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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of the
TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON
HAMPTON
WEST
ASS.
INGORP
1778
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for the
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1935
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of the
TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON
HAMPTON
WEST
MASS.
INCORPO
,1778
STET
29
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TED
SFP
for the
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1935
F. M. CRITTENDEN, PRINTER NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
1936
Intal semment PestR Relate 1835
$2,7 02 38 total paid by mon ident2- 7,381 81 sendents_ 5,320,57
Q Forty Tel:60- 119968 2. 8 Tel. + Teli bo - 400.98 Scaten cuenta- 351. 27 HolynechaliDe- 433,58 - 130.000 2515.91
1936
794.42
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
1935
BIRTHS
January 7 Donald Messeck
March 31 John Sandy Parsons 2nd.
April 30 Margaret LaFrance
August 2 Howard Charles Williams
August 16 Constantia Sarafin
Mary Louise Sarafin
twins
December 29
Gail Nettie Witherell
DEATHS
Cause
Age
April 19 Franklin G. Lavalley Pneumonia 0-5-0
April 30 Margaret LaFrance
Stillborn 0-0-0
June 13 Livy Strong Richard
Lymphatic
leukemia 64-9-8
Aug. 16 Constantia Sarafin
Stillborn
0-0-0
Sept. 27 Albert Lawrence LaFrance
Acute Splenitis 21-10-23
Nov. 10
Joseph Tylczak
Automobile
accident 27-0-0
MARRIAGES
April 29 James William Aldrich Mary Helen Keane
Westhampton Holyoke
Aug. 3 Raymond O. Young Haverhill Caroline M. Freer Haverhill
Sept. 2 Clarence Edward Delisle Irene Cecila Rita Vanasse
Westhampton
Northampton
4
FISH AND GAME LICENSES
2 Trapping
@ $5.25
$10.50
4 Women and
Minor Fishing
@
1.25
5.00
18 Resident Citizen Fishing
@
2.00
36.00
13 Sporting
Combination @
3.25
42.25
30 Resident Hunting @
2.00
60.00
5 Sporting Combination -free, 70 years
$153.75
To Division of Fisheries and Game
2 Trapping
$10.00
4 Women and Minor Fishing 4.00
18 Resident Citizen Fishing
31.50
30 Resident Citizen Hunting 52.50
13 Combination Sporting
39.00
$137.00
Clerk's Fees
16.75
$153.75
DOG ACCOUNT
Dr.
June 1, 1935
21 Males
@ $2.00
$42.00
3 Females
@
5.00
15.00
5 Spayed females @ 2.00
10.00
$67.00
5
Cr.
To County Treasurer To Town Clerk, 29 fees
$61.20
5.80
$67.00
Dr.
December 1, 1935
21 Males
@ $2.00
$42.00
2 Females
@
5.00
10.00
6 Spayed Females @ 2.00
12.00
$64.00
Cr.
To County Treasurer
$58.20
To Town Clerk, 29 fees
5.80
$64.00
GILBERT I. FLINT, Town Clerk.
Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1935
I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and find them correct.
EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1935
$11,562.07
Taxes, 1935, Personal and
Real Estate
8,713.64
Polls
202.00
Excise
511.15
1934, Personal and
Real Estate
4,021.42
Excise
116.52
1933, Personal and
Real Estate
322.76
Interest, 1935 taxes
9.20.
1934 taxes
155.24
1933 taxes
30.88
Mass. Highway Commission
Chap. 81 7,500.00
Chap. 90
1,275.00
Chap. 464, Acts of 1935
2,500.00
Treasurer, Hampshire County
Chap. 90 637.50
Dog refund, 1934
94.99
Interest
Cemetery funds, 1935 30.43
Thayer Fund, 1935 30.23
Wright Fund, 1935
30.23
Totman Fund, 1935
60.00
Whiting Street Fund, 1935
41.72
Mass. School Fund, Part II,
Chap. 70 2,174.81
Vocational Educational School Fund 990.11
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Mass. Income Tax, 1935
1,287.20
Mass. Income Tax, 1935,
State valuation 189.80
Mass. Corporation Tax, Business 1935
.63
Mass. Corporation Tax, Public Service 38.74
Race track distribution 21.00
Superintendent in small towns 109.24
High School tuition, 1935
959.80
Transportation of High School pupils 1,454.60
Tuition of State Wards 428.84
Northampton School Department
163.19
Inspection of Animals
7.50
Victualler's license
1.00
Town Clerk, Dog licenses for 1935
119.40
Highway Dept., road machinery acc't. 500.00
O'Connor Tax Title
270.63
$46,561.47
Cr.
Paid Selectmen's Orders, 1935 $22,481.99
Paid School Committee Orders 9,948.63
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1936 14,130.85
$46,561.47
Outstanding Taxes
1935 Personal and Real Estate $3,930.43
1934 Personal and Real Estate 578.02
1935 Excise Tax 13.48
1934 Excise Tax 2.00
1935 Poll Tax
32.00
·
$4,555.93
1
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ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT, 1935
Balance, Jan. 1, 1935
$2,009.36
Total Income for 1935
$500.00
Total Expense for 1935
1,048.82
Balance, Jan. 1, 1936 $1,460.54
FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN
Interest drawn in 1935
Cemetery
$2,000.00 Lucy Langdon Totman Fund $60.00
500.00 O. C. Bridgman Fund 15.11
100.00 M. G. Brown Fund 3.02
100.00 George Burt Fund
3.02
100.00 S. C. Cooke Fund
3.02
100.00 Samuel Edwards Fund 3.02
50.00 D. L. Brown Fund
1.50
50.00 C. N. Loud Fund
1.74
Worthy Poor
$1,000.00 Wright Fund $30.23
1,380.85 Whiting Street Fund
41.72
1,000.00 Thayer Fund, half to town, half to parish 30.23
GILBERT I. FLINT, Treasurer.
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Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1935
I have this day examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disburse- ments to the amount of Thirty-two Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Dollars, and Sixty-two Cents ($32,- 430.62), for which vouchers are on file, and a balance on hand of Fourteen Thousand One Hundred Thirty Dollars and Eighty-five Cents ($14,130.85). Due from J. C. Williams, Collector, 1935 Personal and Real Estate Taxes Three Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Dollars and Forty-three Cents ($3,930.43), 1934 Per- sonal and Real Estate Taxes Five Hundred Seventy- eight Dollars and Two Cents ($578.02), 1935 Excise Tax Thirteen Dollars and Forty-eight Cents ($13.48), 1934 Excise Tax Two Dollars ($2.00), 1935 Poll Tax, Thirty-two Dollars ($32.00).
E. H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
TOWN OFFICERS
Myron M. Clapp, meat and cattle inspector $55.50
Levi Burt, selectman 31.77
F. W. Blakesley, selectman 83.75
F. W. Blakesley, postage and telephone 3.70
W. M. Fiske, selectman 70.85
D. S. Bridgman, assessor 63.80
F. W. Blakesley, assessor 58.50
J. C. Hathaway, assessor 71.66
Gilbert I. Flint, treasurer 125.00
Gilbert I. Flint, clerk 50.00
Gilbert I. Flint, Justice of the Peace 9.00
Gilbert I. Flint, postage, telephone, etc. 3.50
J. C. Williams, collector 140.00
J. C. Williams, school committee 20.00
J. C. Williams, sealer 10.00
J. C. Williams, miscellaneous
24.39
J. C. Williams, school committee (clerk) 35.00
Louise Parsons, school committee
20.00
Gertrude E. Flint, typing town
report and assessors' list 5.00
George H. Burt, taking census 11.45
Livy S. Richard, moderator 5.00
E. H. Montague, auditor 10.00
$907.87
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HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 81-PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley
$575.50
Levi Burt
104.50
Raymond Blakesley
54.60
Howard Blakesley
315.25
Arthur Church
135.10
Robert Church
.70
Leslie Shaw
129.85
A. E. Delisle, Jr.
255.85
C. M. Norris
15.20
Ira O. Shaw
7.00
Theodore Theroux
100.80
Joseph Sarafin
126.35
Myron Clapp
8.00
Ernest Shaw
17.00
Arthur E. Witherell
10.90
Clarence Delisle
1.40
William Granfield
1.40
W. M. Fiske
348.05
Town
500.00
Frank Niles
253.75
James Hickey
177.10
Joseph Tylczak
92.75
George Burt
569.00
Louis Tylczak
139.30
Fred Lavalley
94.85
Frank Kelly
70.00
Ira Aldrich
56.00
James Aldrich
48.30
Charles Gagnon
50.40
Albert McLean
54.60
Philip Theroux
70.00
George Payson
65.45
Edward A. Montague
346.15
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Henry J. Payson
354.20
Arthur Dodge
79.80
Russell Dodge
29.40
Leon Smith
97.65
Harold Beckwith
68.25
C. G. Loud
10.80
Alfred Messeck
19.60
Lawrence Blakesley
61.95
Wayne Stanton
14.00
Chester Hunt
43.40
Albert Lapointe
23.10
Cornelius Benson
23.80
Sanford Payson
2.10
John Tylczak
46.90
Charles Stickney
18.90
$5,688.95
CHAPTER 81-MATERIAL SHEET
Mace Moulton, Jr., 495 gals. asphalt $69.30 O. B. Parks Co., shovels and picks 20.45
Fritz Bacher, sharpening picks 1.75
Harry T. Lester, 175 yds. gravel 17.50
American Tar Co., 14,606 gals. tar 1,715.76 George A. Witherell, 735 yds. gravel 73.50 Ira O. Shaw, 207 yds. gravel 20.70
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culverts 426.70
Mrs. Ada Williams, 141 yds. gravel 14.10
Joseph Sarafin, 652 yds. gravel 65.20
Shumway & Riley, 200 ft. sewer pipe 40.00 H. J. Payson, 674 yds. gravel 67.40
Foster-Farrar Co., tools 12.25
Aaron Fisher, 193 yds. gravel
19.30
$2,563.91
$8,252.86
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1935 CHAPTER 81 EXPENDITURES ON ROADS IN TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON
1 Main Road
$1,732.68
2 Loudville Road
0.00
3 Rhodes Road
0.00
4 South Road
315.10
5 Montague Road
171.70
6 Chesterfield Road
648.13
7 North Road
568.60
8 Kingsley Road
0.00
9 Capp Road
9.80
10 Shaw Road
9.60
11 Northwest Road
627.84
12 Reservoir Road
444.23
13 Kings Highway
351.70
14 Pisgah Road
0.00
15 Dodge Road
0.00
16 Tob Road
67.00
17 Easthampton Road
1,163.25
18 Cross Road
33.60
19 Stage Road
716.93
20 Lyman Road
177.00
21 Edwards Road
34.60
22 Cemetery Road
2.80
23 Southampton Road
216.55
24 Cross Road
22.00
25 Mine Road
250.20
26 Cross Road
51.00
27 Hathaway Road 50.00
28 Cross Road · 0.00
29 Montague Hill
27.10
14
30 Breakneck Road
0.00
31 Burt Road
13.50
32 Hooker Road
0.00
33
Turkey Hill Road
86.80
Machinery and Tools
34.45
Culverts
426.70
Total
$8,252.86
Allotments
State
$7,500.00
Town
750.00
Total
$8,250.00
CHAPTER 90-PAYROLL
Levi Burt
$164.00
Russell Dodge
67.20
Howard Blakesley
89.60
W. M. Fiske
38.25
C. R. Burt
12.00
E. A. Montague
156.00
Frank Niles
95.20
F. W. Blakesley
320.00
James Hickey
109.90
Fred Lavalley
11.90
A. E. Delisle, Jr.
129.20
Louis Tylczak
37.80
H. J. Payson
157.50
Harold Beckwith
22.40
Leon Smith
98.00
Ira Aldrich
72.80
Theodore Theroux
65.80
George H. Burt
102.00
Lawrence Blakesley
106.40
Peter Boucher
58.80
15
J. Poudrier
7.00
Albert Lapointe
43.40
James Aldrich
36.40
Charles Stickney
44.80
Arthur Dodge
86.80
John Tylczak
58.80
Arthur Church
25.20
V. E. Mitchell
14.63
$2,231.78
CHAPTER 90-MATERIAL SHEET
J. Russell & Co., Inc., iron rods $21.97
W. N. Potter, Inc., 70 sacks cement 49.00
Joseph Sarafin, 10 yds. gravel 1.00
A. E. Delisle, Jr., 42 posts 12.60
John S. Lane & Son, 18,600 lbs. rock 8.37
Aaron Fisher, 1,849 yds. gravel 184.90
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culverts and highway guard 126.94
Foster-Farrar Co., dynamite and paint 27.44
Fritz Bacher, sharpening drills
2.85
Frank Kelly, 15 gals. kerosene
1.80
$436.87
Total $2,668.65
BOND ISSUE-PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley
$234.50
Howard Blakesley
111.00
Arthur Church
95.00
Frank Kelly
76.00
Fred Lavalley
95.00
Joseph Sarafin
95.00
Stanley Seymour
95.00
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Philip Theroux
91.00
Theodore Theroux
95.00
John Tylczak
87.00
Raymond Blakesley
91.00
Leslie Shaw
95.00
James Hickey
95.00
Charles Stickney
95.00
Frank Niles
95.00
Albert Lapointe
80.00
Ira Aldrich
75.00
W. M. Fiske
153.00
G. H. Burt
141.00
Claude Seymour
59.00
E. A. Montague
132.00
H. J. Payson
144.00
$2,329.50
BOND ISSUE-MATERIAL SHEET
Aaron Fisher, 1,466 yds. gravel
$146.60
C. M. Norris, 326 yds. gravel
32.60
Fred Lavalley, sharpening picks
1.50
Frank Kelly, kerosene
1.20
$181.90
Total
$2,511.40
SNOW REMOVAL AND SANDING
A. E. Delisle, Jr.
$327.75
Howard Blakesley
42.35
James Hickey
18.70
Arthur Church
18.90
Walter Witherell
5.95
Lawrence Blakesley
4.20
Eugene Trahan
8.05
W. M. Fiske
14.55
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G. H. Burt
13.50
A. E. Witherell
400.15
Leslie Shaw
8.40
F. W. Blakesley
30.00
Robert Church
13.30
Ernest Shaw
5.60
Louis Tylczak
2.10
John Tylczak
2.45
Peter Boucher
6.00
C. R. Burt
32.45
G. H. Knight
5.60
Alfred Messeck
2.80
B. F. March Co.
70.84
$1,033.64
BRIDGES AND RAILINGS
Louis Tylczak
$5.60
Theodore Theroux
2.80
F. W. Blakesley
32.00
H. J. Payson
12.00
Arthur Church
5.60
Charles Stickney
16.80
Leslie Shaw
14.00
Leon Smith
5.60
Frank Niles
15.40
Ira Aldrich
16.80
G. H. Burt
18.80
Levi Burt
8.00
John Tylczak
2.80
George Payson
2.80.
Joseph Sarafin
12.90
Howard Blakesley
19.60
Lawrence Blakesley
2.80
James Hickey
19.60
A. E. Witherell
7.30
A. E. Delisle, 156 ties
46.80
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A. E. Delisle, truck 6.00
H. M. Clapp, 143 ft. plank, 20 posts, labor 51.40
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., guard rail 330.99
J. Russell & Co., Inc., spikes 4.25
$660.64
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
J. Russell & Co., Inc., 3 wheelbarrows $22.50
M. M. Barcomb, repairs on snow plow 34.24
Graves Garage, snow plow, etc.
696.95
Graves Garage, repairs 27.05
Tractors, Inc., repairs for grader 41.16
Standard Oil Co., gas and oil
167.23
Harry Lester, chain 4.00
F. W. Blakesley, tractor registration 2.00
Shunk Mfg. Co., parts for grader 17.40
Foster-Farrar Co., tools, bolts, etc. 23.28
The Rubber Store, brake lining 4.23
The Manchester Co., scythes 8.78
$1,048.82
TOWN HALL
Western Mass. Electric Co. $18.36
G. H. Knight, janitor 17.35
W. M. Fiske, 1 cord of wood 7.00
$42.71
INTEREST, INSURANCE AND BONDS
E. L. Lewis $459.45
Sanders-Forbes, clerk, treasurer
and collector bonds
33.00
$492.45
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GYPSY MOTH
Graybar Electric Co., Inc., supplies
$6.99
Montague Rod & Reel Co.,
bamboo pole 6.00
Frost Insecticide Co., brushes, etc.
1.20
James Higgins & Son, creosote
2.31
Frank Kelly
25.20
Fred Lavalley
21.00
Joseph Sarafin
19.60
Alfred Messeck
26.90
Joseph Tylczak
25.20
Leslie Shaw
40.60
$175.00
PRINTING AND SUPPLIES
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies $16.51
G. I. Flint, 300 stamped envelopes 15.98
Enterprise Printing Co., printing town reports and tax bills 68.90
J. W. Heffernan, envelopes
2.00
The Kingsbury Press, order books 6.50
$109.89
TAXES
County Treasurer, dog taxes $119.40
County Tax
1,075.82
State Tax 756.26
$1,951.48
TRUST FUNDS
Philip Clapp, parish treasurer, half Thayer Fund $15.12
J. C. Williams, collector half Thayer Fund 15.11
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Mrs. Julia Montague, cemetery fund 90.43 Mrs. H. M. Clapp, Street and Wright Funds 71.95
$192.61
MEMORIAL DAY
H. W. Rust Co., flags $5.95
Frank Monarch, fruit
7.50
Briscoll's, supplies 13.55
$27.00
CONTINGENT
Hampshire County Red Cross,
2 First Aid Text Books for E.R.A. $1.20
H. M. Bridgman, abatement of tax 2.68
Edward Fournier, abatement of tax 1.32
A. E. Witherell, abatement of excise tax 6.33
F. W. Blakesley, postage and telephone 4.55
Charles H. Chase, 10 transfers 2.00
Raymond Blakesley, sharpening picks 1.00
J. Russell & Co., Inc., wedges for E.R.A. work 1.68
Fritz Bacher, sharpening picks
1.90
Hampshire County Selectmen's
Association, dues 6.00
City of Northampton, trucking
surplus supplies .52
Cookman Lumber Co., tile 6.59
$35.77
LIBRARY
The H. R. Huntting Co., Inc. $29.56
Herbert Mascho 3.65
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E. H. Montague, cleaning library 3.00
E. H. Montague, 4 mos. electric light bill 3.00
E. H. Montague, 3 loads wood 22.50
E. H. Montague, care of lawn 5.00
E. H. Montague, paint and labor
69.16
Herbert F. Mascho, magazines 23.30
Marion Mascho, librarian's salary
10.82
$169.99
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
J. J. Arenstam, M.D.,
Arcouette case
$15.00
Cross Bros., Arcouette case
3.45
Levi Burt, Pinard case
10.00
W. M. Fiske, 1 cord wood, Pinard case
7.00
Philip Pinard
30.00
$65.45
PUBLIC WELFARE
Case No. 5
$260.71
Case No. 8
43.28
Case No. 9
156.00
Case No. 22
21.99
Case No. 24
156.00
Case No. 25
17.05
Case No. 26
24.40
Case No. 27
84.90
$764.33
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Case No. 1
$158.00
Case No. 2
368.93
Case No. 3
262.00
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Case No. 4
422.00
Case No. 5
71.50
Case No. 6
64.00
Case No. 7
25.00
$1,371.43
Kapitulat.com/ RECAPITULATION
120000
Town Officers
$907.87
Highways, Chap. 81, material
2,563.91
10 0 4 Highways, Chap. 81, labor
5,688.95
Highways, Chap. 90, material
436.87
Highways, Chap. 90, labor
2,231.78
Highways, Bond Issue, material
181.90
Highways, Bond Issue, labor
2,329.50
Snow Removal and Sanding
1,033.64
Bridges and Railings
660.64
Road Machinery Account
1,048.82
Town Hall
42.71
Interest, Insurance and Bonds
492.45
Gypsy Moth
175.00
Printing and Supplies
109.89
Taxes, 1935
1,951.48
Trust Funds
192.61
Memorial Day
27.00
Contingent
35.77
Library
169.99
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Soldiers' Relief
65.45
Public Welfare
764.33
Old Age Assistance
1,371.43
250 ML- 2.5%
$22,481.99
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LIST OF JURYMEN WHO SERVED IN 1935 M. M. Clapp Grand Jury Traverse Jury J. C. Williams Myron G. Hathaway Charles M. Norris
Traverse Jury Traverse Jury
LEVI BURT, - F. W. BLAKESLEY, W. M. FISKE,
Selectmen.
Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1935
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of twenty-two thousand four hundred and eighty-one dollars and ninety-nine cents ($22,481.99), for which proper vouchers are on file.
EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, Auditor
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Spent in 33
BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1936
Schools
10,000 $10,500.00
Highways, Chap. 81
750.00
Highways, Chap. 90
750.00
Bridges and Railings
2,000.00 - 660.44
Town Officers
11,000.00 - 907.87
Public Welfare
800.00- 6%. 33
Old Age Assistance
2,000.00~/3/71, 4 3
Board of Health
50.00 -
Interest, Insurance and Bonds
400.00-
192 40
Town Hall
75.00
Gypsy Moth
175.00 -
Printing and Supplies
100.00
Library, Dog Fund and
75.00
Memorial Day
180.00
27.00
Contingent
100.00 -
36.77
Reserve
400.00 -
Snow Removal and Sanding
800.00 - 1033.64
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
Rabies Vaccine
50.00
Diphtheria Clinic
50.00
2030000
7500
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
APPROPRIATIONS
Highways, Chap. 81
$750.00
Highways, Chap. 90
750.00
Highways, Chap. 90 special
450.00
Schools
9,600.00
Bridges and Railings
800.00
Town Officers
1,000.00
Public Welfare
700.00
Old Age Assistance
9/ 45
1,300.00
Interest, Insurance, Bonds
400.00
Town Hall
100.00
42.7
Gypsy Moth
175.00 - 175.00
Library
.75.00
Memorial Day
30.00
Contingent
200.00
Reserve Fund
600.00
Snow Removal and Sanding
1,200.00
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
50.00
Diphtheria Clinic
50.00
Federal Projects
100.00
Dutch Elm
25.00
$18,505.00
From Balance in, the Treasury
Schools
$1,000.00
Road Machinery
1,200.00
Board of Health
100.00
Printing and Supplies
125.00
Rabies Vaccine
50.0
50.00
Snow Plow
710.00
Dog Fund
94.99
5,00
2700
65.46-134.55
105,00
$3,279.99
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State Tax
$570.00
Division of Parks
5.00
County Tax
1,122.11
State Audit
147.25
Veterans' Exemption
3.00
Overlay
218.63
$2,065.99
Total
$23,850.98
Total Reductions
$10,912.60
Net amount raised on polls and property
$12,938.38
Personal Valuation
$103,140.00
Real Estate
286,565.00
- -
-$389,705.00
Tax on Personal Estate
$3,362.42
Tax on Real Estate
9,341.98
Tax on Polls
234.00
$12,938.40
Tax Rate
32.60
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
534.87
Abatements, Property Tax
38.07
Abatements, Excise Tax
21.58
Abatements, Poll Tax
2.00
FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Neat
Horses Cows
Sheep Cattle
Swine Houses
1933
66
275
15
204
10
148
1934
65
319
13
190
19
149
1935
55
308
25
197
12
149
D. S. BRIDGMAN, F. W. BLAKESLEY, JOHN C. HATHAWAY,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Balance due on 1934 Excise Taxes
$2.00
Balance due on 1934 Poll, Personal and
Real Estate Taxes 548.02
1935 EXCISE TAXES
Commitment of March 25, 1935
$420.52
Collected $406.28
Abatements 10.24
$416.52
Balance to collect
4.00
$420.52
Commitment of Sept. 28, 1935
$94.67
Collected
$94.67
Abatement after payment to collector
$5.21
Commitment of Dec. 28, 1935
$19.68
Collected
$10.20
Balance to collect
9.48
$19.68
1935 TAXES, PERSONAL, POLL AND REAL ESTATE
1935 Poll Taxes
$234.00
Collected
$202.00
Balance to collect
32.00
$234.00
1935 Personal and Real Estate Taxes
$12,704.38 .
Collected $8,765.80
Abatement 8.15
$8,773.95
Balance to collect
3,930.43
$12,704.38 JARED C. WILLIAMS, Collector. -
Westhampton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1935 I have examined the accounts of the Collector and find them correct.
EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
INCOME, 1935
Balance forward
$47.44
Interest
155.44
Dog Tax
94.99
Town Appropriation
75.00
Unused paint reserve
50.00
Fines
5.41
$428.28
EXPENSES
Books bought
$81.87
Magazines
23.30
Librarian's salary
100.00
Janitor
30.00
Reserve for insurance
25.00
Reserve for painting
25.00
Fuel
22.50
Electricity
6.00
Orville Flint, labor, painting library
40.00
Painting material
29.16
Miscellaneous
4.25
$387.08
Balance forward into 1936 $41.20
Books bought, 171; given, 244. Circulation in 1935 consisted of adult fiction, 1740 ; non-fiction, 299; juve- niles, 1269 ; magazines, 797.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following donors : Franklin G. Neal, Livy S. Richard, Mary Ives, Mrs. Grover Squier, Easthampton, Mrs. Robert Evans, Northampton, Springfield Public Library, and Estate of L. B. and H. L. Williams of Northampton.
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The Westhampton Library Committee hereby ex- press their appreciation of Mr. Livy S. Richard, one of their late members.
We appreciate the understanding he had of the needs of our community, and his wise and fearless help in the solving of our problems.
He came to us with wisdom gained through years of public work in larger places and gave us freely of his time and strength yet saying with characteristic atti- tude, "I receive as much as I give."
His literary work on city papers made him especially useful in selecting books and magazines for our library.
As an independent thinker, a generous opponent, a loyal co-worker, we shall always remember him as em- bodying those high qualities of citizenship that made him valuable in church and in town as well as in the library.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1935
Appropriated at Town Meeting Expended
$10,600.00
9,948.63
Overlay
$651.37
EXPENSES
Teachers :
Mrs. Dorothy L. Harwood
$993.72
Miss Gertrude Cady
807.50
Miss Esther Johnston
477.80
Miss Rachel Bridgman
337.00
Mrs. Herbert F. Mascho
19.00
Mrs. Gilbert I. Flint
2.00
$2,637.02
Mass. Retirement Fund :
Mrs. Harwood
$53.00
Miss Cady
42.50
Miss Johnston
25.50
Miss Bridgman
17.00
138.00
Administration :
Superintendent's salary
$218.70
Superintendent's traveling
expenses
15.00
233.70
Music :
Miss Emily Parsons
$75.00
American Book Co.
25.92
100.92
Maintenance :
J. Russell Co.
$2.25
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Western Mass. Electric 14.44
M. K. Parsons, fuel 18.00
H. M. Clapp, fuel
100.00
Westhampton Water Co.
13.00
J. C. Williams, janitor
25.00
Wanda Sarafin, janitor
20.00
Florence Theroux, janitor
10.00
Alice Blakesley, janitor
10.00
George H. Knight, janitor 10.00
J. C. Hathaway, repairs 5.00
John Fisher, eaves troughs
20.00
247.69
Books and Supplies
107.27
General:
Health :
Dr. James B. Ryan
$100.00
Mabel Bridgman, R.N. 54.40
Dr. Claire Manwell
40.00
Herbert Mascho, rent of playground 10.00
Tuition of Dodge boys
169.13
Mrs. H. Parsons, school census
10.00
Enterprise Printing Co.
3.50
H. M. Clapp, land for playground 25.00
M. M. Ciapp, Truant Officer
5.00
417.03
Local transportation :
Charles Blakesley
$1,175.75
Walter Witherell
836.50
George Searle
9.00
2,021.25
Total cost of Elementary School
$5,902.88
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High School Pupils :
Tuition Transportation
Marion Blakesley $100.00
$141.60
Myron Clapp
100.00
146.40
Jane Gagnon
100.00
140.00
Jeannette Norris
100.00
128.00
Sophie Sarafin
90.00
85.60
Donald Williams
90.00
146.40
Theresa Theroux
90.00
146.40
Florence Delisle
90.00
128.80
Pauline Church
90.00
143.20
Margaret Ledoux
90.00
143.20
Ella Stickney
90.00
143.20
Norman Eddy
69.75
41.60
Erminio Grimaldi
48.80
Lucile Parsons
54.40
Francis Kelly
60.00
Florence Theroux
60.00
Simmone Theroux
60.00
Veronica Tylczak
59.20
Smith School :
Leon Smith
60.00
58.40
Richard Williams
150.00
145.60
Myron Foucha
150.00
119.20
Henry Sarafin
150.00
116.80
Malena Messeck
60.00
59.20
Total for tuition $1,669.75
Total for transportation $2,376.00
Total cost of High and Smith School Pupils 4,045.75
Total cost of schools $9,948.63
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REIMBURSEMENTS
Mass. School Fund, Part I
$950.00
Mass. School Fund, Part II
2,174.81
Vocational Education
990.11
Supt. in small towns
109.24
High School tuition
959.80
High School transportation
1,454.60
State Wards
428.84
Northampton School Dept.
163.19
$7,230.59
Net Cost to Town $2,718.04 LOUISE S. PARSONS, JARED C. WILLIAMS, JOHN C. HATHAWAY,
School Committee.
I have examined the accounts of the School Com- mittee and find they have drawn orders and have vouchers for the same to the amount of nine thousand nine hundred forty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents ($9,948.63).
EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee :
I herewith submit my eleventh annual report, which is the forty-fifth in the series, of the public schools of Westhampton.
The year has passed quietly with little that was spectacular in the orderly routine of planned work. The constants in a school program are instruction, equipment and cost. These problems are always pres- ent in school administration. The variables include al- most anything from accidents to epidemics.
Ten pupils from Westhampton are attending the Easthampton High School, and during the fall term all did creditable work. One was on the honor roll. The average of all four freshmen in all major subjects was 79.2 per cent. The standard achievement tests in the grades show improvement. These are given in the fall and in the spring. New books and supplies have been purchased and repairs have been made as needed.
In the matter of expense Westhampton shows a sharp decline, dropping from sixtieth to eighty-seventh place in the 125 towns comprising the fourth group.
At the end of the spring term, after three years of service, Esther Johnston resigned as teacher by reason of marriage, and Rachel Bridgman was engaged to take her place.
At midyears in 1936 Dorothy Harwood resigned to accept another position in Auburn, Massachusetts. She has served five and one half years in her present place. Constance M. McKowen, a graduate of North Adams Teachers' College and for five and a half years a teach- er in South Royalston, Massachusetts, has been secured to fill the vacancy.
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Pursuant to a vote at the last town meeting to pro- vide instruction in music in the schools Miss Emily Par- sons of Easthampton, formerly a resident of Westhamp- ton, was engaged as teacher. The work was started last April. Miss Parsons spends one afternoon out of every two weeks in the schools. Graded music books have been purchased for the use of the pupils.
During the late fall a plot of ground approximately 140 feet by 120 feet was purchased from Mr. H. M. Clapp to enlarge the school yard on the north side. It is planned to have this cleared and graded as a federal project, and when completed it will furnish relief from a somewhat congested condition.
Thanks are due Mr. and Mrs. Walter Howard of Springfield, summer residents at Pine Island Lake, for the gift of a fine piano for the use of the school.
The following are the attendance figures for the school year ending in June, 1935 :
Whole No. Average Average Enrolled Membership Attendance
Center School
Dorothy Harwood
31
27.79
24.91
Gertrude Cady
22
23.11
21.05
Esther Johnston
31
32.23
29.17
Totals
84
83.13
75.13
I wish to thank the teachers for their faithful work and the committee for its cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT D. CASEY,
Superintendent of Schools.
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REPORT OF THE PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC
The Pre-School Clinic was held June 13, 1935 in the Church Parlors. Total number of children attending 30.
Summary of defects: General
Those needing dental work 11
Those needing tonsils and adenoids removed 4
Those needing more rest and sleep 3
Those having enlarged glands
1
Those needing cod liver oil 7
Following is a two-year comparison of nutritional de- fects : It speaks for itself.
1934
1935
Showing good nutrition
60%
70%
Showing slight nutrition defect
23 %
20%
Showing moderate defect
14%
10%
Children needing more milk
9%
7 %
Children needing more fruit
33%
32%
Children needing more vegetables
43%
32%
Children needing more whole grains
46%
13%
Parents needing budget assistance
9%
53%
Parents on welfare
5%
17%
A careful study of this table will show that the clinic is not without value. Here is a chance for all mothers to consult people who are specialists in their lines and ie- ceive advice at no cost to themselves except the little effort it takes to get the children ready and bring them over to the church. Health is undoubtedly the most im- portant factor in the early years of childhood. Give your children a good start by building strong healthy bodies. Beauty is more than skin deep, it's bone deep, blood deep. It comes from strong bones, sparkling teeth rosy cheeks, bright eyes.
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Again I wish to emphasize the fact that the pre- school clinic is not for sick children but for children who are apparently well in order to keep them well. It has also a very important secondary function; that of edu- cating parents in the best and most scientific methods of keeping children well and training them properly.
All pre-school children have received T. A. T. for immunization against diphtheria except six. It would be grand if next year we could say they had all received such protection.
In closing we wish to thank all those who gave gener- ously of their time to make the clinic a success.
MABEL CRAIG BRIDGMAN,
School Nurse.
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools :
I respectfully submit my second annual report as school nurse in the town of Westhampton.
The dental clinic was held in January 1935 with the following results :
Total number of children examined 85
Number needing dental care
76
Number receiving dental care
36
Number of cleanings advised 32 Given 14
Number of fillings advised 120 Given 66
Number of extractions advised 53 Given 19
A donation of $10.00 was received from the Men's Civic Club for which we are grateful.
Dr. O'Brien from the Hampshire County Sanitorium gave the tuberculin test in January to all children whose parents gave permission. The response was
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splendid, more than two-thirds of the school being tested.
Routine eye and ear tests were given to the school children. Six pupils who showed some difficulty in hearing were taken to Dr. Collins' office for further ex- amination.
The routine physical examination was conducted in June by Dr. James Ryan. A large number of children show diseased tonsils and adenoids.
Last fall two trips were made to Easthampton, taking two children to the Chadwick clinic, the first for the routine x-ray and the second for general examination and nutritional conferences with the parents.
In the fall of 1935 Dr. Claire Manwell was appointed school physician. Dr. Manwell has made a specialty of the diseases of children and has shown a commendable interest in the health of the children.
Through the courtesy of the parish committee per- mission was obtained to use the church parlors for the routine physical examination.
Visits were made to all homes by the school nurse.in October. The toxin-anti-toxin treatment has been giv- en to school and pre-school children.
Head and chest colds seem to be our most outstand- ing difficulty. It is earnestly advised that children com- ing down with colds be kept out of school for a few days. No epidemics of contagious diseases have dis- turbed us this year, but we have had several cases of ear infections following hard colds.
Our goal for 1936 is better health for all children in the community. In closing I wish to express my appre- ciation to the school committee, teachers, and parents for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted MABEL C. BRIDGMAN
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ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2, 1936
Ten A. M .- Prompt
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 officers to serve the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to leave the care of the 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, Chapter 41, General Laws, which requires that 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 appropri- ate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to ratify and confirm the doings of its town officers.
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Art. 11. To take action in regard to the collection of taxes.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan- uary 1, 1936, and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
(Other articles may appear in the posted warrant.)
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400.00 1460.54
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