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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of the
TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON
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for the
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1937
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of the
TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON
THAMPTON
WEST
MASS
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9,1778
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for the
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937
F. M. CRITTENDEN, PRINTER NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 1938
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
1937
BIRTHS
/ February 7
2 March 24
3 March 31
4 June 7
5
December 15
Clarence Diamond Delisle
Earl Richard Gett
Stephen Eugene Roy Messeck
Dorothy May Delisle
Frank Raymond Fisher, Jr.
DEATHS
Cause Age
[ Jan.
21
Anthony Landry, general arteriosclerosis
69-3-5 1
2 Mar. 8 Frank W. Niles, lobar pneumonia 60-10-19
3 April 4 Arthur L. Searle, hypertensive heart
76-8-7
4 April 20 Chester L. Hunt, lobar pneumonia 75-10-16
5 May 14 Fidelia M. Kingsley, cerebral hemorrhage 91- 6-26
6 Oct.
9
Mabel Luella Norris, pulmonary embolus
66-1-9
MARRIAGES
/ April 6 Ralph Alexander Payson Evelyn Ida Russell
Westhampton Chesterfield
2 April 30 Raymond T. Crockwell Prescott Ruth N. Wendemuth Prescott
3 May 14 Sanford Levi Payson Gertrude Amelia Seymour Amherst
Westhampton
3
4 June 25 Adam Dauphinais Leona Blam
5 Sept. 2 Albert Victor Rixon Mary Evelyn Crowley
Westhampton Holyoke Arlington Westhampton
DOG ACCOUNT Dr.
June 1, 1937
18 males
@ $2.00
$36.00
4 females
@ $5.00
20.00
6 spayed
@ $2.00
12.00
$68.00
Cr.
To County Treasurer
$62.40
To Town Clerk, 28 fees
5.60
$68.00
Dr.
December 1, 1937
21 males
@ $2.00
$42.00
1 female
@ $5.00
5.00
3 spayed
@ $2.00
6.00
$53.00
Cr.
To County Treasurer
$48.00
To Town Clerk, 25 fees
5.00
$53.00
FISH AND GAME LICENSES
18 Resident citizen fishing licenses @ $2.00 $36.00
32 Resident citizen hunting licenses @ $2.00
64.00
13 Resident citizen sporting licenses @ $3.25 42.25
4
6 Woman and minor fishing licenses @ $1.25 7.50
2 Resident citizen trapping licenses @ $5.25 10.50
9 Resident sporting licenses-free
00
1 Non-resident minor fishing license @ $2.25
2.25
1 Non-resident fishing license (3 day) $1.50
1.50
$164.00
To Division of Fisheries and Game
18 Resident citizen fishing licenses $31.50
32 Resident citizen hunting licenses 56.00
13 Resident citizen sporting licenses 39.00
6 Resident citizen woman and minor fishing licenses 6.00
2 Resident citizen trapping licenses
10.00
1 Non-resident fishing license- minor
2.00
1 Non-resident fishing license (3 day) 1.25
$145.75
Clerk's fees
18.25
$164.00
CHARLES M. NORRIS,
Town Clerk.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1937 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 January 1, 1937
$14,842.45
Taxes 1937
Personal and Real Estate
6,103.24
Polls
186.00
Excise
580.81
1936
Personal and Real Estate
3,151.13
Polls
6.00
Excise
152.18
1935
Personal and Real Estate
773.55
Polls
4.00
Excise
4.00
1934
Personal and Real Estate
25.90
Excise
3.53
1933
Excise
2.00
Interest, 1937
3.81
1936
108.63
1935
62.80
1934
3.62
1933
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Mass. Highway Commission
Chap. 81 7,425.00
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Treasurer, Hampshire County
Chap. 90
500.00
Dog refund, 1936
114.20
Rabies vaccine refund
18.50
Interest from trust funds
Cemetery funds, 1937
25.38
Thayer Fund, 1937 25.15
Wright Fund, 1937 25.15
Totman Fund, 1937
50.00
Whiting Street Fund, 1937 34.73
Permit to sell fireworks .50
Support of indigent persons 10.50
Dividend, insurance on Town Hall
24.28
Mass. School Fund, Part II, chap. 70 2,111.75
Vocational Educational School Fund 730.03
Old Age Assistance
City of Chicopee
18.75
Town of Orange 16.67
State grant
770.22
U. S. grant
1,742.00
Administration
58.02
Mass. Income Tax
1937
941.19
Educational
475.00
State valuation
281.95
1936, chap. 362. Sec. 4
.46
Mass. Corporation Tax Public Service
36.02
Superintendent in small towns
107.11
High School tuition, 1937
1,824.82
High School transportation
2,335.20
Tuition of State Wards
214.59
Inspection of animals 7.50
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Victualler's license
1.00
Town Clerk, dog licenses
110.40
2 Sunday licenses
10.00
2 licenses
1.00
Highway Dept.
Road machinery acct. 742.75
Rent of Town Hall for basketball
2.75
$46,806.35
Cr.
Paid Selectmen's orders
$23,399.30
Paid School Committee orders
12,423.36
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1938
10,983.69
$46,806.35
Outstanding Taxes
1937 Personal and Real Estate $5,442.85
Polls
6.00
Excise
16.00
1936 Personal and Real Estate 1,039.85
Polls 2.00
Excise
3.35
$ 6,500.05
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Balance, Jan. 1, 1937
$1,705.71
Total Income for 1937
742.75
Total Expense for 1937
230.99
Balance, Jan. 1, 1938
$ 2,217.47
FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Interest drawn in 1937 Cemetery
$2,000.00 Lucy Langdon Totman Fund $50.00
500.00 O. C. Bridgman Fund 12.58
100.00 M. G. Brown Fund 2.51
8
100.00
George Burt Fund
2.51
100.00 S. C. Cook Fund 2.51
100.00
Samuel Edwards Fund 2.51
50.00 D. L. Brown Fund
1.26
50.00
C. N. Loud Fund
1.50
Worthy Poor
$1,000.00
Wright Fund 25.15
1,380.85
Whiting Street Fund 34.73
1,000.00
Thayer Fund, 1/2 to town, 1/2 to parish 25.15
GILBERT I. FLINT,
Treasurer.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1937.
I have this day examined the accounts of the Treas- urer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of thirty-five thousand eight hundred twenty-two dollars and sixty-six cents ($35,822.66), for which vouchers are on file, and a balance on hand of ten thou- sand nine hundred eighty-three dollars and sixty-nine cents ($10,983.69). Due from J. C. Williams, Collector 1937 personal and real estate taxes five thousand four hundred forty-two dollars and eighty-five cents ($5,442 .- 85), 1937 poll taxes six dollars ($6.00), 1937 excise taxes sixteen dollars ($16.00), 1936 personal and real estate taxes one thousand thirty-nine dollars and eighty-five cents ($1,039.85), 1936 poll taxes two dollars ($2.00), 1936 excise taxes three dollars and thirty-five cents ($3.35).
EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,
Auditor.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
TOWN OFFICERS
Charles R. Burt, moderator $5.00
Charles R. Burt, assessor 45.75
Charles R. Burt, dog officer 5.00
Edward H. Montague, auditor
10.00
W. M. Fiske, selectman 83.00
F. B. Montague, selectman 77.00
F. W. Blakesley, selectman 38.25
F. W. Blakesley, assessor 46.25
Charles M. Norris, town clerk
50.00
J. C. Hathaway, assessor
59.00
J. C. Hathaway, school committee
35.00
J. C. Hathaway, mileage and postage
4.92
D. S. Bridgman, assessor
10.75
Louise Parsons, school committee
20.00
J. C. Williams, school committee
20.00
J. C. Williams, sealer of weights & measures 10.00
J. C. Williams, tax collector 150.00
Gilbert I. Flint, treasurer
150.00
Gilbert I. Flint, supplies
.75
Mass. Assessors' Association, dues
3.00
Gertrude E. Flint, typing
8.25
Myron M. Clapp, animal inspection 15.00
Myron M. Clapp, meat inspection
25.50
$ 872.42
HIGHWAYS CHAPTER 81-PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley $515.00
10
Frank Kelly
227.99
John Tylczak
199.78
George Payson
21.30
Henry J. Payson
333.75
Howard Blakesley
447.00
Lawrence Blakesley
224.63
F. B. Montague
130.00
Arthur Church
362.26
Earl Gett
265.14
A. E. Witherell
229.50
Allan Strong
221.63
W. M. Fiske
271.00
George H. Burt
267.00
C. M. Norris
5.25
Claude Seymour
34.50
Clifford Payson
155.26
Arthur Dodge
93.50
Edward A. Montague
278.25
James O. Hickey
235.89
A. E. Delisle, Jr.
359.25
Joseph Sarafin
140.63
Russell Dodge
52.50
Myron M. Clapp
93.00
Elmer Seymour
14.25
William Guerrin
10.50
Norman Searle
19.88
George Searle
9.00
Richard B. Warren
113.63
Ira Aldrich
74.25
Leodore Messeck
23.25
Dwight Church
33.00
Town Grader
566.25
Town Tractor
148.00
Town Scraper
18.50
$ 6,194.52
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CHAPTER 81-MATERIAL SHEET
Federal Land Bank, 1139 yds. gravel $113.90
Charles M. Norris, 40 yds. gravel 4.00
Joseph Sarafin, 518 yds. gravel 51.80
George A. Witherell, 232 yds. gravel 23.20
A. E. Dodge, 260 yds. gravel 26.00
Cornelius Benson, 702 yds. gravel 70.20
Aaron Fisher, 78 yds, gravel 7.80
Herbert Vreeland, 66 yds. gravel
6.60
Walter Gastka, 64 yds. gravel
6.40
Moulton Asphalt Service, 990 gals. asphalt 103.95
E. S. Sirine, 9,404 gals. asphalt
864.48
American Tar Co., 6,151 gals. rotar
731.97
J. Russell & Co., Inc., wire
5.10
Foster-Farrar Co., tools 38.70
Fritz Bacher, blacksmith work
6.55
$ 2,060.65
1937 CHAPTER 81 EXPENDITURES ON ROADS IN TOWN OF WESTHAPTON
1 Main Road
$806.30
2 Loudville Road
4.00
3 Rhodes Road
3.00
4 South Road
1,525.04
5 Montague Road
45.50
6 Chesterfield Road
529.78
7 North Road
1,500.50
8 Kingsley Road
0.00
9 Clapp Road
14.25
12
10 Shaw Road 3.00
11 Northwest Road
619.43
12 Reservoir Road 455.35
13 Kings Highway
317.25
14
Pisgah Road
18.97
15 Dodge Road
0.00
16 Tob Road
131.89
17 Easthampton Road
519.64
18
Perry Hill Cross Road
52.85
19 Stage Road
776.60
20 Lyman Road
109.00
21
Edwards Road
34.50
22
Cemetery Road
34.50
23
Southampton Road
409.70
24
Cross Road
25.80
25
Mine Road
65.05
26
Cross Road
162.17
27 Hathaway Road
9.00
28
Cross Road
0.00
29
Montague Hill Road
12.00
30 Breakneck Road
0.00
31 Burt Road
10.25
32 Hooker Road
0.00
33 Turkey Hill Road
9.50
Machinery and tools
50.35
Culverts
0.00
Total
$ 8,255.17
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Allotments :
State
$7,500.00
Town
750.00
Total
$8,250.00
CHAPTER 90-PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley
$283.30
Arthur Church
133.60
Howard Blakesley
100.00
James Hickey
118.00
Earl Gett
117.00
F. B. Montague
120.00
John Tylczak
136.00
Frank Kelly
120.00
Joseph Sarafin
132.00
Allan Strong
136.00
Clifford Payson
106.00
Lawrence Blakesley
138.20
Leodore Messeck
102.00
Ira Aldrich
112.00
A. E. Dodge
62.00
H. M. Bridgman
164.00
Edward A. Montague
152.00
A. E. Witherell
87.00
George H. Burt
57.00
Henry J. Payson
75.00
William M. Fiske
75.00
Town Grader
10.00
$ 2,536.10
CHAPTER 90-MATERIAL SHEET
Edward A. Montague, 500 yds. gravel $50.00 James R. Clapp, 948 yds. gravel 94.80
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A. E. Delisle, Jr., 25 fence posts 7.50
Foster-Farrar Co., dynamite & explod. 18.25
Foster-Farrar Co., brushes, paint, oil 12.85 N. E. Metal Cul. Co., culverts and couplings 83.58
$ 266.98
CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE PAYROLL
W. M. Fiske
$129.50
Allan Strong
21.00
Norman Searle
19.50
Earl Gett
24.00
James Hickey
24.00
Arthur Church
27.00
Clifford Payson
24.00
Howard Blakesley
27.00
John Tylczak
10.50
Richard B. Warren
12.00
Lawrence Blakesley
21.00
Joseph Sarafin
7.50
Edward A. Montague
36.00
Myron M. Clapp
42.00
$ 425.00
CHAPTER 90- MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SHEET
Joseph Sarafin $23.40
American Tar Co., 8,837 gals. rotar 1,051.60
$ 1,075.00
SNOW REMOVAL AND SANDING
Arthur E. Witherell
$39.41
Albert E. Delisle, Jr.
38.42
W. M. Fiske
3.50
F. W. Blakesley
38.00
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Arthur Church
21.35
Howard Blakesley
24.65
Allan Strong
12.70
Frank Niles
2.80
Charles R. Burt
12.00
George H. Knight
3.00
George Searle
3.00
James Hickey
6.75
John Tylczak
6.75
Lawrence Blakesley
6.75
Edward A. Montague
1.50
George H. Burt
20.25
Foster-Farrar Co., wire
3.00
G. A. Witherell, sand
1.40
Fritz Bacher, sharpening picks and bar 1.00
Graves Garage 5.00
$ 251.23
BRIDGES AND RAILINGS
W. F. Blakesley $2.00
Howard Blakesley
2.25
Arthur Church
2.25
W. M. Fiske
1.00
A. E. Delisle, Jr., plank and ties
22.15
$ 29.65
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Standard Oil Co., gas and oil
$193.82
Howard Blakesley, parts and labor
16.92
Charles Blakesley, labor 8.00
Graves Garage 12.25
- 230.99
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INTEREST, INSURANCE AND BONDS
Estate of E. L. Lewis, emp. liability ins. $248.81
Sander's Corporation, tax collector's bond 18.00
Sander's Corporation, treasurer's bond 10.00
Sander's Corporation, clerk's bond 5.00
George A. Pease, ins. on Town Hall 69.38
George A. Pease, Mass. Bonding
Compensation 288.96 $ 640.15
PRINTING AND SUPPLIES
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., assessors' sup. $33.36
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., O.A.A. supplies 4.05
F. M. Crittenden, town reports 60.55
F. M. Crittenden, O.A.A. supplies 16.00
F. M. Crittenden, assessors' supplies 11.00
J. W. Heffernan Co. 2.30
W. M. Fiske, postage 3.00
P. B. Murphy, dog posters 2.00
The Kingsbury Press, town order blks. 7.00
The Fidelity Specialty Co., ink 2.00 $ 141.26
CONTINGENT
Charles H. Chase, property transfers $4.80
City of Northampton, state commodity warehouse 5.01
George A. Witherell, W.P.A. gravel, 1936 12.16
F. B. Montague, mileage 2.40
Treasurer of U. S., surplus commodities division 5.65
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Alice E. Malo, treas. dues Soldiers' Relief Assn. 2.00
Hamp. Co. Selectmen's Association, dues 6.00
J. C. Williams, tel., postage, blanks 12.36
Gertrude E. Flint, postage and date stamp .51
W. M. Fiske, tel. and mileage 6.25
F. W. Blakesley, tel. and postage 5.20
Foster-Farrar Co., shovels and picks 10.55
Charles M. Norris, town clerk's exp.
6.24
Charles R. Burt, keys and express 2.05
Howard R. Harvey, refund on excise tax 3.45
George B. Searle, refund on excise tax 3.46
$ 88.09
LIBRARY
Edward H. Montague, work on septic tank
$11.30
Edward H. Montague, janitor 25.00
George H. Knight, care of lawn 5.00
Marion C. Mascho, librarian 95.39
Herbert Mascho, books
52.51 -
$ 189.20
MEMORIAL DAY
Myron M. Clapp, supplies $30.00 $ 30.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
George S. Russell Pharmacy, rabies
vaccine $18.50 $ 18.50
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Case No. 1
$443.16 $ 443.16
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DIPHTHERIA CLINIC
Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N. $50.00 $ 50.00
RECREATION FIELD
W. H. Lyman, rent
$25.00 $
25.00
FIRE PROTECTION
Charles R. Burt $2.00
Belmont Supply Co., 6 Indian Fire Pumps $71.86
J. Russell & Co., Inc., supplies
20.93
The Chase & Cooledge Co., chemical 3.64 $ 98.43
TAXES
County Treasurer, dog licenses $110.40
County Treasurer, county tax 1,180.92
State Treasurer, state tax 749.65
$ 2,040.97
TRUST FUNDS
Mrs. Julia Montague, int. on cemetery funds $75.38
Mrs. H. M. Clapp, int. on Street and Wright fund 59.88
J. C. Williams, coll. 1/2 Thayer Fund
13.85
Philip Clapp, parish treas., 1/2 Thayer Fund 13.84
$ 162.95
GYPSY MOTH
William Howard
$53.00
Walter Witherell 28.13
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Clarence Delisle
39.75
Harvey Messeck
39.75
Russell Dodge
9.00
Edward Montague
3.00
$ 172.63
TOWN HALL
Western Mass. Electric Co., light
$17.43
Charles R. Burt, 1 cord wood
6.50
George H. Knight, janitor
23.89
F. B. Montague, elec. bulbs and fuses 1.15
Franklin Co. Lumber Co., tile
18.16
$ 67.13
TOWN HALL REPAIRS
W. M. Fiske, glass and putty
$4.00
Foster-Farrar Co., lock 1.21
J. Hugh Pierce, paints and brushes 30.25
Mass. Reformatory, tables and chairs
65.90
A. E. Witherell, voting booths 10.00
Fay B. Montague, supplies 10.52
Fay B. Montague, labor
48.00
Earl Gett, labor
33.00
Frank Kelly, labor
31.50
Fred Lavalley, labor
30.00
-
$ 264.38
ENLARGING TOWN HALL BASEMENT
W. N. Potter Grain Stores, cement $35.90
A. E. Witherell, lumber 13.80
C. R. Burt, cement mixer 8.70
Richard Tracy, posts 3.00
Philip Theroux, labor and nails 17.00
Edward A. Montague, truck
56.00
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Fay B. Montague, labor
52.00
Frank Kelly, labor 36.00
Joseph Sarafin, labor
36.00
Fred Lavalley, labor
30.00
Arthur E. Dodge, labor
6.00
Ira Aldrich, labor
6.00
$ 300.40
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Case No. 1
$242.00
Case No. 2
360.00
Case No. 3
276.00
Case No. 4
420.00
Case No.
5
240.00
Case No.
6
220.00
Case No. 10
222.00
Case No. 12
275.00
Case No. 13
219.00
Case No. 14
140.00
Case No. 15
100.00
Case No. 16
155.00
Case No. 17
168.00
Case No. 18
267.00
Case No. 19
246.00
Case No. 20
140.00
Case No. 21
70.00
Case No. 22
30.00
City of Northampton, cases settled here 36.66
Town of So. Hadley, cases settled here 18.33
Gertrude E. Flint, administration 42.25
Gertrude E. Flint, postage and tel.
5.54
$ 3,892.78
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PUBLIC WELFARE
Case No. 5
$260.71
Case No. 22
81.58
Case No. 25
137.42
Case No. 30
52.00
Case No. 31
242.00
Case No. 32
20.00
Case No. 33
28.02
Case No. 34
10.00
$ 831.73
RECAPITULATION
Town Officers
$872.42
Highways, chap. 81, payrolls
6,194.52
Highways, chap. 81, materials
2,060.65
Highways, chap. 90, payrolls
2,536.10
Highways, chap. 90, materials
266.98
Highways, chap. 90, maintenance
payroll
425.00
materials
1,075.00
Bridges and railings
29.65
Snow removal and sanding
251.23
Road Machinery account
230.99
Old Age Assistance
3,892.78
Public Welfare
831.73
Printing and supplies
141.26
Contingent fund
88.09
Interest, insurance and bonds
640.15
Library
189.20
Memorial Day
30.00
Board of health
18.50
Soldiers' relief
443.16
Diphtheria clinic
50.00
Recreation field
25.00
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Fire protection
98.43
Trust funds
162.95
Taxes
2,040.97
Gypsy moth
172.63
Town Hall
67.13
Town Hall repairs
264.38
Enlarging Town Hall basement
300.40
$23,399.30
The overdrafts were taken from the reserve fund.
JURYMEN WHO SERVED IN 1937
Charles Gagnon
Grand Jury
Frank W. Blakesley
Francis A. Loud
Traverse Jury Traverse Jury
WILLIAM M. FISKE, FRANK W. BLAKESLEY, FAY B. MONTAGUE,
Selectmen.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1937.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of twenty-three thousand three hundred ninety- nine dollars and thirty cents ($23,399.30), for which proper vouchers are on file.
EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,
Auditor.
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BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1938
Schools $12,000.00
Highways, Chap. 81
690.00
Highways, Chap. 90
1,000.00
Highways, Chap. 90, special
800.00
Bridges and railings
1,000.00
Town officers
1,000.00
Public Welfare
1,000.00
Old Age Assistance
2,300.00
Board of health
50.00
Int. Ins. and bonds
600.00
Town Hall
175.00
Gypsy Moth
200.00
Printing and supplies
150.00
Library, dog fund and
75.00
Memorial Day
30.00
Contingent fund
100.00
Reserve fund
600.00
Snow removal and sanding
1,000.00
Soldiers' relief
100.00
Rabies vaccine
50.00
Diptheria clinic
50.00
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT
APPROPRIATION AT TOWN MEETING IN 1937
Raise and appropriate
Schools
$11,000.00
Highways, chap. 81
750.00
Highways, chap. 90
1,000.00
Highways, chap. 90, special
500.00
Town Officers
1,000.00
Public Welfare
800.00
Old Age Assistance
2,000.00
Board of Health
50.00
Interest, insurance and bonds
600.00
Gypsy moth
175.00
Library dog fund and
75.00
Memorial Day
30.00
Contingent fund
100.00
Reserve fund
600.00
Soldiers' relief
200.00
Rabies vaccine
50.00
Diphtheria clinic
50.00
Rent of recreation field
25.00
Fire protection
100.00
From balance in treasury
Bridges and railings
2,000.00
Town Hall
175.00
Printing and supplies
150.00
Snow removal and sanding
1,000.00
Oil burner for school
430.00
Improvements in Town Hall
300.00
Road machinery account
1,705.71
Improvement in basement of hall
300.00
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State tax
690.00
State parks
8.52
Veterans' exemption
2.33
County tax
1,165.12
Overlay
430.12
$27,461.80
Total reductions
15,599.91
Net amount raised on polls and property
$11,861.89
Personal valuation
$108,680.00
Real Estate valuation
293,660.00
$402,340.00
Tax on personal estate
$3,151.83
Tax on real estate
8,516.06
Tax on polls
194.00
$11,861.89
Tax rate
$29.00
Dec. omitted assessments on real estate
$23.20
Motor vehicle excise tax
$716.76
Abatements on real estate tax
$182.56
Abatements on excise tax
$10.73
Abatements on polls
$14.00
FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Neat
Horses Cows Sheep Cattle Swine Houses
1935
55
308
25
197
12
149
1936
56
296
4
184
17
153
1937
49
305
18
204
17
154
FRANK W. BLAKESLEY, CHARLES R. BURT, JOHN C. HATHAWAY,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Balance due Jan. 1, 1937 on 1936 personal
rc.
Collected in 1937
$3,151.13
Abated in1937
16.00
Balance to collect
1,041.85
$ 4,208.98
60.0
Balance due on 1936 excise taxes
$
13.35
1937 PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE
.09
Commitments
$11,691.00
Collected
$6,103.24
Abated
145.00
Balance to collect 5,442.76 8 6
$11,691.00
6 .012
00.112
1937 POLL TAXES
Commitments
$
194.00
Collected
$186.00
Abated .
2.00
Balance to collect
6.00
123
$
194.00
1937 EXCISE TAXES
Commitments
$ 598.63
Collected
$590.81
Abated
5.28
and real estate taxes
$ 4,208.98
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Balance to collect 6.00
$ 602.09
Less refund after payment of tax 3.46 $ 598.63
JARED C. WILLIAMS,
Collector.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1937. 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, 1937
Balance forward
$88.61
Savings Bank Interest
130.73
Town Appropriation
75.00
Dog Tax Refund
114.20
Fines
5.86
$414.40
EXPENSES
Wood
$5.00
Electricity
9.44
H. R. Huntting, books and supplies
111.08
G. H. Knight, care of lawn
5.00
Edith Grant, magazines
28.25
Janitor
25.00
Librarian's salary
100.00
Reserve for insurance
20.00
Reserve for painting
20.00
Labor on septic tank
11.30
Books
5.98
Storm sash
3.40
Broom and repair of chair
1.75
$346.20
Balance forward into 1938
68.20
$414.40
Books purchased, 163; gifts, 60; state gift, 38. An accurate count of the circulation of books has not been kept, but has been much the same as in previous years. Many library books have been used in the school rooms.
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Grateful acknowledgment is made to the follow- ing donors: Franklin G. Neal, Aaron Fisher, Miss Al- vina Hosung of New York City, and Mrs. Paul Richards of New Jersey.
MARION C. MASCHO, Librarian EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, JULIA E. MONTAGUE, LENA B. RICHARD, ELIZABETH G. PERKINS, GERTRUDE E. FLINT, HERBERT F. MASCHO,
Trustees.
BALANCE SHEET AS PREPARED BY STATE AUDITOR JULY 21, 1937 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash,
$9,942.59
Trust Fund Income : Thayer Charity Fund, $27.75
Accounts receivable :
Taxes :
Totman Cemetery General Care Fund, 25.00
Levy of 1933,
$2.00
Levy of 1934,
8.20
Levy of 1935,
250.96
Levy of 1936, 2,512.00
Levy of 1937, 10,683.81
13,456.97
Dog License-due county, Road Machinery Fund,
600.62
Old Age Assistance Taxes : Levy of 1933,
1.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1933,
$2.00
Levy of 1934,
2.56
Levy of 1935,
4.00
Levy of 1936, 45.60
Levy of 1937, 242.58
296.74
Administration, 48.53
State Aid to Highways:
5,575.00
Departmental:
Appropriation balances,
655.52
Estimated receipts to be collected,
5,320.99
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus, Overlays reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1933, $2.00
Levy of 1934,
8.20
Levy of 1935,
185.66
Levy of 1936,
310.90
Levy of 1937,
428.12
934.88
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Veterans' Exemption Tax, 2.33
County Tax, 1,165.12
1,865.97
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance: Assistance, $1,118.92
1,167.45 17,375.30
Old Age Assistance,
749.65
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds, 1.50
$54.25 33.60
State and County Taxes : State Tax, $690.00
Parks and Reservations Tax, 8.52
Revenue reserved until collected : Motor vehicle excise tax, $296.74 Departmental, 749.65
Surplus revenue,
1,046.39 11,608.96
$35,342.94
$35,342.94
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$6,434.98
Thayer Charity Fund,
$1,012.50
Wright Charity Fund,
1,012.50
Whiting Street Charity Fund,
1,398.10
Totman Cemetery General Care Fund,
2,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
1,011.88
$6,434.98
$6,434.98
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1937
Appropriated at Town Meeting $11,430.00
Transfer at special meeting 1,000.00
$12,430.00
Expended
12,423.36
Overlay
$
6.64
EXPENSES
Teachers :
Miss Constance McKowen $985.50
Miss Gertrude Cady 851.00
Miss Rachel Bridgman
853.00
Mrs. Herbert Mascho
14.00
Mrs. Gilbert Flint
4.00
$ 2,707.50
Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund :
Miss Constance McKowen $52.50
Miss Gertrude Cady 45.00
Miss Rachel Bridgman
45.00
$ 142.50
Administration :
Superintendent's salary
$236.64
Superintendent's travel. expenses 15.00
$ 251.64
Music :
Miss Emily Parsons $60.00
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E. H. Sittard Supplies
40.00
2.26
$ 102.26
Maintenance :
Briscoll's
$10.40
Western Mass. Electric Co.
46.33
Westhampton Water Co.
13.00
Foster-Farrar Co.
5.50
Constance McKowen
.60
Kimball & Cary Co.
220.87
Easthampton Public Market
2.75
Irwin Blakesley, janitor
30.00
Alice Blakesley, janitor
10.00
Christine Gagnon, janitor
10.00
Murray Clapp, janitor
10.00
Edward Sarafin, janitor
10.00
Irene Stickney, janitor
10.53
Manchester Co.
3.50
Charles Blakesley, painting
10.85
Arthur E. Witherell
2.60
Jared C. Williams
8.74
John C. Hathaway
15.40
$
421.07
$
177.92
Books and supplies :
General :
Health ; Mabel C. Bridgman, R.N. $58.64 Liggett Drug Co., Inc. 1.51
Herbert F. Mascho, rent of play- ground 10.00
Parsons' Electric Shop, oil burner 315.00
Louise S. Parsons, school census 10.00
Town of Chesterfield, tuition of Lewis Dodge 157.63 $ 552.78
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Local transportation :
Charles Blakesley Walter Witherell
$1,204.00 907.00
$ 2,111.25
Total cost of elementary schools
$ 6,466.92
High School Pupils
Tuition
Transportation
Marian Blakesley
$108.00 $
84.80
Myron M. Clapp, Jr.
108.00
144.80
Florence Delisle
108.00
85.60
Jeanette Norris
108.00
139.20
Fayette Mascho
108.00
141.60
Lucile Parsons
108.00
138.40
George C. Searle
108.00
85.60
Ella G. Stickney
108.00
144.80
Donald Williams
108.00
84.80
Grace Witherell
108.00
146.40
Winifred Seymour
110.00
135.20
Delia Whitney
20.90
51.20
Margaret Ledoux
90.00
68.80
Theresa Theroux
90.00
144.80
Jane Gagnon
73.60
52.80
Florence Theroux
90.00
142.40
Veronica Tylczak
90.00
141.60
Francis Kelly
90.00
134.40
Edward Meeker
13.80
Omer Theroux
90.00
86.40
Simmone Theroux
90.00
84.80
Alice Blakesley
56.80
Charles Blakesley
44.00
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Irwin Blakesley
53.60
Christine Gagnon
56.00
James Hickey 55.20
Edward Montague, Jr. 57.60
Mary Parsons
56.80
Myrtle Snow
56.80
Marjorie Payson
48.80
Janet Tonner
39.20
Smith School Pupils
Richard Williams
2.40
Melena Messeck
2.40
Wanda Sarafin
152.35
148.00
Myron Foucha
131.24
66.00
Henry Sarafin
131.27
72.80
Frank Hathaway
61.60
52.80
Joseph Sarafin
61.60
56.00
Florence Deslisle
61.60
56.00
Simmone Theroux
61.60
56.80
Alfred Blakesley
6.25
3.20
George C. Searle
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