Town of Westhampton annual report 1940, Part 1

Author: Westhampton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: Westhampton (Mass.)
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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


08 THE


TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON


MPTO


MASS.


W


IN CORP


9,1778


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31


1940


FriDid by W. E. LONDENWAX


ANNUAL REPORT


-


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31


1940


REPORT OF THE


Town Clerk


1940 BIRTHS


March 12 April 4 April 30


Paul Edward Undzis


James Oliver Pinard Norman David Delisle


June 2


Ronald George Witherell Fayne Ada Clark


July 21


Bernice Vida Warren


August 5


Norma Fisher


December 23


Eileen Mary Kelly


December 28


Janet Elaine Cotnoir


DEATHS


Age


M. D.


January 30 Wilbur A. Shaw Heart disease


Y. 48 1 13


February 14 Franklin Howard


76 8 13


Ateriosclerotic heart disease


February 19 Madeline Ledoux 0 0


Anuria toxic nephritis


April 6 Aurelia Montague Clapp 74


4


2


Carcinoma of gall bladder


April 10 Orren S. Cooley 41


7


27


Coronary thrombosis


77


2


6


April 30 Lovisa J. Montague Cancer of stomach


May 3


Linnie Beckner Sandy Cerebral hemorrhage


70


1 5


2


-3 -


June 3


Y.


M.


D.


May 12


Harry T. Lester Chronic myocarditis


73


June 22


Peter Boucher 81


Heart disease


August 7


Camille Bordoni 56


Edema of the lungs


MARRIAGES


May 30


Joseph Hanecak


Simone Theroux


June 1


Donald Burt Lyman


Hazel Elnora Fuller


October 26 Karl Stanley Macek


Honoria Cichon


November 2 Paul Jenkins Jane Caroline Gagnon


December 28 Henry Anthony Sarafin Priscilla Estelle Tonner


Northampton Northampton


DOG ACCOUNT


Dr.


June 1, 1940


22 male dogs


at $2.00 $ 44.00


10 spayed females


at $2.00


20.00


$ 64.00


Cr.


To County Treasurer


$ 57.60


To Town Clerk, 32 fees


6.40


$ 64.00


Dr.


December 1, 1940


21 male dogs


at $2.00 $


42.00


3 spayed females


at $2.00


6.00


2 females


at $5.00


10.00


-


$ 58.00


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Holyoke Westhampton Westhampton Westhampton Easthampton Northampton


Wollaston Westhampton


Cr.


To County Treasurer


$ 52.80


To Town Clerk, 26 fees


5.20


$ 58.00


FISH AND GAME LICENSES


Dr.


20 Resident citizen fishing


licenses at $2.00 $ 40.00


30 Resident citizen hunting licenses at $2.00 $ 60.00


14 Resident citizen sporting licenses at $3.25 $ 45.50


7 Resident citizen female and minor fishing licenses at $1.25 $ 8.75


1 Resident minor trapping


license at $2.25 $ 2.25


1 Resident citizen trapping license at $5.25 $ 5.25


7 Resident citizen sporting and trapping licenses free


$ 161.75


Cr.


To Division of Fisheries and Game $ 143.50


To Town Clerk, 73 fees at 25c 18.25


$ 161.75


CHARLES M. NORRIS, Town Clerk.


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1940.


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


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.


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REPORT OF THE Town Treasurer


Dr


Balance on hand January 1, 1940 $11,601.45


Taxes: 1940


Personal and real estate


4,621.62


Polls


206.00


Excise


772.76


1939


Personal and real estate


4,169.10


1938


Personal and real estate


2,713.99


Excise


2.00


1937


Personal and real estate


2.90


Excise


2.00


Interest, 1940


.09


1939


96.65


1938


172.33


1937


.35


Mass. Highway Commission


Chapter 81 year of 1939


806.69


Chapter 90 maintenance


700.00


Chapter 81


5,947.95


Chapter 504


2,809.69


Treasurer, Hampshire County


Chapter 90 maintenance


700.00


Dog refund, 1939.


99.16


Wild Cat bounty


10.00


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Interest from trust funds


Cemetery


22.10


Thayer


20.10


Wright


20.10


Totman


50.00


Whiting Street


27,74


Firearms permits


1.00


United Dairies License


.50


Victualler's License


1.00


Town Clerk, dog licenses


110.40


Temporary Aid


82.73


Old Age Assistance


U. S. grant


2,005.03


State grant


1,404.32


Administration


66.74


Mass. Income tax, 1940


1,647.68


Corporation tax, 1940


118.54


Mass, school fund, Part II, chap. 70


2,297.10


Vocational school fund


1,339.48


High school tuition


2,074.16


High school transportation


1,428.93


Superintendent in small towns


114.00


Tuition and transportation


of state wards 156.73


City of Northampton, school department 355.92


Live stock disease control


7.50


George A. Pease, refund liability ins.


51.78


Highway Department, road machinery


account 652.50


$49,490.81


Cr.


Paid Selectmen's orders


$21,261.35


Paid School Committee orders 13,469.86


Balance on hand January 1, 1941 14,759.60


$49,490.81


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Outstanding Taxes


1940 poll tax 2.00


1940 personal and real estate 5,155.71


1939 personal and real estate 2,790.18


1939 excise


18.29


1937 excise


2.34


$ 7,968.52


ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT


Balance January 1, 1940


$ 802.95


Income


652.50


Expense


489.32


Balance January 1, 1941


966.13


FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN


Interest drawn in 1940


Cemetery


$2,000.00 Lucy Langdon Totman $50.00


500.00 O. C. Bridgman


10.05


100.00 M. G. Brown


2.01


100.00


George Burt


2.01


100.00 Sarah C. Cook


2.01


100.00


Samuel Edwards


2.01


100.00


A. I. Searle 2.01


50.00


D. L. Brown 1.00


50.00


C. N. Loud


1.00


Worthy Poor


$1,380.85


Whiting Street $27.74


1,000.00 Wright 20.10


1,000.00 Thayer, one half to town,


one half to parish


20.10


GILBERT I. FLINT,


Treasurer.


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Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1940


I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of thirty-four thousand seven hundred thirty-one dollars and twenty-one cents ($34,731.21), for which vou- chers are on file, and a balance on hand of fourteen thou- sand seven hundred fifty-nine dollars and sixty cents (14,759.60). Due from J. C. Williams, collector, 1940 poll tax, $2.00, 1940 personal and real estate five thou- sand one hundred fifty-five dollars and seventy-one cents ($5,155.71), 1939 personal and real estate two thousand seven hundred ninety dollars and eighteen cents ($2,790 .- 18), 1939 excise eighteen dollars and twenty-nine cents ($18.29,) and 1937 excise $2.34.


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,


Auditor,


REPORT OF THE Board of Selectmen


TOWN OFFICERS


Gilbert I. Flint, treasurer $ 150.00


Mrs. Edith Blakesley, copying


town orders 10.00


Gilbert I. Flint, election officer, etc.


16.25


Charles M. Norris, clerk


49.98


Edward H. Montague, auditor


10.00


Gertrude E. Flint, typing and election officer 10.00


Mrs. Hannah Crowley, election officer 8.50


Richard H. Tracy, assessor


50.50


Fay B. Montague, selectman


6.00


Charles R. Burt, selectman


53.00


W. M. Fiske, selectman


77.00


F. W. Blakesley, selectman


57.75


F. W. Blakesley, telephone and postage


4.75


J. C. Hathaway, assessor


50.89


J. C. Hathaway, postage 5.37


20.00


Myron M. Clapp, cattle inspector 15.00


J. C. Williams, tax collector


150.00


J. C. Williams, sealer


10.00


Louise Parsons, school committee


35.00


Evelyn Tracy, school committee


20.00


J. C. Hathaway, school committee


20.00


Charles H. Hodecker, dues Public Welfare Association 4.00


Mass. Soldiers' Relief


Association, dues 2.00


N. B. Crowell, treasurer, select- men's dues 6.00


Richard H. Tracy, dog officer


9.20


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Myron M. Clapp, meat inspector


W. M. Fiske, postage and supplies 6.60


Grace Williams, election officer


3.50


Charles R. Burt, assessor


44.50


Charles R. Burt, moderator 5.00


$ 910.79


PRINTING AND SUPPLIES


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies $ 35.73


Harlow & Fennessey, supplies 6.60


Metcalf Printing Co., town reports 62.25


Metcalf Printing Co., voters' lists 12.00


Gertrude E. Flint, stamped envelopes for O. A. A. 14.28


Survey Associates, Survey Midmonthly


2.25


George R. Barnstead & Son,


assessors' supplies 1.00


Robinson Seal Co,. clerk's supplies


5.43


W. E. Londergan, order blanks


7.00


Davol Printing House, assessors' supplies


3.30


W. M. Fiske, stamps


3.00


C. M. Norris, stamps


10.00


J. C. Williams, collector's supplies


$


164.30


HIGHWAYS


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE - PAYROLL


James Hickey


$ 75.38


Henry J. Payson


68.63


George Payson


62.63


Charles M. Norris


66.00


Curtis Searle


25.88


Irwin Blakesley


28.50


Clifford Graves


106.50


Alfred Lavalley


32.25


James Hickey, Jr.


6.75


John Tylczak


45.38


Alfred Blakesley


36.38


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1.46


William M. Fiske


201.75


Clifford Payson


44.63


Allan Strong


58.50


Arthur Church


32.25


Frank W. Blakesley


106.50


Russell Dodge


3.75


Machinery Account


30.00


Howard Blakesley


26.25


George Searle


3.00


$ 1,064.66


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE - MATERIAL


American Tar Co., 12,138 gals.


Tarine


$ 1,001.40


Joseph Sarafin, 367 yards gravel


36.70


$ 1,038.10


CHAPTER 81 -PAYROLL


James Hickey, Jr.


$ 15.75


Alfred Blakesley


71.25


Irwin Blakesley


127.50


Harland Lemery


75.00


Machinery Account


622.50


Clifford Graves


141.00


C. M. Norris


381.00


W. M. Fiske


386.25


Lawrence Blakesley


67.50


F. W. Blakesley


843.50


Howard Blakesley


441.50


James Hickey


352.50


Arthur Church


360.75


V. E. Mitchell


25.00


Myron Hathaway


63.25


G. I. Flint


24.00


C. R. Burt


37.00


Richard C. Williams


6.00


Arthur Dodge


129.00


Charles G. Loud


148.00


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Russell Dodge


116.25


Alfred Lavalley


71.25


Allan Strong


339.00


Dwight Church


24.00


George Payson


230.25


John Tylczak


195.00


Henry J. Payson


279.75


Clifford Payson


101.25


A. E. Witherell


63.00


Edward A. Montague


14.00


Curtis Searle


33.75


$ 5,785.75


CHAPTER 81 -MATERIAL


James R. Clapp, gravel


$ 2.60


Mrs. Ada Williams, gravel


6.20


New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts


334.07


George A. Witherell, gravel


6.50


Aaron Fisher, gravel


16.80


F. W. Blakesley, gravel


7.70


Joseph Sarafin, gravel


53.40


Herbert Vreeland, Jr., gravel


3.60


Obed Blakesley, gravel


7.60


Federal Land Bank, gravel


115.90


American Tar Co., 13,955 gals. road tar


1,151.30


Sydney Cole, gravel


10.20


E. S. Sirine, 951 gals, road tar


85.74


Mrs. Bessie Benson, gravel


1.40


J. Hugh Pierce, paint and oil


2.50


$ 1,805.51


ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT


Plumb Auto Supply Co., supplies


$ 34.10


M. K. Parsons, plank 1.00


Socony Vaccum Oil Co., gas


243.75


Charles C. Blakesley, labor


9.00


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Howard Blakesley, labor 10.50


Arthur W. Stuart, blacksmith 13.15


F. N. Graves & Sons, repairs 81.03


Foster-Farrar Co., supplies 2.22


A. E. Witherell, sand screen


10.00


J. Russell Co., tools 37.62


Fritz Backer, blacksmith 1.50


Warren D. Sampson Co., scraper blades 20.50


New England Metal Culvert Co., scraper blades 24.50


$ 489.32


SNOW REMOVAL, SANDING AND ROAD WORK


F. W. Blakesley, superintendent $ 106.00


Foster Farrar Co., supplies 8.55


J. Russell & Co., hardware 2.16


O. B. Park Co., tools


5.29


A. E. Witherell, plowing and sanding 605.65


A. E. Delisle, Jr., plowing 601.75


Joseph Sarafin, sand


4.60


W. M. Fiske, truck and labor


69.38


C. M. Norris, truck and labor


29.44


J. C. Hathaway, truck


12.00


Arthur W. Stuart, blacksmith


3.75


Myron Hathaway


7.50


Arthur Church


73.12


H. J. Payson


23.63


Dwight Church


12.19


Lawrence Blakesley


35.25


James Hickey


24.00


Charles Stickney


12.00


Robert Church


12.55


Myron Clapp


20.63


Howard Blakesley


66.50


George Payson


11.63


Clifford Payson


9.75


Richard Williams


3.00


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D. S. Bridgman


3.00


Allan Strong


7.50


Irwin Blakesley


5.63


F. A. Loud


3.00


$ 1,779.45


BRIDGES AND RAILINGS


F. W. Blakesley, superintendent $ 8.00


G. I. Flint, making signs


5.00


C. M. Norris, truck


12.00


C. R. Burt, cement mixer


12.00


Joseph Sarafin, gravel


1.00


A. E. Witherell, lumber


9.96


F. W. Blakesley, cement


21.00


J. Russell Co., paint and hardware


44.77


Myron M. Clapp, lumber


73.59


Arthur Dodge, team and labor


13.00


Howard Blakesley


9.00


Russell Dodge


9.00


James Hickey


3.00


$ 221.32


PUBLIC WELFARE


Case No. 5


$ 43.57


Case No. 30


78.03


Case No. 34


75.50


Case No. 35


115.52


Case No. 37


50.00


Case No. 38


19.10


$


377.72


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Case No. 1


$ 240.00


Case No. 3


303.00


Case No. 4


420.00


Case No. 6


218.75


Case No. 10


132.50


Case No. 12


107.99


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Case No. 13


253.50


Case No. 14


396.00


Case No. 16


248.85


Case No. 17


180.00


Case No. 18


226.50


Case No. 21


240.00


Case No. 23


195.00


Case No. 24


240.00


Case No. 25


336.00


Case No. 26


216.00


Case No. 27


70.00


Case No. 28


25.00


City of Northampton


150.00


Town of South Hadley


60.00


Town of Amherst


5.25


$ 4,264.34


Administration


Gertrude E. Flint, salary $ 53.50


travel expense 9.20


supplies 4.04


$


66.74


Receipts


Federal grant


$ 2,005.03


Federal administration


66.74


State


1,404.32


$ 3,476.09


SOLDIERS' RELIEF


Case No. 2 $ 9.60 $ 9.60


MEMORIAL DAY


J. C. Hathaway $ 23.65 $ 23.65


WELL CHILD CLINIC


Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N. $ 11.00


Claire C. Manwell, M. D. 37.50


Laura Witherell, transportation 1.50 $ 50.00


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DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION CLINIC


Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N.


$


25.00


Claire C. Manwell, M. D. 25.00


$ 50.00


INTEREST, INSURANCE AND BONDS


George A. Pease, Workmen's Com- pensation audit $ 191.64


George A. Pease, insurance on weights and measures 15.97


George A. Pease, insurance on


Town Hall, three years 55.50


George A. Pease, Mass. Bonding Compensation 110.00


Sander's Corporation, treasurer's bond 10.50


Sander's Corporation, collector's bond 21.00


Sander's Corporation, clerk's bond 7.50


$ 412.11


TOWN HALL


Western Mass. Electric Co., $ 22.80


W. M. Fiske, wood 6.75


George H. Knight, janitor 14.00


Springfield Auction Co., filing cabinet 20.00


W. G. Willcutt, sharpening lawn mower


2.15


M. K. Parsons, wood 4.50


Richard Schubert, tuning piano


3.00


A. L. Snow, wood 7.00


Orville J. Flint, labor and material 8.65


A. E. Witherell, wood 2.50


Charles R. Burt, miscellaneous 7.10


W. M. Fiske, miscellaneous


5.00


$ 103.45


GYPSY MOTH


Edward A. Montague, supt. $ 58.00


Ernest Witherell 48.00


Alfred Blakesley 45.00


Russell Dodge


45.00


Edward A. Montague, material 3.00


$ 199.00


LIBRARY


H. R. Huntting Co., books $ 53.84


E. H. Montague, supplies 3.76


George H. Knight, moving lawn


5.00


Marion Mascho, Librarian's salary 86.56


E. H. Montague, janitor 25.00


$ 174.16


TRUST FUNDS


Thayer Fund :


Philip J. Clapp, parish treasurer $ 12.57


J. C. Williams, tax collector 12.58


Street and Wright Funds : Miss Frances Loud 47.84


Cemetery Funds :


Miss Mabel K. Perkins


72.10


$ 145.09


TAXES


Treasurer of Hampshire County, county tax $ 967.06


State treasurer, state tax 977.85


$ 1,944.91


DOG LICENSES


Treasurer of Hampshire County $


108.60 $


108.60


CONTINGENT


William Howard, wild cat bounty


$


10.00


Register of Deeds, 24 transfers


4.80


Treasurer of United States, administra-


tion expense on surplus commodities 11.25


G. I. Flint, painting signs 15.00


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City of Northampton, commodity warehouse 7.19


Joseph N. Donais, legal services


15.00


Walter R. Witherell, excise tax abatement .55


Laura C. Witherell, excise tax abatement 7.44


$ 72.78


RECAPITULATION


Town Officers


$ 910.79


Printing and supplies


164.30


Highways-


Chapter 81 payroll


5,785.75


Chapter 81 material sheet 1,805.51


Chapter 90 maintenance payroll


1,064.66


Chapter 90 maintenance material 1,038.10


Road Machinery Account


489.32


Snow removal, sanding and


road work


1,779.45


Bridges and railings


221.32


Public Welfare


377.72


Old Age Assistance


4,264.34


O. A. A. Administration


66.74


Soldiers' Relief


9.60


Memorial Day


23.65


Well Child Clinic


50.00


Diphtheria Clinic


50.00


Interest, insurance and bonds


412.11


Town Hall


103.45


Gypsy Moth


199.00


Library


174.16


Trust funds


145.09


Taxes


1,944.91


Dog licenses


108.60


Contingent


72.78


$21,261.35


(Overdrafts were taken from the reserve fund)


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LIST OF NAMES IN THE JURY BOX


Orville J. Flint


George H. Burt


Albert E. Delisle, Jr.


Sydney M. Cole


Maurice Scott John C. Hathaway


JURYMEN WHO SERVED IN 1940


Gilbert I. Flint Arthur E. Dodge


Grand Jury Traverse Jury


WILLIAM M. FISKE, FRANK W. BLAKESLEY, CHARLES R. BURT,


Selectmen.


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1940.


I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of twenty-one thousand two hundred sixty-one dollars and thirty-five cents ($21,261.35), for which vouchers are on file.


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,


Auditor.


BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1941


Schools


$12,600.00


Highways, Chapter 81 690.00


Chapter 90 2,000.00


Chapter 90 maintenance


800.00


Bridges and railings


2,300.00


Town officers


1,000.00


Old Age Assistance


2,200.00


Board of Health


50.00


Board of Health, pre-school clinic


60.00


Interest, insurance and bonds


600.00


Town Hall


150.00


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


1,200.00


Soldiers' Relief


200.00


Rabies vaccine


50.00


Diphtheria clinic


50.00


Work Relief


750.00


REPORT OF THE Board of Assessors


APPROPRIATIONS AT TOWN MEETING IN 1940


Raise and appropriate $11,500.00


Schools


Highways, Chapter 81


690.00


Highways, Chapter 90 maintenance


700.00


Bridges and railings


800.00


Town officers


1,000.00


Public Welfare


800.00


Old Age Assistance


2,300.00


Board of Health


50.00


Board of Health for pre-school clinic


50.00


Interest, insurance and bonds


600.00


Town Hall


200.00


Gypsy moth


200.00


Printing and supplies


175.00


Library, dog fund and


75.00


Memorial Day


30.00


Contingent


100.00


Snow removal, sanding and


road work


1,000.00


Soldiers' relief


200.00


From balance in treasury


Schools


2,000.00


Reserve fund


600.00


Snow removal, sanding and road work


200.00


Rabies vaccine


50.00


Diphtheria Clinic


50.00


Tractor fund


802.95


Work relief


750.00


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State tax


978.75


County tax


967.06


Overlay


388.30


$ 27,657.06


Estimated receipts and available


funds


$ 17,573.21


Net amount raised on polls and property


10,083.85


$ 27,657.06


Personal valuation


$109,694.00


Real Estate valuation


300,300.00


$409,994.00


Tax on personal property


2,632.65


Tax on real estate


7,207.20


Tax on polls


244.00


$ 10,083.85


Tax rate


$ 24.00


December omitted assessment


on personal


56.04


Motor vehicle excise tax


806.59


Abatements on real estate


117.12


Abatements on personal property


1.44


Abatements on poll tax


43.00


Abatements on excise tax


66.09


FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES


Horses


Cows


Sheep


Neat Cattle


Swine


Fowl


Horses


1938


54


310


22


183


16


3,417


159


1939


55


312


19


199


24


3,513


159


1940


60


286


25


188


22


5,894


162


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


Assessors.


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REPORT OF THE


Tax Collector


1940 PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE


Commitments


$ 9,895.89


Collected Abated Balance to collect


$ 4,621.62


118.56


5,155.71


$ 9,895.89


1940 POLL TAXES


Commitments


$ 244.00


Collected


$ 206.00


Abated


36.00


Balance to collect


2.00


$ 244.00


1940 EXCISE TAXES


Commitments


$ 806.59


Collected


$ 772.76


Abated


41.82


$ 814.58


Less refund after payment of tax


7.99


$ 806.59


1939 PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE


Balance to collect January 1, 1940 Collected Balance to collect


$ 6,959.28


$ 4,169.10 2,790.18


$ 6,959.28


1938 PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE


Balance to collect January 1, 1940 $ 2,713.97 Collected $ 2,713.97


JARED C. WILLIAMS, Collector.


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1940.


I have examined the accounts of the tax collector and find them correct.


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE, Auditor.


REPORT OF THE


Memorial Library


INCOME, 1940


Balance forward


$


111.17


Bank interest


108.18


Dog refund


99.16


Town appropriation


75.00


Fines


4.17


398.28 $


EXPENSES


Reserve for insurance


$ 20.00


Reserve for painting


20.00


Curtain for stairway and labor


5.61


Charles R. Burt, wood


12.00


H. R. Huntting, books


65.54


Plumbing and light fixtures


24.26


George H. Knight, care of lawn


5.00


Edith E. Grant, magazines


28.75


E. H. Montague, janitor


25.00


Marion Mascho, librarian's salary


100.00


Western Mass. Electric Co.


7.98


Herbert Williams


.25


$ 306.41


Balance carried forward


91.87


$ 398.28


CIRCULATION FOR 1940


Adult fiction


959


Adult non-fiction


304


Juvenile 739


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Magazines 720


Books purchased Gifts 10


65


We wish to thank Mrs. Emma Plate, Mrs. Paul Rich- ard and Ralph Bridgman for gifts of books.


REV. WHITMORE E. BEARDSLEY


EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,


JULIA E. MONTAGUE, LENA B. RICHARD,


ELIZABETH PERKINS,


GERTRUDE E. FLINT,


HERBERT F. MASCHO,


Trustees.


REPORT OF THE School Committee


Appropriated at Town Meeting


Expended


$13,500.00 13,469.86


Unexpended


$


30.14


EXPENSES


Teachers :


Miss Constance McKowen $ 997.50


Miss Rachel Bridgman


855.00


Miss Elizabeth Hayden


807.50


$ 2,660.00


Mass. Teachers' retirement fund :


Miss McKowen


$ 52.00


Miss Bridgman


45.00


Miss Hayden


42.50


$ 140.00


Administration :


Mr. Casey, salary


$ 135.00


travel expense 15.00


Mr. Mitchell, salary


120.00


$ 270.00


Music :


$ 100.00


Books and supplies :


$


544.91


General:


Health, Dr. Claire Manwell $ 100.00


Mabel C. Bridgman R. N. 100.00


Liggetts, supplies 11.42


Westhampton Water Co., 13.00


Rent of playground


10.00


Louise S. Parsons, census


10.00


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E. L. Canter, boraxo and dispenser 7.95 Town of Chesterfield, tuition 90.00


$


342.37


Maintenance :


Kimball & Cary Co.


$ 425.86


Western Mass. Electric


54.79


Briscoll's


12.80


Building repairs


63.08


Sweeping and cleaning


62.10


New furniture


893.00


New playground


401.02


Repairs during Christmas vacation


180.80


Miscellaneous


18.34


$ 2,111.79


Local transportation :


Charles Blakesley


$ 1,234.00


Walter Witherell


845.50


Walter Witherell, for state wards 45.20


$ 2,124.70


Total cost of elementary schools


$ 8,293.77


High School pupils, tuition


Alice Blakesley


$ 110.00


Charles Blakesley


19.74


Doris Blakesley


110.00


Kenneth Blakesley


110.00


Francis Bridgman


110.00


Grant Bridgman


110.00


Elizabeth Fiske


110.00


Jacquelint Lefebvre


110.00


Fayette Mascho


110.00


Marilyn Mascho


110.00


Edward Montague


110.00


Philip Norris


110.00


Mary Parsons


110.00


Thelma Scott


101.52


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Mary Stickney


110.00


Janet Tonner


110.00


Grace Witherell


110.00


Christine Gagnon


110.00


Myrtle Snow


110.00


Winifred Seymour, Amherst H. S. 110.00


$ 2,101.26


Smith School pupils, tuition


Shirley Church


$ 76.68


Frank Hathaway


110.01


Norman Ledoux


3.33


Frank Montague


130.00


Mahlon Parsons


130.00


Joseph Sarafin


76.68


George Searle


65.04


Leroy Bass


53.32


Edward Sarafin


53.32


John Sarafin


35.23


Lewis Dodge


35.23


Jeanette Ledoux


53.32


$ 822.16


Cr. on 1939 tuition


13.33


$ 808.83


Transportation, High School and Smith School pupils $ 2,266.00


Total cost of High School and Smith School pupils


$ 5,176.09


Total cost of schools


$13,469.86


REIMBURSEMENTS


Mass. School, Part I $ 967.50


Mass. School Fund, Part II 2,297.10


Vocational education


1,339.48


Supt. in small towns 114.00


High and Smith School tuition


2,074.16


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High and Smith School transportation 1,428.92 State wards 156.73 Northampton, tuition and transportation 355.92


Total cost to Westhampton


$ 8,733.81


$ 4,736.05


JOHN HATHAWAY, EVELYN TRACY, LOUISE PARSONS, School Committee.


REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Schools


l'o the School Committee :


FINANCES


We spent $13,469.86 during the past financial year to continue the education of 101 pupils, including those at Smith's School. The town has received reimbursements from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and from Northampton amounting to $8,733.81, which leaves a net cost to our taxpayers of $4,736.05. According to the An- nual State Report of the department of education West- hampton pays less from local taxation for the education of each boy and girl than any town or city in the state with the exception of Warwick. Yet with the aid of these additional funds from the state we spend more per pupil for education than the average town in the state. Accord- ing to the last report for the school year ending June 30, 1940, the average cost per pupil for education in Massa- chusetts. was $100.43, whereas in Westhampton it was $138.62. But, it cost only $2.87 per pupil for transporta- tion in the state, leaving for the average pupil a cost of $97.56 exclusive of transportation, whereas Westhampton had to pay more than $40 per pupil for transportation. Therefore, the cost of education, less transportation, was lower in Westhampton than it was in the average town in this commonwealth. Considering that the town had a valuation in 1939 of $4483. per pupil in net average mem- bership which gave us a state rank of 296, indicating that 295 towns and cities had more wealth in assessed valua- tion per pupil than Westhampton, and considering that we have a state rank of 123 in our per capita cost of sup- port of public schools, our town is doing more than the average for the education of our boys and girls here.


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REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS


Our schoolhouse and playground are in better con- dition than they were a year ago, The enlargement of the school playground in late August, the construction of a new drain from the septic tank, the grading of the addi- tional playground space, the completion of the fence, and the erection of playground apparatus and two basketball baskets have increased our facilities for play more than 100%, and have been appreciated by every boy and girl.


Our new seats and desks not only aid the teacher in carrying on modern classroom work but also help all the boys and girls to improve their posture. Since the chairs and tables may be adjusted to the growing children, the physical health of each boy and girl should be improved. The new cupboard for textbooks and supplies, bulletin boards, and new window shades have been of great value to the class in the middle grade room. Repainting ceilings and walls of both classrooms and corridor is of great as- sistance in providing more light for each child's desk and has also made the building more sanitary as well as at- tractive.


The state building inspector informed us this autumn that we should provide a supply of fresh air to each class- room equivalent to thirty cubic feet per air per minute per pupil and the removal of a similar amount through the foul air ducts. He also recommended that the recircu- lating opening located in the corridor adjacent to the boys' toilet be changed to another location to insure an uncontaminated supply of fresh air.


New sets of text-books have been purchased in the social science field, in the general science field, and in the reading fields for some classes. Our books are now in ex- cellent shape.




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