Town of Westhampton annual report 1954, Part 1

Author: Westhampton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Westhampton (Mass.)
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


5


Town of WESTHAMPTON


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1954


4


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Westhampton


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1954


TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS


REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK


For the Year Ending December 31, 1954


BIRTHS


Jan. 24 Richard Maurice Scott


Mar. 27 Edward Arthur Challet


April 18 Merrill Lynn Witherell


May 14 Lars David Roose


June 14 Carolyn Jane Fuller


June 26


Jovita Beverly Marian Derouin


July 16


Susan Carmela Hunt


July 17 Faye Ann Montague


Aug. 3 Dale Steven Parsons


Sept. 4 David Wayne Weiler


Oct. 30 Donald Edward Krug


Oct. 31 John Winslow Norris


Nov. 24 Louise Anne Norris


Nov. 28 William Anthony Besner


Dec. 15 Stanley Nathan Button


DEATHS


Jan. 9 Lydia Waitt Howard


Jan. 19 Frederick Robert


Mar.


6


Raymond Williams


April 4 Dora Wilson Bond Mascho


July 19 Faye Ann Montague


July 26 Emmaline Wolfram Hodder


Aug. 19 Myron M. Clapp, Jr.


Sept. 3 Eugene J. Hathaway


Sept. 15 Elizabeth Anderson Cassidy


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MARRIAGES


May 15 John R. Schumann Rita M. Witherell


June 14 Robert G. Blakesley Barbara A. Baker


July 24 Robert P. Lotreck Elizabeth A. Norris


Aug. 7 Philip J. Pinard Patricia Sturgeon


Aug. 21 James W. Wentworth Ruth E. Montague


Aug. 29 Leroy C. Bass Marjorie A. Darrow


Sept. 30 John S. Parsons Frances Marek


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DOG LICENSES


Cash on Hand-January 1, 1954


$ 9.00


Licenses Issued :


52 Males @ $2.00


$104.00


4 Females @ 5.00


20.00


34 Spayed @ 2.00


68.00


3 Kennel @ 10.00


30.00


222.00


$231.00


Paid Town Treasurer


$212.40


Retained 93 fees @ 20c


18.60


$231.00


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FISH AND GAME LICENSES


Licenses Issued :


38 Resident Fishing


@


$3.25


$123.50


49 Resident Hunting


a


3.25


159.25


56 Resident Sporting


@


5.25


294.00


11 Resident Minor Fishing


@


1.25 13.75


14 Resident Female Fishing


@


2.25


31.50


2 Non-Res. Special 3-day Fish


@


2.75


5.50


1 Non-Res. Fishing


@


7.75


7.75


1 Non-Res. Hunting


@


15.25


15.25


4 Duplicates


@


.50


2.00


$652.50


Paid Division of Fish and Game


$609.50


Retained 172 Fees @ 25c


43.00


$652.50


Free Licenses


4 Resident Sporting 3 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, 1954 Taxes:


$52,775.94


1951 Real Estate


$132.83


Personal Property


48.95


1952 Real Estate


258.19


Personal Property


14.96


1953 Real Estate


4,812.82


Personal Property


950.00


Excise


469.50


Polls


4.00


1954 Real Estate


23,406.02


Personal Property


6,263.43


Excise


3,652.83


Poll


278.00


Interest on Taxes:


1951


19.81


1952


22.03


1953


149.78


1954


17.99


Demands:


1952


.35


1953


1.40


1954


.70


Warrants:


1954


.50


Highways:


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Ch. 81-1953 Work


2,437.03


1954 Work


9,965.43


Ch. 90 Maintenance-1953 Work


1,500.00


1954 Work


1,000.00


Ch. 90 Construction-1954 Work 4,000.00


Special-1954 Work 1,000.00


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From Hampshire County Treasurer


Ch. 90 Maintenance-1953 Work 1,500.00


1954 Work 1,000.00


Ch. 90 Construction-1954 Work 2,000.00


Old Age Assistance:


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Federal Grant for Aid


3,872.98


for Administration


347.81


State Aid


3,360.55


Meal Taxes


341.05


Refunds from Other Towns


198.88


Checks Returned


39.65


Schools:


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Aid for School Superintendents


773.52


Ch. 70 6,748.01


Vocational Tuition


126.57


Vocational Transportation 120.00


Local and High School Transportation 5,799.00 Other Income:


From Massachusetts State Treasurer


Corporation Taxes


1,440.00


Income Taxes 1,080.00


Veteran's Service 144.36


Division of Live Stock Control


12.50


From Treasurer of Hampshire County


Perry Hill Bridge 123.23


Dog License Refund


131.96


District Court Fines 10.00


From Town Clerk-Dog Licenses


212.40


From Sealer of Weights and Measures


15.00


Revolver Permits


7.00


Milk Dealer's Licenses


1.00


Victualer's Licenses 1.00


Auctioneer's License 2.00


Junk Dealer's License


7.50


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Insurance Premium Refunds 13.86


Returned Check-School Dept. 14.25


Town Highway Department . Machinery Fund 3,439.75


Withholding Taxes


1,787.86


County Retirement Deductions


46.93


Sale of Property


Preparing Advertisement of Sale,


Posting Notice of Sale and


Cost of Advertising


12.25


Lien on Properties


3,512.70


Interest from Trust Funds :


Cemetery


90.26


Whiting Street


34.50


Wright


25.00


Thayer


25.00


1954 Income


98,824.88


$151,600.82


EXPENDITURES


Paid Selectmen's Orders $64,430.47


Paid School Committee Warrants 26,215.01


Balance on Hand January 1, 1955 60,955.34


$151,600.82


OUTSTANDING TAXES


1952 Personal Property $55.55


1953 Real Estate 174.00


Personal Property


28.80


Excise 29.78


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1954 Real Estate


4,135.64


Personal Property


981.75


Excise


562.95


Poll


2.00


$5,970.47


Stabilization Fund


Balance on Hand January 1, 1954


$1,145.62


Interest Income 1954


28.80


Balance on Hand January 1, 1955


$1,174.42


FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN


Interest Received in 1954


Cemetery


$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


100.00


Arthur Scarle


2.50


100.00


Emma G. Damon


2.50


50.00


D. L. Brown


1.26


50.00


Susan A. Loud


1.50


$90.26


Worthy Poor


$1,380.85 Whiting Street


$34.50


1,000.00 Wright


25.00


$59.50


(2)


9


Thayer $1,000.00


$25.00


RALPH S. BRIDGMAN Treasurer


I have examined the accounts of the treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of ninety thousand, six hundred forty-five dollars and forty-eight cents ($90,645.48), for which vouchers are on file, and a balance on hand of sixty thousand, nine hundred fifty-five dollars and thirty-four cents ($60,955.34). Due from Ralph S. Bridgman, Tax Collector, 1952 personal property tax fifty-five dollars and fifty-five cents ($55.55). 1953 real estate tax one hundred seventy four dollars ($174.00), personal property twenty-eight dollars and eighty cents ($28.80), excise twenty-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents ($29.78). 1954 real estate tax four thousand, one hundred thirty-five dollars and sixty-four cents ($4,135.64), personal property nine hundred eighty-one dollars and seventy-five cents ($981.75), excise five hundred sixty-two dollars and ninety-five cents ($562.95) and polls two dollars ($2.00).


JEAN W. NORRIS Auditor


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN


TOWN HALL ACCOUNT


Western Massachusetts Electric Co. $121.16


John Cernak, Jr. 188.83


Ward Miller 26.25


Ernest A. Delisle


24.40


Stanley Bartlett


359.71


Foster-Farrar Co.


4.50


Westhampton Water Co.


25.00


$749.85


TOWN OFFICERS


Charles R. Burt, Selectman $150.00


William M. Fiske, Selectman


125.00


William M. Fiske, Moderator


10.00


Earl Gett, Selectman


100.00


Earl Gett, School Committee


60.00


Ellis Hover, School Committee


60.00


Mrs. Wm. B. Miller, School Committee


80.00


Sidney Cole, Assessor


125.00


Gilbert I. Flint, Assessor


100.00


Philip Norris, Assessor


100.00


Charles W. Knowlton, Selectmen's Dues 10.00


Assoc. of Mass. Assessors, County and State 9.00


Mass. Coll. & Treas. Assoc. Dues 4.00


F. W. Blakesley, Registrar


30.00


Edith Blakesley, Copying Town Orders


25.00


Hampshire County Selectmen's Assoc. Dues 6.00


D. L. Judd, Town Clerk


150.00


Frances Fox, Teller


10.00


Gilbert I. Flint, Teller


21.25


Ralph Bridgman, Collector


175.00


Ralph Bridgman, Treasurer


250.00


Jean Norris, Auditor 25.00


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M. M. Clapp, Cattle Inspector 25.00


M. M. Clapp, Inspector of Slaughtering 21.00


James O. Hickey, Jr., Dog Officer


25.00


Stanley Bartlett, Sealer


20.00


Gertrude Flint, Registrar


7.50


Grace Williams, Election Officer


11.25


Gertrude Flint, Election Officer


11.25


Henry Payson, Election Officer


11.25


Primary Election Officers


20.64


$1,778.14


CHAPTER 81-MATERIAL


Omasta Bros.


$1,567.06


H. J. Payson


81.00


Lane Construction Corp.


192.30


John S. Lane & Son


943.22


Hampshire Sand & Gravel, Inc.


10.19


New England Metal Culvert Co.


358.77


W. N. Potter Stores, Inc.


171.75


American Tar Company


2,689.99


Carrie Damon


3.60


$6,017.88


CHAPTER 81


Frank Montague


$233.75


Murray Clapp


189.00


Omasta Bros.


509.50


Earl Thompson


138.50


Simon Brin


14.00


Donald Upham


121.00


Ira E. Markham


75.00


M. M. Clapp, Jr.


33.00


Robert Blakesley


44.00


Benjamin Stark


24.00


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F. W. Blakesley


1,342.50


Harland Lemery


1,860.00


George Payson


579.50


Machine Fund


1,869.00


$7,032.75


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE-MATERIAL


Omasta Bros.


$200.00


John S. Lane & Son


406.48


American Tar Company


1,093.31


$1,699.79


CHAPTER 90-SPECIAL ROUTE 66


American Tar Company $1,000.92


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE


Harland Lemery


$241.50


F. W. Blakesley


191.25


George Payson


153.00


Earl Thompson


92.00


Donald Upham


17.00


Frank Montague


108.00


Machine Fund


498.50


$1,301.25


CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION


F. W. Blakesley


$343.75


Donovan Bros.


2,332.50


Frank Montague


710.75


Omasta Bros.


3,320.50


Harland Lemery


334.50


Robert Blakesley


40.00


13


Thomas Stone Machine Fund


34.00 318.50


$7,434.50


CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION-ROUTE 66


F. W. Blakesley


$282.50


Edward Balise


8.00


Donovan Bros.


4,410.50


Omasta Bros.


57.75


Benjamin Stark


109.00


Harland Lemery


120.00


E. I. Donovan


1,107.50


Frank Montague


626.38


Maurice T. Thompson


198.60


Zack Donovan


101.50


Machine Fund


40.00


$7,061.73


CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION-ROUTE 66 MATERIAL


Hampshire Sand & Gravel, Inc.


$64.00


N. E. Metal Culvert Co.


1,174.72


M. T. Thompson


123.47


Richard Tracy


39.20


$1,401.39


CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION-MATERIAL


Edward A. Montague $562.10


Julia Aldrich 4.80


$566.90


BRIDGES AND RAILINGS


F. W. Blakesley


$102.50


Harland Lemery


228.75


M. M. Clapp, Sr. 36.54


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W. N. Potter Stores, Inc.


3.81


Benjamin Stark


20.00


George Payson 20.00


Machine Fund


58.50


Samuel Carlson Co.


7.00


Theo. P. Schmitter


9.00


Parsons & Challet


13.16


$499.26


SNOW REMOVAL, SANDING AND ROAD WORK


M. M. Clapp, Jr.


$251.25


George Payson


36.50


Murray Clapp


32.00


Edward Balise


12.00


Benjamin Stark


60.00


Omasta Bros.


338.25


Foster-Farrar Co.


3.78


Hampshire Sand & Gravel, Inc.


164.58


W. N. Potter Stores, Inc.


420.00


F. W. Blakesley


193.75


Harland Lemery


492.00


Machine Fund


620.75


Frank Montague


104.14


City of Northampton


20.00


$2,749.00


ROAD MACHINERY BUILDINGS Western Massachusetts Electric Co.


$31.93


John Cernak, Jr. 141.87


James O. Hickey, Jr. 437.23


$611.03


ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT S. J. Wise & Sons $68.78


Walsh Holyoke Boiler Works Div. 84.00


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Charles R. Burt


6.00


Western Mass. Electric Co.


2.00


C & I Distributors, Inc.


3.94


John Skubiszewski


7.00


Eastern States Farmers Exchange


49.50


Cernak Farm Supply


382.62


Harland Lemery


222.00


Northampton Radiator, Inc.


60.50


Cernak Buick


1.75


Frary Motors


16.10


Perkins Milton & Co.


899.40


Tyler Equipment Corp.


93.24


John Cernak, Jr.


87.27


Frank W. Blakesley


9.00


Tarbell Waters Company


95.89


Oliver Bishop


11.75


Earl Thompson


8.00


Graves Equipment, Inc.


11.11


Hector A. Arel Co.


7.55


Donald Upham


8.00


Blyda Motor Sales, Inc.


27.75


W. R. Witherell


1.50


$2,164.65


ROAD MACHINE & FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING James O. Hickey, Jr. $747.06


FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING-CONSTRUCTION James O. Hickey, Jr. $457.81


MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Stanley Bartlett $75.00


H. R. Huntting Company, Books


4.20


David Clapp, Supplies


4.54


Marion Mascho, Librarian


150.00


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Library Book House, Books 148.47


National Geographic Society, Magazines 5.50


Edith E. Grant, Magazines 40.45


$428.16


VETERANS' RELIEF


$253.87


TRUST FUNDS


Marion Mascho, Street & Wright Fund $59.50


Philip Clapp, Treas., Thayer Fund 12.50


Ralph Bridgman, Treas., Thayer Fund 12.50


$84.50


FIRE DEPARTMENT


F. S. Parsons & Son $14.57


Am. LaFrance Corp.


293.01


Mass. Fire Equip. Corp.


95.75


W. R. Witherell 3.63


$406.96


WATER HOLES


Harland Lemery


$48.00


F. W. Blakesley


48.00


Henry Parsons


3.50


$99.50


FIRE CHIEF and FOREST WARDEN James O. Hickey, Jr. $150.00


WITHHOLDING TAX


First National Bank


$1,838.20


RETIREMENT SYSTEM


Treasurer of Hampshire County $60.23


(3)


17


SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR RETIREMENT SYSTEM


Treasurer of Hampshire County


$75.14


TAXES


Treas. of Hampshire County $2,209.00


Treas. of Massachusetts


State Recreation Areas 86.46


Treas. of Massachusetts


Auditing Accounts 570.38


Treas. of Massachusetts


Gypsy and Brown Moth 64.82


$2,930.66


DOG LICENSES


Treasurer of Hampshire County ' $212.40


TAX ABATEMENTS


Excise $101.28


Real Estate


92.50


$193.78


RECREATION COMMITTEE


Harold Watts, Baseballs and Bats


$13.85


Northampton Sporting Goods Co.,


Basketball Nets, Basketball 22.95


McCallum's, Rubber Mats 5.90


$42.70


TRAVEL EXPENSE


C. R. Burt


$45.00


GYPSY MOTH


W. R. Witherell


$13.15


Richard Tracy


5.00


$18.15


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DUTCH ELM DISEASE


Ralph Payson


$8.00


W. R. Witherell


11.75


$19.75


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Cases Aided-11 $9,218.60


OLD AGE ADMINISTRATION


Estelle Frary, Salary $500.00


139.34


Expenses


$639.34


PRINTING AND SUPPLIES


Hobbs & Warren


$86.86


R. S. Bridgman


21.18


The Barre Gazette


25.93


D. L. Judd


16.39


W. E. Londergan, Town Reports


174.96


H. S. Gere & Sons


11.25


Mark Supple


37.56


Poor Jim's Print Shop


9.00


Forbes Snyder, Inc.


14.00


C. R. Burt


5.39


F. W. Blakesley


31.64


S. H. Cole


5.00


W. E. Londergan, Election Ballots


18.00


$457.16


INTEREST, INSURANCE AND BONDS


Pease & Company


$600.24


Sanders Insurance Agency


137.25


King and Cushman, Inc. 363.43


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E. Ray Ashley Insurance Co. 142.00


James P. McGrath 125.00


$1,367.92


CIVILIAN DEFENSE FUND


Parson's Electric Shop


$49.95


W. N. Potter Stores, Inc.


6.00


Ernest A. Delisle


31.89


Stanley Bartlett


2.20


$90.04


CLERICAL HIRE


Frances S. Fox $150.00


CONTINGENT ACCOUNT


Raymond A. Warner


$22.40


Sabin's Electric Co. 15.00


Register of Deeds


9.60


Hampshire County Commissioners


5.00


$52.00


MEMORIAL DAY


Reverend Robert D. Ostle, Speaker


$15.00


Laura Witherell, Dixie Cups


13.50


C. R. Burt


2.00


$30.50


1.


TOWN HALL SHOWERS


James O. Hickey, Jr.


$450.00


TOWN HALL NOTE Northampton National Bank $1,000.00


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INTEREST ON TOWN HALL NOTE Northampton National Bank $220.00


CEMETERY


Stanley Bartlett


$434.00


Donovan Bros.


16.00


$450.00


CEMETERY ASSOCIATION INTEREST Stanley Bartlett, Labor and Supplies $27.05


WELL CHILD CLINIC


Ruth S. Hover, R. N.


$30.00


Dr. C. Keith Wilber 40.00


$70.00


DIPHTHERIA CLINIC


Ruth S. Hover, R. N.


$25.00


Dr. Abel Ross


25.00


Dr. Andrews and Dr. Felsen


25.00


$75.00


RECAPITULATION


ยท Town Officers


$1,778.14


Town Hall Account


749.85


Town Hall Note


1,000.00


Interest on Town Hall Note


220.00


Memorial Library


428.16


Veterans' Relief


253.87


Trust Funds


84.50


Fire Department


406.96


Water Holes


99.50


Fire Chief and Forest Warden


150.00


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Fire Department Building-Construction 457.81


Withholding Tax 1,838.20


Retirement System 60.23


Special Appropriation for Retirement System 75.14 Taxes 2,930.66


Dog Licenses


212.40


Tax Abatements 193.78


Road Machinery Account


2,164.60


Road Machine & Fire Department Building 747.06


Chapter 90 Construction-Material 566.90


Bridges and Railings 499.26


Snow Removal, Sanding and Road Work 2,749.00


Road Machinery Buildings


611.03


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,301.25


Chapter 90 Construction


7,434.50


Chapter 90 Construction-Route 66


7,061.73


Chapter 90 Construction-


Route 66 Material


1,401.39


Chapter 81-Material


6,017.88


Chapter 81


7,032.75


Chapter 90-Maintenance Material


1,699.79


Chapter 90-Special Route 66


1,000.92


Contingent Account


52.00


Memorial Day


30.50


Town Hall Showers


450.00


Cemetery


450.00


Cemetery Association Interest


27.05


Well Child Clinic


70.00


Diphtheria Clinic


75.00


Old Age Assistance


9,218.60


Old Age Administration


639.34


Printing and Supplies


457.16


Interest, Insurance and Bonds


1,367.92


Civilian Defense Fund


90.04


Clerical Work


150.00


Recreation Committee


42.70


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Travel Expense


45.00


Gypsy Moth Dutch Elm Disease


18.15


19.75


$64,430.47


BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1955


Schools


$31,980.00


Highways, Chapter 81


675.00


Chapter 90 Construction


4,000.00


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,000.00


Bridges and 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 and Bonds


1,200.00


Town Hall Maintenance


850.00


Gypsy Moth


150.00


Dutch Elm Disease


300.00


Printing and Supplies


650.00


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


Fire Department and Road Machinery Buildings


550.00


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Hampshire County Retirement System


182.41


Recreation Committee


50.00


Town Hall Bond


1,000.00


Interest on Town Hall Bond


200.00


100.00


Water Holes Fire Chief and Forest Warden


150.00


NAMES IN THE JURY BOX


Lee W. Sinclair


Engineer


Robert J. Osborne


Technician


Maurice P. Patenaude


Mechanic


John Schumann


Millhand


Mahlon K. Parsons


Farmer


Morris Frary


Garage Operator


JURORS DRAWN IN 1954


Stanley W. Bartlett


Landscape Gardener Caretaker


Edwin J. Larrow


Earl Gett


Mechanic


Charles M. Norris


Farmer Salesman


Harold B. Wood


CHARLES R. BURT WILLIAM M. FISKE EARL R. GETT Board of Selectmen


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 $64,430.47 (sixty-four thousand four hundred thirty dollars and forty-seven cents) for which vouchers are on file. JEAN W. NORRIS Auditor


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS 1954


RAISE AND APPROPRIATE


Schools $29,850.00


Highways, Chapter 81


675.00


Highways, Chapter 90, Construction


2,000.00


Highways, Chapter 90, Maintenance


1,000.00


Bridges and Railings 500.00


Town Officers 2,000.00


Old Age Assistance and Administration


8,000.00


Board of Health


50.00


Board of Health, Well Child Clinic


100.00


Interest, Insurance and Bonds


1,200.00


Town Hall Maintenance


1,000.00


Gypsy Moth


175.00


Dutch Elm Disease


100.00


Printing and Supplies


500.00


Library, Dog Fund Plus


300.00


Contingent 150.00


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


Travel Expense


50.00


Fire Department


400.00


Road Machinery Buildings


350.00


Hampshire County Retirement System


75.14


Recreation Committee


50.00


Clerical Hire


150.00


Memorial Day


40.00


Fire Chief and Forest Warden


150.00


Tree Removal


200.00


(4)


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Retiring Town Hall Bond


1,000.00


Interest on Town Hall Bond


220.00


Water Holes Fisher Hill Project State Census


200.00


500.00


75.00


$55,715.14


FROM BALANCE IN THE TREASURY


Highways, Chapter 81


$8,000.00


Highways, Chapter 90, Construction


6,000.00


Highways, Chapter 90, Maintenance


2,000.00


Reserve Fund


1,000.00


Road Machinery Account


4,097.93


Civilian Defense


100.00


Northampton 300th Anniversary Celebration 300.00


Town Hall Showers


450.00


Dog Refund


131.96


State Parks and Reservations .


106.12


State Audit of Municipal Accounts


570.38


County Tax


2,392.70


Gypsy and Browntail Moths


83.19


Overlay


1,549.96


26,782.24


$82,497.38


Total 1954 Appropriations Estimated Receipts and Available Funds


$47,082.14


Net Amount Raised on Polls and Property


35,415.24


$82,497.38


Personal Property Valuation


$195,816.00


Real Estate Valuation


752,707.00


$948,523.00


26


Tax on Personal Property Tax on Real Estate Tax on Polls


$7,245.19


27,850.05


320.00


$35,415.24


Tax Rate


$37.00


Motor Vehicle Tax


4,421.77


Exemptions on Real Estate


426.79


Exemptions on Polls


38.00


Abatements on Motor Vehicles, 1953


33.30


Abatements on Motor Vehicles, 1954


275.73


Abatements on Real Estate, 1954


18.50


Abatements on Poll, 1954


2.00


FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES


Neat


Dwel-


Year Horses Cows Sheep Goats Cattle Swine Fowl lings


1952


25


352


19


18


104


9


17,948 230


1953


19


296


24


14


198


24


16,554


234


1954


18


375


20


11


101


11


12,925


237


GILBERT I. FLINT


SIDNEY H. COLE


PHILIP J. NORRIS


Board of Assessors


PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUATION AND TAX-1954


Valuation


Tax


Aloisi, Leo


$2,601.00


$96.24


August, George


675.00


24.97


Balise, Edward R.


485.00


17.94


Bass, G. Russell


90.00


3.33


27


Blakesley, Clara B.


590.00


21.82


Blakesley, Frank W.


87.50


3.24


Blakesley, Raymond R.


105.00


3.88


Blow, Andrew


60.00


2.22


Bridgman, Heugh M.


5,110.00


189.07


Burt, Charles R.


2,187.50


80.94


Challet, Mary


75.00


2.77


Clapp, David G.


1,200.00


44.40


Clapp, Myron M.


2,295.00


84.91


Cole, Sidney H.


3,700.00


136.91


Cotnoir, Arthur T.


910.00


33.67


Delisle, Clarence E.


670.00


24.79


Delisle, Ernest A.


3,400.00


125.80


Derouin, Emile J.


1,320.00


48.84


Dodge, Arthur


250.00


9.25


Ewing, Clifton H.


75.00


2.77


Fiske, William M.


1,626.50


60.18


Flint, Orville J.


120.00


4.44


Fuller, Percy W.


705.00


26.08


Hathaway, John C.


1,290.00


47.73


Hathaway, Myron


50.00


1.85


Howard, William


1,105.00


40.89


Loud, Howard F.


1,800.00


66.60


Lyman, Donald B.


2,800.00


103.60


Lynes, John W.


825.00


30.53


Magna, Russell W. & Edith


500.00


18.50


Marchand, Albert J.


190.00


7.03


Miller, James H.


100.00


3.70


Montague, Edward


1,720.00


63.64


Montague, Frank


2,280.00


84.36


Neal, Sidney & Hazel P.


500.00


18.50


Norris, Charles


3,940.00


145.78


Osetek, Adam


520.00


19.24


Parsons, Henry M.


13,965.00


516.71


Payson, Henry


375.00


13.88


Pelessier, Joseph O.


59.50


2.20


28


Perkins, Enoch


560.00


20.72


Pinard, Philip A.


1,800.00


66.60


Snow, A. Lyman


100.00


3.70


Tracy, Richard


2,574.00


95.24


Tylczak, John, Mrs.


225.00


8.33


Wakem, Kenneth


50.00


1.85


Witherell, Arthur


3,375.00


124.87


Witherell, Ernest


196.00


7.26


Witherell, Merrill A.


200.00


7.40


Witherell, Walter R.


938.00


34.71


Young, Robert L.


169.00


6.25


American Tel. & Tel. Co.


57,400.00


2,123.80


Western Massachusetts Electric


31,500.00


1,165.50


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


20,000.00


740.00


Hampshire Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. 16,372.00


605.76


$195,816.00


$7,245.19


29


TOWN OF WESTHAMPTON 1954 VALUATION LIST-REAL ESTATE


Name and Address


Tax


Acres or sq. ft.


Value of Land


Description of Buildings


Value of Buildings


Total Value


ADAMS,


1/4


50


House


3,000


Jeanette A.


118.40


13/4


100


Garage


50


3,200


ALAIR, Ernest,


Ovila Lauricha Peletier


48.10


1/2


100


House


1,200


1,300


ALAMED, Frederick A. & Martha


3.70


18


100


100


ALAMED,


50


House


1,600


1,705


Frederick A. & Martha


63.08


55


ALDRICH,


1/4


50


House


700


Ira A., Est.


42.55


253/4


250


Barn


150


1,150


ALLEN,


1/4


50


House


800


1,000


Barton & Lois


37.00


71/4


150


1/4 113/4


30


Name and Address


Tax


Acres or sq. ft.


Value of Land


Description of Buildings


Value of Buildings


Total Value


ALOISI, Leo & Louise


247.90


2,400


Barn


800


Garage


150


Manure Pit


50


Tool Shed


150


Horse Barn


100


6,700


ALOISI, Leo & Louise


37.00


40


1,000


1,000


ANDERSON, Lizzie


1.85


50


50


50


BAKER, Charles W. & Ellis


46.25


14


50


House


1,200


1,250


BALISE,


50


House


1,500


Edward R. & Helen C.


99.90


1/4 583/4


1,000


150


2,700


BARRETT,


14


50


House


2,200


2,275


Alfred L. & Delvina


84.18


1/4


25


BARTLETT,


1/4


50


House


4,000


Clifford & Eva


155.40


1


50


Garage


100


4,200


50


House


3,000


1/4 3693/4


31


Name and Address


Tax


Acres or sq. ft.


Value of Land


Description of Buildings


Value of Buildings


Total Value


BASS,


1/4


50


House


1,400


G. Russell & Mary P.


64.75


1414


150


Barn


100


Garage


50


1,750


BASS, G. Russell & Mary P.


1.85


4 50


50


BAXTER,


50


House


200


525


Earl F. & Marjorie G.


19.42


1/4 1434


275


BELDEN,


1/4


50


House


200


265


Herbert & Winifred


9.81


23/4


15


BENNETT, W. A. & Eva J.


46.25


14


50


House


1,200


1,250


BESNER,


1/4


50


House


2,000


William J. & Jeane Bell


86.02


1734


200


Barn


75


2,325


BIETZEL, Mary


SIMPSON, Catherine


3.70


6 100


100


BIHLER,


1/4


50


House


2,200


Louise, Odile & Mary


112.85


7434


500


Barn


300


3,050


BISBEE, Charles A. & Homer R.


74.00


162


2,000


2,000


32


(5)


Name and Address


Tax


Acres or sq. ft.


Value of Land


Description of Buildings


Value of Buildings


Total Value


BISHOP,


1/4


50


House


2,700


Oliver & Winifred B.


107.30


3/4


50


Garage


100


2,900


BLAKESLEY,


1/4


50


House


1,500


Carrie


59.20


Barn


50


1,600


1/4


50


House


4,000


BLAKESLEY, Frank W.


173.90


243/4


350


Garage


100


Shed


100


Poultry House


100


4,700


33


BLAKESLEY, Howard & Lillian


14.80


25


400


400


BLAKESLEY, Howard & Lillian


7.40


25


200


200


BLAKESLEY,


1/4


50


House


1,500


1,800


Howard & Lillian


66.60


93/4


250


BLAKESLEY,


1/4


50


House


2,500


Obel & Clara


162.80


1/4


50


Barn


500


751/2


700


Poultry House


200


House


400


4,400


BLAKESLEY, Obel & Clara 39.78


161 1,075


1,075


Name and Address


Tax


Acres or sq. ft.


Value of Land


Description of Buildings


Value of Buildings


Total Value


BLAKESLEY, Obel & Clara


2.78


3


75


75


BLAKESLEY,


1/4


50


House


3,500


Raymond & Evelyn


142.45


33/4


100


Barn


100


Garage


100


3,850


BLEAKLEY, Norman


1.85


1/4


50


50


BLOW,


1/4


50


House


1,000


Andrew & Ruth


79.55


693/4


700


Barn


400


2,150


BLOW, Andrew & Ruth


1.85


10


50


50


BOLT, Florence M.


46.25


1/4


50


House


1,200


1,250


BRIDGMAN, Dwight S.


56.79


307


1,535


1,535 -


BRIDGMAN,


1/4 893/4


50


House


3,000


Heugh M.


181.30


650


Shed


150


Barn


950


Poultry House


100


4,900


BRIDGMAN, Heugh M.


1/4


50


House


3,000


3,300


122.10


93/4


250


34


Name and Address


Tax


Acres or sq. ft.


Value of Land


Description of Buildings


Value of Buildings


Total Value


BRIDGMAN, Heugh M.


18.50


99


500


500


BRIDGMAN,


1/4


50


House


2,500


Ralph S. & Federal B.


148.92


643/4


1,025


Barn


350


Camp


100


4,025


BRIDGMAN, Ralph S. & Federal B. 12.02


15


250


Barn


75


325


BRIDGMAN, Ralph S. & Fedearl B. 1.85


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