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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
HAMPTON
WESTI
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WESTHAMPTON MASS.
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1961
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Westhampton
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1961
EASTHAMPTON NEWS COMPANY EASTHAMPTON, MASS.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
For the Year Ending December 31, 1961
BIRTHS
Jan. 28 John Christopher McGill
Feb. 8 Joel Kenneth Wright
Feb. 10 Karen Jean Tobin
May 4 John David Bridgman
May 10 Jeffrey David Morse
June 2 Marla Jean Ada English
June 8 Michael Francis Cote
June 22 James Wesley Mann
Aug. 5 Michael Kevin Henderson
Aug. 25 Todd Alden Montague
Sept. 13 Mark Towne Schwallie
Oct. 4 Debra Jean Cayo
Oct. 22 Laurie Ann Heath
Oct. 25 Michael Eugene Laprade
Oct. 30 Lisa Struthers
Nov. 4 Noami Louise Browne
Dec. 22 Robert Carter Norris
DEATHS
May 11 Emma (Jones) Campbell
May 13 Ronald N. Thayer
May 14 Frank W. Blakesley
Oct. 14 George Doucoumes
MARRIAGES
Feb.
4
Henry C. Stone
Esther M. Fisher
Feb. 18
Frank Dunton Miller
Marion Ida Payson
Apr.
2
Albert H. LaFrance
Alma Morey Pomeroy
Huntington, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. Westfield, Mass.
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June 18 James J. Newsheller Barbara J. Delisle
Aug. 12 Harland Eugene Lemery, Jr. Robin Mary Elizabeth Long
Windsor, Conn. Westhampton, Mass. Westhampton, Mass. South Hadley, Mass.
DOG LICENSES
Licenses Issued :
49 Male
@$2.00
$98.00
10 Female
@ 5.00
50.00
48 Spayed
@ 2.00
96.00
4 Kennel
@10.00
40.00
$284.00
Paid to Town Treasurer:
$254.50
Retained 111 fees @ .25c
27.75
Balance on Hand Dec. 31
1.75
$284.00
FISH AND GAME LICENSES
Licenses Issued :
34 Resident Fishing
@ $4.25
$144.50
67 Resident Hunting
@ 4.25
284.75
41 Resident Sporting
@
7.25
297.25
8 Res. Minor Fishing
@ 2.25
18.00
9 Res. Female Fishing
@
3.25
29.25
1 Non-Res. Fishing
@
8.75
8.75
1 Alien Fishing
8.75
8.75
3 Duplicate
a
.50
1.50
5 Archery Stamps
a
1.10
5.50
$798.25
Paid Division Fisheries and Game
$757.50
Retained 161 fees
@
.25c
40.25
Retained 5 fees
@
.10c
.50
$798.25
Free Licenses:
10 Resident Sporting and Trapping.
JEAN W. NORRIS Town Clerk
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I have examined the Accounts of the Town Clerk and find them correct.
JEANNE C. BRIDGMAN Auditor
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
RECEIPTS - 1961
Balance on Hand January 1, 1961
$64,637.03
Taxes :
1958 Real Estate
$ 55.00
1959 Real Estate
1,282.24
Personal Property
154.00
Farm Animal Excise
39.31
Auto Excise
29.00
Polls
2.00
1960 Real Estate
3,897.42
Personal Property
1,016.68
Farm Animal Excise
126.76
Auto Excise
4,778.31
Polls
20.00
1961 Real Estate
46,661.48
Personal Property
8,512.08
Farm Animal Excise
348.37
Auto Excise
7,556.79
Polls
296.00
Interest on Taxes:
1958
5.50
1959
94.20
1960
206.71
1961
11.76
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Demands
1959
6.35
1960
17.00
Warrants
1959
1.00
1960 7.00
Preparing Tax Taking Notice
.50
Posting Tax Taking Notice
.50
Advertising Tax Taking
8.13
Highways
From Massachusetts State Treasurer
Chap. 81, 1960 Contract 12,375.00
Chap. 81, 1961 Contract 2,952.27
Chap. 90 Const. 1960 Contract 5.000.00
Snow Removal 350.63
From Hampshire County Treasurer
Chap. 90 Const. 1960 Contract 2,500.00
Old Age Assistance
From Massachusetts State Treasurer
Federal Grant for Aid
2,669.20
Federal Grant for Administration 163.65
State Aid
2,367.22
State Aid for Administration
81.82
Meal Taxes
246.14
Medical Aid for the Aged
Federal Grant for Aid
1,107.97
Federal Grant for Administration
25.29
State Aid
648.61
State Aid for Administration
12.64
Schools:
From Massachusetts State Treasurer
Chapter 70
7,246.01
Income Tax
222.45
Aid for Superintendents
933.34
Transportation
12,353.90
Vocational Tuition
902.25
Vocational Transportation
258.46
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Other Income:
From Massachusetts State Treasurer
Corporation Tax B 1,176.00
2,250.00
Income Tax
Animal Disease Control 12.50
From Hampshire County Treasurer
Dog License Refund
122.36
Kill and Care 72.00
Court Fines 45.00
Miscellaneous Income :
Town of Chesterfield, O. A. A. 322.69
City of Northampton. O. A. A. 165.38
3rd Cl. Motor Vehicle Dealer's Licenses 15.00
Milk Dealer's Licenses
3.00
Victualer's License
5.00
Lord's Day License
5.00
Returned Checks
53.05
Use of Town Machinery 77.25
Refund on Polio Shots 4.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
14.00
Pistol Permits 6.00
Federal Withholding Tax Deductions 3,372.84
State Withholding Tax Deductions 199.32
Retirement Deductions 370.51
From Town Clerk, Dog Licenses 254.50
Highway Department, Machine Fund 3,200.50
Savings Bank Interest 903.36
Interest from Trust Funds :
Cemetery 137.34
Welfare
Whiting Street Fund
46.58
Wright Fund
33.75
Thayer Fund
33.75
$140,451.62
$205,088.65
EXPENDITURES
Paid Selectmen's Orders $79,563.42
Paid School Committee Warrants 55,912.57
Balance on Hand January 1, 1962
69,612.66
$205,088.65
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STABILIZATION FUND
Balance on Hand January 1, 1961
$10,475.54
Added 1961 Interest Income 1961
10,000.00
502.74
$20,978.28
ROAD MACHINE FUND
Balance on Hand January 1, 1961 $8,106.65
Voted to Road Machinery Account 3,000.00 Voted to New Pickup Truck Account 1,800.00
$4,800.00
3,306.65
Department Earnings, 1961
3.200.50
Balance on Hand January 1, 1962
$6,507.15
STATE WITHHOLDING TAX ACCOUNT
Balance on Hand January 1, 1961 $50.18
Withholding 1961
199.32
$249.50
Paid Mass. State Treasurer
$184.78
Retained by the Town 5.71
Balance on Hand January 1, 1962
59.01
$249.50
OUTSTANDING TAXES
1959 Auto Excises
$14.70
1960 Real Estate
673.23
Auto Excises
51.90
1961 Real Estate
8,203.72
Personal Property
939.55
Farm Animal Excises
127.37
Auto Excises
3,092.24
Polls
4.00
$13,106.71
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FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN
Principal 1961 Interest
Cemetery
$2,000.00 Lucy Totman
$77.50
500.00 O. C. Bridgman
16.88
500.00 Charles G. Loud
19.37
100.00 Myra G. Strong
3.38
100.00 Sarah C. Cook
3.38
100.00 George Burt
3.38
100.00 Samuel Edwards
3.38
100.00 Arthur L. Searle
3.38
100.00 Emma G. Damon
3.38
50.00 David L. Brown
1.69
50.00 Susan A. Loud
1.62
$137.34
Welfare
$1.380.85 Whiting Street
$46.58
1,000.00 Wright
33.75
1,000.00 Thayer
33.75
$114.08
$251.42
RALPH S. BRIDGMAN Treasurer
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have examined the accounts of the treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of one hundred thirty-five thousand, four hundred seventy-five dol- lars and ninety-nine cents ($135,475.99), for which vouchers are on file, and a balance on hand of sixty-nine thousand, six hundred twelve dollars and sixty-six cents ($69,612.66). Due from Ralph S. Bridgman, Tax Collector: 1960 Real Estate Tax
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six hundred seventy-three dollars and twenty-three cents ($673.23) ; Auto Excise fifty-one dollars and ninety cents ($51.90) ; 1961 Real Estate Tax eight thousand, two hundred three dollars and seventy-two cents ($8203.72) ; Personal Property Tax nine hundred thirty-nine dollars and fifty-five cents ($939.55) ; Farm Animal Excise one hundred twenty- seven dollars and thirty-seven cents ($127.37) ; Auto Excise three thousand ninety-two dollars and twenty-four cents ($3,092.24) ; and Polls four dollars ($4.00) .
JEANNE C. BRIDGMAN
Auditor
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
Western Mass. Electric Co.
$184.36
Cernak Fuel
408.21
Foster-Farrar
2.83
James Hickey
65.54
Stanley Bartlett
363.36
E. A. Delisle Co.
10.87
Westhampton Water Co.
25.00
Parsons Electric Shop
7.25
$1,067.42
TOWN OFFICERS
Mass. Selectmen's Dues
$ 10.00
Mass. Town Clerk Dues 9.50
Mass. Tax Collectors' and Treasurers' Dues 6.00
Edith Blakesley - Copying Town Orders
25.00
Christine Hickey - Registrar
2.50
Mass. Assessors' Assoc. Dues
9.00
Grace Williams - Teller
10.65
Lucy Inman - Teller
10.65
John Lynes - Teller
10.65
Marian Lemery - Taking Town Census
30.00
Hampshire County Selectmen's Assoc. Dues
6.00
10
Ralph Bridgman - Tax Collector 500.00
Ralph Bridgman - Town Treasurer 500.00
A. L. Snow - Inspector of Slaughtering 30.00
A. L. Snow - Inspector of Animals 25.00
Charles Burt - Moderator 15.00
Jean Norris - Town Clerk 250.00
Gilbert I. Flint - Assessor
125.00
Sidney Cole - Assessor, Chm.
175.00
Mahlon Parsons - Assessor
125.00
Robert White - Dog Officer 25.00
Stanley Bartlett-Sealer Weights & Measures 20.00
Harold Wood - School Committee
100.00
Winifred Hurd - School Committee
100.00
Margaret Hayes - School Committee
83.34
Earl R. Gett, Sr. - Selectman, Chm.
300.00
Earl R. Gett, Sr. - Chief of Police
83.34
Earl R. Gett, Sr. - Veterans' Agent
100.00
Frank B. Montague - Selectman
200.00
Phillip Clapp - Selectman 200.00
Francis Loud - Chief of Police
16.66
Jean Bridgman - Auditor 25.00
American Board of Health - County Dues 6.00
Frank Hathaway - School Committee
16.66
$3,150.95
CHAPTER 81 - ROAD MATERIAL
James Hickey
$ 29.00
American Tar & Asphalt Co.
1,455.21
E. A. Delisle Co.
1.00
Eastern States Farmer's Exchange
17.92
Daniel Krug
21.60
E. A. Montague
42.90
The Chemical Corp.
391.31
New England Metal Culvert Co.
221.47
Hampshire Sand and Gravel Co.
1,303.22
Edward Balise
237.60
All State Asphalt Inc.
833.64
Lane Const. Corp.
381.90
$4,936.77
CHAPTER 81 - PAYROLL
Cummington Garage
$ 90.00
Howard Williams 4.50
Leroy Lyman 18.00
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Machine Fund
1,637.50
Harland Lemery
1,601.25
Omasta Bros. Const.
1,707.25
Murray Clapp
21.00
Frank Montague
2,330.75
Richard Balise
681.00
David Aloisi
24.00
$8,115.25
CHAPTER 90 - MAINTENANCE MATERIAL
The Chemical Corp.
$ 84.40
Bill Willard, Inc.
126.88
New England Metal Culvert Co.
682.03
Lane Const. Corp.
287.70
American Tar & Asphalt Co.
1.078.27
Hampshire Sand & Gravel Co.
288.84
Edward Balise
46.60
E. A. Montague
21.00
All State Asphalt Inc.
272.22
$2.887.94
CHAPTER 90 - MAINTENANCE PAYROLL
Harland Lemery
$600.25
Frank Montague
977.50
Richard Balise
348.00
David Aloisi
69.00
Machine Fund
725.50
Cummington Garage
45.00
Omasta Bros. Const.
279.50
Leroy Lyman
27.00
Murray Clapp
19.50
Lane Const. Corp.
20.00
$3,111.25
CHAPTER 90 - CONSTRUCTION PAYROLL
Harland Lemery
$ 614.25
Richard Balise
484.50
Frank Montague
1,269.88
Murray Clapp
22.50
Leroy Lyman
130.50
William Tracy
7.50
Omasta Bros. Const.
1,602.00
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Omasta Sand & Gravel E. A. Delisle Co. Machine Fund
628.00
15.00
842.75
$5,616.88
CHAPTER 90 - CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
Mrs. Eunice DeSantis
$ 244.80
The Chemical Corp.
180.84
E. A. Delisle Co.
2.90
Lane Const. Corp.
48.90
Bill Willard Inc.
332.55
New England Metal Culvert Co.
1,893.89
All State Asphalt Inc.
1,112.56
The Conn. Valley Block Co.
77.43
Edward Balise
30.00
Hampshire Sand & Gravel Co.
101.22
Arrow Concrete Prod.
136.00
Henry Parsons
18.00
American Tar & Asphalt Co.
576.53
$4,755.62
SNOW REMOVAL, SANDING AND ROAD WORK
Frank Blakesley
$ 105.00
Harland Lemery
976.50
Eugene Lemery
19.50
Frank Montague
2,270.00
Charles Inman
51.75
Hampshire Sand & Gravel Co.
258.35
Omasta Bros. Const.
8.00
E. A. Edison Co.
9.80
Alfred Blakesley
42.75
Richard Balise
49.50
Murray Clapp
5.00
Clifford Fisher
37.50
Earl Gett
10.50
Albert Marchand
3.00
The Chemical Corp.
143.45
$3,990.60
BRIDGES AND RAILINGS
Harland Lemery
$15.75
Richard Balise
13.50
Henry Parsons
16.07
$45.32
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ROAD MACHINERY
Harland Lemery
$554.75
Eugene Lemery
4.50
Cernak Farm Supply
693.36
Rayem Enterprises
4.43
J. W. Parsons
4.65
Earl Gett
42.75
Albert Marchand
31.50
Frank Montague
155.57
Graves Equipment
62.42
Blyda Ford Sales
7.67
Capitol Motor Trans. Co.
10.45
Paul Omasta
5.00
Elmer Miller
1.19
Eastern States Farmer's Exchange
55.87
Southampton Fuel Co.
6.25
Easthampton Welding & Radiator Service
45.50
John Skubiszewski
11.50
Midtown Service Center
2.63
Joseph Merritt & Co.
12.01
Southampton Auto Service
3.75
Florence Tool & Die
16.00
Farm Bureau Assoc.
20.04
A. E. Witherell
46.25
Sears Roebuck & Co.
98.58
Anderson Engineering Co.
186.00
Cernak Fuel
67.24
Munson Auto Supply
333.66
C. & I. Distributors
29.76
E. A. Delisle
106.12
Const. Equipment Co.
327.16
James Hickey
20.00
Oliver Bishop
28.00
Foster-Farrar Co.
9.36
$3,003.92
SPECIAL ROAD MACHINERY FUND
Southampton Auto Service
New Pick-up Truck $1,695.00
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ROAD MACHINERY & FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING
Western Mass. Electric Co.
$ 45.69
Cernak Fuel Co. 284.81
Oliver Bishop
60.00
Westhampton Water Co.
9.00
James O. Hickey
37.80
$437.30
FIRE DEPARTMENT
James R. Shea
$132.45
National Chemical Corp.
79.00
J. Russell Co.
16.42
Francis Loud
1.50
C. & I. Distributors
6.12
Frank Munson
2.50
Munson Auto Supply
.67
David Deane
153.00
$391.66
FIRE CHIEF AND FOREST FIRE WARDEN Francis Loud $150.00
RECREATION ACCOUNT
Ernies
$19.60
VACATION PAY FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES
Harland Lemery
$84.00
Frank Montague
84.00
$168.00
LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Library Book House
$162.56
Literary Guild of America
25.50
George E. Howard
80.34
Stanley Bartlett
50.00
Marion Mascho
135.69
National Geo. Society
6.75
Yankee, Inc.
3.00
Edith Grant
30.50
Henrietta Miller
6.82
Demco Library Supplies
21.20
$522.36
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POSTAGE AND TELEPHONE
R. S. Bridgman
$ 5.89
Easthampton Postmaster
48.80
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 174.89 Jessie Cole 5.00
Frank Montague
5.85
Jean Norris
4.85
Philip Norris
1.88
Earl Gett
.60
$247.76
PRINTING AND SUPPLIES
Barre Gazette
$ 37.06
Hobbs & Warren
158.80
Jessis Cole
3.81
Easthampton News Co.
260.09
Phillip Clapp
35.00
H. S. Gere & Sons
42.29
Haskell & Gilbert
107.45
Marion Montague
1.29
R. S. Bridgman
24.60
Jean Norris
4.05
Easthampton Postmaster
26.70
Raymond Warner
2.40
Gazette Printing Co.
10.13
713.67
TRUST FUNDS
Thayer Fund
Church Treasurer
$16.87
Town Treasurer
16.88
Street & Wright Fund
Marion Mascho, Treasurer
80.33
$114.08
CONTINGENT FUND
C. B. McGowan
$ 4.75
Earl Gett
4.00
Raymond A. Warner
22.10
The Camera Shop
7.75
Robert White
72.00
Dr. E. Donald Andrews
6.00
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Frank Montague
6.25
A. W. Gifford Co. Vermont Store Clark St. Florist
75.00
9.50
10.00
Davis Engineering Co.
352.00
TRAVEL EXPENSES
Stanley Bartlett
$10.37
Sidney Cole
14.65
Mahlon Parsons
2.00
G. I. Flint
4.00
Earl Gett
14.05
Phillip Clapp
5.25
Frank Montague
14.25
Selectmen - Bureau of Gov. Research
20.00
$84.57
INTEREST, INSURANCE AND BONDS
Howell & Salls
$705.55
Haskell, Kyle Ins. Agency
10.00
King & Cushman
662.04
George H. Howard
725.56
Registry of Motor Vehicles
12.00
$2,115.15
INTEREST ON TOWN HALL NOTE
Northampton National Bank $80.00
TOWN HALL NOTE
Northampton National Bank
$1,000.00
MASS. WITHHOLDING TAX
Commonwealth of Mass. $184.78
FEDERAL WITHHOLDING TAX
First National Bank of Northampton $3,274.91
COUNTY TAXES
Hampshire County Treasurer
$3,702.80
TAXES
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Parks and Reservations $279.72
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$569.35
TAX ABATEMENTS
Donald Putnam
$ 5.58
John Putnam
13.40
Dwight Church
3.35
Albert & Mary Marchand
5.02
Clifford Fisher
5.02
Alice Bongiovanni
10.04
Frank B. Montague
85.18
John Fleming
10.04
Lillian Blakesley
8.80
Kenneth Blow
13.39
Ellis Hover
26.40
Edward Hayes
7.70
H. Eugene Lemery
11.00
Allan S. Mintz
48.40
Rose LaRose
82.00
David K. & J. C. Bridgman
7.90
Edward R. Balise
7.90
Ronald Witherwill
42.90
Joseph & Marion LaCourse
110.00
Howard F. Loud
27.50
Florence Clapp
3.30
$534.82
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Hampshire County Treasurer
$370.42
SPECIAL APROPRIATIONS
Hampshire County Retirement System
$528.00
VETERANS' RELIEF
Cases Aided - 1
$35.00
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Stanley Bartlett $11.40
Commonwealth of Mass. 18.60
$30.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Cases Aided - 3 $870.31 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE -TOWN APPROPRIATION Cases Aided - 6 $3.476.55
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, FEDERAL GRANT
Cases Aided - 6
$2,780.30
OLD AGE ADMINISTRATION TOWN APPROPRIATION
Estelle Frary $ 87.89
Treas. Tekoa Welfare District 412.11
$500.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, FEDERAL GRANT
Estelle Frary $94.01
MEDICAL AID TO THE AGED TOWN APPROPRIATION
Cases Aided -3 $895.07
MEDICAL AID TO THE AGED-FEDERAL GRANT
Cases Aided - 3 $1,107.97
POLIO CLINIC
C. Keith Wilbur, M. D. $69.00
Eleanor Scott 25.00
$94.00
DIPTHERIA CLINIC
C. Keith Wilbur, M. D.
$38.00
Eleanor Scott
25.00
G. S. Russell Pharmacy
1.18
$64.18
WELL CHILD CLINIC
C. Keith Wilbur, M. D.
$40.00
Eleanor Scott
30.00
Brandle Drug Store - T. B. Patch Tests 15.00
$85.00
DUTCH ELM DISEASE
Myron Hathaway
$36.00
Ralph Payson
12.00
Walter Witherell
42.00
$90.00
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INSECT PEST CONTROL
Myron Hathaway
$48.00 56.00
CLERICAL HIRE
Jessie Cole
$100.00 100.00
Marion Montague
$200.00
STABILIZATION FUND
From Available Free Cash
$10,000.00
COUNSEL FEES
Kenneth Bowen
$91.00
DOG LICENSES
Treasurer of Hampshire County
$275.00
DUMP FUND
Karoline Belz
$200.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Vermont Store
$13.40
Rev. Ernest Geigis
15.00
Laura Witherell
20.80
$49.20
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Stanley Bartlett
$504.13
Westhampton Water Co.
5.00
Town Appropriation
40.87
$550.00
CEMETERY INTEREST
Transferred to Cemetery Account
$54.96
TREE REMOVAL
Leroy Lyman
$27.00
Omasta Bros.
10.00
Harland Lemery
7.00
Frank Montague
7.00
Walter Witherell
$104.00
$51.00
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RECAPITULATION
Town Hall Account
$ 1,067.42
Town Officers 3,150.95
Chapter 81 Material Payroll
8,115.25
Chapter 90 Maintenance Material
2,887.94
Maintenance Payroll
3,111.25
Construction Payroll 5,616.88
Construction Material 4,755.62
Snow Removal, Sanding and Roadwork 3,990.60 45.32
Bridges and Railings
Road Machinery
3,003.92
New Pick-up Truck
1,695.00
Road Machinery and Fire Dept. Bldg.
437.30
Fire Department
391.66
Fire Chief and Forest Warden
150.00
Recreation Account
19.60
Vacation Pay for Regular Employees
168.00
Library Account
522.36
Postage and Telephone
247.76
Printing and Supplies
713.67
Trust Funds
114.08
Contingent Account
569.35
Travel Expense
84.57
Interest, Insurance, and Bonds
2,115.15
Interest on Town Hall Note
80.00
Town Hall Note
1,000.00
Mass. Withholding Tax
184.78
Federal Withholding Tax
3,274.91
County Taxes
3,702.80
Taxes
279.72
Tax Abatements
534.82
Retirement System
370.42
Special Appropriations
528.00
Veterans' Relief
35.00
Civilian Defense
30.00
Public Welfare
870.31
Old Age Assistance, Town Appropriation
3,476.55
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grant
2,780.30
Old Age Administration, Town Approp.
500.00
Old Age Administration, Federal Grant
94.01
Medical Aid to the Aged, Town Approp. 895.07
Medical Aid to the Aged, Federal Grant
1,107.97
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4,936.77
Polio Clinic
94.00
Diptheria Clinic
64.18
Well Child Clinic
85.00
Dutch Elm Disease
90.00
Insect Pest Control
104.00
Clerical Hire
200.00
Stabilization Fund
10,000.00
Counsel Fees
91.00
Dog Licenses
275.00
Dump Fund
200.00
Memorial Day
49.20
Cemetery Account
550.00
Cemetery Interest
54.96
Tree Removal
51.00
$79,563.42
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1962
Schools
$60,334.00
Highways, Chapter 81
675.00
Chapter 90 Construction
4,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,000.00
Bridges and Railings
350.00
Town Officers
3,350.00
Old Age Assistance
5,000.00
Old Age Administration
233.00
General Relief and Disability Assistance
1,000.00
Board of Health
50.00
Board of Health, Well Child Clinic
100.00
Interest, Insurance and Bonds
2,250.00
Town Hall Maintenance
2,100.00
Insect Pest Control
100.00
Dutch Elm Disease
177.31
Printing and Supplies
750.00
Library, Dog Fund Plus
400.00
Memorial Day
40.00
Contingent Account
200.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Snow Removal, Sanding and Road Work
4,000.00
Veterans' Relief
200.00
Rabies Vaccine
50.00
Diphtheria Clinic
50.00
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Public Welfare
200.00
Fire Patrol
100.00
Cemetery
550.00
Road Machinery Account
3,000.00
Travel Expense
75.00
Fire Department
400.00
Fire Dept. and Road Machinery Bldgs.
500.00
Postage and Telephone
300.00
Clerical Hire
200.00
Hampshire County Retirement System
601.35
Recreation Committee
50.00
Town Hall Bonds
1,000.00
Interest on Town Hall Bonds
60.00
Polio Clinic
100.00
Water Holes
100.00
Fire Chief and Forest Warden
150.00
Civilian Defense
100.00
Tree Removal
100.00
Vacation Pay
168.00
Dump Fund
200.00
Counsel Fees
200.00
Veterans' Agent
100.00
Police Chief
100.00
Float Fund
100.00
Police Fund
70.00
County Deficit Tax
653.34
$97,587.00
JURORS DRAWN IN 1961
John Cernak Raymond Blakesley
Willis Fuller
Traverse Jury Traverse Jury Traverse Jury
NAMES IN JURY BOX FOR 1962
David A. LaPrade
Guy Russell Bass Wallace Mocheski
Robert L. Heath George Reuter
Service Man Retired Printer Mill Hand Salesman
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS - 1961
RAISE AND APPROPRIATE
Schools
$57,112.80
Highways, Chapter 81
675.00
Highways, Chapter 90, Construction
4,000.00
Highways, Chapter 90, Maintenance
2,000.00
Bridges and Railings
350.00
Town Officers
3,350.00
Old Age Assistance
5,000.00
Old Age Administration
500.00
Board of Health
50.00
Board of Health, Well Child Clinic
125.00
Interest, Insurance and Bonds
2,000.00
Town Hall Maintenance
1,800.00
Printing and Supplies
750.00
Library
400.00
Contingent
250.00
Snow Removal, Sanding & Road Work
4,000.00
Veterans' Relief
200.00
Rabies Vaccine
50.00
Diphtheria Clinic
50.00
Public Welfare
2,500.00
Fire Patrol
100.00
Cemetery
550.00
Travel Expense
75.00
Fire Department
400.00
Fire Dept. and Road Machinery Bldgs.
850.00
Postage and Telephone
250.00
Clerical Hire
200.00
Hampshire County Retirement System
528.00
Recreation Committee
50.00
Polio Clinic
100.00
Water Holes
50.00
Fire Chief and Forest Warden
150.00
Civilian Defense
100.00
Tree Removal
150.00
Vacation Pay
168.00
Dump Fund
200.00
Counsel Fees
200.00
Town Hall Note and Interest 1961
1,080.00
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Memorial Day & New Flag for the Center 60.00 Insect Pest Control 100.00 Dutch Elm Disease 177.31
Fire Department, Mobile 2-Way Radio
630.00
$91,331.11
FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS IN THE TREASURY
Highways, Chapter 81
Chapter 90
$14,000.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Road Machinery Account
3,000.00
Stabilization Fund
10,000.00
Dog Refund
122.36
County Tax - 1961
3,799.19
State Parks and Reservations
361.55
Highway Dept. - New Pickup Truck
1,800.00
Overlay 1961
1,793.06
$35,876.16
Total 1961 Appropriations
$127,207.27
Estimated Receipts & Available Funds $61,726.66 Net Amount Raised on Polls & Property 65,480.61
$127,207.27
Personal Property Valuation $ 172,847.00 Real Estate Valuation 1,011,552.00
$1,184,399.00
Tax, Personal Property
$ 9,506.58
Tax, Real Estate
55,636.03
Tax, Polls
338.00
$65,480.61 $ 55.00
Tax Rate
Motor Vehicle Tax 1960
1,797.33
Motor Vehicle Tax 1961
11,065.69
Exemptions, Real Estate 1960
82.00
Exemptions, Real Estate 1961
770.00
Exemptions, Poll Tax 1961
38.00
Abatements, 1959 Farm Animal Excise
36.00
Abatements, 1961 Real Estate
264.83
Abatements, 1960 Motor Vehicle Excise
178.22
Abatements, 1961 Motor Vehicle Excise
686.00
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FARM ANIMAL EXCISE
Horses Cows 378
Bulls & Steers Swine Sheep Fowl Mule
18
11
9
6 35,260 1
FROM THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Horses Cows Sheep Cattle Swine Fowl Dwellings
1959
11
5
18
3
0
268
270
1960
13
4
0
17
14
240
274
1961
16
6
3
2
2
320
284
REPORT OF THE CENTER CEMETERY
Routine care of the cemetery consisted of raking up leaves and other debris. Then surplus soil was removed from winter burials and sunken graves were filled in.
Regular mowing consumed most of my time in the sum- mer. The entire cemetery was mowed seven times. Each time requires about nineteen hours of work except when grass is hand trimmed around monuments.
Improvement work was limited to some regrading near the back fence at a low spot, straightening up of nine head- stones in the old section of the cemetery, the cutting of brush and briers in the new addition, and the trucking in and spreading of twenty-four yards of gravel on the roadways.
In the Fall, leaves were raked up and burned or stirred and scattered by the wind.
There were eight burials this year.
Five new lots were acquired by families in town.
STANLEY BARTLETT Caretaker
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
At the March meeting, the Westhampton School Com- mittee was happy to welcome Mrs. Margaret Hayes as its new member. Mr. Harold Wood was elected as chairman and Mrs. Winifred Hurd was elected secretary.
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the third Thursday of each month at the Westhampton Center School.
The school has lost two of its faculty this year. After two years of service, the resignation of Mrs. Priscilla Phillips was accepted with regret. Mrs. Rochelle Lee Wynne of North Adams was employed to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Phillips. In December, Mr. Donald Franciosi asked to have his re- signation accepted so that he could accept a position in Fitch- burg. We regret losing Mr. Franciosi but we were very fortun- ate, at this time of year, in securing Mr. William Roberts from South Hadley as a replacement. We wish to welcome Mr. William Roberts to our staff.
The Westhampton School Committee acted as host at the annual dinner meeting of School Union 51, held in April at the Westhampton Church.
Contracts for all bus routes were awarded to Mr. Walter R. Witherell.
The contract to deliver fuel oil to the Center School was awarded to the Cernak Fuel Company.
Mrs. Winifred Hurd was elected as representative from the School Committee to the Regional Planning Board.
Because of the steady increase in our school enrollment, the class room of the first and second grade has become over- crowded. To relieve this condition, the School Committee contacted several town and church committees to see if space could be found in another building for one of the grades.
At town meeting, it was voted to let us use the large room in the Town Hall for our first grade. We had a class for our first grade for one half day from March until June. Mrs. Andrews of Southampton was employed as the teacher. Trans- portation was provided for the children to and from the hall. While this arrangement was far from ideal, the School Com- mittee felt the students benefited greatly.
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