Town of Westhampton annual report 1952, Part 1

Author: Westhampton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: Westhampton (Mass.)
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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


AMPTON


WES


MASS.


INCORPO


,1778


STET


29


Town of


WESTHAMPTON


Year Ending December 31, 1952


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Westhampton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1952


Town Clerk's Report


for the Year Ending December 31, 1952


Births


Jan.


2


Thomas Jeffrey Pelissier


Jan. 17 Denis Charles Warrington


Feb. 4 Mary Etta Delisle


Feb. 10 Terry Warburton Browne


Mar. 9 Mark Thayer Young


Mar. 25 Michael David La Valley


Apr. 9 Deborah Edith Montague


Apr. 20


Myron Montague Clapp


May 27 Laurie Jean Cernak


June 6 Judith Ellen Clapp


July 2 Richard Anthony Witherell


July 22 Anita Jeanne Ledoux


Sept. 4 James Gilbert La Valley


Sept. 11 Raymond Lawrence Pontbriant


Sept. 12 Wayne Alan Cernak


Dec. 12 Sharon Lee Osborne


Dec. 20 Sandra Jean Martin


Deaths


Mar. 17 Ella M. Knight


Apr. 12 Louise A. Norris


Dec. 11 Ethel G. Hooker


Marriages


Jan. 27 Willis S. Fuller Shirley M. Bass


Mar. 18 Donald C. Barrett Lorraine C. Warren


Mar. 23 James H. Watkins Miriam Wood


Apr. 12 Walter F. Challet Mary A. Dodge


Easthampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Baltimore, Md. Huntington, Mass. Northampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass.


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Apr. 19 Charles A. Stewart Frances E. MacFadyen


June 21 Francis H. Loud


Claire E. Richardson


Aug. 9 Richmond D. Broulette Phyllis C. Rowe


Oct.


8 Addison B. Green Adah R. Judd


Nov. 8 George C. Tucker Thelma M. Scott


Worcester, Mass. Worcester, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Northampton, Mass. Easthampton, Mass. Springfield, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Lynn, Mass. Westhampton, Mass.


Dog Licenses


On hand, Jan. 1, 1952


$3.60


Licenses Issued :


36 Males @ $2.00


$72.00


3 Females @ $5.00


15.00


24 Spayed Females @ $2.00


48.00


2 Kennel @ $10.00


20.00


155.00


$158.60


Paid to Town Treasurer $143.80


Retained 65 Fees @ 20¢


13.00 $156.80


On hand, Dec. 31, 1952


1.80


$158.60


Fish and Game Licenses


Licenses Issued :


33 Resident Fishing @ $3.25


$107.25


36 Resident Hunting @ $3.25


117.00


33 Resident Sporting @ $5.25 173.25


10 Resident Minor Fishing @ $1.25


12.50


8 Resident Women Fishing @ $2.25


18.00


1 Non-Resident Fishing @ $7.75


7.75


1 Resident Trapping @ $5.25


5.25


1 Duplicate @ .50


.50


$441.50


4


Paid to Division of Fisheries and Game Retained 122 Fees @ .25


$411.00 30.50


$441.50


Free Licenses : 5 Resident Sporting 5 Resident Military and Naval


D. L. JUDD Town Clerk


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


JEAN W. NORRIS Auditor


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REPORT OF THE Town Treasurer


RECEIPTS


Balance on hand January 1, 1952 Taxes


$37,550.91


1949 Real Estate


$96.00


Excise


4.13


1950 Real Estate


126.33


Personal Property


85.96


Excise


25.94


1951 Real Estate


3,153.47


Personal Property


803.93


Excise


236.98


Poll


2.00


1952 Real Estate


20,906.07


Personal Property


9,153.21


Excise


3,211.80


Poll


266.00


Interest on Taxes


1949


8.70


1950


13.18


1951


87.09


1952


14.49


Demands


1949


.35


1950


1.40


1951


1.75


Warrants


1949


.50


1950


1.50


1951


1.00


Highways


From Massachusetts State Treasurer Ch. 81, 1951 Work 2,788.97


1952 Work 10,125.41


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Ch. 90, 1952 Construction 3,000.00 1952 Maintenance 1,000.00


From Hampshire County Treasurer


Ch. 90, 1952 Construction 1,500.00


1952 Maintenance 1,000.00


Wild Cat Bounty


10.00


Dog Licenses Refund


118.76


Town Clerk


Dog Licenses


145.60


Old Age Assistance


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Federal Grant 5,398.72


Federal Grant for Administration 286.30


State Aid 4,857.78


Meal Taxes 552.75


Old Age Assistance Refund Acc. 390.94 Schools


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Mass. School Fund Ch. 70


$6,886.01


Mass. School Fund Ch. 71 5,243.70


Superintendent's Salary and Travel 282.44


Mass. Vocational Edu. Fund


Vocational Tuition 488.03


Vocational Transportation 334.27


City of Northampton, Tuition 300.00


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Corporation Taxes


1,936.00


Income Taxes


2,327.36


Dept. of Agriculture, Div. of Livestock


13.50


Town Highway Dept.


Machine Fund 3,701.50


Miscellaneous Income


Revolver Permits 3.00


Auctioneer's License 2.00


Victualer's Licenses


2.00


7


Junk Dealers' Licenses


4.00


Day Nursery License


1.00


Old Iron


80.00


Lumber


75.00


Use of Grader


2.00


Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, Patron's Refund


.14


Teachers' Annuities Fund, Refund


4.00


Withholding Taxes


1,729.40


County Retirement Deductions


61.82


Interest from Trust Funds


Cemetery


87.20


Whiting Street Fund


31.06


Wright Fund


22.50


Thayer Fund


22.50


1952 Income


$93,017.44


$130,568.35


EXPENDITURES


Paid Selectmen's Orders


$60,102.14


Paid School Committee Warrants


25,921.09


Balance on hand January 1, 1953


44,545.12


$130,568.35


Outstanding Taxes


1950 Real Estate


$140.71


1951 Real Estate


291.24


Personal Property


48.95


Excise


5.75


1952 Real Estate


4,003.82


Personal Property


1,210.69


Excise


524.53


Poll


2.00


$6,227.69


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Funds Held in Trust by the Town


Cemetery


Interest received in 1952


$2,000.00 Lucy Langdon 500.00 O. C. Bridgman


$60.00 11.26


100.00 Myra G. Strong


2.26


2.26


100.00 George Burt 100.00 Sarah Cook


2.26


100.00 Samuel Edwards


2.26


100.00 Arthur Searle


2.26


100.00 Emma G. Damon


2.26


50.00 D. L. Brown


1.12


50.00 Susan A. Loud


1.26


$87.20


Worthy Poor


$1,380.85 Whiting Street 1,000.00 Wright


22.50


$53.56


Thayer


$1,000.00


$22.50


Stabilization Fund


Balance on hand January 1, 1952


$1,092.80


Interest received 1952


24.72


Balance on hand January 1, 1953


$1,117.52


Account Balances on hand January 1, 1953


Road Machine Fund


$2,401.50


Fire Station Building


1,885.33


Protective Insurance for Firemen


130.00


Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grant


2.10


Veterans' Picture


104.80


Public Dump


500.00


Public Parking Lot


430.69


9


$31.06


1


Assistance in Building Water Holes


200.00


Chairs for Town Hall


10.16


Retirement Deductions, County


12.30


Withholding Taxes


181.77


Interest from Trust Funds


Cemetery


45.73


Worthy Poor


26.78


Thayer


11.25


Dog Licenses


1.80


Abandoned Property


3.08


Land Damage


200.00


RALPH S. BRIDGMAN


Treasurer


I have examined the accounts of the treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of eighty-six thousand, twenty-three dollars and twenty- three cents, ($86,023.23), for which vouchers are on file, and a balance on hand of forty-four thousand, five hun- dred forty-five dollars and twelve cents ($44,545.12). Due from Ralph S. Bridgman, Tax Collector, 1950 real estate tax one hundred forty dollars and seventy-one cents ($140.71). 1951 real estate tax two hundred nine- ty-one dollars and twenty-four cents ($291.24), personal property forty-eight dollars and ninety-five cents ($48.95). 1952 real estate four thousand three dollars and eighty-two cents ($4,003.82), personal property one thousand two hundred ten dollars and sixty-nine cents ($1,210.69), excise five hundred twenty-four dollars and fifty-three cents ($524.53), and polls two dollars ($2.00)


Due Raymond R. Blakesley 1952 excise abatement thir- ty-two dollars and seventeen cents ($32.17).


JEAN W. NORRIS


Auditor


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REPORT OF THE Board of Selectmen


TOWN OFFICERS


Mass. Collectors' & Treasurers' Dues $4.00


R. F. Reynolds, treasurer, County Dues 6.00


Mass. Association of Assessors, County & State Dues 9.00


Edith Blakesley, copying orders


25.00


F. W. Blakesley, registrar


30.00


D. L. Judd, clerk


150.00


Gertrude Flint, typing, registration and election officer 50.00


W. M. Fiske, moderator


10.00


Massachusetts Selectmen's dues


10.00


Ralph Bridgman, treasurer & tax collector 425.00


Grace Williams, election officer


25.00


John Lynes, election officer


24.38


Donald B. Lyman,


selectman for 1/2 year


62.50


H. J. Payson, election officer


10.00


Stanley Bartlett, sealer of weights and measures 10.00


C. R. Burt, selectman


150.00


W. M. Fiske, selectman


125.00


J. E. Petrick, selectman


52.50


Philip J. Norris, assessor


125.00


G. I. Flint, assessor


100.00


S. H. Cole, assessor


100.00


S. H. Cole, entering fee


10.00


M. M. Clapp, cattle inspector


25.00


M. M. Clapp, inspector of slaughtering 19.50


J. O. Hickey, Jr., dog officer


10.00


11


Ellis Hover, school committee 60.00


E. W. Frary, school committee 60.00


H. F. Loud, school committee 80.00


Jean W. Norris, auditor


25.00


$1,792.88


TOWN HALL ACCOUNT


Western Mass. Electric Co.


$96.59


J. Cernak, Jr., fuel oil 281.85


J. O. Hickey, Jr., labor and materials 39.65


Karls, 1/3 price of power mower


46.67


Stanley W. Bartlett, janitor


300.00


Foster Farrar, paints


12.95


Westhampton Water Company


25.00


James R. Shea, volt battery


4.15


Ward Miller, furnace cleaning


14.90


$821.76


TOWN HALL NOTE


Northampton National Bank $1,000.00 $1,000.00


Interest, Insurance and Bonds


Northampton National Bank,


interest on town hall note $260.00


George H. Howard,


deputy collector's bond 5.00


Sanders Insurance Agency, Fire Ins. interest 48.00


Pease & Co .:


ins. on weights and measures


14.02


C. H. Howard, clerk's bond


7.50


C. H. Howard, collector's bond 42.75


C. H. Howard, treasurer's bond


25.50


E. Ray Ashley, insurance on trucks James P. McGrath :


121.99


Insurance on Fire Dept. members


125.00


King & Cushman :


Insurance on town hall


297.93


Insurance on fire truck 30.46


12


Insurance on school building and contents


92.20


Insurance on prop. floater Pease & Co .: Workmen's Compensation


322.58


K. W. Wakum : Interest on tax abatement


1.11


$1,399.92


Memorial Library


Howard Williams


$30.00


Personal Book Shop


29.83


Stanley W. Bartlett, janitor


56.50


Easthampton Lumber Co., wax


4.65


Library Book House, 65 books


58.40


Charles M. Norris, wood


30.00


National Geographic Magazine, 1 subscription 5.25


H. R .Hunting, books


22.17


Edith E. Grant, magazines


40.60


Marion Mascho, librarian


91.36


$368.76


Contingent Account


Harold A. Moore, wildcat bounty


10.00


Raymond A. Warner, transfers 21.60


Allied Marking Device Co., chief & constable badges & handcuffs 34.30


American LaFrance Foamite Corp., freight on masks for fire dept. 4.40


Costs of tax abatement of


K. W. Wakum 5.00


Philip J. Norris, telephone and meals


4.65


Tax Abatements


Charles Cernak, excise tax $12.29


Guy R. Bass, excise tax 2.01


K. W. Wakum, tax abatement


36.85


13


$79.95


5.88


A. J. Blow, excise tax 2.83


Grant Bridgman, excise tax 3.01


Aaron Fisher, excise tax


2.83


H. F. Williams, excise tax


1.37


J. Lacourse, tax abatement 76.70


E. S. Hayes, excise tax


2.41


$140.30


Taxes


Treasurer of Hampshire County, county tax $2,106.90


State Treasurer, State Parks and Reservations 67.89


State Treasurer, Auditing Accounts


544.93


$2,719.72


Dog Licenses


Treasurer of Hampshire County $90.20


Treasurer of Hampshire County 53.60


$143.80


Soldiers' Relief


Cooley Dickinson Hospital,


Case No. 1 $45.00


$45.00


Cemetery


Stanley Bartlett, labor and materials $207.24


Howard F. Loud, signs 23.94


Oliver Bishop, leveling and fill


68.82


Westhampton Water Co.


5.00


$305.00


Trust Funds


Street & Wright Fund, Marion Mascho, treas $26.78


Thayer Fund, R. H. Tracy, treas.


11.25


Cemetery Fund, S. Bartlett, treas.


150.00


Cemetery Fund, Foster Farrar Co.


2.73


$190.76


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Special Appropriations


Eastern States Farmers' Exchange,


typewriter and adding machine $215.00


Broadway Office Supply Co., files 39.32


John Moriarty, chair appropriation 114.84


Tyler Equipment, Hough loader 3,500.00


American LaFrance Foamite Corp., Fire Dept. masks 330.00


$4,199.16


Memorial Day


W. Witherell, Sr.


$22.00


Rev. Telfer, speaker


15.00


Jean W. Norris


2.95


$39.95


Portable Pump Account


James R. Shea, accessories for pump


$83.50


American LaFrance Foamite Corp., pump & strainer 376.50


Mass. Fire Equipment Corp., supplies


40.00


$500.00


Fire Department


Foster Farrar, batteries


$3.20


Mass. Fire Equipment Corp., supplies 112.11


Earl Gett, repairing pump unit and windshield glass


38.85


Frank Munson, labor


4.50


Frank S. Parsons and Son,


drive shaft and battery


23.15


James R. Shea, volt battery


4.15


Harland E. Lemery ,labor


5.00


$190.96


15


Fire Department Building


Valentine Concrete Co. $78.75


Harland E. Lemery, labor 67.50


George Payson, labor 14.00


Joseph Lococo and Son, cement work 835.00


James O. Hickey, Jr.,


labor and supplies 669.43


$1,664.68


Special Account


James R. Shea, double jacket


brigade hose $155.00


$155.00


Memorial Placque


Foster Farrar Co.


$79.20


$79.20


Honor Roll


Howard F. Loud, labor and materials $6.50


Theodore P. Schmitter, lettering 9.50


$16.00


Old Age Assistance 18 cases aided


Town Appropriation


$5,625.08


Federal Grant 6,813.32


$12,438.40


Old Age Administration-Federal Grant


Hampshire Book Shop $1.70


E. W. Frary, salary and expensé


241.55


Mark Supple, stamped envelopes 35.88


W. E. Dwyer, legal services


20.00


$299.13


E. W. Frary, salary and expenses $266.30


W. E. Dwyer, legal services


20.00


$286.30


Printing & Supplies The Barre Gazette, collector's supplies $25.42 Hobbs & Warren, assessor's supplies 113.02


Mark Supple, tax collector's supplies 17.30


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D. L. Judd, town clerk's supplies 8.73 W. E. Londergan, printing town report 165.00 Commissioner of Public Safety, revolver permits .70


Northampton National Bank, charges on check books 3.75


Mark Supple, envelopes, etc. 34.88


The Blake Press, treasurer warrants


39.50


W. E. Londergan, letterheads for selectmen 6.00


Metcalf Publishing Co., birth certificates 10.75


Philip Norris, postage


4.95


C. R. Burt, postage


3.50


F. W. Blakesley, tel & postage


21.55


$455.05


Withholding Tax


First National Bank of Northampton, tax $1,711.41


$1,711.41


Retirement System


Treasurer of Hampshire County, 1952 $249.54


$249.54


Parking Lot


W. N. Potter, sewer pipe and cement


$21.87


F. W. Blakesley, superintendent


17.50


H. E. Lemery, labor


17.50


G. Payson, labor


14.00


R. Pinard, labor


6.00


$76.87


Dutch Elm Disease


Myron Hathaway


$16.00


W. R. Witherell, Sr.


20.00


W. R. Witherell, Sr., mileage


2.65


$38.65


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Gypsy Moth


Myron Hathaway


$72.00


Ernest Witherell


8.00


Thomas Vachula


4.00


W. R. Witherell, Sr.


85.00


W. R. Witherell, Sr., 5 gals. creosote


5.93


$174.93


Recreation Commission


T. A. Purseglove Co.,


bats and soft balls $24.30


$24.30


Teachers Annunities Fund Esther Strong Clapp $4.00


$4.00


Well Child Clinic


Dr. Herman Felsen


$45.00


Ruth Hover


32.20


$77.20


Diphtheria Clinic


Dr. Herman Felsen


$25.00


Ruth Hover


25.00


$50.00


Travel Expense


Gilbert I. Flint


$5.00


Charles R. Burt


5.00


$10.00


Bridges and Railings


H. E. Lemery


$115.00


Machinery Fund


39.75


F. W. Blakesley, superintendent


76.25


G. Payson


25.00


Ray Pinard


12.00


Jeffway Hatch Co., spikes


3.00


E. Delisle, tractor


24.00


M. M. Clapp, planks


149.10


P. J. Clapp, planks


30.00


L .


20


Parsons & Challet, ties


12.25


C. Blakesley, poles


1.50


William Swindal, poles


3.00


$490.85


Road Machinery Buildings


Western Mass. Electric Co.


$41.41


J. Cernak, Jr., oil


177.57


H. E. Lemery, labor


36.25


J. W. Parsons & Son


14.27


Plumb Auto Supply, paint thinner


1.80


Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, brush


4.69


Westhampton Water Co.


9.00


$284.99


Road Machinery Account


H. E. Lemery


$312.50


Oliver Bishop


16.22


Perkins Milton Machinery


119.42


F. W. Blakesley, gas cans


5.00


Cernak Farm Supply


544.55


Frary Motor 12.25


Easthampton Welding and Radiator Co. 2.50


E. F. Edson Co.


173.75


J. Cernak, Jr.


217.78


Plumb Auto Supply


15.94


J. W. Parsons & Son


3.20


Tarbell Watters


209.39


Eastern States Farmers' Exchange


27.73


F. W. Blakesley


27.25


Hector A. Arel Co.


52.82


Ash Furniture, vice


8.00


C. R. Burt, registration trucks


6.00


Northampton Radiator Co.


2.50


S. J. Wise & Sons Inc.


365.22


Graves Equipment


7.69


H. Snyder Inc.


1.68


$2,131.39


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7


Snow Removal, Sanding and Road Work


F. W. Blakesley


$346.25


E. Balise


2.00


Bill Willard


8.78


O. Bishop


619.00


W. N. Potter Inc.


248.16


G. Payson


40.00


A. Blakesley


21.50


H. E. Lemery


543.75


M. M. Clapp


4.50


M. M. Clapp, Jr.


279.00


Machinery Fund


796.75


J. O. Hickey, Jr.


25.50


Omasta Bros.


455.50


$3,390.69


Chapter 90 Maintenance


H. E. Lemery


$168.75


O. Bishop


624.00


Machinery Fund


423.00


G. Payson


91.00


F. W. Blakesley


170.00


R. Pinard


68.00


R. Nutting


350.00


$1,894.75


Chapter 90 Maintenance-Material


John S. Lane & Son Inc


$181.94


H. J. Payson


38.60


Omasta Bros


227.50


American Tar Co.


660.15


$1,108.19


Chapter 90 Construction-Material


Ray Bliven, dynamite caps and bits $145.60


$145.60


20


Chapter 90 Construction


F. W. Blakesley


$280.00


Machinery Fund


360.00


H. E. Lemery


231.25


Donovan Bros.


640.00


O. Bishop


471.75


G. Payson


20.00


R. Bliven


303.20


H. Snyder Inc.


1,698.00


Z. Donovan


1,134.00


J. Kaleta


140.00


F. Montague


262.50


Gaylon Donovan


289.00


H. D. Hallet


21.25


M. M. Clapp


4.00


$5,854.95


Chapter 81-Road Material


Omasta Bros.


$248.70


J. S. Lane & Sons


404.13


New England Metal Culvert Co.


498.19


H. J. Payson


190.60


E. Witherell


15.00


Bill Willard


296.03


E. Montague


18.90


R. H. Tracy


3.00


American Tar


2,865.59


W. N. Potter Inc


259.24


Aaron Fisher


1.50


R. Bliven


14.74


A. Dodge


3.00


$4,818.62


Chapter 81


F. W. Blakesley


$1,411.25


H. E. Lemery


1,360.00


Machine Fund


2,082.00


G. Payson


820.00


21


O. Bishop


1,103.75


A. Barrett


8.00


Omasta Bros


356.00


F. Montague


204.75


R. Pinard


262.00


F. Scott


98.00


R. Nutting


98.00


R. Bliven


84.78


M. M. Clapp


175.00


J. Donovan, Jr.


170.00


$8,233.53


Recapitulation


Town Officers


$1,792.88


Town Hall Account


821.76


Town Hall Loan (Note)


1,000.00


Interest, Insurance and Bonds


1,399.92


Memorial Library


368.76


Contingent Account


79.95


Tax Abatements


140.30


Taxes


2,719.72


Dog Licenses


143.80


Soldier's Relief


45.00


Cemetery


305.00


Trust Funds


190.76


Special Appropriations


4,199.16


Memorial Day


39.95


Fire Department


190.96


Fire Department Building


1,664.68


Portable Pump Account


500.00


Special Accounts


155.00


Memorial Placque


79.20


Old Age Assistance


12,438.40


Old Age Administration (Town Appropriation)


299.13


Old Age Assistance Administration


(Federal Grant) 286.30


22


Printing & Supplies


455.05


Withholding Tax


1,711.41


Retirement System


249.54


Parking Lot


76.87


Dutch Elm Disease


38.65


Gypsy Moth


174.93


Recreation Commission


24.30


Teachers' Annuities Fund


4.00


Well Child Clinic


77.20


Diphtheria Clinic


50.00


Travel Expense


10.00


Bridges & Railings


490.85


Road Machinery Buildings


284.99


Road Machinery Account


2,131.39


Snow Removal, Sanding and Road Work


3,390.69


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,894.75


Chapter 90 Maintenance Material


1,108.19


Chapter 90 Construction Material


145.60


Chapter 90 Construction


5,854.95


Chapter 81 Road Material


4,818.62


Chapter 81


8,233.53


Honor Roll


16.00


$60,102.14


Budget Recommendation for 1953


Schools


$27,467.00


Highways, Chapter 81


675.00


Chapter 90 Construction


1,500.00


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,500.00


Bridges and Railings


500.00


Town Officers


1,800.00


Old Age Assistance


9,000.00


Board of Health


50.00


Board of Health, Well Child Clinic


80.00


Interest, Insurance and Bonds


1,400.00


Town Hall, Maintenance


1,000.00


Gypsy Moth


175.00


23


Dutch Elm Disease


100.00


Printing and Supplies


400.00


Library, Dog Fund Plus


250.00


Memorial Day


40.00


Contingent


100.00


Reserve Fund


1,000.00


Snow Removal, Sanding and


Road Work


3,500.00


Soldiers' Relief


100.00


Rabies Vaccine


50.00


Diphtheria Clinic


55.00


Public Welfare


250:00


Fire Patrol


100.00


Cemetery


300.00


Road Machinery Account


2,401.50


Travel Expenses


50.00


Fire Department


250.00


Road Machinery Building


350.00


Hampshire County Retirement System 132.30


Recreation Committee


50.00


Retiring Town Hall Bond


1,000.00


Names in the Jury Box


Stanley W. Bartlett


Landscape Gardener Clerk Caretaker


Edwin J. Larrow


Clifford M. Bartlett


Fireman


Frank Munson


Mechanic


Harold B. Wood


Salesman


Jurors Drawn in 1952


Edward Cernak


Mechanic


George H. Burt


Truck Driver


Ralph A. Payson


Mill Hand


Grant Bridgman


Mill Hand


CHARLES R. BURT WILLIAM M. FISKE JOHN E. PETRICK


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Edwin S. Hayes


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1952


I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of $60,102.14 (sixty thousand one hundred and two dollars and fourteen cents) for which vouchers are on file.


JEAN W. NORRIS Auditor


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REPORT OF THE


Board of Assessors 1952


Raise and Appropriate


Schools


$26,887.50


Highways, Chap. 81


675.00


Highways, Chap. 90, construction


1,500.00


Highways, Chap. 90, maintenance


1,000.00


Bridges and railings


500.00


Town Officers


2,000.00


Old Age Assistance and


administration


9,000.00


Board of Health


50.00


Board of Health, well child clinic


80.00


Interest, insurance and bonds


1,200.00


Gypsy moth


175.00


Dutch elm disease


100.00


Printing and supplies


400.00


Library, dog refund plus


250.00


Memorial Day


40.00


Contingent


100.00


Snow removal, sanding and road work


3,500.00


Soldiers' relief


100.00


Rabies vaccine


50.00


Diphtheria clinic


55.00


Public Welfare


250.00


Fire patrol


100.00


Cemetery


300.00


Travel expenses


50.00


Fire department


150.00


Road Machinery building


350.00


Hampshire County retirement system


186.07


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Recreation committee


100.00


Town Hall, maintenance


1,000.00


Town Hall, retiring bond


1,000.00


Interest on the above note


260.00


Chairs for Town Hall


125.00


Parking lot


450.00


Portable pump for Fire Department


500.00


Land damage


200.00


$52,683.57


From Balance in the Treasury


Highways, Chap. 81


$10,000.00


Highways, Chap. 90 construction


4,500.00


Highways, Chap. 90, maintenance


2,000.00


1951 Town Hall note


1,000.00


Typewriter and adding machine


for Town Hall


250.00


Fire Department building


3,050.01


Road machinery account


3,185.88


Reserve Fund


1,000.00


State Parks and Reservations


63.64


State Audit of municipal accounts


505.78


Dog refund to Library


118.76


County Tax


2,209.22


Overlay


1,804.05


Total 1952 appropriations


$29,687.34 $82,370.91


Estimated receipts and available funds


$46,379.59


Net amount raised on polls and property


35,991.32


$82,370.91


Personal property valuation


$175,659.00


Real estate valuation


429,170.00


$604,829.00


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Tax on personal property Tax on real estate Tax on polls


$10,363.90 25,321.42 306.00


$35,991.32


Tax rate


$59.00


Motor vehicle tax


3,826.47


Exemptions on real estate


427.75


Exemptions on polls


38.00


Exemptions on real estate, 1951


36.85


Abatements on motor vehicles, 1951


12.05


Abatements on motor vehicles, 1952


135.16


Abatements on real estate, 1952


60.48


From the Table of Aggregates


Dwell-


Yr.


Horses


Cows Sheep Goats Cattle Swine Fowl


ings


1950


40


294


23


12


165


25


14,365


215


1951


32


312


22


23


156


25


14,018


225


1952


25


352


19


18


105


9


17,948


230


PHILIP J. NORRIS


GILBERT I. FLINT


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SYDNEY H. COLE


Assessors


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REPORT OF THE Memorial Library


Account With Town of Westhampton-1952


Expenditures


Howard Williams, Janitor


$30.00


Stanley Bartlett, Janitor


50.00


Labor and Floor Wax


11.15


Charles Norris, wood


30.00


Edith Grant, magazines


40.00


National Geographic Magazine


5.25


Books


110.40


Marion Mascho


91.36


$368.76


Receipts


Town Appropriation


$250.00


Dog License Tax Refund


118.76


$368.76


Account with Easthampton Savings Bank


Electricity


$10.91


Howard Williams, Janitor


4.00


Remington Rand, supplies


20.10


Books


30.23


Marion Mascho, librarian


58.64


Bank Balance December 1952


892.21


$1,016.09


Receipts


Bank Balance Jan. 1, 1952


$879.60


Bank Interest


136.49


$1,016.09


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Edward H. Montague Fund


Bank Balance Jan. 1, 1952


$557.18 17.84


Interest


$574.02


Invested Funds


Amherst Savings Bank


$2,000.00


Haydenville Savings Bank 1,000.00


Florence Savings Bank


1,000.00


$4,000.00


Purchased-122 books


Gifts-72 books


Total 194 additions


Subscribe to 16 magazines; gifts of 2 magazines and 2 weekly and 2 monthly magazines are brought to the library.


Books were received from Mrs. William Miller, Daniel Bridgman, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. LaVallee and Mrs. Addi- son Green.


Adult Fiction 724


Non-fiction


347


Juvenile


1,764


Magazines


667


The Bookmobile visits the library and the Center School.


The following number of books were distributed :


Circulation of Books


Adult Fiction


310


Non-fiction


120


Juvenile 273


Non-fiction 63


Miss Mabel Perkins has had charge of the Adventures in Reading for the Missionary Union. For their year there have been 19 qualified readers and 272 books were read.


140 books were given to the State Hospital in July.


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Five Story Hours were held at the library during the summer with a total of 121 children attending.


PHILIP J. CLAPP, chairman HERBERT F. MASCHO, treasurer


MRS. HAROLD WATTS, secretary


MRS. GILBERT FLINT


MRS. JAMES HICKEY


MRS. JAMES MILLER


REV. ROBERT L. YOUNG


In July 1952 representatives of the Greenfield Region- al Library Service, along with representatives of the Marshall Field Grant with headquarters at Conway, met in the Westhampton Memorial Library and spoke on the proposed new plan to increase the Rural Library Serv- ice in the Greenfield Area. This would include West- hampton and other towns previously served by the Mar- shall Field Grant which was financed for two years only, terminating October 1952.


The new service would include a larger circulation of books, continued bookmobile service to schools, film strips, and records for loan, cataloging of all books and professional library help to local libraries upon request.


The trustees of Libraries in Franklin and Hampshire Counties met in the Greenfield Public Library October 16, 1952 to discuss the proposed new plan to increase rural library service. The Franklin-Hampshire Rural Libraries Association was formed to work for an en- larged Regional Library Center with headquarters in Greenfield. Mr. Edward A. Milne of Shelburne Falls was elected Chairman. The Association has had four meetings since its formation in October, at which time letters of endorsement of the plan have been read. These were from many educational organizations in the State and other interested people. There have also been speakers who have been helpful in pointing out ways to




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