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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
AMPTON
H
M
WES
ASS.
INCORP
1778
ISTET
6
EPT
Town of Westhampton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1943
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
HAMPTON
M
WESTI
ASS.
INCORP
STETI
9,1778
F
PT
Town of Westhampton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1943
Printed by W. E. LONDERGAN Northampton, Mass.
REPORT OF THE Town Clerk
1943
BIRTHS
Landry, Kenneth Welles
Casten, June Maureen V
Pinard, Francis George
Payson, Russell Henry V
Cram, Thomas James V
Lavalley, Y Strong, Kenneth Allan Y
July 10
Lyman, Lucinda Ball - Bishop, Ronald Paul Y
July 28 August 13
Ormsby, Marcia Mastin V
August 20
Blakesley, Donald Alfred
August 23
September 3 September 10
Miller, Robert Edward v Aloisi, David Leo V Searle, George Curtis, Jr.
Loud, Cynthia May
November 6 November 6 Loud, Charles Howard v
December 2
Martin, Carol Ann
DEATHS
/ April 10
John Franklin Reed Airplane crash
27
4
28
2 April 19
Edward Hooker Montague 82 0 29
Cerebral hemorrhage
3 May 5 Ernest M. Shaw 57 7 14
Acute dilation of heart
4 June 10 Lavalley stillborn
January 28 February 2 February 28 May 11 May 29 June 10 June 27
4
3 June 26
Flint, Louisa Elizabeth
86
6
23
Coronary thrombosis
6 November 10 Cayo, Herbert Carcinoma
89
MARRIAGES
1 April 20 Allan Strong Edith Coburn
Westhampton Cummington
2 November 14 Frederick Huntington Burr Westhampton Mary Jean Carpenter Greenfield
3 December 26 Grover Mills Church Shirley Mae Chenet
Westhampton
Northampton
DOG ACCOUNT
Dr.
June 1, 1943
21 male dogs
@ $2.00
$42.00
10 spayed females
@ $2.00
20.00
$ 62.00
Cr.
To County Treasurer
. $55.80
To Town Clerk, 31 fees @ $ .20
6.20
$ 62.00
Dr.
December 1, 1943
22 male dog's
@ $2.00
$44.00
4 spayed females
@ $2.00
8.00
6 females
@ $5.00
30.00
$ 82.00
Cr.
To County Treasurer $75.60
To Town Clerk, 32 fees @ $ .20
6.40
$ 82.00
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FISH AND GAME LICENSES
Dr.
23 Resident citizen fishing @ $2.00
$46.00
33 Resident citizen hunting
2.00
66.00
16 Resident citizen sporting 3.25
52.00
10 Resident minor and female fishing
1.25
12.50
1 Minor trapping
2.25
2.25
2 Resident citizen trapping
5.25
10.50
2 Resident citizen sporting
free
1 Nonresident 3-day fishing
1.50
1.50
$190.75
Cr.
To Division of Fisheries and Game $169.25
To Town Clerk, 88 fees @ $.25
21.50
$190.75
CHARLES M. NORRIS,
Town Clerk.
Westhampton Mass., December 31, 1943.
I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and find them correct.
MALCOLM S. HARLOW, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE Town Treasurer
December 31, 1943.
RECEIPTS
Balance on Hand January 1, 1943 $21,271.06
Taxes
1943 Real Estate
$ 7,643.86
Personal Property
3,254.92
Polls
180.00
Excise
634.27
1942 Real Estate
1,139.96
Personal Property
254.42
Excise
48.00
1941 Real Estate
236.04
Interest on Taxes
1943
2.14
1942
33.34
1941
17.45
Demands
1.05
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Chapter 81
5,411.59
Chapter 90
800.00
Hampshire County
Chapter 90
800.00
Dog Refund
109.73
Ice Storm 100.00
Massachusetts School Fund,
Part II, Ch. 70
2,640.25
Income, Mass. School Fund 29.09
Vocational School Fund
1,485.26
High School Transportation
1,277.24
Superintendent in Small Towns
118.12
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Old Age Assistance
U. S. Grant
3,000.59
Administration
99.97
State
2,442.82
Town of Monson 40.00
Welfare, City of Northampton
50.00
Massachusetts Income Tax
2,142.00
Corporation Tax
539.62
Meal Tax
99.79
Interest from Trust Funds
Cemetery
73.60
Thayer
20.10
Wright 20.10
Whiting Street
27.74
Aid to Dependent Children, U.S. Grant 75.00
Mass. State Treas.
9.50
Victory and Income Taxes withheld from wages
420.96
Highway Dept. Road Machinery Acc.
872.90
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses
133.20
School Furnace
50.00
Revolver Permits
2.50
Used Car Dealer's License
5.00
Victualer's License
1.00
Telephone tolls
.30
Refund, furnace oil
10.36
Refund, Tax on floor oil
.45
Uncashed checks
18.08
36,372.31
$57,643.37
EXPENDITURES
Paid Selectmen's Orders $22,854.48
Paid School Committee Orders 14,812.74
Balance on hand January 1, 1944 19,976.15
$57,643.37
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OUTSTANDING TAXES
1943 Real Estate
$1,157.38
Personal Property
374.95
Excise
40.47
1942 Real Estate
188.01
$ 1,760.81
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Balance January 1, 1943
$ 1,297.52
Income
872.90
Expense
554.56
Balance January 1, 1944
$1,615.86
FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN
Interest drawn in 1943
Cemetery
$2,000.00 Lucy Langdon Totman
$ 50.00
500.00
O. C. Bridgman
10.05
100.00 M. G. Strong
2.01
100.00
George Burt
2.01
100.00 Sarah Cook
2.01
100.00 Samuel Edwards
2.01
100.00
A. L. Searle
2.01
100.00
Emma G. Damon
1.50
50.00
D. L. Brown
1.00
50.00
C. N. Loud
1.00
$ 73.60
Worthy Poor
$1,380.85
Whiting Street
$ 27,74
1,000.00
Wright
20.10
1,000.00
Thayer, 1/2 to Town and
1/4 to Parish
20.10
$ 67.94
RALPH S. BRIDGMAN, Treasurer.
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Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1943.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of thirty-seven thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents ($37,667.22), for which vouchers are on file, and a balance on hand of nineteen thou- sand nine hundred seventy-six dollars and fifteen cents ($19,976.15). Due from Ralph S. Bridgman, collector, 1943 personal tax, three hundred seventy-four dollars and ninety-five cents ($374.95), real estate tax, one thou- sand one hundred fifty-seven dollars and thirty-eight cents ($1,157.38), 1942 real estate tax, one hundred eighty-eight dollars and one cent $(188.01), and 1943 excise, forty dollars and forty-seven cents ($40.47).
MALCOLM S. HARLOW, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE Board of Selectmen
TOWN OFFICERS
Charles M. Norris, Town Clerk 109.16
Gertrude E. Flint, Registrar and
typing Town Reports 6.50
Silas Snow, Selectman Dues 12.00
Edward A. Montague, Auditor 10.00
Mable L. Flint, Copying Assessors records 5.00
John J. Shields, Treas. Dues Mass.
Ass'n of Commissioners 2.00
Walter A. Witherell, Dog Officer 10.00
Herbert G. Cronk, Treas. Assessors Dues 3.00 Louise Parsons, School Committee
50.00
Howard Loud, School Committee
30.00
Edward Montague, School Committee
30.00
R. S. Bridgman, Tax Collector
170.80
R. S. Bridgman, Treasurer 138.50
Myron M. Clapp, Inspector of Slaughtering 34.00
Richard H. Tracy, Assessor
29.33
Edith Blakesley, Copying Town orders
10.00
F. W. Blakesley, Selectman 66.00
F. W. Blakesley, Registrar 12.00
C. R. Burt, Moderator 5.00
C. R. Burt, Selectman
69.60
C. R. Burt, Assessor
69.35
J. C. Hathaway, Assessor 70.77
W. M. Fiske, Selectman
75.00
$ 1,018.01
Delayed payment to Town Officers 40.82
40.82
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TOWN HALL
Western Mass. Electric Co. 13.57
Charles R. Burt, wood, damper and floor mat 12.79
Henry M. Parsons 7.50
33.86
PRINTING AND SUPPLIES
Robinson Seal Co., Birth Certificates
and Tax Collector supplies 14.34
Hobbs & Warren, Assessors and Selectman supplies 10.16
Geo. R. Barnstead & Son, Assessors supplies 1.00
W. E. Londergan, Printing Reports and Old age supplies 67.50
Barre Gazette, Tax Collectors supplies 6.33
R. S. Bridgman, Postage and account book 40.24
W. M. Fiske, Postage 3.00
C. M. Norris, Postage 1.44
Davol Printing House 3.00
F. W. Blakesley, Telephone and postage
8.40
155.41
HONOR ROLL
National Ronzite Industries, Plaque and
name panels 111.25
Richard H. Tracy 6.75
118.00
INTEREST, INSURANCE AND BONDS
E. Ray Ashley, Insurance on Pickup
31.42
George A. Pease, Insurance on Town Hall & Weights, Measures and balance 71.47
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Sanders Insurance Agency, Bond for
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector 31.00
George A. Pease, Compensation deposit premium 100.00
George A. Pease, Compensation Audit 78.97
Roscoe K. Noble, Insurance on projector and screen 6.53
319.39
CONTINGENT FUND
Raymond A. Warner, Transfers from
Registry of Deeds 7.00
Boston Council of Social Agencies 3.00
City of Northampton, State Commodity Warehouse 2.88
Dr. L. Beverly Pond, Office call 3.00
Westhampton Water Co. 5.00
COUNTY ICE STORM
F. W. Blakesley 39.00
Frank Hathaway
4.00
Howard Blakesley
5.00
George Payson
28.00
Allan Strong 10.00
Clifford Payson
14.00
100.00
BRIDGES AND RAILINGS
F. W. Blakesley
42.00
C. R. Burt 2.00
Allan Strong
31.50
George Payson
22.50
John Tylczak .
27.00
20.88
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Henry Parsons, Truck
49.00
F. W. Streeter, Power Shovel
90.00
264.00
ROAD MACHINERY
Socony Vacuum Oil
223.76
Taconic Lumber Co.
8.50
Hector A. Arel Co.
24.56
Orcutt Works
2.75
Cernak Service Station
42.19
Tire Engineering Corp.
9.55
Howard Blakesley
5.75
Cernak Motor Sales
23.25
F. N. Graves & Son
139.67
J. Russell & Co.
6.21
Walsh Holyoke Steam Boiler Works Inc. 20.00
Arthur W. Stuart
1.25
Fritz Backer
4.45
John Cernak
20.35
C. R. Burt
2.00
Manchester Co.
2.57
J. I. Holcomb Co.
14.00
F. W. Blakesley
3.75
554.56
SNOW REMOVAL, SANDING AND ROAD WORK
F. W. Blakesley
266.30
Howard Blakesley
16.00
Walter R. Witherell
16.50
Walter R. Witherell, Jr.
15.50
Merrill Witherell
15.50
Clifford Payson
74.00
George Payson
73.19
Frank Hathaway
13.63
Myron Hathaway
4.00
W. M. Fiske
74.25
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Allan Strong
111.76
Stanley Bartlett
23.50
Howard Williams
7.00
John Watts
7.00
Harland Lemery
4.00
Ralph Payson
4.00
Bisbee Bros.
30.00
A. E. Witherell
870.80
J. C. Hathaway
12.88
Donald Blakesley
28.00
Henry Parsons
16.10
John Tylczak
22.50
C. R. Burt
46.00
$ 1,752.50
GYPSY MOTH
Walter Witherell
63.00
Russell Bass
51.50
Howard Blakesley
40.50
Allan Strong
31.50
Earl Connery
9.00
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$ 175.50
CEMETERY
Clifford Payson
4.50
George Payson
4.50
Allan Strong
2.25
F. W. Blakesley
2.25
Francis A. Loud
18.50
Everet Blakesley
56.25
Walter Witherell
3.75
R. A. Baltzar
108.00
$ 200.00
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TRUST FUNDS
Thayer Fund, R. S. Bridgman, Coll. 10.05 Thayer Fund, L. D. Rhoades, Treas. of Parish 10.05
Street & Wright Fund, Frances P. Loud 47.84 Cemetery Fund, Mrs. F. W. Judd, Treas. 73.60 $ 141.54
FIRE DEPARTMENT
American LaFrance Foamite Corp. 89.38 -
$ 89.38
LIBRARY
H. R. Huntting Co., Books
52.35
Edith Grant, Magazines 32.25
Marion C. Mascho, Librarian
75.13
George H. Knight, Janitor 25.00 $ 184.73
MEMORIAL DAY
Francis A. Loud, Flags, drinking cups
and supplies 14.40
$ 14.40
TAXES
Collector of Internal Revenue 229.08
Treasurer of Hampshire County 954.04
Treasurer of Commonwealth:
State Tax 300.00
Auditing municipal accounts
128.75
State Parks & Reservations
11.05
-- $ 1,622.92
DOG LICENSES
Treasurer of Hampshire Co.
Dog Licenses 133.20 $ 133.20
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DIPHTHERIA CLINIC
Dr. Claire Manwell 25.00
Mable C. Bridgman, R.N. 25.00
$ 50.00
WELL CHILD CLINIC
Dr. Claire Manwell
37.50
Mable C. Bridgman, R.N.
13.00
$ 50.50
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
109.20
Harlow & Fennessey
4.75
Stanley Bartlett
9.81
R. H. Tracy
1.50
$ 125.26
PUBLIC WELFARE
Case No. 41
41.00
Case No. 42
281.35
Case No. 43
18.00
$ 340.35
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Case No. 1
210.00
$ 210.00
OLD AGE ADMINISTRATION & AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Gertrude E. Flint 80.00
Gertrude E. Flint, Supplies & Telephone 20.00 $ 100.00
CHAPTER 90 MAINT. ROAD MATERIAL
F. W. Blakesley, Gravel 37.20
American Tar Co., Tar 1,437.46
$ 1,474.66
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CHAPTER 90 MAINT. PAYROLL
John Tylczak
82.69
George Payson
65.26
Allan Strong
61.89
George Munson
175.00
Myron Clapp
20.82
Myron Clapp, Jr.
10.69
Elmer Bishop
9.57
Howard Blakesley
4.50
F. W. Blakesley
114.00
Clifford Payson
29.26
Donald Blakesley
67.51
Henry Parsons
166.25
Henry Morton
12.38
Frank Hathaway
9.57
Edward A. Montague
2.25
Murray Clapp
20.26
Wallace Kalita
18.90
Town of Southampton
20.25
Machinery Fund
36.40
$
927.45
CHAPTER 81 ROAD MATERIAL
Federal Land Bank
15.60
J. R. Clapp
7.20
Clara Blakesley
2.10
F. W. Blakesley
141.50
Moulton Asphalt Service
66.68
Ernest Wtherell
1.70
Sydney Cole
1.00
American Tar Co.
1,042.06
J. C. Hathaway
10.70
$ 1,288.54
CHAPTER 81 PAYROLL
Machinery Fund
800.50
Howard Blakesley
447.75
Allan Strong
426.02
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John Tylczak
498.15
F. W. Blakesley
924.00
George Payson
371.84
Clifford Payson
104.63
George Belz
15.20
Stanley Bartlett
27.00
W. M. Fiske
37.75
A. E. Witherell
112.00
H. M. Parsons
285.95
F. W. Streeter
307.20
Henry Morton
4.50
Fred Bishop
13.50
Adam Osetek
42.75
Obed Blakesley
96.75
C. R. Stickney
63.01
W. Kalita
7.70
Almon Shaw
72.50
Town of Southampton
6.75
Frank Hathaway
9.57
Fred Challet
91.20
W. R. Witherell, Jr.
9.00
George Munson
157.70
Donald Blakesley
140.64
M. M. Clapp
5.07
Murray Clapp
14.64
M. M. Clapp, Jr.
9.57
Elmer Bishop
41.64
Kenneth Landry
4.50
$ 5,148.98
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Case No. 25
$ 420.00
Case No. 21
360.00
Case No. 23
480.00
Case No. 18
482.70
Case No. 30
424.50
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Case No. 4
480.00
Case No. 31
176.00
Case No. 17
223.75
Case No. 1
219.95
Case No. 32
420.00
Case No. 14
494.58
Case No. 26
184.00
Case No. 24
374.40
Case No. 28
496.20
Case No. 16
374.40
Case No. 3
'520.50
City of Northampton
28.66
City of North Adams
40.00
$ 6,199.64
RECAPITULATION
Town Officers
$ 1,018.01
Town Hall
33.86
Printing and Supplies
155.41
Honor Roll
118.00
Interest, Insurance and Bonds
319.39
Contingent Fund
20.88
County Ice Storm
100.00
Bridges and Railings
264.00
Road Machinery
554.56
Snow Removal, Sanding, Road Work 1,752.50
Gypsy Moth
175.50
Cemetery
200.00
Trust Funds
141.54
Fire Equipment
89.38
Library
184.73
Memorial Day
14.40
Taxes
1,622.92
Dog Licenses
133.20
Diphtheria
50.00
Well Child Clinic
50.50
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Civilian Defense
125.26
Public Welfare
340.35
Aid to Dependent Children
210.00
Old Age Administration and Aid to Dependent Children
100.00
Chapter 90 Maint. Road Material
1,474.66
Chapter 90 Maint. Payroll
927.45
Chapter 81 Road Material
1,288.54
Chapter 81 Payroll
5,148.98
Old Age Assistance
6,199.64
Delayed Payment to Town Officers 40.82
$22,854.48
BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1944
Schools
$13,750.00
Highways Chapter 81
690.00
Highways Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
Bridges and Railings
2,500.00
Town Officers
1,250.00
Old Age Assistance
3,200.00
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 road work
1,200.00
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
Rabies Vaccine
50.00
Diphtheria clinic
50.00
Civilian Defense
200.00
Aid to Dependent Children
250.00
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Public Welfare
500.00
Fire Patrol Cemetery Road Machinery Account
100.00
200.00
LIST OF NAMES IN THE JURY BOX
Richard C. Warren
Truck Driver
Edward A. Montague
Farmer
Donald B. Lyman
Mechanic
Charles M. Norris
Farmer
Myron G. Hathaway
Farmer
Raymond R. Blakesley
Clerk
JURYMEN WHO SERVED IN 1943
Sydney Cole
Grand Juror
Henry P. Bridgman
Traverse Juror
Howard W. Blakesley
Traverse Juror
Maurice Scott
Traverse Juror
J. C. Williams
Traverse Juror
WILLIAM M. FISKE FRANK W. BLAKESLEY CHARLES R. BURT
Selectmen Town of Westhampton.
Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1943.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of twenty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty- four dollars and forty eight cents ($22,854.48) for which proper vouchers are on file.
MALCOLM S. HARLOW, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE
Board of Assessors
Raise and Appropriate
Schools
$ 6,900.00
Furnace for School
1,525.00
Highways Chapter 81
690.00
Highways Chapter 90 Maintenance
800.00
Bridges and Railings
1,500.00
Town Officers
1,250.00
Old Age Assistance
3,500.00
Board of Health pre-school clinic
60.00
Interest, Insurance and Bonds
500.00
Town Hall
75.00
Gypsy Moth
175.00
Printing and Supplies
200.00
Library, Dog Fund and
75.00
Memorial Day
30.00
Snow removal, sanding and road work 2,000.00
Diphtheria clinic
50.00
Civilian Defense
300.00
Public Welfare
500.00
Fire Equipment
100.00
Cemetery
200.00
Delayed payment to Town Employees
40.82
Rationing Board
200.00
Honor Roll
200.00
Coal
475.00
From Balance in Treasury
Schools
$ 6,000.00 50.00
Board of Health
Contingent
100.00
Reserve Fund
600.00
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Soldiers' Relief
200.00
Rabies Vaccine
50.00
Fire Patrol
100.00
Road Machinery
796.80
$29,242.62
State Tax
300.00
State Parks and Reservations
11.55
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
128.75
County Tax
886.05
Overlay
301.71
$ 1,628.06
$30,870.68
Estimated receipts and available
funds
$18,056.81
Net amount raised on polls and
property
12,813.87
$30,870.68
Personal valuation
$129,637.00
Real estate valuation
$319,430.00
$449,067.00
Tax on personal property
$3,629.83
Tax on real estate
8,944.04
Tax on polls
240.00
Tax rate
$12,813.87 $ 28.00
December omitted assessment on real estate 30.80
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Motor vehicle tax
676.74
Abatements on real estate
15.40
Abatements on poll tax
32.00
Exemptions on poll tax
26.00
Exemptions on real estate
158.20
FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Neat
Dwell-
Horses
Cows
Sheep
Cattle
Swine
Fowls
ings
1941
55
279
19
181
13
4859
167
1942
55
255
18
167
18
6097
178
1943
53
265
20
156
26
7550
187
CHARLES R. BURT
RICHARD H. TRACY
JOHN C. HATHAWAY
Assessors of Westhampton.
REPORT OF THE Memorial Library
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation
$ 75.00
Dog tax refund
109.73
$ 184.73
EXPENDITURES
H. R. Huntting, books
52.35
Edith E. Grant, magazines
32.25
George H. Knight, janitor
25.00
Librarian's salary
75.13
$ 184.73
RECEIPTS
Balance Jan. 1, 1943 in
Easthampton Savings Bank
$830.48
Bank interest 160.27
$ 936.75
EXPENDITURES
Electricity
$ 8.25
Books
10.55
Tree surgery, R. A. Baltzer
15.00
Plumbing, T. E. Adams
3.95
Librarian's salary
24.87
Balance January 1, 1944
874.13
$ 936.75
94 books were purchased and 14 gifts were received. The will of the late Edward H. Montague provided for
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the sum of $500.00 to be given to the Edwards-Thayer Memorial Library to be used for the purchase of books from time to time.
Circulation
Adult fiction 815
Non-fiction 166
Juvenile
432
Magazines
316
PHILIP J. CLAPP,
JULIA E. MONTAGUE, ELIZABETH PERKINS, LENA B. RICHARD,
GERTRUDE E. FLINT,
HERBERT F. MASCHO,
Trustees.
REPORT OF THE
School Committee
Appropriated at town meeting Expended
$12,900.00 12,812.74
$ 87.26
Special appropriation for furnace and fuel
$2,000.00
EXPENSES
Teachers : Money Received Tax Fund
Retirement
Total
James Miller $1,333.00 $35.00 $72.00 $1,440.00
Miss Madalyn Wolfson 932.20
73.80 54.00 1,060.00
Miss Rachel Bridgman 943.00
37.00 52.00 1,032.00
Mrs. Marion Mascho, substitute
28.00
Mrs. Esther Clapp, substitute
4.00
Everett Sittard, music
40.00
Arey Dulfer 44.80 11.20
56.00
$ 3,660.00
Administration :
Charles Mitchell $273.93 $23.75 297.68
salary and expenses
Louise Parsons, school census
10.00
$ 307.68
Local transportation :
Charles Blakesley Walter Witherell
$ 1,106.00 750.50
- $ 1,856.50
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Books
$ 117.19
Supplies
91.84
Janitor salaries
208.58
Fuel
101.48
Operating expenses
98.76
Repairs and replacements
177.31
Insulating
362.00
Roofing
112.00
Rent of playground
10.00
New equipment
39.50
$ 1,318.66 -
Health :
Claire C. Manwell, M.D.
$
100.00
Mabel C. Bridgman, R. N.
100.00
Dr. Abel Ross
50.00
$ 250.00
Total of cost of elementary schools
$7 7,392.84
High School pupils, tuition
Sept. 1942-June 1943
$ 1,782.92
Sept. 1943-Dec. 1943
523.11
Smith School tuition 901.24
Chesterfield, Mary Dodge, tuition 45.00
Transportation, Sept .- Dec. 47.63
High School and Smith School transportation 2,220.00
Total expense for schools
$ 5,419.90 $12,812.74
Reimbursements :
Mass. school fund, Part I $ 862.00
Mass. school fund, Part II 2,640.25
Income from Mass. school fund 29.09
Vocational Education 1,485.26
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Superintendent in small towns
118.12
High School tuition
1,782.92
High School transportation
1,277.24
$ 8,194.88
Total cost to Westhampton
$ 4,617.86
HOWARD LOUD, LOUISE S. PARSONS,
EDWARD A. MONTAGUE,
School Committee.
REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee:
FINANCES
We spent $12,812.74, not including $2,000 for the installation of a new furnace and automatic stoker, to continue the education of 91 pupils, including those at Smith's School. In the school year ending 1943, 65 pupils had been enrolled in our elementary schools, 10 at Smith's School, and 16 at Northampton High School.
The town has received reimbursements, or will re- ceive them for the year 1943, from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts amounting to $8,194.88, which leaves a net cost to our taxpayers of $4,617.86. We continue to pay less from local taxes for the education of our boys and girls than most towns in the state. With the aid of addi- tional 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, 1942, Westhampton is rated as the 242d town in a list of 351 towns and cities in their valuation of 1941 per pupil in net average membership, and in our per capita cost for support of public schools we have a state rank of 72. The average cost in the state of Massachusetts to educate a pupil is $114.06 while in Westhampton it costs us $181.44 per pupil. This higher cost per pupil in Westhampton is due entirely to trans- portation, since the state average for transportation per pupil is only $3.13. In our town it was $28.93 for the ele- mentary pupil and $89.59 per pupil in high school, making the average cost for us for this item alone of $59.26. When you subtract this cost of transportation from our total cost per pupil you will find that we spend less on
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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 higher per pupil cost is not paid by the local taxpayer but largely from state reimbursement. From local taxes we spent a small amount on the educa- tion of each boy and girl which places us in the state rank of 333rd in 351 towns and cities. With increasing costs for school transportation contractors, it seems im- probable that there will be any decrease in this item until after the war.
Expenditures -
II
III
1942
1943
Expenditures
1944 Budget
Administration
$ 294.20
$ 307.68
$ 315.00
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries
3,294.00
3,660.00
4,200.00
Books
150.66
117.19
100.00
Supplies
277.20
91.84
100.00
Maintenance
Janitors' Salaries
67.30
208.58
250.00
Fuel
426.91
101.48
300.00
Operating Expenses
88.14
98.76
90.00
Repairs & Replace.
91.25
651.31
100.00
General
Health
202.86
250.00
250.00
Trans: High & Voc.
2,254.40
2,220.00
2,300.00
Elementary
2,015.50
1,904.13
2,115.00
Tuition: High
1,719.60
2,306.03
2,830.00
Elementary
45.00
45.00
45.00
Vocational
1,224.74
801.24
660.00
Miscellaneous
7.87
10.00
10.00
Outlay
189.71
39.50
85.00
Totals
$12,349.34
$12,812.74
$13,750.00
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In the foregoing table Column I lists our expendi- tures for the financial year 1942. Our expenses for 1943 are in Column II, according to the bookkeeping system required by the State Department of Education, and our budget for 1944 is in Column III. The increase in tuition with a decreasing number of pupils is due to the increased rate per pupil per year now charged by the city of North- ampton for high school pupils.
ATTENDANCE
The attendance figures for the school year ending in June, 1943, are as follows :
Center School
Whole No. Enrolled
Average Membership
Average Attendance
James Miller, 6, 7, 8
28
23.88
21.42
Madalyn Wolfson, 3, 4, 5
17
16.04
14.52
Rachel Bridgman, 1. 2
20
18.35
16.12
STAFF
We are fortunate that our staff of last year ac- cepted reappointments to continue with us during the present year since there is an increasing shortage of teachers, and since other communities can pay and are paying higher wages. The new state law requiring towns of this size to pay $1,000 a year in place of the former minimum of $850 inevitably raises wages for all teachers in course of time throughout the state. Since living costs have increased more than 25% since 1940 we cannot ex- pect teachers to be satisfied with less than other groups of workers. Considering the necessary expenditure of time and money to secure education for the teaching profession, they ought to be paid more than the average unskilled worker, but at the present time the average salary of all teachers in U. S. is $600 below the average wage of factory employees.
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TESTS AND REPORTS
We continue to "teach the whole child," providing material for growth depending upon the difference of our pupils. To assist us each child has standardized meas- urements of ability and achievement. With these objec- tive and reliable measures of individual differences and accomplishment, our teachers instruct pupils according to the ability of the child and the level of his learning. Parents are cordially invited to visit the classroom or teachers at any time to see the results of these objective measures of accomplishment and to cooperate with the teachers for the necessary educational and vocational guidance of their children.
Our report cards, first used in 1941, and similar to those used in our state teacher training schools, and which were revised again in 1942 as a result of sugges- tions made by parents and teachers, remain unchanged for this school year. In answer to our questionnaire, cir- culated in October 1943, 86% of the parents indicated that they preferred the present type of report card while only 14% suggested possible changes.
CURRICULUM
Frank M. Rich in The Journal of Education of De- cember, 1943, says: "There is one scale of value on which everything pertaining to schools ought to be measured; that is the welfare and instruction of children. In matters of salary, appointment, hours, equipment, et al., nobody has any rights and privileges in opposition to theirs. It is the same with control, routine, tenure, clerical or jani- torial service-they exist for the benefit of instruction. Anything that fails to contribute to the welfare of learn- ers is bad, and anybody is a traitor to the cause of educa- tion who advocates or defends it."
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