Wilbraham annual report 1932-1940, Part 1

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 956


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ANNUAL REPORTS


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ANNUAL REPORTS


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TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Wilbraham


AND OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932


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Town Officers --- 1932


Town Clerk Mrs. JENNIE T. ABBOTT


Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


FRED W. GREEN, Chairman W. H. McGUIRE GEORGE E. MURPHY, Jr.


Treasurer GEORGE MILO GREEN


Assessors


FRED W. GREEN, Chairman HENRY I. EDSON CHARLES W. VINTON


School Committee


H. W. CUTLER, Chairman Mrs. MARY S. MERRICK HORACE J. RICE


Trustees of Public Library


DR. A. L. DAMON, Chairman Mrs. MARY R. GREEN H. WILLIS CUTLER


Collector of Taxes


OREN K. GILBERT


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Constables


LEWIS A. BRYANT WILLIAM E. DAY AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND JOHN B. TUPPER DANIEL C. ELLINWOOD


Auditor MICHAEL C. SMITH


Tree Warden JOHN B. TUPPER


Cemetery Commissioners


BENJ. B. GREEN LEE W. RICE HENRY I. EDSON


Field Drivers


LEWIS A. BRYANT HAROLD M. BROWN JAMES M. PICKENS


Water Commissioners


GEORGE MILO GREEN CHARLES L. MERRICK HENRY FARMER


Planning Board


ALEXANDER D. CORMACK IRA W. BELCHER


LEE W. RICE STACY B. BETZLER ALLYN M. SEAVER


Registrars of Voters


Mrs. JENNIE T. ABBOTT JOHN F. BALDWIN


JAMES F. KEEFE HAROLD R. PORTER


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Finance Board


CLARENCE P. BOLLES, Chairman


HENRY FARMER, Secretary


JOHN W. BALDWIN


ROBERT W. ELLIS JOHN J. LYONS


WESLEY H. HOLDRIDGE


LEON J. BENNETT


Superintendent of Roads FRED C. PHELPS


Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES W. VINTON


Inspector of Provisions and Slaughtering JAMES M. PICKENS


Inspector of Cattle JAMES M. PICKENS


Building Inspector ED. G. MacDOWELL


Forest Warden EARLE BROWN


Fence Viewers


BENJ. B. GREEN HAROLD M. BROWN CLARENCE E. BOLLES


Dog Officer


AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND


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Report of Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


The year has been a very trying one both to the people and the officers of the town and we have arrived at the time when we should look carefully into the future. The demands of the welfare work have grown to such an extent that it requires almost constant supervision.


Unemployment is serious, but the person with pro- perty is in an equally serious position, in many cases, in being unable to pay his taxes. If the burden increases it will be almost impossible for these people to pay.


The Selectmen found the Public Welfare problem so great that they appointed a committee to assist them in the collection and distribution of clothing. The com- mittee, consisting of W. F. Logan, A. F. Friend and Miss Adelia Blake, has worked unselfishly and without com- pensation for the good of the people served. Too much praise cannot be given to these three for their work. The Red Cross sent us three shipments of flour totaling 215 barrels, and a large amount of clothing and cloth of which we were in need.


The recipients of welfare assistance worked on the Highways 12,940 hours at a value of $4,043.75, and for the water department 4,334 hours at a value of $1,297.20.


The upkeep of the highways has been done in a good manner. 4900 feet of new road has been built on North Stony Hill Road. 2800 feet on South Stony Hill Road has been newly resurfaced. 3000 feet has been resurfaced


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on Tinkham Road and 3000 feet graded and bed rock placed on Red Bridge Road.


Owing to the scarcity of money the collection of taxes has been a slow and difficult work. We feel that the Collector, while having quite a sum due, has done very good work under trying circumstances.


The Finance Board has studied the situation of the town in a very thorough manner and all their recom- mendations deserve careful consideration.


FRED W. GREEN, GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR., W. H. McGUIRE, Selectmen of Wilbraham


PUBLIC WELFARE


Appropriation


$24,000.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


1,000.00


Total


$25,000.00


Total number of families aided


94


Total number of persons aided


458


Having a settlement in town


380


Having a settlement elsewhere


78


Aid rendered settlement elsewhere $4,360.74


Aid rendered settlement in town Care $ 1754.40


20,575.50


24,936.24


Cash


2427.25


Clothing


893.44


Food


14,589.79


Fuel


1112.07


Medical aid


1225.90


Miscellaneous


191.58


Rent


2741.81


$24,936.24


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MOTHERS AID


Appropriation $400.00


Number of families aided 1


Number of persons aided 5


Total amount expended $361.15


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Appropriation $600.00


Number of persons aided


3


534.00


Total amount expended


SOLDIERS RELIEF


Appropriation


$500.00


Number of families aided 4


Number of persons aided


17


Total amount expended


419.69


CONTINGENT


Appropriation $1000.00


Stationery and Printing


Assessors


Hobbs and Warren Co., books


$


3.64


Wakefield Item Co., blanks 15.00 $ 18.64


Selectmen


A. H. Bartlett Co., blanks and Letterheads $ 36.30


Hobbs and Warren Co., blanks 2.90


James B. Logan, stamps 3.00


Thacker-Craig Paper Co., book


9.25 $ 51.45


Tax Collector


A. H. Bartlett Co., stationery and blanks 20.30


The Barre Gazette, tax bills


5.25


Dodge Printing Co., envelopes


3.35


James B. Logan, envelopes and stamps 81.96


New Boston Press, blanks


6.15


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Superior Printing Co., blanks, etc.


13.00


Hobbs and Warren Co., books 16.39 $ 146.40


Town Clerk


J. T. Abbott, postage


1.86


J. T. Abbott, envelopes 2.76


James B. Logan, envelopes


20.00


Johnson's Bookstore, book


3.60


A. H. Bartlett, notices


1.50


$ 29.72


Treasurer


R. F. Gurney, envelopes and stamps $ 89.48


Milk Inspector


A. H. Bartlett Co., book 5.50


Sealer Weights and Measures


Hobbs and Warren Co., Books and supplies 6.66


Miscellaneous Items


License blanks 3.99


Jennie T. Abbott, supplies 1.45


A. H. Bartlett Co., dog posters 1.00


Johnson's Bookstore, analysis pad and book Palmer Register, voting lists


1.70


37.50


393.49


Elections


Palmer Registers, ballots $22.00


Wilbraham Grange, rent 55.00


Election Officers :


A. F. Friend $26.00


Daniel Ellingwood 13.00


Lewis Bryant 3.00


Harold Brown 5.00 47.00


Tellers :


Raymond Babineau


4.00


Elizabeth Bacon 6.00


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Clara O. Bradway 13.00


H. W. Burbank 4.00


Florence M. Crossett 10.00


Maralyn Dempsey 4.00


Blanche Fitzgerald


10.00


Oren K. Gilbert


4.00


Fred W. Green


4.00


Leonard Hill


7.00


Charles Hitchcock 4.00


John J. Lyons


18.00


Mary Lynch


9.00


William McClelland


6.00


Harold Murphy 13.00


Harold Porter


3.00


Arthur Preston


8.00


J. Arthur Rice 5.00


Earl Tupper


5.00 $ 137.00


$ 261.00


Miscellaneous


Jennie T. Abbott, vital statistics $ 67.00


Jennie T. Abbott, care of rooms, etc. 64.00


Clifford Bouchard, tax refund 2.61


Boston Nickel Plating Co. iron weights 11.00


Charles M. Calhoun, entry fee


petition for road alterations 9.00


Dow Mfg. Co., dog tags 8.37


George H. F. Goodrow, adding machine ribbon 1.00


George Milo Green,


traffic on Boston Road 2.00


W. L. E. Gurley, sealer's supplies 4.66


Hobbs & Warren Co., sealers supplies 2.09


E. E. Hobson, attorney 25.00


E. G. McDowell, labor and lumber 17.29


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New England Tel. and Tel. Co., 25.52 Thacker-Craig Paper Co.,


transfer cases and carbon paper 11.77


Charles A. Titus, assessors


transfers and service at registry 31.87


C. W. Vinton, overdraft as tax collector 7.34


Theodore Waddell, certifying notes


8.00


$


298.52


$953.01


Gypsy Moth Report


Egg Clusters Found


1981


Colonies Found


107


Largest Colony


102


E. Ray Pease, labor


$124.50


Harold Brown, labor


108.40


Walter Clark, Labor 104.00


Chas. B. Hitchcock, Labor 114.80 $ 451.70


Fitzhenry-Guptill Co., supplies 4.21 $ 455.91


Report of Police Department


$ 500.00


Appropriation A. F. Friend


$162.19


John B. Tupper


8.00


Lewis A. Bryant


5.00


William E. Day


5.00


Daniel E. Ellinwood


5.00


$ 185.19


Contagious Diseases


Appropriation


$2000.00


Hampshire County Sanatorium


$1206.84


F. W. Moultis


14.00


New England Laboratories


12.00


Rutland State Sanatorium


390.00


$1622.84


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Insurance and Bonding


Appropriation Transferred from reserve fund


$1050.00


162.00


$1212.00


W. F. Logan:


Liability adjustment


1931


$240.09


Liability 1932


671.16


Treasurer's Bond


100.00


Tax Collector's Bond


200.00


$1211.25


Appropriation


$3500.00


Assessors


Fred W. Green


$225.00


H. I. Edson


147.50


Charles W. Vinton


225.00 $ 597.50


Selectmen


Fred W. Green


$350.00


W. H. McGuire


300.00


George E. Murphy, Jr. 300.00 $ 950.00


Registrars


Jennie T. Abbott $ 33.00


John F. Baldwin


33.00


James Keefe


33.00


Harold Porter


33.00 $ 132.00


Building Inspection


E. G. McDowell $100.00


James M. Pickens


12.50 $ 112.50


Auditor


M. C. Smith


50.00


Clerical Work


Edith Miniter


8.25


E. G. Burbank


161.25 $ 169.50


Annimal Inspection


James M. Pickens


29.50


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Barn Inspection


James M. Pickens


50.00


Barn and Cattle Inspection


James M. Pickens 43.25


Slaughtering Inspection James M. Pickens Moderator


75.50


F. A. Upham


35.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Charles W. Vinton


200.00


Town Clerk


Jennie T. Abbott


50.00


Tax Collector


Oren K. Gilbert


600.00


Treasurer


George M. Green


350.00


Milk Inspector


George M. Green


35.00


$3479.75


RESOURCES


Due from


Public Welfare Account


$ 4086.89


Mother's Aid


481.15


Old Age Assistance


298.33


Contagious Disease Account


351.43


Water Rents


209.91


Uncollected Taxes,


Excise 1929


1.18


Excise 1930


.04


Excise 1931


71.33


Excise 1932


289.57


Property 1930


192.81


Property 1931


10,510.14


Property 1932


40,284.72


Poll 1932


94.00


Old Age Assistance 1932


4.00


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Cash in Treasury


2192.38


Total


$59,067.88


LIABILITIES


Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Company $15,000.00 Outstanding Bills, estimated 200.00


Total


$15,200.00


SUMMARY


Appropriation Expenditures Balance


Adding Machine


$ 145.00


$ 98.00


$ 47.00


Cemetery


350.00


266.75


83.25


Contagious Diseases


2000.00


1,622.84


377.16


Contingent


1000.00


953.01


46.99


County Tuberculosis Hospital


700.00


699.35


.65


Dental Clinic


400.00


400.00


Excise Tax Refund


100.00


92.92


7.08


Fire Department


3100.00


3,091.62


8.38


Forest Warden


250.00


219.90


30.10


Gypsy Moth


500.00


455.91


44.09


Highways


Misc.


1300.00


1,292.53


7.47


Chapter 81


10,750.00


10,752.66


From Reserve


2.66


Chapter 90 No. Stony Hill


12,000.00


11,988.84


11.16


Chapter 90 So. Stony Hill


3,000.00


2,996.78


3.22


Chapter 90 Red Bridge


9,000.00


5,538.90


3461.10


Hydrants


1,410.00


1,410.00


Insurance and Bonding


1,050.00


1,211.25


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From Reserve


162.00


Interest


2,500.00


2,456.96


43.04


Library


1,000.00


1,124.30


400.89


Dog Tax


525.19


Memorial Day and care of Parks


250.00


248.96


1.04


Mothers Aid


400.00


361.15


38.85


Office Rent


144.00


144.00


Old Age Assistance


600.00


534.00


66.00


Police


500.00


185.19


314.81


Public Welfare


24,000.00


24,936.24


63.76


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From Reserve


Printing Town Reports


1,000.00 338.00


338.00


Schools


64,930.00


64,280.08


649.92


School Bond and Int.


4,080.00


4,080.00


Street Lights


4,115.00


4,112.34


2.66


Soldiers Relief


500.00


419.69


80.31


Temporary loans


88,000.00


Tree Warden


200.00


186.40


13.60


Town Officers


3,500.00


3,479.75


20.25


Water Bonds and Int.


7,200.00


7,200.00


Water Notes and Int. Ext.


4,130.00


3,168.34


961.66


Water Dept. Bills


2,833.14


Water Extension, Main St.


From Water Dept.


1,800.00


1,799.36


.64


Dept. Corporation and Taxes


798.00


Hampden County, dog licenses


188.40


Trust Funds


200.00


Nat'l Bank and Trust Co. Tax


19.43


Domestic Corporation Tax 1921


153.93


State Parks and Reservations


6.19


Penalty for failure to make returns


5.00


County Tax


5,353.11


State Tax


4,387.50


Total Expenditures for 1932


$264,090.72


FRED W. GREEN, GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR., W. H. McGUIRE, Selectmen


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Auditor's Report


I have examined the accounts of town officers en- trusted with funds of the Town of Wilbraham and believe them to be correct.


M. C. SMITH,


Town Auditor


Town Clerk's Report


STATISTICAL REPORT


January 1, 1932-January 1, 1933


Births 29


Marriages 25


Deaths 24


Resident Citizens Sporting Licenses 153


Resident Citizens Sporting Licenses-Free 10


Minor Sporting Licenses 4 Dog Licenses 273


JENNIE T. ABBOTT,


Town Clerk


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Report of Town Meeting


FEBRUARY 1, 1932


Article 1. F. A. Upham was elected Moderator of the meeting.


Article 2. Minor Officers elected :


Pound Keeper Lee W. Rice


Measurers of Wood and Charcoal


Benj. B. Green


Robert M. Welch


Edgar C. Clark Charles W. Vinton


Surveyors of Lumber


Benj. B. Green Edgar C. Clark Charles W. Vinton


Field Drivers


Lewis A. Bryant James M. Pickens Harold W. Brown


Weighers of Grain Robert W. Ellis


Article 3. Voted to accept the reports of the Select- men, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Com- mittee, and other officers as printed.


Article 4. Voted to reject the report of the com- mittee appointed to fix the salaries of elected town officers.


Voted that the salaries be the same as those of 1931.


Article 5. The report given by Henry Farmer, Secretary of the Finance Board was accepted and the following appropriations were made: Public Welfare


$12000.00


Highway, snow and miscellaneous, painting


Red Bridge and Repairing Covered Bridge 1300.00


General Repairs, Chapter 81 6450.00


Red Bridge Road, Chapter 90 1000.00


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Stony Hill Road-North


4000.00


Stony Hill Road-South


1000.00


Contingent


1000.00


Town Office rent


144.00


Excise Tax Refunds


100.00


Contagious Diseases


2000.00


Fire Department


2200.00


Schools, including Vocational School Tuition


64,930.00


Dental Clinic


400.00


School Bonds, interest and retirement of bond


4080.00


Water Bonds, interest and retirement of bond 7200.00


Extension Notes, and interest (water)


4130.00


Street Lights


4115.00


Hydrants


1410.00


Town Officers Compensation


3500.00


Memorial Day and Care of Parks


250.00


Printing Town Reports


338.00


Gypsy Moth, Destruction of


500.00


Tree Warden


200.00


Forest Warden


150.00


Cemeteries, Care of


350.00


Police


500.00


Reserve Fund


1500.00


Insurance and Bonding


1050.00


County Tuberculosis Hospital


700.00


Library


1000.00


Interest


2500.00


Soldiers Relief


500.00


Mothers Aid


400.00


Old Age Assistance


600.00


Voted that $4000.00 be appropriated from the earn- ings of the Water Department for the Maintenance of the system.


Article 6. Voted that the Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year


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beginning January 1, 1932 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and debt or debts in- curred under this vote to be paid from the resources of said financial year.


Article 7. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to prose- cute any person selling or transporting intoxicating li- quors in the town contrary to the laws of the Common- wealth.


Article 8. Voted that the dog tax of 1931 be given to the Library.


Article 9. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand ($4000.00) Dollars to continue the permanent highway work on Stony Hill Road from Bos- ton Road to Springfield Road, providing the State and County furnish a like amount.


Article 10. Voted to raise and appropriate One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars to continue the highway work on Stony Hill Road leading from Springfield Road to Tinkham Road, providing the State and County furnish a like amount.


Voted to raise and appropriate One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars for highway work on the road leading from Red Bridge to the Palmer line providing the State and County furnish Four Thousand ($4000.00) Dollars each.


Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) Dollars for the use of the American Legion in carrying out the following program :


(a) The proper observance of Memorial Day.


(b) The care of the Memorial Lots at North Wilbra- ham, Wilbraham and Glendale.


Article 12. Passed.


Article 13. Voted to appropriate from the resources of the town the sum of $3186.25 to cover the overdrawn accounts of the Town.


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Article 14. Passed.


Article 15. Voted not to petition the Director of the Division of Accounts of the Commonwealth for the instal- lation of an accounting system.


Article 16. Passed.


Article 17. Passed.


Article 18. Passed.


Article 19. Voted to include in the business district as defined in the zoning by-laws, the following described tract: That part of the land owned by Mrs. Ethel M. Bradway and Mrs. Grace M. Thompson lying directly north and east of the Wilbraham Library property.


Article 20. Voted to include in the business district, as defined in the zoning by-laws the following: Land, now or formerly of Grace M. Thompson lying between Maiden Lane and Chapel Street and abutting on Boston Road in North Wilbraham and more particularly des- cribed as follows: Beginning at the southwesterly cor- ner now or formerly of James B. Logan; thence westerly parallel to the southerly boundary of Boston Road to an intersection with the easterly boundary of Maiden Lane; thence northerly along said easterly boundary of Maiden Lane to an intersection with the southerly boundary of Boston Road; thence easterly along the southerly bound- ary of Boston Road to the northwesterly corner of land of said James B. Logan; thence southerly along the west- erly boundary of land of said Logan to the place of be- ginning.


Article 21. Passed.


Article 22. Voted to appoint F. A. Upham as Town Director to represent the Town of Wilbraham as a mem- ber of the Board of Directors of the Hampden County Improvement League and Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture.


Article 23. Passed.


Article 24. Passed.


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Voted that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow money in anticipation of reimbursement by the State and County for the high- way work designated in Articles 9 and 10 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the resources of the current financial year.


Voted that all money appropriated at this meeting be raised and assessed on the polls and estates of the town.


Voted that a resolution be adopted by this meeting empowering the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for a change in our District Court jurisdic- tion from Palmer to Springfield.


Voted that the tribute paid to Mrs. E. O. Beebe as expressed in the report of the Superintendent of Schools on Page 86 of the Town Report, be spread upon the re- cords of the town and a copy sent to Mrs. Beebe by the Town Clerk. A Unanimous Vote.


RESOLUTION


Be it hereby resolved that the people of Wilbraham, in Annual Town Meeting assembled, express their belief that fairness and justice require that the entire cost of Old Age Assist- ance be undertaken and borne by the Common- wealth. A Unanimous Vote.


JENNIE T. ABBOTT, Town Clerk


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


July 7, 1932


Article 1. F. A. Upham was elected Moderator.


Article 2. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Twelve Thousand ($12,000.00) Dollars for defraying the expenses of the Public Welfare Department. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred ($900.00) Dollars for defraying the expenses of the Fire Department. Voted to raise and appropriate One Hun- dred ($100.00) for the use of the Forest Warden.


Voted that all money appropriated at this meeting shall be raised and assessed on the estates of the town.


Article 3. Voted that Eight Hundred ($800.00) Dol- lars be appropriated from the earnings of the Water De- partment to be used, together with One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars of the appropriation for the Water Department made at the Annual Town Meeting for the supervision and purchase of material for an extension of the existing 6 inch water main in Main Street, South, a distance of approximately 2200 feet from the home of Charles S. Merrick to that of L. W. Rice, the labor to be furnished by the Welfare Department at a compensation rate of thirty cents per hour and men working to furn- ish their own transportation to and from the job.


Article 4. Voted to rescind the vote on Article 17 taken February 2, 1925 in regard to the money returned by the State which was assessed for the Soldiers' Bonus, provided the Selectmen, who are hereby authorized to consult legal counsel, find that said Trust Fund may be transferred to the current account and that upon the same condition the Selectmen be authorized to use said fund.


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Article 5. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to em- ploy a clerk in the Town Office.


Article 6. Voted to raise and appropriate One Hun- dred Forty-Five ($145.00) Dollars to buy an adding ma- chine.


RESOLUTION


RESOLVED: That the voters of the town of Wilbraham assembled in a special session of the town held on the Seventh day of July, 1932, hereby approve the action of the highway de- partment in placing traffic beacons at the inter- sections of Springfield Street and Main Street in Wilbraham and Maple Street and Main Street in North Wilbraham. Further, that the town hereby accept Sections 3, 4, and 9 of Chapter 357, Acts of 1928 with amendments thereto, and that such laws be included in the by-laws of the town.


Voted to adjourn.


JENNIE T. ABBOTT, Town Clerk


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Treasurer's Report RECEIPTS FOR 1932


Collector of taxes:


Oren K. Gilbert


Poll & Property, 1929


$389.46


66 66 1930


7443.39


66


66 1931


21070.66


66


66


1932


77847.05


Excise tax, 1930


173.45


66 66


1931


435.27


66


66


1932


3289.11


Old age assistance tax, 1931


34.00


66


1932


771.00


Interest on all taxes


1786.13


$113,239.52


Treasurer of the Commonwealth :


Highways


Chapter 81


$4300.00


Chapter 90


7436.96


Mother's aid


288.40


Mass. school fund, Chapter 70, Part 2


8220.13


Vocational Education


3537.92


Temporary aid


949.09


Chapter 243


2150.00


Reimbursement for loss of taxes


97.84


School superintendents in small towns 859.26


Income tax, state valuation


5245.00


Income tax, educational


4926.64


Corporation tax, business


3678.26


Corporation tax, R. R. & T. & T. Co. 197.88 Trust Co. tax 36.34


National Bank tax


13.79


Old age assistance


70.00


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Veteran's exemption


33.73


Tuition of children


272.72


National bank tax, 1929


2.80


National bank tax, 1930


3.42


Gas & Electric Light Co. tax, 1932 1084.15


R. R. & T. T. Co. tax, 1930


.18


R. R. & T. T. Co. tax, 1931


1.51


R. R. & T. T. Co. tax, 1932


.27


Income tax


225.00


Abatement, old age assistance tax


9.00


$43,640.29


Money borrowed on notes :


Feb. 6 Safe Deposit & Trust,


Co., Note No. 78 25000.00


June 20 Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Note No. 79


18000.00


Aug. 16 Safe Deposit & Trust


Co., Note No. 81 25000.00


Dec. 14 Safe Deposit & Trust


Co., Note No. 82 15000.00


$83,000.00


Treasurer of Hampden County :


Dog tax


$525.19


Highways


7436.98


Water department


6064.53


Licenses


281.75


Dental Clinic


202.50


Interest on trust funds


216.55


Library fines


35.25


Public welfare


1699.55


Safe Deposit & Trust Co., in- terest on daily balances 126.32


Palmer National Bank, interest on daily balances 35.43


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State Line Potato Chip Factory, forest fire 3.00


Boston & Albany R. R., forest


fire


2.50


C. W. Vinton, adjustment of state audit 87.70


C. W. Vinton, sealer of weights & measures 56.12


Town of Monson, tuition 156.00


William Logan, refund on insurance 10.83


Checks on which payment was stopped 16.45 School supplies sold .60


School tickets sold


14.52


Part lot in East Wilbraham


Cemetery 3.00


Dog licenses 188.40


Charles A. Tabor, probation officer 20.00


Cutler Co., refund 2.65


O. K. Gilbert, interest on deposits


22.22


Trust funds


200.00


Rent of town offices


144.00


City of Springfield, refunds


158.75


$17,710.79


Total receipts


257590.60


Cash on hand January 1, 1932 8692.50


$266,283.10


PAYMENTS


By Selectmen's orders


$264,090.72


Cash on hand December 31, 1932


$2,192.38


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year


year


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Adams, G. Frank


$337.19


$13.60


$6.00


$344.79 365.06 1047.05


Butler, James A.


136.03


5.14


141.17


Butler, Phillip M.


100.29


4.29


4.00


100.58


Butler, William


100.00


4.04


4.00


100.04


Calkins, Charles M. & D. C.


100.00


4.29


4.00


100.29


Clark, Henry


111.53


4.48


5.00


111.01


Dane, Lucy M.


100.79


4.31


5.00


100.10


Danks, Hiram


129.96


5.22


10.00


125.18


Fuller, F. A. & C. F. & Lane, M. A.


341.08


13.76


10.00


344.84


Gates, Harriet


202.36


8.66


5.00


206.02


Greene, B. Franklin


105.08


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