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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of the
TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON
HAMPTON
M
WEST
S.S.
INCORPO
STET
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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