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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
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Town of WESTHAMPTON
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1954
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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