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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Westhampton
HAMPTON T
WES
MASS.
INCORP
STET
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FOR THE
Year Ending December 31
1942
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Westhampton
[HAMPTON
M
WEST
ASS.
INCORPO
9,1778
STET
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EP
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31
1942
Printed by W. E. LONDERGAN Northampton Mass.
Town Clerk's Report
1942
BIRTHS
/ March 24
Myrick, Ruth Ann »
__ August 19
Hickey, James Gareth V
3 August 31
Messick, Barbara Jane V
1 December 12
Gett, Edgar Wesley -
DEATHS
/ March 28 Harris, Emma Morris Heart disease 80
4 9
1
2 April 30 Kearney, Alice Rose Accidental drowning 15
5
20
3 May 19 Parsons, Mahlon Kingsley Suicide 78
1 21
4 July 13 Lyman, William H. Cerebral thrombosis
75
5 October 5 Benson, Victor L. Fractured skull
46
-
6 December 5 Hay, Charles G.
Total dismemberment 21
3
-
7 December 15 Gett, Edgar Wesley Premature baby -3-
3
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1942
MARRIAGES
/ June
6 Donald Orin Pickering Ella Gertrude Stickney
2 June
27 Alfred Hayward Pearl Evelyn Randall
3 August
8 Robert Arthur Church Sadie Gontowski
4 August 30 Myron Miller Clapp, Jr. Esther Barbara Strong
5 October
3 Alfred C. Blakesley Iris S. Pope
Thompsonville, Conn. Westhampton
7 November 28
Orville Jewett Flint Pearl D. Searle
Westhampton
Westhampton
DOG ACCOUNT Dr.
June 1, 1942
30 male dogs
at $2.00
$60.00
1 female
at. $5.00
5.00
11 spayed female
at $2.00
22.00
$87.00
Cr.
To County Treasurer
$78.60
To Town Clerk, 42 fees
8.40
-
$87.00
Dr.
December 1, 1942
17 male dogs
at $2.00
$34.00
2 female dogs
at $5.00
10.00
3 spayed female
at $2.00
6.00
- $50.00
Easthampton Easthampton Easthampton Westhampton Westhampton Easthampton
Westhampton Northampton Westhampton Easthampton
6 October 12 Thomas A. Durisko Myrtle Olive Snow
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Cr.
To County Treasurer To Town Clerk, 22 fees
$45.60
4.40
$50.00
FISH AND GAME LICENSES
Dr.
23 Resident citizen fishing
licenses at $2.00 $ 46.00
39 Resident citizen hunting licenses at $2.00 78.00
15 Resident citizen sporting
licenses
at $3.25
48.75
14 Resident minor and female fishing at $1.25
17.50
1 Minor trapping. license at $2.25
2.25
1 Resident citizen trapping license at $5.25
5.25
5 Sporting and trapping
free
1 duplicate .50
.50
$198.25
Cr.
To Division of Fisheries and Game $175.00
To Town Clerk, 93 fees at 25c 23.25
$198.25
CHARLES M. NORRIS, Town Clerk.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1942.
I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and find them correct.
EDWARD A. MONTAGUE, Auditor
REPORT OF THE Town Treasurer
RECEIPTS
Balance on Hand January 1, 1942 $19,664.57
Taxes, 1942
Real Estate
5,720.29
Personal
2,393.94
Polls
204.00
Excise
805.24
1941
Real Estate
2,042.34
Personal
99.96
1940
Real Estate
109.80
Interest, 1942
2.70
1941
49.46
1940
8.84
Demands
3.15
Warrant
.50
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Chapter 81
6,607.69
Chapter 90, maintenance
778.13
Chapter 90
1,140.00
Chapter 420, Acts of 1941
3,011.59
Egypt Hill Bridge 1,062.48
Hampshire County
Chapter 90, maintenance
778.13
Chapter 90
570.00
Egypt Hill Bridge
531.25
Dog Refund
88.59
Wild cat bounty
10.00
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-7.
Interest from trust funds
Cemetery
22.10
Thayer
20.10
Wright
20.10
Totman
50.00
Whiting Street
27.74
Old Age Assistance
U. S. grant
2,813.71
Administration
88.23
State
1,960.05
Chap. 64B, Acts of 1941
34.63
Town of Monson
35.17
Massachusetts Income tax, 1942
1,790.00
Corporation tax, 1942
Business
285.28
Public Service
30.07
Mass. School fund, Part II, chap. 70
2,448.89
Vocational school fund
1,050.21
High School tuition
1,719.60
High School transportation
1,272.07
Superintendent in small towns
124.20
Town Clerk, dog licenses for 1942
124.20
Highway Department, road machinery account 1,240.05
Emma T. Damon cemetery fund
100.00
Support of indigent persons
156.00
Live stock disease control
7.50
George A. Pease, refund liability ins.
25.21
Firearms permits
4.00
Victuallers license
1.00
Milk peddlers license
.50
Sale of surplus material
18.00
Rent of Town Hall
2.25
$61,153.51
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EXPENDITURES
Paid Selectmen's Orders
$27,533.11
Paid School Committee orders 12,349.34
Balance on hand, January 1, 1943
21,271.06
$61,153.51
OUTSTANDING TAXES
1942 Real Estate
$ 1,327.97
Personal
254.42
1941 Real Estate
236.04
1942 Excise
48.00
$ 1,866.43
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Balance January 1, 1942
$
854.27
Income
1,240.05
Expense
796.80
Balance January 1, 1943
$ 1,297.52
FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN
Interest drawn in 1942
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
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Worthy Poor
$1,380.85 Whiting Street 1,000.00 Wright
$27.74
20.10
1,000.00 Thayer, 1/2 to town, 1/2 to parish 20.10
GILBERT I. FLINT,
Treasurer.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1942.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of thirty-nine thousand eight hundred eighty-two dol- lars and forty-five cents ($39,882.45), for which vouch- ers are on file, and a balance on hand of twenty-one thou- sand two hundred seventy-one dollars and six cents ($21,271.06). Due from Ralph S. Bridgman, collector, 1942 personal tax, two hundred fifty-four dollars and forty-two cents ($254.42), real estate tax, one thousand three hundred twenty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents ($1,327.97), 1941 real estate tax, two hundred thirty-six dollars and four cents ($236.04), and 1942 ex- cise tax, forty-eight dollars ($48.00).
EDWARD A. MONTAGUE,
Auditor.
REPORT OF THE
Board of Selectmen
TOWN OFFICERS
W. M. Fiske, selectman $ 65.00
W. M. Fiske, expense attending state meeting 4.88
W. M. Fiske, telephone
1.16
F. W. Blakesley, selectman
64.00
F. W. Blakesley, expense attending state meeting 13.78
F. W. Blakesley, telephone and postage 13.00
C. R. Burt, selectman 69.00
F. W. Blakesley, registrar
12.00
C. R. Burt, assessor
44.00
Richard Tracy, assessor
46.60
J. C. Hathaway, assessor
45.41
Evelyn Tracy, school committee
4.16
Louise Parsons, school committee
40.00
J. C. Hathaway, school committee 25.00
C. R. Burt, moderator
5.00
C. M. Norris, town clerk
62.50
G. I. Flint, treasurer
175.00
G. I. Flint, tax collector
177.50
E. A. Montague, auditor
10.00
M. M. Clapp, meat inspector
39.00
Gertrude E. Flint, typing reports
4.00
Hampshire Co. Selectmen's Assn. dues
6.00
Mass. Soldier's Relief Assn. dues
2.00
Assessors' Association dues
3.00
R. S. Bridgman, tax collector
100.00
Gertrude E. Flint, registration 4.00
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Mrs. Daniel Crowley, election officer 6.50
Grace Williams, election officer 3.50
Gertrude E. Flint, election officer 7.50
$ 1,053.49
PRINTING AND SUPPLIES
Harlow & Fennessey, record book $ 3.00
Harlow & Fennessey, tax collector's
supplies 1.85
Robinson Seal Co.
2.60
Robinson Seal Co., priority stamp
1.83
Hobbs & Warren, Inc. collector's and assessors' supplies 42.26
George R. Barnstead & Son, assessors' supplies 1.00
W. E. Londergan, town reports
48.00
Broadway Office Supply, safe and'
equipment 35.00
Leo Murphy, stamped envelopes
for treasurer 10.98
Gertrude E. Flint, stamped envelopes for O. A. A. 13.50
C. M. Norris, postage
1.30
W. M. Fiske, postage
3.00
R. S. Bridgman, postage
12.00
$ 176.32
HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE - PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley
$ 183.30
Arthur Church
130.50
John Tylczak
133.50
Clifford Payson
4.00
George Payson
83.50
Charles Stickney
4.00
W. M. Fiske
12.00
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C. M. Norris
12.00
Ralph Payson
4.50
Allan Strong
88.50
Arthur E. Witherell
112.00
Henry Parsons
91.00
Clifford Graves
177.00
F. W. Streeter
54.00
Machinery Account
63.60
Howard Blakesley
23.13
Stanley Bartlett
19.50
Harland Lemery
3.00
Walter Witherell, Jr.
20.00
George Munson
75.25
Merrill Witherell
8.00
Donald Blakesley
8.00
$ 1,310.28
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE - MATERIAL
F. W. Blakesley
$ 15.40
American Tar Co.
753.10
Federal Land Bank
6.00
Norfolk Prison Colony
249.60
$ 1,024.10
CHAPTER 90 - PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley
$ 96.75
Howard Blakesley
116.00
Arthur Church
66.00
James Hickey
60.50
John Tylczak
40.00
A. E. Witherell
189.00
Clifford Graves
139.50
W. M. Fiske
119.00
F. W. Streeter
488.00
C. M. Norris
18.00
George Munson
148.75
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Machinery Account
156.00
Charles Blakesley, Jr.
24.00
A. E. Delisle, Jr.
58.50
Clarence Delisle
56.00
$ 1,776.00
CHAPTER 90 - MATERIAL
New England Metal Culvert Co. $ 181.70
John Hathaway, gravel
47.90
Federal Land Bank
275.90
$ 505.50
CHAPTER 81 - PAYROLL
F. W. Blakesley
$ 833.30
Howard Blakesley
647.10
Arthur Church
593.80
Clifford Payson
110.10
Richard Williams
.90
Walter Witherell
.90
Allan Strong
187.50
C. R. Burt
7.20
A. E. Dodge
3.60
James Hickey
148.60
W. M. Fiske
70.50
C. M. Norris
63.00
Machinery Account
1,020.45
.
A. E. Delisle, Jr.
36.00
John Tylczak
328.00
George Payson
244.00
Fred Bishop
12.00
V. E. Mitchell & Son
40.00
A. E. Witherell
521.50
Clifford Graves
224.25
F. W. Streeter
821.00
George Munson
87.00
Clarence Delisle
77.00
Charles Blakesley, Jr.
18.00
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Henry Parsons
126.00
William Brakey
66.00
Stanley Bartlett
18.00
Walter Witherell, Jr.
6.00
Merrill Witherell
6.00
$ 6,333.80
CHAPTER 81 - MATERIAL
Federal Land Bank
$ 121.20
Sylvanus Damon
4.60
Mrs. Bessie Benson
3.00
A. E. Dodge
3.60
New England Metal Culvert Co.
351.41
F. W. Blakesley
35.30
American Tar Co.
519.52
Foster-Farrar Co.
19.00
William Howard
113.90
Moulton Asphalt Service
67.78
Ernest Witherell
7.60
Mrs. Ada Williams
8.30
Mrs. Clara Blakesley
2.70
$ 1,257.91
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Redden-Sanderson Inc.
$ 18.00
J Russell & Co.
50.68
F. N. Graves & Son
31.40
Howard Blakesley
15.00
Fritz Backer
9.85
Socony Vacuum Oil Co.
280.59
Taconic Lumber Co.
8.50
Foster-Farrar Co.
5.48
Orcutt Works
8.25
Warren D. Sampson
87.00
Hector Arel Co.
170.87
Monty's Service Station
8.25
C. R. Burt
6.00
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F. W. Blakesley
10.50
A. M. Condon
17.75
Cernak Motor Sales
10.00
Plumb Auto Supply
10.87
O. B. Parks Co.
3.85
Boston & Maine R. R.
.91
A. E. Witherell
6.00
Cernak Service Station
37.05
$ 796.80
TRUCK ACCOUNT
Redden-Sanderson, Inc., truck $ 490.00 $ 490.00
SNOW REMOVAL, SANDING AND ROAD WORK
F. W. Blakesley
$ 201.90
Howard Blakesley
43.01
C. M. Norris
17.25
Mrs. Bessie Benson
3.40
Richard Tracy
33.60
Arthur Church
84.98
W. M. Fiske
56.35
A. E. Witherell
447.50
C. R. Burt
28.20
Allan Strong
49.70
James Hickey
6.00
George Payson
36.00
John Tylczak
8.00
Walter Witherell
10.50
Bisbee Bros.
30.00
Clifford Payson
13.00
Charles Blakesley
8.00
Frank Hathaway
7.00
Merrill Witherell
7.50
Walter Witherell, Jr.
7.50
Webster Judd
2.50
$ 1,101.89
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BRIDGES and RAILINGS
F. W. Blakesley
$63.40
Howard Blakesley .
13.50
C. R. Burt
31.00
James Hickey
4.00
Harland Lemery
2.00
George Payson
8.00
A. E. Witherell
69.00
A. E. Delisle, Jr.
25.00
Arthur Church
23.20
Allan Strong
18.00
Ralph Payson
2.00
John Tylczak
4.00
Clifford Graves
14.00
$ 277.10
EGYPT HILL BRIDGE
Sam Failla
$ 2,059.37
$2,059.37
GYPSY MOTH
F. W. Blakesley
$ 59.80
Allan Strong
48.00
Arthur Church
48.00
Clifford Payson
44.00
$ 199.80
PUBLIC WELFARE
Case No. 30
$ 31.57
Case No. 39
50.00
Case No. 40
170.15
$ 251.72
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Case No. 1
$ 300.00
Case No. 3
418.10
Case No. 4
460.00
· Case No. 14
452.00
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Case No. 16
340.00
Case No. 17
300.00
Case No. 18
432.00
Case No. 21
320.00
Case No. 23
440.00
Case No. 24
320.00
Case No. 25
389.50
Case No. 26
256.00
Case No. 28
501.00
Case No. 29
240.00
Case No. 30
390.00
Case No. 31
112.00
City of Northampton
100.50
City of North Adams
40.00
$5,811.10
OLD AGE ADMINISTRATION
Gertrude E. Flint, salary and supplies
$88.23
$ 88.23
LIBRARY 1
New England Tel & Tel Co.
$ 22.03
Enoch Perkins fuel
33.00
H. R. Huntting Co. books
56.92
Marion Masho salary
76.64
$ 188.59
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CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Kenneth W. Sherk
$ 20.00
C. R. Burt
7.57
Lawrence Rhoades
10.90
New England Tel & Tel Co.
11.95
R. H. Tracy
18.00
Mrs. Albert E. Delisle
20.00
$ 88.42
FIRE EQUIPMENT
American LaFrance Foamite Corp. $ 96.75
Charles J. Dickinson 2.00
$ 98.75
TOWN HALL
Western Mass. Electric Co. $ 8.55
A. E. Delisle Jr.
6.00
G. H. Knight
28.40
James R. Clapp
3.87
Howard F. Williams
9.00
$ 55.82
CONTINGENT FUND
Boston Council of Social Agencies $ 3.00
Surplus Commodities Sponsor's Fund 22.17
R. A. Warner, transfer of deeds 4.60
City of Northampton, state commodity warehouse 14.37
Howard Sargent, wild cat bounty
10.00
New England Tel & Tel Co.
telephone extension 2.40
Westhampton Water Co., cemetery 5.00
$ 61.54
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INTEREST, INSURANCE and BONDS
George A. Pease, insurance $ 373.26
Sanders' Insurance Agency, bonds 35.00
E. Ray Ashley, truck insurance 30.80
Roscoe K. Noble,
projector and screen insurance
6.53
$
445.59
$
445.59
MEMORIAL DAY
Easthampton Public Market $ 14.37
H. & J. Bergmann
3.06
C. R. Burt 2.54
W. M. Fiske
4.00 $ 23.97
$ 23.97
WELL CHILD CLINIC
Claire C. Manwell, M. D. $ 37.50
Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N. 10.00 $ 47.50
$ 47.50
DIPHTHERIA CLINIC
Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N.
$
25.00
$
25.00
$ 25.00
TRUST FUNDS
Thayer - Philip Clapp, parish treas. $ 10.05
Thayer - R. S. Bridgman, tax coll. 10.05
Street & Wright
Frances P. Loud, treas. 47.84
Cemetery - Mrs. F. W. Judd, treas. 72.10
Northampton Institution for Savings Emma T. Damon Fund 100.00 $ 240.04 $ 240.04
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TAXES
County Treasurer county tax $ 620.82
State Treasurer
state tax
900.00
State Treasurer
parks and
reservations
14.78
State Treasurer auditing
municipal accounts
84.68
$1,620.28
$1,620.28
DOG LICENSES
County Treasurer $ 124.20 $ 124.20
$ 124.20
RECAPITULATION
Town Officers
$1,053.49
Printing & Supplies
176.32
Chapter 90 maintenance - payroll
1,310.28
Chapter 90 maintenance - material
1,024.10
Chapter 81 - payroll
6,333.80
Chapter 81 - material
1,257.91
Chapter 90 - payroll
1,776.00
Chapter 90 - material
505.50
Road Machinery
796.80
Truck account
490.00
Snow removal, sanding, road work
1,101.89
Bridges & railings
277.10
Egypt Hill Bridge
2,059.37
Gypsy moth
199.80
Public welfare
251.72
Old age assistance
5,811.10
Old age administration
88.23
Library
188.59
Civilian Defense
88.42
Fire equipment
98.75
Town Hall
55.82
Contingent fund
61.54
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Interest, insurance and bonds
445.59
Memorial Day
23.97
Well child clinic
47.50
Diphtheria clinic
25.00
Trust funds
240.04
Taxes
1,620.28
Dog licenses
124.20
$27,533.11
LIST OF NAMES IN THE JURY BOX
J. C. Williams
Mill Hand
John Ledoux
Electrician
A. Lyman Snow, Jr. Farmer
Maurice Scott
Truck Driver
Howard Blakesley
Laborer
Henry P. Bridgman
Farmer
JURMEN WHO SERVED IN 1942
Orville J. Flint
Grand Juror
John C. Hathaway
Traverse Juror
Albert E. Delisle, Jr.
Traverse Juror
WILLIAM M. FISKE, FRANK W. BLAKESLEY, CHARLES R. BURT,
Selectmen.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1942.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of twenty-seven thousand five hundred thirty-three dollars and eleven cents ($27,533.11), for which vouchers are on file.
EDWARD A. MONAGUE,
Auditor.
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BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1943.
Schools
$12,900.00
Highways
Chapter 81
690.00
Highways
Chapter 90 maintenance
800.00
Bridges and railings
1,500.00
Town officers
1,100.00
Old age assistance
3,500.00
Board of Health
50.00
Board of Health, pre-school clinic
60.00
Interest, insurance and bonds
500.00
Town Hall
100.00
Gypsy moth
175.00
Printing and supplies
200.00
Library, and dog fund
115.00
Memorial Day
30.00
Contingent fund
100.00
Reserve fund
600.00
Snow removal, sanding and
emergency road work
1,200.00
Soldiers' relief
200.00
Rabies vaccine
50.00
Diphtheria clinic
50.00
Civilian defense
200.00
Public Welfare
500.00
Fire patrol
100.00
Fire equipment
100.00
Cemetery
200.00
Road Machinery account
796.80
REPORT OF THE Board of Assessors
APPROPRIATIONS AT TOWN MEETING IN 1942
Raise and appropriate
Schools
$12,370.00
Highways
Chapter 81
690.00
Highways
Chapter 90 maintenance
800.00
Board of Health
50.00
Pre-school clinic
60.00
Interest, insurance and bonds
600.00
Town Hall
125.00
Gypsy moth
190.00
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 emergency
road work
1,200.00
Soldiers' relief
200.00
Rabies vaccine
50.00
Diphtheria clinic
50.00
Civilian Defense
200.00
Public wefare
400.00
Fire patrol
100.00
Fire equipment
100.00
From balance in Treasury in 1942
Old age assistance
3,500.00
Bridges and railings
1,200.00
Town officers
1,100.00
Road machinery account 854.27
State tax
900.00
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County tax 620.82
Overlay ' 431.09
From balance in Treasury in 1941
Road sander 330.00
From road machinery account in 1941
Snow plow 300.00
Deficits due to abatements
in excess to overlay 14.00
State parks and reservations
14.78
State Audit of Municipal accounts
84.68
$27,539.64
Estimated receipts and available funds
17,481.07
Net amount raised on polls and property
10,058.57
$27,539.64
Personal valuation
115,142.00
Real estate valuation
312,090.00
$ 427,232.00
Tax on personal property
2,648.26
Tax on real estate
7,178.07
Tax on polls
232.00
Gain on account of fractions
.24
10,058.57
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Tax rate 23.00
Motor vehicle excise tax
900.24
Exemptions on poll tax
26.00
Exemptions on real estate tax
129.95
Abatements on poll tax
4.00
Abatement on real estate tax
8.30
Abatement on excise tax
47.00
FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Horses Cows
Neat Sheep Cattle Swine Fowls
Dwellings
1940
60
286
25
188
22
5894
162
1941
55
279
19
181
13
4859
167
1942
55
255
18
167
18
6097
178
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RICHARD H. TRACY,
CHARLE R. BURT, JOHN C. HATHAWAY,
Assessors.
REPORT OF THE
Memorial Library
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation
$100.00
Dog tax refund
88.59
$
188.59
EXPENDITURES
Enoch Perkins, Wood
$ 33.00
H. R. Huntting, books
56.92
Librarian's salary
76.64
Telephone
22.03
$
188.59
RECEIPTS
Easthampton Savings Bank
$821.34
Balance January 1, 1942 Bank Interest
105.95
$927.29
EXPENDITURES
Electricity
$ 9.00
Janitor, G. H. Knight
25.00
Care of lawn, G. H. Knight
5.00
H. R. Huntting, books
1.85
Bulbs
.60
Magazines, E. E. Grant
32.00
Librarian's salary
23.36
$ 96.81
Balance January 1, 1943 $ 830.48
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79 books were purchased, 3 gifts were received and 107 books were given for the Victory Book Campaign for Army camps. (93 Fiction, 14 non-fiction) .
Circulation Books borrowed from Bookmobile
971 Fiction
149 Fiction
264 Non fiction
111 Non fiction
566 Juvenile
137 Juvenile fiction
574 Magazines
77 Juvenile Non Fiction
It was voted in October not to have the library open on Friday afternoon or evening except when there is a public gathering at the church or hall.
EDWARD H. MONTAGUE,
JULIA E. MONTAGUE,
ELIZABETH PERKINS, LENA RICHARD, GERTRUDE FLINT,
HERBERT MASCHO,
WHITMORE E. BEARDSLEY,
Board of trustees.
REPORT OF THE
School Committee
Appropriated at town meeting Expended
$12,370.00
12,349.34
Unexpended
$20.66
EXPENSES
Teachers :
James Miller
$1,216.00
Miss Elizabeth Hayden
453.00
Miss Madalyn Wolfson
345.40
Miss Rachel Bridgman
885.00
Mrs. Marion Mascho
134.00
Mrs. Louise Parsons
4.00
Everett Sittard
100.00
$ 3,137.40
Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund :
Mr. Miller
$ 64.00
Miss Hayden
27.00
Miss Wolfson
18.60
Miss Bridgman
47.00
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$ 156.60
Administration :
Charles Mitchell, salary and expenses $ 282.75
Mary Parsons, typing contracts
1.00
Telephone .45
Mrs. Louise Parsons, census
10.00
$ 294.20
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Local Transportation : Charles Blakesley Walter Witherell
$ 1,170.00 845.50
$ 2,015.50
Books
$ 150.66
Supplies
277.20
Janitors and cleaning
67.30
Fuel
426.91
Operating expenses
88.14
Repairs and replacements
91.25
$ 1,101.46
Health:
Claire C. Manwell, M. D.
$ 100.00
Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N.
100.00
Supplies
2.86
$ 202.86
Equipment
$ 189.71
Miscellaneous
7.87
Total cost of elementary schools
$ 7,105.60
High School pupils, tuition
Russell Bass
$ 109.15
Doris Blakesley
109.15
Grant Bridgman
109.15
Francis Bridgman
115.00
David Clapp
115.00
Elizabeth Fiske
115.00
Eunice Hathaway
106.20
Marilyn Mascho
115.00
Edward Montague
73.75
Joyce Montague
109.15
Philip Norris
109.15
Freeman Scott
103.25
Thelma Scott
103.25
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Jessie Snow
115.00
Mary Stickney
109.15
Mary Witherell
103.25
$ 1,719.60
Smith School pupils, tuition
Leroy Bass
$ 130.00
Everett Blakesley
126.58
Howard Clapp
75.28
Murray Clapp
130.00
Lewis Dodge
24.39
Elizabeth Fiske
54.72
Thomas Kelly
23.94
Harold Landry
30.78
Frank Montague
130.00
Mahlon Parsons
108.32
John Sarafin
121.87
Theodore Sarafin
116.28
Merrill Witherell
35.23
Walter Witherell, Jr.
121.31
$ 1,224.74
Chesterfield
Mary Dodge, tuition
$ 45.00
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High School and Smith School transportation
$2,19600 $ 2,196.00
Bus matron
20.00
20.00
Transportation of Lewis Dodge
38.40
38.40
5,243.74
Total cost of schools
$12,349.34
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REIMBURSEMENTS
Mass. School Fund, Part I
$ 510.00
Mass. School Fund, Part II
2,448.89
Vocational education
1,050.21
Superintendent in small towns
124.20
High School tuition
1,719.60
High School transportation
1,272.07 $ 7,124.97
Total cost to Westhampton
$ 5,224.37
$ 7,124.97
JOHN HATHAWAY,
HOWARD LOUD, LOUISE PARSONS,
School committee.
1
REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee:
FINANCES
We spent $12,349.73 during the past financial year to continue the education of 95 pupils including those at Smith School. In the school year ending 1942, 67 pupils had been enrolled in our elementary school, 12 at Smith School, and 16 at Northampton High School.
The town has received reimbursements from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts amounting to $7,124.97, which leaves a net cost to our taxpayers of $5,224.37. We continue to pay less from local taxation for the educa- tion of our boys and girls than most towns in the state, With the aid of additional money from the state we have to spend more per pupil than the average town since we have an unusually high cost per pupil for transportation. According to the Annual Report of the Department of Education for the school year ending June 30, 1941, West- hampton is rated as the 262nd town in a list of 351 towns and cities in their valuation of 1940 per pupil in net aver- age membership, and in our per capita cost for support of public schools we have a state rank of 34. The aver- age cost in the state of Massachusetts to educate a pupil is $107.64 while in Westhampton it cost us $157.54 per pupil in net average membership. This higher cost per pupil in Westhampton is due entirely to transportation since the state average for transportation per pupil is only $2.96. In our town it was $30.39 for the elementary pupil and $94.24 per pupil in high school, making an aver- age cost for us for this item alone of $62.31. When you subtract this cost of transportation from our total cost
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per pupil, you will find that we spent less on the education of each boy and girl than the average town or city, not including transportation. It is well to keep in mind that this high per-pupil cost is not paid by the local taxpayer but largely from state reimbursement. From local taxa- tion we spent a small amount for the education of each boy and girl which places us in the state rank of 282nd town in 351 towns and cities. With increasing costs for school transportation contractors, it seems improbable that there will be any decrease until after the war.
Average
Expenditures
1929-1941
1942
1943
Budget
Administration
$ 273.25
$ 294.20
$
290.00
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries
2,724.63
3,294.00
3,710.00
Books
)
150.66
100.00
192.74)
Supplies
1
277.20
100.00
Maintenance
Janitors' Salaries
)
67.30
200.00
Fuel
)
426.91
300.00
565.10)
Operating Expenses
)
88.14
90.00
Repairs & Replacements
)
91.25
100.00
General
Health
178.23
202.86
300.00
Transportation
High and Voc.
2,421.30
2,254.40
2,300.00
Elementary
1,931.44
2,015.50
2,115.00
Tuition - High
1,644.24
1,719.60
1,875.00
Elemetary
87.11
45.00
45.00
Vocational
708.11
1,224.74
1,280.00
Miscellaneous
20.34
7.87
10.00
Outlay - Grounds & Buildings
38.20
Equipment
20.47
189.71
85.00
Totals
$10,805.16
$12,349.34
$12.900.00
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Expenditure:
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In the foregoing table Column I lists our average expenditure for the twelve-year period 1930 to 1941 in- clusive. Our expenses for 1942 are in Column II, accord- ing to the bookkeeping system required by the state de- partment of education; and our budget for 1943 is in Column III. It is difficult to plan a budget for the coming year with the uncertainty of the heating situation, the cost of changing our heating system from oil to either coal or wood, and the necessary increase in janitor salary from such a change.
STAFF
Miss Elizabeth Hayden resigned before the opening of school in September to enter Girl Scout work in the West. Madalyn R. Wolfson, a graduate of the State Teachers College in Fitchburg in 1939, and with one year's experience in the Chicopee public schools was em- ployed to take Miss Hayden's place as teacher of grades 3, 4, and 5.
We should increase the salaries of our teachers in 1943 since the cost of living has increased and prevailing wages in surrounding communities have been raised. The National Education Association says that "Any salary below $1200 for teachers is substandard and should be corrected now by state or federal legislation if necessary. When the government starts an inexperienced steno- grapher out of high school at $1440, the modest sum of $1200 is too little rather than too much to ask as a mini- mum for teachers."
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