Hatfield Annual Town Report 1906-1914, Part 21

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Publication date: 1906
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Hose Tower and Supplies for Fire Dept.


Tree Warden work and Spraying Trees.


110


Insurance.


300


Inspection of Animals, beeves and car- casses.


75


Memorial Day.


100


Care of Cemeteries, under supervision of V. I. Society.


350 Public Library.


75


" Muster Day.


100 School Physicians.


300


Tuition-Smith Industrial School.


600 500 500 150 60


~ Care of Memorial Hall.


" Bonds-Town Officers.


34


350


" Oiling Stone Roads.


2,500


Bradstreet Road Note, due Aug. 1st, 1914.


2,100


" Bradstreet Box Culvert Note, due Oct. 29, 1914.


1,100


Street Lights, to July 1st, 1914.


2,900 First Payment and Interest-New School Building.


600


Finishing Bradstreet Stone Road.


1,720.50 " Six months Street Lights,


$32,740.50 Total sum to be assessed on the polls and estates, 1914.


LIST OF JURORS SUBMITTED BY THE SELECT-


MEN OF THE TOWN OF HATFIELD,-1915


Name


Bardwell, Frederick T.


Bardwell, James S.


Bardwell, Arthur C.


Occupation Farmer Farmer Farmer


Belden, Oscar E.


Farmer


Betsold, Frank L.


Farmer


Billings, Louis A.


Farmer


Bitner, John B.


Farmer


Boyle, William E.


Farmer


Boyle, George A. Carl, Henry W.


Farmer


Cutter, William R.


Farmer Farmer Farmer


Dickinson, Edward N.


Fitzgerald, David L.


Fitzgerald, Thomas J.


Farmer Farmer


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Lovett, Charles E. McGrath, 2d, Robert J. Mullins, James Murphy, William S. . O'Dea, Thomas M. Ryan, John C. Ryan, Matthew J. Sheehan, Daniel P. Slattery, Charles F.


Smith, Adam J. Wade, Charles W.


Weber, Rudolph W. Wells, Reuben F. Wight, Leland H.


Mechanic Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer


Farmer Merchant Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer


Farmer Farmer


Treasurer's Report


L. H. Kingsley, Treasurer, in Account with the Town of Hatfield.


Dr.


To balance in Treasury, 45.13


To cash rec'd from E. L. Graves, Coll (1913) 4,473.26


To cash rec'd from E. L. Graves, Coll. (1914) 27,385.15 Treas. Water Commissioners, 2,900.00


District Court fines,


80.10


Slaughter Licenses,


7.00


Auctioneer License,


1.00


Sealer's Receipts,


61.23


Rent of Town Hall,


61.00


Sheriff Fitzgerald, fines,


6.00


James Porter, plowing out road,


2.00


Town of Whately, use of S. Roller,


187.50


Kiely & Gleason, use of S. Roller,


166.75


A. R. Breor, tickets sold, 76.50


C. J. Richards, sup. sold,


3.50


Proceeds from concert, for victrola,


27.25


36


37


Silas Porter Fund, grading school gnds., 502.56 City of Boston, 13.00


State-School Supt.,


500.00


Corporation Tax,


135.30


National Bank (Tax,


682.46


State Aid,


120.00


Support of sick paupers,


51.00


Trans. of sick paupers,


8.55


Tuition of Smith School,


50.00


Inspection of Animals, 46.00


.50


P. T. Boyle, sewer entrance,


33.00


H. D. Smith, sale of stone, 19.94


J. E. Porter, sewer entrance, 66.00


Joseph Wisaway, sewer entrance and tile,, 41.00


James M. Kiley, sewer entrance and tile, 93.00


Nicholas Staszko, sewer entrance and tile, 38.55 John Yarrows, sewer entrance and tile, 39.30


Frank Zargrodnek, sewer entrance, 33.00


M. Crawford, tile,


.50


D. L. Fitzgerald, sewer entrance, 33.00


H. W. Carl, S. entrance and tile, 46.85


G. A. Billings, S. entrance and tile, 39.30


Michael Lata, S. entrance, 33.00


Ernest Godin, S entrance,


66.00


Anthony Novack, S. entrance and tile,


43.50


Melchoir Kulesza, S. entrance and tile,


44.40


John McHugh, tile, 7.14


Frank Kugler, entrance and tile,


38.50


Wm. E. Boyle, tile, 69.30


George Saffer, entrance,


33.00


Hugh McLeod, cemetery plot,


38


C. L. Warner, entrance, 33.00


Geo. Eberlein, tile, plank, rent of land, 9.90


Wm. H. Dickinson, cleaning ditch,


24.20


John J. O'Malley, cleaning ditch, 5.00


Anthony Popka, S. entrance and tile, 43.68


Clara L. Dickinson, entrance, 33.00


C. A. Byrne, work on drain, 10.00


H. E. Bardwell, sale of shovel,


1.25


To cash rec'd from Temporary and long time loans.


Northampton Institution for Sav-


ings,


$12,000.00


Northampton Institution for Sav-


ings, 5,000.00


C. D. Parker & Co. 6,002.50


First National Bank,


15,000.00


Perry, Coffin & Burr,


40,000.00


Premium on above, 2,277.00


Contributed,


4,000.00


$84,279.50


$122,850.55


Cr.


By cash paid Selectmen's orders,


$69,460.43


Interest on water bonds, 1,000.00


District Court fines,


66.41


Bureau of Statistics,


52.00


Am. Bank Note Co. ptg. coupons,


20.00


39


Interest on temporary loans,


828.04


State Cor. Tax,


1.68


State National Bank Tax,


49.14


County Tax,


2,881.38


State Tax,


3,500.00


State Repairs Highways,


250.75


Treasurer Sinking Fund,


861.67


Balance in Treasury, 5,379.05


By cash paid Temporary Notes,


Northampton Institution for Savings, 4,000.00


Northampton Institution for Savings, 12,000.00


First National Bank, Bradstreet Note, 2,500.00


First National Bank,


15,000.00


First National Bank, box culvert Note, 2,100.00


First Note and Interest-Schoolhouse Loan, 2,900.00


$122,850.55


IN ACCOUNT WITH E. L. GRAVES, COLLECTOR


(1913 Taxes)


Dr.


To cash received,


$4,473.26


Assessors' orders of Abmts,


46.00


$4,519.26


40


Cr.


By uncollected taxes,


$4,412.43


Interest collected,


84.83


Addition to Warrant,


22.00


$4,519.26


(1914 Taxes)


Dr.


To cash received,


$27,385.15


Uncollected taxes,


11,881.54


Discount on taxes,


629.34


Assessors' orders of Abmts,


53.20


$39.949.23


Cr.


By Assessors' Warrant,


$38,948.47


Addition to Warrant,


993.61


Interest collected,


7.15


$39.949.23


I have examined the accounts of the Tax Collector and find that he has been credited by the Treasurer with the amount of $4,473.26 of the taxes of 1913; and $27,385.15 of the taxes of 1914.


JAMES L. DAY, Auditor.


Hatfield, January 7th, 1915.


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WATER SINKING FUND


To thirty years four per cent. Water Bonds, $50,000.00 By Sinking Fund, $22,089.50


SUMMARY OF TOWN ACCOUNT


Dr.


To outstanding Note, due May 15, 1915, New school building fund, 11,142.94


$5,000.00


From Water Comsrs., due to be paid Jan. 1, 1915 Bills due-not paid,


1,000.00


300.00


$17,442.94


**


Cr.


By uncollected taxes,


$11,881.54


Due from State Aid,


120.00


State-Smith School,


277.77


Sewer Assessments,


635.41


Balance in Treasury,


5,379.05


$18,293.77


Balance in favor of town,


$850.83


L. H. KINGSLEY, Treasurer.


42


I have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer of the town of Hatfield, for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1914, and find them correct, I find Select- men's orders on file to the amount of sixty-nine thou- sand, four hundred sixty dollars and forty-three cents, ($69,460.43) with evidence of their payment by him; Also, cancelled notes and receipts for State and County taxes, and interest paid.


I find a balance in the Treasury of five thousand, three hundred seventy-nine dollars, and five cents, ($5,379.05).


JAMES L. DAY, Auditor.


Hatfield, January 7th, 1915.


Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners


We have the following amounts to the credit of the Sinking Fund:


Northampton Institution for Savings, $1,406.14


Nonotuck Savings Bank, 1,310.58


Florence Savings Bank, 1,243.42


Springfield Institution for Savings,


1,050.88


Springfield Five Cent Savings Bank


1,054.63


Haydenville Savings Bank,


339.80


Easthampton Savings Bank,


387.47


Union Trust Co. Springfield,


2,296.58


N. Y., N. H. & H., R. R. Co. Bonds,


2,000.00


Boston & Maine, R. R. Co., Bonds, 3,000.00 Springfield Street Railway Co., Bonds, 1,000.00


Town of Hatfield Water Bonds,


7,000.00


$22,089.50


M. J. RYAN, E. S. WARNER, JOHN McHUGH, Sinking Fund Commisisoners.


I have this day examined the voucher of the Sink- ing Fund Commissioners and found them as reported. JAMES L. DAY, Auditor. Hatfield, January 6, 1915.


Water Commissioners Report


The following is respectfully submitted as the nine- teenth annual report of the Board of Water Commis- sioners.


We have received the past year as follows:


Balance of cash from last year's acct.,$ 811.76 Archie P. Graves, for fallen trees, 13.11


Cash from collection of water rates, 4,845.34 Contractors on school house, water


and tapping, 32.25


$5,702.46


We have paid the past year as follows:


Town of Hatfield, from water rates $2,900.00 Chas. Miller & Son Co., water pipe and specials, 665.77


H. W. Wolfram, laying water pipe, 240.00


W. H. Riley & Co., labor, lead and sup. 172.31


Norwood Engineering Co., hydrants and gates, 276.28


Boston & Maine R. R., freight, 23.09


S. W. Kingsley, labor, cash pd. 1913, 23.35


H. S. Gere & Sons, adv. for bids, 2.63


Gazette Printing Co., order books, 2.00


44


45


M. J. Proulx, labor and cash paid, 18.00


N'h'ton W. W,. tapping main, etc., 142.05


Edson W. Strong, labor and cash pd., 138.80 Edson W. Strong, coll. of water rates, 145.35


S. W. Kingsley, labor, cash pd. 1914., 18.75


Balance, cash on deposit First Na-


tional Bank of No. H. 934.08


$5,702.46


The total cost of the water works to January 1, 1915, is $62,495.11. We have replaced the one-inch pipe on the Straits Road with 1932 feet of four-inch pipe at a cost of $1,091.97.


There are now 425 connections with private pro. perty, 106 fire hydrants, 5 water tanks, and water in 6 school houses and in Memorial Hall.


There are now 18,781 feet of 8 inch pipe 49,680 6 -


37,138


4


1,757


8,726


1,070


"


2 1 3/4


"


Total


117,152 feet


M. J. PROULX, DANIEL W. WELLS, CHAS. W. WADE, Hatfield Water Commissioners. Hatfield, Mass., January 1, 1915.


46


I have this day examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer of the Water Commissioners of the Town of Hatfield and find them correct with vouchers on file for all payments made.


(Signed) JAMES L. DAY, Auditor.


Hatfield, Mass., January 6, 1915.


List of Books and Magazines Added to the Library Since March 1914


FICTION


Pendro


Bedesman Sweetapple Cove


Thirty more Famous Stories Jim Davis Through the Farm Yard Gate


Fifty Famous Stories Retold Captain Corageous


Chance


Eyes of the World Victim


Battle Cry


Twenty-Fourth of July


Where Rolls the Oregon Auction Block


Saturday's Child Hidden Children Clark's Field


Gideon's Band How it Happened


Ranch at the Wolverine Encounter


Booth Tarkington Mary J. H. Skrine George Van Schaick James Baldwin John Masefield Emile Poulson James Baldwin Rudyard Kipling Joseph Conrad Harold Bell Wright Thomas Dixon Charles Neville Buck G. S. Richmond Dallas Lore Sharp Rex Beach Kathleen Norris Robert W. Chambers Robert Herrick


George W. Cable Kate Langley Bosher B. W. Bower Annie Douglas Sedgwick


47


48


Poet


Ashton Kirk Special Detective


Things that Count


Rise of Jennie Cushing


Love Insurance


Guy Garrick


Kent Knowles Quahaug


Susan Grows Up


Phyllis


Patrol of the Sundance Trail Witch


When Max Came Home


Martha and Cupid


Dans of the Old Pueblo


Sound of Water


Honorable Percivil


Hands of Esau


Teeth of the Tiger


New Clarion


Brentons


Perch of the Devil


Customs of the Country


Blister Jones


Janice Day


Sylvia's Experiment


Amateur Garden


Misadventures of Joseph


Maid Melicent


Little Eva Edgerton


Anne of the Blossom Shop


Vanishing Messenger


Adventures in Contentment The Slowcoach In the Grip of the Wild Wa Christmas Eve on Lonesome


The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman


Meridith Nicholson Mr. McIntyre Lawrence Eyre Mary S. Watts Earl Derr Biggers Arthur B. Reeve Joseph C. Lincoln Mary T. Leonard Maria Thompson Davies Ralph Connor Mary Johnston Edna A. Brown Julie M. Lippmann Percivil J. Covney Margarita S. Gerry Alice Hegan Rice Margaret Deland Maurice LeBlanc Will N. Harben Anna Chapin Ray Gertrude Atherton Edith Wharton John Tainter Foote Helen Beecher Long Margaret R. Piper George W. Cable J. J. Bell Beulah Marie Dix Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Isa May Mullins E. Philips Oppenheim David Grayson Edward V. Lucus G. E. Mitton John Fox Jr. H. G. Wells


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The Witness for the Defence


Quaint Old Stories


Stephen, a story of the Crusaders


Looking After Sandy


The Letter of Contract


The Lights are Bright


The Way of the Strong


Delia Blanchflower


The Pastor's Wife


The Woman in the Alcove


Hans Brinker


Soldier of the Legion


The Oldest of Four


The Moose


The Raft


Innocent


The Life story of a Fowl


The Wall of Partition


The Soddy


Cy Whittiker's Place


The Golden Barrier


The Old Diller Place


The Secret Garden


Adventures in Friendship


The Joy Bringer


A. E. W. Mason Marion F. Lansing Eva A. Madden Margaret Turnbull Basil King Louise Kennedy Ridgwell Cullum Mrs. Humphrey Ward


Jannette Lee Mary Mapes Dodge C. A. and A. M. Williamson Amy B. Marlow Agnes Herbert Coningsby Dawson Marie Corelli J. W. Hurst Florence L. Barclay Sarah Comstock Joseph C. Lincoln Agnes and Egerton Castle Winfield Kirkland Frances Hodgson Burnett David Grayson Grace M. Cooke


BOY'S BOOKS


Boy's Life of Abraham Lincoln Johnny Blossom Boy Captive of Old Deerfield Young Farmer Book of Woodcraft


Boy's Book of Inventions


Boy Scouts on Lost Trail


Helen Nicolay Dikken Zwilgmeyer Mary P. Wells Smith George B. Hill Ernest Thompson Seton Harry E. Maule Thornton W. Burgess


50


Ned Brewster's Caribou Hunt Wild Kindred of Fur, Feather and Fin My Life as an. Indian Grannis of the Fifth Shelthers, Shacks and Shanties Heroes of Far North and Far South Ned Brewster's Year in the Big Woods The Boy Mechanic


Chauncey J. Hawkins Jean M. Thompson J. W. Schultz Stanwood A. Pier


D. C. Beard J. K. McLean


Chauncey J. Hawkins


The Substitute


Walter Camp


Washington's Young Aids


Camp of Cornwallis


Soldier of the Wilderness


The Boy Mechanic


Two Little Savages


Heroes of all Times A Soldier of the Wilderness Rolf in the Woods


The Wolf Hunters


More than Conquorers


Heroes of the Polar Seas


Uncle David's Boys


Everett T. Tomlinson


Ernest Thompson Seton Jeanne D'Arc


Everett L. Tomlinson Ernest Thompson Seton James O. Curwood Anadne Gilbert J. Kennedy McLean Edna A. Brown


GIRL'S BOOKS


The Christmas Makers Club The Little Miss Nobody The Girl from Sunset Ranch The Girls of Hill-Crest Farm Jeanne D'Arc


Edith A. Sawyer Amy Bell Marlowe Amy Bell Marlowe


Amy Bell Marlowe E. M. Wilmot


CHILDREN'S BOOKS


The Little Crusaders Rock Frog Master Frisky


Eva A. Madden


Harriet A. Cheever Clarence Hawkes


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How the Indian Suit Ran Away Child's Garden of Verses Doctor Robin Lady Spider The Little Giant's Neighbors Adventures of a Brownie


The Wreck of the Nursery Flyer The Adventures of Mr. Mocker


Quaint Old Stories


The Curly Haired Hen Something to Act


Little Verses for Little Folks


Tale of Peter Rabbit


Real Fairy Folk


Wild Flowers Every Child Should Know


Days and Deeds (Prose)


Days and Deeds (Poems)


Mother Goose Songs


Beasts and Birds


Childhood Songs of Long Ago


More Mother Goose Songs


Isaac Watts D. D. Ethel Crowningshield


Our Dumb Animals


Hood Stories for Great Holidays Songs Every Child Should Know Pictures Every Child Should Know The Book of Christmas


Frances T. Olcott


Dolores Bacon


Dolores Bacon


Li'l Verses for Li'l Folks


Just So Stories


George V. Hobart Rudyard Kipling Sara E. Wiltse


House of the Heart and Other Plays Old Mother West-Wind


Constance DeArcy MacKay Thornton W. Burgess


St. Nicholas Book of Plays and Operettas


True Tales of Birds and Beasts


Hiawathas Primer


David Starr Jordan Florence Holbrook


Poems Every Child Should Know


Mary E. Burt


Lulu M. Chance


Little Folks of Many Lands


Mary Harrick Bird R. L. Stevenson Harriet A. Cheever Harriet A. Cheever Frances M. Fox Miss. Mulock Mary Herrick Bird Thornton W. Burgess Marion F. Lansing A. Vimar


George V. Hobart Beatrix Potter Louise Jamison Stack Stevenson Stevenson


Folklore Stories


52


Story Hour


Pieces for Every Occasion Trees Every Child Should Know Books of Fairy Tales, Foxes The Street of Seven Stars The Outlook Fairy Book for Little People The Adventures of Mr. Mocker Something to Act


Kate Douglas Wiggin Caroline B. LeRow Julie E. Rogers Frank A. Nankivill Mary R. Reinhart Laura Winnington Thornton W. Burgess


MISCELLANEOUS


From Alien to Citizen A Far Journey


Seen and the Unseen


Training of a Forester


Pieces for Every Occasion


Nations of Europe Along the Mohawk Trail


Fighting a Fire True Stories about Horses


Some Old Flemish Towns


Farm Management


Last Shot


Our Domestic Animals


Poems of American Patriotism


American Men of Action


Geronimos Story of His Life


Christmas Stories in American Literature


That Farm The Pictorial Life of Christ With Stevenson in Samoa Tales From Ten Poets A Guide to Reading The Book of Scottish Poetry


Greek Wonder Tales


Edward A. Steiner


Abraham Mitrie Hihbany W. Dean Howell Gifford Pinchot Caroline B. Le Row Charles Morris P. K. Fitzgerald Charles T. Hall Lillian Gask George W. Edwards Fred W. Card Frederick Palmer Katherine P. Wormely Brander Matthews Burton E Stevenson S. M. Barrett


Mr. Harrison Ira S. Dodd


Harrison S. Morris John Macey


Sir. George Douglas, Bart. Lucy M. J. Gannett


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T. C. O'Donnell Irvin S. Scott


The Family Food Europe Revised Heart Throbs Everybody's Saint Francis Louise Chandler Moulton


Great Cities of Europe Early Northampton


Maurice F. Egan Lillian Whiting Esther Singleton


They who Knock at Our Gates Longfellow Country


The Amateur Garden


A Country Library Making a Country Home


Mary Antin Helen A. Clark George W. Cable B. and E. I. Antrim J. P. Mowbrey


A Cook Book Standard Atlas and Pictorial Gazette Browning and His Century Browning's England


Funk and Wagnall Helen A. Clark Helen A. Clark


Browning's Italy


Helen A. Clark


Library of Home Economics in 12 Volumes Volume I, The House


Isabel Bevier, Ph. M.


Volume II, Household Bacteriology


S. Maria Elliot S. Maria Elliot


Volume III, Household Hygiene Volume IV, Chemistry of the Household Margaret E. Dodd, S. B. Anna Barrows Alice Peloubet Norton, M. A. Bertha M. Terrill, A. M. Maurice Le Bosquet, S. B. Amy Elizabeth Pope Kate Heintz Watson Marion Foster Washburne Alfred C. Cotton, A. M., M. D.


Volume V, Principles of Cookery Volume VI, Food and Dietics Volume VII, Household Management Volume VIII, Personal Hygiene Volume IX, Home Care of the Sick Volume X, Textiles and Clothing Volume XI, Study of Child Life Volume XII, Care of Children Gardens in Their Season The Rat The Substitute A Guide to Music Jeanne D'Arc Hungary


G. M. A. Hewett Walter Clark Daniel Gregory Mason E. M. Wilmot Buxton A. T. DeKoven


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Hungarian Fairy-Book Training of Wild Animals Russian Cousins Hungarian Cousins


Nandor Pogany F. C. Bostock Mary Hazelton Wade Mary Nixon Ronlet Robert H. Schauffler Andrew D. White


Thanksgiving Seven Great Statesmen American Seen Through the Spectacles of a Foreign Diplomat


What Men Live By Richard C. Cabot, M. D.


Magazines and Periodicals in the Library since March 1914.


The Century


Scribners St. Nicholas


Popular Mechanics


The Harpers


The Survey


The Youths Companion


Other Magazines and Periodicals to be added to the Library after March 1st 1915.


The Country Life in America The Craftsman Farest and Stream


The Outing Magazine


American Boy Garden Magazine John Martin's Magazine National Geographic Magazine


THOMAS A. NOLAN, Term Expires 1915, MRS. MARGARET A. MULLANY, Term Expires 1916, IRVING A. FLINT, Term Expires 1917,


Trustees.


Town Clerk's Report


The vital statistics for the town of Hatfield for the year 1914 are as follows:


BIRTHS BY MONTHS


No.


Males


Females


January,


10


7


3


February,


6


2


4


March,


10


5


5


April,


6


2


4


May,


9


8


1


June,


8


3


5


July,


7


2


5


August,


10


7


3


September,


7


3


4


October,


8


2


6


November,


7


6


1


December,


5


2


3


-


93


49


44


55


56 BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS


Father


Mother


Born in United States,


18


20


Poland


68


65


Ireland,


0


1


Hungary,


7


7


93


93


BIRTHS FOR THE FIVE PREVIOUS YEARS


1909


1910


1911


1912


1913


64


79


69


74


81


MARRIAGES BY MONTHS


No.


January,


7


February,


7


March,


0


April,


2


May,


3


June,


3


July,


1


August,


2


September,


2


October,


4


November,


2


December,


0


-


33


57


First marriage of both parties, 31.


Second marriage of groom, first of bride, 2.


The oldest and youngest grooms were 44 and 2034 years of age, respectively.


The oldest and youngest brides were 34 and 17 11-12 years of age, respectively.


BIRTHPLACE OF PERSONS MARRIED


Groom.


Bride.


Born in United States,


12


13


Poland,


19


18


Germany,


2


1


Ireland,


0


1


-


33


33


MARRIAGES FOR FIVE PREVIOUS YEARS


1909


1910


1911


1912


1913


33


26


22


32


26


DEATHS BY MONTHS


No.


Males. Females


January,


3


1


2


February,


3


0


3


March,


2


1


1


April,


2


2


0


May,


2


0


2


June,


4


3


1


July,


1


1


0


August,


2


0


2


58


September, October,


1


0


1


3


1


2


November,


4


3


1


December,


1


1


0


-


-


28


13


15


No.


Males.


Females.


Under 1 year of age,


7


4


3


Between 1 and 5 years,


0


0


0


Between 10 and 20 years,


2


1


1


Between 20 and 30 years,


2


0


2


Between 30 and 40 years,


1


1


0


Between 40 and 50 years,


2


2


0


Between 50 and 60 years,


2


1


1


Between 60 and 70 years,


4


1


3


Between 70 and 80 years,


3


1


2


Between 80 and 90 years,


4


2


2


Between 90 and 100 years,


1


0


1


-


-


28


13


15


Age of oldest person deceased (female) 90 years, 2 days.


CAUSES OF DEATH


Classified according to the nomenclature adopted by the State Board of Registration.


Constitutional Diseases


Senility, Gastro-Enteritis, Locomotor Ataxia, 1


1


1


59


Rheumatism,


1


Atrophy,


2


Arteria-Sclerosis,


1


Endocarditis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis,


2


3


Local Diseases


Bronchitis,


1


Acute Indigestion,


1


Cancer


1


Pneumonia,


3


Heart Disease,


3


Fatty Heart,


1


Chronic Nephritis,


4


Violent Deaths.


Drowned,


1


Fracture of Skull,


1


NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED


Michael P. Kiley,


John Toizko,


Gendry Zagrodncek,


John P. Chandler,


Augusta Shattuck,


Esther A. Cleveland,


John Winters,


Michael J. Sullivan,


Ethel Sadowski,


Lekida Wojtkelewicz,


Richard McGrath,


Johanna Dwyer,


Mary Raboin, Margaret M. Batzold,


Bridget Ryan,


John Botreski,


Luman S. Crafts,


Cornelia A. Billings,


James Porter,


Frank W. Prince,


Louise B. Kiley,


Alexandra Debrowska,


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Johanna Saffer, James Mullins, Louise M. Dickinson,


Emeline P. Jones, Frank Marslauka, Henry Karpenskic.


DOG LICENSES


The number of dogs licensed during the year end- ing Nov. 30, 1914, with the receipts and settlements of the account with the County Treasurer, is as follows: 64 male dogs at $2 each, $128.00 25.00


5 female dogs at $5 each,


$153.00


Less fees, 69 dogs at 20 cents each,


13.80


Paid County Treasurer, $139.20


Respectfully submitted, L. H. KINGSLEY, Town Clerk.


Assessor's Report


Value of assessed personal estate, $ 470,805


Value of assessed real estate, 1,521,072


Total value of assessed estate, $1,991.877.00


Value of assessed buildings, $809,829


Value of assessed land,


711,243


$1,521,072.00


Number of polls assessed,


651


Residents assessed on property,


405


Non-residents assessed on property,


80


For poll tax only,


369


Rate of tax per $1,000,


$18.90


Number of horses assessed,


495


Cows,


256


Neat Cattle,


28


Swine,


11


Fowls


196


Dwelling houses,


379


Acres of land,


9,258


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62


State Tax,


$3,750.75


County Tax,


2,881.38


Town Tax, Overlayings,


31,640.50


675.84


$38,948.47


Estimated Bank and Corporation Tax,


1,100.00


Excise Tax,


772.39


Omitted Assessments,


210.60


Value of property exempt from taxation under Chapter 490, Acts of 1909.


Literary institutions,


76,138


Church property,


31,650


$107.788.00


Respectfully submitted,


EDSON W. STRONG, P. W. MULLINS, L. H. KINGSLEY,


Assessors of Hatfield.


ANNUAL REPORT


-OF THE-


School Committee


AND


Superintendent of Schools


-OF THE-


Town of Hatfield


-FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1914


School Organization


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Arthur R. Breor, Chairman, Term expires 1916


John F. O'Dea, Secretary,


Term expires 1917


Thaddeus Graves,


Term expires 1915


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Clinton J. Richards,


22 Prospect Avenue, Northampton


Telephone 858-W


SCHOOL PHYSICIANS


A. J. Bonneville, M. D., (Center and North Hatfield schools.)


C. A. Byrne, M. D., (Hill, Bradstreet and West Hat- field.)


TRUANT OFFICER S. W. Kingsley.


SCHOOL CALENDAR


Spring Term begins March 29, 1915, ends June 4, 1915. Fall Term begins Sept. 6, 1915, ends Dec. 17, 1915. Winter Term begins Jan. 3, 1916, ends March 17, 1916. Spring Term begins March 27, 1916, ends June 2, 1916.


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Report of School Committee


The committee organized for the present year with A. R. Breor, chairman, and John F. O'Dea, secretary. The time for their regular meeting was fixed for the first Thursday of each month.


The joint committee of Bernardston, Hatfield and Hadley met in April and re-elected Clinton J. Richards as superintendent of schools at a salary of $1800.


During the year we inspected all buildings and made whatever repairs seemed necessary. All floors have been oiled and the West Hatfield building was given a much needed coat of paint. New desks are needed at West Hatfield and will be installed as soon as the committee see their way clear to do so.


At the beginning of this school year, we were very much handicapped for room, as the new school building was not then completed. It was necessary to hold half day sessions at the Hill and Center schools for all first and second grade children.


At the opening of the winter term we find our schools in the new building, and now with our capable staff of teachers and ample room and equipment, we expect results that will be worthy of commendation.


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Now that we have our building ready for use, an- other problem confronts us. This is the proper grading and arrangement of the school grounds and walks. At present the children have no suitable place to play as the grounds were left in such condition after the con- struction of the building that there has been mud every- where, making it a difficult task to keep the building clean. This work should be provided for in the spring as soon as the ground is in shape to be worked.


The school rules and regulations have been re- cently revised with some special rules for the new building. We believe that they are for the best good of all concerned, and that they will work out satisfac- torily when the pupils become accustomed to them.




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