USA > Massachusetts > Hampshire County > Westhampton > Town of Westhampton annual report 1922 > Part 1
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.
46.
Annual Reports
OF THE
Officers and Committees
OF THE TOWN OF
WESTHAMPTON
MPTON
WE
IASS
INCORPO
ISTET
9,1778
T
ED
SEP
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1922
1
Annual Report
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE
Town of Westhampton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1922
٠٠
Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS.
1922 ) - May
11 Gladys Marion Delisle.
2 - May 22 Lucile May Parsons.
3+ June 5 Ralph Bilieux.
4- Aug. 18 Shirley Gertrude Church.
3 -Oct. 28 Percy Worthington Fuller, Jr.
DEATHS
1922
Age Cause
/ Jan. 4 Mary Jane ( Welch) Peters-73-0-15 Auto Toxemia
2 Jan. 24 Michael Dussault-57-10-7 Burned to Death
3 May 13 Gladys Marion Delisle-0-0-2 Premature Infant
4 June 6 Rachel Carrie Weeks-54-3-20
Chronic Endo-Carditis
June 7 Abbie Jeanette S. (Dickinson) Bartlett-80-10-16 Heart Fatigue
MARRIAGES
) Jan. 23 Raymond Robert Blakesley, Westhampton, Mass. Evelyn Alice Morey, Northampton, Mass.
2 March 1 Walter Raymond Witherell, Westhampton, Mass. Laura Nettie Church, Westhampton, Mass.
3 May
2 Maurice M. Scott, Pittsburg, N. H. Flora May Galpin, Westhampton, Mass.
4 May
18 George Hooker Knight, Westhampton, Mass. Ella M. (Cole) Reynolds, Amherst, Mass.
5 June 3 . John Clayton Hathaway, Westhampton, Mass. Marion Cora Howard, Hampstead, N. H.
6 Aug. 27 John Fred Dyer, Manchester, Mass. Louise Harriet Bridgman, Westhampton, Mass.
7 Sept. 2 Frederick Augur Morton, New Haven, Conn. Esther Parsons Clapp, Westhampton, Mass.
8 Sept. 2 Charles Russell Burt, Westhampton, Mass. Sara Theodora Dickinson, Northampton, Mass.
9 Sept. 9 Alfred Benjamin Gunter Edmunds, Accomac, Va. Sara Augusta Norris, Westhampton, Mass.
10 Oct. 18 Olin Blakesley, Westhampton, Mass. Cora May Vacchelli, Northampton, Mass.
3
4
DOG ACCOUNT 1922 Dr
June 1, 1922
34 dogs at $2:00, 3 dogs at $5.00,
$88.00 15.00
$83.00
Cr.
Check to County Treasurer,
$75.60
37 Fees at 20 cents,
7.40
$83.00
Dr
Dec. 1, 1922
18 dogs at $2.00,
$36.00
Cr
Checks to County Treasurer,
$32.40
18 Fees at 20 cents,
3.60
$36:00
GILBERT I. FLINT, Town Clerk.
Westhampotn, Mass., Dec. 30, 1922
I have examined the report of the Town Clerk and find it correct.
HERBERT F. MASCHO, Auditor.
Treasurer's Report
1922 Cr.
Balance January 1, 1921,
$2,556.92
Poll Taxes, 1922,
550.00
Taxes, 1920,
313.99
Taxes, 1921,
628.39
Taxes, 1922,
5,075.43
Mass. Highway Commission,
1,550.00
Dog Fund, County Treasurer,
91.35
Interest 1920 Taxes,
55.98
Interest Wright Fund,
65.00
Interest Thayer Fund,
81.25
Interest on Bank Account,
23.50
Mass. School Fund,
1,349.65
Vocational Educational School Fund,
296.25
Income Tax, 1919,
1.50
Income Tax, 1920,
10.50
Income Tax, 1921,
63.00
Income Tax, 1922,
36.00
Income Tax 1922, General Purposes,
108.00
Income Tax 1922, School Fund,
450.00
Corporation Tax,
46.77
Superintendent in Small Towns,
166.67
High Schools, Special Cases,
671.67
National Bank Tax,
165.80
State Aid,
48.00
Soldiers' Exemption,
18.47
Northampton School Dept.,
250.81
Easthampton School Dept.,
142.72
Civilian War Poll Tax 1921,
6.00
Inspection of Animals,
7.50
Refund on Bond,
6.36
Refund on Memorial Day,
3.52
Wildcat Bounty,
10.00
Interest on Whiting Street Fund,
197.92
Boston City Treasurer,
29.41
$15,078.33
Dr.
Paid Selectmen's Orders,
$6,484.83
Paid School Committee Orders,
4,993.88
Cash on hand,
3,599.62
Due on 1921 Taxes,
$15,078.33 $ 928.62
Due on 1922 Taxes,
$ 1,335.07
Received Whiting Street Fund,
$ 1,380.85
5
6
FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN INTEREST DRAWN 1922
$1,000.00 Wright Fund for Worthy Poor,
$65.00
1,000.00 Thayer Fund 1/2 Roarish, 1/2 Town, 81.25
1,380.85 Whiting Street Fund For Worthy Poor 197.92
500.00 O. C. Bridgman, Cemetery Fund,
None
100.00 M. G. Strong, Cemetery Fund,
None
100.00 George Burt, Cemetery Fund,
None
100.00 Sarah C. Cook, Cemetery Fund, None
100.00 Samuel Edwards, Cemetery Fund, None
50.00 David L. Brown, Cemetery Fund, None
GILBERT I. FLINT, Treasurer.
r
Westhampton, Mass., Dec, 30, 1922.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of Eleven thousand, four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and seventy- one cents ($11,478.71) for which vouchers are on file and 'a cash balance on hand of Three thousand, five hundred and ninety-nine dollars and sixty-two cents ($3,599.62). Due from Collector O. J. Flint on 1921 Taxes Nine hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty-two cents ($928.62) and from J. C. Williams, Collector on 1922. Taxes One thousand, three hundred and thirty-five dollars and seven cents ($1,335.07):
HERBERT F. MASCHO, Auditor.
Selectmen's Report
TOWN OFFICERS
Orville J. Flint, Collector, 1920, $ 80.00
Orville J. Flint, Collector, 1921, 50.00
Orville J. Flint, Constable, 10.00
45.50
M. M. Clapp, Cattle Inspector,
15.00
M. M. Clapp, Forest Warden,
1.50
Levi Burt, Assessor,
42.00
Levi Burt, Selectman,
28.25
Levi Burt, Moderator,
5.00
D. S. Bridgman, Assessor,
40.00
D. S. Bridgman, Selectman,
24.00
A. D. Montague, Assessor,
34.00
A. D. Montague, Selectman,
18.00
H. L. Hathaway, Election Officer,
3.00
M. M. Clapp, Election Officer,
3.00
G. I. Flint, Treasurer,
75.00
G. I. Flint, Clerk,
15.00
G. I. Flint, Registrar,
6.00
Levi Burt, Registrar,
3.00
C. R. Burt, Librarian,
25.00
H. F. Mascho, Auditor,
10.00
J. C. Williams, Collector, 1922,
100.00
J. C. Williams, Sealer,
10.00
$643.25
MISCELLANEOUS
O. W. Cobb, M. D., Return of Births, $ 1.50
Elmer Williams, Old bills,
3.00
Arnold Williams, Old bills,
3.75
L. W. Clapp & Son, Old bills,
3.75
C. T. Bagnall, Clerk's supplies,
4.30
W. & L. E. Gurley, Sealer's supplies,
15.58
Water Co., Tank rent,
10.00
Water Co., Cemetery,
4.15
Metcalf Printing Co., Reports, 1921,
25.00
Metcalf Printing Co., voters lists,
9.50
Gazette Printing Co., Rabies Adv.,
2.40
Gazette Printing Co., Moth Adv.,
15.13
Orville J. Flint, Coll., Thayer Fund,
5.00
Oliver Walker, Insurance on hall,
16.17
7
M. M. Clapp, Meat Inspector,
8
Davol Printing Co., Assessors' blanks, 4.75
(1. H. Batchelder, Insurance on hall, 13.98
A. D. Sanders, Treasurer's bond, 16.00
Hobbs & Warren, Collector's book,
2.06
Hobbs & Warren, clerk's record book,
12.70
Chas. H. Chase, real estate transfers
4.20
Chas. R. Burt, Memorial Day,
50.00
County Aid to Agriculture,
50.00
Chicautubut Press, Assessor's blanks,
.50
J. W. Heffernon, clerk's record book,
1.50
A. W. Frey, repairs at hall,
3.00
Levi Burt, Pipe and fittings for hall,
1.00
Levi Burt, 5 slate,
.50
Levi Burt, 2 lbs. spikes,
.74
Levi Burt, 6 hours labor,
2.25
C. R. Burt, supplies for light plant,
10.77
C. R. Burt, oil tank,
5.00
Clerk's soldier's record book,
4.00
State tax,
720.00
County Tax,
563.95
Civilian War tax,
303.00
G. H. Knight, janitor,
15.25
C. S. Starkes, bounty on two bob cats,
10.00
A. E. Witherell, 2 cords wood for hall, 22.00
G. I. Flint, supplies,
6.10
Ralph S. Bridgman, Tr. of Panch Dog ' fund for Library, 91.35
Ralph S. Bridgman, Tr. of 1/2 Thayer fund,
40.00
Commission of Public Safety blanks,
1.85
Levi Burt, express,
1.06
Levi Burt, postage and telephone,
1.76
Levi Burt, time book,
.40
J. C. Williams, collector, 1/2 Thayer fund, 40.00
$2,118.30
Street & Wright, junk for Worthy poor,
157.26
Smith Agricultural School, Tuition, 365.63
DISTRICT COURT
A. W. Nichols, Melvin Hathaway case, $50.63
J. E. Perry, Kitson & Walch case, 5.60
G. B. Cook, Tyleyak case, 6.10
62.33
9
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
F. M. West Box Co., O. J. Flint, Coll., 1921, $10.20
Almon Benson, O. J. Flint Coll., 1921, 14.69
Joe Peola, O. J. Flint, Coll., 1921, 5.00
J. C. Williams, Chap. 283, Sec. 9, G. L., 33.00
John Sayinski, heirs or devisees, 1920, O. J. Flint, Coll., 4.15
67.04
State Aid,
44.00
SNOW BILLS-WINTER 1921 & 1922
Arnold Williams,
$1:40
Elmer Williams,
1.40
W. M. Fiske,
7.07
A. W. Blakesley,
4.20
Howard Blakesley,
.70
14.77
HIGHWAYS.
F. W. Blakesley,
$435.63
A. W. Blakesley,
238.00
Levi Burt,
261.05
C. M. Norris, . C. R. Burt,
72.89
G. H. Burt,
269.26
Dana Pelton,
2.50
James Aldrich,
8.00
Ira Aldrich, Jr.,
9.50
Raymond Blakesley,
18.38
F. E. Hayden,
49.50
Myron Hathaway,
50.56
Robert Blakesley,
29.25
I. O. Shaw,
120.50
G. W. Graves,
21.50
D. S. Bridgman,
105.19
A. W. Frey,
2.50
Frank Niles,
22.50
A. D. Montague,
22.56
E. A. Montague,
47.25
Chester Hunt,
19.50
Wilbur Hathaway,
1.50
Albert Blanchard,
18.00
Almon Church,
7.69
H. M. Clapp,
115.50
Leslie Shaw,
80.00
Geo. Thompson,
6.25
L. W. Clapp & Son,
3.60
5.15
10
W. M. Fiske,
147.88
P. W. Fullar,
54.25
C. A. Bartlett,
82.13
Geo. H. Knight,
40.50
H. F. Mascho,
10.50
Claude Seymour,
6.00
Elmer Lyman,
9.00
Howard Blakesley,
3.00
Aaron Fisher,
22.75
P. A. Connery,
12.25
Fred Merritt,
15.00
Maxwell Meritt,
15.00
W. L. Bartlett,
8.00
Raymond Bartlett,
6.00
Lewis Sampson,
9.00
Chas. Keeler,
1.50
G. A. Witherell,
,75
Clifford M. Bartlett,
10.50
A. Z. Kingsley,
35.00
Jason Torrey,
21.00
William Hogan,
8.25
Ed. Connelly,
22.50
Levi Burt, 25 lbs. dynamite,
9.00
Levi Burt, 50 ft. fuse, 25 caps,
1.75
Levi Burt, 16 ft. 3/8 cable chain and hooks
3.81
Levi Burt, repairs on road machine,
7.25
Levi Burt, 56 ft. plank,
1.96
G. W. Graves, 150 ft. rail and 10 posts,
4.00
New Eng. Culvert Co.,
34.00
Berger Mfg. Co., culverts,
158.46
J. O. Shaw, 260 ft. rail and 20 posts,
9.30
A. Blanchard, 108 ft. rail and 10 posts, 3.90
L. W. Clapp & Son, 128 ft. plank, 4.48
C. A. Loud, 75 loads gravel,
7.50
E. H. Montague, 179 loads gravel,
17,90
Levi Burt, 178 loads gravel,
17.80
Mrs. Nellie Hartwell, 360 loads gravel,
36.00
J. E. Janes, 54 loads gravel,
5.40
Myron Hathaway, 20 1bs. spikes,
2.55
J. A. Sullivan, matlock and handle,
1.75
W. L. Bartlett, sharpening drills, fuse & cap, 1.00
G. A. Witherell, 54 ft. plank and spikes, 1.99
$2,914.27
The State allots the Town $2,200 of the above sum.
11
BRIDGES.
New Plank on hte Parsons Bridge
H. F. Mascho, 1548 ft. 3 in. 16 ft. plank,
$61.92
C. A. Bartlett, labor and team, 6.75
M. K. Parsons, lumber for railing, .30
Cullen Vining, painting Loudville bridge,
4.00
Levi Burt, 11/2 gallons paint,
1.50
Wallace Lyman, painting bridge,
5.00
Levi Burt, 2 gal. paint,
2.00
Manchester Forbes Co., keg spikes,
4.50
D. S. Bridgman, 36 ft. plank and labor,
1.50
Levi Burt, labor,
3.25
Levi Burt, 2 lbs. spikes,
.14
C. R. Burt, labor,
2.62
C. R. Burt, use of truck,
3.00
G. H. Burt, labor,
1.50
$97.98
RECAPITULATION.
Highways,
$2,914.27
Town Officers,
643.25
Miscellaneous,
2,118.30
Smith School,
365.63
State Aid,
44.00
Snow Roads,
14.77
Bridges,
97.98
District Court,
62.33
Abatements,
67.04
Street & Wright funds,
157.26
$6,484.83
D. S. BRIDGMAN, Chairman, A. D. MONTAGUE, LEVI BURT,
Selectmen.
Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1922.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, and find them correct, having drawn orders for which proper vouchers are on file for Six Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty-Four Dollars and Eighty-Three Cents. ($6,484.83).
HERBERT F. MASCHO, Auditor.
List of Jurors
Joseph E. Hathaway
Mill hand
Clayton A. Bartlett
Farmer
Robert L. Clapp Orville J. Flint,
Farmer
Charles M. Norris,
Carpenter Farmer
Estimates of Appropriations
Schools,
$5,500.00
Highways,
1,200.00
Bridges,
300.00
Town Officers,
525.00
Smith School,
300.00
Poor,
100.00
Board of Health,
100.00
County Aid to Agriculture,
50.00
Roofing the Hall,
250.00
Repairing Fountain,
200.00
Memorial Day,
50.00;
Contingent Fund,
300.00
Gypsy Moth,
200.00
12
1
Assessors' Report
TAX LEVY
Highways,
$800.00
Bridges,
300.00
Town Officers,
525.00
Smith School,
300.00
Tree Warden,
100.00
Contingent Fund,
300.00
Civilian War Tax,
336.00
State Tax,
720.00
County Tax,
563.95
Overlayings,
134.50
$9,179.45
Less estimated receipts,
2,208.95
Personal Valuation,
$80,845.00
Real Estate Valuation,
239.680.00
$320,525.00
Tax on personal estate,
$1,616.90
Tax on real estate,
4,793.60
112 polls at $5.00,
560.00
$6,970.50
FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS
1922
1921
1920
No. horses assessed,
135
145
140
No. cows assessed,
252
254
281
No. sheep assessed,
8
14
12
No. other neat cattle assessed,
174
165
176
No. swine assessed,
48
44
64
No. dwelling houses assessed,
90
99
100
No. acres land assessed,
16,138
16,056
16,123
No. fowls,
1,185
735
761
D. S. BRIDGMAN, Chairman, A. D. MONTAGUE, LEVI BURT,
Assessors.
13
Report of School Committee
CENTER SCHOOL MARION CLAPP MASCHO FAINA THORRIN
Total membership,
24
Average membership,
22.26
Average attendance,
20.65
No. of weeks of school,
36
Paid the teachers,
$845.52;
Hose Hayden was not absent or tardy during the year, making two years of perfect attendance.
HILL SCHOOL
RUTH FISKE MARIAN MONTAGUE FISKE
Total membership,
13
Average membership,
11.74
Average attendance,
10.71
No. of weeks of school, 36
Paid the teachers,
$792.51
Violet Atwood and Ruby Delisle were not absent or tardy during the year.
LOUDVILLE SCHOOL LILLIAN CLAPP
Total membership,
18
Average membership,
12.20
Average attendance,
10.71
No. of weeks of school,
36
Paid the teacher,
$712.50
NORTHWEST SCHOOL
EDWARD MONTAGUE JOSEPHINE LYMAN
Total membership,
5
Average membership,
5
Average attendance,
4.51
No. of weeks of school,
36
Paid the teacher,
$712.50
14
15
EXPENSES
Teachers' salaries,
$3,063.03
Retirement Fund,
152.51
Water rent and repairs at Center,
9.30
High School transportation,
406.50
Hamp. Co. Public Health Assn.,
25.00
Wood,
125.00
Supplies,
103.82
Janitors,
48.00
New pipe and work at Loudville,
14.05
Cleaning school houses,
9.00
Taking census,
10.00
Margaret Flynn, teaching music,
12.00
Tuition of Robert Blakesley and Grace Connery in Northampton High School,
90.00
Tuition of Catharine Crowley, Helen Crowley, Howard Loud, Sara Church,
Wallace Lyman, Edwin Frey and Alice Meunier, in Easthampton High School, 491.67
Supt. salary for year ending June 1922,
300.00
Painting and cleaning Center Schoolhouse, 94.00
A. D. Montague's services for 1922, 15.00
E. A. Bartlett's services for 1922,
25.00
$4,993.88
A. D. MONTAGUE, 1924, E. G. BRIDGMAN, 1925, E. A. BARTLETT, 1923,
School Committee.
-
Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 30, 1922.,
I have examined the accounts of the School Committee and find that they have drawn orders and have vouchers for the same to the amount of Four Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Three Dollars and Eighty-Eight Cents, ($4,993.88).
HERBERT FAYETTE MASCHO,
Auditor.
Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee :-
I respectfully submit the annual report of the Loudville school :
LOUDVILLE SCHOOL
List of pupils in the Loudville School for the school year 1921-1922 with the number of days each pupil attended school :
WESTHAMPTON
Duda, Bolek,
147.5
Duda, Chester,
163.
Duda, Lena,
160.
Duda, Stanley,
11.
Hart, Raymond,
41.5
Meunier, Eldora,
16.5
Mrosk, Albert,
79.5
Sazinski, Joseph,
30.
Sazinski, Mike,
87.
Tylczak, Jane,
118.
Tylczak, Joseph,
98.5
Tylczak, Louis,
119.5
1072.
NORTHAMPTON
Brooks, Madalene,
152.5
Brooks, Stillman,
137.
Sawin, Wesley,
43.5
Vias, Louise,
141.5
474.5
EASTHAMPTON
Ennis, Clyde,
146.5
Powers, Robert, Jr.,
123.5
Total number of days of attendance for three towns
1816.5
LOUDVILLE SCHOOL EXPENSES FOR 1921-1922
Teacher's Salary,
$750.00
Census,
2.50
Fuel,
41.00
16
270.
17
Janitor and cleaning,
16.00
Services of committee,
12.50
Share of cost of superintendent,
75.00
Books and supplies,
12.38
Repairs,
5.30
Music teacher,
28.00
Medical service,
17.50
Total, $960.18
Westhampton's share of expense in proportion to attendance,
$566.65
Northampton's share of expense in proportion to attendance, 250.81
Easthampton's share of expense in proportion to attendance,
142.72
Total, $960.18
Report of Joint School Board
To the District Comprising the Towns of Easthampton, South- ampton and Westhampton for the Year ending June 30, 1922
Each town's share of the Superintendent's salary :
Easthampton,
$2,200.00 500.00
Southampton,
Westhampton,
300.00
$3,000.00
Received from the State Treasurer :
Southampton, Westhampton,
$277.78 166.67 444.45
Net cost to each town :
Easthampton,
$2,000.00
Southampton,
222.22
Westhampton,
133.33
$2,555.55
$3,000.00
Respectfully submitted, DR. O. W. COBB, Chairman, FREDERICK E. JUDD, Sec'y. Joint Committee.
Report of Westhampton Reunion Library
RESOURCES
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1922,
$51.03
Interest from money invested,
27.00
Fines on books,
5.00
Dog fund for 1921,
91.35
$174.38
EXPENSES
J. W. Bird, books,
$33.08
Goldberger, magazines,
34.60
G. I. Flint, cataloging books,
25.00
Check for library door,
10.50
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1923,
71.20
$174.38
Volumes in Library, 5963.
In circulation, 1256
Magazines in Library, 14.
In circulation, 622.
Volumes added in 1922, 52.
Volumes purchased, 19 ; given, 33.
REV. J. W. NORRIS, VERA A. CHAPMAN, A. D. MONTAGUE, .
Library Committee.
18
WARRANT
Article 1 To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2 To choose a Town Clerk.
Art. 3 To hear and act on all reports presented at said meeting.
Art. 4 To choose all necessary Town Officers to serve the ensuing year.
Art. 5 To vote yes or no on the question : Shall License be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town.
Art. 6 To see if the town will take any action in re- gard to its highways.
Art. 7 To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Art. 8 To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Art. 9 To see if the town will vote to ratify and con- firm the doings of its Town Officers.
Art. 10 To take action in regard to the collection of taxes.
Art. 11 To see if the town will raise and appropriate $50.00 for the support of the Hampshire Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, and elect a director of that organization who will be the official town representative for said Trustees, as per Chap. 273 of the Acts of 1918.
Art. 12 To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the current financial year.
Art. 13 Shall the town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the commonwealth. This question is submitted under the provisions of Chapter 516, Acts of 1922.)
Art. 14 To see if the town will vote to discontinue the road commencing at the end of road near the late Dennis Courtney's barn leading south to the northwest corner of the farm of E. B. Searle.
Art. 15 To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee of citizens to investigate and report at the next town meeting on the possibility of establishing a town forest.
Other articles may appear in posted warrant.
19
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.