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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Palmer
AND OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Palmer
AND OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
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Town Officers --- 1932
Town Clerk
JOHN T. BROWN
Term expires 1933
Town Treasurer, 1 year ROBERT L. McDONALD
Collector of Taxes, 1 year JOHN T. BROWN
Selectmen, 1 year CHARLES A. CALLAHAN, Chairman DAVID B. SMITH LUDWIK MARHELEWICZ
Assessors
DENNIS E. O'CONNOR, Chairman Term expires 1935
HENRY L. HOLDEN Term expires 1934 DANIEL V. FOGARTY Term expires 1933
Board of Public Welfare
FRANK W. FLEURY, Chairman Term expires 1933
THOMAS W. MANSFIELD Term expires 1934 LOUIS E. CHANDLER Term expires 1935
Auditors, 1 year FRED S. POTTER
WILLARD S. FRENCH ELMER J. THOMAS
Tree Warden, 1 year JAMES H. MacGEACHEY
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Constables, 1 year
MICHAEL COLLINS
LAWRENCE W. LaFOREST
THOMAS W. HOLT JAMES H. MacGEACHEY STANLEY H. SALAMON
School Committee
CARL KING, Chairman Term expires 1933
M. RACHAEL HOLBROOK
Term expires 1933
JOHN F. SHEA Term expires 1934
M. WILLIAM HOLDEN
Term expires 1934
DENNIS J. HORGAN Term expires 1935
CHARLES GIROUX, M. D.
Term expires 1935
Board of Health JACOB P. SCHNEIDER, M. D., Chairman
Term expires 1934
M. WILLIAM HOLDEN
Term expires 1935
ALFRED COULTER Term expires 1933
Cemetery Commissioners
ALBERT S. GEER, Chairman
Term expires 1933
LOUIS J. BRAINERD
Term expires 1934
DAVID L. BODFISH
Term expires 1935
License Commissioners, 1 year MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, Chairman OSCAR BRESSETTE
NEIL McDONALD
Planning Board
CHARLES F. DINGMAN
Term expires 1933
GEORGE L. WARFIELD
Term expires 1933
EDWIN J. DUNCAN
Term expires 1934
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN
Term expires 1934
FRANK E. ALBRO
HOMER A. SHAW
Term expires 1935 Term expires 1935
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Report of Town Clerk
The following dog licenses were issued during the year ending December 31, 1932:
Males 453
Spayed females
85
Females 56
Total 594
Paid County Treasurer during 1932
$972.60
Paid Town Treasurer during 1932 264.60
The following Vital Statistics were received for record for the year ending December 31, 1932:
Number of births 149
Number of marriages 71
Number of deaths 107
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VITAL STATISTICS
The attention of parents and others is called to the following Vital Statistics. It is important that these records should be correct. If any errors or omissions are discovered, the Town Clerk will deem it a favor to have the same reported to him at once, and he will make the corrections in accordance with the law. Parents should also know that a proper return of birth is made, as it may be of great importance in after life.
BIRTHS
Date Name of Child
Parents
January
1 Loraine Mary Swiderski
3 Barbara Jean Crowley
3 Claire Eva Potvin
4 Shirley May Randall
13 Jean Constance Hodson
13 Myrial Virginia Fournier
20 Joseph Pasy
22 Joan Claire Coutu
24 Edward Crosby Leon Johnson
26 Edward Rodolph Libera
27 Mason Aaron Hurd
27 Harry Francis Syrinne, Jr.
28 Murielle Marguerite Molleur
29 Jean Shirley Fountain
29 Stillborn
Jan and Mary James and Ruth
Cleophas R. and Eva D. Henry R. and Ruth G. Frederick J. and Esther C. Charles and Melvina M. Henry and Mary P. Aldege F. and Doris Edward and Marion J. Antoni and Katarzyna Mason M. and Ruth E. Harry F. and Mary L. Edward and Josephanne Harold E. and Bertha
February
1 George Richard Banks
1 Beverly Anne Cone
2 George Vassel
11 Eugene Howard Richards
13 John Edward Nadolski
18 George Howard Sweet
William G. and Mary Hubert H. and Leda Nicholas and Constandina Horace N. and Rena M. Edward and Sophie Clarence S. and Myrtle I.
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Date
Name of Child
19 Harold Wayne Stebbins
20 Dolores Marie Aliengena
25 Helena Emilia Godek
Parents
Elmer M. and Virginia John and Flora Peter and Bertha
March
1 Irene May Sullivan
2 Yvonne Alice Marie Desrosiers
2 Joan Beverly McGuill
4 Paul Donald LeBlanc
21 Margaret Elizabeth Phaneuf
21 William Ernest Smith
22 Grace Phyllis Carlson
28 James Willard Gathro
28 John Stanley Hezik
James J. and Esther Aime and Jeannette John K. and Florence L. Alfred and Annette Robert E. and Margaret Albert and Marie John A. and Greta James and Hazel John and Sophie
April
2 James William Rehley
3 Virginia Malba Rose
17 Richard Norman Vertefeuille
25 Jean Porowski
26 Harold Bernard Eldredge
26 Janet Mary Smith
27 Richard Joseph Salamon
James W. and Sarah H. David P. and Viola M. Armand and Lilliam R. Walter and Alice Ernest and Hazel George and Agnes Joseph and Elizabeth
May
3 Charles Henry Ellithorpe
4 Olivia Ida Hopfe
5 William Lewis DeMaio
5 Arthur Keith Fitch
6 Irene Catherine Holcomb
8 Hector Alfred Henrichon
13 Alfred Edmond Gernon
13 Joyce Audrey Mikna
15 Arthur J. Laplant
20 Marie Lorette Trembley
22 Kenneth Sinclair Clark
22 Lillian Julia Piechota
28 Daniel Louis Lucas
29 Dolores Eleonor Kivior
31 Stillborn
Charles and Evelyn Herbert H. and Lottie Sandy and Hazel M. Wilfred and Marion Charles and Stella Leo and Ida P. Arthur and Pricilla Michael and Emma Arthur J. and Helen Oscard and Maria Walter and Susie John and Stella Andrew and Celia Michael and Sophie
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Date
Name of Child
Parents
June
2 Charles Wessley Dingman, Jr.
6 Beverly Jean Calkins
6 John George Marcinek
8 Anne Thayer Melberg
14 Therese Cecille Gaudette
17 Joseph Laforest
24 June Swanson
27 Marjorie June Cote
27 Wladyslaw Victor Janulewicz
29 Ralph St. George
Charles W. and Nathalie Walter F. and May A. John and Minnie Carl and Ethel Arthur and Noella Francis and Vernice Arvid and Alice Albert A. and Marjorie Wladyslaw and Victoria Ambrose D. and Margaret
July
6 Lester Aubrey Barton
6 George Rogers Fortin
7 Anna May Yandow
8 Stillborn
11 Robert Fred Battige
12 Ludwick John Banach
28 Joseph Charles Santucci
30 David Horace Paine
31 Ruth Mary Branford
Raymond and Nora George and Rezelda Edward and Annie
Fred C. and Margery Stanley and Stafania Joseph and Lillian Rolfe H. and Alice George and Grace B.
August
1 Harold Theodore Edwards, Jr.
1 Joseph Edwin Flint
5 Leon Maciej Wielgus
5 Leonard Andrzej Wielgus
6 Gloria Jacqueline Picotte
14 William Kenneth O'Connor
19 Gwendolyn Stephenson
20 Gertrude May Lovett
22 Lawrence Joseph Kapinos
28 James Rossi
28 Thomas John Skowyra
Harold T. and Doris Joseph E. and Myrtle John and Josephine John and Josephine William and Elizabeth Kenneth and Helen Henry and Olive G. Raymond and Madeline Lawrence and Stella James and Ida Joseph and Josie
September
6 Constance Estelle Salamon
9 Felix Pikul
Stephen and Genevieve John and Bronislawa
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Date Name of Child
9 Gerald Walker Woods
10 Charles Joseph McLean
14 Elizabeth Ann Coulter
16 Frances Louise Eastman
18 George Clifford Swanson
18 Jean Elizabeth Marcy
22 Richard Linwood Miller
27 Regina Mastalerz
28 Patricia Kelley
28 Joseph Theodore Mitchell
30 Joseph Charles Henry Page
Parents
George and Marion David and Lucy Walter and Bertha Charles and Hazel John and Signa Lewis and Doris Rufus F. and Ivis Jan and Franciska A. Raymond and Edna Joseph and Edith Henry and Anna
October
2 Therese Edna Agnes Lynn
6 Gwendolyn Wonder Frew
8 George Thomas Steve Cireagis
11 Daniel T. Sullivan, Jr.
17 Armand Alfred Madelle
19 Peter Michael Piechota
23 Edward Ferdinand Majka
25 Robert Andrew Rathbone
28 Jeanne Laviolette
29 Frank Thomas Euclide Bleau
29 John Edward Bryans
29 Mary Ann Ziebrowski
Eugene and Bertha Bernard M. and Grace L. Steve G. and Amelia Daniel T. and Helen William and Antoinette John and Katarzyna Stanley and Katherine Elbridge H. and Lida Ladislos and Marguerite Euclide and Marion Alfred S. and Dorothy Albert and Katarzyna
November
3 Patricia Niles
3 Alicia Zophie Pietras
4 Ann Claire Hallez
4 Teresa Alvina LaLiberty
5 Marie Louise Goddu
5 Antoni Papademetriou
6 Rose Marie Theresa Michonski
7 Roger Joseph Bigos
7 Joseph Albert Bleau
10 Ruth Dubois
10 Ruth Elaine Johnson
11 Pearl Lucille Lamb
Edward and Josephine Edward and Mary William E. and Edna M. Leo and Melvina C. Paul E. and Dorothy James and Sophie Stanley and Bertha Stephen and Florida Albert and Adrienne D. James and Ruth Clarence C. and Marion E. Harold and Harriet
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Date Name of Child
11 Patrick Landers
11 Robert Ernest North
13 Peter Michal Piechota
13 Helen Florence Tucker
20 Loraine Elgie Royce
21 Loraine Ann Dupuis
21 Stillborn
22 John Clarence Dupre
23 David Lacroix
23 Viola Nevue
December
1 Elwyn Winslow Lemon
4 Wilfred Robert Palmer
4 Howard Richard Palmer
9 Geraldine Cavanaugh
18 John Joseph Dunphy
19 Patrick James Dunphy
19 David Alan Keith
20 Victoria Julia Dojka
21 Marie Dolores Ducharme 23 James Lowell Austin
24 Mary Lorraine Clara Derosier
25 John Greig Picking
28 Angela Rose De Martino
31 Irene May Gay
Parents
Patrick and Mary Ernest and Bernice H. John and Catarzyna Harry O. and Alexina F. Bert and Verna Wilfred and Helen M.
John and Annabelle Frank and Alfreda Merrill and Stella
Charles and Blanche Wilfred and Catherine Wilfred and Catherine Jeremiah and Rhea John J. and Julia H. John J. and Julia H. George and Ethel P. Tomasz and Annie Elphege and Dorilla Edward P. and Esther M. Charles A. and Rose L. Frank G. and Victoria Felix and Mary M. Ernest and Aurelia D.
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MARRIAGES
Date Groom
Residence Bride Residence
February
8 Arthur C. Lincoln
Palmer Julia G. Swirat
Palmer
8 Joseph P. Pikul
Ware Bernice Topor
Palmer
20 Arthur W. Bell
Palmer
Luella A. Most
Springfield
March
7 Stanley L. Noble
Palmer Anna S. Mackum
Peabody
19 Francis E. Smith
Warren
Effie May Roehl
Warren
April
11 Leo Faucher Montreal Can.
18 William J. Bouchie Palmer
May
5 Basil Frenier Southbridge
12 William A. Brown Palmer
14 Charles Henry Stevens Stafford Spgs, Ct.
21 Raymond F. Brouillette Palmer
23 Wilrose I. Morin
Wilbraham
30 Emile J. Gregoire Ware
30 Michael E. Pisarski Palmer
31 John M. Conway
Burlington, Vt.
Matilda Russell Southbridge Annabelle McKee Palmer
Florence Mae Dowling
. North Brookfield
Gladys D. Stewart
Palmer
Alice Bouthillier Palmer
Ida M. Barber Palmer
Delia Grehoski Warren
Lillian McDonald
Burlington, Vt.
June
3 Levi Cole Palmer
3 Frank L. McCloud Charlton
6 Albert J. Dansereau
Palmer
11 Vincenzo Barone Palmer
18 Albert E. Santucci Palmer
21 Joseph A. Nerkowski Bridgeport, Conn.
25 Henry C. Newell
Demorest, Ga.
26 Karl Stuart Lehrman
Keene, N. H.
Helena M. Dewey Brimfield
Mary (Cole) Clark Palmer
Sophie E. Zebrowski Palmer
Rose Cheries Springfield
Pauline Bradlenski Palmer
Anna Gancorz Palmer
Edith H. Andrews
Demorest, Ga. Pauline Elizabeth Wait Palmer
Germaine Chaput
Palmer
Florence V. Deslauriers Ware
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Date Groom Residence Bride
Residence
27 Leo L. Desrosiers Palmer
Beatrice E. Dewey
Palmer
Ann Hinchey
Monson
July
2 Francis J. Messier Ware
Pauline A. Piskor
Palmer
9 Paul J. Dehullu
Monson
Helen I. Johnson
Palmer
Catherine I. Banks
Palmer
August
2 James J. Kelly
Boston
Lillian H. Austin
Boston
2 Donald E. Smith
Palmer
Clodia A. Fortier
Palmer
8 Charles Theriault Holyoke
Annette Royer Palmer
13 Ovila A. Couture Warren
Alice R. Nobert
Palmer
16 Ignacy Zieminski
Palmer
Eva (Rapala) Motyka
Ludlow
Helen S. King
Palmer
Rose E. Brodeur
Palmer
29 James Rossi
Ida J. Sakowski
Palmer
Brooklyn, N. Y.
September
5 Adrien G. Faust
Indian Orchard
5 Henry M. Senecal Palmer
12 Frank Pychewicz Palmer
12 Ignace K. Waskiewicz Warren
17 Wesley Gardner Chapman
Springfield
20 Benjamin B. Tremere
Palmer
24 Peter W. Fox Ware
26 Gordon Arthur Jones Hardwick
October
5 Frank A. Hurley, Jr. Schenectady, N. Y.
10 John Borowiec Palmer
10 Fred A. Krawczyk Warren
10 Norman Arthur Steele Falmouth
Sophie F. Janik Palmer
Anna R. Porada Palmer
Victoria Duda Ware
Helena I. Parda
Palmer
Mary Catherine Boden
Wilbraham
Marion E. Atkins Palmer
Eleanor F. Hayes Palmer
Nellie E. (Guiggey) Pelletier Hardwick
Dorothy R. Ellsbury Schenectady, N. Y.
Katarzyna Zamora Palmer Helen Kosmeder Palmer Helen Louise Jennings
Falmouth
27 Matthew D. Gallagher Rockville Center, L. I.
11 Americo J. Bachiochi Springfield
Palmer
20 Kenneth H. Marcy
29 Alexander A. Leroux New Haven, Conn.
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Date Groom Residence Bride
Residence
Ethel M. Barnes
Palmer
Marion T. Garrow
Ludlow
Anna Swain Palmer
Helena T. Kostrzeba Palmer
Pauline Ksen
Palmer
November
5 Harold J. Davis Monson
7 John Jacek Palmer
7 Clarence J. Smith Palmer
Vera M. Moriarty
Springfield
Irene M. McLean Springfield
Pauline M. (Lesniak) Strychasz
Palmer
Helen A. Rusek
Palmer
Jennie E. Kochanek
Palmer
Tillie Kusek
Ware
Mabel A. Dustin
Palmer
Alice R. King
Monson
Irene M. Cypher Wilbraham
24 Henry J. Szczygiel Palmer Phyllis E. Stokosa Palmer
24 Arthur P. Taylor Palmer
24 Joseph S. Waskiewicz Palmer
24 Charles A. Wiencek Ware
Victoria C. Leganza Palmer
December
3 Richard Moore Cowee Springfield
15 Raymond G. Russell
Palmer
24 Edmund Cole Palmer
26 John T. Sullivan Palmer
26 Andrew L. Wight Wilbraham
29 Ernest H. Johnson Palmer
31 Omer L. Bengle Palmer
Ruth Lillian Naylor Springfield
Dorothy Louise Payne Palmer
Florida Brisson Palmer
Frances C. Dilaberto Holyoke
Charlotte J. Walker Palmer
Dorothy E. Stewart Palmer Florida V. Pigeon Springfield
12 Kenneth E. Bell Wilbraham
12 Raymond M. Gloster Palmer
14 Theodore Dinelle Palmer
17 Edmond J. Lipowski New Haven, Conn.
25 Lawrence Sliwa Chicopee
Catherine Sisto
Palmer
Victoria Drzal Palmer
15 Stanley J. Styspeck Palmer
19 John W. Stefanski Chicopee Falls
21 Sylvester Orszulak Palmer
23 Carol Byoreck Belchertown
23 Henry F. Salamon Palmer
24 John F. Merceri Monson
24 Joseph E. Merceri Palmer
24 Emery R. Newton Palmer
Gertrude J. Durgin Springfield
Josephine S. Drazek Warren
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DEATHS
Date Name
Years Months Days
January
2 Julia Les
58
3 Clara L. Converse
86
6
7
7 Otto F. Ritter
67
4
20
9 Stillborn
13 Stanley Wlodyka
8
5
13 Alice A. Burke
73
4
25
29 Stillborn
30 William H. Hemphill
45
6
20
31 Alfred Lafave
63
February
8 Philias Beauregard
60
8 Joseph David Arthur Gobeille
1
3
23
8 Justina S. Peterson
81
8
24
13 Simeon B. Sunter
54
7
9
16 Beverly Anne Cone
15
17 Marion Ellis
1
11
6
17 Edwin W. Goss
70
1
24
28 Charles Bowen
65
29 John D. Main
27
4
28
March
2 Mary Elizabeth Desmond
74
1
12
4 John B. Barry
54
4
14
5 Victor Michael Gancorz
26
11
11
9 Carl J. Gullmes
53
9
10
14 Irene Lambert
39
9
26
15 Rose Travers
52
5
6
19 John Francis Roche
55
23
21 Julia Schlesinger
55
28 Clark Goodwill
84
2
23
31 Timothy Shea
67
6
April
4 Leonard Vaillant
12 Mary Heaney
56
3 14
74
15
Date Name
Years Months Days
17 Edward R. Smith
60
8
19 Agnes B. Robinson
59
25 Barabara Mae Jordan
3
2
21
30 Lizzie S. Keith
73
6
?
May
3 Mary J. Moon
78
1 13
5 Melvina Chabot
70
5 Albina Krezolek
48
6 John Smith
2 hours
7 Ferdinand Zebrowski
5
15
15 Currie Byerly
21
3
6
16 Arthur J. Laplant
12 hours
16 Edwin T. Prindle
85
2
20
16 Matilda Jane Steele
96
8
1
17 Cordellia Gaudette
70
10
20 Robert J. Wilder
40
7
17
21 Hermeline Champagne
about 68
24 John Elliot Thombs
56
25 Harry Elbert Cady
59
6
0
27 Helen L. Laplant
26
11
12
30 Wilson W. McCarthy
18
0
20
31 Stillborn
17 Ernest F. Marco
53
30
June
1 Florence Ida Platt
62
2 Joseph Bondville
75
11
12
2 Adeline P. Dupont
79
6
2 Mary C. Shanley
69
2
16
8 Catherine T. O'Connor
72
11 Emman A. Gunn
80
5
14
17 Joseph Laforest
9 hours
17 Alice Chamberlain Wiggin
76
7
21
20 Laura M. Owen
45
4
7
26
Swanson
1
28
Henry Andrew Gay
61
5
22
16
Date Name
Years Months Days
July
7 Martin Koss
8 Stillborn
67
August
1 Thomas Edward Bowler
41
9
6
14 Sarah C. McDonnell
78
15 Paul Justin Rollet
50
9
17 Elvie J. Roper
81
8
23
29 Adam Topor
57
September
1 Merrick Ames Sherman
81
2
29
3 Jacob Granovsky
60
7 Mary L. Harwood
69
5
9
10 Mary Ellen Brown
76
8
14
10 Ethel H. Teachont
58
7
3
20 Esther Prairie Freak
81
7
9
20 Frank Thayer
87
?
?
24 John Swanson
49
9
21
26 Wladyslaw Demborowski
42
29 Irene Kathrine Holcomb
4
23
October
2
Henrichon
5 minutes
5 Marguerite L. Barber
22
1
1
6 Raymond R. Wickman
15
1 9
10 Francois Laplant
84
11 about Frank A. Sherwood
67
17 Elizabeth A. O'Connor
50
23 Clara Vincellette
53
1
15
23 John J. Woods
67
5
8
November
1 Alice Jane Barton
60
9
2 Harriet L. Tarbell
68
9
14
9 Walter James Wilder
71
10 Ruth DeBoise
3 minutes
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Date
Name
Years Months Days
12 Daniel J. Hartnett
64
17 John Michael Sullivan
22
3
14
18 Ida Jane Wier
75
11
12
20 Ellen A. Crowley
62
9
11
22 Stillborn
22 Daniel T. Sullivan
1
12
25 John St. George
84
8
2
29 William Ernest Smith
8
7
December
9 David Mattson Graves
1 21
18 Ida E. Wilcox
about 75 years
21 John J. Dunphy
21 Wojciech Wilk
60
24 Rose Boyd
73
3
26
25 Anthony Garnish
17
30 Stephen K. Jones
80
9
17
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JOHN T. BROWN,
Town Clerk
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Report of Selectmen
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following re- port :
The Board organized with the choice of Charles A. Callahan as Chairman, and David B. Smith as Secretary.
Ernest E. Hobson was appointed Town Counsel, Har- riette Paine, bookkeeper, Ralph E. Canning, Burial Agent, David L. Bodfish, Superintendent of Graves, M. Scott French, Chief Engineer, Fred H. Smith and Michael H. Davitt, Inspectors of Animals, Henry Ruckley, Superin- tendent of Streets, and Robert L. McDonald, Clerk of high- way matters.
All matters which the town voted to have the Select- men perform have been taken care of. Nothing out of the ordinary run of activities has arisen during the year re- quiring the attention of the Board. It has endeavored to administer the affairs of the town with all possible econ- omy and has met with active co-operation of all town of- ficials.
In line with the effort to reduce expenses the Board has decided not to include in the annual town report the reports of the Forest Fire Warden, Chief of Police, Tree Warden and License Commissioners. These reports are all on file in the office of the Selectmen and any person interested may examine them.
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The following appropriations for 1933 are recom- mended :
Recommendations by Selectmen for 1933
Selectmen's Salary Acct.
$1,440.00
Selectmen's Other Expenses
500.00
Selectmen's Contingent Acct.
1,000.00
Auditing
81.00
Accounting
1,620.00
Law & Claim
3,500.00
Town Offices
1,900.00
Election & Registration
1,000.00
Care of Town Dump
400.00
Care of Town House
100.00
Animal Inspection
400.00
Soldier's Relief
15,000.00
State Aid
400.00
Military Aid
200.00
Town Engineer
50.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Printing Town Reports
750.00
Edward T. Goodreau Post No. 1813
150.00
General Insurance
1,300.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
3,200.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Forest Fires
1,000.00
Hose & Incidentals
300.00
The following recommendations for Regular High- way Appropriations are made:
Highway Repairs
15,000.00
Snow Removal
2,000.00
Bridge Repairs
1,000.00
Railings
300.00
Sewers & Culverts
2,500.00
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Sidewalk Repairs 2,500.00 Memorial Approach & Knox Marker
125.00
The report of the Town Bookkeeper, which follows, is made a part of the Selectmen's Report.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. CALLAHAN DAVID B. SMITH LUDWIK MARHELEWICZ Selectmen
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Report of Town Bookkeeper
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Palmer, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report of receipts and expendi- tures of the town for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1932.
RECEIPTS
Taxes for Current Year
Poll
$3,332.00
Personal
55,000.00
Real Estate
120,001.00
Excise
8,000.00
Old Age Assistance
1,667.00
$188,000.00
Taxes for Previous Years
Poll
$542.00
Personal
2,016.78
Real Estate
35,820.79
Excise
2,570.22
Old Age Assistance
264.00
$41,213.79
Tax Titles
$57.67
$57.67
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Taxes from State
Corporation Tax-Business
$18,901.53
Corporation Tax-Public Service
7,625.56
Gasoline Tax
9,030.16
Income Tax
19,087.00
Income Tax, Education
24,995.00
National Bank Tax
263.90
Trust Co. Tax
47.61
$79,950.76
Special Assessments
Sidewalks and Curbing
$207.92
$207.92
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Junk
$54.00
Peddlers
195.00
Sunday
126.00
Pool, Billiard & Bowling
48.00
Inn & Common Victualers
112.00
Agents, Garage & Auto
16.00
Auctioneer
4.00
$555.00
FINES AND FORFEITS
Court Fines
$3,694.20
$3,694.20
GRANTS AND GIFTS
Dog Licenses :
From County
$1,134.43
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From Collector 264.60
$1,399.03
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Rent of Town House
$166.00
$166.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Sealing of Weights and Measures $134.87
Damage to Jail 7.00
$141.87
HEALTH
Reimbursement for Tuberculosis: From State $404.29
$404.29
LICENSES
Alcohol
$24.00
Bottling
15.00
Pasteurization
20.00
Milk and Oleo.
56.00
Undertakers
5.00
Druggists
4.00
$124.00
HIGHWAYS
Highway Repairs $324.35
Sewer Permits
150.00
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Use of Steam Roller & Mixer
58.00
Sale of Old Material
1.10
$533.45
SUPPORT OF POOR
Town Infirmary :
Board of Inmates
$90.00
Sale of Milk & Produce
1,856.45
Sale of Wood
864.00
Sale of Stock
25.00
$2,835.45
Reimbursements :
Individuals
$351.43
Cities and Towns
4,142.88
State
2,458.95
$6,953.26
EDUCATION
Tuition
$9,566.59
Rent
450.44
Sale of Supplies
50.34
$10,067.37
CEMETERIES
Sale of Lots
$83.00
Care of Lots
1,433.25
Grading Lots
38.12
Opening Graves
537.70
Foundations
131.46
$2,223.53
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INTEREST
On Deposit
$330.22
On Taxes
2,319.75
On Special Assessments
25.29
On Perpetual Care Funds
1,025.75
On Merrick Fund
34.00
On Thompson Fund
40.42
$3,775.43
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Anticipation of Taxes
$375,000.00
$375,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Perpetual Care Funds
$650.00
$650.00
REFUNDS AND REIMBURSEMENTS
Loss of Taxes
$116.39
Board of Health Dept.
40.00
Public Welfare Dept.
727.95
School Dept.
858.80
From State and County :
Forest Lake Road, 1931
896.84
State Aid
280.00
Old Age Assistance
2,464.75
$5,384.73
Total Receipts
$723,337.75
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1932
86,790.03
$810,127.78
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PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen's Dept .:
Salaries of Board
$1,440.00
Printing and Postage 171.75
Office Supplies and Equipment
35.40
Telephone 181.47
Expenses to County Hearings, etc. 67.00
$1,895.62
Selectmen's Contingent Acct .:
Outside Fires
$299.40
Marking Streets
125.64
Painting Fire Station
24.00
Expenses of Finance Committee
59.75
Repairs and Expenses of Town
House
80.00
Surveying
121.75
Repairs at Memorial Building
5.30
Field Driver
5.00
Water and Repairs for Drinking Through
23.31
Sundry Items
54.25
$798.40
Auditing and Accounting :
Auditing
$90.00
Accounting
1,620.00
$1,710.00
Treasurer's Department :
Salary
$1,620.00
Surety Bond
200.00
Stationery and Postage
143.94
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Printing and Advertising Transportation
8.85
Certification of Town Notes
28.00
Telephone Sundry Items
27.96
11.75
$2,048.40
Town Clerk's Dept .:
Salary
$405.00
Tax Titles
22.26
Printing and Posting
20.88
Dog Tags
26.26
Equipment
10.80
Sundry Items
24.98
$510.18
Collector's Department :
Salary
$1,576.00
Bond
400.00
Insurance
45.00
Stationery and Postage
204.33
Printing and Advertising
79.84
Telephone
26.04
Sundry Items
15.53
$2,346.74
Assessor's Department :
Salaries
$2,160.00
Clerical Work
936.00
Interpreter
15.00
Stationery and Postage
49.18
Printing
433.96
Telephone
19.58
Photographs of Property
21.00
7.90
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Convention Expenses, Auto Hire, etc. Sundry Items
158.00
42.80
$3,835.52
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$230.00
Election Officer
836.00
Printing
400.64
Rent
105.00
Auto Hire, Trucking and Meals
66.80
Posting Warrants
35.00
Sundry Items
51.25
$1,724.69
Law and Claim :
Salary
$540.00
Claims
1,410.12
Sundry Items
14.65
$1,964.77
License Commissioners :
Expenses
$10.00
$10.00
Town House :
Fuel
$70.50
Light
30.43
Repairs
2.00
$102.93
Town Offices : Rent $1,500.00
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Care
Light
300.00 90.45
$1,890.45
Town Dump:
Labor
$379.25
$379.25
Total for General Government
$19,216.95
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department :
Chief
$3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,151.00
Day Patrol
1,971.00
Extra Patrol
1,971.00
Night Patrol
2,463.75
Special Patrol
1,857.00
Motorcycle Upkeep
132.27
Incidentals
181.38
$13,727.40
Lockup:
Rent
$1,250.00
Light
54.19
Care
240.00
Telephone
37.70
Supplies
1.20
$1,583.09
Chief's Office : Rent $240.00
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Light Telephone
27.94
43.90
$311.84
Sealer's Dept :
Salary
$800.00
Auto Hire
100.00
Equipment and Supplies
26.46
Telephone
36.00
$962.46
Moth Dept .:
Labor
$372.00
Auto Hire
126.35
Insecticides
1.15
$500.00
Tree Warden's Dept .:
Warden and Labor
$563.30
Sundry Items
8.08
$571.38
Forest Fires :
Labor
$2,032.95
Storage
60.00
Equipment and Repairs
121.51
Telephone
34.51
Sundry Items
50.49
$2,299.46
Total for Protection of Persons and Property $19,955.63
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Health and Sanitation :
General Administration :
Salaries of Board
$157.50
Clerical Work
90.00
Telephone
132.32
Transportation
41.00
Sundry Items
7.87
$428.69
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Hospitals
$1,087.60
Medical Attendance and Medicine
229.47
Loss of Wages
28.00
Provisions and Fuel
60.22
$1,405.29
Tuberculosis :
Hampshire County Sanatorium $2,122.26
Rutland State Sanatorium
2,564.50
Westfield State Sanatorium
868.00
Lakeville State Sanatorium
397.00
$5,951.76
Toxin Antitoxin :
Administration
$100.00
$100.00
Meat and Milk Inspection : Meat
$150.11
Milk
264.17
$414.28
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Fumigation : Expense
$28.00
$28.00
District Nurse
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Vital Statistics :
Births
$193.00
Deaths
82.50
Marriages
35.50
$311.00
Total for Health Department
$9,639.02
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Highways:
General Repairs :
Superintendent
$1,845.13
Clerical Work
327.60
Labor
4,065.92
Equipment and Repairs
2,933.66
Gravel, Tar, etc.
1,667.79
Coal, Gas and Oil
1,516.31
Freight and Express
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