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Annual Report
of the
TOWN OF NEW ASHFORD
MASSACHUSETTS
DARY
DISCAKULU
UMASS/AMHERST ---- LISPACY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1960
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Town of New Ashford MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1960
Eagle Printing and Binding Company Pittsfield, Massachusetts 1961
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Clerk Claire Steinhoff
Selectmen
Harley P. Phelps, Chairman Daniel H. Steinhoff
Forrest C. White
Assessors
Roger H. Phelps, Chairman Edward LeFebvre
Saul G. Love
Board of Health
Edmund Grosso Winthrop Frye
Board of Old Age Assistance and Public Welfare
Harley P. Phelps
Daniel H. Steinhoff
Cecile Love, Clerk Forrest C. White
John O. Ryan
Treasurer Forrest C. White
Cemetery Committee
Hector Landry, Chairman Howard S. Frye, Jr.
Leroy Gomes Charles Richardson
Road Commissioner Roger H. Phelps
Constables
Forrest C. White
Roger H. Phelps
Library Committee
Claire Steinhoff
Viola Nichols
Helen Kearsey
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Sealer of Weights and Measures Forrest C. White
Cattle Inspector Harley P. Phelps
Auditor Helen Frye
Tax Collector Forrest C. White
Fire Chief John O. Ryan
Tree Warden Howard Frye, Sr.
Wire Inspector Forrest C. White
School Committee
Saul G. Love, Chairman Joseph A. St. Jacques
Boris DeBussy
School Superintendent Joseph A. Wilk
Teacher Viola H. Nichols
Jury List
Winthrop Frye
Raymond Canales
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SELECTMEN'S ORDERS
CHAPTER 81
Appropriations: State
$3,025.00
Town
275.00
$3,300.00
Roger Phelps, Supt., labor, equipment
$1,425.89
Harley Phelps, labor, equipment
94.50
Joseph A. St. Jacques, labor equipment
49.50
Winthrop Frye, labor, equipment
370.50
Guy Dickinson, labor, equipment
48.00
Robert Phelps, labor
51.50
T. C. Phelps, labor
40.00
John Cattaneo, labor, equipment
66.00
Winthrop White, labor, chain saw
15.00
William Raney, labor
332.50
Howard Raney, labor
322.50
Joseph Dunn, labor
369.00
Fred Jennings, labor
5.00
Edward LeFebvre, labor
1.50
H. D. Moore, materials
15.00
Wirthmore Stores, materials
27.25
Lane Construction, materials
66.36
$3,300.00
CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations : State
$1,000.00
County
500.00
Town
500.00
-
$2,000.00
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Roger Phelps, Supt., labor, equipment
$533.77
William Raney, labor
200.00
Howard Raney, labor
220.00
Joseph Dunn, labor
24.00
Winthrop Frye, labor, equipment
501.75
Berkshire Gravel Co., materials
178.48
Guy Dickinson, labor, equipment
342.00
$2,000.00
CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE
Appropriations: State
$200.00
County
200.00
Town
200.00
$600.00
Thomas Hunt, labor
$ 8.00
Roy Mallory, labor
8.00
Michael Biagine, labor
8.75
Town of Cheshire, equipment
12.00
Ira Markham, labor, equipment
91.00
Robert Johnson, labor, equipment
23.00
American Tar and Asphalt, materials
436.07
Berkshire Gravel Co., materials
13.18
$600.00
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation: Town
$400.00
Wirthmore Stores, materials
$215.80
Robert Phelps, labor
22.00
Dennis Austin, labor
10.00
Harley F. Phelps, equipment
9.00
Joseph St. Jacques, equipment
9.00
Roger Phelps, labor, equipment
105.50
H. D. Moore, materials
28.70
$400.00
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SNOW FENCE
Appropriation: Town
$200.00
Carr Hardware Co. 21-50 ft .rolls
196.35
Balance
$3.65
WELFARE DISTRICT EXPENSES
Appropriation: Town
$50.00
Western Berkshire District, expenses $
$50.00
WELFARE DISTRICT SALARY
Appropriation: Town
$75.00
Cecile Love, Clerk
$75.00
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Appropriations: Town and State
$240.00
Federal
505.50
From Reserve
40.30
$785.80
Case No. 1
$751.80
Medical Expenses
34.00
$785.80
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation : Town and State Federal
$4,000.00
1,622.90
$5,622.90
Case No. 1
O.A.A.
$ 948.15
Medical Expenses
168.07
Case No. 2
O.A.A.
968.70
Case No. 3
O.A.A. 968.70
Case No. 4
Medical Expenses
3.95
Case No. 5
O.A.A.
1,472.00
Medical Expenses
32.00
Total
$4,561.57
Balance
$1,061.23
CIVIL DEFENSE
Appropriation: Town
$1.00
Balance
$1.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation : Town
$1.00
Balance
$1.00
CATTLE INSPECTION
Appropriation: Town $25.00
Harley Phelps, inspection $25.00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation: Town New Ashford Volunteer Fire Department
$500.00
$500.00
FOREST FIRE EQUIPMENT
Appropriation: Town
$100.00
Walter Marcel, Fire Hose
$100.00
PATROL OF FORESTS
Appropriation: Town
$1.00
Balance
$1.00
SCHOOLS
Appropriation: Town
$16,130.00
Expenses, see report of School Committee
15,794.28
Balance
$335.72
SCHOOL NOTE
$1,140.00
Day Trust Co., note and interest
$1,140.00
MEMORIAL DAY
$30.00
Memorial Day Expenses
$30.00
DOG FUND
$34.05
From Reserve
5.45
Encyclopedias for New Ashford School
$39.50
TOWN REPORTS AND BALLOTS
Appropriation: Town
$240.00
From Reserve
2.75
$242.75
Eagle Printing and Binding
$242.75
Appropriation: Town
Appropriation: Town
Appropriation :
$39.50
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GENERAL RELIEF
Appropriation: Town
$
1.00
From Reserve
208.99
City of North Adams, Department of Public Welfare DUTCH ELM
$209.99
$209.99
Appropriation : Town
$125.00
Howard S. Frye, Sr., Scouting, Topping, Cutting
$125.00
INSECT PEST CONTROL
Appropriation: Town
$30.00
Howard S. Frye, Sr., Scouting
$30.00
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SANATORIUM
Appropriation: Town
$400.00
Hampshire County Sanatorium
$400.00
PLAYGROUND SUPERVISION
Appropriation: Town
$340.00
Alfred Hamel
$328.00
Balance
$12.00
FIGHTING FIRES
Appropriation: Town
$1.00
Balance
$1.00
CONTINGENT FUND
Appropriation: Town
$900.00
From Reserve
95.81
Assessors: Hobbs & Warren, Supplies
$ 77.18
Roger Phelps, Chairman
100.00
Saul Love, Clerk
112.40
Edward LeFebvre
90.00
Mass. Assessors' Assoc., dues 9.00
Alton Perry, Insurance on old school
11.39
$995.81
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Hobbs & Warren, bills for Tax Collector $34.60
Western Mass. Electric Co., on old school 13.00
Berkshire County Registrar of Deeds, transfers 5.92
Mass. Collector's and Treas. Assoc., dues 4.00
Saul Love, ballot counter, erecting booths
10.00
Mass. Selectmen's Assoc., dues
10.00
Helen Frye, ballot counter
1.00
David Love, ballot counter
1.00
Louise Phelps, ballot counter
1.00
F. C. White, writing and posting warrants
16.00
Harley Phelps, Moderator
8.00
Roger Phelps, Constable, posting warrants
23.00
Cecile Love, ballot clerk
4.00
Helen Kearsey, preparing Town Reports
15.00
New Amsterdam Casualty Co., bonds
41.00
Mass. Town Clerk's Assoc., dues
9.50
Berkshire County Selectmen's Assoc., dues
6.00
Hobbs & Warren, Treasurer's supplies
22.53
Harley Phelps, ballot counter
1.00
Charles Hamel, ballot counter
1.00
Hector Landry, ballot counter
1.00
Claire Steinhoff, postage, supplies
4.50
Harley Phelps, Meat Inspector
10.00
Daniel Steinhoff, Veterans' Agent
10.00
Harley Phelps, ballot counter
1.00
Cecile Love, ballot counter
1.00
Louise Phelps, ballot counter
1.00
Edward LeFebvre, ballot counter
1.00
Howard Frye, Jr., ballot counter
1.00
Winthrop Frye, ballot counter
1.00
F. C. White,
Sealer of Weights and Measures
10.00
Wire Inspector
10.00
Postage
8.60
Collecting taxes
307.19
Total
$995.81
Charles Hamel, ballot counter
1.00
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CEMETERY
Appropriation: Town
$150.00
From Reserve
39.20
$189.20
Sears Roebuck and Co., pwr. mower, gas can
$64.95
Taconic Lumber Co., materials
42.25
Winthrop Frye, labor
12.00
Hector Landry, labor
21.25
LeRoy Gomes, labor
33.75
Howard S. Frye, Jr., labor
15.00
Total
$189.20
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Appropriation: Town
$775.00
Claire Steinhoff, Town Clerk
$100.00
Harley P. Phelps, Chairman, Selectmen
125.00
F. C. White, Treasurer, Selectman
275.00
Daniel H. Steinhoff, Selectman
100.00
Helen Frye, Auditor
75.00
Saul G. Love, Chairman, School Committee
40.00
Boris DeBussy, School Committee
30.00
Joseph A. St. Jacques, School Committee
30.00
Total
$775.00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation: Town
$400.00
Applied on General Relief
$208.99
Applied on Town Reports
2.75
Applied on Disability
40.30
Applied on Cemetery
39.20
Applied on Dog Fund for Books
5.45
Applied on Contingent
95.81
Balance
$392.50 $7.50
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OUTSTANDING TAXES
December 31, 1960
Real Estate
Excise
SPECIAL PAYMENTS
Treas., Berkshire County tax
$ 24.00
Treas. Comm. Mass., tax 1.18
Pearl Boyer, abatement excise 4.81
Bernard Michaud, abatement excise
50.22
Treasurer of Berkshire County, dog fund
35.25
U. S. Treas., Col. Internal Revenue, tax
106.20
Treasurer, Comm. Mass., tax
1.60
U. S. Treas., Col. Internal Rev., tax
85.00
Treasurer, Comm. Mass., tax
4.95
U. S. Treas., Col. Internal Revenue, tax
105.30
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
State Recreation
80.97
State Audit
321.59
Mosquito Control
102.56
Treas. Berkshire County, tax
874.22
U.S. Treas., Col. Internal Revenue, tax
140.70
Treas., Comm. Income tax
4.95
The Springs, Inc., Excise abatement
17.86
Daniel Steinhoff, Excise abatement
10.04
Total
$1,971.40
STABILIZATION FUND
$500.00
Appropriation: Town
10.23
Interest
$510.23
Williamstown Savings Bank
$510.23
TRUST FUND
New Ashford Trust Fund and Interest
$29.17
$29.17
Williamstown Savings Bank
$881.15 403.72
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RECAPITULATION SHEET
Town Salaries
$ 775.00
Chapter 81
3,300.00
Chapter 90-Construction
2,000.00
Chapter 90-Maintenance
600.00
Snow Removal
400.00
School Note
1,140.00
Reports and Ballots
242.75
Memorial Day
30.00
Hampshire County Sanatorium
400.00
Cemetery Care
189.20
Cattle Inspection
25.00
Insect Pest Control
30.00
Dutch Elm
125.00
Welfare Salary
75.00
Welfare District Expenses
50.00
Disability Expenses
785.80
Old Age Assistance
4,561.57
Snow Fence
196.35
Contingent Fund
995.81
Fire Department
500.00
Forest Fire Equipment
100.00
Schools
15,794.28
Dog Fund
39.50
General Relief
209.99
Playground Supervision
328.00
Special Payments
1,971.40
Total
$34,864.65
Total Receipts
$53,470.20
Total Expenditures
34,864.65
$18,605.55
Savings Accounts
$12,554.66
Checking Account
4,609.81
Cash on Hand
1,441.08
$18,605.55
Stabilization Fund
$510.23
Trust Fund
$ 29.17
These accounts have been audited.
HELEN FRYE, Auditor
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TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT
$18,545.00
Cash Balance 12/31/59
Received from the Commonwealth:
O.A.A.
$1,402.27
O.A.A .- U.S.G.
1,622.90
Meal Tax
162.45
Disability Assistance-Federal
505.50
Disability Assistance-State
91.33
Corporation Tax
656.89
Income Tax
3,201.72
Livestock Inspection
12.50
Education
School Superintendent
149.34
Transportation
4,310.00
School Aid
1,049.35
Highways
Chapter 90-Contract 18563
1,000.00
From Commonwealth
1,825.00
1956 Bond-Chapter 718
633.70
Chapter 81
2,383. 42
Received from County
Dog Fund
31.05
Highways-Contract 18563
500.00
Contract 19101
200.00
Contract 18896
200.00
Received from Town Clerk
Dog Fund
59.25
Gas storage
6.00
Received from Selectmen
Used Car License
15.00
Liquor licenses
1,600.00
Victuallers' licenses
8.00
Interest
622.02
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Miscellaneous
Fire Chief
9.00
Cabin licenses
4.50
Sealer of Weights and Measures
5.00
Williamstown District Court
240.00
New England Amsterdam Ins.,
11.00
(overpayment)
Received from Tax Collector
1959 Excise
482.85
1957 Real Estate
9.00
1957 Interest
.90
1958 Interest
.75
1958 Real Estate
12.50
1959 Real Estate
719.90
1959 Interest
15.99
1959 Poll
2.00
1960 Poll
80.00
1960 Personal
1,810.75
1960 Animal Excise
92.11
1960 Real Estate
7,568.40
1960 Excise
1,607.86
1960 Poll
2.00
Total
$53,470.20
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Total Valuation
$208,516.00
Value of Real Estate
172,251.00
Value of Land
75,199.00
Value of Buildings
77,052.00
Tangible Personal Property
31,875.00
Livestock
340.00
Machinery
3,150.00
Stock in Trade
900.00
Tax Per $1000.00
50.00
Polls Assessed
.47
Number of Persons Assessed
57
On Personal Estate only
4
On Real Estate only
39
On both Personal and Real
14
Horses Assessed
5
Heifers
10
Sheep
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
6709.57
Number of Dwellings Assessed
52
Number of Motor Vehicles Assessed
71
Tax on Motor Vehicles
2,204. 48
Farm Animal Excise Tax
92.11
Total Taxes Assessed for State, County and Town
Purposes, including Overlay
This is a true list of the property taxes in the Town of New Ashford for the Year 1960 by the Assessors.
1
Milch Cows
2
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VALUATION 1960 Real Estate
Anderson, Nelson and Emily
$ 1,225.00
Beach, Mattie
650.00
Canales, Raymond and Beverly
1,500.00
Cattaneo, Catherine S.
1,400.00
Cattaneo, Francisca
2,156.00
De Bussy, Boris and Bernadette
1,300.00
Eagle Street Realty Co.
1,092.00
Eastern Light Co.
407.00
Frye, Howard, Sr.
1,810.00
Frye, Howard, Jr., and Helen O.
1,250.00
Frye, Winthrop
110.00
Gigliotti, Francis
3,200.00
Gigliotti, Francis and Marguerite
1,943.00
Gomes, LeRoy
875.00
Gomes, LeRoy and Margaret
300.00
Green, Nathaniel and Mildred
1,185.00
Hamel, Alfred
1,300.00
Hamel, Charles and Katherine
3,825.00
Herne, Robert and Anne
1,810.00
Ingraham, Margaret
700.00
Jennings, Frederick and Dorothy
1,680.00
Kallsman, Paul
4,950.00
Kearsey, Walter and Helen
1,725.00
Landry, Hector and Rita
1,340.00
LeFebvre, Edward and Dorothy
1,360.00
LeFebvre, Edward and Pearl
1,150.00
Lorenz, Benjamin and Muriel
1,450.00
Love, Saul and Cecile
2,970.00
Michaud, Bernard and Verna
1,350.00
Miller, John and Noyes, Frank
25,500.00
Mill on the Floss, Inc.
5,100.00
Nichols, Oliver and Hazel
250.00
Orloff, Nicholas and Marina
1,060.00
Phelps, Cassius
1,588.00
Phelps, Harley
8,242.00
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Phelps, Harley and Beatrice
$ 560.00
Phelps, Roger and Susan
2,040.00
Raney, Howard and Elizabeth
1,000.00
Raney, William
1,000.00
Raney, William and Ethel
935.00
Richardson, Charles and Beulah
2,750.00
Ryan, John O. and Roberta
1,950.00
St. Jacques, Joseph and Sandra
2,000.00
Magdeline College
460.00
Smith, Murray
12,517.00
Steinhoff, Daniel H.
3,245.00
Springs, The, Inc.
25,900.00
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co.
10,279.00
White, Elihu and Agnes
1,010.00
White, Forrest and Estella
3,430.00
White, Forrest, Jr. and Serena
1,900.00
White, Robert and Barbara
1,650.00
White, Winthrop and Louise
8,112.00
Zelazo, Blanche
2,950.00
Zelazo, Bruno
810.00
Personal Property
American Tel. & Tel. Co.
$10,600.00
Cattaneo, Giovanni
345.00
Frye, Howard, Sr.
100.00
Frye, Howard, Jr.
200.00
Frye, Winthrop
80.00
Gigliotti, Francis
900.00
Hamel, Charles
850.00
Herne, Robert
5.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
11,500.00
Phelps, Harley
350.00
Ryan, John O.
150.00
St. Jacques, Joseph
55.00
Steinhoff, Daniel
165.00
Western Mass. Electric Co.
9,700.00
White, Forrest, Sr.
100.00
White, Forrest, Jr.
40.00
White, Robert
75.00
Zelazo, Blanche
1,000.00
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Total population as per 1960 census
165
Number of registered voters
85
Births:
Jan.
9
Jean Marie DeBussy
Feb.
11
Margaret Marie Bellows
Feb. 25 Paul Jeffrey Jennings
June 30 Lori Jean Strange
Marriages:
June 25 Kenneth David Luscier to Nancy Marie White
Aug. 20 Arnold R. Raney to Theresa C. Shaw
Nov. 5 Francis C. Trottier to Jacqueline L. White
Deaths:
April 17 Andrew Jackson Jackson
April 12 Margaret Ingraham
July 14 Forrest Cecil Nichols
LICENSES ISSUED
Fish and Game:
Fishing, 12 at $4.25
$ 51.00
Fishing (Minor) 2 at $2.25
4.50
Fishing (Female) 2 at $3.25
6.50
Hunting, 10 at $4.25
42.50
Hunting (Non-resident) 3 at $15.25
45.75
Sporting, 8 at $7.25
58.00
Total
$208.25
1 Duplicate license at $.50
.50
Total
$208.75
Less Fees, 37 at $. 25
9.25
Paid to Department of Fisheries & Game
199.50
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Dog Licenses:
15 male at $2.00
$30.00
4 female at $5.00
20.00
8 Spayed Female at $2.00
16.00
Total
$66.00
Less Fees, 27 at $.25
6.75
Paid to Town Treasurer
$59.25
Registration Certificates issued for storage of
inflammables, 6 at $1.00
Paid to Town Treasurer
$6.00
REPORT OF THE NEW ASHFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
To the citizens of the Town of New Ashford
The VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT submits herewith an itemized report of the town's appropriation for $500.00 for the year 1960.
Appropriation
$500.00
Siren
$281.00
Controls for Siren
35.00
Cement footing for new firehouse
61.40
Approximate installation of red phones
16.00
$393.40
Balance $106.60
The balance is to be used for monthly maintenance and any other expenses incurred on present siren and toward purchase of additional sirens for future use in other locations.
The Fire Department reports four calls made during the year 1960.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN O. RYAN, Chief
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
School Committee
of the
Town of New Ashford MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1960
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SCHOOL OFFICERS
School Committee
Saul G. Love, Chairman Joseph A. St. Jacques, Secretary Boris DeBussey
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph A. Wilk Cheshire, Massachusetts Tel. Adams 1338
Secretary to Superintendent of Schools Mrs. Jennie G. Whitman Hancock, Massachusetts Tel. Hancock Center 4-4960
Teacher Mrs. Viola Kenyon Nichols New Ashford, Massachusetts
School Physician Dr. H. Penuel F. Corbin Williamstown, Massachusetts
Supervisor of Attendance Dr. Joseph Addison Wilk
Regulation on School Entrance
A child must have reached the age of five years on or before January 1, 1961, to enter the first grade class in September of 1961. In addi- tion, no child may begin school unless he or she presents a birth cer- tificate, and a vaccination certificate, or an examption-from-vaccina- tion certificate, to the enrolling teacher on or before the first day of school.
Any child whose birthdate falls within the month of January cited above, may, upon the satisfactory completion of a readiness test ad- ministered by a qualified teacher selected by the superintendent of schools at the parent's expense, be admitted to the first grade class the following September.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1960-1961
Fall Term September 7 to December 23, 1960 inclusive
Holidays: October 12-Columbus Day October 28-Teachers' Convention November 11-Veterans' Day November 24 and 25-Thanksgiving Recess
Vacation Period: December 24 to January 3, 1961 inclusive
Winter Term January 4 to February 17, 1961 inclusive Vacation Period: February 18 to February 26, 1961 inclusive
First Spring Term February 27 to April 14, 1961 inclusive
Vacation Period : April 15 to April 23, 1961 inclusive
Holiday: March 31-Good Friday
Second Spring Term April 24 to June 14, 1961 inclusive Holiday: May 30-Memorial Day Summer Vacation Period: June 15 to September 5, 1961 inclusive
Total Number School Days-177
Event Days June 14, 1961 New Ashford School Graduation, 11:00 A. M. - June 14, 1961 New Ashford School closes at Noon for Summer Vacation Opening Date 1961-1962 School Year-September 6, 1961 No School Policy
The New Ashford School will be in session each school day in con- formity with the above school calendar unless the teacher is unable to reach the school due to inclement weather or other good reason, or if the No-School signal has been sounded in Williamstown.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of New Ashford:
Your School Committee respectfully submits the following report of expenditures for school purposes in 1960:
TEACHERS' SALARY
Mrs. Viola Kenyon Nichols
$3,568.00
Substitute Teachers: Verna Michaud 156.00
Elna J. Rodda 276.00
$4,000.00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Dr. Joseph A. Wilk, salary and travel allowance
$404.00
SECRETARY TO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Mrs. Lillian L. Potter
$40.00
Mrs. Jennie G. Whitman
80.00
$120.00
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS
Forrest C. White, Sr. $4,500.00
TUITION
Williamstown Public Schools:
Williamstown High School $2,594.25
Williamstown Jr. High School 2,202.94
$4,797.19
SCHOOL HEALTH
Dr. H. Penuel F. Corbin, Williamstown, School Physician $40.00
Mrs. Marion E. Emerson, Cheshire, School Nurse 35.00
$75.00
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JANITOR SERVICE
Saul G. Love
Catherine Rainey
$240.00 60.00
$300.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Fuel, Hunt Oil Company
$ 371.69
Books
266.50
Light and Power, Western Mass. Electric Co.
207.75
Supplies, Instructional
56.67
Insurance, Alton Perry Agency
129.20
Telephone, New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
75.60
Supplies, Janitor
23.32
School Committee Expenses
23.00
Repair and Maintenance
105.17
New Equipment
335.00
Superintendent's Misc. Expense
4.19
Total Expenditure
$15,794.28
Unexpended Balance
335.72
1960 School Appropriation
$16,130.00
Total New Ashford Expenditure for Education in 1960
$15,794.28
Less Total State Reimbursement for Education in 1960
7,099.15
Net Cost of Education to Town of New Ashford for 1960
$8,695.13
Respectfully submitted,
SAUL G. LOVE, Chairman JOSEPH A. ST. JACQUES, Secretary BORIS DeBUSSEY New Ashford School Committee
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of the Town of New Ashford:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my fifteenth annual report as Superintendent of Schools for the Town of New Ashford.
Personnel
There were three changes in personnel of the New Ashford school system during 1960. Charles E. Richardson, Sr., school custodian, resigned his position as of January 1, 1960. The School Committee made a concerted effort to find a replacement, but failing in this, Saul G. Love consented to provide janitorial service temporarily. Miss Catherine Raney of New Ashford was appointed to the position effective November 1, 1960.
On May 16, 1960 Mrs. Perry G. Whitman of Hancock was ap- pointed secretary to Dr. Joseph A. Wilk, superintendent of schools for the Mt. Greylock School Union, of which New Ashford is a member town. Mrs. Whitman succeeded Mrs. Lillian L. Potter of Adams who resigned her position as secretary to Dr. Wilk on April 15, 1960 to enter employment with the Pittsfield Visiting Nurse Association.
Mrs. Whitman, the former Jennie Gardiner, a native of Hancock, was graduated from the Pittsfield High School in 1937 and then began employment as a legal secretary and court stenographer in Pittsfield. Mrs. Whitman has been serving as Town Treasurer and Tax Collector for the Town of Hancock since February 1951 and has been organist and choir director at the Hancock Baptist Church for several years. On August 19, 1960 Mrs. Whitman was commissioned a Notary Public for a seven-year period.
Dr. H. Penuel F. Corbin of Williamstown succeeded Dr. Philip W. Mayo of Cheshire as school physician on June 23, 1960.
Purchase of New Equipment
The New Ashford School Committee purchased a new double pedestal teacher's desk in December. A new teacher's chair was also purchased. The steel desk is equipped with a hideaway type of shelf for the new Smith-Corona portable typewriter which the Committee purchased earlier in the year.
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New Ashford School Anticipated Enrollments
The projected pupil enrollments for the period of 1960-1966 as shown in last year's Town Report continue to hold firm. The table of anticipated enrollments in Grades 1-6, based on the 1960 census figures, is as follows:
Present
Enroll.
Sept. 1961-62
Sept. 1962-63
Sept. 1963-64
Sept. 1964-65
Sept. 1965-66
28
29
29
29
28
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State Reimbursements for Education in 1960
The following amounts were paid to the Town of New Ashford by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as reimbursement to the Town for education purposes. The reimbursements go directly to the General Fund of the Town of New Ashford but tend to reduce by that amount the total cost of education for 1960."
School Aid, Chapter 70, as amended
$2,639.81
Transportation of School Pupils
4,310.00
School Superintendent's Salary
149.34
$7,099.15
School Census
Continuing the practice inaugurated in 1948, another complete census of the town's children was taken this year. The census figures for 1960 indicate that there are 66 children in the Town of New Ash- ford, an increase of 2 as compared with the figure of 64 in 1959. These census figures include all children of pre-school age as well as those of pupils now in attendance at the New Ashford School or as public or private tuition pupils at Williamstown and elsewhere.
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New Ashford School Census Data as of October 1, 1960
Age
Number of Boys
Number of Girls
Total
0-11 mo.
2
3
5
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
4
3
4
0
4
4
3
2
5
5
1
4
5
6
2
3
5
7
2
2
4
8
3
2
5
9
4
2
6
10
3
2
5
11
1
2
3
12
1
1
2
13
1
1
2
14
1
2
3
15
1
1
2
16
0
2
2
17
0
1
1
32
34
66
The above figures represent individuals whose distribution is as follows:
Number of Pre-School children
24
Number attending New Ashford School 28
8
Number attending Mitchell School, Williamstown
4
Number attending Pine Cobble School, Williamstown
1
Number attending Orme Rach School, Mayer, Arizona
1
Number of school age at home
0
66
Number attending Williamstown High School
29
New Ashford School Pupils
Grade 1 Lynn Ann Canales Karen Marie DeBussey Dale Ellen Frye Debra Ann Frye James Francis Gigliotti Alan Hector Landry Donna Lee Leonard
Grade 2 Michael Leroy Gomes David Dwight Jennings Mary Ann Love Jo-Ann Phelps
Grade 3 Bruce Allyn Frye Sandra Ann Gigliotti Edmond Brian Grosso Daniel Dean Rufo
Grade 4 Gregory Diego Canales Michele DeBussey Gail Marie Leonard Mark A. Phelps Allan Neil Steinhoff
Grade 5 Marcia Lynn Gomes Frederick Gaylord Jennings, Jr. Diana Rita Landry Paul D. Phelps Craig Elihu Richardson Lynn Claire Steinhoff
Grade 6 Christopher DeBussey Linda Lou Love
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Eligible to Enter First Grade Class, September 6, 1961 Linda K. Frye Steven Alfred Jennings Susan Mae St. Jacques
Membership and Attendance Summary New Ashford School 1959-1960
Total Membership
26
Average Membership
24.9
Average Daily Attendance
23.47
Aggregate Attendance
4,059.5
Total Number Actual School Days
173
New Ashford Pupils Attending Outside Schools
Williamstown High School
Williamstown, Mitchell School
Roberta M. Ryan, Grade 12 Carlanne Richardson, Grade 11 Bette Jean White, Grade 11 Margaret Hickox, Grade 10 Susan L. Phelps, Grade 10
Patricia A. Leonard, Grade 8 Martha O. Rainey, Grade 8 Cheryl Elaine Richardson, Grade 7 James Daniel Steinhoff, Grade 7
Charles E. Richardson, Grade 10
John O. Ryan, Grade 9
James F. White, Grade 9
Pine Cobble School Orme Rach School, Mayer, Arizona
James Michael Kearsey, Grade 6 Ellen J. Kearsey, Grade 10
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Annual Tuition Rates Per Pupil
Williamstown Elementary, Grades 1-8 $330.33
Williamstown High School, Grades 9-12
499.29
Mt. Greylock Regional High School, Grades 7-12
500.00
Conclusion
In concluding this annual report, I wish to call attention to the excellent cooperation extended me during 1960 by Chairman Saul G. Love, Joseph A. St. Jacques, Secretary, and Boris DeBussey of the New Ashford School Committee, by the teacher, Mrs. Viola K. Nichols, and the several town officials with whom I have occasional school matters to discuss.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH ADDISON WILK, Superintendent of Schools
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