Town of Westhampton annual report 1953, Part 1

Author: Westhampton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1953
Publisher: Westhampton (Mass.)
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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


HAMPTON


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INCORPO


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9.1778


Town of


WESTHAMPTON


Year Ending December 31, 1953


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Westhampton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1953


Town Clerk's Report


For the Year Ending December 31, 1953.


Births


Feb.


6


Kenneth Church Fisher


Feb.


11


Donald Harvey Munson


Feb.


14


Diane Edith Krug


Feb. 26 Timothy Aldrich Hurd


Mar. 28 Elizabeth Anne Ferron


Apr. 23 Jeanne Sue Dodge


May 22 Keith Victor King, Jr.


June 8 Mary Cecilia Allen


Aug.


10


Christopher Paul Hunt


Sept. 16 Carla Jean Barrett


Oct.


13


Joan Marie Cernak


Deaths


Mar.


4


Agnes Champagne Robert


Aug.


10


Christopher Hunt


Aug. 30 Lester Charles Inman


Sept. 8 Mary E. Braman Witherell


Oct. 11 Alfred Joseph Cayo


Oct.


25


Ernest Linwood Jones


Nov. 9 Louise Sandy Parsons


Dec.


24


Harriet J. Orner


Marriages


Jan. 17 Sidney H. Cole Jessie Clark


Apr. 8 Robert E. LaRose Helen I. Swieskowski


June 10 Theodore E. Derouin Maria Teresita Reyes


June 13 Robert Winslow Norris Patricia June Gillis


Sept. 26


Lawrence A. Laprade


Rita R. Cotnoir


Westhampton, Mass. Easthampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Willimansett, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. San Juan, P. I. Westhampton, Mass. Manchester, Mass. Easthampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass.


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Oct. 17 Sidney Arthur Montague


Louise Ellen Pelton


Westhampton, Mass. Northampton, Mass.


Nov. 28 John Sarafin Joan Putnam


Chesterfield, Mass. Westhampton, Mass.


Dog Licenses


On Hand, Jan. 1, 1953


$1.80


Licenses Issued :


49 Males @ $2.00


$98.00


5 Females @ $5.00


25.00


28 Spayed @ $2.00


56.00


2 Kennel @ $10.00


20.00


199.00


$200.80


Paid to Town Treasurer


$175.00


Retained 84 fees @ 20¢


16.80 $191.80


On Hand, Dec. 31, 1953


9.00


$200.80


Fish and Game Licenses


Licenses Issued :


32 Resident Fishing @ $3.25


$104.00


42 Resident Hunting @ $3.25


136.50


41 Resident Sporting @ $5.25


215.25


7 Resident Minor Fishing @ $1.25


8.75


11 Resident Female Fishing @ $2.25


24.75


2 Special 3-day fishing @ $2.75


5.50


$494.75


Paid Division of Fish and Game


$461.00


Retained 135 Fees @ 25¢


33.75


$494.75


4


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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Town Treasurer


RECEIPTS


Balance on Hand January 1, 1953 Taxes


$44,545.12


1950 Real Estate


$140.71


1951 Real Estate


76.66


Excise


5.75


1952 Real Estate


3,711.70


Personal Property


1,140.18


Excise


417.95


Poll


2.00


1953 Real Estate


23,361.58


Personal Property


6,111.20


Excise


3,582.23


Poll


278.00


Interest on Taxes


1950


19.10


1951


5.31


1952


100.02


1953


18.83


Demands


1950


.35


1952


.70


1953


.35


Warrants


1950 .50


Highways


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Ch. 81, 1952 Work 2,249.59


1953 Work 9,937.97


Ch. 90 Construction, 1953 Work 3,000.00


From Hampshire County Treasurer Ch. 90 Construction, 1953 Work 1,500.00 Old Age Assistance From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Federal Grant for Aid 5,784.68


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Federal Aid for Administration 347.50


1


State Aid 5,156.24


Meal Taxes 277.87


Refunds from other Towns


945.79


Returned Checks


68.95


Schools


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Mass. School Fund


9,027.80


Transportation 5,750.00


Vocational Education 584.33


City of Northampton, Tuition


300.00


Returned Check 25.87


Floor Wax 8.70


Other Income


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Corporation Taxes


1,409.62


Income Taxes


240.00


Division of Livestock Control 12.50


From Treasurer of Hampshire County


Dog License Refund


107.28


District Court Fines


15.00


District Court, Restitution for Damages 5.00


Town Clerk, Dog Licenses


173.20


Town Highway Department,


Machinery Fund


4,096.75


Withholding Taxes


1,951.31


County Retirement Deductions


65.75


Sealer of Weights & Measures


27.00


Junk Dealers' Licenses


7.00


Milk Dealers' Licenses


1.50


Victualer's License


1.00


Auctioneer's License


2.00


Eastern States Farmers' Exchange Patronage Refund .36


Revolver Permits 4.50


Permit to Purchase Revolver


.50


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Interest from Trust Funds


Cemetery


90.02


Whiting Street


34.50


Wright


25.00


Thayer


25.00


1953 Income


$92,233.20


$136,778.32


EXPENDITURES


Paid Selectmen's Orders


$58,865.96


Paid School Committee Warrants


25,136.42


Balance on Hand January 1, 1954


52,775.94


$136,778.32


Outstanding Taxes


1951 Real Estate


$132.83


Personal Property


48.95


1952 Real Estate


258.19


Personal Property


70.51


1953 Real Estate


4,986.82


Personal Property


978.80


Excise


522.57


Poll


4.00


$7,002.67


Stabilization Fund


Balance on Hand January 1, 1953 $1,117.52


Interest Income, 1953 28.10


Balance on Hand January 1, 1954 $1,145.62


Road Machine Fund


Income 1953


$4,096.75


Discount taken December 1950 1.18


Balance on Hand January 1, 1954 $4,097.93


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Funds Held in Trust by the Town


Interest Received


Cemetery


in 1953


$2,000.00 Lucy Langdon


$60.00


500.00 O. C. Bridgman


12.50


100.00 Myra G. Strong


2.50


100.00 George Burt


2.50


100.00 Sarah Cook


2.50


100.00 Samuel Edwards


2.50


1


100.00 Arthur Searle


2.50


100.00 Emma G. Damon


2.50


50.00 D. L. Brown


1.26


50.00 Susan A. Loud


1.26


$90.02


Worthy Poor


$1,380.85 Whiting Street


$34.50


1,000.00 Wright


25.00


$59.50


Thayer


$1,000.00


$25.00


Account Balances on Hand January 1, 1954


Road Machine Fund


$4,097.93


Fire Station Building Construction


457.81


Parking Lot, Construction


430.69


Rabies Vaccine


50.00


Assistance with Water Holes


69.75


Land Damage 200.00


Abandoned Property


3.08


Old Age Administration, Feneral Grant


92.20


Heating Plant and Building for Heating Plant


747.06


9


Retirement Deductions, County Withholding Taxes


13.30


221.80


Interest, Cemetery Trust Funds


39.57


RALPH S. BRIDGMAN,


Treasurer


I have examined the accounts of the treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of eighty-four thousand, two dollars and thirty-eight cents, ($84,002.38), for which vouchers are on file, and a bal- ance on hand of fifty-two thousand, seven hundred sev- enty-five dollars and ninety-four cents ($52,775.94). Due from Ralph S. Bridgman, Tax Collector, 1951 real estate tax one hundred thirty-two dollars and eighty three cents ($132.83), personal property forty-eight dol- lars and ninety-five cents ($48.95). 1952 real estate tax two hundred fifty-eight dollars and nineteen cents ($258.19), personal property seventy dollars and fifty- one cents ($70.51). 1953 real estate tax four thousand, nine hundred eighty-six dollars and eighty-two cents ($4,986.82), personal property nine hundred seventy- eight dollars and eighty cents ($978.80), excise five hun- dred twenty-two dollars and fifty-seven cents ($522.57) and polls four dollars ($4.00).


JEAN W. NORRIS,


Auditor


.


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REPORT OF THE Board of Selectmen


TOWN OFFICERS


Mass. Selectmen's Asso. Dues $10.00


Edith Blakesley, copying town orders 25.00


Mass. Coll. & Treas. Asso. Dues


4.00


Asso. of Mass. Assessors' Dues 9.00


Olga J. Petrick, typing 10.00


Hamp. County Selectmen's Asso. Dues


6.00


D. L. Judd, Town Clerk


150.00


Gertrude Flint, registration & typing


7.50


W. M. Fiske, moderator


10.00


W. M. Fiske, selectman


125.00


Ralph Bridgman, collector


175.00


Ralph Bridgman, treasurer


250.00


John E. Petrick, selectman


104.00


C. R. Burt, selectman


150.00


Sydney Cole, assessor


100.00


Philip Norris, assessor


100.00


Gilbert Flint, assessor


125.00


James O. Hickey, Jr., dog officer


25.00


Jean Norris, auditor


25.00


M. M. Clapp, meat inspector


16.50


M. M. Clapp, inspector animals


25.00


Mrs. Wm. B. Miller, school committee


80.00


Earl Gett, school committee


60.00


Ellis Hover, school committee 60.00


F. W. Blakesley, registrar


30.00


Stanley Bartlett, sealer


20.00


$1,702.00


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Tree Removal


James O. Hickey, Jr.


Walter R. Witherell


$100.00 15.00


$115.00


Water Holes


Harland Lemery


$59.75


Frank Blakesley


18.00


James O. Hickey, Jr.


24.00


Henry Payson, Gravel


7.50


Machine Fund


21.00


$130.25


Fire Department Building


Henry M. Parsons, sawing &


planing lumber


$91.91


James O. Hickey, Jr., supplies


169.25


James O. Hickey, Jr., garage doors


466.48


James O. Hickey, Jr., supplies


699.88


$1,427.52


Fire Department


Mass. Fire Equipment Corp., supplies


$90.40


James R. Shea, battery


4.35


James O. Hickey, Jr., antifreeze


9.00


Cernak Buick, boiler


296.25


$400.00


Road Machinery Account


F. W. Blakesley


$11.10


H. E. Lemery


333.25


J. Russell & Co., Inc.


14.04


Tyler Equipment Corp.


117.22


Walsh Holyoke Boiler Works Division


103.11


Hector A. Arel Co.


2.01


Cernak Farm Supply


564.02


Frank S. Parsons & Son


1.00


Oliver Bishop


9.00


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United Canvass Co.


6.00


Walter Witherell


1.90


Foster Farrar


10.89


C. R. Burt


.50


Northampton Radiator Co.


5.50


E. L. Miller


10.00


S. J. Wise & Sons, Inc.


182.78


Manchester Company


8.77


Tarbell Watters Co.


36.35


Frary Motor


231.08


Perkins, Milton Co., Inc.


383.08


C. & I.


10.13


John Cernak, Jr.


313.76


Cernak Buick


2.45


E. F. Edson Co., Inc.


87.00


Fritz Bacher


2.90


$2,447.84


Printing and Supplies


Hobbs & Warren, town officers'


supplies


$88.22


Mark Supple


54.12


Harlow & Fennessey


4.75


D. L. Judd


5.91


W. E. Londergan


176.50


The Barre Gazette


12.69


Forbes Snyder, Inc.


16.50


Harlows


1.80


Metcalf Printing & Publishing Co.


13.00


C. R. Burt


7.48


F. W. Blakesley


15.98


$396.95


Contingent Account


Raymond A. Warner, 31 transfers


$18.60


Hampshire County Commissioners, filing fee for road petition 5.00


William E. Dwyer, preparing deed


15.80


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Philip Norris, expense as assessor 6.00


Sidney Cole, expense as assessor 6.00


Gilbert Flint, expense as assessors 6.00


Davis Engineering Co., layout and description of Loudville Road 80.00


$137.40


Interest, Insurance & Bonds


Pease & Co.,


Workmen's Compensation $236.49


Sander's Insurance Agency,


Insurance on Fire Truck 45.50


Sander's Insurance Agency,


Deputy Coll. bond 5.00


E. Ray Ashley,


Insurance on trucks


136.50


Pease & Co.,


Ins. on weights,


measures & balances 14.02


Pease & Co., Fire Station, Town Hall & contents, additional 1.72


King & Cushman,


Additional premium on Hough


2.14


King & Cushman, fire & theft on


fire truck, grader & loader, etc. 36.58


King & Cushman, smoke on Town Hall & contents 319.63


King & Cushman, policy increase 22.25


Sander's Ins. Agency, collector's bond


53.25


Sander's Ins. Agency, treasurer's bond 28.00


James P. McGrath, Fire Dept. policy 125.00


King & Cushman, school


92.20


Pease & Co., additional premium


16.09


Sander's Ins. Agency,


Bal. due from March 7.50


King & Cushman, floater


5.00


$1,146.87


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Clerical Hire


Frances Fox


$125.00


$125.00


Town Hall Account


Stanley Bartlett, janitor


$516.66


Western Mass. Elec. Co.


51.58


Ward Miller


16.25


John Cernak, Jr.


177.49


Foster Farrar


1.73


Geo. E. Coyle


15.55


Parsons Electric Co.


2.30


The Brownell Co.


2.21


E. A. Delisle


4.19


Westhampton Water Co.


25.00


$812.96


Town Hall Note


Northampton National Bank $1,000.00


$1,000.00


Interest on Town Hall Note


Northampton National Bank $240.00


$240.00


Withholding Tax


First National Bank


$1,911.28


$1,911.28


Cemetery


Stanley Bartlett


$275.00


Westhampton Water Co.


5.00


Oliver Bishop


20.00


$300.00


Cemetery Interest


Stanley Bartlett


$75.00


Stanley Bartlett, supplies


7.18


Oliver Bishop, trucking


14.00


$96.18


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Trust Funds


Marion Mascho, Treas.,


Street & Wright Fund $86.28


Richard Tracy, Treas. Thayer Fund


30.00


Ralph Bridgman, Coll. 6.25


Memorial Day


Laura Witherell, 300 dixie cups $14.00


Rev. T. Byron Whipple, speaker 15.00


Esther Clapp, recordings


1.00


$30.00


Recreation Committee


T. A. Purseglove, soft balls & bats


18.50


$18.50


Well Child Clinic


Ruth S. Hover


$30.00


Herman Felsen


40.00


$70.00


Diphtheria Clinic


Ruth S. Hover


$25.00


Herman Felsen


25.00


$50.00


Memorial Library


Stanley Bartlett


$100.00


Marion Mascho


142.11


The H. R. Huntting Co.


35.24


Donald Williams


15.00


Library Book House


79.43


Charles Norris


30.00


National Geographic Society


5.50


$407.28


Old Age Assistance


Cases Aided 16


$12,799.45


$12,799.45


16


Old Age Administration


Estelle Frary, Salary


$500.00 16.96


Supplies


$516.96


Tax Abatements


Poll


$2.00


Real Estate


220.00


Excise


189.41


$411.41


Retirement System


Treasurer of Hampshire County


$64.75


$64.75


Taxes


Howard A. Banner, County Tax $2,237.10


Treas. of Mass., State Parks &


Reservations 59.74


Treas. of Mass., Auditing Accounts


.79


$2,297.63


Over Receipts on Income Taxes


Commonwealth of Mass.


$1,194.14


$1,194.14


Soldiers' and Veterans' Relief


Case No. 2


$50.00


D. L. Judd, certificates


1.50


$51.50


Dutch Elm Disease


Myron Hathaway


$8.00


Walter R. Witherell


10.00


$18.00


Gypsy Moth


Walter R. Witherell


$2.50


$2.50


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Travel Expense


C. R. Burt


$8.00


W. M. Fiske


2.00


$10.00


Dog Licenses


Treasurer of Hampshire County $175.00


$175.00


Special Appropriations


Treas. of Hampshire County,


For Retirement $132.30


Road Machine Building,


James O. Hickey, Jr. 300.00


E. T. O'Neill & Son,


Perry Hill Bridge 1,200.00


County Appropriation,


Perry Hill Bridge


123.23


James O. Hickey, Jr.,


Fire Chief and Forest Warden


125.00


$1,880.53


Road Machinery Buildings


Western Mass. Elec. Co.


$28.33


John Cernak, Jr.


161.60


Westhampton Water Co.


9.00


Ward Miller


11.90


$210.83


Bridges & Railings


F. W. Blakesley


$62.85


H. E. Lemery


57.00


Machine Fund


31.50


George Payson


20.00


Myron M. Clapp


61.60


Ernest Delisle


2.55


J. Russell & Co.


4.18


$239.68


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Snow Removal, Sanding & Road Work


Clifford Payson


$8.00


F. W. Blakesley


260.00


H. E. Lemery


394.75


Machine Fund


693.50


Omasta Bros.


457.80


Myron Clapp, Jr.


172.50


Merrill Witherell


4.00


Murray Clapp


9.00


Oliver Bishop


10.00


George Payson


12.00


James O. Hickey, Jr.


10.00


Bill Willard


48.57


Hampshire Sand & Gravel Co.


45.84


Alfred Blakesley


20.25


W. N. Potter, Inc.


206.00


$2,352.21


Chapter 90 Construction


F. W. Blakesley


$291.25


H. E. Lemery


348.50


Machine Fund


515.00


Frank Montague


408.00


Omasta Bros.


1,408.00


George Payson


233.00


Oliver Bishop


289.00


Clifford Payson


12.00


Joseph Misterka


49.00


$3,553.75


Chapter 90 Construction-Material


N. E. Metal Culvert Co.


$355.59


H. J. Payson


417.75


Ralph Moran


1,585.80


Omasta Bros.


58.65


Leo Aloise


30.80


$2,448.59


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Chapter 90 Maintenance


F. W. Blakesley


$143.75


H. E. Lemery


153.75


Machine Fund


305.00


George Payson


113.00


Clifford Payson


22.50


Murray Clapp


6.00


Roy Nutting


336.00


Alfred Barrett


10.00


Edward Balise


8.00


Oliver Bishop


131.75


Omasta Bros.


309.40


Frank Montague


201.88


$1,741.03


Chapter 90 Maintenance-Material


N. E. Metal Culvert Co.


$397.24


American Tar Co.


1,587.92


H. J. Lane Const. Co.


409.99


H. J. Payson


32.25


Donovan Bros.


29.40


Omasta Bros.


285.75


Hampshire Sand & Gravel, Inc.


16.68


$2,759.23


Chapter 81


F. W. Blakesley


$1,647.50


H. E. Lemery


1,858.75


Machine Fund


2,404.75


George Payson


787.00


Zack Donovan


28.00


Edward Balise


8.00


Murray Clapp


125.00


Roy Nutting


224.00


Oliver Bishop


182.75


Omasta Bros.


575.80


Alfred Barrett


12.00


20


Clifford Payson Frank Montague


86.00


272.00


Town of Williamsburg


8.00


$8,219.55


Chapter 81-Material


Omasta Bros.


$255.30


Ernest Witherell


20.70


H. J. Payson


204.50


New England Metal Culvert


722.87


John Lynes


6.00


Bill Willard


31.62


W. N. Potter, Inc.


128.25


Lane Construction Co.


930.59


Donovan Bros.


15.40


American Tar Co.


2,413.26


Sidney Cole


4.20


Hampshire Sand & Gravel


96.87


Leo Aloise


2.10


$4,831.66


BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1954


Schools


$29,850.00


Highways, Chapter 81


675.00


Highways, Chapter 90 Construction


2,000.00


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,000.00


Bridges & Railings


500.00


Town Officers


2,000.00


Old Age Administration


8,000.00


Board of Health


50.00


Board of Health, Well Child Clinic


80.00


Interest, Insurance & Bonds


1,200.00


Town Hall Maintenance


1,000.00


Gypsy Moth


175.00


Dutch Elm Disease


100.00


Printing and Supplies


500.00


.


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Library, Dog Fund Plus


300.00


Memorial Day


40.00


Contingent Account


150.00


Reserve Fund


1,000.00


Snow Removal, Sanding and Road Work


3,500.00


Veterans' Relief


300.00


Rabies Vaccine


50.00


Diphtheria clinic


55.00


Public Welfare


200.00


Fire Patrol


100.00


Cemetery


450.00


Road Machinery Account


4,097.93


Travel Expense


50.00


Fire Department


400.00


Road Machinery Buildings


350.00


Hampshire County Retirement System


75.14


Recreation Committee


50.00


Town Hall Bond


1,000.00


Interest on Town Hall Bond


220.00


Water Holes


200.00


Fire Chief and Forest Warden


150.00


RECAPITULATION


Town Officers


$1,702.00


Town Hall Account


812.96


Town Hall Note


1,000.00


Interest on Town Hall Note


240.00


Interest, Insurance & Bonds


1,146.87


Memorial Library


407.28


Contingent Account


137.40


Tax Abatements


411.41


Taxes


2,297.63


Dog Licenses


175.00


Soldier's and Veterans' Relief


51.50


Cemetery


300.00


Cemetery Interest


96.18


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Trust Funds


122.53


Special Appropriations


1,880.53


Memorial Day


30.00


Fire Department


400.00


Fire Department Building


1,427.52


Old Age Assistance


12,799.45


Old Age Administration


516.96


Printing & Supplies


396.95


Withholding Tax


1,911.28


Dutch Elm Disease


18.00


Gypsy Moth


2.50


Well Child Clinic


70.00


Diphtheria Clinic


50.00


Travel Expense


10.00


Bridges and Railings


239.68


Road Machinery Buildings


210.83


Road Machinery Account


2,447.84


Snow Removal, Sanding and Road Work


2,352.21


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,741.03


Chapter 90 Maintenance-Material


2,759.23


Chapter 90 Construction


3,553.75


Chapter 90 Construction-Material


2,448.59


Chapter 81


8,219.55


Chapter 81-Road Material


4,831.66


Tree Removal


115.00


Water Holes


130.25


Retirement System


64.75


Over Receipts on Income Taxes


1,194.14


Recreation Committee


18.50


Clerical Hire


125.00


$58,865.96


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NAMES IN THE JURY BOX


Stanley W. Bartlett


Edwin J. Larrow


Earl Gett


Daniel B. Krug


Charles M. Norris


Howard Clapp


Harold B. Wood


Landscape Gardener Caretaker Mechanic


Farmer Farmer Technician Salesman


JURORS DRAWN IN 1953


Edward Cernak Frank Munson Edwin S. Hayes


Mechanic Mechanic Clerk


Westhampton, Mass., December 31, 1954


I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, orders having been drawn to the amount of $58,865.96 (fifty-eight thousand eight hun- dred and sixty-five dollars and ninety-six cents) for which vouchers are on file.


JEAN W. NORRIS


Auditor


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REPORT OF THE Board of Assessors 1953


Raise and Appropriate:


Schools


$27,467.00


Highways, Chap. 81


675.00


Highways, Chap. 90, construction


1,500.00


Highways, Chap. 90, maintenance


1,500.00


Bridges & Railings


500.00


Town Officers


1,800.00


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


1,400.00


Town Hall maintenance


1,000.00


Gypsy Moth


175.00


Dutch elm disease


100.00


Printing and supplies


400.00


Library, dog fund plus


300.00


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 Expense


50.00


Fire department


400.00


Road machinery buildings


350.00


Hampshire County retirement system


132.30


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Recreation committee


50.00


Clerical hire


150.00


Memorial Day


40.00


Fire Chief and Forest Warden


150.00


Tree removal


150.00


Retiring Town Hall bond


1,000.00


Interest on above bond


240.00


Smoke masks


173.00


Hough pay loader


1,000.00


$54,287.30


From Balance in the Treasury:


Highways, Chap. 81


$8,000.00


Highways, Chap. 90, construction


4,500.00


Highways, Chap. 90, maintenance


3,000.00


Reserve Fund


1,000.00


Road machinery account


2,401.50


Smoke masks


157.00


Hough pay loader


2,500.00


Dog refund


107.28


State Parks and Reservations


44.67


State Audit of Municipal Accounts


39.94


County Tax


2,224.26


Overlay


2,599.80


Total 1953 Appropriations


Estimated receipts and available funds


$44,698.35


Net amount raised on polls and property


36,163.40


$80,861.75


Personal property valuation Real estate valuation


$177,250.00


718,835.00


-$896,085.00


Tax on personal property


$7,090.00


Tax on real estate


28,753.40


Tax on polls


320.00


$36,163.40


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$26,574.45 $80,861.75


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Tax rate


$40.00


Motor vehicle tax


4,318.30


Exemptions on real estate


400.00


Exemptions on polls


26.00


Abatements on motor vehicles, 1952


178.95


Abatements on motor vehicles, 1953


314.33


Abatements on real estate, 1951


81.75


Abatements on real estate, 1952


84.09


Abatements on real estate, 1953


245.00


From the Table of Aggregates


Dwell-


Year


Horses


Cows


Sheep Goats Cattle Swine Fowl


ings


1951


32


312


22


23


156


25


14,018


225


1952


25


352


19


18


105


9


17,948


230


1953


19


296


24


14


198


24


16,554


234


PHILIP J. NORRIS


GILBERT I. FLINT


SIDNEY H. COLE


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REPORT OF THE Memorial Library


125 books were added to the Memorial Library this year. Gifts of 41 books were received from Mrs. La- Vallee, Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs. Arthur Bridgman, and Daniel Bridgman. 41 books were sent to the Norfolk Prison library.


Circulation :


Adult Fiction


428


Adult Non-Fiction


233


Juvenile


1,116


Magazines


512


Books Borrowed from the Bookmobile


Adult Fiction


272


Adult Non-Fiction


155


Juvenile Fiction


369


Juvenile Non-Fiction


103


307 books have been read by 24 readers in Adventures in Reading.


MARION M. MASCHO,


Librarian


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REPORT OF THE School Committee


We have read and approved reports submitted by the Superintendent of Schools, the School Principal, the School Nurse and various Supervisors. These reports outline in detail the activities and school changes which have been reviewed and passed by the School Committee at its regular monthly meetings or one of the special meetings held during the year.


In March 1953 the town of Easthampton withdrew from School Union #2 and immediately employed Union Superintendent of Schools Dexter. Our admission in April to School Union #58, comprised of the towns of Williamsburg, Chesterfield, Worthington and Southamp- ton, with Mr. Lucius Merritt serving as Union Super- intendent of Schools, became effective July 1, 1953. For the months of March, April, May and June Westhamp- ton was officially without a Superintendent of Schools, although both Mr. Dexter and Mr. Merritt were very helpful when problems arose. Mr. Merritt spent many hours of his own time during May and June attending Westhampton School Committee meetings, advising the committee and acquainting himself with our needs.


We are very happy about our new School Union affili- ation and that our administrative problems are in the capable hands of Mr. Merritt.


ELLIS T. HOVER, EARL R. GETT, SR., HENRIETTE P. MILLER,


School Committee


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REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Schools


To the School Committee and Citizens of Westhampton :


The report of the Superintendent of Schools is here- with submitted. It is the first report since the forma- tion of the new Union #58.


A significant change took place in the organization of our school union in April. Because Easthampton with- drew from Union #2 at its town meeting in March, it became necessary for Westhampton and Southampton to seek affiliation with some other towns. Application was made to Union :#43 which was made up of the towns of Williamsburg, Chesterfield and Worthington. The school committees of the five towns of Westhampton, South- ampton, Williamsburg, Chesterfield, and Worthington met at the Chesterfield Hotel on April 25, 1953 to decide this question. After a most excellent turkey dinner served by Mrs. Raymond Wisner for the host committee, Chesterfield, several meetings were held that evening. Union #43 invited Westhampton and Southampton to join them in forming a larger school union. This invita- tion was accepted and the new union organized. Mr. Roswell Merritt of Chesterfield was elected chairman and Mrs. Henriette Miller of Westhampton was elected secre- tary. A superintendent was elected for three years and his service divided among the towns. The meeting then adjourned to meet again on the last Saturday in April, 1954 at Westhampton.


This new district should be of benefit to all towns in- cluded in it. The towns are not too different in size and have somewhat similar problems. We have already formed an elementary principals' committee for the six elementary schools. The committee will work with the superintendent to consider and recommend changes in


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the program. It will study first the social program and then other parts of the curriculum, as well as building and playground management. The recommendations of this committee should be of great value in planning the work of the district. It is one of the ways in which the towns will benefit from this new arrangement.


In getting acquainted with Westhampton, it was a pleasure to find that it had an excellent school committee, a commitee that was sincerely interested in the progress and development of the children under its direction. There was also a fine staff of teachers who were doing excellent work under an excellent program of studies planned by Superintendent William Dexter. These offer- ings were quite complete and included art, music, pen- manship and physical education. It was found to be a well-organized and well-operated school.


During the summer two members of our staff resigned. Mr. Frederick Fedor who had been a most excellent prin- cipal was elected supervisor of elementary schools at Easthampton. This was a fine promotion for him. Miss Edna Graham resigned also as physical education in- structor. She felt that the salary offered was not large enough.


The vacancies caused by the above changes were filled as follows : Mr. Paul M. Rosenberg of Malden was chosen as principal and teacher of grades 6, 7 and 8. Mr. Rosen- berg is a graduate of Boston University and majored in elementary education. He has travelled in Europe and comes to us well prepared for the work required of him. Miss Susan Lawrence of Claremont, Virginia, a gradu- ate of Smith College in 1953, was secured for the physi- cal education instruction. Miss Lawrence is majoring in this field.




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