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Town Officers, 1946
Selectmen JAMES F. POWER, Chairman WILLIAM F. KENNEY HERMAN L. LARTER
Town Clerk PAUL MEADE KEANEY
Town Accountant WILLIAM M. SURETTE
Moderator JOHN ] . CAREY
Treasurer MARY E. McCORMACK
Collector of Taxes JEREMIAH G. CREEDAN, Deceased ELEANOR S. CREEDAN
Board of Assessors DANIEL P. DAY, Chairman ...... Term expires March 1947 GERALD J. CASSIDY ...... Term expires March 1948 HERBERT E. WARREN ...... Term expires March 1949
School Committee ARTHUR E. IRVINE, Chairman ...... Term expires March 1947 HAROLD C. MERRIFIELD ...... Term expires March 1948 PAUL E. KENNEY ...... Term expires March 1949
Water Board JAMES W. BANCROFT, Chairman .....Term expires March 1949 JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN, Clerk ...... Term expires March 1948 WILLIAM T. HAMILTON ...... Term expires March 1947
Board of Public W elfare JAMES F. POWER HERMAN L. LARTER WILLIAM F. KENNEY LESLIE P. EAGLES, Agent 4 5
Board of Health Appropriation Committee JOSEPH F. ANNUNZIATA, M.D., Chairman WILLIAM H. KIRLEY, Chairman ...... Term expires March 1948 Term expires March 1949 HENRY F. HUTCHINSON. " ...... Term expires March 1948 MAR Y E. BO UD REA U ...... Term expires March 1948 ALAN P. GOULD ...... Term expires March 1948 NELLIE]. KIRBY ...... ' " .. " ., ....Term expires March 1947 WILLIAM A. BANCROFT...... Term expires March 1949 WILLIAM J. SMITH...... Term expires March 1949 Cemetery Commissioners GERALD M. DOHERTY . . , " ...... Term expires March 1949 CHARLES H. WRIGHT, Chairman .....Term expires March 1947 KATHRYN BORDEN ...... Term expires March 1947 CLAUDE N. GUYTON ...... Term expires March 1948 SIMON J. O'CONNELL. ., " . " ...... Term expires March 1947 ALMON F. CUNNINGHAM ...... Term expires March 1949 CHARLES O. GARRISON ...... Term expires March 1947
Highway Surveyor Chief of Police ROBERT W. FERRIS JOHN A. HILDITCH
Tree Warden Police Officers EDWARD W. GASSETT PAUL F. McBRIDE, Captain HAROLD W. PETTYS, Lieutenant . Constables ROBERT N. MACMIllAN, Sergeant JAMES F. POWER. CLIFTON I. KIMBALL EDWARD V. McMANUS JOHN A. HILDITCH HERMAN 1. LARTER HAROLD. C. MERRIFIELD FRANK M. DRUGAN, Deceased HAROLD C. MERRIFIELD WILLIAM F. KENNEY ORA CHENEY HARRY N. HAMILTON CARL G. FRIEH Members of Planning Board HAROLD J. MARSHALL ROBERT W. FERRIS WALTER S. FRYE, Deceased ...... Term expires March 1947 FRANK K. EDMUNDS JOSEPH V. PYNE HERBERT T. STANGER ...... Term expires March 1947 HARRY F. McMANUS PRESTON B. STEWART GEORGE A. PUTNEY ...... Term expires March 1948 NELSON F. POTTER FRED HARRIS A. CLAYTON WAITE ...... Term expires March 1948 GEORGE A. PUTNEY GEORGE]. McBRIDE ERNEST C. BARTLETT ...... Term expires March 1949 EDWARD V. McMANUS IRVING C. MILLER CLARENCE A. WOOD ...... Term expires March 1949 CLARENCE D. FARRAR CHARLES O. GARRISON PA UL E. KENNEY ...... Term expires March 1950 STEPHEN DELLETTI WALTER T. WRIGHT JOSEPH E. GASSETT ...... Term expires March 1951 PAUL E. KENNEY JOHN A. SABLES ADELAIDE F. FITZGERALD ...... Term expires March 1951 Forest Fire Warden Engineers of Fire Department JOSEPH V. PYNE JOSEPH V. PYNE, Chief CARL G. FRIEH PRESTON B. STEWART Soldiers' Relief and Veterans Aid Agent Registrars of Voters WILLIAM F. KENNEY CHARLES R. NEALE, Chairman ...... Term expires March 1948 Moth Superintendent CHARLES W. BROWN ...... Term expires March 1947 CHESTER A. McMANUS ...... Term expires March 1949 JEREMIAH F. O'BRIEN PAUL M. KEANEY, Clerk Dog Officer Trustees of Hopkinton School Fund JOHN A. HILDITCH WAYNE E. HUGHES, President PATRICK H. DOLAN ADELAIDE F. FITZGERALD, Clerk LINN F. PLAYSE Lock-Up Keeper HAROLD C. MERRIFIELD ARTHUR L. CHESMORE JOHN A. HILDITCH 6 7 Burial Agent DA VID W. O'BRIEN Inspector of Meats and Provisions Town Clerk's Report D. JOSEPH CREEDAN
Inspector of Animals D. JOSEPH CREEDAN Marriages Field Drivers Number Recorded ...... , 4S JOHN A. HILDITCH GEORGE A. PUTNEY JOHN HAGAR Births Number Recorded ... " ...... " ...... , S9 Fence Viewers Males...... 2S Females ...... 34 CHARLES W. PARMENTER BENTON CURTIS VERNON RICE Deaths Sealer of Weights and Measures Number Recorded ...... 39 WALTER H. WRIGHT Males ...... 21 Females ...... 18 Under Five Years ...... 2 Public Weighers Over Five and Under Twenty-one Years ...... " ...... 0 CHARLES H. WRIGHT VAUGHAN O'HALLORAN Over Twenty-one and Under Fifty Years...... 4 JOHN F. TERRY GEORGE J. McBRIDE Over Fifty and Under Eighty Years ...... , " .... " ...... 25 WILLARD E. PRATT THOMAS J. TERRY Over Eighty and Under Ninety Years. " ...... , ...... 7 ROBERT W. FERRIS JOSEPH V. PYNE Over Ninety and Under One Hundred Years...... 1
Surveyors of Wood and Bark Dog Licenses JOHN A. RYAN HERMAN L. LARTER Number of Licenses Issued ...... 250 VERNON RICE CHARLES H. WRIGHT Males-158 at $2 .00 ...... $316.00 Females-34 at $5.00 ...... 170.00 Persons to Cut Wires in Case of Fire Spayed Females-58 at $2.00 ...... 116.00 CHARLES E. MARSHALL CLARENCE D. FARRAR Kennel Licenses ...... o PRESTON B. STEWART EDWARD V. McMANUS CARL G. FRIEH JOSEPH V. PYNE Personal Property Mortgages Persons authorized to noti fy the Boston Edison Company to turn Number Recorded ... . , .. . . " ...... 61 on or off the street lights: Number of Business Certificates Recorded...... 4 SELECTMEN CHIEF OF POLICE Attest: FIRE ENGINEERS HIGHWAY SURVEYOR PAUL M. KEANEY, Town Clerk. 8 9
Departments: Police ...... 500.00 Tax Collector's Account (to include salary and expenses) ...... 1,500.00 Annual Town Meeting State Aid ...... 200.00 Soldiers' Mound ...... 25 .00 MARCH 4, 1946 Treasurer's Bond ...... 80.00 Tree Warden Department...... " .... . 400.00 Board of Health ...... 850.00 Registrars of Voters Incidentals ...... 250.00 Suppression of Brown Tail Moths and Tent Cater Meeting called at 8.00 o'clock p.m. by the Moderator. The war pillars ...... 1,000.00 rant was read by the Town Clerk. Cem·eteries ...... 600.00 Selectmen;s Incidental Account...... 2,000.00 Article 1. Voted: That the reports of the Town Officers be ac Blanket Insurance ...... 1,139.07 cepted as printed in the Annual Town Report. Hopkinton A. A. Field ...... 1,200.00 Soldiers' Relief and Military Aid ...... 4,500.00 Article 2. Voted : That the Town Firemen be paid $71.00 per Care of Common, Mound and Community Lawn .. . 200.00 year. Recording Births, Deaths and Marriages ...... 102.50 Highway Department ...... 17,000.00 Article 3. Under this article the following amounts were appro Interest Accow1t ...... 715.00 priated : Suppression of Forest Fires ...... 750.00 Town Hall AccoW1t...... " ...... 3,500.00 Salaries: Community Building ...... 600.00 Moderator ...... $15.00 Elections ., " ...... " ..... " . , .. . . " ...... 700.00 Town Clerk ...... 200.00 Maintenance of Sandy Island ...... 200.00 Selectmen ...... 300.00 Tax Collector's Bond ...... 138.00 Auditor ...... 75.00 Fire Department ...... 4,000.00 Fire Engineers ($90.00 to Chief) ...... 220.00 Street Lights ...... 5,500.00 Collection of Garbage ...... 1,150.00 Water Board ...... 10,218.16 Tree Warden ...... 100.00 Welfare Department (to include Old Age Assistance, Forest Fire Warden ...... 50.00 Aid to Dependent Children and Temporary Aid) 44,000.00 Board of Health ($60.00 to Clerk) ...... 100.00 School Department ...... 53,938.00 School Committee ...... 75.00 Animal Inspector ...... 125.00 Article 4. Voted: To authorize the Treasurer, with the approval Assessors ...... 1,200.00 of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation Highway Surveyor ...... 500.00 of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 2nd, 1947, and Chief of Police ...... 500.00 to issue a note or notes therefore, payable in one year, and to renew Treasurer ...... 750.00 such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year Cemetery Commissioners ...... 150.00 in accordance with section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Water Board ($400.00 to Clerk, $50.00 for trans any Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto. portation, $50.00 to each other member) ...... 550.00 Board of Registrars ...... 160.00 Article 5. Voted: That the Tax Collector's salary be 1 % of the commitments, exclusive of interest. Notes: New School Building .. . . . " ...... $3,000.00 Article 6. Voted: That the sum of $300.00 be appropriated for New Water Supply ...... 2,000.00 the observance of Memorial Day. . W.P.A. Note ...... 1,000.00 6,000.00 Article 7. Voted: That the sum of $700.00 be appropriated for tuition of pupils at Industrial Schools. 10 11
Article 8. Voted: That the sum of $200.00 be appropriated for Laws or corresponding provisions of earlier laws artd acts in amend the Assessors' incidentals. ment thereof and in addition thereto. ' .
Article 9. Voted: That the Water Board be authorized to ap Article 19 . Voted: That this article be dismissed from the war point one of its members to be collector of water rates and charges. rant.
Article 10. Voted: That the sum of $1,500.00 be appropriated Article 20. Voted: That the sum of $200.00 be appropriated to for the Reserve Fund. defray any fees and legal expenses which may be incurred during the year 1946. Article 11. Voted : That the sum of $400.00 be appropriated for the Treasurer's incidentals. Article 21. Voted: That this article be dismissed from the war rant. Article 12. Voted: That the sum of $307.28 be transferred from the Road Machinery Fund to the Road Machinery Account. Article 22. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to sell a certain parcel of land, about one-half acre, being the same Article 13. Voted: That the sum of $599.84 be appropriated as premises conveyed to the Inhabitants of Hopkinton by Isaac V. Adams the Town's share of the cost, care and maintenance and repair of the et ai, by deed dated Sept. 12, 1851, recorded with Middlesex So. Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital at Waltham, Mass. Dist. Deeds Book 624, Page 2.
Article 14. Voted : That the sum of $8,375.00 be appropriated Article 23. Voted: That the sum of $25 .00 be appropriated for for the maintenance of public ways under the provisions of Sections the care of the East Main Street Cemetery. Said sum to be expended 26-29 inclusive of Chapter 81, General Laws and Acts in amendment by the Cemetery Commissioners. thereof and in addition thereto. Article 24. Voted: That the sum of $422.00 be appropriated for Article 15 . Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to contract the purpose of paying an annuity to Mrs. Joanna Burke, widow of with the Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works Thomas Burke, a deceased fireman. under the provisions of Section 26-29 inclusive of the General Laws of Chapter 81 and Acts in amendment thereof and in addi tion thereto. Article 25. Voted: That this article be dismissed from the war rant. Article 16. Voted: That the sum of $1 ,000.00 be appropriated It was voted that Article 45 be taken up at this time. for the repair and maintenance of highways previously improved under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or corre Article 45 . Voted : That the road known as Parker Point Road sponding provisions of earlier laws and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto. be accepted as a public street. Article 26. Voted : That the sum of $500.00 be appropriated to Article 17. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to contract construct new walks in the Common. with the Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws or correspond ing provisions of earlier laws and acts in amendment thereof and in Article 27. Voted: That the sum of $1,500.00 be appropriated addition thereto. for the purpose of installing a cement sidewalk from the corner of Pleasant and Grove Streets to the corner of Hayden Rowand Grove Streets. Article 18. Voted: That the sum of $3,000.00 be appropriated for the improvement of Wood Street. Said money to be spent in con junction with any money which may be allotted by the State or Article 28. Voted: That this article be dismissed from the war County or both for this purpose. rant and that the report of the Planning Board on this subject be Amendment to Article 18 . Voted: That the Selectmen be in accepted. structed to contract with the Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Article 29. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to appoint a Town Accountant under the provisions of Section SS of Chapter 41 12 13
of the Gen~ral Laws and that the salary of the Accountant be not Voted: That the following amendment to the vote passed at the more than $500.00, and that the sum of $700.00 be appropriated for previous meeting be passed. Under Article 18: this purpose. Amendment: Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to con tract with the Division of Highways of the Department of Public Article 30. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to peti Works under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws or tion the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and corresponding provisions of earlier laws or acts in amendment there Taxation for the installation of an accounting system, in accordance of and in addition thereto. with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Article 33: Voted: That the sum of $88.00 be appropriated to Article 31. Voted: That the sum of $1,784.39 be appropriated install a third emergency light in the Town Hall. for paying unpaid bills of previous years, including an indebtedness to the Town of Southborough of $816.56 for tuition and a bill of Article 34. Under this article a motion was made· to dismiss the Thoma'; J. Terry for fuel, amounting to $967.83. article from the warrant. It was voted not to dismiss the article. There were some remarks made on the subject but no motion was Article 32. Voted: That the sum of $4,007.16 be appropriated made and no action taken. for the Excess and Deficiency Account for the purpose of covering the following amounts expended in excess of the appropriations: High Article 35. Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of way Department $3,628.35; Industrial Schools $378.81. seven, of which three are to be veterans, to report to the Town by May 15, 1946, on the advisability of erecting a suitable memorial The meeting was adjourned at 10.05 p.m. to March 11, 1946, building to the veterans of World War II. at 8.00 o'clock p.m. Article 36. Voted: That the Town establish and maintain a Attest: Department of Veterans' Services for the purpose of furnishing in PAUL M KEANEY, formation and assistance to veterans of World War II, or other vet Town Clerk. erans, as may be necessary to enable them to procure the benefits to which they are or may be entitled, relative to employment, vocational or other educational opportunities, hospitalization, medical care, pen sions and other veterans' benefits, this department to be in charge of a ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING director, who shall be a war veteran and shall be appointed by the Selectmen. Compensation for such director shall be fixed by the MARCH ll, 1946 Board of Selectmen annually and shall be provided in the annual budget. Such department shall disburse State or Military Aid and Meeting called at 8.00 o'clock p.m. . shall perform such other duties as are authorized by Chapter 723 of Voted: To reopen Article 3. "To grant money to pay Town the Laws of Massachusetts of 1945. charges." Voted: That the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated to pay a Article 37. Voted: That the following be accepted as a Town W.P.A. note. Item 3 I, Appropriation Committee recommendations. By-Law: Voted: That item 32 of the Appropriation Committee recom The Highway Surveyor shall have the authority for the purposes: mendations be amended to appropriate $1,200.00 instead of $800.00. of removing or plowing snow, or removing ice, from anyway in the Voted : That item 33 of the Appropriation Committee recom Town, to remove or cause to be removed to some convenient place, mendations be amended to reduce the appropriation for Soldiers' Re including in such term a public garage, any vehicle interfering with lief and Military Aid to $4,500.00 instead of $6,000.00. such work. The owner of any such vehicle so removed shall be liable Voted: That item 36 of the Appropriation Committee recom for the reasonable costs of such removal and storage, and delivery of mendations be amended to increase the appropriation to $17,000.00 the vehicle to said owner may be withheld by the Highway Surveyor, instead of $10,000.00. or other officer having charge of ways in the Town, until such rea Voted: That item 38 of the Appropriation Committee recom sonable costs shall be paid. VVhenever any such vehicle is removed, mendations be amended to increase the appropriation by $1,500.00, the Police Department shall be notified and said department shall making the appropriation for the Town Hall Account $3,500.00 in render all necessary assistance to the Highway Surveyor, or officer slead of $2 ,000.00 as voted at the previous meeting. having charge of ways, in enforcing this by-law. 15 14
Article 38. Voted: That the sum of $200.00 be appropriated for expenses of the Planning Board. . ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS-MARCH 18, 1946 Article 39. Voted: That the Town have installed four lights on the street from the Town Line of Southboro to Carbone's Restaurant. Meeting called at 5.45 o'clock a.m. In the absence of the Article 40 . Voted: That the Town install a street light on pole Moderator the Town Clerk, Paul M. Keaney, was elected chairman No. 33 on East Main Street. of the meeting. That part of the warrant pertaining to the election of Town Officers was read by the clerk. Louis M. White and Francis C. Article 41. Voted: That the sum of $1,500.00 be appropriated Potter were elected Ballot Clerks. A receipt was given to the Town for the construction of the road known as Parker Point Road. Clerk by the Ballot Clerks for a package supposed to contain 2000 ballots. Voting was in progress at 5.56 o'clock a.m. Article 42. Voted: That the sum of $100.00 be appropriated for the purpose of leasing Mahar's Meadow for a year or years for the The following ToWn Officers were elected: purpose of using it for a skating pond during the winter months and Moderator for one year-John J. Carey. for cleaning up and taking care of same. Town Clerk for one year-Paul M. Keaney. Article 43 . Voted: That this article be dismised from the war Selectmen for one year- James F. Power, Herman L. Larter, rant. William F. Kenney. . Article 44. Voted : That this article be dismissed from the war Treasurer for one year- Mary E. C. McCormack. rant. Collector of Taxes for one year- Jeremiah G. Creedan. Article 45 . Action on this article was taken at the previous meeting. Member of School Committee for three years-Paul E. Kenney. Article 46. Voted: That the Tax Collector be elected for a term Cemetery Commissioner for three years-Almon F. Cunningham. of three years, beginning March, 1947. Member of Board of Health for three years-Joseph F. Annun Article 47. Voted : That the Town appropriate the sum of ziata, M.D. $1,700.00 for the purchase of a certain lot of land situated on the Assessor of Taxes for three years-Herbert E. Warren. south side of Main Street, in said Hopkinton, being the same premises Member of Water Board for three years-James W . Bancroft. described in a deed from James O. Moore to Sylvester Phipps, dated April 27, 1870, and recorded with Middlesex South Dist. Deeds Book Auditor for one year-William M. Surette. .1114, page 575, bounded substantially as follows: Northerly by Main Street, 4% rds.; easterly by land of Middlesex and Boston St. Ry. Surveyor of Highways for one year-Robert W. Ferris. Co., 10 rds.; southerly by land formerly of Prentis et aI., 4% rds.; Tree Warden for one year-Edward W. Gassett. and westerly by land formerly of Claflin, now supposed to be of Adams, 10 rds. Voted that the purchase price be $1,500.00 and Constables for one year-Frank M.· Drugan, John A. Hirditch, $200.00 for the legal expense, and that the Selectmen purchase the Edward V. McManus. property and the Planning Board co-operate with the Selectmen in Members of Planning Board for five years- Adelaide L. Fitz the matter. gerald, Joseph L. Gassett. Article 48 . Voted: That the meeting adjourn to March 18, There were 1197 ballots cast: men 610, women 587. The ballots-. 1946, at 5.45 o'clock a.m., for the election of Town Officers. were sealed and signed by the election officers and the meeting was ad journed at 11.51 p.m. Meeting was adjourned at 9.28 o'clock p.m. Attest: Attest: PAUL M. KEANEY, PAUL M. KEANEY, Town Clerk. Town Clerk. 16 17
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-MAY 15, 1946 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-OCTOBER 14, 1946 Meeting called at 8.00 o'clock p.m. by the Moderator, John J. Carey. The warrant was read by the Town Clerk. The following Meeting called at 8.00 o'clock in the evening by the Moderator. action was taken: The warrant was read by the Town Clerk. The following action was taken on the articles of the warrant: Article 1. The report of the committee appointed by the Mod erator at the Annual Town Meeting to consider the advisability of Article 1. Voted: That the salary of the Town firemen be in erecting a suitable memorial building to the veterans of World War II creased from $71.00 to $106.00 per year and that the salaries of the and to report at a meeting to be held on May 15, 1946, was presented Fire Engineers be increased from $220.00 to $325.00 per year, and to the meeting. The report was signed by the committee as follows: that the sums of $105.00 and $980.00 (total $1,085.00) be appro William E. Thomas, Henry F. Hutchinson, Robert J. Moran, Jack E. priated therefor. Pulver, Herbert T. Stanger, James Bartlett and J. Howard Leman. It was voted that the report be accepted as a report of progress. Article 2. Voted: That the sum of $5,500.00 be appropriated for Welfare purposes, and that the said sum be transferred from available Article 2. Voted: That the sum of $400.00 be appropriated for funds. care of cemeteries. Article 3. Voted: That the sum of $4,560.00 be appropriated Article 3. Voted: That the sum of $3,000.00 be appropriated for the purpose of increasing the school teachers' salaries by $600.00 for the purchase of new hose and for the repair of the fire houses. per year, and through December, 1946 and retroactive to September 4,1946. Article 4. Voted: That the Water Board be authorized to ap point one of its members as engineer and caretaker of the Fruit Street, Article 4. Voted: That the sum of $1,200.00 pe transferred Maspenock and Grove Street pumping stations and grounds, and that from Road Machinery Fund to the Town Highway Account. the salary of such member appointed be fixed at $6.00 per day. Article 5. Voted: That the Town accept the way known as "B" Article 5. Voted: That the Board of Health be authorized to Street in the Maspenock Development, as shown on Plan of Maspe appoint one of its members to act as physician in charge of the nock Lake Shores, recorded in the Registry of Deeds, and that the diphtheria clinic, so called, and that the salary of such member ap name of the said street be changed by the Board of Selectmen to the pointed be fixed at $35.00. name of a deceased veteran of World War II.
Article 6. Voted: That the Town accept the provisions of Gen Article 6. Voted: That the subject of this article be referred to eral Laws, Chapter 94, Section 120A as amended by Chapter 332, the Town Planning Board. Section 4 of the Acts of 1943. Article 7. Voted: That the Town discontinue Phipps Street and Article 7. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to sell or Farm Street, so called, as public ways in accordance with the statutes. otherwise dispose of the building known as the Town Barn. Article 8. Voted: That the sum of $7,500.00 be appropriated The meeting was adjourned at 9.10 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of extending the Town water system from Hayden Row Street down to the three residences on College Street, and that Attest: the said sum be transferred from available funds. PAUL M. KEANEY, Town Clerk. Meeting was adjourned at 9.30 o'clock p.m.
Attest: PAUL M. KEANEY, Town Clerk. 18
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-OCTOBER 14, 1946 REPORT Articles defined as follows: OF THE Article 1. The appropriation in the amount of $1,085.00 under this article is to be included by the Assessors in the aggregate appro priations raised in 1947. This amount may be paid after January 1st, 1947. BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Article 2. The appropriation of $5,500.00 may be transferred OF THE from available funds to be used for Welfare purposes. Authority for the transfer was given by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, November 19, 1946, under the authority of Section 23 of TOWN OF HOPKINTON Chapter 59, General Laws. FOR THE Article 3. The appropriation in the amount of $4,560.00 under this article is to be included by the Assessors in the aggregate appro priations raised in 1947. This amount may be paid after January 1st, Year Ending December 31, 1946 1947.
Article 4. Authorization of the transfer of the amount of $1,200.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to the Town Highway Ac count was given by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation under authority of Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws.
Article 5. Involves no expenditure of money.
Article 6. Involves no expenditure of money.
Article 7. Involves no expenditure of money.
Article 8. The vote under Article 8 has been declared invalid, since the vote provides for the taking cif $7,500.00 from available funds, while the article gave no notice of any intention of use of avail able funds for the purpose. The Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation has received information that the extension to be con structed with this $7,500.00 will serve a small number of dwellings and bring to the Town an insignificant revenue in comparison with As submitted by the amount necessary for the construction. The transfer of this amount from available funds has not been authorized by the Com JAMES F. POWER, missioner. HERMAN L. LARTER, WILLIAM F. KENNEY, Attest: Selectmen of Hopkinton. PAUL M. KEANEY, Town Clerk. Copy to Selectmen, Assessors, Treasurer, Accountant. 20 21
We hereby certify that the foregoing is a list of such inhabitants of the Town of Hopkinton qualified to serve as Jurors prepared by Jury List the Selectmen forthe year 1947. JAMES F. POWER, HERMAN L. LARTER, WILLIAM F. KENNEY, Name Occupation Address Selectmen oj Hopkinton. Attest: Royal A. Adams Mechanic Wood St. PAUL M. KEANEY, James W. Bancroft Electrician 78 Main St. . . Town Clerk. Percy G. Berry Printer 14 Mayhew St. Edwin C. Borden Carpenter Hayden Rowe St. Ernest C. Bartlett Accountant East Main St. Tax Collector's Report, 1946 Carl E. Bengston Mechanic East Main St. Leon S. Bernard Mechanic Grove St. John E. Cahill Painter CSt. TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1941 East Main St. John J. Carey Statistician Real Estate Painter Wood St. Roy E. Crosby Debits: Alvin A. Curtis Mechanic East Main St. Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... $183.68 Gerald J. Cassidy Bus Operator Grove St. Credits : David F. Cobb Thread Business Ash St. Paid to Treasurer ...... $183.68 E. Carlisle Creswell Cattle Dealer East Main St. George H . Dailey Bus Operator Maple St. TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1942 Patrick H. Dolan Clerk 128 Main St. Real Estate Paul W. Danahy Mechanic 11 Church St. Debits: Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... George Frieh Manager Hayden Rowe St. $154.70 J. Credits: Insurance 84 Main St. Paul M. Keaney Paid to Treasurer ...... $154.70 Edward P. Kirley Mechanic Hayden Rowe St. Curtis H . Melvin Mechanic Pleasant St. Personal Property Chester A. McManus Caretaker Church St. Debits: Irving G. Miller Mechanic Wood St. Uncollected December 31,1945 ...... $170.00 P. Joseph Mullen Bus Line Supt. 5 Grove St. Credits: Mechanic Hayden Rowe St. Paid to Treasurer ...... $68.00 Edward J. Nordstrom Abated ...... 102.00 James H. O'Brien Retired 30 Church St. $170.00 Thomas E. O'Connell Mechanic Hayden Rowe St. Charles W. Parmenter Truck Driver 16 Grove St. . TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1943 Francis C. Potter Clerk 111 Main St. Real Estate William J. Smith Merchant 21 Church St. Debits: Electrician 21 Church St. Joseph F. Sullivan Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... $498.74 Herbert H. Swenor Mechanic Elm St. Credits: Roland A. Temple Mechanic West Main St. Paid to Treasurer ...... $492.14 Charles H. Wright Truck ,Driver Mt. Auburn St. Abated ...... 6.60 $498.74 22 23
Personal Property Moth Debits: Debits: Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... , " . $371.25 Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... $6.00 Credits: Credits: Paid to Treasurer...... $70.95 Paid to Treasurer...... $4.00 Abated ...... 300.30 Uncollected December 31, 1946...... 2.00 $371.25 $6.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Forest Commutation Debits: Debits: Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... $14.23 Uncollected December 31,1945 ...... $16.10 Credits: Credits: Abated ...... , ...... $14.23 Paid to Treasurer ...... $16.1 0
TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1944 Personal Property Debits: Real Estate Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... " .. " . .. $1,073.44 Debits: Credits: Uncollected December 31,1945 ...... $5,284.63 Paid to Treasurer...... $965.81 Credits: Abated ...... 107.63 Paid to Treasurer...... $5,094.54 $1,073.44 Abated ...... '" ...... 158.74 Transferred to Tax Title ...... 31.35 Poll $5,284.63 Debits: Personal Property Uncollected December 31,1945 ...... $60.00 Debits: Credits: Uncollected December 31,1945...... $308.22 Paid to Treasurer...... $54.00 Credits: Abated ...... 6.00 Paid to Treasurer ...... $209.22 $60.00 Abated ...... 99.00 $308.22 Motor Vehicle Excise Debits: Motor Vehicle Excise Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... $8.72 Debits: Commitment January 2, 1946 ...... 343.63 Uncollected December 31, 1945 ...... , ...... $4.00 $352.35 Credits: Credits : Abated ...... " ...... " ...... •.... $4.00 Paid to Treasurer ...... $346.35 Abated ...... 4.00 TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1945 Uncollected December 31,1946 ...... 2.00 Real Estate $352.35 Debits : Uncollected December 31,1945 ...... $16,547.29 T AXES FOR THE YEAR 1946 Credits: Paid to Treasurer...... " ...... , '" $12,125.34 Real Estate Abated ...... 536.89 Debits: ...... " .$129,567.17 Transferred to Tax Title...... 33.25 Commitment ...... 57.33 Uncollected December 31, 1946...... 3,851.81 Refunds ...... $129,624.50 $16,547.29 24 25
Credits: Interest Account Paid to Treasurer ...... $104,013.87 Debits: Abated ...... 2,492.09 Interest, Charges and Fees ...... $870.72 Transferred to Tax Title...... 2,394.45 Credits: Uncollected December 31, 1946...... 20,724.09 Paid to Treasurer ...... $870.72 ----$129,624.50 Tax Collector Appropriation Account Real Estate Omitted Assessments Appropriation...... $1,500.00 Debits: Deficit ...... 267.72 Commitment ...... $76.33 $1,767.72 Credits: Expenditures: Uncollected December 31, 1946 ...... $76.33 Commissions ...... $126.06 Hobbs and Warren, Inc ...... 40.77 O'Brion, Russell and Co ...... 5.00 Forest Commutation United States Post Office, Hopkinton .. . 30.00 Debits: Bates Stationery Co ...... 4.25 Commitlnent ...... $57.63 Chronotype printing Co...... 33.00 Credits: Hobbs and Warren, Inc ...... " .. . 48.75 Paid to Treasurer ...... $57.63 South Middlesex Registry of Deeds . .. . 1.03 O'Brion, Russell and Co...... 5.00 Personal Property U. S. Post Office, Hopkinton ...... 77.00 Debits: Hobbs and Warren, Inc...... 7.29 Commitlnent ...... $14,758.16 Framingham News ...... 7.00 Credits: Hobbs and Warren, Inc ...... 12.91 Paid to Treasurer ...... $13,748.24 Commissions ...... 368.28 Uncollected December 31, 1946...... 1,009.92 Tax Taking Expense ...... 30.00 ---- $14,758.16 Worcester Gazette ...... LSO Hobbs and Warren, Inc ...... 7.05 Poll Bates Stationery Co ...... 10.70 Debits: The Berry Press ...... 3.75 Commitment ...... $1,966.00 Commissions ...... 680.84 Refund .. , " ...... 2.00 U. S. ~o~t Office, Hopkinton ...... 10.00 $1,968.00 Commissions ...... 253.19 Credits: Bates Stationery Co ...... 4.35 Paid to Treasurer ...... $1,204.00 $1,767.72 Abated ...... '.' ...... 758.00 Uncollected December 31,1946 ...... 6.00 Respectfully submitted, $1,968.00 ELEANOR S. CREEDAN, Motor Vehicle Excise Collector of Taxes. Debits: Commitment ...... $4,107.74 Refunds ...... " ...... 12.93 $4,120.67 Credits: Paid to Treasurer ...... $3,675.12 Abated ...... " ...... , . 26.98 Uncollected December 31, 1946 ...... 418.57 $4,120.67 26 27 Orders Drawn 1. Frank M. Drugan, Transportation ...... $20.00 Assessors' Report 2. Assessors of Massachusetts Association ...... 6.00 3. Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Supplies. " ...... 67.08 4. Jeanette C. Connors, Conveyances ...... 14.00 Municipal Appropriations ...... $199,9'34.56 5. Mae G. Cahill, Conveyances ...... " .... . 55.81 Amount of Overlays of Previous Years Ex 6. Mae G. Cahill, Conveyances ...... 2.75 ceeded ...... 1,624.39 7. Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Supplies ...... 25.86 Overlay Reserve for 1946...... 3,687.01 8. Gerald J. Cassidy, Transportation ...... 5.73 26.78 State Tax . . . , " . " ...... 2,700.00 9. Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Supplies ...... State Parks and Reservations ...... 117.05 10. D. P. Day, Postage .... , ...... , " .. . 5.00 State Audit of Municipal Accounts...... 1,166.27 11. H. E. Warren, Transportation ...... 15.00 County Tax ...... 5,329.93 Tuberculosis Hospital...... 599.84 $244.01 Town Grant ...... $200.00 ----$215,159.05 From Emergency Account...... 100.00 Amounts Deducted: J Estimated Receipts ...... $64,523.36 $300.00 Amounts Voted from Available Funds ...... 4,344.36 Orders Drawn 244.01 68 ,867 .72 Balance January 1, 1947 ...... , " ...... $55.91 Net Amount Raised on Account of Polls and Property . . $146,291.33 DANIEL P. DAY, Commitments to Collector GERALD J. CASSIDY, HERBERT E. WARREN, Polls...... $1,966.00 Board oj Assessors. Personal Property ...... , ...... " . '" 14,758.16 Real Estate ...... ' ...... 129,567.17 Forest Commutation...... 57.63 Motor Vehicle Excise ...... , ...... 4,105 .74 ----$150,454.70 Property Tax Rate per $1,000...... $43.00 Board of Public Welfare Motor Vehicle Excise Rate per $1 ,000 ...... 35.40
Valuations To the Honorable Bom'd oj Selectmen and Public W eljare : Personal Property ...... $343,213.00 As your agent for the Public Welfare, I submit the following data Real Estate ...... 3,013,190.00 and general information. Motor Vehicles ...... 150,000.00 During the year have given Old Age Assistance to 85 Town ----$3,506,403.00 cases, 23 State cases, and 11 other Town cases. A total of 119 persons. Statistical We have had only one Aid to Dependent Children case this year representing five persons. Animals Assessed: We have given general relief to 13 Town cases, 5 State cases, and Horses ...... " . . .. " ..... , . 46 2 other Town cases, a total of 20 cases representing 48 persons. Cows ...... , ...... " ...... , .... , ...... 237 As of December 31, 1946, we have 116 active cases divided as Young Stock...... 44 follows: 102 Old Age Assistance, 1 Aid to Dependent Children, 12 Swine ...... , ...... , .. . . . 217 General Relief, representing 134 persons. Sheep ...... 15 During the year 5 men and 6 women from O.A.A., a total of 11 Fowls ...... 13,849 persons, have passed on to their reward. All Others ...... 215 The following are comparative figures for the different categories Dwelling Houses...... 1,065 of relief for the past five years. Acres of Land ...... 14,765 28 29
Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Children No. Cases Amount Active Cases December Cos t per Case Hopkinton. " ...... " ., ...... , " ...... $785.20 Aided Expended End of Year Expense in December 1942. . .. 136 $46,008.19 119 $4,163.27 $35.00 General Relief 1943. . .. 128 51,830.84 104 4,298.25 41.32 1944. ... 119 53,763.22 102 4,394.40 State Cases ...... $2,106.46 43.08 Other Town Cases ...... 1,044.93 1945 . . .. 117 53,861.52 99 4,406.10 45.42 1946 . . " 119 60,898.34 102 5,545.80 Hopkinton Cases ...... 5,390.32 54.37 Out of Town Cases ...... 1,082.00 Salary ... " ...... 1,072 .45 Aid to Dependent Children 108.23 1942 .... Expenses ., " ...... " ...... 10 4,413.90 8 446.00 55.75 10,804.39 1943 .. .. 9 2,129.60 1 59.30 59.30 1944 .... 1 721.60 1 69.30 69.30 $73,773.72 1945 .... 2 852.80 1 59.30 59.30 Bills Due Hopkinton 1946 .... 1 785.20 1 96.10 96.10 Federal Old Age Assistance. " .. '" ...... $4,751.74 State Old Age Assistance...... 4,643.41 General Relief City of Boston Old Age Assistance...... 60.00 1942 .... 28 7,228.43 12 408.50 34.04 City of Cambridge Old Age Assistance...... 52.26 1943. " . 17 5,055.57 13 416.69 32.05 City of Somerville Old Age Assistance...... 70.57 1944 .... 18 6,557.80 14 592.50 42.32 City of Worcester Old Age Assistance...... 37.03 1945 .... 18 8,159.42 17 921.62 54.21 Federal Aid to Dependent Children...... 69.00 1946 .... 18 9,541.71 12 700.24 58.35 State Aid to Dependent Children...... 83.83 State General Relief...... , ...... 1,014.11 RECEIPTS City of Boston General Relief...... 274.46 Federal Old Age Assistance ...... $23,031.83 City of Newton General Relief. .. " ...... 374.24 Federal Old Age Assistance Adm ...... 770.61 $11,430.65 Federal Aid to Dependent Children ...... 341.65 Federal Aid to Dependent Children Adm .. . . 6.86 Bills Owed by Hopkinton ---- $24,150.95 Town of Ashland Old Age Assistance...... $105.67 State Old Age Assistance ...... $26,000.32 Town of Framingham Old Age Assistance. . 28.45 Other Towns Old Age Assistance ...... 1,010.78 $134.12 State Aid to Dependent Children ...... 245.97 State General Relief ...... 1,655.35 Welfare Expenses Other Towns General Relief ...... 1,099.84 Meal Tax Revenue from State ...... 1,084.61 Social Service Index ...... $8.00 Returned Checks ...... 160.00 Telephone Service ...... 74.43 31,256.87 Post Office Box Rent...... 2.85 Supplies ...... 15.60 $55,407.82 Printing ...... 7.35 EXPENDITURES Transportation ...... 260.00 Salary ...... 1,581.58 Old Age Assistance $1,949.81 State Cases ...... $11,083.21 Other Town Cases ...... 5,225.95 Disbursements Broken Down Into Different Categories Hopkinton Cases ...... 44,589.18 Federal Share Old Age Assistance ...... $24,285.68 Out of Town Cases ...... 516.66 Federal Old Age Assistance Administration. . 769.13 Federal Administration ...... 769.13 Federal Share Aid to Dependent Children. . . 347.65 $62,184.13 $25,402.46 30 31
State Share Old Age Assistance ...... " ... $26,597.75 State Share Aid to Dependent Children. " . . 261.76 State General Relief...... 2,106.46 28 ,965.97 Report of Town Accountant Other Towns Old Age Assistance ...... $1,048.95 Other General Relief ...... 1,044.93 2,093.88 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: In accordance with the requirements of Chapter 44 of the Gen This amount has been or will be reimbursed ...... $56,462 .31 eral Laws, your accountant presents herewith a statement of all re Hopkinton Share Old Age Assistance ...... $8,965.96 ceipts and expenditures by the Town for the year ending December Hopkinton Out of Town Old Age Assistance. 516.66 31 , 1946. You will find a financial statement showing assets and Hopkinton Share Aid to Dependent Children 175.79 liabilities, as well as a statement showing the amounts appropriated Hopkinton General Relief and Expenses . . . . 6,755.50 and the amounts expended from each appropriation during the year Hopkinton Out of Town General Relief. . . . 897.50 This is Hopkinton's Share for the year . 17,311.41 1946. I wish to thank all departments of the Town for their co-opera Total Expenditures .. . . , " ...... $73,773.72 tion during the past year. Summary Respectfully submitted, Appropriation March, 1946 ...... $44,000.00 Appropriation October, 1946 ...... " ...... 5,500.00 WILLIAM M. SURETTE, Federal Reimbursement O.A.A...... 23,031 .83 Town Accountant. Federal Reimbursement A.D.C...... 341.65 Federal Administration O.A.A ...... 770.61 RECEIPTS Federal Administration A.D.C...... 6.86 General Revenue: Returned Checks ...... 160.00 Taxes: $73,810.95 Current Year ...... ' ... , ...... $119,023.74 Expenditures ...... " ...... ,. 73,773 .72 Previous Years ...... " ...... , .. '" 19,434.48 Tax Title Redemptions. " ...... , ...... 3,750.73 Balance on Hand December 31, 1946 ...... $37.23 From State: Accounts Receivable, January 1, 1947 ...... 11,430.65 Gasoline Tax ...... $5,453.22 Collections for the Year ...... 55 ,407.82 Income Tax ...... , . . . . 16,027.85 Town Grant ...... $49,500.00 Corporation Taxes ...... 7,602.06 Federal Reimbursement to be used at once.. 24,150.95 Met. Water Tax ...... 1,200.00 Checks Returned...... 160.00 Meal Tax ...... 1,732.81 $73,810.95 32,015.94 Paid Out in Cash and Orders . " ...... 73,773.72 Licenses and Permits : Liquor . , ...... , .. . , '" ... " ...... 2,000.00 Balance on Hand December 31, 1946 ...... $37 .23 All Others ...... 145.00 2,145.00 Balances as Follows Court Fines ...... 22.25 Federal Old Age A!'sistance ...... $28.89 Grants and Gifts: Federal Old Age Assistance Administration .. 1.48 Union Superintendent ...... 920.02 Federal Aid to Dependent Children Adm ... . 6.86 Federal Gran.t, Old Age Assistance: $37.23 From State ...... , " . . . .. $23.032.67 JAMES F . POWER, Chairman, Administration ...... 770.61 HERMAN L. LARTER, 23,803 .28 WILLIAM F. KENNEY, Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent Children .. $341.65 Board of Public W elfare. Administration ...... 6.06 LESLIE P. EAGLES, 348.51 W elfare Agent. 32 33
Highways, Chapter 81 ...... 10,342.53 Refunds: Dog Fund ...... " ...... 517.00 H. A. A. Field ...... •...... $1.23 Moth Extermination ...... 6.00 Tax Title Expense ...... 6.00 Excise Tax: Fire Department ...... 4.00 Current Year ...... " .. " ...... $3,675.12 Insurance ...... 147.02 Previous Year...... 346.35 Water ...... , ...... LSO 4,021.47 Loss of Taxes ...... 81.92 Departmen tal: 241.67 Tax ColI. Demand Fees ...... " . $8.75 Dog Licenses for County ...... 550.80 Sealer of Weights and Measures ...... 25.39 Cemetery Perpetual Care ..... '.' ...... 500.00 Rent of Town Hall ...... 208.00 Withholding Tax ...... 5,077.69 Rent of H. A. A. House . .. " ... , " .. . 450.00 Blue Cross ...... ' ...... , .. " .. . 372.55 Rent of Community Building ...... 53.00 Framingham Community Hospital Refund ...... 50.00 Sale of Real Estate ...... 610.00 1,355.14 Total Receipts ...... $299,225.60 Road Machinery Fund: Rentals ...... 2,152.75 Cash Balance January 1, 1946...... 78,231.64 Highways: State (Chapter 90 Maintenance) ...... $500.00 Grand Total ...... , ...... $377,457.24 County (Chapter 90 Maintenance) . . . . 500.00 1,000.00 Public Welfare: EXPENDITURES From State ...... " .. '" ...... $1,655.35 From Cities and Towns ...... 1,359.91 Moderator: Salary ...... $15.00 3,015.26 Selectmen's Department: Aid to Dependent Children: From State ...... " ... . . 245.97 Salaries and Wages: Old Age Assistance: Selectmen ...... $300.00 From State ...... $26,000.32 Clerk ...... 300.00 From Cities and Towns...... 1,010.78 27,011.10 Other Expenses: Soldiers' Relief : From State ...... 265 .00 Printing, Stationery and Postage . . 131.37 Schools: Telephone ...... " .. . 16.90 Tuition of State Wards ...... $799.70 Compiling Town and State Report 75 .00 Vocational Education ...... 522.65 1 Braden Oil Burner ...... 230.00 Chemical Breakage ...... 3.31 Salary of Sealer of Weights and Telephone ...... 1.29 Measures ...... " ...... 85.00 1,326.95 Town Dump ...... 300.00 Water Department ...... 12,867.42 Association Dues ...... 10.00 Cemeteries: All Others ...... , ...... " . ... . 136.25 Sale of Lots ...... $90.50 Printing Town Reports ...... 361.30 Tomb Fees ...... 16.00 1,945.82 106.50 Temporary Loans: Framingham Trust Co...... 25,000.00 Accounting Department: Interest: Salary ...... ~ ...... $300.00 Deferred Taxes ...... $859.73 Reconditioned Adding Machine ...... 75.00 Tax Title Redeemed ...... 352.98 Reconditioned Typewriter ...... 55.00 Motor Vehicle Excise ...... 63 Office Furniture ...... 149.09 School Funds ...... 150.00 Express Charges ...... 3.79 Cemetery Funds ...... 370.51 582.88 1,733.85 34 35 Town Hall: Treasury Department: $750.00 Salary, Janitor ...... $1,046.00 Salary ...... Fuel ...... 547.11 Printing, Stationery and Postage ...... 307.21 91.00 Light ...... 231.87 Surety Bond ...... Janitor Supplies ...... 78.11 Tax Title Foreclosure Expenses ...... 173.20 Repairs ...... " ...... 1,441.39 All Others ...... 35.43 1,356.84 Installation of Emergency Lights ...... 88.00 All Others ...... 155.52 3,588.00 Tax Collector's Department: Salary ...... ; ... . $1,428.37 Police Department: Printing, Stationery and Postage ...... 225.48 Salaries, Police Chief, Officers and Con Surety Bond ...... 242.69 stables ...... $621.03 All Others ...... 113.87 Equipment ...... 150.59 2,010.41 Light ...... 9.00 Signs ...... 41 .00 Assessors' Department: Telephone ...... " . ... . 8.20 Salaries ...... $1,200.00 All Others ...... 68.3 2 Printing, Stationery and Postage ...... 124.46 898.14 Transportation ...... 40.73 Fire Department : Copying Deed Cards ...... 55.81 Salaries: Services Abstracting Descriptions ...... 14.00 Engineers ...... " ...... $220.00 All Others ...... " ...... 8.75 Firemen . . , ' " ...... 2,252.69 1,443 .75 Shoveling Hydrants ...... 24.00 Maintenance Equipment ...... Planning Board: 30.10 Legal Services ...... $60.00 Equipment and Repairs: Printing, Stationery and Postage ...... 35.92 Apparatus .. .. " ... , " ...... 120.19 Expenses on Map of Town ...... 5.00 Hose ...... 1,750.00 100.92 Gasoline ...... " . . . 102.91 Legal Services: Daniel J . Riley ...... 184.00 6 Rubber Coats .. . " ...... 71.70 Finance Committee: 1100 Printed Recommendations . . . 27.50 Uni forms .. . . . " ...... " ...... 31.25 All Others ...... 198.81 Town Clerk Department: Fuel ...... 326.50 Salary ...... " . . . $200.00 Light ...... 141.53 Printing, Stationery and Postage ...... 38.85 Surety Bond ...... 7.50 Buildings and Grounds: All Others ...... 12.20 Repairs ...... " . . " " 328.60 258.55 Janitor ...... 141.86 Purchase of Phipps Property . . . . . 1,600.00 Elections and Registration Department: Hauling Ashes ...... 5.00 Salaries, Registrars ...... $160.00 Miscellaneous Supplies ...... 6.55 Election Officers ...... 691.80 Other Expenses: Printing, Stationery and Postage ...... 183.61 Telephone .... " ...... $83.00 Street Listing ...... 185.00 Insurance ...... 99.31 Lunches ...... 78.30 All Others ...... 36.00 12.20 One Seal . .. " ...... 7,570.00 All Others ...... , .. . 75.76 1,386.67 Sealer of Weights and Measures: . Two Dies for Sealer ...... 3.08 36 37
Moth Superintendent: Highway-General Expense: Superintendent, Salary ...... $2,10.00 Superintendent-Wages ...... $500.00 Labor ...... ' . . ... '" . .. . " ...... 691.25 Labor ...... 857.59 Truck Hire ...... 51.00 Hired Equipment ...... 3,717.55 Insecticides ...... 457.60 Stone, Gravel, etc ...... 416.69 All Others .... " ...... 13.55 Equipment and Repairs ...... 4,885.66 1,423.40 6 Tons Calcium Chloride ...... 172.26 Tree Warden Department: Gasoline, Oil, etc...... 1,072.40 Salaries and Wages ...... $489.85 Six-foot Snow Fence Posts ...... 53 .00 Equipment ...... 1.58 Salt ...... 55.50 All Others ...... 7.80 All Others ...... 559.46 499.23 Sidewalk Maintenance ...... 503.75 Forest Fires Department: Sidewalk Construction-Grove Street.. 1,500.00 Forest Warden ...... $50.00 Snow and Ice Removal, Wages ...... 505.40 Fighting Fires ...... 348.40 Street Lights ...... 5,583 .64 Hired Truck ...... 10.00 Compensation, T . McNally ...... 819.20 Apparatus and Hose ...... 321.38 General Hospital and Medical Care, T. Insurance ...... " ...... 38.80 McNally ...... 2,22 4.08 Gasoline ...... 17 .56 Garage Rent ...... 240.00 All Others ...... 13 .86 23,661.18 800.00 Dog Officer : Salary ...... 175.00 Chapter 81: Labor .. , " ...... , ... . . 9,450.30 Health Department: Material and Equipment ...... 13,440.42 General Administration: Machinery Rentals ...... 549.00 Salaries ...... $100.00 23,439.72 Telephone ...... 4.19 Chapter 90-Maintenance: Legal Service ...... 12 .00 Labor ...... $602.55 Transportation ...... 5.00 Equipment ...... 289.50 Advertising ...... 19.52 Materials . " ...... " . 1,104.07 Printing ...... 8.51 1,996.12 Other Expenses: Chapter 90-Construction: Children's Clinic ...... 38.38 Labor ...... $3 ,927.10 Advertising ...... 3.10 Equipment ...... 3,954.2 0 Dental Clinic ...... 60.00 Materials ...... " ...... 4,109.47 Use of Laboratory ...... 100.00 11,990.77 Births, Deaths and Marriages .. . . . 102.50 Animal Inspector ...... 125.00 Parker Point : Dog Clinic .. .. , ...... , .. . 91.31 Equipment Hired . . '...... $764.25 Slaughtering Inspection ...... 200.00 Gravel ...... 96.00 869.51 860.25 Garbage Collector ...... 1,150.00 Disposal Dead Animals ...... 3. . 50 Public Welfare: Salaries and Wages ...... $455.00 Road Machine Expense: Printing, Stationery and Postage ...... 25 .80 Gasoline, Oil, etc ...... $148.57 Travel ...... 75.81 Equipment and Repairs ...... 140.71 Telephone ...... 74.43 All Others ...... 6.00 All Others ...... " .. 16.83 295.28 38 39
Other Expenses: Teachers' Salaries: Groceries and Provisions ...... 1,246.52 High ...... 15,168.00 Board and Care ...... 955 .84 Elementary ...... " .. .. . 17,054.95 Medicine and Medical Attendance. 2,347.17 Supervisors ., ...... 838.50 State Institution ...... 832.00 Athletic Coaches ...... 1,372.50 Cash Grants ...... 4,045.03 Textbooks and Supplies: All Others ...... 122.30 High: Relief by Other Cities and Towns ...... 112.00 Text and Reference Books ... . 601.93 Aid to Dependent Children: Cash Aid . . 696.25 Supplies ...... 749.98 Old Age Assistance: Elementary: Cash Grants ... " ...... " .. . 51,746.39 . Text and Reference Books ... . 557.62 Other Cities and Towns...... 470.68 Supplies ...... 685.38 Federal Grant, Old Age Assistance: Tuition-Elementary ...... 226.29 Cash Aid...... 9,041.95 Transportation: Administration ...... 1,310.79 High ...... 1,311.31 Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent Children: Elementary ...... 4,520.94 Cash Aid ...... 88.95 Janitor Service: 73,663.74 High ...... 1,539.98 Elementary ...... 1,542.38 Soldiers' Benefits: Fuel and Light: Salaries and Wages ...... $268.32 High ...... 1,849.41 Military Cash Aid ...... 480.00 Elementary ...... 498.24 Soldiers' Relief, Cash Aid ...... 1,993.68 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: Groceries and Provisions ...... 4.90 High: Medicine and Medical Attendance . .. . . 123.80 Repairs ...... 965.40 Hospital Care and All Others ...... 73.60 Janitor Supplies ...... 225.15 2,944.30 All Others ...... 296.42 Elementary: Industrial Schools: Repairs ...... 420.70 Tuition : Janitor Supplies ...... 106.34 City of Newton ...... $478.95 All Others ...... 106.14 City of Worcester ...... 981.37 Furniture and Furnishings: Town of Framingham ...... 11. 70 High ...... 100.49 1,472.02 Elementary ...... 73.75 Unpaid School Bills Previous Years . " ...... 1,784.39 School Library ...... 214.33 Diplomas and Graduation Programs .. . 39.08 Schools: . Medical Supplies ...... 66.21 General : 54,644.40 Salary of School Committee ...... $75.00 Care of Grounds~Common, Soldiers' Mound Superintendent ...... 1,900.00 and Community Building ...... 156.50 Clerk in Superintendent's Office .. . 180.00 Truant Officer ...... 33 .00 Memorial Day: Printing Stationery and Postage . . 114.57 Band ...... $125.00 Telephone ...... " ...... 142.09 Geraniums and Wreaths ... . . " ...... 154.30 Traveling Expenses ...... 184.54 2 Metal Stands ...... : ...... 3.50 Physician ..... " ...... " .. . 110.00 American Flags ...... 42.00 Nurse ...... 600.00 324.80 All Others ...... 173 .78 Care of Town Clock ...... 10.40 Blanket Insurance ...... 1,279.42 40 41 Community Building: Janitor Service ...... $300.00 Cemeteries: Lights ... '" ...... , " . 89.51 Commissioners ...... $150.00 Repairs to Building...... 111.00 Labor ...... 860.03 Repairs to Furnace ...... 33.30 Truck Hire ...... 2.00 Supplies ...... 4.05 Tomb Fees ...... 16.00 Fuel ...... ·.·· . 62.14 All Others ...... 56.35 600.00 1,084.38 Cemetery Trust Funds: Labor...... 427.63 H. A. A. Field: Interest Payable: Caretaker ...... $425.00 School Loan ...... $240.00 Lights ...... 41.01 Municipal Relief Loan ...... 7.50 Rolling A. A. Field ...... 54.00 Water Loan ...... 467.50 Pumping Cesspool ...... 10.00 . Chapter 81 Loan ...... 96.25 1-5 sec. 17 Hy-Test for Coal...... 165.66 811.25 1 Tank ...... 70.00 Municipal Indebtedness: Architectural Services ...... 50.00 Municipal Relief ...... $1,000.00 Fuel ...... 18.00 Water ...... 3,000.00 All Others ...... 34.99 School ...... " ...... 3,000.00 868.66 7,000.00 State Tax and Veterans' Exemption ...... 4,053.55 Annuity-Mrs. Burke ...... 422.00 County Tax and Assessments ...... 5,988.16 Sandy Island: Dog Licenses for County ...... 561.00 Police Duty ... " ...... " . . . $112.00 Cemetery Funds ...... •...... "..•.• •", , , . , , , 500.00 Signs and Repair of Fences ...... , . . . . 12.00 Federal Withholding Taxes ...... " . " .. " ...... 5,077.69 Paint, Clean Bath Houses, Cut Brush Blue Cross ...... " ...... , .... " ...... , . 372.55 and Clean around Grounds...... 65.00 Refunds: 189.00 Taxes ...... $72.42 Water Department: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax...... 4.97 Administration: Land Court Fee...... 6.00 Commissioners ...... $550.00 83.39 Superintendents' Automobile .... . 5.00 Printing, Stationery and Postage .. . 108.38 Total Payments ...... , ...... , " ..... , " ...$263,977.37 Telephone ...... , " 105.44 Cash Balance December 31, 1946 ...... 113,479.87 All Others ...... 61.51 Grand Total ...... $377,457.24 General: Labor ...... 4,410.80 Gasoline and Oil ...... 236.32 Pipe and Fittings ...... 525.33 Equipment ...... 404.70 Repairs and Supplies ...... 481.90 All Others ...... 194.23 Pumping Station: Engineer ...... 1,893.00 Fuel, Light and Power ...... 2,010.77 Repairs ...... , ...... " .. 88.19 All Others ...... 42.15 11,117.72 TOWN OF HOPKINTON Balance Sheet-December 31, 1946 Assets Liabilities Cash: Unexpended Balances: Framingham Bank ...... " . . . " .... . $113,479.87 Tax Title Foreclosure Expense . . $1,729.99 Accounts Receivable: Fire Engineers' Salaries...... 105.00 1945 R. E. Taxes ...... $3 ,851.81 Fire Department Salaries ...... 980.00 1946 Poll Taxes ...... 6.00 Repairs to Fire House ...... 1,250.00 1946 Personal Taxes ...... 1,009.92 Highways, General...... 2,592.46 1946 R. E. Taxes ...... 20,724.09 Construction Parker Point Road. 639.75 1945 M. V. Excise Taxes ...... 2.00 Road Machine Expense...... 12 .00 1946 IV!. V. Excise Taxes ...... 414.20 Public Welfare ...... , " . 37.23 1945 Moth Assessments ...... 2.00 School Dept., Teachers' Salaries . 4,560.00
Public \Velfare A j R ...... 1,710.64 H. A. A. Field ...... " . , ... , . 331.34 ~ Aid Dependent Children Aj R . . . 83 .83 Sandy Island Maintenance...... 409.50 N Old Age Assistance Aj R ...... 4,863 .27 Dig Well at Maspenock. " . . . . . 95 .01 Military Aid Aj R ...... 90.00 Purchase Land for Cemetery. . . . 200.00 Water Rates and Service Aj R . . . 6,327 .10 Total Unexpended Balances. $12,942 .28 Total Accounts Receivable .. --- - 39,084.86 Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Tax Titles Held for Redemption ...... 27,081.92 Departmental Revenue ...... " $9,833.61 Tax Titles Possessions ...... 9,888.51 Water Revenue ...... 6,327 .10 Aid to Highways: M. V. Excise Revenue ...... 405.16 Due from State, Chapter 81 ... , $5,908.37 Special Assessment Revenue.. . . 5.00 Due from State, Chapter 90 Con Sales of Real Estate Fund...... 1,235.90 struction ...... 6,000.00 Total ...... " ... , ...... - --- 17,806.77 Due from County, Chapter 90 Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus ...... 5,563.86 Construction ...... 3,000.00 Receipts in Anticipation of Tax Total Aid Due for Highways,---- 14,908.37 Foreclosure ...... 330.00
Overlay Reserve, 1945 ...... 260.74 Road Mach. Fund Receipts ...... 35l.97 Tax Title and Tax Possession Revenue ...... 36,970.43 Cemetery Income Fund...... 1.28 Temporary Loan ...... 25,000.00 Excess and Deficiency (Surplus) ...... 105,300.76 Overlay Reserve, 1946 ...... ' 436.92
Total ..... " ... , " " ..... " ...... $204,704.27 Total ...... $204,704.27
Debt Accounts Net Funded Debt. " ...... , $17,000.00 School Bonds, 4%, 1947 ...... $3,000.00 Water Bonds, 40%,1949 ...... 6,000.00 .j>. Water Bonds, Hayden Rowe, 2%, c"., 1954 ...... , " . . , .. . 8,000.00 Total ...... $17,000.00 ---- $17,000.00
Trust Funds Cash, Hopkinton Savings Bank ..... " ..... $20,319.48 Cemetery Trust Funds, Principal ...... '" $19,424.92 Cemetery Perpetual Care, War Bonds. " . . . . 2,000.00 Cemetery Trust Funds, Interest...... 225 .88 School Fund, War Bonds. " ...... 6,000.00 Hopkinton School Fund...... 6,000.00 Charles 1. Claflin Park Fund...... 1,052.34 Charles B. and Mary C. Holman Fund...... 1,616.64
Total ...... $28,319.48 Total . .. ' " ...... $28,319.78 TOWN OF HOPKINTON TABLE OF ACCOUNTS-1946 Unex Transferred pended to Surplus Balance Appropriation Income Transfers Total Expended Deficit Moderator ...... $15 .00 $15 .00 $15 .00 300.00 300.00 300.00 Selectmen Salaries .. ... $79.65 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,923 .52 Selectmen Inc ...... 117.12 Town Accountant . .... 700.00 700.00 582.88 750.00 750.00 750.00 Treasurer Salary ...... 57.36 Treasurer Inc...... 400.00 400.00 342 .64 80.00 $1l.00 91.00 9l.00 Treasurer Bond ...... $1,729.99 Tax Title Foreclosure Expense-Carried over from 1945 1,903.19 173.20 Tax Collector Salary and $267.72 Expenses ...... 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,767.72 ..~ 1,200.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 Assessors' Salaries . . . .. 56.25 200.00 100.00 300.00 243.75 Assessors' Inc .... '. ... . 16.00 Legal Expenses ...... 200.00 200.00 184.00 Town Clerk Salary .. . . . ZOO.OO 200.00 200.00 Elections ...... 700.00 263.86 96~.86 963.86 160.00 160.00 160.00 Registrars' Salaries .... 1.39 250 .00 250.00 248.61 Registrars' Inc...... 99.08 Planning Board ...... 200.00 ZOO .OO 100.92 Town Hall ...... 3,500.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 Town Hall Emergency Lights ...... 88.00 88.00 88.00 Community Bldg ...... 600.00 600.00 600.00 $267.72 $426.85 $1,729.99 Total General Gov't. ... $13,053.00 $374 .86 $15,321.05 $13,435.1G
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Police Chief Salary ..... $500.00 $500.00 $425.00 $75.00 Police Dept...... 500.00 500.00 487.34 12.66 Fire Engineers ...... 325.0~ 325.00 220.00 $105.00 Fire Dept...... 4,980.00 4,980.00 4,000.00 980.00 New Hose and Repairs to Fire House ...... 3,000.00 3,000.00 1,750.00 1,250.00 Land for Fire Station .. 1,700.00 1,700.00 1,600.00 100.00 Moth Extermination .. 1,000.00 443.00 1,443.00 1,423.40 19.60 Tree Warden Salary .... 100.00 100.00 100.00 Tree Warden Expenses .. 400.00 400.00 399.23 .77 Forest Warden Salary .. 50.00 50.00 50.00 Forest Fires ...... 750.00 750.00 750.00
..c.n Total Protection of Per sons and Property ... $13 ,305.00 $443.00 $13,748.00 $11,204.97 $208.03 $2,335.00
Board of Health Salary. $100.00 $100.00 $100.00 Board of Health Ex. penses ...... 850.00 850.00 545.51 $304.49 Recording Births, Deaths, Marriages ... 102.50 102.50 102.50 Animal Inspector ...... 125.00 125.00 125.00 Garbage Collection .... 1,150.00 1,150.00 1,150.00
Total Health ...... $2,327.50 $2,327.50 $2 ,023.01 $304.49 $500.00 $500.00 Highway Surveyor .... $500.00 18,200.00 15,607.54 $2,592.46 Highway, General ... . . 17,000.00 $1,200.00 23,476.30 23 ,466.02 10.28 Chapter 81 ...... 8,375.00 15,101.30 2,000.00 1,996.12 3.88 Chapter 90 Maint. .... 1,000.00 1,000.00 9,000.00 12,000.00 11,990.77 9.23 Chapter 90 Const...... 3,000.00 639.75 1,500.00 1,500.00 860.25 Parker Poin t Road .. ... 295.28 12.00 Road Mach. Exp ...... 500.00 475.00 25.00 Walks in Common . . ... 500.00 Cement Walk on Grove 1,500.00 1,500.00 Street ...... 1,500.00 5,500.00 5,583 .64 $83.64 Street Lights ...... 5,500.00 $65,176.30 $62,274.62 $83.64 $48.39 $3,244.21 Total Highways .... ,. $38,875.00 $26,301.30 Public Welfare, Aid to Dependent Children, 0"" and Old Age Assist $37.23 ance ...... $49,500.00 $24,200.97 $73,700.97 $73,663.74 Soldiers' Relief and Mili 2,944.30 $1,555.70 tary Aid .... , ...... 4,500.00 4,500.00 $78,200.97 $76,608.04 $1,555.70 $37.23 Total Charities ...... $54,000.00 $24,200.97 $75.00 $75.00 School Committee .. .. . $75.00 $35.70 $4,560.00 58,498.00 $667.00 59,165.00 54,569.30 School Dept...... 1,472 .02 $772.02 Trade School Tuition ... 700.00 700.00 School Bills of Previous 1,784.39 years ...... 1,784.39 1,784.39 $61,724.39 $57,900.71 $772.02 $35 .70 $4,560.00 Total Schools ...... '" $61,057.39 $667.00
Care of Common, Mound and Community Lawn $200.00 $200.00 $156.50 $43.50 H. A. A. Field ...... 1,200.00 1,200.00 868.66 $331.34 Sandy Island Maint. . .. 598.50 598.50 189.00 409.50 Lease and Care of Mahar's Meadow . .. 100.00 100.00 100.00 Annuity, Mrs. Burke . . . 422 .00 422.00 422.00 Memorial Day ...... 300.00 300.00 299.80 .20 Blanket Insurance .... 1,139.07 $146.02 1,285.09 1,279.42 5.67 Reserve fund ...... 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,479.11 20.89
Total Unclassified . . ... $5,459.57 $146.02 $5,605.59 $4,694.49 $170.26 $740.84 Water Board Salaries ... $550.00 $550.00 $550.00 Water Dept...... 9,218.16 $565.00 9,783.16 10,567.72 $784.56 ""-..J Cemetery Comm ...... 150.00 150.00 150.00 Cemeteries ...... 1,000.00 1,000.00 991.53 $8.47 Care of Soldiers' Mound 25.00 25 .00 25.00
Total Water and Ceme teries ...... $10,943.16 $565.00 $11,508.16 $12,284.25 $784.56 $8.47 Interest on Debt...... $715.00 $96.25 $811.25 $811.2 5 Notes Maturing ...... 7,000.00 7,000.00 7,000.00
Total Interest and Notes $7,715.00 $96.25 $7,811.25 $7,811.25 Tuberculosis Hospital .. $599.84 $599.84 $599.84 48 -49 Balance December 31, 1946: Treasurer's Report Hopkinton Savings Bank ...... $17,649.63 U. S. Government Bonds ...... 2,000.00 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of U. S. Government Interest...... 1.25 $19,650.88 Hopkinton: Following is my report as Treasurer of the Town of Hopkinton Interest Accumulations...... $225.88 for the year ending December 31, 1946. An analysis of the Treas urer's receipts and disbursements will be found in the report of the Charles L. Claflin Park Fund Town Accountant. Balance January 1, 1946: Town of Hopkinton Principal ...... $1,000.00 Reconciliation of Treasurer's Cash Interest ...... 34.17 Interest for 1946 ...... Receipts 18.17 $1,052.34 Cash Book Balance Jan. 1, 1946 ...... $78,231.64 Balance December 31, 1946, in H. S. Bank ...... 1,052.34 Receipts Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1946 ...... 299,225.60 ____$377,457.24 Interest Accumulations ...... $52.34 Disbursements Disbursements Jan. 1 to Dec. 31,1946; .....$263,977.63 Cash Book Balance Dec. 31 , 1946 ...... 113,479.61 Charles B. and Mary C. Holman Trust Fund . $377,457.24 Balance January 1, 1946: Dr. Principal ...... $1,500.00 Cash Book Balance Dec. 31,1946 ...... $113,479.61 Interest ...... 88.73 Cr. Interest for 1946 ...... 27.91 Cash in Bank and Office Dec. 31, 1946: $1,616.64 Framingham Trust Company, per Check Register ...... $108,030.16 Balance December 31, 1946 in H. S. Bank ...... $1,616.64 In Office...... 5,449.45 ____$113,479.61 Interest Accumulations ...... $116.64
Framingham Trust Company Interest Payments Dr. Appropriation ...... $715.00 Balance per Bank Statement Dec. 31,1946 ...... $122,197.44 Transferred from Reserve Fund ...... 96.25 Cr. Framingham Trust Company, per Check $811.25 Register ...... $108.030.16 Payments: Outstanding Checks Dec. 31, 1946 ...... 14,167.28 ____$122,197.44 New School Bonds ...... $240.00 New Water Bonds ...... 297.50 Cemetery Trust Fund Hayden Rowe Water ...... 170.00 Balance January 1, 1946: W.P.A. Note ...... 7.50 Hopkinton Savings Bank (Principal) .. $17,425.00 Temporary Loan ...... 96.25 Hopkinton Savings Bank (Interest) . . . . 198.34 $811.25 U. S. Government Bonds...... 1,500.00 U. S. Government Bonds Bought in 1946 500.00 Treasurer's Incidental Account Interest for 1946, H. S. Bank...... 306.42 Appropriation ...... $400.00 Interest U. S. Government Bonds, 1946. ____41.25 $19,971.01 Expenditures: Postmaster, Postage ...... $148.40 Withdrawn for 1946 Cemetery Orders...... 320.13 Framingham Trust Co., Service Charges 3.00 $19,650.88 50 Sl
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Supplies ...... 15.03 Mary E. McCormack, Telephone, Reim bursement for Envelopes and Treas urer's Meeting ...... 26.68 Bates Stationery, Supplies ...... 24.84 Todd Sales, Supplies ...... 118.75 Mass. Treasurers' Association, Member ship ...... 2.00 Director of Accounts, Certification of Note ...... 2.00 Railway Express, Agency, Exp. Charges 1.09 Wayne Hughes, Supplies ...... 85 $342 .6 4
Balance .. " ...... " . . " ...... $57.36 Report of Forest Fire Warden
Tax Title Expense Account Year Ending December 31, 1946 Appropriation: Balance from 1945...... $1,903.19 Expenditures: Land Court ...... $23.75 New Hose ...... $321.28 Register of Deeds, Recording...... 32 .28 Insurance ... " .. " ...... 38.50 Joseph H. Lewis, Tax Title Foreclosure. 100.00 Expense of Trucks--Gas and Oil ...... 45.42 Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Supplies...... 5.17 Labor, Extinguishing and Patrolling Brush Daniel P. Day, Expenses to Land Court 4.00 and Grass Fires ...... 444.10 Mary E. McCormack, Expenses to Land Expended on Cape Fire, to be Repaid by Court and State House...... 8.00 State ...... 70.70 $173.20 Total ...... '" .. , ...... ----- $920.00 Appropriation ...... $920.00 Balance ...... " ...... $1,729.99 31 Brush and Forest Fires.
Treasurers' Debt Stat~ment for Town of Hopkinton JOSEPH V. PYNE, Amount Forest Warden. Date Date of of Annual Amount Purpose of Loan Issued Maturity Payment Outstanding New School Building .. 7-1-27 7-1-47 $3,000.00 $3,000.00 due 1947 New Water System .... 5-1-29 5-1-49 2,000.00 6,000.00 due 1947-49 Hayden Rowe Water., 4-15-39 4-15-54 1,000.00 8,000.00 due 1947-54 Temp. Note - Anticipa tionofReimbursemcnt 7-25-46 3-25-47 25,000.00 25,000.00 due 1947
$42,000.00 Respectfully submitted, MAR Y E. McCORMACK, Treasurer. 52 53
Sixty-Fourth Annual Builders Iron Foundry, Venturi Meter Charts ... " .. " . 15.20 B & M Coal Co., Oil ...... 5.00 Walworth Co., Materials ...... 12.19 Report of Water Board Ashland Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., Gravel...... 2.96 Varney Brothers Sand & Gravel Co., Gravel ...... 1.00 For the Year Ending December 31, 1946 Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., Patch and Gravel ...... 21.7 5 Frieh's Service Station, Gasoline and Truck Repairs ... . 63.21 Dr. Joseph Annunziata, Professional Services .. , ...... 21.00 Expenditures Joseph F. Sullivan, Stamps, Envelopes, Express, Misc .. . 59.90 Herman L. Larter, Trucking Loam, etc ...... $22.00 Boston Edison Co., Current, Fruit St., Grove St., Maspe Thomas J. Terry Coal Co., Coal, Oil...... 62.11 nock Stations ...... 1,881.19 Preston G. Adams, Hardware ... " ., ...... " ...... 65.12 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Telephone ...... 123.09 E. J. Thayer & Son, Express ...... 6.06 First National Bank of Boston, Note, Hayden Rowe Pipe Bates Stationery Co ., Stationery Supplies ...... 11.65 Renewal ...... 1,000.00 Pittsburg Equitable Meter Co., Meters ...... 75.60 W. J. Dunn Co., Sharpening Bits ...... , ...... 13.05 $5,262.12 Irvine Brothers, Truck Repairs and Parts...... 51.29 Elmer Dow, Materials ... " ...... 2.00 David O'Brien, Pumping, Fruit St. Station, Misc. Labor. $778.50 Joseph V. Pyne, Trucking ...... '...... 41.15 Joseph V. Pyne, Labor...... 581.30 Rogers & Hatfield, Bond ...... 20.00 Francis Deiana, Labor ...... 3.38 Daniel P. Day, Truck Registration and Insurance . . . , .. 49 .00 Nicholas Patuto, Labor ...... 401.13 Farrar Co., Materials and Labor...... 56.85 George McBride, Labor ...... '...... 144.50 Lakeview Press, Printing...... 18.50 John Mullins, Labor...... 315.00 Chandler & Farquhar, Materials ...... 6.02 Frank Kennedy, Jr., Labor ...... 7.50 Lewes E. Tracy Co., Materials ...... 4.60 Walter Frye, Labor ...... 1.70 Utilities Supply Corp., Materials ...... 22.94 William Pyne, Jr., Labor ...... 124.21 Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp., Material for Eldon Mitton, Labor ...... 21. 7 5 Pump ...... · .. ··············· . 167.99 John Etter, Labor ...... 13.60 Hopkinton Fuel Supply, Inc., Gasoline, Oil, etc ...... 42.13 David Whalen, Labor ...... 57.00 Railway Express Agency, Express ...... , . ... . 12.18 William Pyne, Sr., Labor ...... 11.25 Seaver's Express, Inc., Express ...... 2.42 John J. Cummings, Labor ...... 34.13 H. B. Davis Co., Asphaltum Paint...... 10.89 James McCabe, Labor ...... 22.13 Rensselaer Valve Co., Hydrant Parts...... 206.56 Walter E. Cummings, Labor ...... 15 .00 Brown & Smith, Miscellaneous Supplies ...... 1.00 Frederick Codere, Labor...... LSO Grayton & Knight Co., Belt Repairs ...... 30.57 Anders Carlberg, Labor ...... 1.13 Brierly, Lombard & Co., Inc., Materials .. , ...... 7.59 George Freise, Labor ...... 85.53 Sears, Roebuck & Co., Materials ...... 17.64 Frederick Moran, Labor ...... 41.80 Joseph G. Pollard Co., Inc., Materials ...... , " ...... 43.28 John Dailey, Labor...... 10.63 Chronotype Printing Co., Printing ...... 27.00 Albert Riga, Labor ...... 31.50 W. S. Darley Co., Materials. " ...... , ...... " . 10.65 Robert MacMillan, Labor ...... 6.00 Neptune Meter Co., Meters and Meter Repairs ...... 260.13 Edward Moran, Labor ...... 19.00 Hopkinton Grain Co., Coal, Lumber, etc...... 114.51 .Alman Cunningham, Labor ...... 19.00 Kenney's Service Station, Tire, Gasoline, Oil, etc ...... 106.48 John J. Hanifin, Labor...... 89.53 Washburn, Garfield Co., Materials, Pipe Fittings, etc ... . 30.86 Arthur Moody, La!::Jor ...... 34.00 Red Head Mfg. Co., Materials ...... 262 .3 6 William Harrall, Labor...... 27.50 Raymond Simmons, Trucking ...... 7.00 Lawrence Weldon, Labor ...... 9.80 Webb Supply Co., Materials. " ...... 40.66 Raymond Fair, Labor...... 500.09 Mueller Co., Materials ...... , " ...... 71.79 John Hager, Labor ...... 37.88 Thompson's Garage, Gasoline, etc ...... 14.20 Joseph F. Sullivan, Jr., Labor ...... 112.50 George A. Caldwell Co., Materials. " ...... , " .. . 39.80 54 ss John Sables, Labor ...... 1,369.80 The engineer at the Fruit Street Pumping Station, who cares for Charles McIntyre, Labor ...... 140.33 the Maspenock Pumping Station from May 29 to October 12 of each William Hamilton, Pumping, Fruit St. Station ...... 1,236.00 year, and averages fifty-six (56) hours a week, received a one-dollar a day increase from $5.00 to $6.00 a day. Maintenance cost of fire $6,305.60 hydrant system was much more than estimated. In a large number of towns and cities from $10.00 to $50.00 per hydrant is raised by taxa Total Expenditures ... " ...... $11,567.72 tion for this work. 1946 Appropriation . ... " ...... , ' ...... " ...... $10,218.16 Water rates were a minimum of $8 in 1923 and they are still a Transferred by Appropriation Committee...... 565.00 minimum of $8 in 1947. However, because of the very large increase in the cost of materials and labor, and the immediate necessity of in $10,783.16 stalling larger sized water mains on so many streets, and many other improvements, water rates will probably have to be increased in the 1946 Expenditures ...... " ...... ' " . . . " . .. , '" 11,567.72 near future. New rules and regulations beginning April 1, 1947, state that all 1946 Deficit $784.56 charges due the Water Department must be paid within six months of due date. The board does not want to enforce the Lien Act because Receipts of the added cost, but the department must continue to be self-sup \Vater Rates ...... $12,431.14 porting. Miscellaneous ...... 436.28 Because many of the citizens may have forgotten, we believe a list of the most urgent improvements confronting the Water Board Total $12,867.42 today should again be printed. In reading this list, one should bear in mind that a considerable part of our distributing system dates back Maspenock Water Supply to 1884. To remove the one-inch main on Claflin Place and install a larger Balance December 31, 1945 ...... $95.01 main. Fire protection on this street is provided from hydrants close Expenditures, 1946 ...... 0.00 by on Main Street. To remove the one and one-half inch main on Mt. Auburn Street Balance December 31, 1946 ...... $95.01 and install a six-inch main and connect same with six-inch main on Mayhew Street ; also connect Mt. Auburn Street main with the two inch main on Claflin Avenue via private way, using six-inch pipe. Also to set a fire hydrant on Mt. Auburn Street beyond Charles To the Citizens of H opkintOtz: Wright's residence and another fire hydrant on the corner of Claflin In submitting the sixty-fourth annual report of the Water Board, Avenue and the private way. the members regret reporting that operating costs exceeded the ap To remove the one-inch and one and one-fourth inch and two inch water main on Pike Street and install a six-inch main and set a propriation asked for by the board. This year there were many rea sons beyond our control that caused this to happen. The cost of fire hydrant beyond Alfred B. White's residence. materials skyrocketed, some more than 100%, since 1942. Labor ad To remove the two-inch water main on Summer Street and in vanced from SOc an hour to 85c an hour. Even at 85c an hour, after stall a six-inch main and install a fire hydrant near Edward W. Flood's deductions, a man does not receive a very large pay check to support residence. his family and himself at the cost of living today. Also trenching, To remove the two-inch water main on Price Street and install which comprises a great deal of the Water Board work, is hard work, a six-inch main, connecting the Church and Grove Street mains. very often wet and otherwise disagreeable, making it very difficult to To install a six-inch water main on Pleasant Street from the cor obtain men for this type of labor. ner of Grove Street to the Herbert Heath residence, connecting the We had a heavy spiral gear break on one of our large pumps at Hayden Rowe and Grove Street mains. the Fruit Street Pumping Station, which demanded much labor on the To remove the two-inch water main on Maple Street and install pump and a new gear. a six-inch main, connecting the Grove and Pleasant Street mains. We estimated that we might have six (6) new service installa To relocate the water main on the direct supply line from the tions. We had seventeen (17) and some were very difficult, demand Fruit Street Pumping Station, between the Albert Ritta residence and ing much blasting, etc. the John Beatie residence on Wood Street. Part of the eight-inch pipe 57 56 in this section is off the highway, in the meadow, and is underground eight feet or more. Cemetery Commissioners To relocate the section of water main on East Main Street that is under the old roadbed of the N. Y., N. H. & H . R. R. at the bridge. To clean all of the old eight-inch and six-inch water mains through out the town. CEMETERY ACCOUNT, GENERAL FUND, 1946 To cover the new standpipe. To remove a section each year of the eight-inch water main from April 25. Alden Homans ...... $26.00 Winter Street in Woodville to the Centre and install, at least, a 12 April 25. George Newton ...... 11.70 inch cast iron cement-lined pipe. Clean and recoat this old eight-inch April 27. John Etter ...... 10.40 pipe for use in other sections of the town. May 1. Hopkinton Water Board ...... 5.25 We understand that the Town of Ashland is to extend its water May 1. Hopkinton Grain Co ...... 2.70 system to the Hopkinton line. When this is done, and with the ap May 1. Albert E. Boyns ...... " ...... 2.00 proval of Ashland's Water Commissioners to take water in an emer May 1. Albert E. Boyns ...... 27.20 gency, we would recommend the installation of a booster pump near May 1. John Etter ...... 13.00 the line. Hopkinton has no water connection with any of the sur May 9. John Etter ... " ...... , ...... 20.15 rounding towns, and if Whitehall Reservoir is turned over to the De May 9. Albert E. Boyns ...... 18.60 partment of Conservation, we will no longer be able to take water May 16. Albert E. Boyns ...... 15.60 from that source in an emergency. May 16. John Etter ...... 19.40 The following communication was received by Mr. William May 16. Carlson Machine Shop ...... 8.00 Surette, Accountant, from the Commissioner of Corporations and May 16. Adams Hardware ...... 3.90 Taxation in regard to the College Street water main: May 23. Albert E. Boyns ...... 29.40 "The vote under Article 8 has been declared invalid, since the May 23. John Etter. " ...... 23.00 vote provides for the taking of $7 ,500.00 from available funds while May 23. William Stickney ...... 6.75 the article gave no notice of any intention of use of available funds May 23. Robert Sullivan ...... 6.75 for the purpose. The Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation May 29. Charles Hagar ...... 24.00 has received information that the extension to be constructed with May 29. John Etter ...... '" ...... '" ., . 24.00 this $7,500.00 will serve a small number of dwellings and bring to the May 29. Clifton Kimball ...... 63.55 Town an insignificant revenue in comparison with the amount neces May 29. David Whalen ...... 8.25 sary for the construction. May 29. Robert Sullivan ...... 19.00 "The transfer of this amount from available funds has not been May 29. William F. Pyne ...... 16.50 authorized by the Commissioner." May 29. William Stickney ...... 6.00 Mr. William Surette notified the Water Board of the above com June 6. John Etter ...... 18.00 munication. June 6. Paul Kumlin ...... '" . 10.25 So that the townspeople will have a more clear understanding in June 6. Edward Driscoll ...... 8.25 regard to water main extensions, we wish to make the following state June 12. Albert E. Boyns ...... 15.00 ments: The Water Board has no authority to do such work. Neither June 12. John Etter ...... 26.25 do they recommend for or against an extension. They compute the June 27. John Etter ...... , " ...... , ...... 33.00 approximate cost, which is quite difficult to do in the Town of Hop June 27. Albert E. Boyns ...... 32.25 kinton, because of so much ledge and so many boulders, and give these June 27. Edward Driscoll ...... 3.00 figures to the people interested and to the Finance Committee. The June 27. Paul I(umlin ...... 1.00 final decision is made by the citizens at a to'wn meeting. June 27. Hopkinton Grain Co...... 7.33 Charles McIntyre has been appointed foreman of the Water De July 5. Albert E. Boyns ...... 18.00 partment as of November 30, 1946. The following is his address and July 5. John Etter ...... 18.00 telephone number: 29 Pleasant Street, Hopkinton. Telephone 193-2. July . 5. Clifton 1. Kimball, Labor and Truck ...... 62.75 Respectfully submitted, Aug. 5. Albert E. Boyns ...... 27.75 Aug. 5. John Etter ...... 24.75 JAMES W. BANCROFT, Chairman, Aug. 10. Albert E. Boyns ...... ',' ...... 18.00 WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, Aug. 10. John Etter ...... 21.00 JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN, Clerk, Water Board, Hopkinton, Mass . 58 59
Aug. 17 . John Etter ...... 22.50 May I, Albert E. Boyns, Tomb Fees ... . , '" " ...... $16.00 Aug. 1~ Albert E. Boyns...... ,. 15.00 May I, Received for Tomb Fees ...... " .. . $16.00 Aug. 24. Charles Hagar '" ...... 36.00 Aug. 24. John Etter ...... 15.00 ALMON F. CUNNINGHAM, Sept. 8. Albert E. Boyns ...... 27.00 CLAUDE N. GUYTON, • Oct. 19. Hopkinton Grain Co ...... 1.00 CHARLES H. WRIGHT, Oct. 19. Albert E. Boyns ...... 21.00 Cemetery Commissioners. Nov. 1. Albert E. Boyns ...... 25.00 Nov. 16. Albert E. Boyns...... • 21.75 Dec. 17. F . L. Guyton ...... " . 25.00 Dec. 31. Hopkinton Water Dept...... 10.50 Sealer of Weights and Measures
$975.43 To the Selectmen of the Town of Hopkinton: Dear Sirs:-During the year 1946 I tested and sealed the fol 1946 Appropriation ...... $600.00 lowing: 1946 Special Appropriation...... 400.00 Platform Scales over 5000 Ibs...... 2 Platform Scales 100 to 5000 Ibs...... 5 1946 Total Appropriation ...... $1,000.00 Counter Scales under 100 Ibs...... 5 1946 Amoun t of Orders Drawn...... 975.43 Beam Scales 100 Ibs. or over...... 5 Beam Scales 100 Ibs. or under...... 3 Balance...... $24.57 Spring Scales 100 Ibs. or over...... 1 Spring Scales under 100 Ibs...... 8 CEMETERY TRUST FUND ACCOUNT, 1946 Computing Scales under 100 Ibs...... 13 Prescription Scale ...... 1 May 29. Clifton Kimball ...... $64.00 Avoirdupois ...... 40 June 6. Elsie White Flower Fund ...... 4.00 Apothecary ., ...... 13 June 27. Herman L. Larter ...... 9.50 Liquid ...... 7 July John Etter ...... 11. 24.00 Gasoline Pumps...... 18 July 11. Albert E. Boyns ...... 24.00 Yardsticks ...... 6 July 11. Alden Homans ...... 21.00 Quan. Measure ...... 9 Aug. 31. John Etter ...... 18.00 Turned over to Town Treasurer...... $24.98 Aug. 31. AI bert E. Boyns ...... 21.00 Sept. 14. Alden Homans ...... 18.75 Respectfully submitted, Sept. 14. George Newton ...... 6.75 CHARLES WRIGHT, Oct. 5. Clifton Kimball ...... 31.25 Sealer of Weights and Measures. Oct. 5. Alden Homans ...... 28.50 Nov. 15. Albert E. Boyns...... 22.50 Report of the Dog Officer for 1946 $293.25 1946 Income from Trust Funds ...... $306.42 1946 Income from Government Bonds ...... 41.25 To the BOa7'd of Selectmen: Number of Complaints Answered ...... , 71 Total ...... $347.67 Dogs Killed by Cars ... '...... 14 Jan. 1, 1946, Balance in Trust Funds. " .. ' ...... ' .. 198.34 Stray Dogs Disposed of...... 22 Dogs Disposed of for Owner...... 11 Correct Total .' ...... $546.01 Disposed of Because of Damage to Stock...... 4 Orders Drawn ...... 293.25 Stray Dogs Returned to Owner ...... 19 Respectfully submitted, Dec. 31, Correct Balance ...... $252 .76 JOHN A. HILDITCH, Dog Officer. 60 61
May 2: Ed. Gassett ...... $11.20 Report of Moth Department Ray Fair ...... , ...... , '" . 19.60 D. Nelligan ...... 19.60 F. Drugan ...... 19 .20 ]. O'Brien ...... " ...... 9.00 Payrolls, 1946 78.60 March 21, 1946: May 9: Ray Fair ...... $11.20 Ray Fair ...... $22.40 Dan. Nelligan ...... ,. 11.20 D. Nelligan ...... 22.40 Frank Drugan ...... 15.20 F. Drugan ...... 19.20 J. O'Brien ...... , ..... " ...... 6.00 J. O'Brien ...... 12 .00 $43.60 76.00 March 28: May 16: Ray Fair ...... '" ...... $22.40 Ray Fair ...... $5 .60 D. Nelligan ...... 22.40 D. Nelligan ...... 5.60 F. Drugan ...... 19.20 Walter Rice ...... " .. . 1.00 Ed. Gassett ...... 5.60 P. G. Adams ...... 1.80 J. O'Brien ...... 12.00 Frost Ins. Co...... 1.00 81.60 ]. O'Brien ...... 6.00 April 4: 21.00 Ray Fair ...... $5.60 June 6: D . Nelligan ...... 7.00 Chas. Parmenter ...... $48.00 Ed. Gassett ...... 1.40 D. Nelligan ...... 12 .00 F. Drugan ...... 11.00 J. O'Brien ...... " ...... 6.00 ]. O'Brien ...... " ...... 9.00 66.00 34.00 June 13: April 11 : D. Nelligan ...... : .. .. . $18.00 Chas. Parmenter ...... 64.00 Ray Fair ...... $2.80 O'Brien ...... 9.00 D. Nelligan ...... J. 2.80 91.00 Ed. Gassett ...... 2.80 F. Drugan ...... 2.00 June 27: J. O'Brien . ... " .. . " ...... " 9.00 Ed. Gassett ...... $6.00 19.40 Chas. Parmenter ...... 2.00 J. O'Brien ...... 6.00 April 17: FitzHenry Guptil Co...... 5.25 D. Nelligan ...... $22.40 Alfred Schmalz Co ...... 57 .60 Ray Fair ...... 22.40 76.85 F. Drugan ...... 13.60 July 11: Ed. Gassett ...... 5.60 Ed. Gassett ...... $6.00 J. O'Brien ...... " ...... 9.00 J. O'Brien ...... 6.00 73.00 Hopkinton Fuel Co...... 5.50 April 25: 17.50 D. Nelligan ...... $16.80 July 25: Bartlett Tree Co.. " .. . .. " ., ...... 400.00 Ray Fair ...... , . 16.80 Ed. Gassett ...... 5.60 October 21: F. Drugan ...... 14.40 Henry Pine ...... $4.00 ]. O'Brien ..... '" ...... " ...... " 9.00 J. O'Brien ...... 3.00 62 .60 7.00 62 63
November 16: Grant ...... $1,000.00 D. Nelligan ...... $18.00 Transferred from Reserve ...... 443.00 Geo. Pierce ...... 18.00 J. O'Brien . . . " ..... , ' " ...... 9.00 $1,443.00 45.00 Orders Drawn ...... 1,423.40
November 23: Balance $19.60 D. Nelligan ...... $27.00 Respectfully submitted, Geo. Pierce ...... 27.00 O'Brien ...... ' ...... JEREMIAH F. O'BRIEN, J. 12.00 Moth Superintendent. 66.00
November 30: D. Nelligan ...... $24.00 Geo. Pierce ...... 24.00 J. O'Brien ...... 12.00 Board of Health 60.00
December 7: To the Citizens of Hopkinton: D. Nelligan ...... $18.00 Geo. Pierce ...... 21.00 There were only 53 cases of communicable diseases reported to ]. O'Brien ...... 9.00 the Board of Health during the year of 1946, which was the lowest number in the past twelve years. Diseases reported: Measles, 22; 48.00 dog bite, 17; scarlet fever,S; lobar pneumonia, 7; anterior polio myelitis, 1; mumps, 1. December 14: Investigations were made on eight nuisance complaints. D. Nelligan ...... $21.00 Licenses granted: Alcohol, 7; massage, 1; oleomargarine, 8; Geo. Pierce ...... 26.25 milk, 15 ; pasteurization, 2; poultry, 1; minks, 1; camps, 2 disposal J. O'Brien ...... 9.00 of offal, 1; garbage, 1; funeral directors, 3. There were 22 burial per 56.25 mits issued. Two clinics were conducted in co-operation with the State De Lahor and Supplies partment of Public Health. In June a dog clinic was held in Town Hall. Inoculations of phenol vaccine were given to 110 dogs by Dr. Raymond Fair ...... $128.80 William H. Boswell of Westboro. ' Edward Gassett ...... 44.20 A clinic for prevention of diphthe,ria was held in the fall . Three Daniel Nelligan ...... 268.20 toxoid inoculations were given by Dr. Joseph F. Annunziata three Frank Drugan, Labor and Auto Hire ...... 113.80 weeks apart. There were 19 pre-school and 12 school children im George Pierce ...... 116.25 munized. A nurse was in attendance. Walter Rice ...... 1.00 A dental clinic was organized for Center School students in No Henry Pine ...... 4.00 vember, 1945, and continued until the close of school in June, 1946. Charles Parmenter, Truck and Labor ...... 114.00 Through the efforts of the clerk of the Board of Health, this was Jeremiah O'Brien ...... 162.00 financed largely by money received from the local Red Cross and Alfred Schmalz Co., Arsenate of Lead ...... 57.60 Christmas Seal committees. In March of 1946 the Finance Board FitzHenry Guptil Co., Supplies ...... 5.25 gave a grant sufficiently large to pay the dentist without obliging us P. G. Adams, Supplies ...... 1.80 to request subscriptions from any other source. As the dentist did not Hopkinton Fuel Co., Gas and Oil...... 5.50 open the clinic until October 1 and discontinued it early in December Frost Insecticide Co., Supplies ...... 1.00 until the first of March, we have a larger balance than usual. Bartlett Tree Co., Turbine Blower, Dusting with DDT . . 400.00 Report of den tal clinic: Total examinations, 200; surgical re movals, 9; sedative restorations placed, 31; abscesses drained, 2. 64 65
At the branch clinie of the Middlesex County Sanatorium, chest ample, the towns immediately surrounding us have been much ex examinations and X-rays were given to six suspicious cases, and there ercised over the problem of loam stripping. Whole tracts of valuable were 11 follow-up cases X-rayed. One patient was discharged from farm land have been denuded of soil which is being carted away to residence at the Middlesex County Sanatorium as a quiescent case. locations outside of town limits. Much of it finds its way to the Slaughtering inspection for the year: Cattle, 660; calves, 898; suburbs immediately surrounding Boston. The land thus stripped be hogs, 267; sheep, 115; goats, 4. comes agriculturally valueless and unable to support vegetation. Fees received for licenses will be found in the Treasurer's report. Your Planning Board has not been asleep to this threat, and what has been happening to our immediate neighbors in Holliston can well Financial Statement happen in Hopkinton. In fact, the threat is upon us. Investigation of legislation to prevent this abuse of Hopkinton D. Joseph Creedan, Slaughtering Inspection ...... $200.00 property has brought to light the fact that to date the only manner in Town of Framingham, Diagnostic Service ...... 50.00 ' which it can be stopped is to make an appropriate provision in a Town of Framingham, Chest Clinic Service ..... " . ... . 50.00 zoning law to cover the event. The problem then becomes a study of Dr. Joseph J. Mock, Dental Clinic ...... " ...... " . 60.00 zoning for our town, a subject which will keep the Planning Board Diphtheria Prevention ...... 38.38 quite busy during the current year. Rabies Prevention ...... 59.31 The Planning Board, mindful of the growing necessity for the Daniel J . Riley, Professional Services ...... 12.00 improvement of Hopkinton streets and highways, has given consider Printing of Licenses and Cards ...... " . 10.68 able study as to how this might be accomplished without saddling the Advertising, Framingham News ...... 9.00 entire expense on the taxpayers. This study has resulted in drawing Advertising, Worcester Gazette ...... 10.50 up regulations for a definite procedure for acceptance of streets, Dr. Joseph F. Annunziata, Anti-Rabic Treatment...... 14.00 whereby betterment assessments may be levied by the Selectmen upon Hastings Drug Co., Anti-Rabie Vaccine ...... 4.20 the abutters of such streets under consideration. An article to appear Dr. William H. Cochrane, Anti-Rabie Treatment...... 10.00 in the Town Warrant has been submitted to cover this procedure. Mary E. Boudreau, Transportation ...... 5.00 Thus the voters of Hopkinton have it within their power to approve Disposal of Dead Animals ...... 5.25 an orderly procedure whereby streets can be accepted and improved Postage Stamps ...... 3.00 with the abutters assuming their rightful share. Contrary to what Telephone Calls ...... 4.19 might be thought on this point, this practice is general procedure. Its enforcement requires the developer to pay for his own development, $545.51 thus relieving the burden on the taxpayers of the Town. Town Grant ...... $850.00 One of the mandatory duties which befell the members of the Expenditures ...... 545.51 Hopkinton Planning Board was to formulate a set of rules and reg ulations for subdivisions in our Town. This is required under Section Balance on Hand ...... $304.49 81F to J, Chapter 41 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth. The purpose of these regulations is to control the subdivision of DR. J. F. ANNUNZIATA, Chairman, land so that they conform to definite rules of procedure. In other NELLIE J. KIRBY, Clel'k, words, as the Town grows, the location of streets, width of streets, and MARY E. BOUDREAU, R.N. grades of one plot will conform to those of adjacent plots. Too often in the past towns have grown up in a hodgepodge manner where reg ulations were lacking, and it is to avoid this condition that these sub division regulations have been formulated. No vote of the Town is required for their adoption. As has Report of Planning Board already been stated, this action on the part of the Planning Board is obligatory by State direction. The need for an accurate map of the Town has long been found To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town necessary. It is not generally known that the United States Depart of Hopkinton: ment of the Interior has made geological surveys of the entire State The whole field of planning is dependent upon statutes enacted of Massachusetts. Only recently has this been completed for our par by legislation. Therefore, it behooves the members of the Planning ticular locality. Taking advantage of these surveys, two complete Board to become familiar with the provisions of relevant statutes, maps of the Town have been made up and placed on the walls of both where they can be found and how they are to be interpreted. For ex 66 67 the offices of the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board. These This means that, in addition to regular maintenance, the work maps are very complete and show all the existing roads and highways on Cross, Cedar, Lincoln, Raferty, Wilson, Pond and Elm Streets of the Town, land contours, ponds, streams, even to the spotting of should be completed in 1947 under Chapter 81. The state allotment dwelling hou~es. To make this a practical map for the use of the for this work is $15,075.00, the Town sharing $8,375.00. several departments of the Town it has been enlarged to a scale of With Chapter 90 construction funds, starting at the Hopkinton 800 feet to the inch. Westboro town line, 2600 ft. of new construction was completed on The year of 1946 saw two changes in the personnel making up Wood Street. This work should be continued in 1947, as Wood Street the membership of the Planning Board. We lament the loss of Walter is in the poorest condition of our Chapter 90 streets, which are the S. Frye, who passed away last spring. This board was further unior numbered routes through town . The State and County allots $9,000.00 tunate in losing the services of Mr. George H . Putney, who resigned for this work, the Town $3,000.00. because of business duties. Both persons, extremely capable, con Chapter 90 maintenance money to the amount of $2,000.00 was tributed much to the work thus far accomplished by this board. spent in 1946. This amount was spent for surface treatment only. Section 11 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws of the Common Parker's Point: $1,500.00 was appropriated for this work ; wealth provides for the filling of ·such vacancies. Accordingly, the $639.75 balance is being carried forward to complete the job in 1947. remaining members of the Planning Board met with the Board of The Town highway account for 1946 amounted to $18,200.00, Selectmen and elected Mr. Richard W. Arms and Mr. Joseph Sullivan which included $1,200.00 transferred from the Machinery Fund; to (ill the vacancies until the Town election in March, 1947. $7,000.00 of this was for new equipment. It was soon apparent that nothing in the line of equipment would be delivered until too late in HERBERT STANGER, the year to do any good. The next best thing was to overhaul our CLARENCE A. WOOD, present equipment. New motors were put in both trucks and the A. CLAYTON WAITE, grader, plus tires which were needed. Four new snowplows were pur JOSEPH L. GASSETT, chased, and a new sander. There is a balance of $2,592.46 in this PAUL E. KENNEY, account. JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN, The financial report of the Highway Department will be found RICHARD W. ARMS, under the Town Accountant's report. . ADELAIDE L. FITZGERALD, ERNEST C. BARTLETT. Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT W. FERRIS, Highway Surveyor. Report of Highway Department
In the Highway Department's original estimate for Chapter 81 Report of Fire Department in 1946, it was planned to gravel and tar parts of Pond Street, Elm Street and Wilson Street, and to gravel and tar Cross, Cedar, Lincoln and Raferty Streets. To the Board of Selectmen and tlze Citizens of Hopkinton: We were able to do only a part of Cross Street and a part of 'Nilson Street Through the kindness of Mr. Coit of the telephone company, a This was a direct result of ground conditions during the winter fire alarm system is being worked out to be in effect in conjunction and spring of 1945-46, which caused excessive break up of the black with the dial system. Although inexpensive, it is very efficient and we top roads when they finally thawed out for good. To get them back believe it will give our town ample protection. A complete description in shape we used about 400 tons of patch plus about 60,000 gallons will be published in local newspapers and posted throughout the of asphalt and tar, double the original estimate. This work had to be Town soon. done, however, to preserve what we had already .done. These roads The people of Hopkinton are to be complimented on their safety are now in good condition and should not require much attention in record for 1946, a year which reached an all time high in fire 10sse5 1947. in a great many communities. 68 69 Alarms Answered Chimneys ...... B House ...... " .. ' ...... 7 Oil Stoves ...... 8 Report of Police Department Camp ...... 1 Sawmill ...... " ...... 1 Electrical ...... 1 To the Board of Selectmen: False ...... , ...... 3 I hereby submit my report as Chief of Police for the year 1946. Machinery ...... 6 The police department has been reorganized, a police association has been formed, and the members of the department have responded Lost Persons ...... 1 to all calls efficiently. Inhalator Calls ...... 3 The following is a report of work completed. Complaints Answered ...... 111 Annual Report of Fit'e Engineers Number of Arrests ...... " ...... 67 Year E nding December 31,1946 l\ew England Tel. & Tel. Co ...... $69.85 I. Crimes Against Person Haston Edison Company ...... 138.45 Assault ...... 5 Cas, Oil and Repairs to Equipment ...... 234.94 Neglect of Minor Children...... 2 New Equipment and Supplies ...... 319.93 Delinquent by Reason of Being Neglected Children...... 5' Removal of Snow, Labor and Patrol at Fi res ...... 258.55 Operating Motor Boat to Endanger...... 1 Insurance on Men and Trucks ...... 267.3 1 Operating Motor B0'lt with No Underwater Exhaust...... 1 lVla intenance of Stations Nos. 1 and 2 and Alarm System, Failure to Send Chf j to School ...... 1 Janitor Service ...... 564.07 Salaries...... 1,820.00 II. Crimes Against Property Fuel ...... ' ...... 326.50 Breaking, Entering and Larceny ...... 1 Trespass...... 2 $3,999.55 Using Motor Vehicle Without Authority...... 2 Misappropriation of Car...... 3 Appropriation $4,000.00 Injury to Building...... " . . . 1 Expenses ...... 3,999.55 III. Crimes Against Public Order $ .45 Disturbing the Peace...... 2 Driving Motor Vehicle to Endanger...... 6 Special Appropriation ...... $3,000.00 Drivi ng Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated...... 6 Hose ...... 1,750.00 Drunkenness ...... 5 Violation of Fish and Game Laws ...... " . . . . . 2: $1,250.00 Adultery ...... ' " ...... " ...... 2 Carried over pending delivery and installing of doors. Lewdness ...... , " ...... " ...... , " ...... 3 Neglect of Family ...... 3 JOSEPH V. PYNE, Chief, Violation of Traffic Rules...... 8 CARL G. FRIEH, Vagrancy ...... 1 PRESTON B. STEWART, Weapon Carrying...... 3 Board oj Fire Engineers. Violation of Aeronautic Laws ...... 2 Arrests on Warrants for Other Police...... 3 Summons Served for Out of Town Police ...... 27 There were three escaped inmates of Sherborn Reformatory re turned, five boys returned to Lyman School , one escaped inmate re turned to Grafton State Hospital. 70 71
I wish to thank the officers and men of the department for the furnishing and canning club, and Mrs. Dorothy Curtis, leader of the splendid co-operation given to me and for the many hours they spent clothing club. There were two agricultural clubs for boys and girls without compensation to make our town a safer and better place in interested in gardening, poultry, and livestock. One was organized which to live. at the grammar school and one at the high school. These clubs held monthly meetings with the County Club Agent. Members of these Respectfully submitted, clubs were visited during the summer by Robert Wilson, Herman Lar JOHN A. IDLDITCH, ter, Earl Hutchins, Oscar Reidle, Charles Moshier, Arthur Lowell, Chief of Police. John Terry, and Richard Stewart. Mrs. Pulver's club bought canned goods which were sent to the Famine Committee in Europe. The Bear Hill Grange served a supper for 4-H club members. Mrs. Marion Pulver, Arthur Lowell, and Paul Nordstrom were counselors at the county 4-H camp. John Gawalt was awarded $5 .00 by the Massachu Report of the Middlesex County setts Society for Promoting Agriculture on his poultry club work. Extension Service, 1946 R. WILSON, Chairman. Food Production was of the utmost importance during 1946 and the main effort of the Extension Service was along this line. Through meetings, radio, farm and home visits, county .bulletin, news releases and calls in person and by telephone at the office, assistance was given to as many people as possible. Fruit growers this year were interested especially in knowing more about frost damage and its prevention and the latest materials to use in spraying to overcome insects and diseases. Because of the wet season, there was a severe infestation of scab and growers required all the assistance possible to produce a good quality crop. Twilight meetings of interest to local growers were held in various parts of the county. Information was sent out to local papers and through town libraries as well as over the radio to help all those interested in home gardens. Three projects were emphasized to assist those interested in poultry - namely, Better Use of Ranges; Brooding and Rearing; Disease Control and Sanitation. Of interest to dairymen, the Selective Breeding Association and the Herd Improvement Association were developed and expanded dur ing the year. Because of the many food shortages experienced during the year, homemakers were given assistance to help them in problems in feed ing their families the right foods essential to health despite the short ages. Demonstrations and illustrated talks were given on: When Meat is Scarce; Sugar-Saving Desserts; Use of Available Foods; Oil-Sparing Salad Dressings. Homemakers were interested in clothing renovation and Short Cuts and Speed Tricks in clothing construction. Food preservation was the main project followed during the summer to assist homemakers in the best procedure to insure satisfaction in home canning and preparation of foods for freezing. The 4-H Club work was carried on under the direction of the 4-H Committee of which Robert Wilson was chairman. There were four 4-H clubs in town. Mrs. Marion Pulver was the leader of the home ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF HOPKINTON
MASSACHUSETTS
For The Year Ending December 31, 1946 74 75
School Directory SCHOOL CALENDAR
Early Spring Term School Committee Whole School-February 24, 1947 to April 18, 1947,8 weeks. Arthur E. Irvine, B Street, Chairman Term expires 1947 Harold C. Merrifield, Hayden .Rowe, Clerk Term expires 1948 Paul E. Kenney, Pleasant Street Term expires 1949 Late Spring Term Grades 1-8-April 28, 1947 to June 13,1947,7 weeks. Superintendent of Schools High School-April 28, 1947 to June 20,1947,8 weeks. Arthur F. Crowell, Main Street, Ashland, Tel. Framingham 8782. Office Hours at High School: Monday 3-4 P.M., Wednesday 8:30 Fall Term 9:30 A.M. Whole School-September 3, 1947 to December 19, 1947, 15 School Physician weeks. John K. Ruggles, M.D., Hayden Rowe, Hopkinton, Mass., Tel. Hop kinton 2. Winter Term Whole School-January 5, 1948 to February 20, 1948, 7 weeks. School Nurse Mrs. Florence A. Kennedy, A St., Hopkinton, Mass. List of Teachers Attendance Officer High John A. O'Brien, Principal Church St. High Ellen L. Duffey, Assistant Ash St. Harry Hamilton, Grove St., Hopkinton, Mass. High Marion T. Harris, Assistant Grove St. High Gladys E. Morse, Assistant Ash St. Enrollment Age of Grade I High Henry J. Baker, Assistant Southboro According to Hopkinton School Committee regulations, a child High Audrey O'Neil, Assistant Pleasant St. resident must have arrived at the age of 5 years and 6 months, on or High Robert T. Nealon, Assistant Church St. before September 1 of the school year when he applies for enrollment High John Carey, Assistant Main St. in Grade I; and at the time of such application he shall furnish a . Grade VIII Mary W. Hally Hayden Rowe St. properly accredited birth certificate as proof of such claim of age. Grades VII & VIII Francis A. Moriarty Hayden Rowe St. Grade VI Mary E. Wallace Maple St. "No.School" Signals Grade VI Claire Sullivan Church St. Grade V Francis E. Lavoie Grove St. A. Two blasts, repeated FIVE TIMES, at 7 A.M. Grades IV & V Carrie Madden Grove St. "No School" for HIGH SCHOOL or GRADES, that day. Grade IV Catherine Smith Church St. B. Two blasts, repeated THREE TIMES, at 7 A.M. Grade III Aimee Phipps, Principal Hayden Rowe St. "No School" for Grades only, that day. Grade II Margaret Walsh Ash St. Grade I Miriam Parmenter Grove St. C. Two blasts, repeated THREE TIMES, at 12 :30 P.M. Grades I & II Margaret Johnson Woodville, Mass. No Afternoon Session for GRADES. Music Stephen Bray Holliston, Mass. Physical Education Charles Welch Natick, Mass. Note: The "No School" signal, additionally, is broadcast over Sewing Teachers Trainers, Framingham Normal School station WNAC of Boston. 76 77 and unabashed, for the services of teachers. The result is not pleasant to contemplate in any detail. Report of the School Committee This general crisis did not originate overnight. Rumors had re peatedly fallen upon unheeding ears, although of late the signs have grown more and more threatening. When resort was had, here and there, to expedients like bonuses, wage adjustments, the removal of the common prejudices about the unemployment of married women To the Citizens of Hopkinton: teachers,such expedients were too frequently superficial and defensive, The School Committee renders its annual report to Hopkinton but when at long last the full strength of the storm assailed us, it citizens, transmitting herewith the report of the Superintendent of seemed like the attack of some elemental force of nature. Schools, and of various departmental heads. The annual financial Then we got intensive action. Salary schedules were revised, at statement, detailing salary expenditures and those of every kind, is times without the compensating scientific skill, to unaccustomed also included. heights. Salary reforms were introduced on the spur of the moment Respectfully submitted, which had been in serious debate among the more enlightened for years. Serious effort is now being directed to recruiting the most com ARTHUR E. IRVINE, Chairman, petent young men and women to fill the depleted ranks of classroom HAROLD C. MERRIFIELD, Clerk, teachers, and attractive terms offered for their professional prepara tion and continued study, training and advancement. PAUL E. KENNEY. Amid all this complicated agitation, the National Education Association makes the following authoritative eight-point proposal: 1. Greatly increased salaries for teachers. 2. Greater appreciation within the profession for work well done, including due recognition for professional achievement. 3. More opportunity for all teachers to participate democratical ly in developing school policies. Report of the Superintendent of Schools 4. Greater respect for the teacher in the community. 5. Security of position as provided under good tenure laws. 6. Adequate retirement allowances. 7. Additional teachers for the expanding program to serve the needs of all types of pupils. To the School Committee and the Citizens of the Town of Hopkinton: 8. Additional school facilities to provide more diversified and With the making of this, my seventeenth annual report to the more effective types of education for developing the faculties of young Town, I exercise the pardonable privilege of being brief. people. ApPRAISAL THE EDUCATIONAL CRISIS During the past decade and a half it is good to remember that The natural crisis in education has not overpassed our commu definite progress has been taking place here. Some of the evidences nity. We have experienced again and again the strong effects of this are these: crisis, but have done our utmost and carried on through every season. 1. The centralization of all school housing in two buildings, in No one knows this so well as the guiding Superintendent. Placed in cluding the closing of the last of the outlying schools, Bear Hill and the front line of defense, he has had to meet discouragements and Hayden Rowe. frustrations which seemed at times unending, and demanded every 2. Abundance of the best and most modern texts, in excellent sacrifice of time and endeavor. Only a hint of the exertion required condition, is available at all levels of instruction. and given is told here. 3. Three functioning libraries, organized and classified by the Ironically enough, the larger towns have spoken loudest and Dewey decimal system , are in the High School and the grammar and longest about the emergency. Frankly it must be said that even in primary departments of the Centre School. The development of the normal times and conditions the smaller town has not enjoyed the free High School library of 600-odd volumes selected with ,studious care choices of the larger ones, with their greater natural resources and and represented in every field , has been a library of love. This library more alluring means of living. Much less so now, when town is com particularly welcomes comparison with any other of similar size, peting against town in unanticipated ways, irrespective of size, openly nature, and purpose. 78 79
4. Part-time religious education in weekly conjunction with the During the past year I have been greatly interested in certain churches of the town. Pupil attendance is voluntary, enthusiastic, matters regarding the efficiency of teaching in the Hopkinton Schools and almost universal throughout the High School. School Committee which has been discussed with me by several parents of Junior High co-operation in establishing this fine project was excellent under the and Senior High School students. This is not a problem which is leadership of the chairman, Mr. Paul E. Kenney. unique to the Hopkinton schools. Probably every phase of it that has 5. A very deserving physical education program is operating, been noticed here'in Hopkinton exists in school work at every level with the modem emphasis upon the play element inherent in the plan, in every system. Much of what has been said by various parents from and the group participation of all. time to time relates to the problem of individual differences, which 6. A comprehensive health program, including the daily practice has long been recognized by students of education, but is usually of proper health habits, the daily services of the School Nurse, the ignored by the public in general. A great deal of criticism of the daily helpfulness of the school lunchroom facilities, and the promising Hopkinton school is based upon the idea that all our graduates ought beginnings of an operating school dental clinic. to be equally well trained and equally competent in every line of 7. An objective program of testing, seasonal and annual, for all work, irrespective of their abilities, interests or preferences. It should grades, carefully administered and profitably furnishing results which require no argument to show that this cannot possibly be so. are utilized in remedial work with classes and individual pupils, and Nevertheless, I am fully cognizant of the fact that it is the duty in broadening and enriching the teaching concepts and practices of of the schools to discover what are the possibilities of each individual and to develop these individuals just as far as is permitted by our the classroom. 8. A High School laboratory of chemistry, physics, modern, well- instructional knowledge and skill, our equipment, our time and the equipped, a vital auxiliary to the scientific discussion of the classroom. environmental difficulties with which we and our pupils are con 9. The inauguration of a guidance program, both group and in fronted. dividual, which should be of great and growing benefit to Hopkinton It is our duty to attempt to discover what the pupils can do boys and girls, to include in time both the High and Centre Schools. rather than what they cannot do. Since some of our pupils may not be able to do much, it is also up to us to help them to do, as well as CONCLUSION possible, some jobs at which they can never be expected to excel. In short, the work of the school is to open the doors rather than to close Hopkinton schools are advancing safely and dependably, and can them. well look forward to the future with high courage and confidence. Many who call themselves educators, and certainly the public, appear not to have had much inkling of this problem of individual Respectfully submited, differences until psychological tests were first introduced into the armed forces at the beginning of World War 1. Out of the great activ ARTHUR F. CROWELL, ity of testing and retesting since' then there are gradually being Superintendent oj Schools. evolved certain' programs that should be give!, careful consideration as probably of great merit in the improvement of our educational work. One of these new developments, the Iowa State Tests of Educa tional Development, has been instituted in our High School by Mr. Crowell, who has given much thought to this problem of individual differences. These tests are administered during the first week of Report of the High School Principal October in order to determine what the capabilities of the students are at the beginning of the year rather than at the end of the year to discover what their accomplishments have been. These tests involve the testing of permanent results of all previous educational experi To lite Hopkinton School Committee.' ments, whether in or out of school, and disclose what the teacher has to build on in further classroom teaching. While we realize that these Gentlemen:-School opened September 4th with a total registra tests are not the only answer to our problems, it is, to say the least, tion of 141 pupils. Of this number 31 were Seniors, 33 were Juniors, a step in the right direction, and it is my desire that each parent 42 were Sophomores, and 35 were Freshmen. The teaching staff has would become sufficiently interested in his or her child to visit the remained the same with the exception of the Commercial Department, High School and contact either Mr. Nealon or myself, who will explain Miss Audrey O'Neil having replaced Miss Margaret O'Hara, who re this matter more fully. signed to accept a position in Woburn. 80 81
In closing, I desire to express the regrets of all the teachers in INDIVIDUAL EXAMINATIONS the High School building, as well as those of my own, upon the occa Inspections were made in each classroom at both Center School sion of Mr. Crowell retiring from the Hopkinton school system. Mr. and High School when necessary and, following vacation periods, Crowell , with no regard for his own personal welfare, was always daily inspections were also made because of communicable diseases. willing to help and encourage teachers and pupils. His contributions to the furthering of our academic standing, such as installing and fully equipping a chemistry and physics laboratory, the building and CLINICS properly maintaining of an excellent library in the High School, the 1. Pre-School Clinic: Held in Center School, May, 1946, with encouraging and moral support of our visual educational program, and Dr. Playse and School Nurse in attendance. Thirty-nine children also many others too numerous to mention, will long be remembered were weighed, measured and examined. Seven children needed follow by those with whom he worked. From being in close contact with Mr. up work, and fifteen needed dental attention. Crowell , I am in a position to state that at all times did he perform 2. Diphtheria Clinic: School children attended the diphtheria his duties in a most efficient manner, keeping the welfare of his pupils immunization clinic held by the Board of Health in the Town Hall foremost in mind. Indeed, his absence will be felt not only by the Each child was given three inoculations, three weeks apart. students and teachers but by the entire citizenry of Hopkinton. 3. Dental Clinic: Held every Tuesday morning in Center School To you then, Mr. and Mrs. Crowell, in your days of retirement, building in our newly equipped room by Dr. Joseph J . Mock, D.D.S., may you reap some of the happiness which you afforded those with with the School Nurse assisting. whom you toiled. The School Department has been the recipient of a modern Castle sterilizer for use of the pupils of the Hopkinton school system. Respectfully submitted, This gift was presented to the system by Dr. Linn A. Playse on the occasion of his retirement from public service. The school accepts JOHN A. O'BRIEN, with deepest appreciation the above gift from Dr. Playse, a man who Principal. devoted many hours over the years to the pupils of this school system.
Respectfully submitted,
FLORENCE A. KENNEDY, School Nurse. Report of the School Nurse Report of the School Dentist
Mr. Arthur F. Crowell, Superintendent oj Schools, Hopkinton, Mass. Dear Sir:-I respectfully submit my report for the year 1946. Examination of all first grade students and notification of find Pupils in eleven classrooms were weighed, measured and recorded ings sent to parents. twice during the year, in April and September. All children showed . Examination of all new students, gradesl-6 inclusive. substantial gains with the exception of two pupils, who lost weight Examination of boy football candidates, High School, for insur during the summer vacation. Parents were notified of the loss of ance. weight in these pupils, and when the pupils were weighed before the Examination of boys and girls, basketball, High School, for in Christmas vacation they all showed gratifying increases in weight. surance. Total Examinations ...... 200 ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS Surgical Removals (Permanent)...... 9 Sedative Restorations Placed...... 31 They are progressing to a satisfactory conclusion. Ten pupils Abscesses Drained ...... 2 needed follow-up work. The percentage of correction made thus far Restorations ...... 29 has been very encouraging. The School Department appreciates the Deciduous Removals ...... 47 co-operation of the Public Health Committee, and also the assistance given by the Red Cross and Salvation Army to worthy pupils. JOSEPH]. MOCK, D.D.S. 82 83
ATTENDANCE HONOR ROLL Perfect Attendance from September, 1945 to June, 1946 Report of the School Physician HICH ScHOOL Senior Junior The following is my report as School Physician: Rose Martint John MacKinnont Sophomore Freshman Number of Examinations ...... , .. " .,. 267 Grace Bancroft**t Philip Chouinardt Tonsils and Adenoids ...... 40 Helen Clarkt Paul Nordstrom**t Heart Disease ...... 3 Ralph Whalent Malnutrition ...... 10
JOHN K. RUGGLES, M.D. GRADE SCHOOL GRADE VIII Beatrice Frasiert Margaret Samarjant
GRADE VII HOPKINTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1946 None
James Linn Ferris, President GRADE VI Jean Frances Robertson, Vice-President Rose Marie Martin, Secretary George McBridet Paul William Danahy, Jr., Treasurer GRADE\' HONOR STUDENTS Alice Samarjant Paul William Danahy, Jr. Rose Marie Martin Marjorie Alice Flood Marion Bell Peacock Gloria Barbara Gawalt Lorraine Crandall Varnum GRADE IV Barbara Jean Wright None
CLASS ROLL GRADE III Jeanne Louise McHatton O. Robert Arena Anna Martint Paul William Danahy, Jr. Mary Elizabeth O'Connell James Linn Ferris Marion Bell Peacock Marjorie Alice Flood Marjorie Priscilla Robbins GRADE II Gloria Barbara Gawalt Jean Frances Robertson Marjorie Schofieldt John McBridet Christine Fairbanks MacKay John Kevin Terry Rose Marie Martin Barbara Jean Wright GRADE I Lorraine Crandall Varnum None *Robert Swasey Holmes *Donald Quentin Jones *Joseph Patrick Whalen tNeither absent nor tardy. *Returnect servicemen who have met requirements for High School diploma. **On attendance roll for two consecutive years. 84 85
Financial Report of School Department
Superintendent of Schools Arthur F. Crowell...... $1,900.00
Teachers John A. O'Brien, Principal...... Membership and Attendance $2,700.00 Ellen L. Duffey ...... 1,900.00 Marion T. Harris .. .. " ...... " .. Total M embership 1,900.00 September , 1945, to June, 1946 September, 1946 Henry ]. Baker ...... 1,773 .00 .:: John]. Carey, Jr...... 1,800.00 0. 0. '; v ., Gladys E. Morse ...... 1,800.00 U ... :.c :.c (:lU U ~ ... ~ c: ~C: <=l Robert T. Nealon ...... , ...... 1,740.00 bO '" OD"O c:","0'" '" ",.0 '" '" "0 Margaret F. O'Hara...... "C ~ E '" c: Uc: "0 -c:'" 840.00 oj'" -..11 ~ ., '" .:g ., "'~'" ... ~ Audrey E. O'Neil ...... 0" >~ ... ~ ~ 525.00 f-
Total ...... $32,144.70 Supervisors
Stephen Bray ...... $385.00 Charles Welch, Coaching ...... ' " ., '" " ...... 550.00 Charles Welch, Physical Training...... 400.00 86 87
Marion T. Harris, Coaching ...... 600.00 Fuel Francis Moriarty, Coaching ...... 75.00 Henry J. Baker, Coaching ...... " .... . 100.00 Hopkinton Grain Co...... $486.60 T . J. Terry Coal Co ...... 1,230.13 Total ...... $2,110.00 H. L. Larter ...... 98.00 Total School Physician ...... : . $1,814.7 3 Dr. John Ruggles ...... , ... , " " ...... $110.00 New Equipment School Nurse Beaudette ...... $168.00 Cam basco Scientific Co ...... Mrs. Florence Kennedy ...... '.' ...... $627.07 320.98 Clow's Oil Burner Service ...... 100.81 William H. Casey Store ...... , ...... 14.84 Janitors Frank J. Jameson ...... 142.55 Michael J. Ward...... $1,539.98 Werber & Rose, Inc...... 57.37 Frank Driscoll ...... , . , . 1,539.98 Denoyer-Geppert Co ...... 33.94
Total $3,079.96 Total ...... $838.49
Noon Supervisors Tuition Mary Wallace '" ...... $18.00 Town of Sharon ...... $19.61 Frances M. Lavoie ...... 19.00 Town of Southboro ...... 226.29 Rita Danahy ...... 10.50 Eva L. Frieh ...... to.50 Total ...... $245.90 Margaret Walsh ...... 17.00 Mary Bernard ...... 6.00 Books and Supplies Margaret Johnson '" ...... 18.50 Aimee Phipps ...... , ...... " 17.50 Charles Scribner's Sons ...... $104.39 Theresa Hilditch ...... 1.50 Remington Rand, Inc ...... : ...... , 8.30 Barbara Adams ...... 2.00 The Northwestern Press ...... 4.02 Margaret Ward ...... , . , . 1.00 Frost & Bilek, Inc...... 10.81 Catherine Smith ...... 8.00 Mrs. William Quinn ...... 8.50 Mildred P. Williamson ...... 6.50 Boston Music Co...... 14.95 Carrie Madden ...... ' 19.00 News Map of the Week, Inc...... 18.52 Claire Sullivan ...... 13.00 Popular Science Monthly ...... 16.00 Scott Foresman & Co...... 188.84 Total $168.00 Science Research Association ...... 29 .90 World Book Co ...... 167.44 Transportation Bureau of Publications ...... 7.94 Houghton Mifflin Co ...... 58.90 Johnson Bus Lines ...... $2,025.00 Macmillan Co ...... , ...... , ...... 87.35 M. & B. St. Railway Co ...... 1,282.25 Horace Partridge ...... 5.86 William S. Peaslee ...... 86.00 H. M. WeIch Mfg. Co...... , .... . 11.78 Anthony Arena ...... 370.00 Gledhill Bros., Inc...... 443.28 Mrs. F. S. Sandow ...... 44.00 Beaudette Co., Inc...... 47.19 Henry A. Pyne ...... 2,025 .00 Attwell Ediphone Service Co...... , ...... 1.10 The Arlo Publishing Co ...... 11.27 Total ...... , . .... , . $5 ,832.25 Henry Holt & Co...... , ...... 33 .99 S8 89
Harper & Bros...... 19 .66 Frank ]. Jameson ...... 15.38 O. H . Toothaker ...... 29.04 L. A. Recchiuto . .. " ...... " ...... 304.00 The Gregg Publishing Co...... 2.31 H. M. Nichols & Co...... 12.00 Berkley Card Co...... 20.71 Forse Mfg. Co ...... 124.71 Americana Corp...... 131.50 Dura Binding Co...... 195.50 Institution for Research...... 6.75 John A. Ryan & Co...... 125.72 J. C. Winston Co...... 4.88 Gledhill Bros...... 73.75 American Book Co ...... 76.54 High School Boys ...... 8.00 Ginn & Co ...... 125.20 Nobb & Nobb Publishing, Inc...... 12 .20 Total ...... $1,525.38 Middlesex Label Co., Inc...... 25 .77 Frederic A. Poole & Co ...... 73.40 Incidentals The Grolier Society ...... 4.08 Office Supply & Equipment Corp...... 56.83 Day Pharmacy ...... $52.65 Chronotype Printing Co ...... 27.75 Gerald Magee ...... 2.40 Merrifield's Express, Inc...... 2.26 P. G. Adams ...... 13.45 Cambasco Scientific Co ...... 32.96 Kenney's Service Station ...... 38.97 The H . M. Wilson Co ...... 3.00 Alpha Chemical Co...... 49.50 McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc...... 15 .19 Brulin & Co., Inc...... 28.45 . Allyn & Bacon ...... 18.23 H. J. David Co., Inc...... 16.50 Harcourt, Brace & Co...... 32 .10 State Prison Colony ...... 11.34 D. C. Heath & Co...... 77.21 Merrifield Express, Inc...... 10.34 J. L. Hammett Co...... 37.63 N. Y., N. H. & Hartford Railroad Co...... " . . . 2.18 Laidlain Bros ...... 9.89 Railway Express Agency ...... 7.86 The South-Western Publishing Co...... 58.78 Bates Stationery Co.:...... 4.20 Benj. H . Sanborn & Co...... 40.06 Margaret F. O'Hara...... 121.78 A. B. Dick Co.. " ...... " .... . 33 .58 C. B. Dolge Co...... 127.00 Lucille G. French ...... 29 .04 $2 ,257.94 Robert T. Nealon ...... 3.00 M . B. Caddell ...... 2.08 Repairs Donald]. McIntyre ...... 35 .00 Hickey's . " ...... " ...... " ...... $7.50 Worcester Gas Light Co...... 14.40 William A. Grant ...... 130.75 N . E . Tel. & Tel...... 98.86 William A. Pyne ...... 177.18 J. L. Hammett Co...... 25.83 Royal Typewriter Co...... " ...... 60.00 Arthur F Crowell ...... 242.46 Warren Telechron ...... 8.22 Bay Path Cleansers ...... 75 Mass. Reformatory ...... 28.82 Berry Press ...... 13.25 Raymond C. Whiting ...... " . .. . 2.00 Boston Edison Co...... 546.84 Carlson's Machine Shop ...... 2.00 Walter C. Wright...... 4.60 Mary Hally ...... 5.14 F . L. Guyton ...... 15.75 Kenney's Service Station ...... 5.68 Framingham Supply Co...... 21.00 George W. Lincoln ...... 63.25 West Co. . . _ ...... 13.55 A. E . French ...... 83 .00 Wright & Potter, Printing ...... " ...... 2.77 Frosh & Bilek, Inc...... 19 .75 H . J. David ...... 11.25 Frederic A. Poole & Co ...... 4.75 Horace Partridge ...... 5.86 International Engineering Works ...... 6.50 Reformatory for Women ...... 8.73 P. G. Adams ...... 33.10 Perkins & Butler, Inc...... 16.50 Joseph J. Smith...... , ...... " ...... " .. " . 6.00 Middlesex Label Co...... 57.90 Marathon Radio & Electric Co...... 20.63 E. J. Thayer ...... 1.29 Framingham Transportation Co ...... 1.7 5 Science R esearch Association ...... 125.34 90 91
Ralph F. Bass, Paper ...... 31.35 TRADE SCHOOL PUPILS Michael]. Ward ...... 10.00 The following pupils attended Massachusetts Trade Schools dur Lakeside Press, Natick ...... 3.75 ing the whole or part of 1946 : Mary Hally ...... 10.00 Audrey O'Neil ...... 70.00 Commonwealth of Mass...... 11.48 Worcester Trade School for Boys Walter F. Burke George Henderson Total $1,919.25 Curtis W. Cartier David H. Holmes Clifford Crosby Summary of Expenditures John W. Long D-onald Currier Peter Martin Superintendent of Schools ...... $1,900.00 Gordon Wood Teachers ...... 32,144.70 Supervisors ., ...... 2,110.00 Worcester Trade School for Girls School Physician ...... 110.00 School Nurse ...... 627.07 Helen Haybation Janitors ...... 3,079.96 Noontime Supervisors ...... 168.00 Newton Trade School for Boys Attendance Officer ...... 33.00 James Davis Transportation ...... 5,832.25 Douglas Kenyon Fuel ...... 1,814.73 Books and Supplies ...... 2,257.94 Vocational Trade School-Framingham Repairs ...... " ...... 1,525.38 William Stanger Ne:v. Equipment ...... 838.49 TUitIOn ...... 245.90 Industrial School Tuition Incidentals ...... 1,919.25 Trade School Appropriation: Grand Total ...... $54,606.67 Worcester Trade School for Boys ...... $756.37 A. Summary of School Appropriations Worcester Trade School for Girls . .. " ...... 175.00 Newton Trade School for Boys ...... 478.95 1. General Grant ...... , $53,930.00 Vocational Trade School-Framingham ...... 61. 70 2. Dog Tax ...... 517.00 3. Hopkinton School Fund...... 150.00 Total ...... $1,472.02 Total ...... , ...... " ...... $54,597.00 B. Reduction of Tax Levy for School Support The following amounts 'were received from the state, or from other specified sources, thereby reducing by their sum total the Hop kinton General Tax Levy. 1. General School Fund Part 1 (State) ...... , . $3 ,410.00 2. General School Fund Part 2 (State) ...... None 3. Reimbursement toward Superintendent's Salary and Expenses .. , . . . . , ...... None 4. Tuition and Transportation of State Wards( State). 1,088.2 5 5. Tuition of Boston City Wards (Boston) . . . " ...... 183 .00 6. Dog Tax .. , ...... ' ...... , .. . . 517.00 7. Hopkinton School Fund ...... 150.00
Total...... $5,348.25 93
Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS. To eithe,' Constable of the Town of Hopkinton, in said County,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town of Hopkin ton, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Hopkinton, on Monday, the third day of March, A.D. 1947, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town officers and committees.
Article 2. To see what compensation the Town will allow fire men.
Article 3. To grant money to pay town charges.
Article 4. 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 ning January 2, 1948, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable in one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day, and act on all matters relating thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money for the payment of tuition of pupils at Industrial Schools, and act on all mat ters relating thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money for Assessors' incidentals and act on all matters relating thereto. 94 95
Article 8. To see if the Town wiII vote to appropriate a sum of Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum money to provide for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures, such of money for the purpose of defraying costs and expenses of foreclos appropriation to be known as the "Reserve Fund," and act on all ing rights of redemption of property upon which the Town holds a matters relating thereto. tax lien and disposing of property upon which such lien or liens may be foreclosed and act on all matters relating thereto. Article 9. To see if the Town wiII grant a sum of money for Treasury's incidentals and act on all matters relating thereto. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for payment of fees and legal expenses which may be incurred Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money during the year 1947, and act on all matters relating thereto. sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance and repair of the Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to install two electric I hospital known as the Middlesex County Sanatorium, as assessed in lights on Chestnut Street and act on all matters relating thereto. V accordance with existing statues, $869.57, and act on all matters relat ing thereto. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for Excess and Deficiency Account, for the purpose of cover Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum ing the following amounts expended in excess of appropriations: of money for the maintenance of public ways under the provisions of Sections 26-29 inclusive, of Chapter 81, General Laws, and acts in Tax Collector .. , ..... , ...... " ...... $267.72 amendment thereof and in addition thereto and act on all matters Street Lights...... 83.64 relating thereto. Trade School Tuition ...... 772.02 Water Department...... 784.56 Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select men to contract with the Division of Highways of the Department of Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accePl the following Public Works under the provisions of the statutes referred to in the as a Town By-Law: preceding article, and act on all matters relating thereto. The Highway Surveyor shall have authority for the purposes of removing or plowing snow, or removing ice from any way in the Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum Town, to remove or cause to be removed to some convenient place, of money for the repair and maintenance of highways previously im including in such term, a public garage, any vehicle interfering with proved under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or such work. The owner of any such vehicle so removed shall be liable corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and acts in amendment for the reasonable costs of such removal and storage, and delivery of thereof and in addition thereto, and act on all matters relating thereto. the vehicle to said owner may be withheld by the Highway Surveyor, or other officer having charge of the ways in the Town, until such Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board reasonable costs have been paid. Whenever any vehicle is so removed, of Selectmen to contract with the Division of Highways, Department the Police Department of the Town shall be notified and said Depart of Public Works, under the provisions of the statutes referred to in the ment shall render all necessary assistance to the Highway Surveyor, preceding article, and act on all matters relating thereto. or officer having charge of the ways, in enforcing this by-law.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Article 22 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum a sum of money for the improvement of Wood Street, said money to of $200.00, or any other sum, for the expenses of the Planning Board, be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the and act on all matters relating thereto. State or County, or both, for this purpose, and take any other action in relation thereto. Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of $500.00, or any other sum, to place tablets on our present "Dough Selectmen to contract with the Division of Highways, Department of Boy Statue" with the names of all those from this town who served Public Works, under the provisions of the statutes relating thereto, in the Armed Forces of our country during World War II, this sum for the making of any improvements to be made in accordance with to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, and act on all the preceding article and act on all matters relating thereto. matters relating thereto. 96 97
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Town Board to appoint one of its members to act as Clerk of the Water water system on Frankland Street approximately 200 feet and act on Board and Collector of Water Rates and charges and fix by vote the salary of such member. all matters relating thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Town Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water water on Fruit Street, from the Pumping Station to the residence of Board to appoint one of its members as Engineer at the Fruit Street S. Sandow, appropriate money for same and act on all matters relat and Maspenock Pumping Stations and fix by vote the salary of such member. ing thereto.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Town Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to place an electric light water system on Winter Street approximately 3000 feet toward the on the pole opposite the west entrance to the Town Hall and act on all cottages, and act on all matters relating thereto. matters relating thereto. Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to place an additional Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Act, just electric light on Maple Street, between Church and Grove Streets and passed by the State Legislature, granting the Towns in the State the act on all matters relating thereto. right to prohibit the stripping of top soil loam for commercial pur poses, except with the approval of the Planning Board, and act on all matters relating thereto. Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to place an additional electric light on Hayden Row Street, near the residence of Mrs. Wil liam D. Moshier, and act on all matters relating thereto. Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate one thousand dollars to complete the sidewalk on Grove Street to Hayden Rowe Street, and act on all matters relating thereto. Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to place one additional electric light on Mt. Auburn Street, and act on all matters relating thereto. Article 29. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of sixty-five dollars to reimburse the treasury of the Stonethrowers Club for the expense of enlarging the Town Hockey Rink. Article 40. Electric lights be installed on Parker Point Road, Woodville, so that the road will be lighted to insure safety to pedes trians and automobiles. Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,200.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of shingling the Com Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum munity House, repairing chimneys, and act on all matters relating thereto. of $3,000.00, or any other sum, for the improvement of B Street at North Pond and act on all matters relating thereto. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system on C~oss~treet from East Main Street, approximately 1200 Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions feet, and act on all matters relating thereto. of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapters 80 and 82, authorizing the lay ing out, relocation or alteration of public ways under the Betterment Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to extend the Town Act and providing for assessments of the cost or part of the cost to the Water system on Spring Street, from the Rice residence approximate abutters on said ways based on the benefit or advantage derived ly 1200 feet, appropriate money for same and act on all matters relat therefrom other than the general advantage to all the community. ing thereto. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Act, just Article 33. To see if the Town will extend the Town Water passed by the State Legislature, granting the Town of Hopkinton the System on Granite Street from Hayden Row Street, approximately right to request the State to straighten out and bring up to date the 2000 feet and act on all matters relating thereto. Tax Title account and act on all matters relating thereto. 99 98
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following as a To\'Il1 By-Law: All elected Boards must publish within two days of their meet ings in the local papers, the names of the members present at each meeting, and each board must include in their annual report, to be Index printed in the Town Report, the number of meetings held during the year and the number of meetings each member of the Board attended.
3 Article 45. To bring in their ballots on March 17, 1947, at an Town Officers ...... adjourned session of the above meeting, for the election of a Modera 7 tor, a Town Clerk, three members of the Board of Selectmen, a Town Town Clerk's Report...... Treasurer, a Tree Warden, three Constables and a Highway Surveyor, 93 all for the term of one year; a Tax Collector, a member of the School Town Warrant ...... Committee, an Assessor, a member of the \Vater Board, a member of Report of the Board of Health and a Cemetery Commissioner, all for the term 26 of three years. Also to elect one or more Trustees of the Hopkinton Assessors ...... School Fund, if required, and such other town officers as are required Balance Sheet ...... 42 to be elected or chosen, including members of the Planning Board. 63 Also to bring in their answers to any question or questions which Board of Health ...... may be framed and presented by the Board of Selectmen in accord Board of Selectmen ...... 19 ance with the provisions of Chapter 454 of the Acts and Resolves of 57 Massachusetts for the year 1943. Cemetery Commissioners . , ...... Dog Officer ...... 59 For these purposes the polls will be opened at seven o'clock in 67 the forenoon and will be closed at eight o'clock in the evening. Fire Department ...... Forest Fire Department ...... S1 Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your 66 doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town at the time and place of Highway Department ...... " .. . meeting aforesaid. Jury List" ...... , ...... , ...... 20 JAMES F. POWER, 79 HERMAN L. LARTER, Middlesex County Extension Service ...... 60 WILLIAM F. KENNEY, Moth Department . ' ...... Selectmen oj Hopkinton...... 64 Planning Board Police Department ...... 69 27 Public Welfare ...... 73 School Committee ...... S9 Sealer of Weights and Measures ...... , ..... , ..... , . 19 Selectmen ...... Tax Collector ...... 21 Town Accountant . . . , ...... , ...... , . 31 48 , Treasurer ...... ' " . . ~ ...... S2 Water Board .' " ...... ' ...... ' ...... ' ... .