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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Westhampton
HAMPTON
WEST
MASS.
INCORP
MISTET
9,1778
ATED
SEPT
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31
1941
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Westhampton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31 1941
Town Clerk
1941
BIRTHS
March 31
Lavalley, Elizabeth Joyce V
June 19
Smith
July 26
Parent, Arthur Andrew
August 1
Vachula, Robert Gary
September 8
Stone, Donald Clayton
October 9
Cross, Roy Anthony
November 28
Hunt, Donna Lea -
December 15
Martin V-
December 24
Fisher, Esther Marie
DEATHS
/ April 29
Susan Ella Montague Cardiac failure
82 3 10
2 May 20
Celinda M. Martin Toxemia
76
3 May 26
Ida B. Snow
77 9 9
General carcinomatosis
4 June 19
Smith
00 0
Stillborn
5 July 9
Albert D. Jewett Angina 77
2
6 August 7
Emma Louise Flint 62
0 23
Coronary thrombosis
7 August 11
Meredith Francis Knight Suicide
33
0 27
8 September 30
Levi Burt Sepsis
76
3
5
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1941 / January 1
MARRIAGES
Richard J. Williams Anna J. Ferron
Westhampton Westhampton
2 June 14
Lawrence E. Ledoux
Westhampton
3 August 31
Leon L. Smith May V. Wheeler
4 October 24 Dwight S. Church Josephine J. Wanczyk
Westhampton Hadley
3 November 29 James O. Hickey Christine L. Gagnon
Westhampton Westhampton
DOG ACCOUNT
Dr.
June 1, 1941
29 male dogs at $2.00 $ 58.00
8 spayed females at $2.00
16.00
2 female dogs
at $5.00 10.00
$ 84.00
Cr.
To County Treasurer
$ 76.20
To Town Clerk, 39 fees
at $ .20
7.80
$ 84.00
Dr.
December 1, 1941
15 male dogs
at $2.00 $
30.00
3 spayed females
at $2.00
6.00
1 female dog
at $5.00
5.00
$
41.00
Cr.
To County Treasurer
$ 37.20
To Town Clerk, 19 fees
at $ .20
3.80
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$ 41.00
Jacqueline M. Laprade
Easthampton Westhampton Richmond
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FISH AND GAME LICENSES
Dr.
24 Resident citizen fishing licenses at $2.00 $ 48.00
35 Resident citizen hunting licenses at $2.00 $ 70.00
16 Resident citizen sporting licenses at $3.25 $ 52.00
12 Resident minor and female fishing at $1.25 $ 15.00
1 Resident citizen minor trapping at $2.25 $ 2.25
3 Resident citizen trapping licenses at $5.25 $ 15.75
1 duplicate at $ .50 $ .50
7 Resident citizen sporting licenses free $
- 203.50
Cr
To Division of Fisheries and Game $
180.75
To Town Clerk, 91 fees at $ .25 $ 22.75 $ $ 203.50
CHARLES M. NORRIS, Town Clerk.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1941.
I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and find them correct.
EDWARD A. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE Town Treasurer
Dr.
Balance on hand January 1, 1941
$14,759.60
Taxes: 1941
Personal and real estate
7,163.27
Polls
196.00
Excise
771.51
1940
Personal and real estate
5,035.15
1939
Personal and real estate
2,780.68
Interest, 1941
3.44
1940
119.62
1939
171.94
Demands
5.60
Mass. Highway Commission
Chapter 81, year of 1940
952.05
Chapter 90 maintenance
800.00
Chapter 81
6,174.27
Chapter 420, Egypt Hill bridge
2,795.97
Treasurer, Hampshire County
Chapter 90 maintenance
800.00
Dog refund
89.83
District Court fines
10.00
Egypt Hill bridge
1,397.98
Interest from trust funds
Cemetery
22.10
Thayer
20,10
Wright
20.10
Totman
50.00
Whiting Street
27.74
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Firearms permits
3.00
License to peddle milk
1.00
Victualler's license
2.00
Town Clerk, dog licenses
113.40
Temporary Aid
10.00
Support of indigent persons
42.00
Old Age Assistance
U. S. grant
2,077.05
State grant
1,544.03
Town of Saugus
28.09
Administration
69.73
Mass. income tax, 1941
1,538.88
Corporation tax, 1941
127.97
Mass. School fund, Part II, chap. 70
2,228.90
Vocational school fund
1,036.07
High school tuition 1,680.87
High School transportation
1,515.91
Superintendent in small towns
120.52
Tuition, transportation of state wards
165.40
City of Northampton, school department
277.50
Live stock disease control
7.50
George A. Pease, refund liability ins.
29.29
Highway Department, road machinery account
705.00
Sale of old furniture
1.50
Rent of Town Hall
5.00
$60,507.15
Cr.
Paid Selectmen's orders
$28,735.76
Paid School Committee orders
12,106.82
Balance on hand January 1, 1942
19,664.57
$60,507.15
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OUTSTANDING TAXES
1941 Personal and real estate
$ 2,376.04 1940 Personal and real estate 115.80
$ 2,491.84
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Balance January 1, 1941
$ 966.13
Income
705.00
Expense
816.86
Balance January 1, 1942
854.27
FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN
Interest drawn in 1941
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 Cook
2.01
100.00 Samuel Edwards
2.01
100.00 Arthur 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, 1/2 to town, 1/2
to parish
20.10
GILBERT I. FLINT,
Treasurer.
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Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1941.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of forty thousand eight hundred forty-two dollars and fifty-eight cents ($40,842.58), for which vouchers are on file, and a balance on hand of nineteen thousand six hund- red sixty-four dollars and fifty-seven cents ($19,664.57). Due from G. I. Flint, collector, 1941 personal and real estate taxes, two thousand three hundred seventy-six dol- lars and four cents ($2,376.04) and 1940 real estate taxes, one hundred fifteen dollars and eighty cents ($115.80).
EDWARD A. MONTAGUE,
Auditor.
REPORT OF THE
Board of Selectmen
TOWN OFFICERS
W. M. Fiske, selectman $ 60.00
F. W. Blakesley, selectman 60.00
F. W. Blakesley, telephone and postage 5.95
F. W. Blakesley, registrar 12.00
C. R. Burt, selectman 66.00
C. R. Burt, assessor
44.00
C. R. Burt, moderator
5.00
R. H. Tracy, assessor
34.75
R. H. Tracy, dog officer
5.00
J. C. Hathaway, assessor
51.91
J. C. Hathaway, telephone, postage and mileage .81
J. C. Hathaway, school committee 25.00
Louise Parsons, school committee 40.00
Evelyn Tracy, school committee 25.00
C. M. Norris, town clerk
50.00
G. I. Flint, treasurer 150.00
G. I. Flint, postage 8.68
G. I. Flint, attending state meetings 4.00
E. A. Montague, auditor
10.00
M. M. Clapp, cattle inspector
15.00
M. M. Clapp, meat inspector
39.50
Gertrude E. Flint, typing reports 4.00
Edith T. Blakesley, copying town orders 10.00 Silas Snow, selectmen's dues 6.00
C. H. Hodecker, dues Public Welfare Assoc. 2.00
Mass. Soldiers' Relief Assoc. dues
2.00
H. G. Cronk, assessor's dues 3.00
$ 739.60
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PRINTING AND SUPPLIES
George R. Barnstead, assessors' supplies $ 1.00
Harlow and Fennessey, selectmen 's supplies
1.75
W. E. Londergan, town reports
66.15
Hobbs and Warren, Inc.,
assessors' supplies
4.52
collector's supplies
18.64
Bureau of O. A. A.
2.16
tax bills
12.71
Robinson Seal Co., inc.,
selectmen's supplies
1.35
Harlow and Fennessey,
collector's supplies
2.45
stationery
4.10
W. E. Londergan, stationery
5.00
Robinson Seal Co. Inc., town
clerk's supplies
1.08
Davol Printing House, assessors' supplies
12.35
Leo Murphy, stamped envelopes
15.98
Gertrude E. Flint, stamps and envelopes
5.00
W. M. Fiske, postage
3.00
C. M. Norris, postage
1.05
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$
158.29
HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE - PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley
$168.60
Howard W. Blakesley
129.35
Arthur Church
122.85
James Hickey
107.10
John Tylczak
117.45
Charles M. Norris
317.55
Clarence Delisle
184.50
Philip Norris
10.35
A. E. Delisle
66.00
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George Payson
72.45
V. E. Mitchell & Son
7.00
Allan Strong
86.40
Fayette Mascho
102.60
Charles Blakesley, Jr.
45.45
Machinery Account
40.00
$ 1,577.65
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE - MATERIAL
C. M. Norris, gravel
$ 29.00
Aaron Fisher
23.80
American Tar Company,
315 gal. of rotar
305.84
4788 gal. of tarine
464.43
$ 823.07
CHAPTER 81 - PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley
$ 775.80
Arthur Church
484.85
Allan Strong
309.90
Machinery Account
665.00
H. M. Bridgman
59.50
John Tykczak
294.00
E. A. Montague
98.00
Philip Norris
18.90
W. M. Fiske
358.50
James Hickey, Jr.
3.60
Arthur Dodge
7.20
E. G. Sturtevant
309.60
Adam Osetek
24.30
Howard Blakesley
591.45
H. J. Payson
114.75
C. M. Norris
569.55
James Hickey
432.00
Clarence Delisle
235.50
Fayette Mascho
71.55
A. E. Delisle, Jr.
303.00
V. E. Mitchell & Son
28.00
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Charles Blakesley, Jr.
109.20
George Payson
337.50
Louis Tylczak
12.00
Murray Clapp
3.15
Curtis Searle
14.40
$ 6,231.20
CHAPTER 81 - MATERIAL
Mrs. Ada Williams, gravel
$ 12.20
Sidney Neal, gravel
1.60
C. M. Norris, gravel
11.60
Foster & Farrar, dynamite and exploders 25.50
J. C. Hathaway
27.60
American Tar Co., 12,497 gal. rotar
1,202.61
F. W. Blakesley, gravel
7.20
Federal Land Bank, gravel
205.80
N. E. Metal Culvert Co.
130.56
E. S. Sirine, 502 gal A. E. 1
49.20
E. A. Montague, gravel
9.80
Mrs. Bessie Benson, gravel
67.40
Mrs. Clara Blakesley, gravel
65.80
Joseph Sarafin, gravel
1.00
George Witherell, gravel
1.60
$ 1,819.47
ROAD MACHINERY
Fritz Backer, blacksmith
$ 17.65
J. Russell & Co., tools
43.63
Socony Vacuum Oil Co., gas and oil
225.10
W. D. Sampson, grader blades
50.50
Arthur Stuart, blacksmith
4.25
Foster-Farrar, supplies
42.98
F. N. Graves & Son, repairs and supplies
107.75
Howard Blakesley
5.00
Walsh Holyoke Steam Boiler Works, Inc. 20.00
Walsh Holyoke Steam Boiler Works, Inc. snow plow 300.00 $ 816.86
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SNOW REMOVAL, SANDING AND ROAD WORK
F. W. Blakesley
$ 67.90
James Hickey
26.10
George Payson
3.60
George Witherell
1.10
Howard Blakesley
97.25
Arthur Church
49.20
R. H. Tracy
3.00
A. E. Witherell
318.00
Joseph Sarafin
1.00
Joseph Sarafin, Jr.
2.48
Myron Clapp
14.25
John Tylczak
5.10
Allan Strong
12.60
W. M. Fiske
54.81
C. M. Norris
22.50
Lawrence Blakesley
1.50
A. E. Delisle
144.00
Franklin G. Neal
6.75
$
831.14
BRIDGES AND RAILINGS
F. W. Blakesley
$ 52.80
Myron Clapp
64.95
John Tylczak
1.80
A. E. Delisle
26.00
Arthur Church
36.00
James Hickey
10.80
A. E. Witherell
49.00
Howard Blakesley
26.10
Allan Strong
7.20
J. C. Hathaway
20.00
Sam Failla
250.00
M. K. Parsons
4.80
Foster-Farrar
3.39
$ 552.84
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EGYPT HILL BRIDGE
Sam Failla
$ 5,646.54
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 54.00
$ 5,701.14
GYPSY MOTH
E. A. Montague
$ 73.20
E. A. Montague, Jr.
25.20
John Schott
27.00
Allan Strong
50.40
Frank Montague
14.40
$ 190.20
SAND SPREADER
The Orcutt Works $ 320.00 $ 320.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Case No. 30
$ 141.59
Case No. 35
7.61
Case No. 38
5.00
Social Service Index
3.00
$ 157.20
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Case No. 1
$ 243.00
Case No. 3
300.00
Case No. 4
420.00
Case No. 13
333.30
Case No. 14
402.50
Case No. 16
324.50
Case No. 17
215.00
Case No. 18
264.00
Case No. 21
240.00
Case No. 23
311.00
Case No. 24
240.00
Case No. 25
336.00
Case No. 26
216.00
Case No. 27
98.50
Case No. 28
300.00
Case No. 29
208.00
Case No. 30
75.00
City of Northampton
111.57
Town of South Hadley
30.00
Town of Amherst
55.61
$ 4,723.98
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OLD AGE ADMINISTRATION
W. M. Fiske Gertrude E. Flint
$
5.75
60.75
Gertrude E. Flint, postage and supplies
3.23
$ 69.73
LIBRARY
H. R. Huntting Co., books
$
78.95
Leon Fleury, carpenter
14.95
Sander's Corporation, insurance 35.20
Edith Grant, magazines
28.75
Enoch Perkins, wood 9.00 $ 166.85
TRUST FUNDS
Street & Wright, Frances P. Loud $ 47.84
Thayer, Philip Clapp 10.05
Thayer, Tax collector 10.05
Cemetery, Mabel Perkins 72.10
$ 140.04
WELL CHILD CLINIC
Claire C. Manwell, M. D.
$
50.00
Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N. 10.00
$ 60.00
DIPHTHERIA CLINIC
E. J. Manwell, M. D.
$
25.00
Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N. 25.00
$ 50.00
MEMORIAL DAY
W. M. Fiske
$
23.39
Quirk Paper Co.
1.90
$ 25.29
MOTION PICTURE MACHINE
Visual Education Filmosound
Services, Inc., Screen and lamp
$
298.21
$
298.21
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FIRE EQUIPMENT
American-LaFrance Foamite Corp., fire pumps $ 73.78
C. J. Dickinson, painting names on pumps
1.50
$ 75.28
DOG LICENSES
Hampshire County Treasurer
$
113.40 $
113.40
TAXES
Hampshire County Treasurer,
county tax
$ 1,509.69
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, state tax 1,010.27
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, state audit 221.90
$ 2,741.90
INTEREST, INSURANCE AND BONDS
George A. Pease, compensation
George A. Pease, $ 225.27
ins. on weights and measures 15.97
Sanders Corp., bonds for
treasurer, collector and clerk
31.00
Roscoe Noble, ins. on
projector and screen 6.53 $ 278.77
CONTINGENT
R. A. Warner, transfer cards
$
4.20
City of Northampton, state commodity
warehouse expenditures 7.56
Surplus commodities sponsors fund, administrative expense 19.28
Edward A. Montague, excise abatement 1.64
James R. Shea, 1 gal. acid 1.00
Westhampton Water Co., cemetery 5.00
J. Russell & Co., fire extinguisher charges 5.20 H. S. Gere & Sons, adv. for bids on bridge 1.65 Boston Herald Travelers Corp. adv. for bids on bridge 4.55
N. E. Road Builder's Association
adv. for bids on bridge 4.80
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$ 54.88
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TOWN HALL
George H. Knight, janitor
$ 12.05
Western Mass. Electric Co. 23.35
Jeffway Electric Co., supplies
18.97
J. C. Hathaway, wood
17.00
A. E. Witherell, kindlings
2.00
$ 73.37
RECAPITULATION
Town Officers
$ 739.60
Printing and supplies
158.29
Chap. 90 maintenance - payroll
1,577.65
Chap. 90 maintenance - material
823.07
Chap. 81 - payroll
6,231.20
Chap. 81 - material
1,819.47
Road Machinery
816.86
Snow removal, sanding and road work
831.14
Bridges and railings
552.84
Egypt Hill Bridge
5,646.54
Gypsy moth
190.20
Sand Spreader
320.00
Public Welfare
157.20
Old Age Assistance
4,723.98
Old Age Administration
69.73
Library
166.85
Trust funds
140.04
Well child clinic
60.00
Diphtheria clinic
50.00
Memorial Day
25.29
Motion picture machine
298.21
Fire equipment
75.28
Dog licenses
113.40
Taxes
2,741.90
Interest, insurance and bonds
278.77
Contingent
54.88
Town Hall
73.37
$28,735.76
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LIST OF NAMES IN THE JURY BOX
Albert E. Delisle, Jr.
Sydney M. Cole
Maurice Scott
J. C. Williams
John C. Hathaway John Ledoux
JURYMEN WHO SERVED IN 1941
Henry J. Payson George H. Burt
Grand Jury Traverse Jury
WILLIAM M. FISKE, FRANK W. BLAKESLEY, CHARLES R. BURT,
Selectmen.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1941.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of twenty-eight thousand seven hundred thirty- five dollars and seventy-six cents (28,735.76), for which vouchers are on file.
EDWARD A. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
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BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1942.
Schools
$12,370.00
Highways, Chapter 81
7,590.00
Chapter 90, maintenance
2.400.00
Bridges and railings
1,200.00
Town Officers
1,100.00
Old Age Assistance
2,500.00
Board of Health
50.00
Board of Health, pre-school clinic
60.00
Interest, insurance and bonds
600.00
Town Hall
125.00
Gypsy moth
200.00
Printing and supplies
175.00
Library, dog fund and
100.00
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
Civilian defense
200.00
Public Welfare
1,000.00
Fire patrol
100.00
Fire equipment
100.00
REPORT OF THE Board of Assessors
APPROPRIATIONS AT TOWN MEETING IN 1941
Raise and appropriate
Schools
$ 7,600.00
Highways, chap. 81
1,150.00
Highways, chap. 90
1,000.00
Highways, chap. 90, maintenance
800.00
Bridges and railings
2,800.00
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 100.00
Snow removal, sanding and road work 1,000.00
Soldiers' relief
200.00
Diphtheria clinic
50.00
Fire fighting equipment
75.00
Movie projector
300.00
Public welfare
500.00
From balance in the treasury
Schools
5,000.00
Reserve fund
600.00
Snow removal, sanding and road work 200.00
Rabies vaccine 50.00
Work relief
500.00
Public welfare
300.00
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Road machinery account
966.13
State tax
1,565.13
County tax
1,520.84
Overlay
367.41
$31,184.51
Estimated receipts and available funds
21,262.99
Net amount raised on
polls and property
9,921.52
$31,184.51
Personal valuation
116,180.00
Real estate valuation
305,270.00
$421,450.00
Tax on personal property
2,672.27
Tax on real estate
7,021.14
Tax on polls
228.00
Gain on account of fractions
.11
$ 9,921.52
Tax rate
$
23.00
Motor vehicle excise tax
$
773.51
Abatement on real estate tax
3.45
Abatement on poll tax
8.00
Abatement on excise tax
2.00
Exemptions on real estate tax
148.35
Exemptions on poll tax
24.00
FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Horses
Cows
Sheep
Neat Cattle
Swine
Fowl
Horses
1939
55
312
19
199
24
3,513
159
1940
60
286
25
188
22
5,894
162
1941
55
279
19
181
13
4,859
167
RICHARD H. TRACY, CHARLES R. BURT, JOHN C. HATHAWAY,
Assessors.
REPORT OF THE
Memorial Library
INCOME
Balance forward
$ 91.87
Savings Bank Interest
107.91
Town Appropriation
75.00
Dog Fund
89.83
Insurance reserve
87.20
Dues
3.91
Overdrew the dog fund
2.02
$ 457.74
EXPENDITURES
Reserve for painting
$ 20.00
Reserve for insurance
20.00
Wood
16.25
Electricity
9.00
Insurance
87.20
Leon Fleury, carpentry
14.95
Landscaping
2.00
H. R. Huntting Co., books
79.95
E. H. Montague, janitor
25.00
G. H. Knight, care of the lawn
5.00
Irene Stickney, cleaning
6.00
Edith Grant, magazines
28.75
Supplies
1.32
Book
1.00
Marion Mascho, librarian
100.00
416.42
Balance carried forward
41.32
$ 457.74
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CIRCULATION FOR 1941
Adult fiction
1,136
Non-fiction 284
Juvenile 788
Magazines 686
Glass doors have been put on the shelves by the stairway. This provides a place for valuable books and papers.
One hundred twenty-two books have been purchased and twenty-three books have been received as gifts. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following don- ors : Frankling G. Neal, Miss Vera Smith, Mrs. William B. Miller and Edwin Bridgman.
The bookmobile visits the library and school each month and the following books have been circulated.
Adult fiction 70
Adult non-fiction 67
Juvenile fiction 120
Juvenile non-fiction
80
MARION M. MASCHO, librarian
REV. WHITEMORE E. BEARDSLEY,
EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,
LENA B. RICHARD,
JULIA E. MONTAGUE,
ELIZABETH G. PERKINS,
GERTRUDE E. FLINT,
HERBERT F. MASCHO,
Trustees.
REPORT OF THE
School Committee
Appropriated at town meeting
$12,600.00
Expended
12,106.82
Unexpended
$
493.18
EXPENSES
Teachers :
Miss Constance McKowen $ 578.50
Miss Elizabeth Hayden
853.00
Miss Rachel Bridgman
855.00
Mrs. Marion Mascho
50.00
Mrs. Gertrude Flint 4.00
Mr. James Miller
456.00
Mr. Everett Sittard, music
100.00
$ 2,896.50
Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund :
Miss McKowen
$ 31.50
Miss Hayden
45.00
Miss Bridgman
45.00
Mr. Miller
24.00
$
145.50
Administration :
Mr. Charles Mitchell
$ 262.98 $
262.98
Local Transportation :
Charles Blakesley
$ 1,113.00
Walter Witherell
831.25
$ 1,944.25
Books
$ 126.89
Supplies
229.72
Janitors
50.60
Fuel
312.55
Electricity
47.91
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Miscellaneous
98.54
Repairs : roof painting etc.
397.56
Health
207.72
Equipment
100.79
New grounds
55.35
Total cost of elementary schools
$ 1,627.63 $ 6,876.86
High School pupils, tuition
Russell Bass
$ 98.00
Alice Blakesley
98.00
Doris Blakesley
98.00
Kenneth Blakesley
98.00
Francis Bridgman
98.00
Grant Bridgman
98.00
Elizabeth Fiske
98.00
Frieda Foucha
20.00
Christine Gagnon
98.00
Eunice Hathaway
98.00
Susan Lavalley
92.97
Marilyn Mascho
98.00
Edward Montague
98.00
Philip Norris
98.00
Mary Parsons
98.00
Thelma Scott
98.00
Myrtle Snow
98.00
Mary Stickney
98.00
$ 1,680.97
Smith School pupils, tuition
Leroy Bass
$ 131.40
Everett Blakesley
54.72
Murray Clapp
32.52
Howard Clapp
54.72
Lewis Dodge
130.00
Thomas Kelly
54.72
Frank Montague
130.00
Jeanette Ledoux
3.34
Mahlon Parsons
130.00
Edward Şarafin
131.40
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John Sarafin
130.00
Joseph Sarafin
6.67
Theodore Sarafin
54.72
Walter Witherell, Jr.
54.72
$ 1,109.19
Chesterfield,
Mary Dodge
$ 45.00 $ 45.00
High School and Smith School
transportation
$ 2,220.00
State ward to special class
70.00
Transportation of Lewis Dodge
104.80
$ 5,229.96
Total cost of schools
$12,106.82
REIMBURSEMENTS
Mass. School Fund, Part I
$ 510.00
Mass. School Fund, Part II
2,228.90
Vocational Education
1,036.97
Superintendent in small towns
120.52
Northampton, transportation and tuition
426.30
State ward
165.40
High school tuition
1,680.87
High school transportation
1,515.91
Total cost of Westhampton
$ 7,684.87
$ 4,421.95
JOHN HATHAWAY, EVELYN TRACY, LOUISE PARSONS, School Committee.
REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee:
FINANCES
We spent $12,106.82 during the past financial year to continue the education of 97 pupils including those at Smith School. The town has received reimbursements from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and from Northampton amounting to $7,684.87, which leaves a net cost to our taxpayers of $4,421.95. We continue to pay less from local taxation for the education of each boy and girl than most towns in the state. Yet with the aid of the additional money from the state we have to spend more per pupil for education than the average town since we have a high cost per pupil for transportation. This seems unavoidable for geographical reasons. Our cost for educa- tion outside of transportation continues to be lower in Westhampton than in the average town in the Common- wealth. I have listed below in Column I our average ex- penditures for the ten-year period 1929-1939, with our expenses for 1940 summarized in Column II according to the bookkeeping system approved by the State Depart- ment of Education, and our expenses for 1941 in Column III classified in the same manner. Our budget for the coming year appears in column IV. You will observe that we are asking for $12,370 for the support of schools for the coming year in place of $12,600 which we asked for a year ago. Of course, if this is voted at town meeting, re- imbursements from the state will reduce the net cost to the taxpayer by the end of the year as in 1941. It is im- possible to estimate exactly the amount of money needed
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for fuel since the cost per gallon may increase. Costs for tuition and transportation may be increased slightly over our estimate if additional families with school children move into the town. We will need more money for teachers' salaries in all probablity. Books and sup- plies have increased in price from ten to fifty per cent on certain items.
I
II
III
IV
Average
Expenditures
1929-1939
1940
Expenditures
1941
Expenditures
1942
Budget
Administration
272.11
284.12
273.98
305.00
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries
2,675.36
2,900.00
3,042.00
3.220.00
Books
)
339.16
126.89
100.00
140.82)
Supplies
)
208.88
229.72
100.00
Maintenance Janitors' Salaries
)
51.60
50.60
60.00
Fuel
)
432.12
312.55
400.00
Operating Expenses
)
107.14
125.45
100.00
Repairs & Replace
)
1,341.75
397.56
200.00
General
Health
172.47
206.39
207.72
210.00
Transportation
High and Voc.
2,442.28
2,266.00
2,366.80
2,400.00
Elementary
1,905.03
2,124770
2,002.25
2,100.00
Tuition - High
1,594.86
2,101.26
1,680.97
1,500.00
Elementary
91.03
90.00
45.00
50.00
Vocational
657.93
808.83
1,109.19
1,500.00
Miscellaneous
23.41
1000
25.00
Outlay
Grounds & Buildings
34.00
53.02
65.35
50.00
Equipment
144.89
100.79
50.00
Totals
$10,405.54
13,469.86
12,106.82
12,370.00
)
396.24)
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STAFF
Miss Constance McKowen resigned at the close of our school year to return to Teachers College to complete her requirements for a degree. She was replaced by Mr. James Miller, a graduate of Fitchburg Teachers College and a teacher of three years' experience. Miss Rachel Bridgman attended summer school at Columbia Unversity. We now have an excellent staff of teachers, but, if we plan to keep them, we must consider these facts. The salaries of teachers have been increased from ten to twenty-five percent in some places, with an average county-wide in- crease of fifteen per cent, in order to retain teachers so that they would not accept work in defense plants or move to better paid positions. The National Commission for the Defense of Democracy Through Education finds that the United States faces a serious shortage of quali- fied teachers which threatens to undermine the standards of the nation. Between 40,000 and 50,000 qualified teach- ers will be needed to replace those who have left the teaching profession. They insist that enough vacancies will result in the next year to absorb every qualified teacher in the country; adding that this is the biggest teaching boom since the first World War. With the gover- nor of our state asking for an increase for state and county employees of 10%, with the cost of living in- creasing more than 10%, and with increasing taxes for the support of the war, the salaries of our staff members should be increased not later than September.
REPAIRS
Our schoolhouse and playground are in better condi- tion than they were a year ago since the exterior of the school has been painted, the first part of the roof re- shingled, and additional work done on the playground.
The state building inspector informed us last year that we should provide a supply of fresh air to each class- room equal to thirty cubic feet of air per minute per
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`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 hanged to another location to insure an uncontaminated supply of fresh air.
ATTENDANCE
The attendance figures for the school year ending in June, 1941, are as follows :
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