Town of Westhampton annual report 1931, Part 1

Author: Westhampton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1931
Publisher: Westhampton (Mass.)
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Part 1


ANNUAL REPORT


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


of the


Town of Westhampton, Mass.


for the


Year Ending December 31, 1931


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PRESS OF ENTERPRISE PRINTING CO. EASTHAMPTON, MASS. 1932


ANNUAL REPORT


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


of the


Town of Westhampton, Mass.


for the


Year Ending December 31. 1931


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Town Clerk's Report


BIRTHS


1931


/ Jan.


2


Lillian Fredia Messeck


2 Jan. 17 Carol Rowena Witherell


3 Feb. Raymond George Sarafin


4 Mar. 30 Elizabeth Asenath Norris


5 May 8 Leah May Burdo


§ June 24 Herbert Franklin Williams


7 July 6 Gladys Muriel Shaw


& Sept. 26 Stanley Mitchell Teed


9 Sept. 27 Francis Henry Loud


10 Oct.


3


Andrew Lavallee


// Dec. 12 David Allan Cole


DEATHS


1931


Cause Age / Jan. 2 Ida Ophelia Dickinson 72-3-12


Arterio Sclerosis


2 Oct. 19 Arthur T. Edwards 60-0-23


Lobar pneumonia


MARRIAGES


1931 / Jan. Howard F. Loud Dorothy F. Wentworth


2 Jan. - 17 Frederick W. Snape Jane Tylczak


3 June 27 Herbert William Prew Ella Francis Cottrell


4 July 18 Alexander Adam Agnes (Rhoades) Manning, Northampton, Mass. Haverhill, Mass. Haverhill, Mass.


3 Oct. Philip H. Sargent Gladys F. Corson


Westhampton, Mass. Amherst, Mass. Northampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Middlefield, Mass. Middlefield, Mass. Northampton, Mass.


6 Oct. 24 Daniel Webster Jessie A. Young


77 Dec.


5


Harold A. Myrick


Rose Ella Hayden


& Dec. 12 Morris Pliny Clark Marion Estelle Lyman


Bangor, Maine Haverhill, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Chesterfield, Mass. Northampton, Mass.


FISH AND GAME LICENSES-1931 DR.


44 Sporting Licenses at $2.75 $121.00


3 Duplicate Sporting Licenses at 50c 1.50


CR. $122.50


To Division of Fisheries and Game


44 Sporting Licenses at $2.50 $110.00


3 Duplicate Licenses at 50c 1.50


44 License Fees at 25c to Town Treasurer 11.00


$122.50


DOG ACCOUNT-1931 DR.


June 1st, 1931 36 Male dogs at $2.00


$72.00


+ Female dogs at $5.00


20.00


CR.


Check to County Treasurer


$84.00


40 Fees to Town Treasurer at 20c


8.00


$92.00


DR.


Nov. 1st, 1931 19 Male dogs at $2.00 3 Female dogs at $5.00


$38.00


15.00


$53.00


CR.


Check to County Treasurer


$48.60


22 Fees at 20c to Town Treasurer


4.40


$53.00


RALPH S. BRIDGMAN, Town Clerk, By G. I. F.


$92.00


Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1931


I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and find them correct.


F. H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.


Treasurer's Report


1931


Balance Jan. 1st, 1931


$7,061.99


Temporary Loan No. 3


3,000.00


Taxes, Property -- Real Estate, 1931


8,975.21


Taxes, Polls, 1931


230.00


Taxes, Old Age, 1931


115.00


Taxes, Excise, 1931


582.25


Taxes, Property, Real Estate, 1930


1,196.93


Taxes, Excise, 1930


38.88


Taxes, Excise, 1929 .30


Taxes, Property and Real Estate, 1929


30.48


Taxes. Interest, 1931


9.14


Taxes, Interest, 1930


38.58


Taxes, Interest, 1929


2.46


Mass. Highway Commission


7,125.00


County Treasurer, Highway Division


750.00


County Treasurer, Dog Refund


90.70


County Treasurer, Wildcat Bounty


10.00


Interest, Thayer Fund 45.50


Interest, Wright Fund 59.00


Interest, Cemetery Funds


45.49


Interest, Totman Fund


100.00


Interest, Whiting Street Fund


62.80


Interest. Bank Account


67.13


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Mass. School Fund


1,211.79


Income Tax, 1931 1,038.00


Income Tax, 1930, P. S. .42


Corporation Tax, 1931, Public Service


111.53


Corporation Tax, 1931, Business .82


Superintendent in Small Towns


114.88


High School Tuition, Special Cases


1,392.50


High School Transportation, Special Cases 1,745.80


National Bank Tax


2.39


Veterans Exemption


16.40


Income Tax, 1931, Educational


600.00


Tuition, State Children, 1930


141.00


Tuition, State Children, 1931


236.80


Aid to Industrial Schools, 1931


203.60


Franklin Howard, North-east School


Property-Balance 200.00


Inspection of Animals


7.50


Refund, Sec. 7, Chap. 122, 1931


1,250.00


Refund, Henry Clapp, dynamite


8.40


Refund, M. Todd, dynamite,


1.60


Refund, C. Payson, School Transportation 11.20


Town Clerk, Fees, License, etc., 1931


28.40


Sealer's Fees 4.87


Pedler's License, 1931


3.00


Victualer's License, 1931


1.00


Levi Burt, Sale of Old Oil Tank


5.00


Levi Burt, Sale of Bridge Material


2.00


Highway Dept., Tractor Account


244.00


Town of Chesterfield, Tractor Account 19.00


Town of Huntington, Tractor Account 162.00


F. W. Blakesley, Tractor Account


12.00


$39,072.74


DR.


1931


Paid Selectmen's Orders, 1931 $21,735.17


Paid School Committee Orders, 1931 9,017.06


Balance on hand Jan. 1st, 1932 8,320.51


$39,072.74


Due on 1931 Taxes. Property and Real Estate $1,509.19


Due on 1931 Excise


$62.15


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FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY TOWN


INTEREST WITHDRAWN IN 1931


$2,000.00 Lucy Langdon Totman, Cemetery $100.00


500.00 O. C. Bridgman, Cemetery 22.15


100.00 M. G. Strong, Cemetery 4.55


100.00 George Burt, Cemetery 4.55


100.00 S. C. Cook, Cemetery 4.55


100.00 Samuel Edwards, Cemetery 4.55


50.00 D. L. Brown, Cemetery


2.28


50.00 C. N. Loud, Cemetery 2.26


1,000.00 Wright, Worthy Poor 59.00


1,380.85 Whiting Street, Worthy Poor 62.80


1,000.00 Thayer, Half to Town, Half to Parish 45.50


TRACTOR ACCOUNT


Expense to Dec. 31, 1926 $176.00


Apr, 7, 1927 113,74


Apr, 7, 1927-Dec. 31, 1927


Expense 1927


$278,74


Income 1927


604.50


Balance Jan. 1, 1928-$325.76


Expense 1928


$157.50


Income 1928


558.00


$400.50


Balance Jan. 1, 1929-$726 26


Income 1929


$628.50


Expense 1929


280.43


$348.07


Balance Jan. 1, 1930-$1,074.33


Income 1930


$415.50


Expense


178.99


$236.51


Balance Jan. 1, 1931-$1,310.84


$1,000.00 Taken from Account for Grader


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TRACTOR AND GRADER ACCOUNT


Balance $310.84


Combined Income 1931 Combined Expense 1931


$1,097.00 474.28


$622.72 Balance Jan. 1, 1932 -- $933.56


GILBERT I. FLINT, Treasurer.


Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1931


I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of Thirty thousand seven hundred fifty-two dollars and twenty-three cents ($30,752.23), for which vouchers are on file and a balance of Eight thousand three hundred twenty dollars and fifty-one cents.


Due from J. C. Williams, Collector :


1931 Excise Tax, Sixty-two dollars fifteen cents ($62.15).


1931 Personal and Real Estate Tax, One thousand five


hundred and nine dollars and nineteen cents ($1,509.19).


E. H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.


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Selectmen's Report


TOWN OFFICERS


J. C. Williams, Collector, 1930


$150.00


E. H. Montague, Auditor, 1930


10.00


M. M. Clapp, Cattle Inspector 26.00


F. W. Blakesley, Selectman 41.25


F. W. Blakesley, Assessor


58.50


J. C. Hathaway, Selectman


40.80


J. C. Hathaway, Assessor


75.75


Levi Burt, Selectman


35.25


Levi Burt, Assessor


38.25


Livy S. Richards, Moderator


5.00


J. C. Williams, Collector, 1928


40.00


J. C. Williams, Collector, 1929


40.00


Ralph S. Bridgman, Clerk


75.00


J. C. Williams, Collector, 1931


100.00


J. C. Williams, School Comm., 1931


30.00


J. C. Williams, Constable


4.00


Mrs. G. I. Flint, School Comm.


25.00


Mrs. G. I. Flint, School Census


10.00


G. I. Flint, Treasurer, 1931


125.00


M. M. Clapp, Meat Inspector


30.00


J. C. Williams, Sealer


10.00


. $969.80


CHAPTER 81-HIGHWAYS


F. W. Blakesley


$590.67


iV. D. Blakesley


67.95


Cornelius Benson


204.75


Philip Theroux 55.80


Frank Kelly


290.25


H. M. Clapp


107.60


Elliot Blakesley


:30.60


Theodore Theroux


133.65


Robert Clapp


40.18


9


Leslie Shaw


312.10


1. O. Shaw


115.20


Ernest Shaw


13.00


Frank Foucha


64.80


William Howard


148.05


W. M. Fiske


125.80


Frank Niles


306.00


Harry T. Lester


21.60


Ernest Witherell


84.23


C. R. Burt


187.80


Levi Burt


102.50


E. J. Hathaway


79.10


Joseph Sarafin


79.65


Ira Aldrich


74.25


James Aldrich


54.25


Geo. H. Burt


356.20


John Tylczak


56.25


Clifford Graves


7.65


A. E. Delisle, Jr.


224.40


A. T. Edwards


8.00


G. W. Graves


17.00


H. J. Payson


126.50


Joe Tylczak


33.75


A. W. Frey


57.60


C. G. Loud


11.60


Arthur Curtis


4.50


J. C. Hathaway


3.00


W. R. Witherell


99.90


A. E. Witherell


12.00


E. A. Montague


3.60


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Franklin Howard


19.80


Howard Blakesley


9.90


Howard Williams


2.70


Peter Boucher


1.80


Charles Stickney


3.60


M. M. Clapp


4.50


J. L. Muldoon Co., trucking line post


18.90


Tractor and Grader


744.00


Cornelius Benson, 91 yds. gravel


9.10


Obed Blakesley, 26 yds. gravel


2.60


J. R. Clapp, 35 yds. gravel


3.50


I. O. Shaw, 12 yds. gravel


1.20


Robert Clapp, 10 yds. gravel


1.0€


..


10


F. W. Blakesley, 1515 yds, gravel


151.50:


Ernest Witherell, 13? yds. gravel


13.70


Ada Williams, 6 yds. gravel


.60


Joseph Sarafin, 144 yds. gravel


14.40


M. B. Tyler, scraper blade


9.50


Repairs on road machine


1.4.30


R. F. Mutter Co., sewer pipe


1.80


Foster Farrar Co., 3 bush scythes


0.75.


Mass. States Prison, 9 line posts


21.60


New England Culvert Co., culverts


327.52


$5,761.00


CHAPTER 90-WORK


F. W. Blakesley


$328.50


E. J. Hathaway


119.70


Donald B. Lyman


82.80


C. R. Burt


192.80


Howard F. Williams


123.30


Howard W. Blakesley


123.30


John Tylczak


119:70


Joe Tylczak


119.70


Theodore Theroux


119.70


Fred Lavalley


119.70


A. W. Frey


119.70


H. J. Payson


256.50


Joseph Sarafin


94.50


Levi Burt


132:00


Geo. H. Burt


99.75


Philip Theroux


59.40


Ira Aldrich


10.80


Cornelius Benson


31.50


W. M. Fiske


220.00


W. J. Stanton


28.80,


A. E. Delisle


96.00


Frank Kelly


27.90


Frank W. Niles


27.90


Chas. R. Stickney


27.90:


Aaron Fisher


3.00


A. E. Witherell


32.00


Bisbee Bros., stone boat


8.00


J. Russell Co., Inc., 1 bar


1.91


J. Russell Co., Inc , 1 doz. shovels


16.05


New England Culvert Co.


174.05


11:


Foster Farrar Co., case dynamite 17.00


Foster Farrar Co., 1 box electric exploders 4.50


Foster Farrar Co., 2 pick handles 1.00


New England Culvert Co. 4.40


Aaron Fisher, 340 yds. filling at 5c


17.05


Aaron Fisher, 556 yds. gravel at 10c


55.60


F. A. Loud & Son, 25 gals. K. oil


3.75


Jim Brown, roll of fence 7.40


Geo. H. Burt, lime


.50


$3,028.06


BRIDGES


Bridge at Clapp's Meadow


Fred Lavalley


$55.80


Joe Sarafin


59.40


E. J. Hathaway


19.80


H. W. Blakesley


41.40


H. F. Williams


41.40


C. R. Burt


112.85


Geo. H. Burt


126.15


Levi Burt


71.40


Herman Robetallie


25.20


Theodore Theraux


10.80


Geo. H. Payson


23.40


Clifford Payson


1.80


H. J. Payson


6.00


Chas. R. Stickney


10.80


Frank Niles


10.80


M. M. Clapp


8.00


C. R. Burt, freight on steel


2.59


Levi Burt, 20 lbs. nails at 6c


1.20


Joe Sarafin, 37 yds. gravel


3.70


A. E. Witherell, lumber


17.32


F. W. Blakesley, 125 yds. gravel


12.50


Levi Burt, 12 bolts for railing


.75


Bisbee Bros., 84 bags cement


46.20


W. N. Potter Grain Co., 80 bags cement


44.00


Concrete Steel Co., reinforcing bars


39.70


Palmer Steel Co., bridge beams


256.00


Frank Loud, lumber 1.00


$1,049.96


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Bridge at Sarafin's


Joseph Sarafin, labor on bridge $3.60


$3.60


Bridge at Geo. H. Burt's


G. H. Burt, labor


$7.20


224 ft. lumber at $25 5.60


9 posts 1.80


$14.60


SNOW REMOVAL


F. W. Blakesley


$194.00


Chas. C. Blakesley


3.60


W. D. Blakesley


20.25


Geo. H. Knight


8.55


C. R. Burt


30.00


Meredith Knight


5.40


Claude Seymour


10.35


Frank Foucha


7.88


Myron Hathaway


.68


H. M. Clapp


27.45


A. E. Witherell


54.20


D. W. Crowley


2.00


Leslie Shaw


2.25


C. M. Norris


7.80


Frank Kelly


25.20


M. M. Clapp


2.00


W. M. Fiske


11.00


Ernest Shaw


4.00


I. O. Shaw


1.00


A. W. Blakesley


19.00


Arthur Searl


2.70


Philip Thereaux


2.03


Walter Witherell


1.00


Peter Boucher


5.85


G. H. Burt


7.20


Ioe Sarafin


7.20


M. M. Barcomb, repairs on plow


21.00


O. P. Parks Co., 2 snow shovels


2.00


Richard Warran


10.00


$495.59


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TRACTOR AND GRADER


M. B. Tyler Co.


$111.92


M. B. Tyler Co., oil


55.55


Manchester Forbes Co. 5.56


Standard Oil Co., gas


199.22


J. Hugh Pierce .95


G. I. Churchill


1.60


Earl R. Witkop


26.40


Chas. C. Blakesley


9.75


C. R. Burt, exp. and grease gun connection 1.84


H. M. Clapp, truck 2.00


H. S. Allis Co., supplies for grader 24.47


B. Rosenbloom, 5 gals. oil 3.40


Graves Garage


10.90


F. W. Blakesley, labor


10.00


$463.50


HALL ACCOUNT


Western Counties Elec. Co., lights


$28.49


H. B. Lyman Co., repairs on furnace


1.55


C. R. Burt, 1 cord wood 8.00


G. H. Knight, janitor


47.70


Levi Burt, lock and labor


3.00


Levi Burt, 1/2 doz. light bulbs


1.55


H. J. Payson, truck on steps


16.50


J. C. Hathaway, labor


34.00


Fred Baxter, labor 40.00


C. R. Burt, truck, labor and mixer


14.00


Joe Sarafin, gravel .50


Florence Feed Co., 40 sacks cement


28.00


A. E. Witherell, lumber


24.09


$247.38


PUBLIC WELFARE


Case No. 7, cash $64.00


21/2 tons coal


39.50


1 cord wood, W. M. Fiske Case No. 2


8.00


State Infirmary


365.00


Case No. 5


State Child Guardianship


276.43


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Case No. 8 To City of Northampton, cash Fuel Provisions


5.00


8.70


16.00


20.35


$802.98


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Case No. 2


$65.15


Case No. 1


40.00


Case No. 3


55.00


$160.15


PRINTING AND SUPPLIES


Carter Ink Co., record ink $1.63


P. B. Murphy, Clerk's supplies 2.25


Enterprise Printing Co., 200 Reports 34.65


Times Publishing Co., Assessors' supplies


3.60


Hobbs & Warren, Assessors' supplies


1.69


Enterprise Printing Co., Coll. supplies 4.00


H. S. Gere & Sons, Inc., dog notice 3.30


10.20


J. C. Williams, Coll. supplies 15.12


Hobbs & Warren, Assessors' supplies 5.66


Enterprise Printing Co., 500 school orders


8.25


Enterprise Printing Co., 300 tax bills 3.75


$94.10


MEMORIAL DAY


E. H. Montague, Memorial Day expense $34.72


$34.72


CONTINGENT FUND


F. A. Loud, abatement Excise Tax $2.61


William Howard, bobcat bounty 10.00


Chas. H. Chase, real estate transfers 3.20


F. W. Blakesley, telephone calls 2.05


F. W. Blakesley, postage 2.50


F. W. Blakesley, express 1.75


G. I. Flint, certifying note 2.00


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J. L. Fairbanks & Co., record book


Registration grader 2.00


C. D. Ruse, 3 constable's badges 2.78


Leslie Shaw, Excise abatement .71


Westhampton Water Co., tank 10.00


New England Culvert Co., blade for grader 8.72


Levi Burt, postage, telephone, postage 2.28


$50.60


INTEREST AND BONDS


Henry A. Bidwell, Clerk's bond $5.00


Sanders Forbes Co., Treas. bond 10.00


Sanders Forbes Co., Coll. bond 15.00


Interest on revenue note 82.50


$112.50


INSURANCE


E. L. Lewis, on weights and measures $17.07


E. L. Lewis, Town Hall 45.03


E. L. Lewis, Workmen's Insur. 21.56


E. L. Lewis, Workmen's bal. due on 1930, 106.70


$190.36


THAYER FUND


J. C. Williams, Coll. 1/2 fund $24.00


P. J. Clapp, Treas. Parish 12 fund 24.00


$48.00


TAXES 1


Old Age Assistance


$115.00


County Tax


1,305.18


State Tax


450.00


Special Tax


8.38


$1,878.56


LIBRARY


National Library Binding Co.


$16.40


Marion M. Mascho


75.00


E. H. Montague, wood


18.81


Bridgman & Lyman, books


5.00


Springfield News Co.


25.49


$140.70


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SNOW FENCE


G. L. Barrus, posts


$66.80


C. R. Burt, freight


1.04


A. E. Delisle, Jr., lumber for fence 28.87


$96.71


GYPSY MOTH


Leslie Shaw


$59.75


Frank Niles


57.60


Frank Kelly


57.60


$174.95


STREET AND WRIGHT FUNDS


Street Fund


$62.80


Wright Fund


59.00


$121.80


CEMETERY FUNDS


Julia E. Montague, Treas. $145.49


$145.49


NOTE EASTHAMPTON BANK


Revenue Note


$3,000.00


$3,000.00


NEW GRADER


H. S. Allis Co., Inc. $2,650.00


$2,650.00


Total Selectmen's Orders


$21,735.17


RECAPITULATION


'Town Officers


$969.80


Highways, Chap. 81


5,761.00


Highways, Chap. 90


3,028.06


Bridges


1,068.16


"Snow Removal


495.59


Hall Account


247.38


Tractor and Grader


463.56


V "Public Welfare


802.98


Old Age Assistance


160.15


Printing and Supplies


94.10


Memorial Day


34.72


Contingent Fund


50.60


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Interest and Bonds


112.50


Insurance Thayer Fund


190.36


48.00


Taxes


1,878.56


Library


140.70


Snow Fence


96.71


Gypsy Moth


174.95


Street and Wright Funds


121.80


Cemetery Funds


145.49


Revenue Note


3,000.00


Grader


2,650.00


$21,735.17


LIST OF JURYMEN WHO SERVED IN 1931


Arthur Dodge, Grand Henry M. Parsons, Traverse A. Lyman Snow, Traverse


All overdrafts of appropriations were taken from re- serve fund.


LEVI BURT, F. W. BLAKESLEY. JOHN C. HATHAWAY, Selectmen.


BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1932


Schools


$9,500.00


Bridges and Railings


Highways, Chap. 81


Highways, Chap. 90


Town Officers


Public Welfare


Old Age Assistance


Board of Health


Interest and Bonds


Town Hall Insurance


Printing and Supplies


100.00 - 2 175.00 - 2


Gypsy Moth


Snow Removal


400.00- 1


1,000.00 /2 00,0 750.00 L 750.00- 2 800.00- 1- 850.00 - 4 750.00 - 4


100.00 ~- 125.00 - 2 150,00-Y 200.00 - -


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Contingent Fund Reserve Fund Memorial Day Library, Dog and Tractor and Grader Balance in Treasury of earnings from each


Trom treas.


1 100.00 400.00- 1 25.00 ₺ 50.00+100


933.56 L 1508.56


Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1931


I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, having drawn orders to the amount of Twenty-one thousand seven hundred thirty-five dollars and seventeen cents ($21,735.17) for which proper vouchers are on file.


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.


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Report of the Assessors


Town Appropriation


$16,735.00


State Tax


450.00


Parks and Conservation


8.38


Old Age Assistance


115.00


County Tax


1,305.18


Overlay


63.42


$18,676.98


Estimated Receipts


$5,925.81


Cash from Treasury


1,950.00


$7,875.81


Net amount raised on Polls and Property $10,801.17


Personal Valuation


Real Estate Valuation


$112,000.00 271,010.00


Total Assessed Valuation


$383,010.00


Tax on Personal Estate


$3,057.60


Tax on Real Estate


7,398.82


Tax on 115 Polls


230.00


Old Age Assistance, 115 at $1.00


115.00


Total Tax Levy


$10,801.42


Tax Rate


$27.30


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


$672.16


No. of Motor Vehicles assessed


125


Tax Rate, Motor Excise


$29.25


FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES


1931


1930


1929


No. Horses Assessed


79


90


96


No. Cows Assessed


297


256


251


No. Sheep Assessed


0


0


2


20


No. Neat Cattle Assessed


149


183


114


No. Swine Assessed


6


4


19


No. Dwelling Houses Assessed


131


126


123


No. Fowls Assessed


2060


2449


1570


No. Acres Land Assessed


16194 15825 15987


LEVI BURT, F. W. BLAKESLEY, JOHN C. HATHAWAY,


Assessors.


21 --


Report of School Committee


1931


Appropriation


$9,000.00


Refund on transportation


11.20


Transferred from Reserve Fund


6.35


Expended


$9,017.55 9,017.06


Unexpended


.49


EXPENSES


Teachers :


Mrs. Mary E. Cushing


$1,100.00


Mrs. Dorothy L. Harwood


897.00


Mrs. Marion Mascho (substitute)


116.00


Mrs. Gertrude Flint (substitute)


4.00


Retirement fund :


Mrs. Harwood


$55.00


$55.00


Superintendent's salary


$270.00


Superintendent's traveling expenses


15.00


$285.00


Tuition of High School pupils :


Olive Gagnon


$100.00


Beatrice Foucha


100.00


Pearl Delisle


100.00


Adelle Stickney


100.00


Ida Church


100.00


Louis Tylczak


100.00


Elizabeth Flint


100.00


Ruth Gagnon


100.00


Madalene Tylczak


100.00


Helen Blakesley


100.00


$2,117.00


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Gladys Gagnon Arlene Flint Hugh Cook Sophie Sarafin


100.00


100.00


100.00


92.50


$1,392.50


Tuition of Smith School pupils :


Clarence Delisle


$135.00


Ernest Delisle


146.25


Clifford Payson


45.00


$326.25


Tuition at other schools .


Chesterfield-Russell and


Edwin Dodge


$144.00


Continuation-Alice Robitaille, East-


hampton


44.88


Transportation of High School pupils :


Olive Gagnon


$85.60


Beatrice Foucha


135.20


Ida Church


144.80


Adelle Stickney


143.20


Pearl Delisle


142.40


Ruth Gagnon


144.00


Louis Tylczak


143.20


Elizabeth Flint


140.80


Gladys Gagnon


141.60


Hugh Cook


142.40


Madalene Tylczak


144.00


Helen Blakesley


88.00


Sophie Sarafin


109.60


Arlene Flint


137.60


Marian Blakesley


54.40


Donald Williams


55.20


Richard Williams Smith School :


54.40


Clarence Delisle


135.20


Ernest Delisle


137.60


Clifford Payson


36.00


Local transportation :


Charles Blakesley


$960.00


Leslie Shaw


725.00


$2,315.20


$1,685.00


$188.88


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School supplies :


Lyons & Carnahan-books $11.70


Ginn & Co .- books 10.35


Milton Bradley Co .- pencils and paper 38.33


Dowling School Supply-pencils 3.62


Papercrafters, Inc .- paper 1.43


Newson & Co .- books 1,29


John C. Winston-books 1.94


$68.66


Janitors :


J. C. Williams-cleaning floors $7.00


Donald Williams-building fires 20.00


Marian Blakesley-sweeping 10.00


Jane Gagnon-sweeping 20.00


Theresa Theroux --- sweeping 10.00


Myron Foucha-building fires


20.00


$87.00


Repairs and upkeep :


R. E. Davies & Son-plumbing $5.05


J. A. Sullivan-supplies 2.35


W. H. Patterson-repairs to toilet 2.80


O. L. Hendrick-repairs to toilet 12.80


Western Co. Electric 20.27


J. C. Williams-cellotex and boards 5.80


Manchester Co .- floor oil 2.50


H. F. Mascho-repairs to faucet 1.00


Max Wagner-oiling floors


1.00


Town of Easthampton-desks and chairs 42.00


Fuel : 1 $05.57


H. M. Clapp $121.00


$121.00


Miscellaneous :


Westhampton Water Co $13.00


Hamp. Co. Public Health Ass'n --- Nurse 140.00


James B. Ryan, M. D .- school physi- cian 100.00


Mrs. Helen J. Coleman-school nurse 12.00


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Mrs. Mary E. Cushing-musical instru- ments 5.00


Herbert F. Mascho-rent of play- ground 10.00


$280.00


Total


$9,017.06


RECEIPTS


Received on School Acconut :


From the State :


Superintendent in small towns


$114.88


High School tuition


1,392.50


Mass. School Fund #1 600.00


Mass. School Fund #2


1,211.79


High School transportation


1,745.80


Vocational education


203.60


State wards


377.80


$5,646.37


$3,359.49


Net cost to town


JARED C. WILLIAMS, GERTRUDE E. FLINT, JOHN C. HATHAWAY, School Committee.


Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1931


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 nine thousand seventeen dollars and six cents ($9,017.06).


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE. Auditor.


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Report of Superintendent of Schools


To the School Committee :


I herewith submit my seventh annual report of the schools of Westhampton.


In the last seven years the record has shown a marked increase in the number of pupils in attendance. The whole number enrolled last year shows a net gain of 35% over the enrollment of 1925. The whole enrollment of the present year to date is 83, which is 6 more than that of last year. Fourteen pupils were in high school and 3 in vocational school, making a total of 100 pupils in school during the fall- term. Since the population of Westhampton was given in the last census as 374, school pupils constitute 26.7% of the entire population. This is an unusually high figure.


The primary room has been severely taxed to take care of the large numbers of lower grade pupils. Should these numbers continue, it may be advisable if not necessary to open a third room another year. At the present time three fair-sized rooms could be maintained.


The following figures show the attendance record since 1925:


Per- centage of


Whole Average Number Membership


Average Attendance Attendance


1925


57


53.39


48.34


90.5


1926


54


51.51


48.45


94.1


1927


60


56.15


53.74


95.7


1928


60


56.04


52.17


93.0


1929


68


63.83


59.30


92.9


1930


72


65.73


60.42


91.9


1931


70.09


67.43


96.2


The high percentage of attendance is a source of grati- fication.


In these days of financial depression the costs of


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schools is an important item. There are 355 cities and towns in the state which are divided into four groups. West- hampton is in group four, consisting of towns of less than 5.000 population and not maintaining high schools. There are 124 towns in this group. For the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1930. the town spent from local taxation alone $35.87 per pupil. Its rank in the group is 122. For the same year the cost per pupil from all sources of income was $79.09 with a rank of 112. In other words, in group four only two towns spent less on schools from local taxa- tion and 12 spent less when all sources of income were included.


Health officials have been active in holding clinics of various kinds and in giving tests.


I wish to thank all who have helped in carrying on the work of the department.


Respectfully submitted,


HERBERT D. CASEY


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Report of the School Nurse


From the opening of the schools in September to Janu- ary 1, 1932, three and one-half days were devoted to school nursing.


The yearly vision tests were made in September.


The Red Cross loaned us the use of their audiometer for hearing tests and these were given in October. We found six children who should have further examination as to their hearing, and with the permission of their parents, they will be given an opportunity to attend a clinic in Northampton, conducted by Dr. J. D. Collins.


In December the School Physician, Dr. J. B. Ryan, gave the Schick test to all those who were given the toxin- antitoxin in May. Those who were read as positive will have a chance to receive a second course of inoculations, later in the school year.


I wish to extend my thanks for the cooperation re- ceived from the Superintendent of Schools, School Com- mittee, School Physician, Teachers and Parents.


Respectfully submitted,


HELEN K. COLEMAN.


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Report of the Memorial Library


The new Edwards-Thayer Memorial library, in which are housed the books of the Westhampton Reunion Libra- ry, was completed and occupied late in May, 1931,. on the site donated by Mrs. Vera Chapman Clapp, in memory of her parents.


It was designed by Karl S. Putnam of Northampton and is considered by the State Library Commission as one of the best examples of simple colonial architecture and of small library design in the State. It is frequently studied by building committees from other communities.


Wall. grading and cement work were supplied by D. A. Riedel ; plumbing and heating by W. J. Burrows; lum- ber by A. E. Witherell : wood trim by Tessier Bros. ; plas- tering by George E. Carroll; carpentry and fitting by Fred Baxter, aided by John C. Hathaway; roofing by Evans Bros. ; painting by Chas. J. Dickinson.


Building and furnishings cost $7,372.96. Of this $6,000 came from the Edwards-Thayer endowment; $200 from a gift by J. Goddard Clark, banker, of San Francisco; $100 from the State Library Commission ; $35 from Franklin G. Neal, for the lantern ; and the remainder from Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Montague. Draperies were given by Mrs. A. J. Plate, Mrs. Franklin G. Neal and Mrs. L S. Richard; statuary, by Mrs. Plate. Mrs. Richard and Mrs. E. H. Montague ; fireplace fixtures by Strong A. Phelps.


After weeding and re-cataloguing under the direction of Miss E. Louise Jones of the Public Libraries division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Education, the books numbered 3,267, including new gifts of nearly 200 and 48 newly purchased.


Book circulation in 1931 was 1.187. an increase of 29 per cent over 1930; magazine circulation was 560, an in- crease of 16 per cent. The per capita use of library books in Westhampton exceeded that in Northampton last vear.


The library has on interest in endowment $4,700. Its


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1931 operating income included $211.50 from interest and, from the town, $50 by direct appropriation and $90.70 from the dog tax. Because of doubled work the salary of the librarian, Mrs. Marion Mascho, has been increased from $50 to $100.


Among the additions to books made in 1931 are the "Encyclopedia Brittanica," presented by Franklin G. Neal ; 150 volumes and magazines, by L. S. Richard; and “Mes- sages and Papers of the Presidents," by Mrs. Harriet F. Parrish of Chicago. A detailed list of all additions in 1931 may be consulted in the library.


LIVY S. RICHARD, Sec'y Library Committee.


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Articles in Warrant


TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2, 1932


Ten O'Clock A. M .- Prompt


Article 1-To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


Art. ?- To choose a Town Clerk.


Art. 3-To hear and act on all reports presented at said meeting.


Art. 4-To choose all necessary Officers to serve the ensuing year.


Art. 5-To see if the town will vote to leave the care of highways in charge of the Selectmen.


Art. 6-To see if the town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to act as Superintendent of Streets, and fix the salary to comply with Section 4A Chapter 41. General Laws.


Art. 7-To vote in compliance with Section 108, Chap- ter 41, General Laws, which requires salaries of elected officers be fixed by vote of the town.


Art. 8-To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.


Art. 9-To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.


Art. 10-To see if the town will vote to ratify and con- firm the doings of its town officers.


Art. 11-To take action in regard to the collection of taxes.


Art. 12-To see if the town will vote to authorize the


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Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the current financial vear.


Art. 13-To see if the town will vote to appropriate $ Eight hundred Dollars for tar surfaced road on Route 66 800.00


and Loudville road, or take any other action in regard to same.


(Other articles may appear in posted warrant.)


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