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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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