Town of Westhampton annual report 1941, Part 1

Author: Westhampton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1941
Publisher: Westhampton (Mass.)
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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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-4-


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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-7-


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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