Hatfield Annual Town Report 1951-1957, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF HATFIELD


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951


Printed by Gazette Printing Company, Inc. Northampton. Mass.


The Athenian Dath


We will never bring disgrace to this our city, by any act of dishonesty or cowardice, nor ever desert our suffering comrades in the ranks; we will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many; we will revere and obey the city's laws and do our best to incite a like respect in those above us who are prone to annul or set them at naught; we will strive unceasingly to quicken the public's sense of civic duty, thus in all these ways we will transmit this city not only less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.


Town Officers for 1951


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SELECTMEN Henry S. Bokina, Chairman


John Cernak


George W. Rogalewski


MODERATOR Gordon A. Woodward


TOWN CLERK Peter S. Rogaleski


TOWN TREASURER


Peter S. Rogaleski


BOARD OF ASSESSORS John W. Mullins, Jr., Chairman Mitchell W. Kempisty Daniel Omasta, Jr.


TAX COLLECTOR Thomas L. Mullany


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Robert C. Byrne, M.D., Chairman Joseph F. Baceski Edward S. Kowalski


WATER COMMISSIONERS Henry F. Kulesza, Chairman


Chester Prucnal Rupert Harubin


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CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Luther A. Belden, Chairman Henry W. Wolfram Edward S. Kowalski


LIBRARY TRUSTEES Sarah V. Kiley, Chairman Walter Marcinowski Jean Kempisty


TREE WARDEN Edward Zalinski


ELECTOR UNDER THE WILL OF OLIVER SMITH


Gordon A. Woodward


HATFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY


Joseph V. Porada, Chairman


Frank T. Woodward George W. Rogalewski Michael M. Majeskey Stanley J. Filipek


BOARD OF REGISTRARS


Howard B. Abbott, Chairman


Joseph Pelc Peter S. Rogaleski Edward Kostek


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Joseph V. Porada, Chairman


Luther A. Belden Raymond Balise


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Gertrude B. Rogaleski


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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Francis Godin


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTER Marshall Pease


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Edward Zalinski


SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS Leonard Vollinger


COLLECTOR OF WATER RENTS


Stanley J. Filipek


WELFARE AGENT


Lucille Godek


DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES Thomas Mullins


WOOD SURVEYORS


John Wentzel


Henry Donnis


FENCE VIEWERS AND FIELD DRIVERS


Michael M. Majeskey Charles J. Eberlein Jr.


CHIEF OF POLICE


Joseph S. Wilkes


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DOG OFFICER Joseph S. Wilkes


POLICE OFFICERS


Marshall Pease Francis Godin Henry Kosakowski Mitchell Kempisty


Anthony Malinowski Peter Malinowski George Omasta Waclaw Yanucik


Edward Cialek


FIRE CHIEF


Michael J. Yarrows


FIREMEN


Arthur Brassord Martin Brassord


Raymond E. Balise


William Betsold


William Boyle Marcus Boyle Theodore Blauvelt Joseph Krawczyk Henry Kosakowski


Thomas Mullany Francis McGrath Alfred Proulx, Jr. Frank Romanowski Thomas Sheehan Arthur Smith Herbert Smith Joseph Wendlowski Frank Zawacki


North Hatfield


Robert Adams Charles Eberlein, Jr. William Fleebat John Hart Martin Holich George Omasta


Michael Omasta David Omasta Ralph Pickett Stephen Vachula Howard Wolfram Sidney Wolfram


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TOWN OF HATFIELD MASSACHUSETTS


INCORPORATED 1670


AREA 8900 acres


ELEVATION 132 ft. at Main St.


POPULATION 1950 Census-2178


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT SECOND HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT


Charles A. Bisbee, Jr.


STATE SENATOR FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT


Ralph C. Mahar


REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT


Foster Furcolo


SENATORS IN CONGRESS


Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Leverett J. Saltonstall


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Selectmen's Warrant


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Hampshire, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Hatfield in said County, Greeting :


In the name af the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Memorial Town Hall in said Hatfield on Monday, the 18th day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to take action under Article 1, and to meet at seven o'clock in the evening to take action on all another articles :


Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year; Moderator for one year; three Select- men for one year; Town Treasurer for one year; Tax Collector for one year; one member of the Board of As- sessors for three years; one member of the Board of Wa- ter Commissioners for three years; one member of the School Committee for three years; one member of the Library Trustees for three years; Tree Warden for one year; Elector under the Will of Oliver Smith for one year ; one member of the Cemetery Commissioners for three years and one member of the Hatfield Housing Authority for five years.


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The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon and kept open until eight o'clock in the evening.


Article 2. To hear and discuss all reports or subjects which have to do with the welfare of the town, or act anything thereon.


rticle 3. To see if the town will authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jnuary 1, 1952, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws, and amendments thereto.


Article 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer the amounts received from the Dog Fund to the Library Account, or act anything thereon.


Article 5. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors as submitted by the selectmen for the en- suing year, or act anything thereon.


Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary to defray the current expenses of the financial year, and set the salaries of all elected officials in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 108, General Laws, or act anything thereon.


Article 7. To see if the town will vote to accept the revised list of Perpetual Care Cemetery Funds and other Trust Funds as per the town treasurer's report.


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Article 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to co-operate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the improve- ment of Chapter 90 highways, the town's share, and to approriate the sum of $1,200.00, the State and County share, in anticipation of reimbursement from the State and County, the town's share to be raised by taxation and the State and County share to be taken from Surplus Revenue and returned to same when reimbursement is received, or take any action thereon.


Article 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to co-operate with the State under the pro- visions of Chapter 81, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00, the town's share and to appropriate the sum of $13,750.00, the State's share, in anticipation of reimbursement from the State, the town's share to be raised by taxation and the State's share to be taken from Surplus Revenue and returned to same when reimbursement is received, or take any action thereon.


Article 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to co-operate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $5,000.00, the town's share, for new construction, or take any action thereon.


Article 11. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to co-operate with the Couny and State under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $7,500.00, the town's share , for the construction of a new bridge on Mountain Road in North Hatfield, or act anything thereon.


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Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $958.30 as allocated by the actuary and certified by the County Commissioners to the Town of Hatfield under the provisions of Chapter 32, General Laws, as amended, and pay said amount to the Treasurer-Custodian of the Hampshire County Re- tirement System.


Article 3. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $450.00 for a Dental Clinic, or act anything thereon.


Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $200.00 for the purpose of conducting a Well Child Clinic, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $1,365.00 for the sup- port of a Visiting Nurse, or act anything thereon.


Article 16. To see if the town will vote to install street lights in locations as follows: School Street, east of St. Joseph's Church ; West Street, at residence of Anthony Romance; Main Street at Holy Trinity Rectory; Main Street, at Public Library and on Plain Road, at Paniczko residence, or take any action thereon.


Article 17. To see if the town will vote for the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to investigate and study the provisions of Chapter 662, Acts of 1949, the act relative to the organization of union health depart- ments, and to study existing public health services and fa- cilities in the town and to determine the advantages to be derived from Hatfield joining with neighboring towns for a town union health department. This committee to


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report its findings and recommendaions at a future town meeting.


Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer under the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, for the payment of unpaid bills of pre- vious years, sums to accounts as follows: assessors' expense, $12.00; schools, $22.80; or act anything thereon.


Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $2,000.00 for the pur- pose of reconstructing the sidewalk on Elm Street from the American Legion Home in a westerly direction approx- imately 1300 feet or act anything thereon.


Article 20. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote taken under Article 31 at the Annual Town Meet- ing held on February 19, 1951-"Voted under the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 41, General Laws, to allow the Board of Water Commissioners to employ members thereof to render services to the Water Department and to fix the compensation for such services at the rate of $1.00 per hr. as provided for by Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws, or act anything thereon."


Article 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $60,000.00 or any other amount for the purpose of laying a ten inch water main from the corner of Chestnut and Prospect Street along Plain Road to Depot Road in North Hatfield and determine whether the money shall be provided by the issuance of bonds or notes under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws,


Article 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of estab-


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lishing a public kindergarten as part of the public school system, or act anything thereon.


Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $300.00 for the main- tenance and improvement of the Center School athletic field, or act anything thereon.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in five public places in the Town of Hatfield, seven days before time of said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty- two.


HENRY S. BOKINA JOHN CERNAK GEORGE W. ROGALEWSKI


Selectmen of Hatfield


Report of Finance Committee


1951 Approp.


Amount Spent


1951 Request


Recom- mended


1. Moderator, Jan. 1, 1952


$25.00


$25.00


$25.00


$25.00


2. Selectmen's Salaries, Jan. 1, 1952 3 @ $300.00


750.00


750.00


1,350.00


900.00


3. Selectmen's Expense


150.00


132.39


150.00


150.00


4. Selectmen's Clerk


150.00


150.00


250.00


200.00


5. Accountant's Salary, Jan. 1, 1952 1,150.00


1,150.00


1,450.00


1,300.00


6. Accountant's Expense


100.00


184.26


100.00


100.00


7. Treasurer's Salary, Jan. 1, 1952


1,250.00


1,250.00


1,550.00


1,450.00


8. Treasurer's Expense


275.00


319.41


475.00


475.00


9. Tax Collector's Salary, Jan. 1, 1952


1,100.00


1,100.00


1,100.00


1,100.00


10. Tax Collector's Expense


400.00


337.72


400.00


400.00


11. Assessors' Salary, Jan. 1, 1952 3 @ $550.00 Assessors' Expense


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,800.00


1,650.00


12.


300.00


314.12


400.00


400.00


13. Attorney's Fees


400.00


180.00


400.00


400.00


14. Town Clerk's Salary, Jan. 1, 1952 1,250.00


1,250.00


1,450.00


1,450.00


15. Town Clerk's Expense


250.00


265.97


300.00


300.00


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16. Election & Registration


350.00


285.40


980.00 10.00


980.00 10.00


18. Town Hall


5,500.00


5,480.82


5,800.00


5,800.00


19. Police


1,200.00


1,035.25


1,200.00


1,200.00


20. Fire Dept.


2,500.00


2,529.23


2,500.00


2,500.00


21. Tree Work


1,500.00


1,829.70


1,750.00


1,750.00


22. Moth Work


700.00


571.25


700.00


700.00


23.


Sealer Wts. & Meas., Salary


200.00


200.00


200.00


200.00


24.


Sealer Wts. &Meas., Expense


50.00


38.70


50.00


50.00


25.


Public Health


500.00


2,978.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


26. School Physician


300.00


300.00


300.00


300.00


27. Inspection of Animals & Slaugh- ter


480.00


480.00


550.00


550.00


27.


Ins. Children-Pre-School


100.00


86.50


100.00


100.00


29.


Insp. Children-Tuberculosis


75.00


75.00


75.00


30. Highway, General


5,500.00


5,892.85


6,000.00


6,000.00


31.


Highway, Chapter 81


8,500.00


32.


Highway, Chapter 81 fr. Surplus Revenue


21,248.03


8,500.00


8,500.00


*13,750.00


*13,750.00


*13,750.00


33.


Highway, Chapter 90 Mainten- ance


600.00


1,498.61


600.00


600.00


34.


Highway, Chapter 90, ( fr Surplus Revenue *1,200.00


*1,200.00


*1,200.00


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HATFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY PROPERTY OF


17. Elector's Salary, Jan. 1, 1952


10.00


10.00


35. Machinery Operating


3,000.00


2,819.03


3,000.00


3,000.00


36. Street Lights


3,600.00


3,521.13


4,000.00


4,000.00


37. Public Welfare


5,000.00


4,128.14


5,000.00


5,000.00


38. Aid to Dependent Children


3,500.00


2,448.54


3,500.00


3,500.00


39. Old Age Assistance


11,000.00


9,082.23


11,000.00


11,000.00


40. Veterans' Benefits


500.00


103.64


500.00


500.00


41. School Committee Expense


100.00


45.90


100.00


100.00


42. Schools


73,252.00


74,549.73


83,330.38


83,330.38


43.


Vocational School Tuition & Transportation


2,600.00


1,518.45


2,500.00


2,000.00


44. Library


2,200.00


2,473.96


2,500.00


2,500.00


45. Library Bldg. Repairs


200.00


200.00


200.00


46. Memorial Day


350.00


357.10


350.00


350.00


47. Care of Town Clock


50.00


50.00


50.00


50.00


48. Print & Deliver Town Reports


475.00


655.71


650.00


650.00


49. Telephone


225.00


166.82


250.00


250.00


50. Unclassified


50.00


49.55


50.00


50.00


51. Binding Town Reports


50.00


100.00


100.00


52. Insurance


2,500.00


2,945.60


2,700.00


2,700.00


53. Reserve Fund


*2,400.00 fr. overlay surp., $1,000.00 fr surp. rev.


*3,400.00


1,798.53


*3,400.00


*3,400.00


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54. Water Commissioners' Salary fr Water Av. S., Jan. 1, 1952: Chairman ,$175.00; 2 members $125.00


*425.00


425.00


*425.00


*425.00


55.


Water Rept. fr. Water Av. Surp. * 4,525.00


4,901.85


*4,150.00


*4,150.00


56. Cemeteries


800.00


913.24


800.00


800.00


57. Tree Warden, Jan. 1, 1952 $1.50 per hr.


58. Water Mains Loan fr. Water Av. Surp. $4,000.00 less $32.38 Pr.


*3,967.62


*3,967.62


59. Interest-Water Mains Loan fr. Water Av. S .*


*647.50


*647.50


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$169,867.00$166,327.36


$189,635.50


$188,235.50


*From Available Funds


*23,300.00


*27,540.12


*27,540.12


$146,567.00


$162,095.38


$160,695.38


JOSEPH V. PORADA, Chairman, LUTHER A. BELDEN, RAYMOND E, BALISE,


Finance Committee.


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Selectmen's Report


To the Citizens of Hatfield :


The Selectmen of the Town of Hatfield wish to thank all the town officials and the citizens for their sincere co- operation during the year 1951.


The Board of Selectmen would like to present a brief summary of improvements and departmental changes.


In early summer we accepted the resignation of Paul Petcen, Sealer of Weights & Measures because of employ- ment out of town and Edward Zalinski was appointed to replace him.


Marshall Pease was appointed Inspector of Animals & Slaughtering to succeed Mike Majeskey who resigned.


Thomas Mullins succeeded Bernard Ostrander as Veterans Agent.


All the street lights have been increased from 600 lumen to 1,000 lumen and also have been raised so as to give broader light in that particular vicinity.


Five bids were received for the purchase of a new pickup truck which was awarded to the lowest bidder, H. M. Kugler & Son for the price of $1,450 all equipped.


A new International Road Grader, with broom was purchased from Graves Equipment Northampton for $7,870.00 less $995.00 allowance for Huber, balance of $6,775.00 paid by town.


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Insurance has been taken out to cover fire truck driver in case of accident while driving truck to a fire.


The town schedule increased from $265,000 to $345.000 and at the same time a slight reduction was made in the rates.


One special town meeting was held on November 27th. A total of $5,066.25 was appropriated from surplus rev- enue at this meeting.


The Selectmen held six square dances during the year realizing a total of $267.21. Of this amount $50.00 was donated to the town float, $28.00 to servicemen's gifts and $5.00 to firemen's association. There was no balance from 1950. At present, there is $184.21 in the square dance fund.


Riverside Bridge was finally completed at a cost of $68,427.80. There is an additional $20,000.00 to be spent on the approaches and widening of Maple St. which is to be done this year. This amount was appropriated at last year's annual town meeting, $5,000 town share, $5,000 county share and $10,000 state share.


The Board of Selectmen and Highway Superintendent attended the State Public Works fall meeting held in Nor- thampton asking for a sum of money to replace the old No. Hatfield R. R. bridge which is in very poor condition. $30,000 is the estimated cost of a new bridge according to State Engineers from the Greenfield Office. The Board feels this bridge should be replaced and the necessary funds appropriated at this year's annual meeting, Town's share to be $7,500, County share $7,500 and the State share $15,000.00.


A section of Pine Bridge Road was widened and re- surfaced and Pine Bridge replanked by our Highway crew.


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Bleachers were purchased for the use in the Town Hall and Athletic Field at a cost of $906.86.


For the first time, women jurors have been placed on the jury list.


1951 CHAPTER 81 EXPENDITURES IN THE TOWN OF HATFIELD


1 Maple Street


$321.20


2 Elm Street


787.23


3 Little Neponset Road


191.00


4 Little Neponset Road Branch


347.05


5 Brook Hollow Road


346.00


6 Lower Plain Road


10.00


7


Great Neponset Road


214.12


8 South Street


131.58


9 Bridge Lane


46.00


10 Main Street


3,826.66


11 Cow Brook Road


496.55


12 North Street


105.00


13 School Street


2,090.11


14 Prospect Street


4,736.25


15 King Street


86.00


16 Baskin Road


232.45


17 Old Farms Path


156.40


18 Upper Farms Path


90.20


19 Bradstreet Depot Road


277.40


20 Mountain Road


322.52


21 Rock's Road


100.20


22 Linseed Road


1,005.84


23 Haydenville Road


18.00


24 Chestnut Street


488.96


25 Raymond Avenue


964.66


26 Bridge Street


341.00


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27 Dwight Street


107.66


28 Pantry Road


337.49


29 No. Hatfield Road


1,236.30


30 Straits Road


620.43


31 Cronin Hill Road


299.76


32 Plain Road


153.16


33 Gore Avenue


112.00


34 Chestnut Mountain Road


352.20


35 Porter Avenue


00.00


36 Great Neponset Road East Branch


10.00


37 Great Pond Road


155.65


38


Oak Avenue


00.00


39 Reservoir Road


00.00


40 Pine Bridge Extension Road


6.00


41 Jenis Road


67.000


42 Plain Road Extension


22.00


43 Sunset Avenue


36.00


$21,248.03


ALLOTMENTS


State


$13,750.00


Town


7,500.00


Total


$21,250.00


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY S. BOKINA


JOHN CERNAK


GEORGE W ROGALEWSKI


Selectmen of Hatfield


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List of Jurors


1. Raymond E. Balise


2. Alice Belden


3. Marcus Boyle


4. Alberta Bryant


5. Gilbert Burda


6. Edward S. Dickinson


7. Henry Donnis


8. Ann Filipek 9. Frank Filipek


10. John Fusek


11. Frank J. Godek


12. Rupert Harubin


13. Chester Jablonski


14. Zygmunt Jaworski


15. Stella Kirejczyk


16. Edward P. Korza


17. Herman Labbee


18. Stanley Malinowski


19. Sylvester Pelis


20. Antonia Porada


21. Emma Rogalewski


22. William Symanski


23. John Zack


24. Edward Zalinski


Farmer Housewife Farmer Housewife Farmer Poultryman Lumberman Hair Stylist Laborer Machinist Meat Cutter Gas Station Mgr. Die Maker Restauranteur Tobacco Worker Carpenter Gas Station Prop. Truck Driver Tobacco Worker Housewife Tobacco Worker Lumberman Farmer Tree Warden


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Town Clerk's Report


VITAL STATISTICS 1951


Births


Male


27


Marriages 29


Deaths 21


Female


31


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Total


58


29


29


Preceding Five Years


1950


44


36


15


1949


49


33


24


1948


44


50


21


1947


53


44


29


1946


45


61


28


Highest Rate


1916


124


61


50


LICENSES


Dog


Fish & Game


1951


118


389


1950


166


379


1949


158


416


1948


142


387


1947


127


361


1946


175


403


1946


1922


24


Junk Licenses


4


$32.00


Auto Dealers


5


125.00


Auctioneer


2


7.00


Cabin License


3


1.50


Slaughter License


1


1.00


Pin Ball


3


54.00


Lord's Day


12


12.00


Common Victualler


10


10.00


Milk License


2


1.00


Oleo License


2


1.00


Milk Dealer


5


2.50


Sunday Entertainment


252


63.00


Gasoline


4


4.00


Gasoline Registration


11


5.50


Beer Permit


14


35.00


Liquor Licenses


12


4,950.00


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TOWN OF HATFIELD Massachusetts


ARTICLES AND VOTES UNDER SAME AT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 27, 1951


.... Article 1. To see if the town will vote to lay a four- teen inch water main from the reservoir to the corner of Chestnut and Prospect Streets and determine whether the money shall be provided by an appropriation from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund and the issuance of bonds or notes under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.


VOTED. That the sum of $115,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of laying a fourteen inch water main from the reservoir to the corner of Chest- nut and Prospect Streets and that to meet said appro- priation, the sum of $78,000.00 be appropriated from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund and that the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $37,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid within ten years from date of the first bond or note. Unanimous vote.


Article 2. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $3,000.00 to the Public Health Account, or act anything thereon.


VOTED. That the sum of $3,000.00 be appropriated from Surplus Revenue to the Public Health Account.


Article 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer from the Purchase of Dual Wheels for the Firetruck Account the sum of $490.00 and appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $335.00 for the purchase of 500 feet of fire hose for the fire department, or act anything thereon.


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VOTED. That the sum of $490.00 be transferred. from the Purchase of Dual Wheels for the Firetruck Ac- count and that the sum of $335.00 be appropriated from Surplus Revenue for the purchase of 500 feet of fire hose for the fire department.


Article 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $1,300.00 to the School Account, or take any action in relation thereto.


VOTED. That the sum of $1,300.00 be appropriated from Surplus Revenue to the School Account.


Article 5. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $16.25 for the payment of unpaid bills of previous years in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, or act anything thereon.


VOTED. That the sum of $16.25 be appropriated from Surplus Revenue for the payment of unpaid bills of previous years, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941. Unanimous vote.


Article 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $750.00 to the Insur- ance Account, or act anything thereon.


VOTED. That the sum of $750.00 be appropriated from Surplus Revenue to the Insurance Account.


Attest: P. S. Rogaleski Town Clerk


ELECTIONS


Voted at Town Election February 19, 1951 767


Registered Voters December 31, 1950 1261


Registered Voters December 31, 1951 1224


P. S. ROGALESKI,


Town Clerk


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VALUATION, GROSS DEBT AND TAX RATE of Town in Massachusetts Comparable to Hatfield In Valuation and Population


1951


1951


Town


Valuation


Gross Debt


1951 Tax Rate


Barre


$3,212,469.00


$140,000.00


$59.00


Carver


3,534,390.00


265,000.00


40.00


Dighton


3,635,996.00


478,000.00


34.00


Groton


3,912,449.00


268,000.00


53.00


Hadley


3,485,770.00


90,000.00


42.00


HATFIELD


3,496,455.00


37,000.00


33.00


Hopedale


3,872,878.00


247,000.00


42.50


Hopkinton


3,921,050.00


368,000.00


50.00


Littleton


3,823,640.00


329,000.00


35.00


No Brookfield 3,225,071.00


78,000.00


50.00


Pembroke


3,950,650.00


294,000.00


52.00


Reheboth


3,743,342.00


13,000.00


44.00


Salisbury


3,940,295.00


207,500.00




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