Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts 1932, Part 1

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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


17


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


28


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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