Town of Westhampton annual report 1939, Part 1

Author: Westhampton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Westhampton (Mass.)
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63


ANNUAL REPORT


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


of the


TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON


HAMPTON


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for the


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


1939


ANNUAL REPORT


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


of the


TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON


HAMPTON


WEST


MASS.


INCORPO


STET


29 .: 778


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for the


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939


METCALF PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO., INC. Successor to F. M. CRITTENDEN, PRINTER Northampton, Mass. 1940


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


1939


BIRTHS


/ May 1 2 July 2 3 December 7


Philip Eugene Lavalley Margaret Ethel Gett Stuart Arthur Hunt


DEATHS


/ April 1


Norma Elizabeth Searle Lobar pneumonia


9


15


2 October 10 George Albert Cooley Acute pulmonary oedema


89


MARRIAGES


1 January 21


Harold Herbert Hunt Elizabeth Vileria Flint


Clermont, N. Y. Westhampton


2 April 17


Frederick Webster Judd Mary Barbara Ives


Greenfield Northampton


3 July 2 Wallace Clifford Buley Mildred Arlene Flint


4 July 20 Samuel Bernard Fern Sophie Claire Sarafin


5 November 4


Fred H. Bishop Ida Bishop


Kingston, N. Y. Westhampton Easthampton Westhampton Westhampton Hadley


6 December 9 Earle Lawrence Britton Marjorie Virginia Payson


Greenfield Westhampton


2


3


DOG ACCOUNT Dr.


June 1, 1939


24 male dogs


@ $2.00


$48.00


8 spayed females


@ $2.00


16.00


2 females


@ $5.00


10.00


$74.00


Cr.


To County Treasurer


$67.20


To Town Clerk, 34 fees


6.80


$74.00


Dr.


December 1, 1939


16 male dogs


@ $2.00


$32.00


3 spayed females


@ $2.00


6.00


2 females


@ $5.00


10.00


$48.00


Cr.


To County Treasurer


$43.80


To Town Clerk, 21 fees


4.20


$48.00


FISH AND GAME LICENSES


Dr


19 Resident citizen fishing


licenses @ $2.00 $38.00


35 Resident citizen hunting licenses @ $2.00


70.00


18 Resident citizen


sporting licenses @ $3.25


58.50


10 Resident citizen female and minor @ $1.25


12.50


2 Resident citizen


trapping licenses @ $5.25 10.50


4


8 Resident citizen sporting licenses free


1 Duplicate license @ .50 .50


$190.00


Cr.


To Division of Fisheries and Game


19 Resident citizen fishing licenses @ $1.75


$33.25


35 Resident citizen hunting licenses @ $1.75


61.25


18 Resident citizen sporting licenses @ $3.00 54.00


10 Resident citizen female and minor licenses @ $1.00 10.00


2 Resident citizen trapping licenses @ $5.00 10.00


1 Duplicate license @ .50 .50


$169.00


To Town Clerk, 84 fees @ .25


21.00


CHARLES M. NORRIS, $190.00


Town Clerk.


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1939 I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and find them correct.


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,


Auditor.


TREASURER'S REPORT


Dr.


Balance on hand January 1, 1939


$4,449.65


Taxes 1939


Personal and real estate


5,691.26


Polls


200.00


Excise


602.21


1938


Personal and real estate


4,382.91


Excise


5.17


1937


Personal and real estate


2,221.78


Excise


7.01


Interest, 1939


3.95


1938


173.64


1937


147.20


Mass. Highway Commission


Chapter 90-Year of 1938


2,000.00


Chapter 90 maintenance


500.00


Chapter 81


6,093.31


Chapter 232-Acts of 1939


2,809.69


First National Bank, Note No. 7 10,000.00


Treasurer, Hampshire County


Chap. 90-Year of 1938


1,000.00


Chapter 90 maintenance 500.00


Dog refund, 1938


101.46


Interest from trust funds


Cemetery 27.65


5


6


Thayer


25.15


Wright


25.15


Totman


50.00


Whiting Street


34.73


Permit to sell fireworks


.50


United Dairies license for 1939


.50


Lord's Day license


11.00


Victualler's license


1.00


Pool table license


2.00


Town Clerk, dog licenses


111.00


Support of indigent persons


52.00


Temporary aid


230.70


Old Age Assistance


U. S. grant


2,121.00


State grant


1,412.17


S. M. Rice estate


286.92


Administration


70.67


Mass. Income Tax


1939


1,487.50


1936, chap. 362, Sec. 4


.15


Mass. school fund, Part II, chap. 70


2,184.87


Vocational school fund


1,307.38


High School tuition


2,431.28


High School transportation


1,582.01


Superintendent in small towns


114.00


Tuition of state wards


159.60


City of Northampton, school department


236.70


Inspection of animals


7.50


George A. Pease, refund liability insurance 104.10


District Court of Hampshire County, fines 20.00


Highway Dept., road machinery account 519.00


$55,505.47


7


Cr.


Paid Selectmen's orders $31,515.11


Paid School Committee orders 12,388.91


Balance on hand January 1, 1940 11,601.45


$55,505.47


Outstanding Taxes


1939 Personal and real estate


6,959.28


2,713.97


1938 Personal and real estate Excise


20.29


1937 Personal and real estate


1.35


Excise


4.34


9,699.23


ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT


Balance Jan. 1, 1939


521.10


Income


519.00


Expense


237.15


Balance, Jan. 1, 1940


802.95


FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN


Interest drawn in 1939


Cemetery


$2,000.00


Lucy Langdon Totman


$50.00


500.00 O. C. Bridgman


12.58


100.00 M. G. Brown


2.51


100.00


George Burt


2.51


100.00


Sarah C. Cook


2.51


100.00 Samuel Edwards


2.51


100.00


A. L. Searle


2.51


50.00


D. L. Brown


1.26


50.00


C. N. Loud


1.26


Worthy Poor


$1,380.85 Whiting Street 34.73


1,000.00 Wright


25.15


8


1,000.00 Thayer, 1/2 to town, 1/2 to parish


25.15


GILBERT I. FLINT,


Treasurer.


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1939


I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of forty-three thousand nine hundred four dollars and two cents ($43,904.02), for which vouchers are on file, and a balance on hand of eleven thousand six hundred one dollars and forty-five cents ($11,601.45). Due from J. C. Williams, collector, 1939 personal and real estate taxes six thousand nine hundred fifty-nine dollars and twenty-eight cents ($6,959.28), 1938 personal and real estate two thousand seven hundred thirteen dollars and ninety-seven cents ($2,713.97), 1938 excise tax, twenty dollars and twenty-nine cents ($20.29), 1937 personal and real estate taxes one dollar and thirty-five cents ($1.35), and 1937 excise tax four dollars and thirty-four cents ($4.34).


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,


Auditor.


SELECTMEN'S REPORT


TOWN OFFICERS


W. M. Fiske, selectman $77.00


W. M. Fiske, mileage and postage 10.75


F. W. Blakesley, selectman 54.60


F. W. Blakesley, assessor


8.75


F. B. Montague, selectman


77.00


F. B. Montague, mileage 42.00


25.30


C. R. Burt, assessor


53.31


J. C. Hathaway, assessor


J. C. Hathaway, postage and telephone


.61


J. C. Hathaway, school committee


20.00


R. H. Tracy, assessor


39.75


Louise S. Parsons, school committee


35.00


Evelyn B. Tracy, school committee


16.67


J. C. Williams, tax collector


150.00


J. C. Williams, sealer of weights and measures 10.00


J. C. Williams, supplies


17.60


C. R. Burt, moderator


5.00


C. R. Burt, dog officer


5.00


M. M. Clapp, meat inspector


26.00


M. M. Clapp, cattle inspector


30.00


Gertrude E. Flint, typing reports 4.00


C. M. Norris, town clerk 50.00


C. M. Norris, listing voters 4.00


C. M. Norris, envelopes and stamps 3.80


E. H. Montague, auditor 10.00


Hampshire County Selectmen's Association dues 6.00


G. I. Flint, treasurer


100.00


G. I. Flint, state meeting 2.00


9


10


Ruth L. Gagnon, acting treasurer 50.00


Edith Blakesley, copying payrolls and orders 10.00


$944.14


PRINTING AND SUPPLIES


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., assessors'


supplies $13.50


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., collector's supplies 32.33


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., O. A. A.


supplies 3.97


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., 25 application blanks .90


G. I. Flint, treasurer's supplies 28.21


J. W. Heffernan Co. account book 4.50


F. M. Crittenden, 200 Town Reports 62.25


$145.66


HIGHWAYS


CHAPTER 81-PAYROLL


Frank W. Blakesley, supt.


$746.00


A. E. Delisle, Jr.


174.25


Henry J. Payson


357.75


Arthur Church


342.75


Claude Seymour


9.75


Arthur E. Dodge


63.00


Fred Lavalley


33.75


Orren Cooley


59.25


Arthur Cotnoir


9.75


A. L. Snow, Jr.


28.00


Curtis Searle


42.75


Charles Blakesley, Jr.


17.25


Richard B. Warren


9.75


Clifford Payson


120.00


Charles Stickney


156.00


11


Philip Theroux


60.00


M. M. Clapp


94.50


E. A. Montague


125.50


Philip Pinard


6.00


James Hickey, Jr.


51.75


H. M. Bridgman


75.50


Howard Blakesley


400.75


James O. Hickey


232.50


Lawrence Blakesley


258.00


John Tylczak


264.00


Frank Kelly


30.75


C. G. Loud


84.00


Allan Strong


245.25


A. E. Witherell


24.00


Obed Blakesley


159.50


William Howard


4.75


Clifford Graves


24.00


Charles M. Norris


93.00


George Payson


198.75


Louis Tylczak


42.00


Russell Dodge


69.00


Alfred Blakesley


57.75


W. M. Fiske


109.50


Alfred Lavalley


20.25


Irwin Blakesley


96.75


Ellery Clapp


2.25


V. E. Mitchell & Son


38.75


Town Grader


504.00


$5,542.75


CHAPTER 81-MATERIAL SHEET


J. R. Clapp, 74 yards gravel $7.40


Ada Williams, 12 yards gravel 1.20


Federal Land Bank, 102 yards gravel


10.20


Joe Sarafin, 625 yards sand 62.50


C. M. Norris, 14 yards gravel 1.40


Arthur E. Dodge, 148 yards gravel


14.80


12


'R. W. Magna, 213 yards gravel 21.30


Obed Blakesley, 219 yards gravel 21.90


William Howard, 14 yards gravel 1.40


H. M. Bridgman, 126 yards gravel


12.60


Enoch Perkins, 51 yards gravel 5.10


E. S. Sirene, road oil


1,127.96


American Tar Co., 2,993 gallons Rotar


339.41


N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culverts


420.58


$2,047.75


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE-PAYROLL


F. W. Blakesley


44.00


Howard Blakesley


31.50


Arthur Church


30.00


Lawrence Blakesley


21.00


John Tylczak


30.00


Orren Cooley


27.00


Charles Blakesley, Jr.


15.00


Allan Strong


27.00


Charles Stickney


12.00


Edward A. Montague


37.50


H. J. Payson


57.00


M. M. Clapp


12.00


C. M. Norris


46.50


Curtis Searle


9.00


Irwin Blakesley


9.00


George Searle


7.50


W. M. Fiske


24.00


A. E. Delisle, Jr.


36.00


George Payson


3.00


Town Grader


15.00


$494.00


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE-MATERIAL SHEET Joe Sarafin, 260 yards sand $26.00


13


E. S. Sirene, road oil 346.92


American Tar Co., 5,598 gallons Tarine 634.81


$1,007.73


W. P. A.


Obed Blakesley, 322 yards gravel $32.20


George A. Witherell, 42 yards gravel 4.20


James R. Clapp, 58 yards gravel 5.80


Joe Sarafin, 100 yards gravel


10.00


Federal Land Bank, 82 yards gravel


8.20


Mrs. Bessie Benson, 60 yards gravel


6.00


Claude Seymour, 10 yards gravel


1.00


Fritz Backer, sharpening tools


4.65


C. M. Norris


72.00


Clifford Graves


36.00


A. E. Delisle, Jr.


41.00


H. J. Payson


33.75


W. M. Fiske


33.75


E. A. Montague


12.00


F. W. Blakesley


148.25


$448.80


BRIDGES AND RAILINGS


F. W. Blakesley


$64.00


Howard Blakesley


36.00


A. E. Witherell


9.00


Frank Kelly


3.00


Fred Lavalley


3.00


A. E. Delisle, Jr.


18.00


Arthur Church


38.25


John Tylczak


6.00


Lewis Tylczak


6.00


Lawrence Blakesley


10.50


J. C. Hathaway


5.00


Curtis Searle


6.00


Allan Strong


1.50


14


James Hickey 1.50


A. E. Delisle, Jr., posts


20.70


E. H. Montague, railing 4.50


Ernest Witherell, labor and railings


13.50


Myron Hathaway, labor and railings 34.35


J. Russell & Co., spikes 4.15


284.95


ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT


Standard Oil Co. of New York


$208.38


Arthur W. Stuart, blacksmithing


9.65


J. Russell & Co., shovels


6.30


Foster-Farrar Co., tools


12.82


$237.15


SNOW REMOVAL, SANDING AND ROAD WORK


F. W. Blakesley


$35.50


W. M. Fiske


56.70


Louis Tylczak


2.25


John Tylczak


3.00


Frank Kelly


28.88


Lawrence Blakesley


30.38


James Hickey


24.00


Arthur Church


30.00


A. E. Witherell


250.75


A. E. Delisle, Jr.


253.00


E. A. Montague


18.82


H. J. Payson


15.00


George Payson


6.00


Ernest Witherell


3.00


Arthur Dodge


3.00


Russell Dodge


3.00


Howard Blakesley


3.00


Allan Strong


7.50


Fred Lavalley


3.00


J. C. Hathaway


24.75


F. B. Montague


4.00


15


Clifford Graves


12.00


Philip Theroux


12.00


W. N. Potter Grain Stores, cement .70


Foster-Farrar Co., dynamite and caps


39.00


Joe Sarafin, 22 yards sand


2.20


Ada Williams, 42 yards gravel 4.20


J. R. Clapp, 42 yards gravel


4.20


$879.83


GYPSY MOTH


William Howard


$5.50


Walter Witherell


30.00


Ernest Witherell


30.00


Russell Dodge


30.00


Myron Hathaway


39.00


Alfred Blakesley


30.00


E. A. Montague


15.00


Frost Insecticide Co., supplies


19.13


Foster-Farrar Co., chalk


1.10


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Case No. 1


$240.00


Case No. 3


300.00


Case No. 4


420.00


Case No. 5


225.00


Case No. 6


300.00


Case No. 10


285.50


Case No. 12


300.00


Case No. 13


240.00


Case No. 14


448.00


Case No. 16


280.20


Case No. 17


180.00


Case No. 18


204.00


Case No. 19


98.00


Case No. 21


240.00


Case No. 23


242.00


$199.73


16


Case No. 24


180.00


Case No. 25


205.00


Case No. 26 108.00


Town of South Hadley


60.00


City of Northampton


130.83


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


239.10


$4,925.63


O. A. A. ADMINISTRATION


Gertrude E. Flint


$39.75


Gertrude E. Flint, travel


5.25


Gertrude E. Flint, supplies and postage


3.36


W. M. Fiske, time and mileage


22.31


70.67


PUBLIC WELFARE


Case No. 5


$260.71


Case No. 22


3.00


Case No. 25


22.50


Case No. 34


11.00


Case No. 35


7.82


Case No. 36


47.75


352.78


SOLDIER'S RELIEF


Case No. 2


$467.25


467.25


DIPHTHERIA CLINIC


Mabel C. Bridgman $25.00 25.00


INTEREST, INSURANCE AND BONDS


George A. Pease, insurance on weights and measures $15.97


George A. Pease, school insurance for 3 years 56.51


17


George A. Pease, workmen's compensation 288.44


Sanders Corporation, bonds for treasurer and clerk 18.00


Sanders Corporation, collector's bond 21.00


Sanders Corporation, temporary treasurer's bond 5.00


First National Bank, interest on note 75.00


Mass. Director of Accounts,


certifying note


2.00


$481.92


TOWN HALL BASEMENT REPAIRS


F. B. Montague, labor and supplies


$58.55


Joe Sarafin, 26 yards gravel


2.60


James Hickey


38.50


E. A. Montague


32.00


Frank Kelly


6.00


Arthur Church


12.00


H. J. Payson


9.00


Clifford Payson


12.00


Earl Todd


5.00


Merton Todd


5.00


Fred Lavalley


25.50


Alfred Lavalley


3.00


Howard Blakesley


12.00


Foster-Farrar Co., hardware


3.36


A. E. Witherell, lumber


1.60


Shumway & Riley, pipe and fittings


25.71


Potter Grain Stores, Inc., cement and lime


50.00


C. R. Burt, cement mixer


10.00


$311.82


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TOWN HALL


Western Mass. Electric Co. $22.45


M. M. Clapp, 11/2 cords wood


9.50


C. R. Burt, 2 cords wood


13.00


C. R. Burt, light bulbs


.90


C. R. Burt, use of cement mixer


13.00


H. B. Lyman, furnace repairs


15.00


W. M. Fiske, cement


2.10


Charles W. Novotney, mason work


7.50


George H. Knight, janitor 29.85


Parsons Electric Shop, supplies


9.16


$122.46


MEMORIAL DAY


W. M. Fiske, supplies


$21.25


2 musicians 4.00


25.25


FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NORTHAMPTON


Payment of loan $10,000.00 $10,000.00


LIBRARY


George H. Knight, mowing lawn $5.00


J. Russell Co., paint and supplies 17.28


Orville J. Flint, painting 52.00


H. R. Hunting Co., books 62.13


E. H. Montague, janitor and supplies 26.90


Marion M. Mascho, librarian 13.15


$176.46


TRUST FUNDS


Thayer Fund Philip J. Clapp, parish treasurer $12.58


J. C. Williams, tax collector 12.57


Wright Fund Mrs. H. M. Clapp 25.15


19


Street Fund


Mrs. H. M. Clapp


34.73


Cemetery Funds Miss Mabel Perkins


77.65


$162.68


TAXES


County treasurer, county tax


$882.98


State treasurer, state tax


1,102.48


County treasurer, dog licenses


112.80


2,098.26


CONTINGENT


U. S. Treasurer, Surplus commodity division $12.50


City of Northampton, State com- modity warehouse 5.62


Western Mass. Public Welfare Assn. dues 1.00


Mass. Soldiers' Relief Association, dues 2.00


Hamp. County Registry of Deeds,


16 transfers 3.20


Boston Nickel Plating Co., work on scales 11.00


Curtis Searle, fire services


4.00


County treasurer, dedication of Coolidge Bridge 10.00


G. I. Flint, abatement of excise tax 4.31


H. C. Rauch, abatement of excise tax 2.67


Armand Rogers, abatement of excise tax 2.55


George Searle, abatement of excise tax 3.59


62.44


20


RECAPITULATION


Town Officers


$944.14


Printing and supplies


145.66


Highways-Chapter 81 payroll


5,542.75


Chapter 81 material sheet 2,047.75


Chapter 90 maintenance


payroll


494.00


Chapter 90 material sheet


1,007.73


Road Machinery Account


237.15


W. P. A.


448.80


Snow removal, sanding and road work


879.83


Bridges and railings


284.95


Old Age Assistance


4,925.63


O. A. A. Administration


70.67


Public Welfare


352.78


Soldiers' Relief


467.25


Diphtheria Clinic


25.00


Interest, Insurance and Bonds


481.92


Town Hall


122.46


Town Hall Basement Repairs


311.82


Gypsy moth


199.73


Memorial Day


25.25


Contingent fund


62.44


Library


176.46


Trust Funds


162.68


Taxes


2,098.26


First National Bank of North-


ampton


10,000.00


$31,515.11


The overdrafts were taken from the reserve fund.


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JURYMEN WHO SERVED IN 1939


Heugh M. Bridgman Donald B. Lyman


Grand Jury Traverse Jury


WILLIAM M. FISKE, FRANK W. BLAKESLEY, FAY B. MONTAGUE,


Selectmen.


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1939.


I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of thirty-one thousand five hundred and fifteen dollars and eleven cents ($31,515.11), for which vouchers are on file.


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,


Auditor.


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BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1940


Schools


$13,500.00


Highways, Chapter 81


690.00


Chapter 90 maintenance


800.00


Bridges and railings


800.00


Town Officers


1,000.00


Public Welfare


1,000.00


Old Age Assistance


2,300.00


Board of Health


50.00


Interest, insurance and bonds


600.00


Town Hall


100.00


Gypsy moth


200.00


Printing and supplies


175.00


Library, dog fund and


75.00


Memorial Day


30.00


Contingent fund


100.00


Reserve fund


600.00


Snow removal, sanding and road work


1,000.00


Soldiers' relief


200.00


Rabies vaccine


50.00


Diphtheria clinic


50.00


ASSESSORS' REPORT


APPROPRIATIONS AT TOWN MEETING IN 1939


Raise and appropriate


Schools


$12,700.00 --


690.00


Highways, Chapter 90 maintenance


600.00 -


Bridges and railings


500.00


Town Officers


1,000.00


Public Welfare


1,000.00


Old Age Assistance


2,300.00


Board of Health


50.00


600.00


Interest, insurance and bonds


600.00


2,00,00


Town Hall


150.00


Gypsy Moth


200.00


300.00


Printing and supplies


150.00


Library, dog fund and


75.00


Contingent fund


100.00


/00,10


Reserve fund


600.00


600, 00 Eurose


Snow removal, sanding and road work


1,000.00 )


Soldiers Relief


500.00


Rabies vaccine


50.00


Diphtheria clinic


50.00


Improvements in Town Hall


300.00


W. P. A.


1,500.00


71.00


Memorial Day


30.00


From balance in treasury


For work relief at 25c per hour


750.00


Road Machinery Account 521.10


2,500 m 11,500.00


Highways, Chapter 81


690.00


700.50


505. 10


1.000,00


2,300, 50


150, 00


175.00


75.00


23


24


State tax


1,646.49


882.98


County tax Overlay


315.31


Estimated receipts and available funds


15,263.64


Net amount raised on polls and property


12,997.24


Personal valuation


112,801.00


Real estate valuation


298,975.00


411,776.00


Tax on personal estate


3,496.83


Tax on real estate


9,268.22


Tax on polls


232.00


Gain on fractions


.19


12,997.24


Tax rate


31.00


December omitted assessments on real estate


20.15


Omitted poll tax assessments


2.00


Motor vehicle excise tax


616.22


Abatements on real estate


134.85


Abatements on excise tax


27.13


Abatements on poll tax


40.00


FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES


Neat


Horses Cows Sheep


Cattle Swine Fowl Houses


1937


49


305


18


204


17


154


1938


54


310


22


183


16


3,417


159


1939


55


312


19


199


24


3,513


159


CHARLES R. BURT, JOHN C. HATHAWAY, RICHARD H. TRACY,


Assessors.


$28,260.88


REPORT OF THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY


INCOME


Balance forward


$84.95


Savings Bank interest


125.68


Town appropriation


75.00


Dog tax refund


101.46


Unused paint reserve


70.28


Fines and book


5.77


$463.14


EXPENSES


Reserve for painting


$20.00


Reserve for insurance


20.00


H. R. Huntting Co., books


64.19


G. H. Knight, care of lawn


5.00


Paint and supplies


18.78


O. J. Flint, labor for painting


51.50


Edith Grant, magazines


29.70


Electric lights


9.00


E. H. Montague, janitor


25.00


Librarian's salary


100.00


Ewart Tonner, labor


1.50


Supplies


5.30


Miscellaneous


2.00


$351.97


Balance forward into 1940


111.17


$463.14


CIRCULATION FOR 1939


Adult fiction 1,036


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Non-fiction


293


Juvenile


711


Magazines


804


This past fall the library has been painted and put in good condition. Many magazines have been donated. A year's subscription to Newsweek was given by Mrs. Wil- liam B. Miller.


76 books have been purchased, and we have received 18 as gifts from Mr. Neal and Mrs. Miller. Books have been used in Miss McKowen's room during the school year. We have had nearly 150 people borrowing books at the library during the year.


MARION M. MASCHO, Librarian


JULIA E. MONTAGUE, EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, LENA B. RICHARD, REV. W. E. BEARDSLEY,


ELIZABETH G. PERKINS,


GERTRUDE E. FLINT, HERBERT F. MASCHO,


Trustees.


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1939


Appropriated at Town Meeting


$12,000.00


From Reserve Fund


388.91


Expended


$12,388.91


EXPENSES


Teachers :


Miss Constance McKowen


$989.50


Miss Rachel Bridgman


849.00


Miss Elizabeth Hayden


801.50


Mrs. Marion Mascho


16.00


$2,656.00


Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund :


Miss McKowen


$52.50


Miss Bridgman


45.00


Miss Hayden


42.50


$140.00


Administration :


Superintendent's salary


$270.00


Superintendent's traveling


expenses


15.00


$285.00


Music :


E. H. Sittard


Salary for December, 1938


$10.00


Salary for year 1939


100.00


$110.00


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Books and supplies


$153.55


Maintenance :


Kimball & Cary Co.


$280.28


Western Mass. Electric Co.


60.33


Westhampton Water Co.


13.00


Briscoll's


8.05


Parsons Electric Shop


35.29


Freida Foucha


20.00


Mary Witherell


20.00


Mrs. Rhoda Hickey


10.60


Sydney Cole


18.63


Charles Dickinson


42.00


Window shades


8.25


Desks and chairs


13.50


Ernest Delisle, trucking and floor oil


4.00


Miscellaneous


17.76


$551.69


General :


Health: Dr. Claire Manwell


salary for 1938 $100.00


Dr. Claire Manwell-


salary for 1939


100.00


Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N. 100.00


Liggetts Drug Co., Inc.


3.13


Scales


5.50


Rent of playground


10.00


Louise S. Parsons-school census for 1938 10.00


Louise S. Parsons-school census for 1939 10.00


Town of Chesterfield, tuition


90.00


F. M. Crittenden, printing


10.75


Myron Clapp, truant officer


1.00


$440.38


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Local transportation : Charles Blakesley Walter Witherell


$1,243.00 855.00


$2,098.00 $6,434.62


Total cost of elementary schools


High School pupils, tuition


Marjorie Payson, Williamsburg


$72.42


Florence Theroux, Easthampton


85.00


Veronica Tylczak, Easthampton 8.72


Winifred Seymour, Amherst


110.00


Alice Blakesley, Northampton


113.00


Charles Blakesley


113.00


Irwin Blakesley


107.00


Francis Bridgman


113.00


Grant Bridgman


113.00


Myron Clapp, Jr.


113.00


Elizabeth Fiske


113.00


Christine Gagnon


113.00


James Hickey


43.66


Fayette Mascho


113.00


Marilyn Mascho


113.00


Edward Montague


113.00


Philip Norris


113.00


Lucile Parsons


113.00


Mary Parsons


113.00


Thelma Scott


113.00


Myrtle Snow


113.00


Ella Stickney


113.00


Janet Tonner


113.00


Grace Witherell


113.00


$2,460.80


High School and Smith School transportation


2,252.00


Smith School pupils, tuition


Shirley Church $53.32


Frank Hathaway 141.72


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Miriam Kelly


115.06


Norman Ledoux


141.72


Maynard Lefebre


53.32


Frank Montague


18.97


Mahlon Parsons


140.24


Joseph Sarafin


141.72


Wanda Sarafin


88.40


George Searle


140.23


Omer Theroux


118.39


Simone Theroux


88.40


$1,241.49


Total cost for High School and Smith School pupils $5,954.29


Total cost of schools


$12,388.91


REIMBURSEMENTS


Mass. School fund, Part I


$917.50


Mass. School Fund, Part II


2,184.87


Vocational Education


1,307.38


Supt. in small towns


114.00


High and Smith School tuition


2,431.28


High and Smith School


transportation


1,582.01


State wards


159.60


Northampton, tuition and


transportation


236.70


JOHN C. HATHAWAY, LOUISE S. PARSONS, EVELYN B. TRACY, School Committee.


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1939


I have examined the accounts of the School Commit- tee and find they have drawn orders and have vouchers


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for the same to the amount of twelve thousand three hundred eighty-eight dollars and ninety-one cents ($12,388.91).


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


To the School Committee :


I herewith submit my fifteenth annual report, which is the forty-ninth in the series, of the public schools of Westhampton.


Outside of the regular routine of school work there is little to report. A fair average of scholarship has been maintained and attendance records are about as usual.


Second-hand seats and desks in good condition were purchased to replace those beyond repair. Desks and chairs are now in good shape, although in need of var- nish. The walls of the grammar and intermediate rooms should be painted, and the roof of the rear addition re- paired. I fear it will not be satisfactory until a new cov- ering is applied. The outside of the building should be painted this year or next.


After serving for fifteen years on the school board, Mr. Jared C. Williams declined to run for a sixth term, and Mrs. Richard Tracy was elected to fill the position. During Mr. Williams' term of office many improvements were introduced, and he gave them his active support. The four one-room schools were consolidated at the Cen- ter and two new rooms were added, making a three-room school. Flush toilets, a drinking fountain, electric lights, and basement heat with an oil burner were introduced. Land to enlarge the school yard has been purchased but has not yet been cleared for use. The curriculum has been kept abreast of the latest sound educational practice.


As Mrs. Bridgman's reports indicate, the health in- terests of the schools have been well cared for.


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The attendance figures for the school year ending in June, 1939 are as follows :


Center School


Whole No. Enrolled


Average Membership


Average Attendance


Constance McKowen, 6, 7,8 28


27.98


26.03


Elizabeth Hayden,


3, 4, 5


23


22.70


21.30


Rachel Bridgman, 1, 2,


20


18.22


15.96


Totals


71 68.90


63.29


In closing I wish to thank the school board, the teachers, and the parents for their cooperation and many courtesies.


Respectfully submitted,


HERBERT D. CASEY,


Superintendent of Schools.


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE


To Mr. Herbert Casey, Superintendent of Schools :


I present, herewith, my report as school nurse for the year ending December 1939.


The year 1938 left us in the middle of an epidemic of measles. All children recovered without any serious after effects.


The Dental Clinic was held in February. The report follows :


Total number examined 57


Of the number examined, only one needed no work done.


8 needed cleaning only.


24 needed temporary fillings.


42 needed permanent fillings.


16 needed temporary extractions.


1 needed permanent extractions.


Report of Work Done


15 temporary fillings.


4 temporary extractions.


32 permanent fillings.


8 cleanings


10 school children were immunized against diph- theria and one child vaccinated.


One child was sent to Camp Hodgkins.


In September, Dr. Manwell conducted the regular physical examinations. The following is the summary of defects :


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Children having


Nose, throat and gland defects 50


Nutritional defects 14


Posture defects 9


The routine work of the school has been carried on as usual-Eye and Ear Tests once a year and weighing and measuring all children three times a year. New scales were purchased and add to the efficiency of this work.


This year we are giving a series of health talks in connection with the school work in Science and Health. Up to January 1st, four have been given on the following themes :


Grammar Room-"Diseases We Do Not Need to Have".


Intermediate and Primary Rooms-"The Why's of Health".


Miss Lewis, Consultant in Public Health Nursing, gave Health Moving Pictures on two different dates in November.


We plan also some interesting experiments in Health and Nutrition.


In closing, we wish to thank all those who have co- operated with us in the work of the schools.


Respectfully submitted,


MABEL CRAIG BRIDGMAN, R. N.


School Nurse.


REPORT OF THE WELL CHILD CONFERENCE


The Well Child Conference, sponsored by the Knit- ting Club was held June 19, 1939 in the church parlors. Twenty-three children attended. Dr. Claire Manwell con- ducted the physical examinations, and Dr. Florence Hop- kins, sent by the State Department of Public Health, con- ducted the dental conference. Miss Marguerite L. Pettee, loaned by the Extension Service, conducted the nutritional conference, and Miss Rachel Bridgman was in charge of recreation for the children. Miss Lewis acted as regis- trar. The committee consisted of Mrs. John Hathaway, chairman, Mrs. Frank Loud, Mrs. Louise Parsons, and Mrs. Mabel C. Bridgman, school nurse as general assist- ant.


STATISTICAL REPORT


New cases


5


Repeats


15


Entering school


3


Physical defects


Posture


4


Ear, nose, throat glands


19


Skin defect


3


Chest


1


Feet


1


Needing circumcision


1


Eye defects


1


Better sleeping habits


5


Nutritional defects


Needing more milk


1


Needing more protein food


8


Needing vegetables and fruit


3


Needing cod liver oil


4


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Too much candy and sweet 3


Needing dark bread and whole grain cereal 7 Dental report


Number of children examined 23


Number having dental defects 9


Number having no defects and clean teeth 14


Active dental caries 5


Abscessed teeth 1


Financial report


Carried over from 1938


(from luncheon) $2.00


Knitting Club raised during year


21.70


From 1939 luncheon


1.50


$25.20


Paid Dr. Manwell


20.00


Supplies


1.27


Balance on hand


October, 1939


3.93


25.20


The members of the Knitting Club are to be com- mended for the splendid way they have sponsored this ser- vice to the community. The amount of money raised by this small group is phenomenal in a small community, es- pecially when we add to it the cost of the luncheon which is served by the members in turn. We would like to see this conference put on a more permanent basis. We should have at least a day and a half. We do not know how long we can depend on workers furnished by the state and Ex- tension Service. We ask the cooperation of more of the townspeople.


We wish to thank all who have helped in any way to make this project a success. We are one of the few com- munities who have carried on this work without interrup- tion since its inception in 1933.


MABEL CRAIG BRIDGMAN, R. N.


ARTICLES OF THE WARRANT


TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1940


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 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 com- ply with Section 4A Chapter 41, General Laws.


Art. 7. To vote in compliance with Section 108, Chap- ter 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 appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.


Art. 10. To take action in regard to the collection of taxes.


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Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940, 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.


Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Work Relief.


Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to indemnify and save harmless the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, De- partment of Public Works, its officers and agents from all claims for damages made by any person or concern whose property may be damaged by the work on any bridge or approach which they may construct here.


(Other articles may appear in the posted warrant.)





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