the work of the Department, to the school system and
to many of our citizens as well. Some of the beneficial results already
noticeable are the reduction of disciplinary problems in the Senior High
School and the uniform manly conduct of the pupils who come within
the sphere of influence of the system of military training adopted. It is
hoped that the influence of the Department will be carried into the
various homes in our community and consequently some of the difficult
problems of Americanization and patriotic support of our government
may be more easily solved.
The purpose of your Committee has been to improve the system of
education with the greatest possible economy. We have endeavored to
reduce expenditures wherever possible without detracting from the
efficiency and effectiveness of our educational system. We have attempted
to systematize and organize the School Department so that our boys
and girls will be equipped with the knowledge sufficient to enable them
to take their place in society as good, honest, independent citizens and
accustomed by training and experience to exercise the amount of willing
effort necessary to enable them to be self supporting and helpful to
others.
The curriculums of our two Junior High Schools have been coordi-
nated and correlated. The purpose of your School Committee in this
respect was to make the course of the pupils in the Junior High Schools
systematic and progressive and to make the transition of the student
from the Junior High system to the Senior High School a natural ad-
vancement in a systematic program of education. Many of the teachers
in our system have been appointed to various committees whose task
it is to provide courses of study to be uniformly instituted in all our
schools. These committees are at work and before long we hope to have
the courses of study completed and put into operation. We have
endeavored to organize the system so that the students may have a
choice of courses and under the direction and guidance of their teachers
and parents they may choose and elect wisely the course which will
best fit them individually to take the place they should naturally occupy
in our community.
The various members of your Committee have devoted a great deal
of time during the past year to the problems of the School Department.
They have served patiently and faithfully. The deliberations of the
Committee have been orderly and harmonious. The decisions of the
Committee have been reached after careful investigation and study.
The members of the School Committee desire hereby to express in-
dividually their thanks to the Superintendent of Schools, the various
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principals and heads of departments, the teachers and other employees
for their interested cooperation and their sincere efforts to assist us
in the performance of our duties. The members of the Committee have
enjoyed the opportunity to be of service to the Town and we are grate-
ful to all those who have been of assistance to us and who have made
our task easy to perform.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
By Earl S. 'Tyler, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the Chairman and Members of the
Watertown School Committee:
I have the honor to submit herewith my second annual report of the
schools of Watertown, which is the sixtieth in the series of annual
reports of the Superintendent of the Watertown Public Schools. This
report includes a summary of the progress made during the past year,
together with other phases of the school system which should be of
public interest. The appendix to this report includes the financial
statement for the fiscal year of nineteen hundred forty, and statistical
data taken from the School Returns of the State Department of Edu-
cation.
Junior High School Program of Studies
In May the following Program of Studies was adopted for the Junior
High Schools:
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PROGRAM OF STUDIES
Grade VII Grade VIII
English 7 English 7
Mathematics 5 Mathematics 5
History 3 Social Studies 4
Geography 3 General Science 3
Physical Training 2 Physical Training 2
Health 1 Art 1
Art 2 Music 1
Music 2 Supervised Study 3
Practical Arts 2
Supervised Study 3 Elect one of the following groups
Group I General Language
Business Training 4 !4z yr. each
Group II Practical Arts 4 periods
Group III Half year Practical
Arts with half year of General
Language or Business Training
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Three changes worthy of special comment are: supervised study,
general language in Grade VIII, and mathematics for all pupils in
Grade IX.
It has come to be widely recognized that one of the causes of un-
satisfactory work on the part of many pupils is ineffective study. Many
pupils do not know how to study. They do not know how to concentrate
and very often they do not know what they are expected to do. Others
do not know how to use reference books or accessory materials.
These and other phases of study need to be taught. By carefully
assigning supervised study periods to a small group of teachers who have
the technique for ascertaining individual deficiencies in study habits
and who are able to recognize the individual nature of study, we feel
that some success has been achieved in teaching the pupils how to
study. All teachers who are doing individual guidance work have been
assigned some supervised study periods.
Because student mortality has always been high in the foreign-
language courses, the need of an introductory course has been felt,
which would be worthwhile for its own sake and which would show the
field covered by foreign-language courses. The half-year course in
general language given in Grade Eight is one in which stress is placed
upon the origin of language, its use as a social tool, and its structure.
It is planned as a means of arousing the interest of pupils by putting
into the foreground some of the general principles of language structure,
as well as an insight into the origin, development and relationships of
languages. With this background the pupil should be well prepared and
enthusiastic for the beginning of the formal study of foreign languages
in Grade Nine.
Under the former program of studies it was possible for many pupils
to pass through Grade Nine without any training in mathematics. This
elimination placed a hardship upon pupils who elected a course of
mathematics in Grade Ten. Under the present plan algebra, business
arithmetic and general mathematics are offered in Grade Nine and
each student must elect one of these courses.
Mid-Year and Final Examinations at Senior High School
Beginning this year, mid-year and final examinations will be given
to all pupils at the Senior High School. These tests were discontinued
four years ago. However, it is believed that aside from the administra-
tive value of such examinations, the pupils will benefit greatly from the
training and guidance which they receive in preparation for these semi-
annual check-ups. For the mid-year examinations, non-standardized
teacher-made tests will be used; while for the finals standardized tests
will be provided.
Health Education Department
In June the Department of Physical Education was reorganized and
set up as the Health Education Department under the following Rules
and Regulations:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the Watertown schools
a Department of Health Education. Courses of instruction in this
department will include health education, physical training, athletics
and hygiene. All teachers performing duties in this department and all
coaches will be responsible to and subject to the supervision of the
principals of the various schools and the superintendent of schools except
the officers and instructors connected with the Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
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Section 2. The teachers and coaches in this department shall be
appointed by the School Committee including a supervisor of girls'
activities.
Section 3. All male students physically fit in the senior high school
shall be members of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps or shall
take cadet drill under a competent instructor appointed by the School
Committee. The supervisor of girls' activities shall organize a program
of physical training and health education for the girls in the entire
school system and all teachers having anything to do with the physical
training or health education of girls shall be directly responsible to her
and it shall be her responsibility to direct and supervise such entire
program. The health education and physical training of boys in the
junior high schools shall be administered by competent teachers and
instructors appointed by the School Committee and who shall be under
the direct control and supervision of the principals of the respective
schools. The principals of such schools shall meet with such instructors
and develop a program and course of study which shall coordinate the
work of this department in such schools among the boys. The health
education and physical training of boys in the elementary schools shall
be under the supervision and control of the principals of the respective
schools, and shall administer a program of such education approved by
the School Committee.
Section 4. The school doctors and nurses shall be under the super-
vision of the principals of the various schools and the superintendent of
schools. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of schools together
with the faculty manager of athletics and the principals of the various
schools to develop in conjunction with the doctors and nurses and
various instructors and coaches of athletics in the school department a
correlated program for instruction in hygiene throughout the school
system and it shall be the purpose of such program in connection with
the work of physical training and health education to build clean,
healthy and active bodies and minds in the pupils of the Watertown
schools.
Section 5. There is hereby created in the senior high school the
office of a faculty manager of athletics. The faculty manager of athle-
tics shall be appointed by the School Committee at such salary as the
School Committee may direct. At least one half such salary shall be paid
by the Athletic Association of the high school.
He shall cooperate with the head coach of each sport in matters
pertaining to schedules, equipment, officials, transportation, conduct of
players, and all games that come under the direction of the senior
high school interscholastic athletic program.
No material or equipment shall be purchased by the faculty mana-
ger without the written consent of the head coach of the sport in which
it is to be used. He shall have full charge of, and be responsible for, the
maintenance and care of all equipment used for athletics in the senior
high school and shall make an inventory in duplicate form of all such
equipment at the beginning and end of each sports season. One copy
of the same shall be placed in the hands of the superintendent of schools
before fourteen days have elapsed of any specific season, and not later
than fourteen days after the close of any set sport season.
He shall have full charge of all receipts and expenditures of moneys
relative to the Senior High School Athletic Fund. All receipts shall be
deposited to the credit of The Watertown High School Athletic Fund in
the Union Market National Bank of Watertown. A financial statement
must be rendered to the superintendent of schools quarterly during each
school year on or before December 20, March 20, and June 20. All ac-
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counts of the Senior High School Athletic Fund must be audited in
June of each year by an auditor appointed by the School Committee.
He shall be responsible for the details pertaining to the use of all
fields, parks, and gymnasiums on which athletic contests are to be held.
He shall see that all pupils wishing to participate in, or practice
for, any interscholastic sport submit to a physical examination.
He shall have the authority to make decisions (not specifically
covered in the rules and regulations) that would seem necessary for
the good of interscholastic athletics.
Section 6. Any sport or interscholastic competition in athletic
games may be promoted by the high school upon approval of the School
Committee. The School Committee, after recommendation by the
superintendent of schools, shall appoint the coaches of such sports and
fix the amount of the salaries to be paid them for the performance of
their duties as such. The following sports or interscholastic competi-
tion in athletic games are hereby approved by the School Committee
and the amount set opposite each provides a schedule of remuneration
for coaching the same until further vote of the School Committee:
Football $$300.00 Track $100.00
Baseball $100.00 Soccer $100.00
Basketball $100.00 Tennis $50.00
Hockey $100.00 Golf $50.00
All coaches shall be directly responsible to and under the super-
vision of the faculty manager of athletics.
Section 7. Interscholastic athletic awards by the Athletic Associa-
tion in the senior high school may be made from time to time at the
discretion of the faculty manager and coaches upon approval by the
principal.
"Head coach $200.00.
Assistant coach $100.00.
Military Drill in the Senior High School
In June, application was made to the War Department of the
Federal Government for the installation of a Junior Reserve Officers
Training Corps at our Senior High School. This type of military in-
struction is given by the War Department in many High Schools
throughout the country. For many years, Gloucester and New Bedford
have taken advantage of Junior R. O. T. C. which is financed by the
U. S. Government. Military drill has been conducted in the Boston
High Schools for many years, but at the expense of the School Depart-
ment, except for uniforms. Because of the tremendous defense program
which was anticipated by the Government in June and which has since
been adopted, no funds were available whereby Junior R. O. T. C. units
could be sponsored by the War Department. There was also a lack of
trained officers to be assigned to such units by the Government.
Our application is still pending and whenever the time comes that
trained officers and funds are available, we hope for favorable action
by the War Department. In the meantime, however, we have gone
ahead with the organization of a Department of Military Science and
Tactics at the Senior High School based upon the Government's pre-
scribed course for Junior R. O. T. C., which includes a course in hygiene.
We were most fortunate in securing the services of Lt. Col. Arthur
T. Dalton of Salem, who formerly served as an R.O.T. C. officer at
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Indiana University, University of Maryland and Lafayette College before
he was assigned to the Gloucester, Massachusetts unit, from which he
retired in 1932.
He has as an assistant, Master Sergeant Thomas Quinn, of Water-
town, a retired officer with thirty years of service in the regular army.
Mr. Quinn was recommended to the School Department by the Water-
town Post V. of F.W. Incidentally, it might be of interest to the
citizens of Watertown to know that the combined salary paid for the
services of these two capable officers is less than the maximum paid for
one man teacher at the Senior High School.
The decision to include military drill in our Senior High School
curriculum was not hastened because of the spirit of the times, nor as
a national defense movement as some might think, but rather because
of local conditions which might benefit from such instruction. There
appeared a necessity for sterner discipline of the boys in the Senior
High School and it was felt that the strictness of military training
would furnish an example for the entire school.
The manual of arms and the setting up exercises included in this
program of military drill offer more physical exercise than the original
gymnasium periods. The boys are under strict military training from
the minute they enter the drill hall until they break ranks. The in-
terest with which the boys have accepted this training presages an
enthusiastic and well disciplined cadet battalion at the Senior High
School.
The results of this training will naturally enable the boys to better
prepare themselves as leaders both in civil life and in military training,
if later they are called into the selective service of the government.
Lastly, it cannot be denied that such activity on the part of our boys
will arouse among our citizens, not only a sense of pride in the school
cadets, but also a greater spirit of patriotism and Americanization.
Physical Examination for New Teachers
Last year, candidates for teaching positions were requested to file
with their applications a doctor's certificate of good health. This year
in order to avail ourselves of every precaution that might protect the
health of the child it was voted to take advantage of the X-ray chest
examination given to teachers at the Middlesex County Sanatorium.
Hereafter, newly appointed teachers and teachers not yet on tenure shall
be required to present themselves for this examination. All expense is
borne by the Middlesex County Sanatorium as its contribution to the
community to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
An invitation was also extended to all teachers in the service who
wish to take advantage of this check up. Already several groups have
gone and appointments have been made for others, in the future.
New Teachers
The evolution of methods of selecting and appointing teachers in
the United States has been somewhat as follows: 1) By town meeting;
2) by the town committee; 3) by the School Board or Board of Educa-
tion; and 4) by the Superintendent of Schools.
In 47 per cent of the cities and towns in our country, the Superin-
tendent of Schools takes the initial step by nominating teachers and in
24 per cent he makes the appointment to be confirmed or rejected by the
board; in about 3 per cent, other procedures, such as the selection from
an eligible list determined by examination, and in about 24'/_- per cent,
a combination of these methods are used.
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In about 1.5 per cent of the cities and towns in the country the
school board selects teachers without the participation of the superin-
tendent. In Massachusetts, the law prescribes that the superintendent
recommend teachers for the approval of the School Committee.
Your committee is to be commended for its policy of not limiting
the superintendent in any manner in seeking the best candidates avail-
able for teaching positions in Watertown.
This past year, over one hundred candidates were interviewed by
your superintendent, many were visited at work by both the superin-
tendent and principals. Fifteen candidates were interviewed by the
High School principal and the superintendent at the State Department
of Education. Candidates from College Placement Bureaus were con-
tacted. The teachers recommended by your superintendent and ap-
pointed unanimously by the Committee, and their records are as fol-
lows:
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Test and Guidance
During the year past particular stress has been given to the in-
service training of teachers responsible for the administration of tests
and for guidance counseling.
In the elementary schools test teachers were selected by the several
principals to administer the general mental ability tests. These tests
are quite technical and require careful administration for reliable
results. Meetings were held for these teachers at which proper methods
for administrating the tests were discussed. Each teacher was also
assisted by the director in the classroom when the tests were given.
Regular meetings were held throughout the year with the Junior
and Senior High School Counselors. At these meetings many types of
guidance problems were considered and techniques were discussed.
These meetings will be continued during the coming year.
In the Senior High School two interesting and profitable conference
days were held during the year. One was a College Conference Day at
which representatives of sixteen New England Colleges (all gradu-
ates of Watertown High School) conducted small sectional meetings for
boys and girls interested in going to college. The other was an Occu-
pational Conference conducted in cooperation with the Watertown
Rotary Club. Eighteen professional and business men and women dis-
cussed occupations in small groups with the boys and girls of the senior
class.
Last year a placement service for graduates was inaugurated, oper-
ating from the office of the Department of Guidance. This year the
service was continued with greater success. A series of talks was given
to the Seniors who were going to look for jobs, explaining job hunting
techniques. Individual conferences were also arranged, and particular
job hunting problems analyzed. Many graduates and parents have
availed themselves of this opportunity to seek information regarding
educational and occupational opportunities.
Course of Study
The work of the committees on new courses of study has continued
during the year and reports of progress have been received from all of
the chairmen. The elementary arithmetic, health, science and English
committees will have their work completed within a month. The ele-
mentary Social Studies Committee is experimenting with new units of
work in geography, history and civics. On February 12, 1941, Professor
W. H. Burton of the Harvard University Graduate School is scheduled
to talk to the teachers in Social Studies; and during February, March
and April, Professor Linwood Chase of Boston University School of Edu-
cation will give a Harvard-Boston University Course for elementary
teachers in Social Studies.
Committees on commercial subjects and foreign languages will be
appointed during the month of January.
Central Office for the School Department
For many years past the School Department office was housed in
the Town Hall and since the construction of the Administration Build-
ing, in two rooms in that building. Because of this limited housing
space, it has been impossible to group the supervisory personnel and
department heads together. These are now housed throughout town.
The Art Supervisor has an office in the East Junior High School; the
Cafeteria Supervisor, Health Education, Manual Training and Visual
Education departments. have their headquarters in the Senior High
School; the Attendance Department has a very small office in the
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Hosmer School, from which working certificates are also issued; the
director of measurement and guidance has an office in the School De-
partment quarters; the school nurses, formerly housed in the Hosmer
School, now have no headquarters; this is likewise true of the Speech
Correction teacher and the Music Supervisors.
Such a situation tends toward disunity and creates a very disjointed
and unwholesome situation. After considerable thought and investiga-
tion of this problem, I have arrived at a feasible solution.
For some years the second floor of the Francis School has been
unused. On the first floor there are five classrooms, most of which.
according to present enrolment trends, can eventually be absorbed in
the Phillips School. This building is of good construction, is heated
from the Phillips School, which is adjacent and is centrally located. It
would also make an ideal location for all school department head-
quarters, including special departments, directors and supervisors. It
would facilitate a reorganization and consolidation of some, placing
responsibility more centrally. It would furnish an excellent place for
the location of a professional library and reference room for teachers.
The basement, also partly unused, offers ample room for the storage
of books and supplies—a very pressing need.
Accordingly, I recommend that the School Committee take this
matter under consideration for approval and action in the near future.
Retirements
In June, Harris Winfield Moore, who for thirty-eight years con-
ducted most of the classes in woodworking in the Elementary Schools.
retired from service. Mr. Moore, who came to Watertown in 1902, was
educated at Holden High School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and
the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, from which
he received a diploma for manual training and art education in elemen-
tary and secondary schools. Before coming to Watertown, he taught
at the C. M. Schwab Manual Training School, Homestead, Pennsylvania
and at Hartford. Connecticut, where he was Director of Manual Train-
ing for Grammar Schools. His quiet, sincere and conscientious manner
has endeared him to two generations of Watertown parents and pupils.
John Driscoll, who retired in March, was janitor at the Coolidge
School since 1925. Before his appointment as a school janitor, he
worked as a machinist at the Watertown Arsenal for twenty-eight years.
I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the principals, teachers,
supervisors, janitors and other employees who have labored so dili-
gently for the educational welfare of the children of Watertown, I also
wish to thank the members of the other town departments and the
citizens who have cooperated with the School Department during the
past year.
Lastly. I wish to express my appreciation to the members of the
School Committee for their helpful assistance and support in the
formation of progressive educational policies.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. KELLY.
January 2, 1941 Superintendent of Schools.
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APPENDIX
Table I—Financial Statement for Fiscal Year Ending December 1940.
Table II—Money Received into the Town Treasury as a result of School
Department Operation.
Table III—General Statistics December 1940.
Table IV—Attendance Data for the Year Ending June 21, 1940.
Table V—Membership in the Day Schools, by Grades, October 1,1938.
1939, 1940.
Table VI—Estimated Value of Public School Property, July 1, 1940.
Table VII—Evening School Enrolment by Subjects, November 1940.
Table VIII—Professional Training of Teaching Force, January 1, 1940.
Table IX—Report of School Nurses and School Physicians.
Graduation Exercises, June 1940
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STATISTICAL DATA
Table I. Financial Statement for Fiscal Year ending December 31, 1940.
Appropriated by Town Meeting . ... ........... $590,324.00
Transferred to other Departments by Town
Meeting . . . . ..... ... . . . . . .... . ... . .... . . .. 600.00
Total available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $589.724.00
Expended ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $588,452.12
Balance unexpended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 1,271.88
S589.724.00
Itemized Expenditures
General Control . . . .. .. ...... . .. .. $14,798.94
Instruction . . . . . . . . ......... ... . . .. 481,536.83
Operation . .. . . .. . ... .. ....... . . . .. 59,485.02
Maintenance . . .. . . . ... .... . .... . .. 6,499.65
New Equipment . . .......... . ... . ... 998.98
Miscellaneous ... . . . ... ..... . . . . . . . . 6,199.79
Evening School . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,133.72
Trade Schools . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 13,099.39
Transportation . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,699.80
Total Expended . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... $588,452.12
TABLE II. MONEY RECEIVED INTO THE TOWN TREASURY AS A
RESULT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OPERATION
(This money is not expended for Schools)
A. Tuition:
Continuation and Trade School Reim-
bursements . ... . . . .. . .. ..... .. . . . . . . . . $5,836.47
Sight-Saving Class Non-resident pupils . . . 314.88
State Wards . . .. . . . . . . . .. . ... .. . . .. . . . . . 1,424.88
$7,576.23
B. State Reimbursements:
Americanization ... .. . . . . . . .. ... . .. . . . . . . $328.12
General School Fund . . .. . . . ..... .. . . . . . . 49.559.34
Sight-Saving Class . . . .. .. .. . . . .. ... . . . . 500.00
$50.387.46
C. Miscellaneous Receipts:
Evening School .... . ... . . . . . .... ... .. .. . . .. $63.75
Hall Rental . . . . . . . . . . .. ... ... .. . . .. . . . . 446.50
Lost books, broken windows, etc. ... ... .. . 9.78
Senior High School: lost books, chemistry
breakage, stamps, etc. . ......... . . . . . . .. 114.00
Manual Training receipts .... .. .. . . . . . . . . 145.61
$779.64
Tot;il . . . . .. . ... . . . . . . ... ... .. . .. . . . .. $58,743.33
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TABLE III. GENERAL STATISTICS, DECEMBER 1940
Number school buildings ..... . . . . ... . . .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Senior High School . ..... . . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 1
Junior High Schools ... .... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . 2
Elementary Schools . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Grand
Men Women Total Total
Principals:
Senior High School . . . . . ... .. .. . . . . .. . . 1 1
Junior High Schools . . . . . ..... . . . .. .. . 2 2
Elementary Schools . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. 5 5 8
Directors:
Guidance . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . ...... . . . . . . .. 1 1
Manual Training ... . . . . ... .... . . . . . . . 1 1 2
Supervisors:
Household Arts & Cafeterias . ... . . . . . . . 1 1
Music (full time) . .. . . . .... ... . . . . . . . . 1 1
Music (part time) . .. . . . . ...... . . . . . . . 1 1
Physical Education (girls) . . . ... . . . . . . . . 1 1
Drawing . . . . . . ... ... . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . 2 2 6
Military Drill and Tactics:
Instructor . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . 1 1
Assistant (part time) . . . . . ..... . .. . . . . . 1 1 2
Special Teachers:
Special Class . .. . .. .. . . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . 1 5 6
Speech Correction .. .. . . . . . . ... ... . .. . . 1 1
Librarian . . .. . . . .. .. . .. . . . . . .... . .. . . . . 1 1
Sight Saving Class . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1 1
Physical Education (elementary) . . . . . . 1 1 10
Teachers:
Senior High School . .. . .. . . .... . .. . .. . . 23 30 53
Junior High Schools . . .. . . . ....... . . . . . 19 44 63
Elementary Schools . . .. . ... ....... . . . . 104 104 220
Home Instruction: Teachers (part time) . . . 1 1 1
Evening School:
Principal .... . . . . . . . .. ... . .. . ..... . . . . . 1 1
Teachers . .. . . . . . . ... .. .. . . . . ...... . . . . 4 7 11
Americanization: Teachers . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . 1 3 4 16
Total number of different teachers . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 265
General Control:
Superintendent . . . . . ... ... . . . . ... ... .. . 1 1
Attendance Officers . ... ... . . . ... . .. . . . 2 2
Secretary to Superintendent . .. ..... . . . 1 1
Assistant Secretaries . . .. ... . . .. .. . . . . . 2 2 6
Clerks:
Senior High School . . . . . . . ... . . ...... . . 2 2
Junior High Schools . . .. .. . . . . ... .... . . 1 1
Elementary Schools . . .. .. ... . ..... ... . . 4 4 7
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Miscellaneous:
Nurses . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . .. . . . . . .. 3 3
Physicans (part time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 3 3 6
Custodians and Janitorial service:
Custodian . . . . . . . .. .... . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. 1 1
Janitors . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 14 14
Matrons . .. . . . . . ... . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . 7 7 22
Total number of different persons em-
ployed by the School Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
TABLE IV. ATTENDANCE DATA FOR THE YEAR ENDING
JUNE 21, 1940
Average Percent
Number of Average Daily of
Pupils Enrolled Member- Attend- Attend-
School Boys Girls Total ship ante ante
Senior High . . . . . . .. . . 709 698 1407 1385 1300 93.8
East Junior High . . .. 365 426 791 782 755 96.5
West Junior High . . . . 446 444 890 858 811 94.5
Browne . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 235 249 484 468 437 93.4
Coolidge ... . . . .. .. .. . 311 297 608 611 585 95.7
Hosmer .... . . . . .... .. 432 391 823 800 764 95.5
Lowell . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. 325 288 613 590 551 93.4
Marshall . ... . . . . . . . . . 184 150 334 328 307 93.6
Parker ... ... . . .. . .. . . 118 128 246 247 232 93.9
Francis-Phillips .. ... . 285 255 540 530 494 93.2
TOTALS . . . . . . . . . 3410 3326 6736 6599 6236 94.5
TABLE V. MEMBERSHIP 1N THE DAY SCHOOLS, BY GRADES,
OCTOBER 1, 1938, 1939, 1940
Elementary Schools 1938 1939 1940
Kindergarten . .... . . . . . ... . .. . . . . .. . . . 403 377 409
Class for children three or more years
mentally retarded .. . ...... . . ... . . 72 84 81
Sight Saving Class . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . 8 11 13
Grade 1 ... . 537 503 480
Grade 2 571 497 497
Grade 3 . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 544 481
Grade 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 539 533
Grade 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . 537 502 534
Grade 6 . . . .... . . .. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 524 515 480
Total in elementary schools . . . . . . . . .. 3716 3572 3508
Junior High Schools
Grade 7 . . .. . . .... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . 569 554 521
Grade 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .. . 535 560 560
Grade 9 . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . 574 551 521
Total in junior high schools . . . . .. .. 1678 1665 1602
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Senior High School
Grade 10 . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 550 576 530
Grade 11 . . . .. ... .. ... . ..... .. . . . ... . . 432 452 475
Grade 12 401 375 416
Postgraduates .. .. ... . .. ... . . . . . . . . ... 41 21 20
Total in senior high school . . . . . . . . . . 1424 1424 1441
Grand Total . . .. . . . . . . .. ... . .. .. . . .... 6818 6661 6551
TABLE VI. ESTIMATED VALUE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL
PROPERTY, JULY 1, 1940
Junior Senior
Schools Elementary High High Total
Sites .... . . . . ..... . .... $149,825.00 $50,000.00 $34,000.00 $233,825.00
Buildings . . .. .. . .. ... . . 1,148,672.00 490,111.00 533,940.00 2,172,723.00
Equipment 125,691.39 76,316.67 1.13,539.90 315,547.96
(Furniture, apparatus,
libraries, etc.)
Total estimated value . . $1,424,188.39 $616,427.67 $681,479.90$2,722,095.96
TABLE VII. EVENING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY SUBJECTS
NOVEMBER 1940
Bookkeeping . .. ... ... .............. ..... ... . . . . 18
Blue Print Reading and Shop Mathematics .. . . 17
English ... . . . ....... .. . ... ...... .. ....... .. . . 19
LipReading . . . . .. ..... . . . . ...... . . .. . ...... . . . 8
Mathematics . . .. ... ....... ........ .. . ... ..... . . 17
Mechanical Drawing . . . . ........ . . . ......... . . 20
Public Speaking and Parliamentary Law ..... . 35
Shorthand . .. . . ... .. ...... . ........ . . . ... ... . . . 35
Typewriting . . . . ... ... ... . ....... .. .. ........ .. 63
Total . . . . . . . ... . ...... ... ... .. .. .......... . 232
Americanization Classes ...... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 114
Total number pupils enrolled in Evening School
classes .. .. . .. . . ..... ... ... ... .. .. . .... . . .. . 346
TABLE VIII. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF TEACHING
FORCE, JANUARY 1, 1940
Training Total
Graduate of:
College . ... .. . . . ..... . . . . . ........ . . .. ... ..... . 95
Teachers college or normal school:
Diploma (2 yrs.) .... ... ...... . . . . . . ... .. . .. . . 98
Diploma Q or 4 yrs.) . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 32
Degree ... . .. ... ......... . .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
High School with professional training for:
1 year only . . ................ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 years or more . ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
High school only ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Total ... ... ........ . ....... .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . 251
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TABLE IX. REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSES AND
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
School Nurses:
Pupils inspected for symptoms of communicable disease, in-
fected scalps, and skin eruptions . . ........ .. . . . . . . . . .. . . 12,006
First Aid treatment given to pupils for minor cuts, bruises,
etc. . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . .. . .. . . 2,192
Home visits (made to help correct remediable defects and for
instructions to parents) ..... . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .. . .. . . 1,138
State histories obtained for State clinics for retarded pupils. . 70
Visits made to schools . . .. .. . ... . . . . . . ..... . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . 1,376
Assisted in giving audiometer test for hearing . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 2,620
Retested pupils having defective vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . 121
Retested pupils having defective hearing . . .. ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . 107
Assisted the school physicians in their annual medical exam-
inations of all school pupils.
Recorded the result of the examination on the health cards.
Sent notices and inade all necessary follow-up visits for the
correction of remediable defects.
School Physicans:
Number of pupils examined during 1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 5.707
Number of defects:
Enlarged tonsils . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 431
Organic heart disease . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 129
Functional murmurs . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . .. . . 27
Postural . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . . 271
Poor nutrition . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . .... . . 28
Defects of spine and feet . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . 38
Nervous system . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... .. . 6
Daily visits to schools . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1,295
Number of examinations made during daily visits, in addition
to routine examinations, and classified as follows:
First Aid . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 46
Infectious skin diseases . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . 118
Other infectious diseases .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 8
Miscellaneous .. . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . 1123
Sanitary inspections—Schools inspected during year and recommenda-
tions made where necessary.
Physician in attendance at all football games.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Watertown, Massachusetts
TERRACE LAWN
Tuesday, June 11, 1940
7.00 P. M.
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL—Victory Field March
Malcolm F. Willoughby, W.H. S. 1915
High School Orchestra and Band
INVOCATION—Reverend Edward C. Camp
MUSIC—Marche Romaine Gounod
High School Orchestra and Band
SENIOR ESSAY—Today—Tomorrow!
Helen Wood, 1940
VIOLIN SOLO—Indian Snake Dance Burleigh
Harry Zaratzian. 1940
SENIOR ESSAY—The Will To Do
William Kelly, 1940
GRADUATION ADDRESS—Dr. Daniel L. Marsh
President, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
PIANO SOLO—Malaguena Lecuona
Luise Vosgerchian, 1940
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT
Lois Darte, Chairman, Gift Committee
ACCEPTANCE FOR THE CLASS
George Yankowski, President, Class of 1940
VALEDICTORY—Rosamond Gethro
Helen Field
ACCEPTANCE FOR THE SCHOOL
John McKeever, President, Class of 1941
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Mr. Earle S. Tyler, Chairman of School Committee
Assisted by Mr. Francis A. Kelly, Superintendent of Schools
BENEDICTION—Reverend Edward C. Camp
RECESSIONAL -Hero of the Isthmus , Lampe
High School Orchestra and Band
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CLASS OF 1940
Marjorie Anne Abraham §"'Marie S. Ceddia
"Audrey Barbara Ajemian Jennie Madeline Centorino
John G. Akillian Agnes Therese Chamberlain
Malcolm F. Allen Claire Diana Chevrette
Ruth Editha Allen Albert Chloodian
Anna Ambrose Frederick Joseph Christensen, Jr.
Sheldon Ananian *Lorraine M. Cockell
Antony Anastasi Philip Connell
Salvatore Peter Anastasi Dorothy Mae Conners
Dorothy Evelyn Andersen John E. Connors
Ralph Ainsworth Andrews Richard C. Conroy
Henrietta Rita Angelucci Yola Loretta Conti
"Sarah Katherine Anjoorian George Louis Contos
Rosemary Aprigian "Vincent Corapi
Laurie Carlton Arenburg Charles S. Corcoran
'Jennie Martha Argento Constance Adrienne Courtois
§Rose Argiro Walter Anthony Coyle
Salvatore Arico Elizabeth H. Cram
Marie Elma Arsenault John M. Cram
§Arthur M. Ayvazian, Jr. Clara Marie Crescitelli
—Phyllis Gloria Baker J. Bradford Cunio
Shahan Balian Madeline Eleanor Cunningham
Assurnpta J. Barila Majorie Abbott Cunningham
*Marjorie Kimpton Barker Gertrude Ruth Daley
Joseph Barnes Lawrence S. D'Arnico, Jr.
Clinton A. Barnett Margaret E. D'Amico
Louis B. Barsam, Jr. Angela Rosa D'Angelo
Florence Anne Battalgia William Howard Danner
Aram Bazarian Esther Anne D'Antonio
Dorothy Florence Benson Lois Darte
Rose Marie Beradino Anne D. Darveshian
George Domenic Bernabei Joseph K. Dee
Dorothy Bernardo Grace Mary DeFilippo
Clarence Bianchi Joseph Anthony DeGeorge
Carl Andrew Bigham, Jr. Mary H. Degnan
Frederick Henry Bird Peter Derderian
William Robert Bishop ''tAnna DerVartanian
Gerald Bonnell Evelyn M. Descheneaux
Mary K. Brown Leo Albert Descheneaux
Ralph Brown Fred Devenney
Ruth Brown Jean Evans Dexter
Arthur Joseph Bryant Anthony DiGiovine
Raymond Joseph Burns Orlando DiGregorio
Donald J. Bussey Lenore N. DiPace
William H. Butler Francis Thomas Donnelly
Caroline E. Cahill Lucille Claire Donnelly
Vincent E. Cahill Arthur O. Doria
William Joseph Calden Maryrose Therese Drummey
Elvera Patricia Caloggero §°Jeanette Adrienne DuBois
§Regina Mary Capobianco Lydia Rita Duest
Hugo Caporiccio Katherine Maureen Duff
Beatrice S. Caragulian George E. Durkin
R-'Ophair Caras John D. Earle
§Robert E. Carlstrom Helen M. Eleftherion
:Malcolm Stetson Cate, Jr. Russell Everett
Alvira Cavallaro Benedetto Fabrizi
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Francis Robert Fagan Phyllis Joan Iodice
Armando James Fantasia Annie J. Janazian
Francis Joseph Fantasia Vaughn Allen Jensen
Nicholas A. Fantasia §Edward V. Jigarjian
Jesse J. Farese Edwin Stanley Johnson
David Joseph Farrell Alice Leavitt Jones
Ruth Easton Farrenkopf Franklin R. Jones
Edith Winifred Farwell Ann Elizabeth Jordan
§*Salvatore Favuzza Edward Francis Juliano
Dorothy Fearnley *Queenie Karakashian
n*Helen Field Nicholas J. Karamanian
George Harry Flamburis Anita Kazanjian
Edward Ellen Flanagan Kenneth K. Kazanjian, Jr.
John Joseph Flanagan, Jr. *Manuel Kazanzi
Raymond Townshend Fletcher William Michael Kearns
fi*John Joseph Flynn Robert Francis Kellett
Adelmo Fontana William James Kelly, Jr.
Mary Elizabeth Ford *Laura May Kenslea
Mary Patricia Ford *Harry Keshishian
Fred A. Fucci Betty Frances Kinder
*Alice Garabedian *Mildred Helen King
ff*Marion Louise Gardner Robert C. Kirwan
Richard Garland *Lillian Krikorian
Joseph Gayzagian William Thomas Laffey, Jr.
Edward Thomas Geary Jacquelyn La France
Lucy E. George William Knox Lalley
fl*Rosamond Virginia Gethro Myles L. Lamson
Dorothy Gibson *Raymond P. Langevin
Edward Arsene Gifford *Isabelle Margaret Larkin
Mary Giovanditti Frank P. Leary
Robert Arnold Godwin Joseph F. Lennon
§Mildred I. Goss Clifton F. Light
Grace Christine Goudas Evelyn M. Lingley
§Janet Eleanor Grace Evelyn May Lionetti
Thomas Richard Gregory Alice Mae Longley
Wendell Lincoln Gregware Stephen D. Lopez
*Charles A. K. Griffith William D. Lowney
William F. Haley Stanley John Luoma
"Eleanor Hallajian Fanny C. Luppino
Henry A. Haroian 'Ruby Grace Lush
Rita Helen Harrington *Ellen Elizabeth Lynch
Charles A. Harris Robert G. MacKay
DGeorgia A. Harris Ruth Anne MacLean
"Robert L. Hatch Theodore R. Magoun
Edgar James Helms, Jr. i*Patricia Mahan
"Russell Charles Hicks §Bernard Maher
"William Carlton Hill John Dennis Maloney
"Bertram Leo Hirtle Orion Mandrafino
C. Jeanette Hodges Edward Joseph Mann
Charles Francis Hood Ernest N. Mannino
*Mary J. Hovnanian Vincent A. Mannix
4*Isabelle Howe Mary L. Manoogian
George Perkins Hoyt Kaye Theresa Mansell
Mary Elizabeth Hughes Lucy Marie Manzelli
Janice Hunt Robert E. Marchant
Mary Frances Hunt Dorella A. Marcil
Eleanor Josephine Ilacqua John Markarian, Jr.
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Adelmonte P.'Marrocco Anthony F. Piantedosi
Carmela A. Massa Domenica Mary Pinatedosi
John Joseph McDade Rose Marie Piantedosi
*Gertrude M. McDonald Michael John Pirolh
John J. McDonald Alanson E. Platt, Jr.
Mary Elizabeth McDonnell *Helen Louise Porteus
Dorothy J. McElhiney Edith Irene Powers
Margaret McElligott Francis L. Pratt
Eugene Richard McGivern *Lucie Berenice Pryszmont
Mary B. McHugh James P. Quinn
John Edward McIntyre Joseph W. Quinn
Lois Jean McMahon William D. Quinn
Ruth McNamara Anne H. T. Raczkowski
Gladys Arlene McWhirter *Emily Irene Raczkowski
Joseph M. Meehan Clara Dorothy Riccio
Rosalie Melody Lawrence Norman Rice
Hugh J. Menghi John Logan Richardson
James Comfort Menton James Arthur Riedle
Thomas Arthur Menton Ti*Phyllis Yoder Riehl
Elsie Mary Michalak Daniel Joseph Roberts, Jr.
Doris Mae Miller *Ella M. Roche
Dorothy Nancy Mitchell Sophie Rock
Geraldine Alice Molito Gladys Eleanor Rogers
Mary Louise Molloy Lucy H. M. Romard
Gilda D. Montuori Lois Marion Ross
Dorothy Moore Alice E. Rowan
William H. Moore, Jr. Richard H. Rowe
Daniel R. Morgan George William Ruggiero
*Alice Mouradian Vincent Joseph Russo
"A. Josephine Muccio Claire Ryan
*Edward Mullins ff*Emmett John Ryan
D. Livingston Munro Nancy Josephine Sabato
Helen Anne Natale tD*Anahid C. Samuelian
Lawrence Natoli *Azniv G. Samuelian
Mary L. Nava Rose Sannicandro
Arthur F. Nelson James V. Santoro
August Neshe Laura Santoro
*Ruth Sylvia Norcross *Agnes A. Sarkisian
Dorothy Theresa Oates Helen Saunders
Arpine C. Odian Daniel Leo Scali
Marguerite Ann O'Halloran Katherine Grace Scanlon
Daniel F. O'Hara Henry Scipione, Jr.
Virginia M. Olson A. Helen Scott
Alan Owens Howard S. Scott, Jr.
Edward P. Owens James C. Sefarian
Richard J. Owens *Gordon Henry Sellon
Carmen D. Pallone Donald Sevigny
Lucien E. Palmieri Mary Claire Sexton
Diran G. Papazian Dorothy Shahbazian
Eva Pappas William L. Shannon
Marjorie V. Patterson Frank Shea
Richard M. Payne Richard Warren Simmons
Thomas Perry Leonard C. Sjostedt
Robert William Peterson (Norman H. Sjostedt
Stella Petris Eugene Sawyer Smith
Martha Nathalie Peyton Robert E. Smolker
Alfred F. Piantedosi Dorothy Alberta Snow
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Celio E. Sperandio Nicholas Tzannos
:'Mary Grace Stagliano Eva E. Vacca
Rudolph Stanley Satenig Dorothy Vanetzian
Alice Louise Stone Robert Howland Verdi
William DeLos Stone George Baynton Vincent
Selma Ruth Strandberg Mildred Elizabeth Vogel
§Alice Elizabeth Sullivan °Luise Vosgerchian
William Hearn Sullivan, Jr. Grace E. Wacome
"Helen V. Surabian Paul J. Wagner, Jr.
Vincent A. Surabian Mary I. Walsh
Signe Louise Swanson George Donald Weaver
Owen C. Swimm Robert Charles Weir
Vahey Jackson Takvorian Hope Audrey Wheeler
Harry A. Theurer, Jr. Edward Douglas White
John Thomas ff Edward F. White
Margaret Thomasian Jean Williams
r°Thelma Virginia Thompson Malcolm Winsor
Servart Topjian Helen Wood
Annette M. Torilli Thurman Gardner Woodbury
Levony T. Tousjian Kenneth Woodland
*Helen Louise Tripp *George Edward Yankowski
fi#Priscilla M. Trohon Joseph Manaseh Yenovkian
S*Elizabeth Mae Tucker Mary Zakarian
*Maline M. Tutunjian Paul Zappulla
Ann Tzannos Harry Gregory Zaratzian
SUPPLEMENTARY LIST—DIPLOMAS RECEIVED FEB. 1, 1940
James Callahan Paul McCue
William Donovan Alfred Murphy
William Haynes Nancy Rudenawer
Donald Howard Kenneth Winsor
National Honor Society
iT Members of Cum Laude Society
§ Neither absent nor tardy for 3 years
Neither absent nor tardy for 6 years
n Deceased
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BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
1940-1941
MRS. BERNICE I. CAMPBELL, Chairman
CHARLES T. BURKE, Secretary
REV. EDWARD C. CAMP WHITFIELD W. JOHNSEN
WILLIAM H. ECKERT MRS. FRANCES SAVAGE
Librarian
LYDIA W. MASTERS
Assistant Librarian
ELEANOR L. MOORE
Library Staff as of January 1941
M. ELBA BLAZO Assistant, East Branch
BEATRICE C. COLLINS Librarian, East Branch
MINNIE C. COURTNEY Assistant, Main Library
NATALIE DUNBAR Junior Assistant, East Branch
RUTH L. ELPHICK Assistant, Main Library
MARY V. HARNEY Junior Assistant, East Branch
ROSE M. KELLEY Children's Librarian
HELEN M. LEE Assistant, Main Library
ETHELYN LEVERICH Assistant, Main Library
MARY McNALLY Assistant, East Branch
ESTHER E. MADDEN Librarian, North Branch
DORIS G. MARTIN Librarian, West Branch
CHARLOTTE A. NORTON Assistant, North Branch
HELEN E. SMITH Assistant, East Branch
ANNE M. TRACEY Junior Assistant, Main Library
MARY E. YORK Assistant, Main Library
Part-time Workers
DORIS M. BERRY EVELYN SMITH
ALICE L. STONE
Janitors
JOHN CANNON East Branch
RICHARD LeSHANE West Branch
BERNARD MANNIX Main Library
CHARLES POLLOCK North Branch
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE FREE PUBLIC
LIBRARY* OF WATERTOWN
To the Citizens of Watertown:
The regular functions of the Library have been followed with active
interest by each member of the Board of Trustees. A detailed account
of these activities is given in the splendid report of the Librarian, Miss
Lydia W. Masters.
Aside from these routine duties, the Trustees have had two major
interests of equal importance. The first has been the thorough dis-
cussion of the Voluntary Certification Plan as adopted by the Massachu-
setts Library Association at its meeting in Northfield in June, 1940. A
sub-committee of the Trustees studied these plans through the summer
and presented a report to the Board at an early Fall meeting. This
report recommended the adoption of the Massachusetts Library Associ-
ation plan plus an additional classification to be called Sub-Professional.
This Voluntary Certification Plan "is designed to provide standards for
librarianship in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a means of
classifying librarians in respect to their training and experience." Be-
lieving that librarianship is highly professoinal and that superior train-
ing and experience are necessary for this profession and believing also
in the benefit to be derived by appointments made in accordance with
these standards, the report of this committee, with minor changes, was
unanimously adopted. Since that time all, with one exception, of those
on our staff eligible for certification have applied and received their
Professional Certificates. A further recommendation of this sub-com-
mittee was that of maximum salaries for definite positions within the
Grades of Certification and for the sub-professional group. This rec-
ommendation was unanimously adopted.
The second important interest of the Trustees has been, and still is,
that of the remodeling of the North Branch Library. At the annual
Town Meeting on March 1940 an appropriation of $300 was made for
plans for this project. A fine set of plans has been procured and without
question, if executed, they will give Watertown one of the finest branch
library buildings in the state. The design is similar to, and in keeping
with, that of the splendid East Branch Library building. The present
North Branch building is far from adequate to properly meet the needs
of that growing section of the town. The children's department there
is pitifully cramped and the demands upon it are growing steadily. The
new plans call for a building designed to adequately serve both the
children and adults alike with more complete reference and reading
facilities. The building will *be an asset to the town of Watertown and
it is the earnest hope of the Trustees that the Town may recognize this
need and provide for it at its next Annual Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
BERNICE L. CAMPBELL,
Chairman, For the Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Watertown Free Public Library
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have the honor of submitting to you the seventy-third report of
this library which is for the year 1940. After spending some hours going
over the statistics for the year I am filled with hope for the future of
libraries. We have been living in a year filled with momentous events
both at home and abroad which have offered plenty of reasons why
people should be distracted from their reading habits. In addition there
has been less unemployment and yet there has been a loss of but 2,746
in the circulation of adult books, 470 of this was non-fiction and 2,276
was fiction. The latter loss may possibly be accounted for by the fact
that much of the new fiction ran to so many pages that the borrowing
time was extended from seven to ten, or even fourteen, days.
Another reason for encouragement is the increase in adult registra-
tion, showing that more people are using the library even though the
number of books borrowed is slightly less. The amount collected in
fines has also increased showing that it takes longer to read a book
when half of the mind is focussed on the news broadcast.
In the children's department there was a loss of 8,120 in book circu-
lation but the children and their parents report that there is an in-
creased amount of home work to be done for school which leaves little
time for pleasure reading and certainly there has been an increased use
of the libraries for reference and study. In this department there has
been a decrease in registration but perhaps this is to be expected just
as the number of pupils in the schools is decreasing. It is not a serious
problem, however, as there are days when the "standing room only"
sign could be hung in all our children's rooms.
The circulation for the year was 401,946, a slightly lower figure than
last year but 23.9 percent higher than that of ten years ago. It is prob-
able that the money available for books has some direct bearing on
circulation. They say comparisons are odious but I feel that I should
again call it to your attention that there are few libraries of our size
which have as small a book appropriation as we have, even when their
circulation is less per capita. As the fact that the library has had at any
time a larger book appropriation has been questioned, I give at this time
the money appropriated for books, periodicals and binding each year
from 1926 and the circulation for each year.
1926 $5,000 187,584 circulation
1927 7,000 235,473
1928 7,000 274,750 (New East Br. building and opened
1929 8,000 302,825 North Branch
1930 8,000 324,210
1931 8,000 364,955
1932 6,000 412,896 (Two effects of the depression)
1933 5,400 420,859 (All appropriation cut 10%)
1934 6,000 402,773
1935 6,000 384,652
1936 6,000 398,998
1937 7,000 396,973
1938 6,000 412,839
1939 6,000 412,812
1940 6,200 401,946 ($200 was transferred from Salaries
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These figures should speak for themselves. Less money was spent for
books during 1940, in spite of the transfer of $200, because of the in-
creased cost of newspapers and binding and these costs are not likely
to be decreased. The prices of the best new books, especially those on
science and the technical arts are still high.
We have bought many books on world affairs and are endeavoring to
bring our collection of books on national defense subjects up-to-date.
There has been some increased use of the books on these subjects and
there will probably be more in the future so we hope to be ready to an-
swer any reasonable demands. We have already received a question-
naire from the American Library Association asking about our supply of
books on these subjects.
During the year 3,593 books were purchased, which was 188 less than
in 1939. Of these 2,180 were for adults and 1,417 for the young people
and of these 580 were replacements. Many of the new books were dupli-
cates for the branches. We have discarded 1,271 books and 250 books
have been lost from the shelves or in circulation. We now have 89,688
books in the library. Our binding bill increased by nearly $200 but 373
more books were rebound this year than in 1939.
The circulation in the school deposits has increased. The School
department is furnishing us with the outline of their new course of
study and we are co-operating by buying books that supplement the
school program. This will entail some added expense until our collec-
tion is readjusted. All the school rooms are visited by the children's
librarians at least twice during the year.
Story hours are conducted as usual and have been well attended.
The girls' club at the East Branch has had a successful year under the
leadership of Miss Smith. She has secured speakers for each of their
monthly meetings. On Christmas eve Miss Collins held an "open house"
at the East Branch for the young people of the neighborhood. Friends
of the Library and some of the young people contributed to the enter-
tainment and we are grateful to all who helped to make these events
a success.
One of the interesting events of the year was our participation in the
Industrial Fair sponsored by the Watertown Woman's Club. We were
allotted an attractive corner in the hall which gave us an opportunity
to display about 300 books. We used as our slogan "Read More—Earn
More." We did not confine our exhibit entirely to vocational and tech-
nical books but had a comfortable chair beside a bookcase filled with
books of general interest and another bookcase filled with children's
books.
Plans for remodeling our North Branch are ready and it is to be
hoped that money will be appropriated for this project so that we can
proceed with the alterations during the summer months when the work
of the branch will be lighter. It will be necessary to move into tempor-
ary quarters while the work is in process.
Owing to the extensive use of the East Branch by the young people,
the ar»lts do not always receive the attention the staff would like to
give them. Neither can the staff maintain the quiet atmosphere that
the adults have a right to expect. If the branch can be open every
morning, instead of just on Saturday, this problem may be solved to
some extent. It may involve some extra part-time help but the cost
would be slight.
We have received from Mr. Matthew Prior a portrait of George
Washington which was copied by his father from the famous portrait by
Gilbert Stuart which is owned by the Boston Athenaeum. We owe our
thanks to him and to all who have given books and magazines, or loaned
exhibits to the library.
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We have had but two changes on the staff during the year. In Jan-
uary Miss Helen M. Lee, Pratt 1939, was appointed to succeed Miss Col-
lins on the Main Library staff. In November Miss Sullivan resigned to
accept a position on the staff of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, at
Wakefield. She was a most satisfactory member of the staff and we
were sorry to lose her. Mrs. Ruth L. Elphick, formerly children's libra-
rian at Hackensack, N.J., was appointed to fill the vacancy.
I wish to express my appreciation of the good work of my assistants
and of the harmonious relations which exist on the staff and to thank
you, the Trustees, for your kind consideration and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
LYDIA W. MASTERS,
Librarian.
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APPENDIX A
CIRCULATION STATISTICS
Per-
Circulation by class Adults Junior Juvenile Total centage
Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,190 4,293 6,936 21,419 5.33
Philosophy, religion, folklore. . . . 2.783 242 4,422'° 7,447 1.85
Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,570 2,655 3,385 13,610 3.39
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3,895 660 5,765 10,320 2.57
Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,675 792 9,408 15,875 3.95
Social sciences . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,098 503 1,733 8,334 2.08
Natural science and medicine . . 3,447 1,109 6,727 11,283 2.81
Useful arts . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,074 887 3,788 9,749 2.42
Recreative arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498 341 1,235 3,074 .77
Music . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705 129 889 2,723 .68
Fine arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,414 118 651 3,183 .79
Language and literature .. .. . . . 10,762 1,273 30,675 i 42,710 10.62
Books in foreign languages . . . . . 1,869 1,869 .46
Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .153,251 36,984 60,115' 250,350 62.28
216.231 49,986 135,729 401,946 100.00
*Of these 2,340 were folklore.
i Of these 16,731 were readers.
-tOf these 10,574 were picture books.
Main Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .100,349 17,423 30,428 148,200
East Branch . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . .. 78,509 20,646 40,021 139,176
North Branch . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. 29,694 8,168 13,352 51,214
West Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 7,632 3,749 9,309 20,690
Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 47 42,619 42,666
216,231 49,986 135,729 401,946
APPENDIX B
American Library Association Form. of Uniforin Statistics
Annual Report for the Year ended December 31, 1940
Name of Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .Watertown Free Public Library of
Town . . . . . . . .. . . . ... .. . .. . . . . .....Watertown, Massachusetts
Name of the Librarian.. .. . . . .. . ...Lydia W. Masters
Date of founding.. . ...... . .. . . .....1868
Population served. . ........ . . ... .. .35,200 (U.S. census)
Assessed valuation. . .... ... .. .. ...$51,344,088
Library appropriation per capita...$1.13
Terms of use. . . . . . . . ....... . . ......Free for lending and reference
Number of agencies . . . . . .. . . . .....Main Library; branches, 3; schools,
10; rooms, 78
Number of days open during the
year . . ... ... . .. . . ... ..... . . . .. ...302
Hours for lending
Main Library... .. .. . ..... . ......72 (10 mos.); 58 (2 mos.)
East Branch... . . . ......... ......52
North Branch. . . .. .. . ... . . . . .....30
West Branch. . . . . . .. ..... . . . .. . . .20
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Financial Statement
Receipts
Town appropriation . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. $39,500.00
Special for Plans for North Branch . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
Expenditures
Books and periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "$4,655.69
Binding . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,544.31
Salaries:
Library Service . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. .. . .. . . . . . . $24,620.30
Janitor Service . . . . . . . .. . . ... . . .. . . . ......... . ... .... . . 3,287.75
Heat, light, water . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,631.04
Building maintenance and repairs. . . . . . .... . ... . . . .. .. . . . . 642.71
Supplies . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. ...... . ... . . . . . . 772.00
Other maintenance .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . 1,15425
Plans for the North Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . 300.00
Total expenditures . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . $39,608.05
Balance returned to the Town .. . . . . . . . ... . . .... ... .... . . . . 191AM
$39,800.00
Book fines returned to the Town . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,320.35
*See also amounts expended from Funds
INCOME FROM ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Balance Amount Jan. 1,
Jan. 1, 1940 Received Total Expended 1941
Barry Fund . . . . . . . . . $40.10 $28.49 $68.59 $61.31 $7.28
Mead Fund . . . . . . . .. 166.10 85.91 252.01 8620 165.81
Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.35 35.38 313.73 00.00 313.73
Pratt Fund .. . .. . . . . 00.00 375.00 375.00 375.00 00.00
BOOK STOCK
Adult Juvenile Total
Number of volumes at the beginning of the
year . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 69,557 18,055 87,612
Volumes added during the yeas. . . . . ... . . 2,180 1,417 3,597
Gifts and exchanges, included above . ... 200
Numbers of volumes lost and withdrawn
during the yeas. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . .. 621 900 1,521
Total number at the end of the year. . . . . 71,116 18,572 89.688
Number of periodicals and newspapers
currently received. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Titles 195
Copies 292
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USE
Adult Juvenile Total
Number of fiction lent for home use:
Main Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 66,598 27,810 94,408
East Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,830 35,449 92,279
North Branch . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . 23,649 11,534 35,183
West Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . ... . 6,174 7,463 13,637
Schools . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . ... . . . . . 14.843 14,843
Percent of fiction of total volumes lent 62.28
Total number of volumes lent for home use:
Main Library . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . ... 100,349 47,851 148,200
East Branch . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . 78,509 60,667 139,176
North Branch .. . .. .. ... . . .. . . . .. .. . 29,694 21,520 51,214
West Branch . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . ... .. . . 7,632 13,038 20,690
Schools . . . . . . . .. . . ..... . . . .. . .. . .. . . 47 42,619 42,666
Total number of volumes circulated.. . . .. 216,231 185,715 401,946
Percent of loss in circulation from that of 1939. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.63
Percent of increase over that of 1930... .. . . . . . . . 23.9
Circulation per capita .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . 11.24
Expenditures per capita ..... . . . .. ... ... . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.13
Number of pictures lent for home and school use. . . .. . .. ... . . 2,770
Interlibrary loan:
Volumes borrowed . . . . . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . 107
Volumes loaned . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 86
REGISTRATION
Number of borrowers registered during
the year . . . .. . .. . . . .. .. ...... . . . . .. . 2,728 1,314 4,042
Total number of registered borrowers. . ... 7,381 4,332 11.713
STAFF
Number of staff, library service (reckoning part-time service to
make whole units) . .. . ......... . . . . . ..... . .. . . . . .. . ... .. . 18.5
Janitor service . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .... . .. . . . . ... . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . 2.5
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REPORT Or TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following report of work done by this depart-
ment for the year ending December 31, 1940.
Works Progress Administration
During the year in behalf of the Works Progress Administration with
Bernard S. McHugh, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, as sponsor,
this department prepared twenty-two (22) projects; plans, estimates and
final reports were made. These included projects for sidewalks, street
construction and street resurfacing, grading, sanitary sewers, storm
sewers, repairs to Public Buildings, Recreation, Recording of Veteran's
graves, Survey of Fire and Police Alarm system, moth control, index
and file automobile cases, addition to Municipal Garage, Vital Statistics,
Building Inspector:s Records and Codifying Town By-Laws.
Construction at the Browne School of walks, drives, drainage and
general grading was completed. The grading and loaming at the Parker
School was also completed. The grading, drives, walks, loaming at the
West Junior High and Marshall Spring Schools were completed. Grad-
ing of the Lowell Avenue Playground is under way and will be completed
in the spring. For construction of sidewalks, sewers, drains and street
construction and street resurfacing, see schedules.
The Sewer and Drain Survey is now in operation. Lines, grades and
necessary surveys are furnished' all W.P.A. construction projects by
this department.
Assessor's Plans
The usual amount of work has been done in revising the plans of
the Assessor's Department and for all departments using the same.
Plans show each parcel of land, all buildings, area, lot and house num-
bers. There were two hundred and twenty-two (222) permits issued for
dwellings, mercantile buildings, garages, alterations and removals
which have been located on the ground and placed on plans. There
are two hundred and twenty-five (225) Assessor's plans in use in this
department.
Perambulation
As required by law the boundaries of the Town were perambulated,
all monuments were examined and found in place.
Miscellaneous
The usual number of surveys, plans and reports have been prepared.
We have given a normal amount of street lines and grades to property
owners and others as requested. For list of public streets rebuilt, side-
walk construction, curbing laid, sewers and drains built during 1940, see
schedule for same.
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Public Streets Resurfaced During 1940 By W.P.A.
Length
Street From To in Feet
Bancroft St. Edenfield Ave. Lexington St. 225
Beacon Park Arsenal St. N. Beacon St. 850
Cottage St. Mt. Auburn St. Dead End 980
Eliot St. Galen St. Union St. 860
Frank St. Louise St. Beechwood Ave. 530
Fifth Ave. California St. Watertown St. 500
Hazel St. Quimby St. Boylston St. 1,050
Lexington St. Main St. Warren 'St. 1,700
Olcott St. Main St. Highland Ave. 890
Paul St. N. Beacon St. Chas. River Rd. 675
Pequossette St. N. Beacon St. Chas. River Rd. 860
Winter St. Church St. Fayette St. 1,050
Total 10,170
Public Streets Resurfaced During 1940 By Highway Dept.
Length
Street From To in Feet
Broadway Russell Ave. Columbia St. 500
Common St. Columbia St. Spring St. 216
Fletcher Ter. Patten St. Dead End 125
Harrington St. Belmont St. Perry St. 795
Highland Ave. Lexington St. Gilbert St. 926
Malden St. Springfield St. Everett Ave. 380
Maplewood St. Arlington St. Commonwealth Rd. 2,670
Marion Rd. Spring St. Dead End 1,370
Spring St. Main St. Common St. 2,150
Total 9,132
List of Granolithic Sidewalks Constructed During 1940
By The IIighway Department
Length in Sq.Ft. Sq.Ft.
Street Feet 4" 6"
Walcott Road 90 323 78
List of Granolithic Sidewalks Constructed During 1940
By The W.P.A.
Length in Sq. Ft. Sq.Ft.
Street Feet 4" 6"
Main Street 189 1,644
List of Asphalt Sidewalk Constructed During 1940
By The W.P.A.
Lineal Sq.Ft. Sq. Ft.
Street Feet 2" 3"
Arden Road 430 2,018 108
Bacon Street 1,691 5,850 1,645
Beechwood Avenue 945 2,808 1,031
Boylston Street 515 2,385 780
Bromfield Street 1.001 5,070 1,191
Church Street 367 1,735 188
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Emerson Road 158 690 172
Franklin Street 185 813 182
Fitchburg Street 2,143 7,319 3,210
Hillcrest Circle 552 2,551 610
Howard Street 1,458 6,140 1,186
Katherine Road 411 2,044 267
Laurel Street 363 1,657 321
Lawrence Street 683 3,068 852
Melendy Avenue 972 4,791 673
Merrifield Avenue 913 4,188 1,042
Morse Street 650 3,226 281
Mt. Auburn Street 504 3,592 327
Nash Street 599 2,965 542
Nichols Avenue 604 2,809 587
Quimby Street 2,204 10,251 1,491
Quincy Street 1,169 5,707 1,274
Spring Street 609 3,493 406
Springfield Street 1,796 8,373 1,742
Stoneleigh Road 1,083 4,752 754
Templeton Parkway 436 2,491
Worcester Street 1,723 5,721 2,658
Total 24,164 106,507 23,520
Drainage Built During 1940 By The Highway Dept.
No. of
Length Size No.of C.B. 8s
Street Feet Inches M. H. Connections
Broadway 1
Hazel Street 35 121, 1
°Hazel Street 400 121,
Howe Street 64 121, 2
Laurel Street 160 121, 1 2
Marion Road 1
Perry Street 2
Pleasant Street 1
Prentiss Street 1
Total 659 3 9
Indicates Relaid
Drainage Built During 1940 By The W.P.A.
No. of
Length Size No.of C.B. 3
Street Feet Inches M. H. Connections
Bancroft Street 2
Beacon Park 615 121, 7 10
45 101,
Fletcher Terrace 2
Hall Avenue 634 121, 2 8
"Lowell Avenue 164
Lexington Street 170 121, 3 8
Orchard St. (Municipal Garage) 387 12" 2 4
Winter St. (Summer to Fayette
Sts.) 152 12" 1 2
Total 2,167 15 36
" Indicates Relaid
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Curbing Laid During 1940 By W.P. A.
Radius Straight. Corner Blocks
Street Feet Feet Each
Arden Road 41 12 —
Bancroft Street 132 48 —
Dartmouth Street 102 24 —
"Fitchburg Street 20 6 —
Fifth Avenue 86 18 —
"Hillerest Circle 12 6 —
Howard Street 25 12 —
Howe Street 26 12 —
Katherine Road 44 12 —
Laurel Street 63 12 —
Nichols Avenue 26 82 4
Quimby Street 44 12 —
Spring Street 60 — 2
Winter Street 231 84 2
Total 912 340 8
Indicates Reset
Curbing Laid During 1940 By Highway Department
Radius Straight Corner Blocks
Street Feet Feet Each
Harrington Street 106 42 —
Highland Avenue 52 24 —
Orchard Street 50 — —
Total 208 66 —
Sewers Relaid During 1940 By W.P.A.
Length Size in No. of
Street in Feet Inches
Centre Street 565 8 —
Coolidge Hill Road 902 8 —
Copeland Street 871 8 —
Dartmouth Street 710 8 —
Fairfield Street 634 8 —
Frank Street 571 8 —
Gertrude Street 480 8 —
Gilbert Street 955 8 —
Lowell Avenue 776 8 1
Porter Street 460 8 —
Putnam St. (Hazel to School Sts.) 731 8 —
Wilmot Street 889 8 —
Wilson Avenue 393 8 —
Whitney Street 235 8 —
Total 9,172 1
Sewers Built During 1940 By Highway Department
Length Size in No. of
Street in Feet Inches M.H.
Aldrich Road 55 6 2
30 8
234
Bromfield Street 180 8 1
*Chapman Street 900 — —
*Green Street 1,134 — —
Mt. Auburn at Lincoln Street — — 1
Total 2,319 4
* Indicates Relaid
Private Sewer Connections During 1940
Number of Sewer connections located ......... . . ... .. ... 59
Total length of Sewer connections located ... . . . . . . ......2,934 lineal ft.
The sewer system of Watertown is now sixty-four and thirty hun-
dredths (64.30) miles long, and has six thousand two hundred eighty-
three (6,283) sewer connections.
Miscellaneous Data-1940
Area of Town. . ....Land 2,598.43 Acres
Water 66.15 Acres
Total ... .. ........ . . . .2,664.58 Acres or . .. . ..........4.163 Sq. Miles
Extent of Town, North and South ... ..... . . .. .. .... . .. . . .....1.84 miles
Extent of Town, East and West .. . ........ . .. ...... .... .. ....3.81 miles
Area of Public Grounds . ....... . . ......... . . . ........about 137 acres
Area of Metropolitan Park Land . . ...... . .. . . . . . . ......about 81 acres
Area of U.S. Government Land ... ...... .. . . . . . . . . . . ...about 100 acres
Length of State Roads (Main St., Bridge to Waltham Line) . . .0.83 miles
Length of Metropolitan Park Roadways:
Charles River Road
Nonantum Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.74 miles
North Beacon St. (School St. to Bridge)
Elevation at Main St. and Merchants Row ... . . . . .. ... . .. . . 19.19 feet
Elevation at Main St. and Waltham Line ....... . . . ....... .. 69.00 feet
Elevation at Sycamore St. at Belmont Line .... . . . .. ..... . . . 79.18 feet
Elevation at Church St. and Marion Road ... ... . . . . . . . ..... 41.35 feet
Elevation at Common St. at Locke St. ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201.73 feet
Elevation at Belmont St. near Mt. Auburn St. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.90 feet
Elevation at Arsenal St. and Charles River Road . .. ... . . . . . 21.60 feet
Elevation at Arsenal St. and Beechwood Avenue .. . ...... . .. 44.05 feet.
Elevation at Galen St. and Williams St. (Newton Line) . . .. . 51.53 feet
Total Number of Plans on Pile in Engineering Dept. . . . .. ..about 14,250
Total Number of Index Cards in Engineering Dept. . . . . ...about 9,500
Respectfully submitted,
OTIS D. ALLEN,
Town Engineer.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER►)
The report of the Water Commissioners for the fifty-sixth year of
municipal operation is as follows:
During the year the principal items of laying of sand spun cement
lined cast iron pipe were:
952 feet of 6" cast iron pipe renewed with 10" cement lined cast
iron pipe on Eliot Street laid the first of the year. A P.W. A. project.
780 feet of 141, cement pipe renewed with 121, cast iron cement lined
pipe on Green Street laid this winter, this also was a W.P.A. project.
285 feet of 10" pipe on Cross Street from Pleasant Street to Main
Street and 617 feet of 8" pipe on Cross Street and Winter Street from
Main Street to Church Street. This replaced the old 4" cement pipe.
During the operation of this work a large leak was found which stoppage
will effect a large saving of wasted water. Completion of this job
raised the pressure on three hydrants in the vicinity from thirty-two
pounds to seventy-two pounds, taking care of the criticism of the
Board of Fire Underwriters in their report of 1937.
160 feet of new 6" pipe laid on Westminster Avenue.
200 feet of new pipe laid on Malden Street.
292 feet of new 8" fire and supply line laid on Birch Street from
Arsenal Street to the Hood Rubber Company.
175 feet of 10" cast iron cement lined pipe replacing old.6" cement
pipe on Stanley Avenue, from Pleasant Street across railroad to exist-
ing 10" pipe by the Brunseen factory.
Two new 6" supplies have been installed for the United States
Arsenal from Arsenal Street.
Old house connections to the number of 125 have been renewed.
61 new house connections have been laid.
Four new hydrants have been added and gated. Seven broken
hydrants have been replaced.
The number of meters repaired and exchanged on house connec-
tions were 1050.
Two 10" twenty-four hour recording gages have been installed in
the Fire Department Headquarters.
A new 12" supply has been taken from 16" tee on the Metropolitan
supply on Galen Street near the Newton Line, giving the Town the
full flowage of this connection which has formerly been only a 10"
supply.
We recommend for 1941 the replacing of 100 feet of old 6" cement
pipe in Beacon Square connecting to 8" pipe.
Replacing of 6" cement pipe from Arsenal Street along School
Street and Dexter Avenue to Cypress Street with 750 feet of 10 Cast
Iron Cement Lined pipe.
Extension from our new supply on Galen Street along Galen Street
to Water Street. This line eventually to cross the Charles River from
Water Street to Irving Street and along the same to Arsenal Street.
Extension of the new 12" pipe line to be laid in Pleasant Street
from Green Street to the Waltham line 6000 feet. This will be a new
supply from the Metropolitan connection supplementing the old supply
in this street and will be started as a W.P.A. project and may possibly
continue over some time. As this pressure is only 72 lbs. from the
Weston Aqueduct we think the old 14" cement pipe will function for
many years in the future, the new pipe giving the opportunity for any
necessary repair or replacement to the old line.
The demands of increased business, the building of new houses and
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the requirements of the Watertown Arsenal require these new supplies
of water.
The Commissioners were faced on March 5th with a total of
$70,600.00 of unpaid water bills, some as much as six years old, this
being mainly due to insufficient clerical service. With the addition of
a part time clerk and through strenuous effort over $40,000.00 has been
collected of this sum and collections are being pressed.
Through the past years the business of the department has grown
with the population of the Town. What once was probably an efficient
billing system has now become worse than obsolete. To rectify this
matter we now recommend the system of billing now in general use
among the towns and cities of comparable size in the State, be installed.
This is dividing the Town in districts and billing quarterly without
advance charge. Articles will be printed in the March warrent covering
this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD C. HALL, Chairman.
CHARLES ARMSTRONG, Clerk,
JOHN R. FORD.
IN MEMORIUM
Walter E. Rundlett, June 3, 1940
It is with deep regret that we record the passing of our Superin-
tendent after faithfully serving the Town for forty years, sixteen years
as superintendent of the Department.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD C. HALL, Chairman,
CHARLES ARMSTRONG, Clerk,
JOHN R. FORD.
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REPORT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
The forty-fourth annual report of the Water Department for year
ending December 31, 1940, is respectfully submitted. The transactions
relating to this department are as follows:
Receipts
Appropriation for Maintenance $40,354.00
Materials Total Materials $ 6,460.00
Labor 31,440.00
Labor (Trans. from Supt. Salary) 1,454.00
Labor (Trans. from Const. &
Reconst.) 750.00
Labor (Trans. from Renewal of
Services) 250.00
Total Labor 33,894.00
Appropriation for Office 1,800.00
Appropriation for Vacation 1,190.00
Appropriation for Clerks 2,400.00
Appropriation for Extra Clerk
Hire 500.00
Extra Clerk Hire, Trans. from
Reserve Fund) 207.00 707.00
Appropriation for Superintendent 3,200.00
Trans. from Supt. Salary to
Labor 1,454.00 1,746.00
Appropriation for Assistant Super-
intendent 2,100.00
Appropriation for Detector Meters 1,000.00
Appropriation for 50 new 5/8" Meters 500.00
Appropriation for Ledger Cards 150.00
Appropriation for Construction &
Reconstruction 3,700.00
Trans. from Const. & Reconst. to
Labor 750.00 2,950.00
Appropriation for Renewal of
Services 2,300.00
Trans. from Renewal of Services to
Labor 250.00
Trans. from Ren'l of Ser. to New
House Ser. 500.00 1.550.00
New House Services, Trans. from
Ren'l of Ser.) 500.00
Metropolitan Connection—Galen Street
Trans. from Reserve Fund 1,000.00
$57,947.00
Expenditures
Maintenance Account $39,984.02
Materials $ 6,458.20
Labor 33,525.82
Office Account 1,798.65
Vacation Account 1,190.00
Salary of Clerks 2,400.00
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Extra Clerk Hire Account 707.00
Salary of Superintendent 1,357.10
Salary of Assistant Superintendent 2,100.00
Detector Meters Account 1,000.00
50 New 5/8" Meters Account 500.00
Ledger Cards Account 150.00
Construction & Reconstruction Account 2,949.71
Renewal of Services Account 1,546.76
New House Service Account 498.07
Metropolitan Connection—Galen Street Account 993.43
Balance of Labor Account 368.18
Balance of Material Account 1.80
Balance of Office Account 1.35
Balance of Superintendent's Salary Account 388.90
Balance of Construction and Reconstruction Account .29
Balance of Renewal of Services Account 3.24
Balance of New House Services Account 1.93
Balance of Metropolitan Connection—Galen Street 6.57
$57,947.00
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the Board of Water Commissioners:
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the usual custom I herewith submit my report
for the year ending December 31, 1940.
The extension and renewal of mains for the past year has been as
follows:
Length Size
Eliot Street 938 feet 10-inch
Eliot Street 14 feet 6-inch
Westminster Avenue 160 feet 6-inch
Cross Street 285 feet 10-inch
Cross Street 319 feet 8-inch
Cross Street 27 feet 6-inch
Winter Street 196 feet 8-inch
Malden Street 194 feet 8-inch
Malden Street 7 feet 6-inch
Stanley Avenue 175 feet 10-inch
Aldrich Street 28 feet 6-inch
Birch Street 276 feet 8-inch
Birch Street 16 feet 6-inch
Green Street 738 feet 12-inch
Green Street 13 feet 10-inch
Green Street 29 feet 6-inch
Total 3,415 feet
Total number of feet laid on construction 3.415 feet.
Expenditures
For Maintenance of Meters $15,481.28
For Maintenance of Mains 7,858.24
For Maintenance of Services 11,124.68
For Maintenance of Repair Shop 775.35
For Maintenance of Hydrants 2,410.01
For Maintenance of Automobile No. 1 532.26
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For Maintenance of Automobile No. 2 363.58
For Maintenance of Automobile No. 3 359.10
For Maintenance of Automobile No. 4 510.49
For Maintenance of Automobile No. 5 349.04
Maintaining Air Compressor 219.99
$39,984.02
For Vacations $1,190.00
Salary of Superintendent 1,357.10
Salary of Assistant Superintendent 2,100.00
Salary of Clerks 2,400.00
Salary of Extra Clerk Hire 707.00
Maintenance of Office 1,798.65
Detector Meters Account 1,000.00
50 New Meters Account 500.00
Ledger Cards Account 150.00
Construction and Reconstruction Account 2,949.71
Renewal of Services Account 1,546.76
New House Service Account 498.07
Metropolitan Connection-Galen Street 993.43
17,190.72
$57,174.74
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL B. OATES,
Assistant Superintendent.
Statistics of Consumption of Water
1. Estimated total population to date, 38,500.
2. Total consumption for the year, 861,625,000 gallons.
3. Average daily consumption, 2,354,200 gallons.
4. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 67.
Statistics to Distribution System
MAINS
1. Kind of pipe, cement and cast iron.
2. Sizes, 16-inch to 2-inch.
3. Extended, 3,415 feet during year.
4. Total now in use, 73.57 miles.
5. Number of hydrants added during year, 4.
6. Number of hydrants now in use, 752.
7. Number of stop gates added during year, 14.
8. Number of stop gates now in use, 1337.
9. Range of pressure on mains, 115 lbs. to 30 rhs.
SERVICES
10. Kind of pipe, wrought iron, cement-lined, cast iron, copper tubing.
11. Sizes, three quarter-inch to 10-inch.
12. Extended, 2,150 feet.
13. Total now in use, 22,754.26 miles.
14. Number of service taps added during the year, 61.
15. Percentage of services metered. 100.
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REI'OItT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Gentlemen:—
The following report relating to work done and money expended
for the year ending December 31, 1940 is respectfully submitted:
Highway Construction
Receipts
Appropriation $40,000.00
Expenditures
Street Cost
Broadway—From Russell Ave. to Columbia St. $2,348.06
Common St.—From Columbia St. to Spring St. 1,341.65
Maplewood St.—From Arlington St. to Dead end 15,425.69
Marion Rd.—From Spring St. to Dead end 8,200.60
Norseman Ave.—From Mt. Auburn St. to Dead end 2,094.36
Spring St.—From Main St. to Common St. 10,543.44
$39.953.80
Balance 46.20
$40,000.00
The following streets were resurfaced out of our Highway Construc-
tion appropriation; Broadway, Common Street from Columbia Street
to Spring Street, Maplewood Street, Marion Road and Spring Street.
We feel we will get many years of service from these streets.
Maplewood Street and Marion Road were in a dangerous condition
for the automobile travel, insomuch, as they were constructed many
years ago of gravel with a high crown to take care of the horse drawn
vehicles. We have now eliminated this condition by raising the gutters
which reduces the crowns.
Norseman Avenue was in a very dangerous condition, but we have
sub-graded said street and it is now ready to be resurfaced at some
future time.
Highway Maintenance
Receipts
Appropriation $60,000.00
General Maintenance
Blacksmith and helpers $2.380.98
Boston Post Santa 69.30
Cleaning yard and moving equipment 2 73.79
Christmas decorating on delta 44.43
Cleaning garage boilers 89.50
Cleaning catch basins and drains 14,401,03
Cleaning parks after dumping snow 108.14
Cleaning garage 285.13
Carpenters 1.350.67
Fence repairs 92.12
Lanternmen 1.497.25
Municipal driveway (labor) 338.94
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Moving equipment from old to new garage 304.52
Mechanics 3,79524
Night garage men 2,554.76
Painting streets 914.37
Patching streets 5,319.52
Repairs to brick pillar Cor. Beacon Park 81.48
Street and traffic signs, also repairing and painting street
and traffic signs 1,928.82
Street cleaning 7,121.57
Tearing down buildings on garage site 537.64
Traffic lights cor. School and Mt. Auburn Streets (labor) 412.14
Water connection to Transfer Station 259.93
Waverley Avenue Bridge Repairs 140.32
Yardman 1,518.21
$45,819.80
Equipment Maintenance
Equipment repairs and supplies 840.65
Coal 116.60
Expressing and freight 10.49
Fuel Oil 487.25
Hardware supplies 627.42
Incidentals 8.00
Lighting garage 275.37
Lumber 121.13
Roller repairs 475.95
Tractor repairs 350.83
$3,311.69
Auto & Truck Maintenance
Auto and truck repairs and supplies $9,415.59
Garage rent 1,190.00
Insurance 257.40
$10,862.99
Summary
General Maintenance $45,819.80
Equipment Maintenance 3,311.69
Auto and truck maintenance 10,862.99
$59,994.48
Balance 5.52
$60,000.00
Snow & Ice
Receipts
Appropriation $40,000.00
Emergency authorized by Selectmen 3,000.00
$43,000.00
Expenditures
Equipment repairs and supplies $3,996.67
Hire of horses 11.00
Snow payrolls 31,080.00
Sanding payrolls 1,682.19
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Sand 580.85
Sand spreader 150.00
Truck hire 5,402.94
$42,903.65
Balance 96.35
$43,000.00
Highway Stable
Receipts
Appropriation $1,500.00
Expenditures
Blacksmith and helpers $181.25
Blacksmith and stable supplies 11.21
Grain, hay and straw 718.71
Lighting stable 90.09
Repairs to harnesses, straps, etc. 34.25
Stablemen 463.25
$1,498.76
Balance 1.24
$1,500.00
Highway Vacations
Receipts
Appropriation $7,352.20
Expenditures
Vacations to Employees $7,352.20
Highway Superintendent
Receipts
Appropriation $3,600.00
Expenditures
Salary of Supt. of Highways 3,600.00
Highway Clerks
Receipts
Appropriation $2,900.00
Expenditures
Salary of Chief Clerk 1,600.00
Salary of 2nd Clerk 1,300.00
$2.900.00
Highway Office
Receipts
Appropriation $400.00
Expenditures
Advertising $42.50
Office supplies 108.92
Printing 132.75
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Royal Typewriter 98.40
Typewriter repairs and supplies 17.20
$399.77
Balance .23
$400.00
Patching W.P. A Ditches
Receipts
Appropriation $5,000.00
Expenditures
Patching W.P.A. ditches $4,974.38
Balance 25.62
$5,00o.00
Ashes & Papers
Receipts
Appropriation $30,700.00
Transferred at Town Meeting 1,520.00
$32,220.00
Expenditures
Cleaning dumps $2,242.99
Collecting 28,197.60
Garage rent 250.00
Gasoline and Motor oils 1,226.53
Notices on ash and paper collections 262.52
Supplies 39.66
$32,219.30
Balance .70
$32,220.00
Garbage
Receipts
Appropriation $26,200.00
Transferred at Town Meeting 1,854.00
$28,054.00
Expenditures
Collecting $26,700.65
Gasoline and Motor Oils 939.81
Garage rent 250.00
Supplies 162.95
$28,053.41
Balance .59
$28,054.00
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Dust Laying
Receipts
Appropriation $3,000.00
Expenditures
Pay rolls, cleaning and oiling streets $2,760.31
Road Oils 187.44
Sand 47.60
$2,995.35
Balance 4.65
$3,000.00
Drainage
Receipts
Appropriation $6,000.00
Expenditures
B. & M. drain easement 12.00
Broadway repairs 100.21
Chapman St. repairs (near Warren St.) 140.67
Cypress Street repairs 179.84
Cleaning and repairing drains 539.46
Hazel Street 1,948.16
Howe Street 432.02
Laurel Street 803.18
Marion Road repairs (near Sidney St.) 160.31
Melendy Avenue repairs 16424
Main Street Cor. Green Street repairs 141.83
Perry Street 473.19
Prentiss Street repairs 206.06
Spring Street repairs 125.19
Spruce Street repairs 68.16
Union Street repairs 166.86
Victory Field repairs 144.81
Worcester Street repairs 85.64
$5,891.83
Balance 108.17
$6,000.00
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Expenditures
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Grading borders 349.88
Gravel walk repairs 219.07
Inspector 21.56
Resetting and removing curbing 298.66
Wall repairs (Arsenal St.) 171.84
Wall repairs (School St.) 70.30
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Tar walk repairs 284.16
$1,997.20
Balance 2.80
$2,000.00
Sidewalk 1-Kaintenance
Receipts
Appropriation $10,000.00
Expenditures
Granolithic walk repairs $8,141.26
Asphalt walk repairs 1,755.80
$9,897.06
Balance 102.94
$10,000.00
At the Annual Town Meeting we received an appropriation of
$10,000.00 to replace broken slabs in sidewalks which were dangerous
and for which we felt the Town would be liable in case of an accident.
Some of the slabs we were able to chip off the edges, but the most
of this work was broken and cracked slabs which we had to replace
on the following streets:
Appleton Street Hosmer Street
Adams Avenue Harnden Avenue
Arlington Street Howard Street
Amherst Road Locke Street
Arden Road Lovell Road
Bradford Road Lincoln Street
Boylston Street Lexington Street
Birch Road Langdon Avenue
Bemis Street Mt. Auburn Street
Boyd Street Main Street
Columbia Street Nichols Avenue
Columbus Delta Olney Street
Clyde Road Oakley Road
Copeland Street Olcott Street
Chapman Street Poplar Street
Edeniield Avenue Prescott Street
Fayette Street Robbins Road
Fairview Avenue Rangeley Road
Fuller Road Sheldon Road
Hillside Road Shattuck Road
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Spruce Street Walcott Road
Stoneleigh Circle Winter Street
Templeton Parkway Winsor Avenue
Thurston Road
Sewer Construction
Receipts
Appropriation $6,000.00
Expenditures
Bromfield Street $687.00
Chapman Street 1,858.11
Green Street 3.122.46
Mt. Auburn Street at Lincoln Street 268.71
Sewer Manhole repairs 62.25
$5,998.53
Balance 1.47
$6,000.00
Short Sewer Extensions
Receipts
Appropriation $500.00
Expenditures
Aldrich Road $494.25
Balance 5.75
$500.00
Sewer Maintenance
Receipts
Appropriation $12,000.00
Transferred at Town Meeting 4,801.00
$16,801.00
Expenditures
Labor Stock Total
Cleaning siphons $1,684.06 $38.03 $1,722.09
House connections 2,720.06 649.56 3,369.62
Relaying connections 1,744.89 115.64 1,860.K
Sealing manhole covers 343.22 343.22
Stoppages and fleshings 9,198.18 289.87 9,488.05
$15,690.41 $1,093.10 $16,783.51
Balance 17.49
$16,801.00
Respectfully submitted,
PIERCE P. CONDON,
Supt. of Highways.
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REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The annual report of the Wire Department for the year ending
December 31, 1940 is herewith submitted:
During the past year 974 permits for wiring and fixtures were
issued, representing an income of Four Hundred Eighty Seven ($487.00)
dollars to the Town, which has been paid to the Town Treasurer. The
supervision thus represented meant a total of about 3900 inspections, an
increase in permits, receipts and inspections of 20% over the year 1939.
In addition to the regular recurrent maintenance work, such as
painting all Fire and Police boxes, posts, pedestals, cable boxes, etc.,
re-inspections of all commercial properties, such as stores, factories,
garages, when a new tenant occupies after a vacancy; periodical test-
ing of all fire alarm boxes, transferring of tappers in firemen's homes
when a change of residence is made, plus the maintenance of all fire,
police, tapper wires, overhead and underground; the care and main-
tenance of traffic signals, and supervision of street lights, this Depart-
ment has been installing wiring and maintaining the electrical appara-
tus at the Municipal Garage since the garage was turned over to the
Town, and additions to the traffic signal at Common and Mt. Auburn
Streets to bring it up to Commonwealth of Massachusetts standards,
In cooperation with the Highway Department.
During the past year all Fire boxes on the public streets that were
not equipped with Quick-Action doors have been so modernized. Two
new Fire boxes have been installed, one at corner of Cottage and Hearn
Streets and the other at the Municipal Garage which is an automatic
type (Master Box) connected to the Sprinkler System. One fire box
was relocated from old Town barn to the corner of Orchard and
Marion Road. Floodlights were installed in front of Sacred Heart
Church on Mt. Auburn Street, St. John's Methodist Church on Mt.
Auburn Street, St. Patrick's Church on Main Street, dnd one is to be
installed soon in front of the First Baptist Church on Mt. Auburn
Street. Additional street lights were authorized and installed on the
following streets: two on Bigelow Avenue, one on Bradford Road, two
on Bailey Avenue, one on Bailey Road, one on Bellevue Road, one on
Channing Road, three on Grove Street, one on Hunt Street, one on
Orchard Street, one on Sparkhill Street, one on Westland Road, and
one on Westminster Avenue.
For the coming year I have asked for an appropriation to wire
an emergency circuit from the Signal Room to the Police Station to
operate the new Two Way Radio System in case of failure of Edison
current—and a direct telephone line between these two points in case
of New England Telephone Co. line failure, in an emergency.
I also recommend the placing of all Fire and Police signal wires
underground in addition to the purchase and installation of ten (10)
new Fire boxes as recommended by the Fire Chief. I hope to get a
WPA approval and appropriation for this work. Plans are now being
prepared in cooperation with the Town Engineer and WPA Sponsor's
Agent to this end, thus saving a considerable amount of money to the
Town.
I have recommended and asked for additional funds in the street
lighting appropriation to relocate and increase the intensity of light
on Arlington Street, Common Street, California Street, and Orchard
Street from Common Street to Belmont Street—which are all heavily
travelled routes. I recommend additional lights on Waverley Avenue,
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Coolidge Avenue and Coolidge Hill Road, and the lighting of Calvin
Road which is now without street lights of any kind.
In conjunction with the Edison Company a survey has been made
of the lighting in the Administration Building, which has been the
subject of much complaint from the various departments quartered
there. The survey shows that present candle power output of the
present lighting is 75% below a fair standard for office lighting, result-
ing in impaired vision and strain on the eyesight of the personnel
involved. The survey was made on the basis of incandescent and fluo-
rescent luminaires. I recommend a new installation of fluorescent
fixtures which would give an increase of 300% in foot candle output
with a resultant saving of 33% in light bills, the savings of which
would ultimately pay for the new fixtures and at the same time increase
the efficiency and morale of all concerned. While the cost of this
material would not be charged against this department we are prepared
and willing to install the fixtures with our own maintenance personnel.
I am sponsoring a WPA Project which is in the process of being
prepared to re-map the entire wiring of all signal circuits, and an
inventory of all Town owned equipment on our streets, aerial and
underground construction. In the event the placing of all our circuits
underground is approved, this survey will be postponed until after the
completion of the construction so that the survey will include the
latter work.
I wish to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Select-
men for their cooperation during the year. Acknowledgments are
made to the various Town Department heads, to the Gamewell Com-
pany, the Boston Edison Company, the New England Telephone &
Telegraph Company and the entire personnel of my own department
for the courtesies and cooperation shown me during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
LEO P. LANDRY,
Inspector of Wires.
REPORT OI'' MOTH DEPARTMENT
December 31, 1940.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The report of the Superintendent of the Moth Department for the
year ending December 31, 1940, is herewith submitted:
It is gratifying to the Superintendent to report that so far as the
Gypsy Moth and the Browntail Moth are concerned the trees of Water-
town are in very good condition. I had a careful inspection made of
all the Town trees, also thcse on private property, and the work of
suppressing these pests, together with that of the Satin Moth, and the
Cottony Maple Scale, was carried on very thoroughly. However, every
precaution must be taken to prevent their increase, since from a few
trees that might be neglected a sufficient number of moths might
spread to raise havoc among the trees this coming spring.
Other insects which are becoming very prevalent when the trees
are in foliage are the Tent Caterpillar early in the spring; the Satin
Moth, the Pear Slug, and the Oriental Hag Moth in the summer
months, and the Webworm in the fall.
The egg clusters of the Gypsy Moth were treated during the winter
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months—followed by spraying when the foliage came out in the spring
sufficient to hold the spray.
All parts of trees infested by the Browntail Moth were cut out and
burned.
Extensive spraying was carried on against the Elm Leaf Beetle and
Aphis and the Tent Caterpillar. We had to offset the damage done by
the Elm Bark Beetle with considerable pruning.
We are on the alert for the Dutch Elm Disease and are pleased
to report that as yet this disease has not appeared in Watertown.
Again this year we had an extension of the Federal WPA Project
for the Moth Department, and if it were not for this assistance the
trees could not have had the attention necessary to prevent the spread
of the Gypsy Moth pest. Therefore, for the maintenance of the Moth
Department for this coming year I recommend an appropriation of
$4000.00 as otherwise we will be handicapped for sufficient funds to
carry on the work which has been done these past few years by the
WPA Projects, as the Federal Government is not to extend the Project
for the year 1941. We will have to purchase more creosote and more
arsenate of lead and devote considerably more time to the work as it
is essential that the trees be kept in their present good condition, and
this will also enable us to do more private spraying for the citizens of
the Town.
.The amount collected this past year through the Tax Collector's
office for spraying of private trees was only $355.00, as sufficient funds
were not appropriated. to do all the necessary spraying of privately
owned trees. I feel that everything possible should be done to prevent
a greater expenditure on the part of the Town later on, as the Moth
Problem is a large one and great care must be taken to prevent further
ravages of our trees.
I believe our citizens do not fully realize the great necessity of
spraying and checking their trees, otherwise they would see that their
private trees are taken care of each year and in this way prevent the
spread of these moths and beetles.
The work of the Department for the coming year should include
the winter and fall work most necessary, and be followed by extensive
spraying in the spring for scale, disease, and the leaf eating pests.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN C. FORD,
Superintendent.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
December 31, 1940.
To the citizens of Watertown:
The annual report of the Tree Warden for the year ending Decem-
ber 31, 1940, is herewith submitted:
The general work of this department for the past year has been
the care of the Town trees; they were carefully gone over and given
a general pruning; some of the decayed trees which might prove a
menace to public safety were removed. 'The old guards were repaired
and new ones put in wherever necessary. Many old trees were bolted
and cabled, and cavities filled. Some of the trees which were weakened
by the hurricane of 1938 had to be removed, and these trees should be
replaced.
Owing to the limited appropriation we were only able to set out
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200 new maple trees; some of these were replacements and many of
them were set out on the various streets of the Town at the request
of the citizens. These new trees were supplied with tree food, and tree
guards were placed around them for protection. There are many more
replacements to be made and the demand for these trees each year far
exceeds the supply. The $1000.00 appropriated each year is not suffi-
cient to purchase, plant and properly care for the 200 trees which we
set out annually; many of our streets have no trees on them and the
citizens have to be refused when making applications. There is nothing
that can add more to the attractiveness of our streets or to the valua-
tion of the real estate than well cared for trees.
All the Town trees were sprayed by the Moth Department, and
everything possible done to help exterminate the Elm Bark Beetle, Elm
Leaf Beetle and Aphis, the Gypsy Moth and Satin Moth which each
year seem to be more prevalent owing to the fact that the trees on
private properties are not properly cared for. However, it has been pos-
sible to hold the Elm Leaf Beetle in check and on this account the elm
trees of the Town have not suffered as severely as the trees in many
of the Towns in New England.
We secured an extension of the Federal WPA Tree Trimming
Project and much more work was done in the line of general pruning,
trimming, bolting and cabling than otherwise could have been accom-
plished. I have been advised that the Tree Trimming Project will not
go through this coming year and for that reason the Tree Department
will need a much larger appropriation than formerly if the trees are to
have the necessary attention to keep them in a good healthy condition.
Therefore, for the general maintenance, labor, supplies and proper care
of the trees I recommend an appropriation of $6000.00
Wherever the wires of the Edison Company or the Telephone
Company came in contact with our trees I have called the attention of
these companies to the fact and I am pleased to report that prompt
attention was given to their wires, and they cooperated with the Tree
Department in every way.
I wish to extend my thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen
and to the heads of the various Town Departments for the cordial
cooperation given me in the work of the Tree Department during the
year.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN C. FORD.
Tree Warden.
REPORT OF TOWN VETERINARIAN
December 31, 1940.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
My annual report as Town Veterinarian and Inspector of Animals
for the year ending December 31, 1940, is respectfully submitted.
During the year a total of 345 visits have been made investigating
dog bite cases reported to me by the Board of Health, Police Department
or the State Division of Livestock Disease Control. Six cases have been
investigated for neighboring Boards of Health. In all cases of dog bite
the animal is either quarantined or ordered restrained for two weeks as
required by law. When face bites have been inflicted or the animal is
suspicious of having rabies visits are made at frequent intervals or until
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the exact status of the animal is established. No cases of rabies have
been found in Watertown during the year. This makes the third con-
secutive year without a case of this disease in the Town and the fact
that there has been a wide cooperative effort to enforce control measures
is the probable explanation for this very desirable condition.
A number of visits have been made in cases of animals injured by
automobiles when the owner was not known.
Inspection of all properties in the Town on which farm animals are
kept such as cattle, pigs or goats are kept, has been carried out and
certification of health and sanitary conditions made to the State Divi-
sion of Livestock Disease Control, a copy being furnished the owner.
No infectious disease has been found and in general the sanitary con-
ditions have been satisfactory.
In carrying out the duties of my office I have received and appreci-
ated full cooperation from all Town officials and employees.
Respectfully submitted,
H.W. JAKEMAN, V.M.D.,
Town Veterinarian and Inspector of Animals.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the Inspector
of Buildings for the year ending December 31, 1940.
The permits issued were as follows:
34 one-family houses at a probable cost of $148,300.00
12 two-family houses 83,200.00
124 additions and alterations If
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15,000.00
1 factory building 5,000.00
1 elevator 2,600.00
3 storage buildings 2,650.00
1 diner 4,400.00
Total $367,815.00
6 razings
5 fireworks stands
3 awnings
29 signs
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The fees collected on the above amount to $649.50.
Frequent inspection is necessary in order to have construction
conform to our regulations, and each of the above projects were closely
checked up.
Sometimes a very small job requires as many inspections and as
much time as the large one.
Much time and investigation is spent on proposed projects which
are never carried through.
All overhanging signs installed this year have been covered by
insurance protecting the Town. There are, however, a great many
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existing without proper protection, and I propose to make a complete
listing of these so that bonds may be procured and all liability to the
Town eliminated.
The height of awnings over sidewalks, which has been a source of
frequent complaint, is gradually being improved as new installations
are made.
This Department feels that in view of present economic conditions
every possible privilege should be granted applicants for permits, in so
far as the law allows, but in many cases it was impossible to grant
their requests and permits had to be refused.
Quite a number of violations had to be corrected, but only two
cases were entered in court.
Some changes in our zoning regulations and district lines would, I
believe, be beneficial.
Due to the collecting of fees the cost of maintaining the depart-
ment for 1940 was the lowest in a great many years. I wish to thank
the Board of Selectmen and the various Town Departments for their
courtesy and co-operation during the year.
ELIAS A. PERKINS,
Inspector of Buildings.
REPORT OF SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT
January 20, 1941.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
During the year 1940, the Soldiers' Relief Department aided 171 cases
representing 646 dependents at a cost of approximately $314.58 per case
and $83.27 per person showing an increase in expenditures in the amount
of $8,606.09 over 1939 disbursements.
Veterans who were able to work applied and received W.P.A.
employment thus lessening our case load to some extent although it was
essential in many instances to furnish supplementary Soldiers' Relief
to meet all necessities.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank your Honorable Board,
Sponsors' Agent, John P. Oates, Mr. Richard R. Flynn, Commissioner of
State Aid and Pensions and his staff; also the various veterans' organ-
izations and their auxiliaries for the fine cooperation during the past
year.
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON,
Agent.
REPORT OF THE INFIRMARY DEPARTMENT
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
The Keeper herewith respectfully submits his report for the year
1940.
The total number of inmates for the year was thirty-three, including
admissions and re-admissions.
Several previous inmates obtained work and others were transferred,
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one to the McCreight Home, one to Westboro State Hospital, one to
Cambridge Hospital, and one left to apply for Old Age Assistance. Two
minors who were here for a short period were withdrawn when their
father became enabled to provide a home for them. One inmate was
re-admitted after a period of hospitalization.
Lowest number of inmates was 10; highest, 15; present, 10; average,
12.
Five of the present inmates suffer from chronic ailments. All
inmates are men as there are not yet quarters for women.
A small plot of ground was tilled and furnished fresh vegetables
during the season, the surplus being canned. Minor repairs were per-
formed on the building. A leak in the steam boiler was repaired and
the piping repacked in asbestos. A new closet was built in the chamber,
also a partition in the hall.
The Keeper wishes to recommend replacement of screens, repair
of ceilings and leaky roof, repair of driveway, and the planting of trees
and shrubbery for shade purposes as well as beautification of the
grounds.
The Keeper wishes to thank the other Town departments for their
cooperation, particularly the Town Physicians, and the Honorable Board
of Selectmen.
Respectfully,
PATRICK J. SKEHILL.
REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN
January 21, 1941.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
The following is my report for the period beginning January 1st
and ending December 31st, 1940.
During this period. I made 1167 examinations, consultations and
visits to homes, this including Outside Aid, Aid to Dependent Children
and Old Age Assistance.
One hundred and five office examinations were made to workers of
the various Town departments.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank your Honorable Board
of Selectmen and the various department heads for their cooperation. I
wish also to thank the Police Department for their valuable assistance
in the transportation of patients to the various hospitals by ambulance
and cruising cars.
Respectfully submitted,
P. CANZANELLI, M.D.,
Town Physician.
REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Watertown, Mass.
Gentlemen:
Report of the town physician for the year 1940 is respectfully sub-
mitted. During the year 1030 visits, consultations and examinations
were made in the various departments, Outside Aid, Aid to Dependent
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Children, Infirmary, Old Age Assistance, Police Station and injuries to
town employees. I wish herewith to express my thanks and apprecia-
tion to the honorable Board of Selectmen for their cooperation and to
the police and fire departments and other departments for their assist-
ance gladly and quickly given whenever called upon.
Respectfully yours,
EUGENE F. GORMAN,
Town Physician.
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
January 23, 1941.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The following report is respectfully submitted regarding the work
in the Old Age Assistance Department for the year ending December 31,
1940. I am again pleased to report that the case load increase for 1940
has been slightly lower than for the year 1939. This is due to: 1. Super-
vision and investigation of new applications and re-investigations on old
cases; 2, To the continued improvement in employment conditions in
private industry and W.P.A. Projects.
It is evident that the peak in Old Age Assistance has been reached,
to the extent that each year in the future will show fewer pople applying
for Old Age as is demonstrated by the following.figures. At the begin-
ning of 1939 we had 324 active cases. At the end of 1939 we had 388
active cases showing an increase of 64 cases for the year. At the end of
1940 we had 448 cases or an increase of 60 cases. Thus verifying the fact
that we believe that the peak has been reached, unless new legislation
is passed changing the qualifications for Old Age Assistance such as
lowering the age to perhaps 60 years and eliminating settlements.
During the year 1939 in aiding our 476 recipients this department
spent $121,957.07, the per capita per month being $29.13. In 1940 we
aided 520 recipients at a cost of $149,000.55, the monthly per capita being
$28.84. This constitutes a saving in the Old Age Assistance Department
of $1,809.60 over 1939 plus $750.82 which was recovered from certain re-
cipients making our total savings over 1939 $2,560.42.
The influx of married couples applying for Old Age Assistance seems
to be just as consistent as it was in 1939. This condition, of course, has
a tendency to cause a rise in our per capita cost. The reason being that
it is more costly to maintain a married couple living in their own home
than it is to care for two other recipients living in the homes of other
people.
On the following page you will kindly note the comparison of the
per capita costs by the month for the years 1939 and 1940.
JOSEPH F. MURRAY,
Supervisor.
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
January 23, 1941.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During the year 1939 this department aided 82 families consisting
of 345 individuals at a cost of $59,074.95, the monthly cost per family
being $73.42. The case load in 1940 increased to 106 families with 436
individuals at a cost of $79,430.05, the monthly cost per family being
$72.23. In comparing our figures for 1940 with 1939 we find that we
have experienced a saving of $1,513.68 for this year.
On Aid to Dependent Children cases the Federal Government reim-
burses one-half up to $18.00 for the first child and one-half up to $12.00
for each additional child in the family. The State Department reim-
burses one-third of the total amount of assistance given to each family.
In former years the Federal Government only reimbursed one-third up
to $18.00 for the first child and one-third up to $12.00 for each additional
child in the family. This new ruling is naturally beneficial to the Town
as you can readily see, and it is to the advantage of the Town to give
assistance under this Statute whenever possible.
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ADMINISTRATION OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AND
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
January 23, 1941.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The total expenditures of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance and the
Department of Aid to Dependent Children for 1940 was $235,221.19. With
our present form of disbursing aid in these two departments, I believe
it would be impossible to reduce these costs to any great extent. For
example, in the,past year I have expended $155,791.14 for Old Age Assist-
ance of which the Town's share of the expenditure was $26,965.19. This
seems to be a tremendous sum of money but when the figures are com-
piled and the per capita costs noted we find that the average recipient
of Old Age Assistance is living on 94c per day. This amount must take
care of food, room rent, clothing, insurance, medical care, medicine, hos-
pitalization and all other needs. It is only with the efforts and co-oper-
ation given to the recipients by this department that they are able to
maintain themselves on this amount of money.
On the other hand, in the Department of Aid to Dependent Children,
I believe that it would be very unwise for the Town to attempt to reduce
any of the budgets because it has been proven by various medical groups,
dietitians and life long social workers that an inadequate budget where
children are concerned has ultimately caused a much greater increase
in Welfare expenditures. It has been determined by these groups
through the medium of continual surveys throughout the country that
inadequate aid rendered to our indigent class has been the direct cause
of the majority of our T.B. cases, rickets, rheumatic conditions, anemia,
etc. It has been further proven by these groups that most of our wel-
fare cases today are the result of inadequate budgets or family incomes
during their childhood, causing deprivations physically or intellectually.
making them burdens to their community.
In a breakdown of our figures for Aid to Dependent Children we find
that the per capita cost per month is $72.23 per family or 50c per person
per day. This amount must furnish food, rent, light, heat, gas, clothing.
insurance, hospitalization, medicine and incidentals.
Although I say that it would be impossible to reduce our expendi-
tures to any great extent under out present system, I do believe that I
could offer some recommendations which if put into effect would mean
a great saving to the Town. These recommendations are as follows:
First: That the Town of Watertown inaugurate a Public Clinic
operated by the Town whereby any person receiving public assistance
or any citizen of the Town could be administered care and medical
treatment. This Clinic should include such machines as X-Ray, Violet-
Ray, electro-cardiagram, metabolism, the necessary baking apparatus
and a well equipped first-aid room. Also a drug department where the
Town could compound prescriptions at a much lower cost. I mention
the inauguration of this Clinic because at the present time the Town of
Watertown is spending in the Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age
Assistance and Temporary Aid Departments about $40,000 .per year on
hospitals, doctors, medicine and some nursing care. This does not in-
clude what is spent by the Soldiers Relief Department and the Board
of Health. I believe that this Clinic could greatly reduce these expendi-
tures particularly where a large portion of the operating expenses could
be raised through a fee charged the general public who attend the Clinic.
Second: That the Town of Watertown have a project similar to our
W.P.A. Sewing Project to secure clothes and furniture from the citizens
of the Town. I am thoroughly convinced that there is enough used
clothing and furniture that could be made over and repaired by the
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people receiving welfare to take care of the indigent families in Water-
town. I am basing this opinion on the fact that the Morgan Memorial.
Salvation Army and many other charitable organizations have found
this to be a successful and lucrative business. The Town of Watertown
on Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children and Temporary
Aid has spent approximately $35,000.00 for clothing and other wearing
apparel. This cost could be practically eliminated if such a work project
were started as the over-head and operating costs would be extremely
low. Purchases could also be made through Filenes, R.H. White Co.,
Jordan Marsh Co., and the other Boston stores of soiled and damaged
goods at a greatly reduced price.
Third: That the Town of Watertown put into effect a Municipal
Employment Agency to be operated through the Welfare Department.
Each place of business in Watertown to be contacted weekly by a rep-
resentative of the Town in an attempt to place in employment local
people. Also to impress the townspeople with the fact that there is such
an agency in the Town that they may refer to when they have any work,
such as repairs, alterations, or other odd jobs to be done. I think that
if the business people and taxpayers of the Town knew the difference
that this would make in the tax rate we would receive a high degree of
co-operation from them.
Fourth: That the Town of Watertown could if it so desired take a
Mortgage Bond on all real property owned by any individual receiving
permanent assistance. For example, there is about $250,000.00 worth
of Real Estate held by persons receiving Old Age Assistance of which
there is about $60,000.00 equity.
Fifth: That the Town of Watertown could be made co-beneficiary
under life insurance policies of $500.00 or more held by any person re-
ceiving permanent assistance. I am taking my opinion on this from
Chapter 117 Sections 30 and 31 of the General Laws.
Sixth: That the necessary money be appropriated to pay the salary
of a full time visitor for Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent
Children. As suggested by Mr. Bingham in his recent survey and other
experts in Social Service Work, there should be one visitor for every
100 cases of Aid to Dependent Children and one visitor for every 200
cases of Old Age Assistance. At the present time we have a case load of
548 which qualifies the appointment of this additional visitor.
Seventh: That the necessary money be appropriated to pay the
salary of two full time clerks for Old Age Assistance and Aid to Depend-
ent Children. Due to the reorganization of the State Department of
Public Welfare the clerical work of the office has increased about 50%
along with the fact that our case load is showing a continual upward
trend. With our-present staff it is impossible for these two departments
to operate as efficiently as we would like them to. I am quite sure that
if these appointments are made that the money saved by their employ-
ment would at least pay their salaries and at the same time the recipi-
ents would receive more care and consideration than they are given at
the present time.
In making some of these recommendations, however, I think it only
fair to consider the effect they would have on the business and profes-
sional people of our town who are and have been tax-payers for many
years.
The personnel of this department wishes to extend its thanks to the
Honorable Board of Selectmen and the various employees of the Town
for their co-operation and assistance during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. MURRAY,
Supervisor.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
Watertown, Mass., Dec. 31, 1940.
The Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
In compliance with the By-Laws of the Town, I have the honor
to submit the Annual Report of the Police Department of the Town
of Watertown for the year ending December 31, 1940, together with
recommendations for the ensuing year.
ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
Chief
John F. Milmore
Captains
James P. Burke (retired) Edward A. Murray
Joseph J. Reilly
Lieutenants
James M. Igoe John J. Igoe
Sergeants
Andrew J. Donnelly Edmund H. Norton
Thomas W. Devaney Francis A. Nally
Joseph P. Stead Walter F. Flaherty
Patrolmen
John F. Gleason George M. Clinton
Arthur F. Perkins James P. Shea
Lawrence C. Hanley William W. Carnes
Stewart E. Savage James J. Burke
James M. Reilly John P. Long
Thomas J. Cullen Charles E. Shea
Joseph F. Loughlin Harold M. Parker
Joseph A. Walsh Joseph C. Harrington
George J. Farrell William J. Shea
Edward P. Murphy Francis A. Garafalo
Edward J. Boyle Stephen F. Lyons
Joseph H. Gilfoil Andrew A. Borden
William H. Munhall Richard T. Ryan
Russell J. Kimball Lawrence J. Gleason
John A. Higgins Herbert A. MacDonald
John F. McGeever John A. Walsh
John J. Hanlon Richard H. Keefe
John J. Reilly, Jr.
Wagonmen-Clerics Wagonman-Janitor
Michael F. Casey Thomas Ryder
Thomas F. Sheridan
Clerk of Department
Edmund P. Hickey
There were 1601 arrests in 1940: 1523 males, 78 females and 340
foreign born.
The principal causes of arrest were as follows:—Traffic violations,
716; drunkenness, 368; breaking and entering and larceny, 99; safe
keeping, 61; larceny, 52; assault and battery, 34; suspicious persons, 43;
non-support of wife and children, 37.
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WORK OF SIGNAL SYSTEM
Duty Calls (Day and Night) 68,302
Telephone Calls (Day and Night) 7,300
Radio Calls 4,430
MOTOR VEHICLES
Runs made by Ambulance 285
Miles run by Ambulance 1,520
Mileage for Car 7 30,026
Mileage for Car 10 39,537
Mileage for Car 11 36,007
Mileage for Car 12 9,114
Mileage for Motorcycle ;1 1,455
Mileage for Motorcycle ::2 2,079
Mileage for Motorcycle :3 36
TRAFFIC
The Traffic Department is under the direction of Sergt. Andrew J.
Donnelly and I wish at this time to commend him for the excellent
work he has performed in keeping accidents at a minimum. He has
worked unceasingly to this end and we have had but one fatal accident
this year as compared with four in 1938 and seven in 1939. This acci-
dent occurred before Sergt. Donnelly assumed charge of the Traffic
Dept.
There were 716 arrests for traffic violations for the year 1940.
The principal violations were: Failure to slow down at intersections,
276; no certificate of inspection, 72; speeding, 64; parking in restricted
area, 50; stop light violations, 45; parking without lights, 40; passing
red light, 33; operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 31.
Operators were warned and cards were filed in the Traffic Office
for 2058 traffic violations.
The number of accidents have increased, there being 506 in 1940
as against 477 in 1939. The number of persons injured has decreased
however, there being 298 persons injured in 1940 as against 312 in 1939.
Under the direction of Sergt. Donnelly, much work has been done
by N.Y.A. labor, such as painting center lines on streets, painting stop
signs on the streets, painting cross-walks, painting "school" signs, no
parking signs, one hour parking signs and thirty-five minute parking
signs.
In conjunction with the School Dept., work has been started on
the School Safety Patrols.
There have been over 1000 bicycles registered with the Police
Department in 1940.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED-1940
Valuation of property reported stolen $18,450.00
Valuation of property recovered 13,940.00
Valuation of property rec'd for out of town depts. 6,950.00
This Department is called upon for assistance in many and mis-
cellaneous ways, such as sick and injured assisted, children lost, officers
delivering messages, doors and windows found open and secured, missing
persons, defective streets, etc.
CHANGES IN DEPARTMENT
On January 29, 1940, Capt. James P. Burke was retired from this
Department after forty years of active service. With his retirement.
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this Department loses the services of an honest, loyal and efficient
police officer and superior.
On February 23, 1940, Capt. Edward A. Murray was promoted to
the rank of Captain and on March 15, 1940, Capt. Joseph J. Reilly was
also promoted to the rank of Captain.
Crime
The number of breaks reported for the year 1940 is sixty-three or
twelve more than reported in 1939. Most of these breaks are of a minor
nature and are committed by young boys. In fact, during the year
there were brought to my office by two of the officers, two boys, both
seven years of age, and a little girl six years of age. These children
admitted having broken into several of the stores in the vicinity of
Watertown Square. Needless to say, complaints were not sought by
me. In many other instances, older boys were brought to the Station
and admitted having broken into several houses in their respective
neighborhoods. However, we have also had some serious breaks—On
Oct. 23rd, entrance was gained to a local garage and a brand new
Plymouth Sedan, several tires and other articles were stolen; on Dec.
loth, entrance was also gained to a local liquor establishment and a
quantity of alcoholic beverages was taken. It affords me a great deal
of pleasure to report that two men are now in jail awaiting trial for
these breaks. Both men have long records and I shall ask for the
maximum sentence in States Prison. The most serious break of the
year was committed during the closing days of the year when on Dec.
27th, entrance was gained to a drug store and large amounts of cigars
and cigarettes and narcotics were taken. This break has not been
solved and no efforts are being spared to solve it. I am confident that
it will be solved before many weeks elapse.
.The number of robberies for 1940 is three and this shows a con-
siderable decrease as compared with the robberies reported in previous
years.
The number of larcenies reported for 1940 is seventy-two or two
more than reported in 1939. Very little of value has been taken in most
of these cases but nevertheless they count as a larceny and must
therefore be reported.
LIQUOR LAWS
The licensed liquor establishments, on the whole, were conducted
in accordance with the law, and the rules and regulations concerning
the same.
Arrests for drunkenness show a decrease over last year, the number
being 368 as against 373 for 1939.
TWO-WAY RADIO
During the year, work was started on the establishment of Station
WIXWM Watertown Police Dept. The mast was erected, various tests
were made, the necessary work done on the cars and by October 1st,
Cars 7, 10, 11 and 12 were equipped with two-way radios.
It is possible to relate many instances which prove the wisdom of
the Selectmen in obtaining the two-way radio but space does not permit.
CONDUCT OF OFFICERS
On the whole, the conduct of the officers has been good. During
the year, it was necessary to punish one officer for infractions of the
rules and regulations governing the Police Department.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
The two Ford Cruisers have been in use for the past year and
should be replaced. The cars have been in constant use, day and night,
and will not give efficient service for another year. I recommend that
they be replaced.
The Traffic Car is now three years old and in the interests of
economy and efficiency, I recommend that it be replaced.
In conclusion, I extend my thanks to the Justices of the Superior
and District Courts, the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Town offi-
cers, and private citizens who co-operated with this Department during
the year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. MILMORE,
Chief of Police.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:—
I hereby submit the following report of the Fire Department for
the year ending December 31, 1940.
The membership of the Department remains the same*as at the
close of 1939 and is as follows: One (1) permanent Chief; three (3)
permanent Captains; four (4) permanent Lieutenants; one (1) call
Captain; one (1) call Lieutenant; one (1) mechanician; forty-eight (48►
permanent ladder and hosemen.
Alarms and Losses
The total number of alarms for 1940 was 419, a decrease of 97 over
1939. Of these 318 were still alarms and 101 were bell alarms sounded
from street boxes or sent out from Fire Alarm Headquarters on notifica-
tion of fire. The total number of false alarms for the year was 10,
which is a decrease of 13 over 1939. This is the lowest number of false
alarms sounded for many years.
Ynsurance
Values Losses Insurance Paid
Buildings $371,500.00 $32,528.14 $316,225.00 $32,528.14
Contents 214,850.00 8,980.89 182,700.00 7.820.89
$586,350.00 $41,509.03 $498,525.00 $40,349.03
Automobiles 610.00 610.00
The above losses show an increase from all sources of $785.59 over
1939. It may be interesting to note that $16,200.00 of our loss for 1940
cccurred during the latter part of November when we had a series of
two-alarm fires. There were six multiple alarms for 1940 as compared
with two in 1939.
The Department was called upon many times during the year for
assistance with resuscitator and first aid for various reasons. The
reduction in alarms may be accounted for in a great measure by renewed
efforts on fire prevention through education and inspections, also to
reduction of calls to Bemis Dump.
The distribution of Fire Prevention literature and prizes for Fire
Prevention Essays to pupils of the Senior High School is of value in
reducing fires in the home.
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The Department is appreciative of the opportunity given us to par-
ticipate in the Watertown Woman's Club Industrial Fair, held March
28-29 at the Senior High School. We were able to exhibit and demon-
strate our fire extinguishing and life saving equipment under the direc-
tion of Drill Master Lieutenant John J. Devaney, and were pleased at
the interest shown by our citizens. We thank the Woman's Club for
their interest in our work, and trust this will be an annual event.
Apparatus and Equipment
Engine 3 is our oldest pump, in continuous service for 21 years, is
not reliable and of low pump capacity (500 gallons), and I again recom-
mend its renewal with a 750 gallon capacity as recommended by the
National Board of Underwriters in 1937.
I recommend an appropriation of $9,500.00 to replace this engine
during the coming year.
Hose supply on hand is at the lowest in recent years. An appropri-
ation of $1,200.00 was voted for 1939 of which $700.00 was expended, the
balance being used by transfer for other purposes within the department.
I recommend an appropriation of $1,000.00 for the purchase of hose.
Uniforms: It is eleven years since our first appropriation for uni-
forms. Many of the overcoats purchased at that time must be renewed
the coming year. I recommend an appropriation of $800.00 for uniform
repairs and replacements.
I repeat my recommendation of the past three years and urge that
a survey be made of all buildings owned by the Town, especially the
Infirmary and School Buildings for the purpose of installing automatic
sprinklers with sprinkler alarm to Fire Headquarters. This recommen-
dation is for the purpose of better safeguarding the lives of persons
involved, as it is the best known method of fire extinguishment, together
with a reduction of insurance rates that will pay the entire cost of
installation in a surprisingly short time and is a reasonable guarantee
against possible destruction by fire of buildings involved. There is no
cost for the survey. It is worth every consideration and I trust it will
be made.
I have requested the Superintendent of Fire Alarm to secure if
possible an appropriation for ten (10) additional fire alarm boxes to be
located as directed because of growth of the neighborhoods selected.
In behalf of the members of the department I thank your Honorable
Board for your co-operation during the year.
To the members of the department I extend my sincere thanks.
You have responded to many hours of extra duty and have faithfully
rendered service expected, with the result that our fire losses continue
low.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN W. O'HEARN,
Chief, Fire Department.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
We respectfully submit the annual report of the Board of Assessors
for the year ending December 31, 1940.
The total valuation for 1940 was $51,345,115.00 of which $48,057,585.00
represents real estate values and $3,287,530.00 represents personal prop-
erty values.
The Board does not anticipate any increase in valuation for the
coming year.
We wish to remind the taxpayers that statutory requirement sets
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forth that all applications for abatement of valuations on real estate
and personal property must be filed in the office of the Board of Asses-
sors on or before October first of the year to which the tax is assessed.
These application forms may be obtained at the Assessors' office.
All persons are urged to file the "Form of List" with the Board
declaring their ownership of real and personal property, on or before
January 31st, of the taxable year.
A great many cases coming to the attention of the Appellate Tax
Board on appeal from the valuations set by the local Board have been
presented and defended by the Assessors' with a marked success.
We repeat that the tax rate and the amount of the tax bill to the
individual taxpayer is arrived at to a great extent by the appropriations
granted at town meetings.
We wish to express our appreciation to the various departments of
the town and also to the personnel of the Assessors' Office for their
courtesies and cooperation extended during the past year.
The following is a summary of the list of State and County taxes
and valuations for the year 1940.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. VAHEY, Chairman
EDWARD F. WRIGHT
ANDREW D. BRADFORD
Total Appropriations for 1940 $2,294,201.85
Deficits in overlays for 1936-1937-1938 4,697.62
Court Judgements 1,790.66
Snow removal, etc. 1,645.61
Total State and County Taxes 388,101.26
1939 Underestimates on State and County
Taxes 2,730.95
1940 Overlay 17,351.92
$2,710,519.87
Total Estimated Receipts $721,929.35
1939 Overestimates 7,878.51
Am'ts voted to be taken from available funds 162,170.58
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $891,978.44
Net amount to be raised by taxation on
Polls and Property $1,818,541.43
10,731 Polls IT $2.00 each $21,462.00
Total Valuation:
Personal Property 3,287,530.00 115,063.55
Real Estate 48,057,585.00 1,682,015.47
Gain on account of fractional division of
tax rate .41
Total taxes levied on Polls and Property $1,818,541.43
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Betterment Assessments:
Moths $362.25
Apportioned sidewalk and interest 3,331.56
Apportioned streets and interest 7,589.44
$11,283.25
Total amount of all taxes on polls and
property and assessments commited to the
Collector to date of fixing tax rate $1,829,824.68
Valuations
Buildings exclusive of land $38,503,600.00
Land exclusive of buildings 9,553,985.00
$48,057,585.00
Personal Estate 3,287,530.00
Total Valuation $51,345,115.00
Increase in valuation of real estate $282,825.00
Increase in valuation of personal estate 36,020.00
Total increase in valuation $318,845.00
Total Poll Abatements
For the year 1936 $4.00
For the year 1939 214.00
For the year 1940 948.00
$1,166.00
Total Abatements on Personal Property
For the year 1938 $1,275.74
For the year 1939 1,586.73
For the year 1940 1,220.41
$4,082.88
Total Abatements on Real Estate
For the year 1935 $25.05
For the year 1937 77.00
For the year 1938 3,569A4
For the year 1939 5,957.67
For the year 1940 19,281.51
$28,910.67
Motor Vehicle Excise
Total valuation of motor vehicle excise for
the year 1940 $2,476,280.00
Total Abatements on Motor Vehicle Excise
For the year 1935 $10.25
For the year 1936 71.64
For the year 1937 1,624.53
For the year 1938 870.67
For the year 1939 213.65
For the year 1940 4,811.63
$7,602.3 7
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
I respectfully submit the following report relative to the collection
of taxes and assessments for the year 1940.
1940 Real Estate Taxes
Commitment $1,693,298.88
Refunds 5,187.35 $1,698,486.23
Paid to Treasurer $1,372,194.70
Abatements 18,567.51
Credit by Tax Titles 51,059.12 $1,441,821.33
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 $256,664.90
1940 Personal Taxes
Commitment $115,063.80
Refunds 440.26 $115,504.06
Paid to Treasurer $107,499.61
Abatements 1,220.41 108,720.02
Balance outstanding January 1. 1941 $6,784.04
1940 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Committed May 1, 1940 $52,921.05
Committed July 18, 1940 15,960.77
Committed November 21. 1940 7,924.28
$76,806.10
Refunds 1,928.10 $78,734.20
Paid to Treasurer $70,847A5
Abatements 4,811.63 $75,659.08
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 $3,075.12
1940 Poll Taxes
Original Commitment $21,374.00
Additional Commitment 438.00
$21,812.00
Refunds 4.00 $21.816.00
Paid to Treasurer $19,283.00
Abatements 948.00 $20.228.00
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 $1,588.00
19319 Real Estate Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1. 1940 $326,045.34
Refunds 3,521.65
Adjustments 45.58 $329,612.57
Paid to Treasurer $291,116.11
Abatements 4,738.37
Credit by Tax Titles 33,728.56 $329,583.04
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 $29.53
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1939 Personal Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940 $8,376.99
Refunds 380.10 $8,757.09
Paid to Treasurer $5,909.32
Abatements 1,586.73 7,496.05
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 $1.261.04
1939 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940 $3,593.07
Commitment January 19, 1940 192.63
Refunds 104.99
Adjustment .23 $3,890.92
Paid to Treasurer $2,967.48
Abatements 213.65 $3,181.13
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 S709.79
1939 Poll Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940 $1,378.00 $1,378.00
Paid to Treasurer $114.00
Abatements 214.00 $328.00
Balance outstanding January 1. 1941 $1.050.DO
1938 Real Estate and Personal Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940 $1,413.47
Refunds 2.646.90
Adjustments 35.91 $4,096.28
Paid to Treasurer $505.40
Abatements 3,590.88 $4,096.28
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 00.00
1938 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940 $1,463.16
Refunds 8.23 $1,471.39
Paid to Treasurer $127.53
Abatements 970.67 $1,098.20
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 $373.19
1938 Poll Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940 $388.00
Poll Tax paid after abated 2.00 S390.00
Paid to Treasurer 64.00
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 8326.00
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1937 Real Estate and Personal Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940 $9.59
Refunds 77.00
Adjustments .43 $87.02
Paid to Treasurer $10.02
Abatements 77.00 $87.02
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 00.00
1937 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Balance outstanding January 1. 1940 $1,858.53 $1,858.53
Paid to Treasurer $124.60
Abatements 1,618.99
Adjustments 4.75 $1,748.34
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 $110.19
1937 Poll Taxes
Balance January 1, 1940 $96.00
Refunds 2.00 $98.00
Paid to Treasurer 10.00
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 S88.00
1936 Motor Vehicle Excise
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940 $119.9 7 $119.97
Paid to Treasurer $15.78
Abatements 71.64
Adjustments 2.01 $89.43
Balance outstanding January 1, 1941 $30.54
TOTAL PAYMENTS TO TREASURER
BY COLLECTOR OF TARES
1940 Real Estate Taxes $1,372,194.70
Interest on above $1.081.95
1940 Personal Taxes 107,499.61
Interest on above 25.50
1939 Real Estate Taxes 291,116.11
Interest on above 6,947.94
1939 Personal Taxes 5,909.32
Interest on above 131.55
1940 Poll Taxes 19,280.00
Interest on above .06
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1939 Poll Taxes 114.00
Interest on above 2.57
1938 Poll Taxes 64.00
Interest on above 4.50
1937 Poll Taxes 10.00
Interest on above .95
1936 Poll Taxes 2.00
Interest on above .32
1938 Real Estate Taxes and Personal Taxes 505.40
Interest on above 20.52
1937 Real Estate Taxes 10.02
1940 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 70,847.45
Interest on above 95.49
1939 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 2,967.48
Interest on above 8.73
1938 Motor Vehicles Excise Taxes 127.53
Interest on above 10.64
1937 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 124.60
Interest on above 28.26
1936 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 15.78
Interest on above 9.78
1936 Real Estate Taxes 33.40
Interest on above 84
1935 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes •28
$1,870,821.68 $8,362.60
8,362.60
Brought forward $1,879,184.28
By Receipts from Tax Advertising and fees 2,358.10
By Receipts from Statement of Liens 280.00
By Receipts from Sidewalk Assessments
paid in advance 193.79
By Receipts from Street Assessments paid
in advance 502.92
By Receipts from. Sidewalk and Street As-
sessment interest 3.60
Total paid Treasurer during 1940 $1.882,522.69
JOHN J. KENNEDY,
Collector of Taxes for the Town of Watertown.
Approved: Dec. 31, 1940
W.W. NORCROSS, Jr.,
Auditor.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEINIBER 31, 1940
Borrowed in 1940
Bonds
April 1 Municipal Relief Loan $120,000.00
Bond, Judge & Company 1,,% @ 100.0456
November 1 Highway Equipment Loan 30,000.00
Merchant's National Bank ?�% @ 100.299
Antieipation of Revenue
January 5 Merchant's National Bank 300,000.%00
n .07% plus $27.18 premium
March 5 Merchant's National Bank 300,000.00
@ .07% plus $10.00 premium
December 5 Jackson & Curtis 200,000.00
rite .03%
Notes Paid 1940
March 30 Anticipation of Revenue 100,000.00
May 30 Anticipation of Revenue 100,000.00
November 26 Anticipation of Revenue 300.000.00
November 26 Anticipation of Revenue 300,000.03'
Bonds Paid 1940
February 1 New Administration Building 10.000.00
March 1 School 1.000.00
March 1 (School Outside) 30,000.00
April 1 Playground (West End) 1;000.00
Drainage 1,000.00
Drainage 1,000.00
Drainage 1,000.00
Drainage 1.000.00
School 6.000.00
School 11,000.00
School 10.000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 9,000.00
Streets 3,500.00
May 1 Water (Outside) 1,000.00
School 12,000.00
School (West End Elementary) 5,000.00
June 1 Athletic Field 1,000.00
Municipal Relief 9.000.00
July 1 West Watertown School (Outside) 12,000.00
Senior High School 1,000.00
Land (Barnard Block) 1.000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 8,000.00
Municipal Relief (Garage) 8,000.00
October 1 Municipal Relief (Outside) 10,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 5,000.00
State Tax Refunding 15,000.00
November 1 Drainage (Outside) 2,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 10,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 10,000.00
Municipal Relief (.Outside) 9,000.0u-
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December 1 School (Outside) 11,000.00
Library (Outside) 3.000.00
School (Outside) 8,000.00
Police Station (Outside) ,,000.00
$231.500.00
Bonds Due 1941
February 1 New Administration Building 10,000.00
March 1 School 1,000.00
School (Outside) 30,000.00
April 1 Drainage 1,000.00
Drainage 1,000.00
Drainage 1,000.00
Drainage 1,000.00
School 10,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 9,000.00
Streets 3,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 24,000.00
May 1 Water (Outside) 1,000.00
School 12,000.00
School (West End Elementary) 4,000.00
June 1 Municipal Relief (Outside) 91000,00
July 1 West Watertown School (Outside) 12,000.00
Senior High School 1,0()0.0()
Land (Barnard Block) 1,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 8,000.00
Municipal Relief (Garage) 8,000.00
October 1 Municipal Relief (Outside) 10,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 5,000.00
State Tax Refunding 15,000.00
November 1 Drainage (Outside) 1,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 10,000.00
Municipal Relief (Outside) 9,000.00
Highway Equipment 6,000.00
December 1 School (Outside) 11,000.00
Library (Outside) 3,OW.Q0
School (Outside) 8,000.00
Police Station (Outside) 5,000.00
$230,000.00
Notes Due 1941
May 15 Jackson & Curtis $100.000.00
March 31 Jackson & Curtis 100,000.00
November 28 Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company 300,000.00
Statement required by Chapter VI, Town By-Laws, Article 4.
Statement of debt and total cash expenditures of the Town for
thirty years.
Year Total Indebtedness Town Debt
1911 $811,158.18 $761,625.00
1912 800,488.71 766,225.00
1913 795,500.10 802,225.00
1914 884,248.80 767,525.00
1915 978,082.53 775,725.00
1916 1,010,473.76 807,925.00
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1917 1,165,912.95 809,500.00
1918 1,116,816.30 767,500.00
1919 1,525,651.33 1,003,000.00
1920 1,788,282.40 1,087,000.00
1921 2,083,986.77 1,319,000.00
1922 2,037,672.76 1,238,500.00
1923 2,144,143.57 1,183,500.00
1924 2,571,082.55 1,679,000.00
1925 3,015,407.96 1,914,000.00
1926 3,010,470.05 2,079,500.00
1927 3,384,965.67 2,023,000.00
1928 3,378,589.10 2,172,000.00
1929 4,011,343.85 2,171,500.00
1930 3,903,795.26 1,982,000.00
1931 4,282,947.52 1,947,000.00
1932 4,923,029.72 1,742,000.00
1933 4,171,875.82 1,499,000.00
1934 3,908,434.08 1,482,000.00
1935 3,804,109.55 1,477,700.00
1936 3,743,934.34 1,291,000.00
1937 3,668,053.63 1,153,000.00
1938 3,750,895.75 1,102,000.00
1939 3,770,835.31 1,201,500.00
1940 3.732.597.22 1,120,000.00
The indebtedness of the Town, and the accounts on which it was
incurred, is as follows:
Sewers and Drains $40,000.00
Schools 331,000.00
Streets and Betterments 19,000.00
Water 3,000.00
Land Taking 3,000.00
Police Station 22,000.00
Administration Building 110,000.00
Library Addition 11,000.00
Municipal Relief 493,000.00
State Tax Refunding 58,000.00
Highway Equipment $30.000.00 $1,120,000.00
The indebtedness of the Town matures as follows:
Year Debt
1941 $230,000.00
1942 197,000.00
1943 178,000.00
1944 172,000.00
1945 97,000.00
1946 59,000.00
1947 58,000.00
1948 58,000.00
1949 42,000.00
1950 18,000.00
1951 11.000.00 $1.120,000.00
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Financial Statement
Total Debt, December 31, 1940 $1,120,000.00
OUTSIDE
High School Chap. No. 372, Acts 1923 $120,000.00
West Watertown School Chap. 27, Acts 1921 12,000.00
Drainage P.W.A. Chap. No. 366, Acts 1933 4,000.00
School P.W.A. Chap. No. 366, Acts 1933 44,000.00
Library Add. P.W.A. Chap. 366, Acts 1933 11,000.00
School P.W.A. Chap. No. 404, Acts 1935 70,000.00
Police Station P.W.A. Chap. No. 404, Acts 1935 22,000.00
Municipal Rel. W.P.A. Chap. No. 80, Acts 1936 10,000.00
Municipal Rel. W.P. A. Chap. No. 107, Acts 1937 16,000.00
Municipal Rel. W.P.A. Chap. No. 107, Acts 1937 20,000.00
Municipal Rel. W.P.A. Chap. No. 58, Acts 1938 67,000.00
Municipal Rel. W.P.A. Chap. No. 58, Acts 1938 67,000.00
Water 3,000.00
Municipal Rel. W.P.A. Chap. No. 72, Acts 1939 81,000.00
Municipal Rel. (Garage) W.P.A. Chap. 72 Acts
1939 67,000.00
Municipal Rel. W.P.A. Chap. 72, Acts 1939 45,000.00
State Tax Refunding Loan, Chap. 464 Acts 1939 58,000.00
Municipal Rel. W.P.A. Chap. No. 72, Acts 1939 120,000.00
General Debt Outside Debt Limit $837,000.00
General Debt Inside Debt Limit 283,000.00
Total Debt $1,120,000.00
Valuation 1938 $53,801,280.00
Valuation 1939 53,496,150.00
Valuation 1940 53,821,395.00$161,118,825.00
Abatements 1938 $1,128,385.00
Abatements 1939 789,975.00
Abatements 1940 717,950.00 $2,636,310.00
3)$158,482,515.00
$52,827,505.00
3"" 1,584,825.15
General Debt Inside Debt Limit 283,000.00
Borrowing Capacity January 1, 1941 $1,301,825.15
Insurance
Amount Expires
American National Fire Insurance Co. $35,000.00 Sept. 1, 1941
Boston Insurance Company 18,000.00 " "
Queens Insurance Company of America 33,000.00 "
Springfield Insurance Company 10,000.00 "
Queens Insurance Company of America 35,000.00 "
Queens Insurance Company of America 10,000.00 "
Home Insurance Company 29,000.00 "
American Insurance Company 20,000.00 "
Queens Insurance Company of America 20,000.00 "
Millers National Insurance Company 36,000.00 "
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Travelers Fire Insurance Company 33,000.00 "
Home Insurance Company 48,000.00 "
Pacific Fire Insurance Company 33,000.00 "
Boston Insurance Company 22,000.00 14 "
National Liberty Insurance Company 22,000.00 "
Standard Fire Insurance Company 10,000.00 "
Rhode Island Insurance Company 25,000.00 "
Boston Insurance Company 20,000.00 "
Penn Fire Insurance Company 10,000.00 "
Boston Insurance Company 10,000.00 "
Firemen's Fund Insurance Company 20,000.03 " "
Insurance Company of North America 53,000.00 "
Penn Fire Insurance Company 25,000.00 "
Springfield Insurance Company 15,000.00 "
Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 90,000.00 Sept. 1, 1942
Penn Fire Insurance Company 36,000.00 " "
Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 168,000.00 " "
Star Insurance Company 143,000.00 46it
Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 74,000.00 it "
Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co. 389,679.00 Sept. 1, 1943
National Fire Insurance Company 485,870.00 Sept. 1, 1944
National Fire Insurance Company 50,000.00 Sept. 1, 1945
Springfield Insurance Company 244,000.00 " "
New England Fire Insurance Company 75,000.00 " it
Hartford Fire Insurance Company 50,320.00 if "
Penn Fire Insurance Company 57,225.00 It
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Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. 50,000.00 "
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Firemen's Fund Insurance Company 200,000.00 if "
$2,705,094.00
The several sums of money turned over to me for the perpetual
care of lots in the Cemeteries have been deposited in the Watertown
Savings Bank, and are as follows:
Balance, December 31, 1939 $56,144.55
Interest for the year 1940 1,565.56
$57,710.11
1939 Interest withdrawn 1,649.55
$56,060.56
Names and amounts collected in 1940.
Feb. 9 W. G. Rockwell (Wm. Murray) $37.50
Ed. D. Doherty (Charles Balmforth) 30.00
Mar. 1 Hovanessian & Johnson (Boghos Hanepayanian) 15.00
Hovanessian & Johnson (Rouper DerArakalian) 15.00
W. G. Rockwell (Agnes Pieterse) 37.50
Bernard E. Mullin (Alice Duncanson) 50.00
John A. Gallagher (Earl O. Maxwell) 15.00
Hovanessian & Johnson (Armenouhi Manoogian) 30.00
A. E. Long & Son (Ralph Stratton) 15.00
Apr. 6 Charles Mardirosian (Alice Punjian) 15.00
Hovanessian & Johnson (Mikran Ounjian) 30.00
John Johnson (Victoria Proodian) 15.00
18 Charles Crockford 50.00
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May 8 Hovanessian & Johnson (Antriansian) 15.00
W. G. Rockwell (Ida Jane Beverly) 15.00
Est. of George F. Black 100.00
June 7 Mrs. Jos. Coleman 37.50
George Gregg & Son (Mary Chisholm) 15.00
Charles Mardirosian (Karonger Kherhanian) 15.00
Sarah J. Corbett 15.00
Arakel Haroian (Sarah Markanian) 15.00
July 10 Arthur Hasiostis (Georgia Harais) 15.00
Elmer E. Butler 60.00
John N. Nicholson (Alexander Nicholson) 30.00
Jos. P. Nazareth (John Darak3ian) 75.00
W. G. Rockwell (Walter Rundlett) 37.50
Donald MacDonald (Austin Fance) 15.00
Hovanessian & Johnson (Hermine Permian) 30.00
R. MacF. Brown & Son (Dorothy Bronson) 37.50
Jacob Jelol (Ira Newton Jelal) 75.00
Wm. J. Hooper 30.00
Mrs. Maude E. Wiley (Herbert Wiley) 37.50
Allan C. Vaughn 7.50
July 23 Mrs. Satenig Saraf 50.00
John Johnson (Rose Zerigian) 7.50
David E. Rundlett (Wilbur E. Rundlett) 37.50
C. J. Bergland (Esther Johnson) 37.50
Mrs. S. W. Creasy 139.50
Aug. 10 Eliza S. Baldwin (Albert Baldwin) 50.00
John Johnson (Serflne Begoraian) 15.00
Sept. 4 Christian J. Berglund (Carl H. Aspegren) 37.50
Richard and Florence Juskalian (John Juskalian) 90.00
Johnson & Hovanessian (Arnig Kulaklian) 30.00
Irene Derderian (Hagop Derderian) 75.00
Charles Marrosian (Mary Papazian) 15.00
Oct. 1 George H. Gregg & 'Son (Edith Loring) 50.00
Mrs. Berkin Chakamian (George Chakamian) 10.00
Est. of Lewis Blaisdell 62.50
Oct. 28 George H. Gregg & Son (Wm. Kerwin) 15.00
W. G. Rockwell (Charles Ticehurst) 37.50
Nov. 5 W. G. Rockwell (Warren) 15.00
Mrs. Agnes Wood (Jane Jack) 30.00
W. G. Rockwell (Ed. Ferris) 15.00
W. E. Cramer 37.50
Dec. 4 Hovanessian & Johnson (Taras Gezerian) 50.00
Wm. A. Howard (Emilie Hubbard) 37.50
Frank S. Mumford 22.50
$1,999.50
56,060.56
Balance December 31, 1940 $58,060.06
The following is a list of all money and securities placed in my
charge, by virtue of any gift, devise, bequest or deposit:
The Martha Sanger bequest consisting of a deposit in the Watertown
Savings Bank.
Balance December 31, 1939 $826.64
Interest for 1940 22.88
Balance December 30. 1940 $849.52
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Templeton Fund $2,500. which is represented by two $1,000 4% first
mortgage bonds, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and an
account in the 'Watertown Savings Bank.
I have also in my charge the following accounts of the Public
Library not direct bequests to the Town:
Benjamin Hosmer Pierce Fund represented by deposit in the Water-
town Savings Bank, including interest—$1,313.73
Barry Fund deposit in Watertown Savings Bank, including interest—
$1,007.28
Mary D. Emerson Fund, consisting of a deposit in Watertown
Savings Bank, including interest—$3,165.81
Stock belonging to the Trustees of the Asa Pratt Bequest.
Receipts and Expenditures
Balance January 1, 1940 $324,303.55
1939 Receipts $3,752,853.55
$4,077,157.10
1940 Paid Treasury Warrant $3,732,597.22
Balance, December 30, 1940 $344,559.88
Approved:
W. W. NORCROSS, Jr.,
Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
FINANCE COMMITTEE
WILFRED J. PAQUET, Chairman
95 Spruce Street
Watertown 5876
Hubbard 1320
EDWARD C. WEBSTER, Secretary
124 Marshall Street
Watertown 3391
Terms Expiring in 1940
LELAND BIXBY 19 Barnard Avenue
ARAM BRAZILIAN 44 Adams Avenue
ALBERT BROGLE 38 Harnden Avenue
DR. PERICLES CANZANELLI 300 Mt. Auburn Street
MATTHEW W.J. CARLEY 48 Evans Street
DANIEL J. MURPHY 35 Channing Road
WILFRED J. PAQUET 95 Spruce Street
Terms Expiring in 1941
JAMES N. BARRETT 24 Hall Avenue
LOUIS N. COUSBELLIS 746 Mt. Auburn Street
WILLIAM H. DONALD 114 Riverside Street
ARTIN PAPAZIAN 640 Mt. Auburn Street
CHESTER H. PARKER 17 Gleason Street
ROBERT J. PLUNKETT 86 Hovey Street
SEBASTIAN TANGUSSO 92 Bellevue Road
Terms Expiring in 1942
FRANCIS C. BROWN 198 Bellevue Road
CARL W. JOHNSON 72 Winsor Avenue
HARRY J. LANDEN 72 Standish Road
ROY PAPALIA 191 Summer Street
CLARK PARTRIDGE 75 Commonwealth Road
EDWARD W. SUPPLE 12 Sheldon Road
EDWARD C. WEBSTER 124 Marshall Street
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Report of the Finance Committee
To the Citizens of Watertown:
The Finance Committee herewith submits its report containing rec-
ommendations to the Annual Town Meeting on the several requests for
appropriations submitted by the Town Officials and Department Heads,
together with some comments respecting certain activities of the Town
and suggestions for their improvement. The budget of preceding years
has been carefully considered and serious consideration given to the
requests for appropriations for this year, and the recommendations con-
tained herein have been made only after a full discussion and realization
of what is actually necessary to properly conduct the various Town De-
partments. We realize the necessity for adequate funds to transact the
Town's business, but have also considered what the taxpayer is able to
afford. In an endeavor to keep the tax rate within bounds, we have
reduced a great many requests for appropriations, but it is our firm
belief that the amounts recommended in this Report, will, if properly
and wisely expended, be sufficient for the proper operation of all essen-
tial services of the Town.
This year your Committee was presented with the largest budget
ever submitted to any Finance Committee in the history of the Town.
The total amount requested was $2,600,770, an increase of over $100,000
above that which was requested for the year 1939. Certain recommenda-
tions have been made which are greater than in former years, but the
citizens must realize that the cost of government is increasing and if
they continue to vote certain additions to the Town services and for
increased salaries and expenditures over the recommendations of its
Finance Committee, they have to meet the inevitable high cost and
ultimately pay the bill. There can be no argument but that the voters
themselves are solely responsible for the increased cost of government,
and if they are satisfied to follow the program of those officials who are
not carefully looking out for the interest of the taxpayer, they must
expect to suffer the consequences. It is time the people of Watertown
became aroused about the increasing cost of government in our Town
and took steps to assert their right and demand the fair, impartial, and
good business judgment they are entitled to receive from their Officials
and Department Heads in conducting the business of the Town.
SALARIES. The Finance Committee intends to be fair in its delib-
erations and recommendations, despite the contrary opinion of some
citizens of the Town. A few years ago, the Committee realized there
were many inequalities in salaries paid to clerks in the different depart-
ments, and accordingly recommended that a special committee be ap-
pointed to study this matter. That committee made its recommenda-
tions to the Town Meeting and set minimum and maximum salaries for
each and every clerk, and by vote of the Town certain step rates were
inaugurated. which have been continued. In many cases, the maximum
salaries have been reached, but this year we found some Department
Heads recommending higher salaries for many of these clerks. The
Committee was unalterably opposed to such requests, and has declined
to recommend an increase for such clerks. In considering the salary
question of others in the Town, the Committee felt there was some
inequality still existing, and in an endeavor to adjust those salaries, we
have made certain recommendations which we think are justified. Town
employees must realize that certain positions and certain types of work
can only demand settled compensation, and we do not believe they are
justified in seeking an increase for those positions once they have
reached what has been determined as a fair maximum amount. People
employed in private industry realize the wisdom of such a rule, and we
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feel that in the conduct of orderly government it should be followed in
the Town of Watertown.
BUDGET INCREASES. Some Department Heads have submitted
requests for increased amounts to operate their departments for this
year and for some additional new equipment. These matters were con-
sidered very carefully, and some requests have been approved and recom-
mended. We have recommended the installation of a two-way radio
system for the Police Department, which we feel will increase efficiency
and give added protection to the citizens of this Town. Some other
recommendations have been made to increase the efficiency of certain
departments, and where it was apparent to this Committee that the
installation of new equipment or increased expenditures would result
in economy and better administration of the department, it was recom-
mended. On the other hand, where it was established that the Depart-
ment Head was not willing to institute a program to increase efficiency
and effect savings, we did not feel justified and could not see the wisdom
of following such requests.
RELIEF COSTS. Watertown has been very fortunate in the past
by receiving considerable aid from the State and Federal Agencies, but
our Welfare costs have not changed proportionately to the amount
received from such sources. We believe that efficient supervision of the
Welfare Agencies-in this Town is imperative, and the persons responsible
for the actual administrative work re-arrange their methods of operation
and follow sound business principles which will bring about a reduction
in this cost. Certain recommendations were made in a survey of these
Departments, but the only one that received consideration by the
Department Heads was the one calling for salary increases. The Wel-
fare problem is an acute one and this Department should be supervised
by one competent head to•the end that duplication and waste in this
important work be eliminated and economy and efficiency installed.
W.P.A. The W.P.A. has operated many projects during the year,
and an amount in excess of $650,000 was received by Watertown citizens
as compensation during the year 1939. The cost to carry on this work is
large, because materials and supplies must be furnished by the Town,
but help from this source is very beneficial and if the work is carefully
supervised and economically carried out, greater benefits will result,
much help will be given local taxpayers, and the Welfare costs will
have a tendency to decrease. In the past years the Finance Committee
has recommended borrowing for W.P.A. expenses and material, but
this year we have changed from that method of financing this work.
We recommend that.the amount of $90,000, which this Committee has
approved, be assessed on the polls and estates for the year 1940, and that
we avoid future borrowing for W.P.A. expenses and materials. We are
paying off substantial sums.of money which were borrowed to finance
this work in the past few years, and we now believe that it is wise to
adopt the "pay as. we go" policy. The amount we have recommended
may not be sufficient to carry through the year, but undoubtedly there
will be funds available for transfer at a later Town Meeting, from a
source that will not add an additional amount on the tax levy.
PUBLIC WORKS. The operations of the departments under this
head have always been a matter of great concern because several hun-
dred thousand dollars are yearly expended for this work. The Finance
Committee was asked to recommend, for the day laborers, a return to
the scale of wages which they received several years ago, before a reduc-
tion was made. These employees now work a forty-hour week, and
receive a salary of $27.25. In comparing the salary received by our Town
laborers with that received by those employed in private industry, the
Committee did not feel it could conscientiously recommend an increase
301
this year. The Committee was not unanimous in this recommendation,
and now feels that a special committee should be appointed by the
Moderator to study this problem thoroughly and report at a later Town
meeting.
The Selectmen have recommended the purchase of considerable
motor vehicle and snow removal equipment, and your Committee realizes
that certain replacements and some additions must be made to properly
conduct this Department. The Committee as a whole and the Sub-
Committee appointed to investigate this matter did not feel it was fully
qualified or had sufficient time to go into the question thoroughly to
report fully at this Town Meeting, so we are recommending that a com-
mittee of five be appointed by the Moderator to study the matter of
replacements and additions in the Highway Department. It is also
recommended that in the future some policy of replacement be followed
yearly, to the end that better trade-in allowances can be secured on
old equipment and that it will not be used until it is practically valueless.
BINGHAM SURVEY. In the year 1939, the sum of $4200 was spent
to make a complete survey of all Town Departments. This survey was
presented to the Finance Committee and accepted by them and passed
on to the Town Meeting. It contained several recommendations, and
some of them can be put into operation with little or no cost to the
Town and without any specific action on the part of the Town Meeting.
All Department Heads have been furnished with a report of their own
department, and if it is carefully studied and some attempt made to
follow the recommendations therein, greater efficiency and economy will
result. It should not be necessary for this Committee or any other Town
body to urge upon the Department Heads to make the changes contained
in this Report. They have the power to do this themselves, and it is
the suggestion of this Committee that they consider the Survey in its
entirety and attempt to improve the operation of their Departments
and not pick out those things which call for an increase in their own
salaries and eliminate those which call for an increase in efficiency.
CONCLUSION. The Town of Watertown is in good financial condi-
tion and has an excellent credit standing. This position can be im-
proved if those matters which tend to impair and decrease efficiency in
government are eliminated forthwith and good orderly economic pro-
grams are installed. We have been through trying times during the last
decade and now we are starting on a new one. There is a definite need
for cooperation and concerted action between the Officials, Department
Heads, and all the Citizens, and if Each person entrusted with a duty
in the Town Government will realize the necessity of this, great progress
can be made in the efficiency of administering the affairs of our Town.
The Finance Committee endeavors to do its snare and does consid-
erable work in its desire to be helpful with recommendations. This year
the Committee was practically one hundred percent in attendance at all
meetings and the Sub-Committees did splendid work in their search for
those facts which would enable them to make proper and reasonable
recommendations. They are to be complimented for their loyalty in
attempting to assist in this very important work, which forms an integral
part of the government in our Town. I have enjoyed presiding over the
meetings and the deliberations of this Committee, and I want to person-
ally thank all members for their splendid support, cooperation, and will-
ing assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
WILFRED J. PAQUET, Chairman.
Voted: That the Report of the Chairman of the Finance Committee
be adopted as the Report of the Committee.
EDWARD C. WEBSTER, Secretary.
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REPORT OF SPONSOR'S AGENT
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit the following report of work done under Works
Progress Administration for the year ending December 31, 1940.
The following is a report of the number of people employed on
Works Progress Administration during the year ending December 31,
1940.
Month No. Employed Month No. Employed
January 770 July 512
February 850 August 535
March 780 September 495
April 629 October 608
May 497 November 584
June 445 December 592
(An average of 608 persons per month)
These workers were employed on projects written up under the
direction of Sponsor, Mr. Bernard S. McHugh, Chairman of the Board
of Selectmen and Town Engineer, Otis D. Allen.
White Collar Projects in operation from January 1, 1940 to Decem-
ber 31, 1940:
W.P.A. Sewing, Grant School
(State Wide)
This project provides employment for needy persons in the main-
tenance of operation of sewing rooms in the Grant School, Town of
Watertown, Middlesex County. Products from all W.P.A. Sewing Units
in the district are shipped to Concord Avenue Warehouse, Cambridge
and distributed free to charitable institutions or to the needy of the
different cities and towns. No Federal funds will be expended for the
cost of distribution of finished products. These articles are distributed
only to persons receiving or eligible, according to public records, to
receive public relief or that they will be used for public purposes for
which it is legal to spend local public tax funds. During the year there
were 16,678 pieces made up in Watertown Unit consisting of the fol-
lowing:—Overalls, Shorts, Combinations, Bloomers, Shirts, Panties,
Union Suits, Sheets and Dungarees.
Index Vital Statistics
This project is to verify, classify and card-index birth, marriage
and death records for the office of the Town Clerk. Completed index
will be maintained by Town Clerk.
Codifying By-Laws—Departmental Rules and Regulations
This project is to classify and index the state and local laws, anno-
tations and opinions effecting Watertown and compile in printed form
the final code and index. These are to be maintained by Town Counsel.
Recreation Project
This project is to promote, supervise and co-ordinate a community
recreation program in the various phases of physical activities, arts and
crafts, dancing, drama, specials, music (instrumental and choral) and
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other forms of leisure time activities to include special events, pageants,
field days, nature activities, club organizations, etc. and training for
leisure time leadership and direction.
Record of Registration of Veterans Graves (State Wide)
This project is to check up all records now on hand of veterans
graves and to find out the location in all cemeteries of the town where
veterans are buried—getting name of cemetery and lot numbers and
any information of any veteran of Watertown in any of the wars of
the United States as to where they are buried.
Survey of Public Buildings
Under this project there was a survey taken of all Public buildings
to obtain all information and actual measurements necessary to draw
architectural plans of these public buildings. These plans are to re-
place original plans which are missing and were filed in the office of
the Building Inspector to be used when contemplating repairs or
improvements.
Historical Records Survey
This is a State Wide Project sponsored by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, Frederic W. Cook and engaged principally in the
preparation of inventories of the Public Records of the Counties, Cities
and Towns of the Commonwealth. We have an average of six Water-
town persons working on this project and we contribute $5.00 per month
per person towards heat, light, telephone, office supplies and similar
items
Music Project (State Wide)
This is a State Wide Project where men are trained who are taking
up different types of musical instruments and we are paying $3.00 per
month per person towards instruments, music, etc. We have an average
of five Watertown people on this project.
Building Inspectors Records
Transcribed and filed card records in Building Inspector's Depart-
ment and Street indexed 13,500 permits from 1917 to 1938.
Household Aid Project (State Wide)
This project is to assist in housework aid for care of children and
for simple homecare of the sick. Assistance to be given in homes of
needy where the homemaker is totally or partially incapacitated, also
in homes of the needy where temporary emergency (not exceeding one
week in duration) makes such assistance necessary.
Families Aided 347
Persons in families assisted 1615
Number of Visits made by visitors 1483
Number of Visits made by Supervisor 713
Nursery School Project (State Wide)
This is a State Wide Project to take care of children under five
years of age who are undernourished and children of parents on relief
where the mother is employed during the day. The locations of these
projects are at the Coolidge School and Parker School. The average
enrollment is between 25 and 30 in each school.
Police Records
Under this project was transcribed and filed a new set of Police
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Records for the Watertown Police Department. Records included master
arrest cards for the period 1905 to 1916; complaint cards 1921 to 1928;
rogues gallery, directory of store owners, fingerprint records; case and
history files and warrant records. Completed records to be maintained
by Police Chief.
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
N.Y.A. Girls Sewing—Project 740-14-328
Girls between the ages of 17 and 25 are trained in sewing. During
the past year the following articles were made and distributed to Con-
cord Avenue Commissary to be distributed to W.P. A. for different
cities and towns. (23 girls on project)
Girls' Skirts 10 Girls' Slips 15
Girls' Dresses 465 Girls' Pajamas 78
Girls' Panties 332 Pot Holders 20
Bath Towels 176
All of the materials purchased for this project are paid for entirely
by the town. On June 1, 1940 instead of sending finished material to
warehouse to be delivered to other cities and towns, we were granted
permission to send it to the Welfare Dept. to be distributed in our own
town. The following clothing was sent to the Welfare Department:
Boys' Suits 30 Girls' Dresses 276
Turkish towels 260 Girls' Slips 4
Boys' Pants 4 Girls' Skirts 58
Full size bed sheets 63
N.Y.A. Boys' Painting-Project 720-14-298
Work done by these boys between the ages of 17 and 24 is as
follows:
Painting street signs, sickness signs, danger signs, traffic signs, town
trucks, making street horses, tool boxes, lintels, repairing voting booth.
white line for road traffic, parking areas on streets, cross walks, etc.
(Thirteen boys on this project)
N.Y.A. Girls' Office—Project 750-14-232
These girls are given a chance to get actual experience in office
work. They are placed in different offices in Administration Building
and W.P. A. Office. (Four girls on Project)
National Defense Program N.Y.A.
Seventeen boys at Spencer Camp, Spencer, Mass. 3 boys at Quoddy
Camp, 1 boy at Charlestown. These boys are being taught the follow-
ing trades: carpentry, woodworking, electrical work, moulding, tinsmith,
machineshop work, spot welding, arc welding, auto repair work, art and
sign painting, draftsman.
Manual Projects U. S. Arsenal
At present there are four projects working at the Arsenal. We have
fifty-three persons from Watertown working there without any cost to
the town. These are all manual projects.
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LIST OF MANUAL PROJECTS FROM JAN. 1, 1940 TO DEC. 31, 1940
Parks and Playgrounds
West Junior and Marshall Spring School
Bituminous hot-top road put in around the school driveways. Lawns
dug up and loam put in and graded and seeded. Work started on
grading at James Russell Lowell School.
Conserve Trees and Moth Project
Trees treated for elimination of Browntail and gypsy moth, also
surgical work done on trees that were damaged during hurricane and
otherwise.
Improve Public Buildings
Interior of Police Station painted throughout and all exterior wood
and iron works, two coats. Central Fire Station, exterior wood and
iron work painted. Apparatus room, recreation room, seven bedrooms,
connecting corridors and walls painted two coats; all ceilings calso-
.mined; all interior woodwork varnished; two new windows installed and
200 ft. of slate roof replaced.
East End Fire Station
In recreation rooms, twelve bedrooms, bathroom, hoseroom, kitchen
work shop and corridor walls painted two coats; woodwork varnished
and ceilings calsomined; floors painted in kitchen and apparatus room.
Brick wall and archway at right front entrance taken down and rebuilt.
Marshall Spring School
Boiler Room, fan room, repair room, girls and boys toilets and two
classroom walls and work painted two coats and ceilings calsomined.
Two new doors installed in boiler room new copper hoods over two side
entrances, over present frame work.
West Junior High School
Metal weather strip installed in all windows in building; washed
down and painted two coats of lead and oil; ceilings calsomined, wood-
work varnished in sewing room, lunch room, cafeteria, paint shop, wood-
working shop and metal shop. Principal's office, secretary's office and
men teachers' room, assembly hall and gymnasium. All concrete floors
in basement painted. Installed a new concrete areaway adjoining the
boiler room, cut openings through brick wall to same, put concrete roof
on top of same and tar over concrete. Old wooden floor in gymnasium
removed, asphalted the concrete base and installed built-up ventilated
wood floor with jackets to admit air.
Hosmer School
Replaced 200 ft. composition roof.
East Junior High School
Replaced conductor pipe over Assembly Hall. Replaced 60 ft. copper
valley; replaced 100 sq. ft. copper roof; 1200 sq. ft. copper roof; 1200
sq. ft. composition roof. Four classrooms painted; ceilings calsomined
and woodwork varnished and 2 classrooms, wooden floors layed over old
concrete floors.
Survey of Sewers and Drains
This project is for the purpose of making and engineering survey
of underground structure and the preparation of maps and existing
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sewers and drains system showing horizontal and vertical location and
uses and physical characteristics. Completed work will be used for
future planning and extensions. There are seven persons on this
project.
Resurfacing Streets
The following streets were reconstructed and resurfaced with bitu-
minous concrete: Bancroft St. (Lexington to Edenfield Ave.), Beacon
Park, Frank St., Winter St.
The following streets were resurfaced: Elliot St., Fifith Ave., Hazel
St., Lexington St. (Main to Warren), Olcott St., Paul St., Pequossette St.
Curbing put in on corners as follows: Bancroft and Lexington, Ban-
croft and Edenfield, Arsenal and Beacon Park, Winter and Cross, Win-
ter and Church, Winter and Summer, Winter and Fayette, Hazel and
Howe St.
Bituminous Concrete Sidewalks constructed Arden Rd., Bacon St.,
Beechwood Ave. (Charles River Rd. to No. Beacon, East Side), Boylston
St., Bromfield St., Mt. Auburn St. (Franklin to Walnut), California St.
(From Fifth Ave. lots east of Fifth Ave.), Cypress St. (point of
Quimby), Emerson Rd. (Main to 21-16), Franklin St. (83-93), Hillcrest
Circle, Howard St., Katherine Rd. (Common St. to Church St.), Law-
rence St. (Worcester to Orchard), Laurel St. (School to Dexter Ave.),
Longfellow Rd. (Lot 73-44 to Waltham Line), Main St. (Thaxter to
Cross), Melendy Ave. (Laurel to Lot 41), Merrifield Ave., Morse St.,
Nash St., Nichols Ave. (Dexter Ave. to Bigelow), Putnam St. (115 to 77A
Boylston), Quincy St., Quimby St., Shattuck Rd. (Adams Ave. to Stone-
leigh Rd.), Spring St. (Palfrey to Main St.), Springfield St. (Orchard
to Worcester St.), Stoneleigh Rd. (Shattuck to Stoneleigh Circle), Tem-
pleton Parkway, Worcester St., Springfield St. (Worcester to Quincy).
Gravel put in ready for Bituminous Concrete: Belmont St. (Tem-
pleton Pkwy. to lot 172).. Piedmont St., Fifth Ave., California St. (east
of Fifth Ave.).
Curbing put in place on following corners: Arden Rd., Howe and
Hazel St., Quimby and Cypress, Quimby and Laurel, Boylston and Dart-
mouth, Church St. and Katherine Rd., Spring St. (54 ft. straight curb-
ing from railroad to Main St.). Straight curbing from corner Dexter
to Quimby.
Relay Sewer Pipe, Project :i14460—Putnam St. (not completed),
Relaying of Sewers—Project No. 20625
Center St., Coolidge Hill Rd., Fairfield St., Frank St., Gilbert St.,
Porter St., Whitney St., Copeland St., Dartmouth St., Fletcher Ter.,
Gertrude St., Lowell Ave., Wilson Ave.
New Drains--Project No. 20625
Bancroft St., Belmont St., Browne School, Beacon Park, Fletcher
Ter., Hall Ave., Harrington St., Highland Ave., Winter St.
Relaying of Water Pipe and Ditch Resurfaced—Project No. 18557
Elliot St., Green St. (not finished).
Certificates Awaiting Assignments 1-1-41
National Youth Administration Works Progress Administration
Boys 19 Men 14
Girls 13 Women 9
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W.P.A. Commodities
The following is the value of food and clothing given out in the
town of Watertown at Station "A" and "B" from January 1. 1940 to
December 31, 1940.
Food $61,565.31
Clothing 21,300.10
$82,865.41
New Municipal Garage and Extension—Orchard Street
This Municipal Garage and Extension was constructed on Town
property on Orchard St., town of Watertown, Middlesex County to house
all town-owned trucks and equipment of all Departments of the town.
This included Construction of Building; Excavating; Installing Air
Conditioned Facilities; Air Compressor Outfit; Gasoline and Oil Station;
Constructing Driveway and performing incidental and appurtenant
work.
Federal payroll to town of Watertown from January 1, 1940 to
December 31, 1940:
The Federal Government spent on W.P.A. wages to residents of
Watertown from January 1, 1940 to December 31, 1940:
January $52,528.32 July $35,094.89
February 35,539.91 August 28,940.90
March 40,680.83 September 27,029.78
April 33,748.34 October 30,983.02
May 29,119.70 November 28,535.09
June 29,855.15 December 28,993.80
Total $401,049.73
I wish to extend my thanks at this time for the cooperation received
from the Honorable Board of Selectmen; the Honorable David I. Walsh
and the Honorable Henry C. Lodge; Town Engineer, Otis D. Allen and
his Staff and to the Executive Staff at the Boston and Malden Works
Progress Administration Office.
JOHN P. OATES,
Sponsors' Agent.
REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen: The following report of the Sealer of Weights and
Measures, for the year 1940, is respectfully submitted.
Sealing Fees $377.31
Adjusting Charges 3.98
Total $381.29
Scales
Not Con-
Adjusted Sealed Sealed demned
Platform, over 10,0W lbs. 2 11 — 2
Platform, 5,000 to 10.000 l i s. — 6 — 1
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Platform, 100 to 5,000 Ibs. 3 88 1 7
Counter, 100 to 5,000 Ibs. — 21 — —
Counter, under 100 Ibs. 2 131 — —
Spring, 100 Ibs, or over — 12 — 3
Spring, under 100 II)s. — 153 2 13
Computing, under 100 Ibs. 1 116 — 14
Person Weigher (slot) — 22 — 1
Prescription — 20 — —
Jewelers' — 1 — —
Weights
Avoirdupois 19 565 — 2
Apothecary — 238 — 4
Metric — 73 — —
Troy — 12 — —
Volumetric Measures
Liquid, over 1 Gallon — 34 — —
Liquid, 1 Gallon and under — 177 — 3
Oil Jars — 5 — 2
Automatic Measuring Devices
Gasoline Pumps — 1 — —
Stops on Pumps — 64 — —
Gasoline Meter System 14 206 8 12
Tank Truck Meter System 7 38 — 1
Bulk Station Meter System 3 13 — —
Grease Measuring Devices — 99 2 7
Oil Pumps — 8 — —
Linear Measures
Yard Sticks — 21 — 3
Cloth Measuring Devices — 6 — —
Taxi Meters — 6 — —
Totals 52 2137 13 75
Trial Weighings
Total No. Number Incorrect
Commodity Tested Correct Under Over
Beans 7 6 1 —
Bread 134 122 — 12
Butter 126 106 18 2
Coal (in paper bags) 22 7 10 5
Coal (in transit) 3 — 1 2
Confectionery 45 26 19 —
Dry Commodities 89 77 2 10
Flour 156 54 85 17
Fruits and Vegetables 39 32 — 7
Liquid Commodities 65 43 21 1
Meats and Provisions 32 13 12 7
Pot<1.toes 55 40 14 1
Wood (cord) 2 — 2 —
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Inspections
Pedlars' Licenses 23
Milk jars 57
Coal Certificates 3
Marking of:
Bread 123
Food Packages 705
Coal (in paper bags) 22
Clinical Thermometers 38
Pedlars' Scales 10
Oil Jars 333
Miscellaneous 95
Tests
Retest of Gasoline Devices 17
Retest of Oil Meters 1
Miscellaneous 25
Six complaints were made in regard to short weight and measure,
of which four were adjusted satisfactorily.
Respectf ully,
VICTOR M. ANDERSON,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS
The Board of Appeals consists of three members, and two alternate
members appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
The Building Inspector issues permits only in accordance with the
Building Laws and the Zoning By-Laws, and the purpose of this Board
is to act on applications of persons aggrieved by his action.
Each applicant is notified of the hearing as well as the abutting
owners within a certain area, or in accordance with the judgment of
the Board.
During the year 1940, thirteen hearings were held and in each case,
after very careful consideration, the action taken was for the best
interest of the town.
We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the Building Inspector for
his interest and constant attendance at our hearings, also the Chief of
the Fire Department, and the Chief of the Police Department.
Respectfully submitted,
SEBASTIAN TANGUSSO, Chairman
EDWARD A. OATES, Secretary
MARTIN F. REID.
Alternates:
JOSEPH L. TYGHE
PETER M. FEINBERG
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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION
To the Citizens of Watertown
The Board of Park Commissioners respectfully submits its report for
the year 1940.
The program of consistent improvement in the Park system was
followed in 1940. Parks and playgrounds have been improved, new play-
ground equipment has been purchased and installed, safety measures
were inaugurated in the operation of the playgrounds, competent
instructors were hired, and generally the local system has been built up
to a point favorably comparable to surrounding communities.
Periodic grading and consistent care were given to all the areas under
this department. The Lowell playground, in particular, has been graded
and rebuilt to eliminate the dust nuisance suffered by the abutters.
Every playground received new playground equipment in the summer,
which was badly needed to provide recreational facilities for the children.
A plan was established which should culminate in eventual installation
of complete equipment at each playground.
For the first time this Commission assumed jurisdiction over the
operation of the playgrounds and the appointment of instructors. As
the Civil Service list was inadequate to fill all the positions permission
was obtained from the Civil Service Department to make temporary
appointments. The salaries of the instructors were increased, thus
bringing about closer attention to duty and instilling a sense of res-
ponsibility. The stagger system of employing instructors was abolished
in the interests of the children and a more efficient system; all the
instructors were employed for the full season. A safety program was
established and as a result there were no serious accidents during the
entire season. This was done with the cooperation of the Massachu-
setts Safety Council, a representative of which organization gave periodic
lectures to the instructors on safety, which proved very helpful. All
of the instructors were competent and performed their duties well.
It is evident that recreation is a definite part of the local govern-
ment and it is incumbent upon the Town to provide adequate facilities
for all the forms of recreation. Aside from the organized athletics of
the schools, which used the facilities extensively, the playgrounds, grid-
irons, diamonds and tennis courts are used in great measure by the
public, more so in 1940 than at any previous time.
It is obvious that more tennis courts are needed throughout the
Town to satisfy the ever increasing demand. The skating problem must
also be met and steps have been taken in that direction.
The Board wishes to recommend the installation of water foun-
tains where needed for the use of the public; the replacement of the
fence at Saltonstall Park; a new fence around the tennis courts at Vic-
tory Field; a fence along the easterly side of Victory Field; the con-
struction of additional tennis courts; and a wage scale for employees,
who give unsparingly of their time, at a rate equal to other laborers
in the Town's employ.
The Commissioners wish to thank all the Town departments for
their cooperation in 1940.
THOMAS F. VAHEY, Chairman
JOSEPH A. COOK, Secretary
HAROLD GODWIN
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REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Administration Building
Watertown, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Watertown. I
submit my report for the term beginning March 12, 1940, and ending
December 31, 1940.
I was appointed Town Counsel on March 12, 1940, and at that
time John A. Murray. Esq., turned over to me a total of one hundred
and fifty-eight (158) open files, which consisted of claims against the
Town, suits pending in Court, appeals pending before the Appellate Tax
Board and miscellaneous matters. During my term of office, I have
received eighty-two (82) new cases of various descriptions, the greatest
number being appeals before the Appellate Tax Board. At the present
time there are one hundred and thirty-four (134) open files and I will
refer to them in this report, setting out those which are in suit and
those which are claims, designating them under their proper heading.
In going through all the files in the preparation of this report I
found many cases where claims had been made against the Town but
had been outlawed and I have accordingly dropped them from the
active files. Other files have been dropped because there has been no
action on them for several months and it is quite apparent that no
further action will ever be taken in connection with them. Many of
the other cases have been closed during the year the proper disposition
has been made of them so that the Town's liability has been closed.
In addition to the claims, suits and appeals pending before the
Appellate Tax Board, there are other miscellaneous matters still pending
referred to me by the various departments of the Town and they are
receiving the necessary attention.
CASES PENDING IN COURT
(Tort)
1. Florence G. Connelly vs Town of Watertown—Second District Court
of Eastern Middlesex
2. Andrew Sullivan vs Town of Watertown—Second District Court
of Eastern Middlesex
3. Mary E. Rogers vs Town of Watertown—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
4. Anne Sefton vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
5. Mary A. Morgan vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
6. Lawrence Shapiro vs Irving Parker—Municipal Court of the Rox-
bury District
7. Rose Ajamian vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
8. Laura Williams vs Victor Anderson—Second District Court of East-
ern Middlesex
9. Lydia S. Rowe vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
10. John Dwyer vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
11. Frank Spakowski vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
12. Irene Laughrea vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
13. Giles Laughrea vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
14. Owen Hannon (Watertown) vs J. P. Condon Corporation—Mid-
dlesex Superior Court
15. Town of Watertown vs John C. Carter—Middlesex Superior Court
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Contract
1. City of Worcester vs Town of Watertown—Worcester Superior
Court
2. City of Boston vs Town of Watertown—Suffolk Superior Court
3. Commonwealth Cooperative Bank vs Town of Watertown—Mid-
dlesex Superior Court
4. City of Newton vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
5. Town of Watertown vs Martocchio Trucking Company—Middlesex
Superior Court
6. Town of Watertown vs Mgrdich Sham gochi an—S econd District
Court of Eastern Middlesex
7. Town of Watertown vs Paul Procopio*—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
8. Town of Watertown vs Giosue Principe*—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
9. Town of Watertown vs John Zakarian*—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
10. Town of Watertown vs Axel Milton*—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
11. Town of Watertown vs Concigio Caruso*—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
12. Town of Watertown vs Sahag Kalagian*--Second District Court
of Eastern Middlesex
13. Town of Watertown vs Vincenzo Cerrato*—Second District Court
of Eastern Middlesex
14. Town of Watertown vs Carlos Virgilio*—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
15. Town of Watertown vs Giuseppe Rizzo*—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
16. Town of Watertown vs Peter Shiels*—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
*The above cases where an asterick is noted are suits that were
filed by a former Town Counsel to recover for payments made to Wel-
fare recipients, who, according to the Welfare Department, were not
properly entitled to receive the same. These cases are pending in Court
and are ready to be marked on the list for trial. Undoubtedly Judg-
ments will be secured in all of the cases but whether or not the Town
can realize anything on the Execution is doubtful.
17. Town of Watertown vs John E. Forde—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex**
18. Town of Watertown vs Albert E. Goodrow**—Second District Court
of Eastern Middlesex
"The above two cases have been tried and execution issued against
the defendant in favor of the Town. Weekly payments are being made
on account and as payments are received they have been turned over
to the Town Treasurer.
19. John McCree vs Town of Watertown—Second District Court of
Eastern Middlesex
20. Daniel E. Sullivan vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior
Court
Cases Pending Before Industrial Accident Board
1. Joseph Burns vs Town of Watertown
2. Rocco Angelo vs Town of Watertown
3. Charles Koumjian vs Town of Watertown
4. Joseph Mazzeo vs Town of Watertown
These cases are still active in the Workmen's Compensation Depart-
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ment and were referred to me only in connection with hearings before
the Industrial Accidents Board. There were three (3) other cases upon
which hearings were held before the Industrial Accidents Board, result-
ing in favorable decisions to the Town, thereby allowing the Town to
discontinue the payment of compensation to those employees. There
was one case heard before the Industrial accidents Board in which the
employee was sustained and the Town paid compensation as ordered
by the Board.
Cases Pending Before Appellate Tax Board
There are 92 cases now pending before the Appellate Tax Board.
There are appeals filed by various property owners from the action of
the Board of Assessors who have denied their applications for abate-
ment of taxes. Some of these cases have been pending for several
months and are now in order for trial before the Appellate Tax Board.
A great number of these cases have been reached for trial before the
Appellate Tax Board during my term of office and it was necessary to
go to trial on some of them and others were settled by the Assessors.
In the handling of these cases I have made it a practise to have the
entire Board of Assessors present and a discussion concerning the
valuation of the property and other issues in the case has been held
between the appellant, his representative, the Board of Assessors and
myself, and when it was deemed advisable for the best interest of the
Town to make a compromise that was done and a trial avoided. In
some instances the Assessors agreed to abate certain amounts, which
were refused, and as a result trial followed which resulted in a favor-
able decision to the Town.
Equity Cases
1. Town of Watertown vs Commonwealth Cooperative Bank—Land
Court
2. Town of Watertown vs Faneuil Cooperative Bank—Land Court
3. Marrocco et al vs Board of Appeals—Middlesex Superior Court
4. Robinson et al vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court
5. Lucy Derderian vs Elias A. Perkins and Board of Appeals—Middle-
sex Superior Court
Claims Pending Against the Town
1. Alice M. Dwyer vs Town of Watertown
2. Maria Guzzetti vs Town of Watertown
3. Margaret T. Boutelle vs Town of Watertown
4. Clara Goguen vs Town of Watertown
5. Ralph M. Samson vs Town of Watertown
6. Mildred H. Ryan vs Town of Watertown
7. Mary Feraro vs Town of Watertown
8. John J. Quinn vs Town of Watertown
9. Angelo DiGiovanni vs Town of Watertown
10. Duncan G. Chapman, Jr. vs Town of Watertown
11. H. Bruce MacDougall vs Town of Watertown
12. Margaret Donnelly vs Town of Watertown
13. Mary Fitzpatrick vs Town of Watertown (Death Claim)
14. Paul B. Smith vs Town of Watertown
15. Elizabeth R. Hapgood vs Town of Watertown
16. Thomas O'Donnell vs Town of Watertown
17. Martha Levesque vs Town of Watertown
18. Arthur H. Olson vs Town of Watertown
19. Francis Mullahy vs Town of Watertown
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20. Henry Ellis vs Town of Watertown
21. Florence Rattigan vs Town of Watertown
22. Charles H. Forbes vs Town of Watertown
23. Katherine M. Hunt vs Town of Watertown
The above list includes all the claims pending against the Town
for personal injuries and property damage alleged to have been sus-
tained by the claimants because of a defective condition of either a
sidewalk or a highway in the Town. Several of these cases were pend-
ing when I assumed office and the balance of them have been reported
within the year 1940. After receipt of notice from the claimant I have
made it a practise to examine it carefully to determine whether or not
it was sufficient and complied with the law and if it did not comply,
I took appropriate steps to protect the Town's interest by demanding
a further notice. These claims are then referred to Captain Joseph
J. Reilly of the Police Department for an investigation and a report
is also secured from the Highway Department and the Engineering
Department and when personal injuries are claimed, the Town Physi-
cian is notified to make a physical examination of the claimant.
Sales of Town Property
By an act of the Legislature in 1938 it was provided that property
acquired by the Town under foreclosure of tax titles could be sold by
public auction by a Custodian appointed by the Selectmen. In April
of 1940 the Board of Selectmen appointed Edward F. Wright Custodian
of this property and six (6) parcels of land were sold from that date
up to September which resulted in a net price to the Town of Thirty-
nine Hundred and Eighty and no/100ths ($3980.00) Dollars. Several
other parcels were ready for sale but prospective purchasers raised a
question concerning the marketability of the title to this property and
until this difficulty has been remedied by an amendment to the law
the Town will probably be unable to sell any more of this property.
The Custodian received a commission for each sale, which amount was
agreed upon in advance of the sale between the Custodian and the
Board of Selectmen.
In accordance with the vote of the Town Meeting in March, 1939.
the Board of Selectmen agreed to sell two large parcels of land which
the Town had owned for many years and failed to use for any munici-
pal purpose. These sales will be completed early in the year 1941 with
a net price to the Town of Eight Thousand ($8,000.00) Dollars. I be-
lieve it is good business to dispose of this idle property because it
immediately becomes taxable in the name of the new purchaser and
if there is any improvement of the land its valuation increases which
results in greater taxable property to the Town.
Foreclosures of Tax Titles
The Town instituted proceedings in the Land Court to foreclose
the tax title on thirty (30) parcels of property which it had taken for
non-payment of taxes. After the petitions were filed in the Land Court.
many of the parcels were redeemed by the former owners by the pay-
ment of all outstanding taxes plus interest and the costs incurred by
the Town to institute foreclosure proceedings. In certain of the cases
decrees were entered by the Court and the Town secured absolute title
to such property. There are still several petitions pending which are
w be acted upon by the Court.
In addition to handling the above legal work, there have been vari-
ous other legal matters which have occupied my attention. I have
attended all the meetings of the Board of Selectmen, both regular and
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special, and advised them in connection with legal matters arising out
of the conduct of the Town business. I have rendered many legal opinions
to the various departments of the Town when requested to do so. I
have acted as counsel for the Contributory Retirement Board and
attended some of its meetings. I have drawn Bonds and Mortgages for
the Department of Old Age Assistance. I have consulted with the
Department of Civil Service relative to matters arising in the Town with
respect to certain employees. I have handled all legal matters against
the Town and adjusted certain claims after consultation with the Board
of Selectmen and after having first obtained their approval to act. I
have attended to zoning matters referred to me, particularly with ref-
erence to signs illegally maintained in the Town and by appropriate
legal action brought about their removal.
In connection with the conduct of the Town meetings, I have assisted
in preparing articles for the warrant, passing upon the legal effect of
these articles and consulted with the Town Clerk with reference to
them. I have drawn all contracts entered into between the Town and
individuals and or corporations and attended to the proper execution
of such contracts and ascertained that the original contract has been
filed with the Town Auditor as required by law. I was present at all
public hearings conducted by the Board of Selectmen and ascertained
in advance that the legal requirements in such hearings were properly
complied with. I have conferred with the Department Heads from time
to time relative to legal problems arising in the course of the Town
business and in general have handled all legal matters pertaining to
the Town.
I have received excellent cooperation from all Town officers and
Town employees. The services of Town Clerk, George B. Wellman,
Town Treasurer James H. Sheridan and Town Auditor W. W. Norcross
have been most helpful to me in the handling of the Town's legal
affairs. Captain Joseph J. Reilly of the Police Department has rendered
very valuable assistance in the investigation of claims made against the
Town and the cooperation of the Highway Department and the
Engineering Department in this important work is also gratefully
acknowledged.
The Board of Selectmen have been most generous in cooperating
with me and I have enjoyed working with them during my term of
office. I wish to thank them for the confidence they have shown me
in my handling of the Town's legal matters.
Recommendations
1. Many claims for defective conditions of the highway are now
being presented and some steps should be taken to cure the cause of
these claims. I recommend that the Highway Department designate
one employee to investigate the condition of the highways for the pur-
pose of locating defects and remedy them when found. Such a pro-
cedure would undoubtedly result in substantial saving to the Town.
This work could not be accomplished in a brief time, but if it were
commenced immediately great progress would be made during the
course of one year.
2. There has been a great increase in the number of suits filed
against the Town and this is particularly so as respects appeals from
the decision of the Board of Assessors in refusing to grant abatements.
A great deal of time is spent at the Appellate Tax Board in defending
these appeals and it is apparent that this work will continue to increase.
Many cities and towns in the vicinity of Watertown employ special
counsel to handle this work and I recommend that the Town of Water-
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town give consideration to such a proposal. The legal problems affect-
ing the Town have increased substantially in the past ten years and it
is not fair for the Town to expect the Town Counsel to handle all
legal matters on the basis of the present salary paid to him. It is my
recommendation that an Assistant Town Counsel be appointed to help
with the legal work and assist in handling many of the details con-
nected with the department of the Town Counsel.
Respectfully submitted,
WILFRED J. PAQUET,
Town Counsel.
REPORT OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
DEPARTMENT
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
The report of the Workmen's Compensation Department for the
year 1940 is herewith respectfully submitted.
There was a total of seventy-four accidents sustained by Town
employees. Most of these were not compensable but did require the
payment of bills for medical treatment. There was a total of ten
employees who sustained compensable injuries with, of course, attend-
ant medical treatment. An itemized account of compensation paid may
be found in the Auditor's report.
It is pertinent to note that over two thousand dollars expended by
this department in 1940, at the direction of the Industrial Accident
Board, were payment for injuries sustained in 1938.
Through the efforts of the Town Counsel over thirteen hundred dol-
lars were paid into the Town treasury as a result of legal action
brought against third parties to reimburse the Town for compensation
payments made.
An analysis of the injuries suffered by Town employees shows that
the majority of back injuries and hernias are sustained by men over
forty years of age, which prompts this department to recommend, as
in the 1939 report, that equipment for the highway department be pur-
chased with consideration of the safety factor. New type safety equip-
ment would undoubtedly lessen the number of injuries caused by strain.
If possible within the highway department, it might be feasible to
assign older employees to the least laborious work of the department,
thus minimizing the possibility of injury.
It has become evident that the nature of this department makes
it advisable to appropriate annually a sum approximating an estimated
maximum for the year. Periodic appropriations last year did not prove
satisfactory.
The Agent wishes to thank all the Departments for their coopera-
tion, particularly the Town Counsel, Selectmen, and Highway Depart-
ment.
Respectfully,
THOMAS F. VAHEY,
Agent.
Annual Report
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
Town of Watertown
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1940
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ORGANIZATION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
1940
Board of Health
EDWARD J. KELLEY, M.D., Chairman
LOUIS MASTRANGELO, M.D., Secretary
GUY C. PESCE, M.D.
Health Officer
JOHN A. COLBERT
Plumbing Inspector
CHARLES M. HEWITT
Superintendent of Cemeteries
VAN D. HORTON
Physicians under the Health Department
ARTHUR E. BURKE M.D., Milk Inspection
LOUIS B. SILVERSTEIN, M.D., Baby Clinic, Bast
R.C. LAVRAKAS, M.D., Baby Clinic, West
EUGENE F. GORMAN, M.D.
Clerk
ALICE H. FARNHAM
School Dentists
CHARLES E. KELLEY, D.M.D.
MAX ZELERMYER, D.M.D.
Public Health Nurses
IRENE K. DRUMMEY, R.N.
MARY M. LINEHAN, R.N.
Dental Hygienist
GRACE HEINECKE
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of the Town of Watertown:
The Board of Health submits the following report for the year end-
ing December 31, 1940.
The Board organized on March 7, 1940 as follows:
Edward J. Kelley, M.D., Chairman
Louis Mastrangelo, M.D., Secretary
Guy C. Pesce, M.D.
The year 1940 has been marked by an absence of disease in epidemic
proportions, and has shown marked decreases in the childhood diseases
such as Measles, Scarlet Fevre, and Whooping Cough.
The cooperation of the Doctors of Watertown, the Middlesex Sana-
torium, and the staff of the Health Department during 1940 resulted in
the discovery of 20 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, against only 7
reported cases in the preceding year. Nineteen of these twenty cases
were hospitalized by this Department.
On January 1st, 1940 an increase of twenty-five cents per day per
patient was announced by the Middlesex County Commissioners for all
cases at the County Sanatorium, and this item alone was responsible
for increased expenditures by this Department for over $1,800.00 during
the year.
The Board wishes to thank the Officials of the Town, County and
State Departments, who have co-operated so splendidly during the past
year.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD J. KELLEY, M.D., Chairman.
LOUIS MASTRANGELO, M.D., Secretary.
GUY C. PESCE, M.D.
REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER
To the Board of Health of Watertown:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following report of work done by the Depart-
ment during the year ending December 31, 1940:
Financial Report
Appropriations after transfers:
General Administration $8,600.00
Contagious Diseases 21,600.00
Dental Clinic 2,500.00
Well Baby Clinic 425.00 $32,525.00
Expenditures:
General Administration $8,599.75
Contagious Diseases 20,747.80
Dental Clinic 2,429.23
Well Baby Clinic 424.50
Gross Expenditures $32,201.28
Returned to Treasurer 323.72 $32,525.00
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Reimbursements during 1940, exclusive of plumbing and
Cemetery
Licenses $461.00
Dental Clinic 66.65
Reimbursements 8,083.53 $8,611.18
Net Cost to Town $23,590.10
Net Cost Per Capita .665
Summary of Vital Statistics
Population (Actual—Census of 1940) 35,467
Reported Births 453
Birth Rate per 1,000 population 12.7
Corrected Death Rate
Note: The corrected Death Rate is found by eliminating the deaths
of all non-residents dying in Watertown, and adding the deaths of
Watertown residents occurring elsewhere, as shown by the records of the
Town Clerk.
Deaths of residents occurring in Watertown 196
Deaths of residents occurring out of Watertown 144
Total (Stillbirths not included) 340
Death rate per 1,000 population 9.58
Tuberculosis Deaths 7
Tuberculosis Death Rate per 100,000 population 19.7
Mortality Report
Age Groups Male Female Total
Under 1 year 5 5 10
From 1 to 5 years 3 2 5
From 5 to 20 years 6 4 10
From 20 to 30 years 6 1 7
From 30 to 40 years 6 9 15
From 40 to 50 years 17 13 30
From 50 to 60 years 27 11 38
From 60 to 70 years 47 40 87
From 70 to 80 years 30 47 77
From 80 to 90 years 16 28 44
From 90 to 100 years 2 6 8
165 166 331
Stillbirths 3 3 6
Communicable Diseases
Diseases under this heading reported to the Watertown Board of
Health, showed a decided decline over 1939, due principally to a drop in
measles from 439 in 1939 to only 53 cases in 1940.
Totals reported:
1936 940
1937 830
1938 401
1939 937
1940 497
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Contagious Diseases
Jan.Feb.-Mar. Apr.May June July ALib.Sep. Oct. Nov.Dec. Ttl.
Chicken Pox 20 17 18 11 4 5 2 3 5 6 91
Diphtheria 1 1
Dysentery
Bacillary 1 1
German Measles 1 1 1 1 1 5
Trachoma 1 1
Lobar Pneumonia 4 6 6 3 4 3 1 1 2 2 4 36
Malaria 1 1
Measles 3 2 2 20 6 9 1 2 3 1 4 53
Mumps 2 2 18 9 13 6 2 2 1 55
Scarlet Fever 13 10 5 14 9 6 2 1 2 3 2 1 68
Septic Sore Throat 1 1 2
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary 2 1 2 1 6 1 3 3 1 20
Whooping Cough 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 J'
Tabes Mesenterica 1 1
Streptococcus
Laryngitis 1 1
Dog Bite 11 10 8 15 12 11 15 18 11 15 9 9 144
Rat Bite 3 1 .1
Total 497
Dog Bites
During 1940, 144 cases of dog bite were reported to this department,
and we found it necessary to provide anti-rabic vaccine in many cases
because the persons bitten were unable to provide us with the idexitity
of the dog or its owner. Whenever a dog bite occurs, it is extremely
important that the biting dog be restrained for two weeks in order to
guard against the transmission of rabies to humans. If the dog, under
this restraint, shows no symptoms, it is unnecessary to administer vac-
cine unless the bite is on the head or is unusually severe. However,
when the dog or its owner cannot be found, it becomes necessary to
provide inoculation against this dread disease.
Tuberculosis
During 1940 there were twenty new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
reported to this Department and hospital treatment was provided for
ninteen of these patients. The twentieth case refused Sanatorium treat-
ment, and lived exactly ,three months from the time of reporting.
During 1939 we had 7 new cases reported and suffered 10 tuberculosis
deaths. A much different picture is presented during 1940 when we
had 20 cases and only 7 deaths.
At the close of 1940, the hospital population of Watertown TTuber-
culosis patients was as follows:
Middlesex,County Sanatorium 19
Rutland State Sanatorium 1
North Reading State Sanatorium 2'
Waltham Hospital (Awaiting transfer) 2
Total 24
Middlesex County Sanatorium
This splendid institution has again demonstrated its efficiency and
versatility during 1940 by acting as the center of the Tuberculosis Pro-
1
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gram of this area. Its distinguished service has greatly assisted this
Department, in locating cases in the early stages, and in providing
facilities for the treatment and cure of a great many persons. This
co-operation has permitted us to get treatment under way at an early
date, and thus save extended Hospital costs in the future.
Dental Clinic
The Dental Clinic has continued to confine its efforts to the pupils
of the First Grade, Special Classes, and Emergencies. The replacement
of a Dental Assistant by a Dental Hygienist during the year has enabled
the Clinic to produce greater results, in the saving of Dentist time in
examinations and a scheduling, and also in the cleaning of teeth.
Nursing Service
The Nurses of this Department have provided first aid and Health
Supervision to about 1200 children In two Parochial Schools, on a com-
parable basis to that furnished children in the Public Schools by the
Nurses of the School Department. They have also supervised the isola-
tion of contagious patients, and given instructions to those responsible
for quarantine. They have maintained contact with all those exposed
to possible contagion with Tuberculosis and have arranged and carried
out the regular and routine tests and X-rays in conjunction with Doc-
tors and the Middlesex County Sanatorium. Our Nurses have also
assisted at the Well Baby Clinic, the Clinic for inoculation against
Diphtheria, and the Anti-Rabic Dog Clinic.
General Sanitation
Numerous complaints are received by this Department regarding
carelessness or inefficiency -by neighbors in storing and disposing of
rubbish and garbage. In most cases it is found that inadequate or
broken receptacles are not replaced by the tenant or owner of the
property, especially where more than one family occupies a house that
was not originally designed for such a purpose. Most of these com-
plaints are readily adjusted when notice is brought to the attention of
the proper parties.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. COLBERT,
Health Officer.
MILK INSPECTION
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I submit the following report as inspector of milk, for the year
1940. I have made regular inspections of establishments where milk
and cream are processed and stored for distribution. I have also carried
out bacterioligical and chemical examinations of dairy products, as dis-
tributed to the public. In general, the milk supply is of excellent quality.
In the few instances where minor corrections were needed these were
suggested to the dealers concerned and were cheerfully carried out in
every case.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BURKE, M. D.,
Milk Inspector.
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REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my annual report as Plumbing Inspector for the
year 1940:
Total amount of fees received for permits $652.00
Total number of permits issued, for which a fee was charged 163
Total number of permits issued for boilers and no fee charged
for replacements 25
Total number of fixtures installed 700
Total number of inspections 300
Total number of water tests on plumbing 110
Total number of permits issued and not finished 4
Many hours of this office are taken up in consultation in laying
out of work, and adjustments on sanitary inspections and general
complaints.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES M. HEWITT,
Inspector of Plumbing.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF CEMETERIES
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
The report of the Superintendent of Cemeteries for the year ended
December 31, 1940 is herewith submitted:
Total Appropriations $10,550.00
Total Expenditures 10,541.85
Balance $8.15
Amounts paid to Town Treasurer for sale of lots, single graves and
general labor, including interest on Perpetual Care Fund: $7,723.72
Interments in Ridgelawn Cemetery 122
Interments in Common Street Cemetery 11
Of the interments above, there are 6 Infants, 6 Cremations and 3
Children.
Lots Sold:
Infants' Graves 3
Children's Graves 2
Adult Single Graves 35
Two-grave Lots 12
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Three-grave Lots 7
Five-grave Lots 4
Graves used for Welfare, Soldiers' Relief and Infants, not included
in the above.
Adult Welfare Graves 11
Infant Welfare Graves 2
Soldiers' Relief Graves 1
Foundations Placed for Stones 60
An increase was made in the prices of graves and lots during the
year, to be in keeping with nearby cemeteries, and it is hoped that in
some degree it will help the Perpetual Care Fund, which has suffered
from a lower interest rate for some time, and with increased receipts
it is hoped that the Cemetery Department will be self-supporting in
the near future.
Respectfully submitted,
VAN D. HORTON,
Superintendent of Cemeteries.
REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
To the Citizens of Watertown:—
The Watertown Planning Board respectfully submits its report for
the year of 1940.
The Planning Board in 1940 was able to perform its duties in a very
satisfactory and desirable manner which was made possible by the
approval of the new building laws. The board continued to make prog-
ress by making Zone changes in sections of the town to further protect
the home owner and make Watertown a more desirable place to own a
home.
The Planning Board heard a petition for a change of Zone from r2
General residence district, to =5 light industrial district, of an area on
Williams Street on the south side, comprising approximately 24,000 square
feet of land. The Board held a public hearing on this petition at which
there was considerable opposition by the neighboring property owners
who felt that if the area was thrown open to light manufacturing that
it would detract from the value of their property.
After a great deal of consideration and study the Board felt that
the only suitable use to which the land could be put, would be to change
the Zone to =4 business district. At the following town meeting, the
Board recommended this change. The town meeting sustained the
recommendation of the Board, and the change was made.
The Planning Board is still deeply concerned with the excessive
speed of automobiles in Watertown, particularly on Main, No. Beacon,
Arsenal and Mount Auburn Streets. We believe this may be due to
some extent, to the traffic laws in Newton and Waltham, which strictly
limits the speed of automobiles to 25 and 35 miles per hour. Motorists
passing through these cities and aware of these laws, have a tendency
to make up for lost time by speeding through Watertown.
No criticism of our neighboring cities is intended, but it has been
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proven conclusively that towns and cities, with speed limits of 25 and
30 miles per hour, have greatly reduced the number of accidents on
their highways. This hazard is much greater this year, as there are
maay more cars registered at this time of the year than usual, and it is
expected that the motor vehicle registration in 1941 will be the greatest
in history. Fortunately, while the number of accidents has shown an
increase over 1939, there has been a sharp reduction in the number of
fatal and personal injury accidents. This is due in a large measure to
the efficient handling of the traffic problem by our police department.
We believe that a speed limit of 30 miles per hour should be adopted
now as has been previously recommended by this board, to stop this
growing danger to our families and children.
The Planning Board is anxiously awaiting whatever action will be
taken by the Massachusetts Legislature on the abolishment of the
Tenement House Act in Watertown.
Although the Post Office is operating as efficiently as possible under
the present arrangements, it is still a detriment to a town of the im-
portance and size of Watertown. It is unfortunate that Watertown
could not have obtained a new Post Office during the last few years
when so many Post Offices have been built throughout the country.
The Planning Board acknowledges with deep appreciation the
heartiest co-operation of Mr. Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer, his staff.
and Mr. Elias A. Perkins, Town building inspector. and the other town
departments.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. LeFAVOR, Chairman
CHARLES P. EATON, Secretary
JOHN H. DARDIS
K. EDWIN LEINONEN
ARTHUR E. SCHOEPFER
REPORT OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT AGENT
OUTSIDE AID
January 23, 1941.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The amount of money expended for Outside Aid for the past year
shows a decrease from 1939 budget of $4,265.72. This saving was real-
ized the last two months of the year. Our case load at the beginning
of the year was 336 and continued to rise through October at an aver-
age of 50 cases per month and showed a decrease of 50 cases the last
three months. There were 829 cases aided during the year which rep-
resented 2,835 dependents.
The National Youth Administration furnished this department many
children's articles, namely boys' suits, pants, playsuits; girls' dresses,
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skirts, slips and blouses; also household goods which included towels,
sheets and pillow cases which were distributed to welfare recipients,
Aid to Dependent Children, W.P.A. and Soldiers' Relief.
Labor Savings
The Welfare Department continued the policy of making recipients
work out their relief but not assigning a man for more than three days
for one week so that all recipients would be free to look for private
employment and also to accept part time work. Gratuitous labor fur-
nished by the Welfare Department to the various Town Departments
totalled 55,7931,4- hours.
Admin. Bldg. Commodity Sta. Highway Dept. Park Dept.
1,902 hours 9,397% hours 3,104 hours 3,699?', hours
Police Dept. Public Libraries School Dept. Town Barn
1,648 hours 3,800 hours 25,5261� hours 120 11OL1rs
Town Garage Weights & Meas. Woodpile `VPA Projects
3,210 hours 24 hours 816 hours 2,546 hours
The CCC program was carried out as usual under the direction of
the Welfare Department. Watertown's quota was 56 showing a decrease
of 11 compared to preceding year's quota. Applicants whose families
were on welfare or WPA were given preference and the allotment
remained the same, $22.00 per month. This amount is paid directly to
the families and relieves the Welfare Department from paying any rent
in these cases.
During the past year, a total of $13,112.83 was paid to other cities
and towns for welfare aid disbursed to people in their municipalities
and having a welfare settlement in!Watertown, this department having
no control over same. The amount received from other cities and towns
totalled $19,773.74. The amount refunded to the Town from the State
in unsettled cases was $36,675.15. The total amount of reimbursements
to the Town for the past year was $56,448.89. These amounts collected
go directly into Treasury Receipts, the department receiving no credit
for same, leaving a net cost for the year 1940 of $119,322.66.
The Welfare Department has cooperated with the District Nursing
Association in securing Government evaporated milk for infants and
children of pre-school age in families needing this type of aid. 13
families received this milk which was distributed once a week and has
proved very beneficial to these infants and children. During the past
three months, 783 cans of milk were disbursed. These 13 families also
received Cod Liver Oil for the prescribed formulas.
The Department takes this opportunity to thank the Board of
Public Welfare for their time and attention in the weekly conferences
to the many problems of this Department, the Town Physicians and
Town Counsel for their cooperation when rendering service to the
Department.
Respectfully submitted,
AUGUSTINE A. FOLEY.
Agent.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
To the Citizens of Watertown:
The following annual report is submitted by the Town Clerk.
The office of the Town Clerk passed through its busiest year in 1940.
The task of handling two caucuses, town election, April Primary, Sep-
tember Primary and November election resulted in continual election
detail throughout 1940. A new record high total for registered voters
was attained in November for the Presidential election.
Increased demands for certified copies of vital statistics and all
department details has brought about increased demands on the office
personnel. Although the work has increased, the office personnel and
the Town Clerk have endeavored to meet all demands cheerfully.
Binding Old Records
Continuing a practice followed since I took office, I have had several
old records indexed and bound. Making use of a Works Progress Ad-
ministration Town Records Project, I had 31 years of marriage certi-
ficates indexed and bound; 21 years of marriage intentions indexed and
bound; and 14 years of death records indexed and bound. This is an
important accomplishment, and as Town Clerk I am indebted to the
Town Records Project of the Works Progress Administration.
Largest Number of Marriage Intentions
Filed in History of Town
As a matter of record, it is herewith noted that 418 Intentions of
Marriage were filed in 1940. This is the largest number in the history
of the town and exceeds the previous record year of 1930, when the
total filed was 412.
W.P.A. Project Prepares Index
The task of preparing a card index of birth records was instituted
by a Town Records Project of the Works Progress Administration. The
card indexing of birth records has long been sought by the office, and
should prove its worth in the years to come. The work is rapidly
nearing completion.
Need of By-Laws Imperative
For a fourth consecutive year, I call attention to the imperative
need of a complete revision of the Town By-Laws. Attention should
be given to modernizing our by-laws at once.
Fees Collected Show Increase
The fees collected for 1940 again showed an increase in the office
of the Town Clerk. The sum of $6417.94 was collected in fees by the
Town Clerk. The Town Clerk aLso serves as receiver of fees for the
Board of Selectmen, and in this capacity, collected $31,923.29 which
was a substantial increase over previous years. This was brought about
in some degree to more careful supervision of licenses by the Selectmen
and the adoption of some increases in license fees by the Selectmen.
Annual Listing of Residents
The office of the Town Clerk has of necessity, by change of law.
which transferred responsibility from the Board of Assessors to the
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Board of Registrars, been obliged to handle the great amount of detail
and labor involved in the annual listing of all residents twenty years
of age and over. This task is growing by such leaps and bounds that
it is rapidly becoming impossible to handle with the present personnel,
and probably will develop into a contract job, similar to some of the
other larger towns. Lieutenant John Igoe capably supervised the work
of the police.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
FEES COLLECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK,
WATERTOWN FOR THE YEAR 1940
Town Clerk Fees
Marriage Permits . .. .... .. . . . . . . . . ... . . ..... .. . $840.00
Mortgages Recorded 940.00
Discharges Recorded .... . .. . 86.00
Notations Recorded 2.50
Birth Certificates ... ... . .. . . . . .. . .. .. . .. . . . ... 69.00
Death Certificates . ..... . . . . . . . . .. .. 49.50
Citizenship Certificates . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . ... 58.00
Business Certificates . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22.00
Marriage Certificates ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.00
Conservation Fees ...... .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,606.75
Miscellaneous Fees . ..... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.81
Board of Appeal Applications . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.00
Sale of Town Records . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.38
Dog Licenses .. . . .. .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,375.00
$6,417.94
Selectmen's Fees
Lodging House Permits . ... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . $36.00
Yearly Theatre Permits . .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. 50.00
Sunday Sales Permits 460.00
Beano Permits . .. . .. .. . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. 139.00
Gas. Registration . ...... ...... . .. . . . . . . . . ...... 10.00
Pedler's Certificate . .. ... ... .. . . . . . ... . . . . ... ... 24.00
Second Hand Jewelry . ... .... . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... 10.00
Liquor Advertisements ..... ... . . . . . . . . . ... ..... 85.00
One Day Beer Permits .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . ...... 87.00
Renewals of Gas. Permits . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. .... .. 89.00
Employment Agencies Permits . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. 4.00
Weekly Theatre Permits ... . .. . . . . . . . . . .. ... . .. 109.00
Victualler's Permits . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 355.00
Coffee House Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 80.00
Liquor Licenses ...... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 29,435.62
Junk Licenses ..... ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
Gasoline Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28.50
Auto Dealer's Permits ....... . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. ... 375.00
Second Hand Dealer's Permits .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00
Pool Licenses ... ... ............ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.00•
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Auctioneer's Licenses . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.00
Transfers . ........ ... . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .... ... .... 3.00
Miscellaneous Permits ... . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. ..... 12.00
Sale of Town Equipment . .. . .. . . . .. . ........ ... 83.17
$31,923.29
The total amount collected in the Office totaled $38,341.23. In
accordance with Chapter 28 of the Town By-Laws, adopted at Town
Meeting held on April 11, 1923, these fees have been turned into the
Town Treasury each month.
Conservation Fees
363 Fishing Licenses $2.00 $726.00
216 Hunting Licenses 2.00 432.00
111 Sporting Licenses 3.25 360.75
63 Minor Fishing 125 78.75
1 Trapping License 5.25 5.25
1 Non-resident Fish 1.50 1.50
5 Duplicate Licenses .50 2.50
$1,606.75
38 Free Licenses
Fees in the amount of $188.75 were turned into the Town Treasury,
the balance mailed to the Department of Conservation.
Dog Licenses
710 Male Dogs Licensed $2.00 $1.420.00
70 Females 5.00 350.00
290 Spayed Female Dogs 2.00 580.00
1 Kennel License 25.00 25.00
$2,375.00
In accordance with Chapter 289 of the Acts of 1932, all fees for
Dog Licenses are turned into the Town Treasury.
GEORGE B. WELLMAN,
Town Clerk.
I have examined the accounts of the Office of the Town Clerk and
have found them to be correct.
W. W. NORCROSS,
Town Auditor.
VITAL STATISTICS
The report of this department for the year 1940, concerning vital
statistics, is herewith submitted. For report of Town Meetings, which
come under this department, reference is made to that title. It should
be noted that the statistics concerning birth records are incomplete,
because-of the fact that many out-of-town births from neighboring
cities have not been forwarded to this town, since as far back as Sep-
tember 1940.
Births Recorded By Months
. Watertown Births
Watertown Taking Place
Births Out of Town Total
January 3 30 33
February 1 37 38
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March 6 40 46
April 1 43 44
May 3 34 37
June 6 44 50
July 0 33 33
August 2 43 45
September 2 45 47
October 2 36 38
November 1 17 18
December 2 22 24
29 424 453
Marriages Recorded By Months
Marriages Marriages
taking taking
Place in Place Out of
Watertown Watertown Total
January 8 8 16
February 6 3 9
March 3 18 21
April 19 9 28
May 11 8 19
June 46 21 67
July 11 19 30
August 28 33 61
September 26 43 69
October 33 25 58
November 26 28 54
December 11 8 19
228 223 451
Deaths Recorded By Months
Deaths
Occurring Watertown
in Persons Dying
Watertown Out of Town Total
January 23 9 32
February 20 15 35
March 13 16 29
April 14 10 24
May 11 18 29
June 21 7 28
July 12 12 24
August 19 16 35
September 15 7 22
October 21 11 32
November 11 5 16
December 16 18 34
196 144 340
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REPORT OF BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Annual Report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending
December 31, 1940, is herewith respectfully submitted to the citizens
of Watertown.
It is not the intention of the Board of Selectmen to comment
specifically on each and every department which comes under its juris-
diction in the operation of the Town's government, because detailed
reports have been submitted by each Department Head and appear in
the Annual Town Report. The attention of all the citizens is directed
to these reports and it is respectfully suggested that full acquaintance
with their contents will give the citizens a clearer and broader insight
into the actual operation of the several departments of the Town. The
citizens are particularly requested to examine the detailed reports of
the Town Auditor and Town Treasurer, which show the financial con-
dition of the Town, and the Board of Selectmen point with pardonable
pride to these reports because they feel through their united efforts
they have had at least some small part in bringing about the results
evidenced by these financial reports. The Town of Watertown is in
excellent financial condition as demonstrated by its ability to borrow
money at the lowest rate of interest in fhe history of any town in the
Commonwealth, and an increase in the borrowing capacity, both inside
and outside the debt limits exist over prior years. The Town paid off
Two Hundred and Thirty-one Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars
($231,500) of its Town debt during the year 1940 and during that time
borrowed a relatively small amount so that a substantial gain was
accomplished during the year.
The Board has been in favor of the "pay-as-you-go" policy and
has also insisted that all disbursements in the several departments be
kept within the estimated budget and the amount voted by the Town
Meeting. The tax rate was maintained at the same figure as the pre-
ceding year and the Board believes that because of economies affected
and business-like methods adopted in handling the Town's business, that
a decrease in the tax rate will undoubtedly take place for the year 1941.
It is felt that there has been no curtailment of the operation of any
of the departments and the interest of all the taxpayers has been well-
guarded and at the same time the business of the Town has been con-
ducted in a proper manner.
There are certain features of the Town government which have
necessitated particular attention during the year and comment will
be made in this Report concerning these departments specifically.
Relief Costs
At the beginning of the year it was feared that relief costs in the
Town would exceed those of previous years, but the Board is happy to
report that in the last three months of the year a substantial decrease
was noted and it is anticipated that this decrease will extend through
the year 1941. The WPA Agency has afforded a great deal of help in
this direction and the Board of Selectmen, acting as sponsors, has been
able to secure projects which have employed many people who might
otherwise be forced to seek relief through the Welfare Department.
Some real worthwhile work has been done under the direction of the
WPA, and although large sums of money have been appropriated and
spent by the Town, the amount is comparatively small for the relief
obtained and the permanent improvements that have been made in
the Town. The Welfare Agencies have received the close supervision
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of the Board of Selectmen and these Departments are now working
efficiently and the recipients are systematically checked and only those
worthy cases are receiving aid. The Board voted to approve the so-
called food stamp plan, which they hope with cooperation from local
merchants, will go into effect early in the year 1941 and by the adop-
tion of this method it is estimated that a saving of at least $10,000
will be made in the Welfare Department for the year 1941. The work
of this Department is increasing and it is necessary for additional
clerical help to be permanently employed in order to comply with the
requirements of Civil Service and steps are being taken to accomplish
that change now. There will be a slight additional cost in the opera-
tion of the Department but greater efficiency will result which will
mean a saving to the Town.
Works Progress Administration
Through the activities of the Board of Selectmen, the Municipal
Garage was completed and dedicated in September of 1940. The people
of Watertown should be proud of this magnificent building, which is
capable of storing under one roof all the Town-owned equipment. The
total cost to the Town was greater than originally estimated but today
the Town has a Municipal Garage, which will serve its purposes for
many years to come, and will undoubtedly result in substantial saving
and avoid the paying of rent and other garage expenses that were
mounting yearly because of the disjointed methods formerly used by
the Town in handling its garage requirements. It is recommended that
some new additional equipment be installed in the garage to promote
greater efficiency in the operation of this important plant. In addition
to this equipment there are certain additions that could be made to
the building itself which would tend to decrease the cost of operation.
At the cost of a relatively small amount, these additions could be
properly installed so that the garage will be completely up to date in
every respect. The real benefit of this garage will be demonstrated in
the years to come and the Board feels that the citizens of the Town
exercised wise discretion in approving the building of this Municipal
Garage.
Highway Department
This is the largest department under the control of the Selectmen
and in the past it has been the target of a great deal of comment
from people who were not fully familiar with its detailed operation.
This year the Selectmen returned part of the voluntary reduction in
salary of the laborers, which was put into effect in 1932, and this in-
crease in salary was accomplished by adding the sum of approximately
Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000) to the budget, which was originally
passed by the Town Meeting in March, 1940. It was felt that the High-
way laborers were entitled to a return of part of their original salary,
which they voluntarily gave up along with other employees of the Town
departments all of whom have already received a return to their orig-
inal salary. It is true that an increase in salary reflects itself in the
tax levy. but the Board felt that the citizens of the Town would not
want to be unfair to a group of loyal employees who had waited
patiently for a period of about nine years for the return of this salary
deduction. The morale of these Town employees was increased and
the Town has benefited by this action on the part of the Board.
A special committee was appointed at the Town Meeting in March,
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1940, to study the motor requirements for the Highway Department.
This splendid committee investigated the matter very thoroughly and
at the October Meeting recommended the sum of approximately $43,000
be spent to purchase new motor equipment. It was necessary to buy
considerable new snow-fighting equipment, particularly to clear the
sidewalks, which was formerly taken care of by horse-drawn vehicles.
A new Walters Snow Fighter was purchased which will enable the
Department to quickly and thoroughly plow out the streets in the hilly
sections of the Town, which will result in greater safety to the residents
of those districts. The wisdom of the Town's action in purchasing this
new snow-fighting equipment has already been demonstrated by the
results obtained from the use of it during the last heavy snow storm.
It was necessary to purchase three new trucks to replace some old
vehicles, which had been in use by the Town for over ten years, and
which required a considerable sum to be spent each year for their
maintenance. There is still a definite need for further equipment in
the Highway Department to properly handle the increased time and
cost required for the collection of garbage and paper. The collection
of these materials is recognized by the Board as being very essential
to the continued general health of the community and in order to keep
in step with the increase of this important work, it has been necessary
to increase the appropriations to carry it on. The department is ade-
quately manned but there is a need for some additional equipment to
properly carry out the important work, which is for the best interests
of the Town.
Police Department
In April of 1940 the Selectmen in cooperation with the Chief of
Police, re-organized the personnel of this department, which has re-
sulted in increased efficiency in its operation. Competent officers have
been placed in charge of the different divisions of the police work and
some new methods have been installed which have resulted in closer
coordination of all the activities of this important branch of the Town
government. The two-way radio was installed in the department and
all the patrol cars have been equipped with receiving and sending ap-
paratus so that immediate contact can be made with the Police Station
and the other patrol cars, all of which has been of great aid in police
work. The police Department is now equipped and maintained in such a
manner that all the people in the Town can feel safe in the protection
of their persons and property.
Miscellaneous Matters
The Selectmen have been active in the sale of Town owned property
which was not being used for municipal purposes. A custodian of this
property was appointed by the Board of Selectmen, as authorized by
law, and several sales were made under the supervision of and with
the approval of the Selectmen. This important work is continuing and
results in an increase in the Town revenue, both from the sale of the
property itself and the fact that it has become taxable property in the
name of the purchaser.
The Board adopted a plan by which the fees for various types of
licenses were standardized. The present schedule of fees is equivalent
to those charged by neighboring towns of comparable size and popula-
tion and this action has resulted in the largest receipt of fees for
licenses and permits ever received by the Town in one year.
With the valuable assistance of Mr. Harry J. Landen, Broker of
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Record, it was possible for the Board to show a substantial saving in
the insurance costs on Town owned property for the year 1940. A
survey was made and changes inaugurated which brought about a
reduction in the rate over the year 1939. The commissions paid by the
insurance companies on this business was shared wholly by Watertown
agents and brokers.
The Board of Selectmen carried out the wishes of the Town people
with respect to applications for the erection of billboards. Several
permits were sought during the year but in all cases the applications
were denied.
The Board feels that the taxpayers will be interested in knowing
that approximately $17,000 reverted back to the Treasury as unexpended
balances from the various department appropriations. It was possible
to transact all the necessary Town business for the entire year at two
Town Meetings. The Selectmen endorsed the recommendations of the
Finance Committee at the Annual Town Meeting which were approved
in every detail. The Board consistently urged all department heads to
budget their appropriation in such a manner so that all expenditures
would be kept within the amount originally appropriated at the March
meeting. The transfer-meeting, so-called, was held in October of 1940
at which certain appropriations were made and some transfers, which
were necessary for a few of the departments to operate for the balance
of the year. Considerable expense was saved by the Board's actions in
this respect and it is your Board's opinion that the business of the
Town can be properly conducted by two meetings unless some unforseen
matter arises which makes it necessary for the Town to act through
the Town Meeting.
During the year the Town lost by death and retirement three of
its faithful employees and one of its prominent citizens.
Mr. George H. White, keeper of the Town Infirmary for many
years, passed away on June 11, 1940. He was a faithful and efficient
servant and the Town has cause to deeply regret his passing.
Mr. W. Harvey Lucas, a former Selectman and former Welfare
Agent, and for many years very active in the civic and charitable affairs
of the Town, passed to his reward on April 19, 1940. The Town lost a
valuable citizen by his death and the Board passed appropriate resolu-
tions of sympathy, which were properly recorded in the records of the
Town and sent a copy to his bereaved family.
Mr. Patrick H. Quinn, Assistant Superintendent of the Highway
Department, reached the age of retirement and left the Town service
on December 8, 1940. Mr. Quinn rendered many faithful years of service
to the Town and the Board is happy to extend their best wishes and
the hope that he will enjoy his retirement, which he so justly deserves
after so many years of loyalty and devotion to the Town.
Captain James T. Burke of the Police Department reached his
retirement age and brought to a close his long and valuable services
as a police officer and guardian of the law on January, 1940. Captain
Burke entered the Department October 25, 1900 and rose from the
ranks to become Chief assistant in the Department. The Town may
well feel proud of this sterling character, whose help and assistance was
ever available and whose record was one of outstanding achievement.
During the year the law establishing Selective Military Service
became effective and Watertown is proud of the boys who have been
and who will be called to do their part in the great National Defense
Program. The world is in a dangerously unsettled condition today and
the future may bring further changes in our own country. The Board
is fully aware of the additional burdens that they may be called upon
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to shoulder during the coming year and possibly longer and have en-
deavored to be fair in their recommendations and impartial in the
discharge of their duties in the administration of the Town government,
having in mind that additional burdens are likely to be imposed upon
all the taxpayers.
Conclusion
The attention necessary to properly conduct the business of the
Town has increased greatly in the past decade and the task of admin-
istering the Town government has required a great amount of time on
the part of the Board of Selectmen. The Board has spent considerable
time in supervising the departments under their control and conferring
with other department heads on any matter that concerned the business
of the Town. They have attempted to solve the unemployment problem
by inviting new industries to the Town, and by securing additional
WPA projects, having in mind at all times the ability of the taxpayers
to meet the cost of government. The Board has made certain recom-
mendations relative to the operation of the Selectmen's department,
which they hope will receive the favorable support of the Town Meeting.
While there has been an- increase in the Town business, which has
resulted in additional duties being imposed upon the Board of Select-
men, their has been no change in the set up of the Selectmen's depart-
ment to keep up with the change of times. The Board feels that the
compensation received by the Selectmen should be increased, a perma-
nent clerk should be added in addition to the Confidential Secretary,
and an Assistant Town Counsel should be made available for their
department. The Board feels, after serious thought, that these changes
would enable them to carry on the work of administration in a much
more efficient manner.
The Board has received splendid cooperation from all Department
Heads and Town Employees. There has been a definite desire on the
part of all Town Employees to cooperate to the end that the business
of the Town be conducted economically and for the best interests of
the Town. It is the desire of the Board to thank all these fellow
employees for their loyal service. The Board also wishes to thank all
those citizens who have cooperated by serving on committees and who
in any other way aided them in the discharge of their official duties.
Respectfully submitted,
BERNARD S. McHUGH,
CHARLES P. COLLIGAN,
H. HERBERT APPLIN.
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APPRAISERS' VALUATION
Highway Department
Trucks
2 Macks $9,084.00
1 Autocar 4,200.00
1 Walters 15,965.25
1 1939 Ford 500.00
2 1938 Fords 620.00
2 1935 Fords 350.00
2 1935 G.M.C. (31/2) 900.00
2 1935 G.M.C. (5) 1,300.O3
2 1935 Chevrolet 350.00
1 1936 Chevrolet 250.00
1 Large Cletrac 2,500.00
6 Sidewalk Tractors 12,226.50
4 Plows 1,469.12
8 Plows 1,000.00
1 1940 Gas Roller 3,925.00
1 1937 Gas Roller 3,500.00
1 Snow Loader 3,000.00
1 Lift 1,295.00
1 5-ton Pulley 79.00
1 Concrete Mixer 50.00
6 Tar Kettles 150.00
3 Sand Spreaders 300.00
3 Hand Pumps 90.00
3 Gas Pumps 150.00
1 4-Wheel Shanty 150.00
1 Electric Trip Hammer 200.00
1 3 H.P. Motor 90.00
1 Emery Wheel 100.00
1 Drilling Machine 100.00
1 Electric Blower 18.00
1 Air Compressor 306.00
1 Chassis Lubricator 108.00
1 Gear Lubricator 67.20
1 Rear End Jack 50.00
$64,443.07
Sewer System $525,00,.00
Drainage System 400,000.00
$925,000.00
Both Department
Automobile $100.00
Tools 2L0.00
$300.00
Infirmary and Equipment
Almshouse Building $34,229.00
Contents 2,505.50
Five Acres of Land 10,000.00
$46,734.50
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Administration Building
Building $243,899.00
Contents 51,712.20
$295,611.20
Land
Land $34,785.00
Poles and Wires Department
Automobiles and Equipment $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Park Department
Athletic Field $50,000.00
Whitney Hill Park, 6 acres 10,000.00
Saltonstall Park, 5 acres 57,250.00
Howe Park, 1% acres 2,000.00
Cooks Pond, 4% acres 10,000.00
Playground Equipment, Tools, etc. 900.00
House 200.00
Equipment 400.00
Miscellaneous Land, Deltas, etc. 3,000.00
Marion Road and Orchard Street, 6 acres 20,000.00
West End Playground 20,000.00
Land in Delta 62,600.00
$236,350.00
Water Department
Dwelling House and Barn $10,753.00
Contents 12,964.25
803,378 square feet of land 40,000.00
10,000 square feet of land 1,500.00
Water Mains 650,000.00
$715,217.25
Public Library
50,240 square feet of land $25,120.00
Building 113,076.00
Contents, Books, Furniture, Fittings, etc. 82,563.04
12,230 square feet of land, East End 3,100.00
East End Public Library 23,581.00
Contents 23,425.35
North Branch, 14,908 sq. feet of land 1,500.00
Contents, Books, Furniture, Fittings, etc. 9,200.00
West Branch Library—contents 3,300.00
284,865.39
Health Department
Automobiles (2) $600.00 $600.00
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East Junior High School
Land 142.900 square feet $40,000.00
Buildings 281,834.00
Contents 39,688.13
$361,522.13
High School Land and Building
Land $34,000.00
Building 533,940.30
Contents 113,539.90
$681,479.90
New Phillips School
57,010 square feet of land $11,400.00
Building 150,000.00
Contents 8,000.0.-
$169,400.00
Spring (West) School Land
17,599 square feet of land $8,000.00 $8,000.00
Bemis School Land
48,120 square feet of land $4,800.00 $4,800.00
Grant School
Building $30,209.00
Contents 4,816.00
$35,025.00
Marshall Spring School
Land $10,000.00
Building 92,925.00
Contents 8,910.63
$111,835.63
James Russell Lowell School
Building $167,557.M0
Contents 18,583.43
4 V-, acres of land 15,000.00
$201.140.43
Francis School
55,208 square feet of land $11,400.00
Building 87,327.00
Contents 8,072.04
$106,799.04
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Hosmer School
80,530 square feet of land $16,000.00
Buildings and Addition 192,340.00
Contents 27,822.31
$236,162.31
Coolidge School, Arlington Street
Land $24,000.00
Building 189,969.00
Contents 21,632.51
$235,601.51
Browne School, Main Street
Land $17,225.00
Building 150,318.00
Contents 17,895.75
$185,439.75
Old Parker School Land
38.496 square feet of land $19.003.00 $19,000.00
West Junior High School
Land $10,000.00
Building 208,277.00
Contents 36,628.54
$254,905.54
New Parker School
126,453 square feet of land $13,000.00
Building 88,027.03
Contents 9,958.72
$110,985.72
Central Fire Station and Police Station
13,000 square feet of land $26,000.00
Building 50,719.00
Contents, including Apparatus 50,187.90
$126,906.93
Neu• Police Station
Building $75,000.00
Land 7,000.00
$82,000.00
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East End Fire Station
Land $5,000.00
Building 32,616.00
Contents 19,078.85
$56,694.85
Veterans' Memorial
Building $16,744.00
Contents 1,342.70
$18,086.70
New Municipal Garage
Building $150,000.00
Total $5,859,690.82
BERNARD S. McHUGH,
CHARLES P. COLLIGAN,
H. HERBERT APPLIN,
Selectmen.
For year ending December 31, 1940.
DOG OFFICER'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Watertown, Massachusetts
For the year ending December 31, 1940:
Ten Hundred and fifty-five dogs are licensed, which is an all time
record.
One hundred and twenty-five (125) stray dogs were impounded for
a period of six days.
One hundred and twenty-two (122) dogs were destroyed.
Three (3) ,were sold.
Four (4) injured dogs were destroyed.
Two (2) dogs were quarantined for a period of fourteen days.
Forty (40) dogs were returned to their owners.
We now have a very good pound attached to the new garage, for
which I thank the Board of Selectmen.
I wish to thank the Police and the Town Clerk's Department for
their 100% cooperation.
SAMUEL G. THAYER,
Dog Officer.
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REPORT OF THE RETIREMENT BOARD OF THE
TOWN OF WATERTOWN RETIREMENT SYSTEM
December 31, 1940
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen
Watertown, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Watertown Contributory Retirement Board respectfully sub-
mits its fourth annual report covering the operation of the Town of
Watertown Contributory Retirement System for the calendar year ended
December 31, 1940.
Organization and Activities of the Retirement Board
The Retirement Board as now organized consists of Norman D.
MacKay, Chairman, Thomas V. Dwyer, Secretary, and William W. Nor-
cross, Jr. Mr. James H. Sheridan continues as ex-officio Treasurer-
Custodian of the funds of the Retirement System and Mr. Wilfred J.
Paquet, in his capacity as Town Counsel, acts as the legal advisor of the
Retirement Board. The office of the Retirement Board is located in
the office of the Town Auditor, who is a member of the Board and who
is responsible for keeping the accounts of the Retirement System. Un-
der a ruling promulgated by the Commissioner of Insurance, the three
members of the Retirement Board are each bonded for $5000.00, while
the Treasurer-Custodian is bonded for $15,000.00.
During the year the Board has held ten meetings for the official
transaction of business, while numerous other informal meetings and
discussions have taken place toward the end of securing a smooth-
working system. The Board was also represented at the meetings of
"The Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Boards,"
whose purpose has been to bring about uniformity in the administration
of the law throughout the Commonwealth.
Membership of the Retirement System
During 1940 two employees with prior service and seventeen em-
ployees without prior service credit were enrolled as members of the
Retirement System while two members were dismissed from their em-
ployment and six members withdrew voluntarily. Two members were
retired for superannuation, Patrick J. Quinn of the Highway Depart-
ment and John Driscoll of the School Department. It is with regret
that the Retirement Board records the death of three members during
the year, Walter E. Rundlett, Superintendent of the Water Department,
George H. White, Keeper of the Town Infirmary, and Patrick Whyte of
the Highway Department. These changes resulted in a net increase of
six in the active Membership of the System. At the close of the year
there were two hundred thirty-five active members with annual salaries
totalling $359,784.63. Of this number one hundred forty-nine were mem-
bers elegible for credit for service rendered prior to July 1, 1937, while
eighty-six were members without prior service credit. Classification of
these employees by departments follows:
General Government 46
Highway Department 87
School Department 31
Public Library 19
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Water Department 13
Police 11
Poles & Wires i
Cemetery 4
Moth 4
Fire 13
Total 235
The yearly retirement allowances of the two new pensioners totaled
$2,051.37, of which $104A4 represented annuities purchased by their own
contributions and $1,946.93 represented pensions provided by contribu-
tions of the Town. On December 31, 1940 there were fourteen pensioners
receiving an aggregate yearly allowance of $10,533.22.
The Retirement Board records with regret the death of two pen-
sioned members during the year, John E. McNamara and Morris W.
Kelley.
At the last annual Town meeting $29,477.00 was appropriated for
the benefit of the Town of Watertown Retirement System, $27,677.00
being for the Pension Accumulation Fund and $1,800.00 for the Expense
Fund, representing approximately .0819% of the annual payroll of the
active members.
During the year the Retirement Board invested $71,103.75 exclusive
of $721.71 paid for accrued interest, in high grade Bonds at an average
yield rate of 4.00%. The amortized value of all Bonds owned December
31st, 1940 was $100,767.59, the average yield rate on these Bonds being
4.26%. The value of all Stocks owned December 31, 1940 was $14,775.00,
the average yield on these Stocks being 4A4%. The net interest income
from all Bonds was $2,800.00. In addition there was $1,575.82 accrued
interest on Bonds owned December 31, 1940, $350.00 received on Stocks,
making a total net interest earned during the year of $4,725.82, a sum
sufficient to provide all of the interest required to maintain the various
funds of the 'System as provided by Law.
Appropriation Required for 1941
The Law provides that the amounts to be appropriated annually by
the Town to the Pension Accumulation Fund of the Retirement System
shall be determined by the Commissioner of Insurance each year. For
1941 this required appropriation includes a normal contribution of
$9,222.00 on account of Membership service, and an accrued liability
contribution of $18,924.00 on account of service rendered by members
prior to July 1, 1937. In addition an appropriation of $1,800.00 is required
for the expense of operating the System. Summarizing, the total appro-
priation required for 1941 for the Town of Watertown Retirement Sys-
tem based upon the payroll of $359,784.63 as of December 31, 1940 for
the 235 active members is made up as follows:
Per cent
Amount Payroll
Normal contribution $9,222.00 $2.56
Accrued liability contribution 18,924.00 5.26
Total for Pension Accumulation Fund 28,146.00 7.82
Expense Fund 1,800.00 .50
$29,946.00 $8.32
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Conclusion
In conclusion it should be pointed out that the growth in the mem-
bership of the system should be normal from now on, reflecting only
such increase in membership as will result from the hiring of new
employees, within the limits of the appropriations voted by the Town
Meeting to the several departments of the Town Government, and the
replacement of employees who resign, die or retire.
There will eventually be some offset in the cost of the Retirement
System to the Town due to the fact that a number of employees joined
the System who would also have been entitled to partial benefits under
the non-contributory pension laws previously accepted by the Town.
To the extent that the cost of these benefits is included in the amounts
appropriated for the Contributory Retirement System, the Town is
relieved of costs which it would otherwise ultimately have had to meet
under the non-contributory pension provisions. Furthermore, no new
employee whose service begins after June 30, 1937, is entitled to bene-
fits under the non-contributory pension laws.
Various financial and statistical tables follow.
Respectfully submitted,
NORMAN D. MacKAY, Chairman,
THOMAS V. DWYER, Secretary,
WILLIAM W. NORCROSS, JR.
Receipts
Contributions from members credited to their
accounts in the Annuity Savings Fund $17.932.43
Appropriations by Town of Watertown for:
Pension Accumulation Fund $2 7,6 7 7.00
Expense Fund 1.800.00 29,477.00
Interest received from:
Bonds, less $721.71 accrued interest
on Bonds acquired during the year 3,106.26 3,106.26
Gross profits on Sale of Bonds 746.37 746.37
Gross increase, by adjustment, of Ledger assets,
Bonds 592.97 592.97
Total Receipts $51,855.03
Disbursements
Payments to members retired for superannuation
Annuity Payments $127.79 $127.79
Pension Payments 10.272.99 10,272.99
Refund of accumulated deductions to:
Members withdrawing from the System 1,536.35 1,536.35
Administrative Expenses:
Clerical Services $1,062.00
Printing and Stationery 53.03
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Postage, telephone and express 27.75
Furniture and fixtures 396.56
Surety Bonds 150.00
Safe Deposit Box 11.10 1.700.44 1,700.44
Gross loss on Sale or maturity of ledger assets:
Bonds 4.02
Gross decrease by adjustment of ledger assets:
Bonds 1,622.37
Total Disbursements $15,263.96
Balance January 1, 1940 $36,591.07
Balance December 31, 1940 81,948.64
$118,539.71
Ledger Assets January 1, 1940 $81,948.64
Receipts 51,855.03 $133,803.67
Disbursements 15,263.96
Ledger Assets December 31, 1940 $118,539.71
Assets
Amortized value of Bonds $100,767.59
and Stocks $13,500.00 $114,267.59
Deposits in Banks not on interest 4,272.12
Total Ledger Assets $118,539.71
Non-Ledger Assets
Interest accrued on Bonds $1,575.82 $1,5 75.82
Market value of stocks over book value 1,275.00
Gross Assets $121,390.53
Deduct Assets not Admitted
Book value of stocks over market value $1,275.00 $1,275.00
Total Assets $120,115.53
Liabilities
Annuity Savings Fund $52,539.93
Annuity Reserve Fund 1,300.55
Pension Accumulation Fund 62,249.75
Expense Fund 235.70
Undistributed Earnings 3,789.60 $120,115.53
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Summary of the Number and Annual Salaries of Active Members
as of December 31, 1940
Members Eligible for Prior Service Credit
Full Annual
Number Salaries
Group i—Male 102 $170,547.36
Female 44 58,730.00
Group 2 3 6,586.34
Members not eligible for Prior Service Credit
Group 1—Male 50 69,131.13
Female 19 19,375.00
Group 2 17 35,414.80
Total active membership Dec. 31, 1940 235 $359,784.63
Schedule of Bonds Owned December 31, 1940
Amortized
Coupon Date of Yield Value
Description Rate Maturity Rate Dec. 31
Bangor & Aroostook R.R. Co. 4% July 1, 1951 4.13 $4,870.21
Chicago Burl. & Quincy R.R.
Co. 3'/a% July 1, 1949 3.71 4,717.70
Chicago Burl. & Quincy R.R.
Co. 4% July 1, 1949 3.92 3,041.06
Chicago Burl. & Quincy R.R.
Co. 4% Mar. 1, 1958 4.35 13,838.23
Great Northern Rwy. Co. 1% July 1, 1946 4.58 8.945.00
Hollidaysburg, Bedford &
Cumberland R.R. Co. 4% July 1, 1951 3.95 9,107.95
Brooklyn Union Gas Co. 5% May 1, 1957 4.98 5,021.89
Empire Dist. Electric Co. 5% Mar. 1, 1952 4.80 10,381.09
Kings County Lighting Co. 5%Q July 1, 1954 4.78 3,122.76
Kings County Lighting Co. 6%% July 1, 1954 6.38 2,032.38
N. Y. State Electric & Gas
Corp. 4% Aug. 1, 1965 3.99 10,045.00
Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. 4% June 1, 1961 4.01 9,962.50
Public Service Co. of Indiana 4% Sept. 1, 1969 3.81 15,681.82
Total 4.26 $100,767.59
Schedule of Stocks Owned December 31, 1940
No.of Book Market Yield
Description Shares Value Value Rate
First National Bank of Boston 100 $3,975.00 $5,030.00 5.03
Nat. Shawmut Bank of Boston 100 2,275.00 2,500.00 4.44
Newton Trust Co. 100 4,825.00 7,275.00 4.14
Newton Trust Co. 5t 2,425.00 4.12
$13,500.00 $14,775.00 4.44
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Schedule of Membership for 1940
(a) Active Members
Members Eligible Members Not Eligible Total
for Prior for Prior Member-
Service Credit Service Credit ship
Group 1 Group 2 Group 1 Group 2
Male Female Male Female
Membership Dec. 31, 1939 106 48 3 49 16 7 229
Enrolled during 1940 2 3 4 10 19
Transfers between Groups —
Total 108 48 3 52 20 17 248
Deaths 3 3
Withdrawals 1 4 2 1 8
Retirements for:
Superannuation 2 2
Total Deductions 6 4 2 1 13
Membership Dec. 31, 1940 102 44 3 50 19 17 235
(b) Pensioners
Membership Dec. 31, 1939 10 3 1 14
Retirements for:
Superannuation 2 2
Total 12 3 1 16
Deaths 2 2
Total Deductions 2 2
Membership Dec. 31, 1940 10 3 1 14
(c) Total Membership December 31, 1940, including Beneficiaries
Membership Dec. 31, 1940 112 47 4 50 19 17 249
Name and Amounts of Retirement Allowances being paid as of
Dec. 31, 1940
Name Date Retired Annuities Pensions Total
Beatty, Richard July 15, 1938 $480.00 $480.00
Brigham, Harry W. Mar. 7, 1938 $11.47 1,536.69 1,548.16
Clark, Joss L. Oct. 1, 1937 480.00 480.03
''Doherty, James F. Oct. 1, 1939 13.82 287.94 301.76
Driscoll, John Mar. 28, 1940 38.00 446.93 484.93
Farraher, Michael Nov. 15, 1937 3.56 476.44 480.00
"Ford, Anna R. Sept. 1, 1939 17.14 669.10 686.24
Manning, Delia Apr. 21, 1939 12.36 467.64 480.00
Quinn, Daniel Apr. 26, 1939 480.00 480.00
Quinn, Patrick J. Dec. 9, 1940 66.44 1,500.00 1,566.44
Swift, John Oct. 1, 1937 480.00 480.00
Tracy, Annie Feb. 28, 1938 4.48 475.52 480.00
Vahey, Patrick J. Sept. 1, 1939 32.08 1,600.00 1,632.08
Wilson, William H. Oct. 1, 1937 953.61 953.61
Ordinary Disability Total $199.35 $10,333.87 $10,533.22
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CONTENTS
Appeals, Board of, Report . . . . . .... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .. ... ... . . . 321
Appraisers' Valuation . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. .. . ... . . . 348
Appropriations Voted at Town Meetings ... . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . 22
Assessors, Board of, Report . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 278
Assistance, Old Age, Report of .... .. . . . .... ... . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . 268
Auditor, Town, Report . .. .. . . .. ..... . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 79
Auditor's Report, Index to . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . 195
Buildings, Inspector of, Report . . .. . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 265
Cemeteries, Superintendent of, Report . .. ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 335
Clerk, Town, Report of Department . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . 339
Committees, Recent Appointments . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 8
Counsel, Town, Report . .. . . . . . ... . . . . . .. ..... . . . .... .. . . . . . 323
Dependent Children, Aid to, Report of . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 270
Dog Officer, Report . . . ... . . . . .. . ... .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . 352
Election, March 4, 1940 . . 10
Engineer, Town, Report . . . . . . ...... . . . ... ..... . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . 229
Finance Committee on Appropriations, Report . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. 298
Fire Department, Report . . . . ..... .. . . .. .. .... . . ... . .... . . . . . . 277
Health, Board of, Report . . . . ..... . .. . ...... . . . .. ... ... . . . . .. 329
Highway Department, Report . . . ... . . . ....... . . . . ... .. .. . . . .. 253
Infirmary Department, Report .... . . . ........ . .. . .... .. . . . . .. 266
Library, Board of Trustees, Report . . . . .. .... .. . .. ... . . .. . . . .. 221
Meetings, Town, Record of . . . . .... . . . . ... ... . . .. . .. . ... . . . ... 10
Moth Department, Report . . . ..... . . . . . ..... . .. . ....... .. . ... 262
Officers, Town . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . ..... . . . ... .... . . . .... .. . . . . . . .. 3
Park Commissioners, Report . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . ...... . .. . . . .. 322
Physicians, Town, Report . .. . .. .. . . . . ... ... ... .. . ... ... . . . . . 267
Planning Board, Report . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . . . . ..... . . . . .. .. 336
Plumbing Inspector, Report .. . . . .. .. ... . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. 335
Police Department, Report . . . . . . . 274
Population .. . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. ... . . . . .. . ..... . . .. . .... . . . . . ... 10
Retirement, Board of . . . . .. ... ... . . . ... . .... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
School Committee, Report . . . . . . . .. . .. ..... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report ... . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . 319
Selectmen, Board of, Report . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. 343
Soldiers' Relief, Report . . . . . .. ... . . . ... .... . . . .. .... .. . . . . . .. 266
Sponsor's Agent, W.P.A., Report . . . .. . . ... . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . . . 314
Taxes, Collector of, Report . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . 281
Town Meeting Members, Attendance . .. ... . . . . .. ... .. . . . .. . . . 62
Treasurer, Town, Report . .. . .. ... . . . ... . . .. . . . ... . ... . . . . .. . . 285
Tree Warden, Report . . . .... ..... . . . .. ... 263
Veterinarian, Town, Report .... . . . ... .... . . .. ... .. .. . . . . . . . . 264
Water Commissioners, Report .. . . . . .. . ... . . . . . ... . .. . . . . .. .. 248
Welfare, Public, Board of, Report . ... . . ... . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . .. 337
Wire Department, Report . ..... . . . . .... ... . . . . . .... . . . . . . .. .. 261
Workmen's Compensation, Report . .. . ..... . . . . .. ... . . . . .. . .. 328