Hatfield Annual Town Report 1914-1924, Part 10

Author: Hatfield (Mass)
Publication date: 1914
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LIST OF JURORS SUBMITTED BY THE SELECT- MEN OF THE TOWN OF HATFIELD,-1919


Name


Balise, Paul


Occupation Farmer Farmer


Boyle, Michael W.


Bardwell, Frederick H.


Farmer


Billings, Samuel F.


Farmer


Belden, Oscar E.


Farmer


Belden, William L.


Farmer


Crafts, Carlton H.


Farmer


Dickinson, Edward N.


Farmer


Dickinson, William H.


Farmer


Day, John H.


Farmer


Donovan, Peter J.


Farmer


Fitzgerald, Richard F.


Farmer


Godin, Joseph E.


Farmer


LaMountain, Mac L.


Farmer


Marsh, Harry W.


Farmer Farmer


McHugh, John


Nolan, Thomas A.


Farmer


Jones, Frank P.


Farmer


Proulx, Leon R.


Farmer


Powers, Lawrence A.


Farmer


Ryan, Edward A. Ryan, Matthew J.


Farmer


Slattery, Charles F.


Farmer


Sheehan, Daniel P.


Farmer


Strong, Edson W.


Farmer


Wight, Leland H. Whalen, Dennis


Farmer Farmer


Farmer


Treasurer's Report


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


Dr.


To balance in Treasury, $ 7,942.27


To cash rec'd from E. L. Graves, Coll. (1916 Taxes) 2,031.54


To cash rec'd from E. L. Graves, Coll.


(1917 Taxes) 13,019.15


To cash rec'd from E. L. Graves, Coll. (1918 Taxes)


28,107.76


Treas. Water Commissioners


2,900.00


Dist. Court Fines,


46.00


Slaughter Licenses,


7.00


Pool Licenses,


7.50


Licenses-Junk, Fruit and State,


88.00


Sealer's Receipts, 55.76


Rent of Town Hall,


140.00


L. A. Powers, tile and lab.


24.48


George Eberlein, sale of coal,


22.12


Nicholas Staszko, sale of grass,


10.00


Eugene Jubenville, sale of grass,


6.00


Hugh McLeod, lab.


18.27


Porter Mch Works, lab.


245.57


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J. E. Porter, lab. 103.88


J. J. O'Malley, lab. 3.90


Fred J. Jubenville, lab. 25.00


. J. S. Bardwell, sale of loam,


12.50


Myron Kulesza, sale of loam,


16 50


Michael Yoniec est.


50.00


P. R. Mullany, rent,


10.00


S. M. Bourdon, filling and lab.


44.50


Victory Parade Committee,


1.52


C. J. Richards, sup. sold,


8.75


John F. O'Dea, tickets sold, 150.63


John F. O'Dea, rent of school bldg. 120.00


City of Northampton, tuition,


84.00


Town of Whately, tuition,


162.49


State -- Income Mass. School Fund,


790.98


School-Supt. Union


625.00


Hy. Coms. bal. Pine Bridge Road,


836.12


Income Tax,


2,160.00


Subsidy-Consumptives,


96 43


Smith Ind. School, tuition,


236.86


Trans. of Paupers,


2.58


Inspection of Animals,


95.75


Corporation Tax,


281.42


National Bank Tax,


786.24


State Aid,


162.00


County Treas .- Dog fund,


76.21


No. Natl Bank, int, on dep.


111.71


To cash rec'd from Temporary Loans.


C. D. Parker & Co. Inc. $14,167.50


S. N. Bond & Co. 9,731.50


S. N. Bond & Co.


9,828.11


$33,727.11


$95,453.50


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Cr.


By cash paid Selectmen's orders


$35,410.56


Interest on Water Bonds


2,000.00


District Court Fees, 90.37


Bureau of Statistics, 10.00


Soldiers' Exemption charge,


13.01


Interest on temporary loans, 843.83


County Tax, 5,839.13


State Tax, 4,950.00


State Tax,-Repairs Highways, 708.00


Treasurer Sinking Fund, 900.00


Balance in Treasury, 6,263.60


By cash paid outstanding Notes. Northampton Natl Band, Note No. 45, 10,000.00


S. N. Bond & Co. Note No. 46, 5,000.00


S. N. Bond & Co. Note No. 47, 5,000.00


S. N. Bond & Co. Note No. 48, 5,000.00


S. N. Bond & Co. Note No. 52, 10,000.00


5th Note and Int .- New Schoolhouse, 3,395.00


$95,453.50


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IN ACCOUNT WITH E. L. GRAVES, COLLECTOR.


(1916 Taxes)


Dr.


To cash received,


2,031.54


Assessors' orders of Abate's,


90.36 2,121.90


Cr.


By uncollected Taxes,


1,860.56


Addition to Warrant,


82.00


Interest collected,


179.34


2,121.90


(1917 Taxes)


Dr.


To cash received,


13,019.15


Assessors' orders of Abate's,


16.70


Uncollected Taxes,


2,130.85


15,166.70


Cr.


By uncollected Taxes,


14,879.88


Interest collected,


286.82


15,166.70


(1918 Taxes)


Dr.


To cash received,


28,107.76


Uncollected Taxes,


17,918.35 46,026.11


Cr.


By Assessors' Warrant,


45,211.46


Addition to Warrant, 784.65


Interest collected,


30.00


46,026.11


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I have examined the accounts of the Tax Collect- or, and find that he has been credited by the Trea- surer, with the amounts of $2,031.54 of the taxes of 1916,-$13,019.15 of the Taxes of 1917,-and $28,107 .- 76 of the taxes of 1918.


January .7th, 1919. CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor.


WATER SINKING FUND


To thirty years four per cent Water Bonds, $50,000.00 By Sinking Fund, 28,045.65


SUMMARY OF TOWN ACCOUNT


To outstanding Notes.


Note No. 49, due Feb. 21, 1919, $5,000.00


Note No. 50, due Feb. 21, 1919, 7,000.00


Note No. 51, due Feb. 21, 1919, 3,000.00


Note No. 53, due Apr. 5, 1919, 10,000.00


$25,000.00


Cr.


By uncollected taxes, (1917) 2,130.85


Uncollected taxes, (1918) 17,918.35


Due from State Aid, 144.00


State-Smith School, 128.47


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Bills due, 286.28


Balance in Treasury,


6,263.60 $26,871.55


Balance in favor of the Town, $1,871.55


L. H. KINGSLEY, Treasurer.


I have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer of the town of Hatfield for the year ending December 31st, 1918, and find them correct. I find Selectmen's orders on file to the amount of Thirty- five thousand, four hundred forty dollars, and fifty- six cents,-($35,440.56)-with evidence of their pay- ment by him, also, cancelled notes and receipts for County and State Taxes, and interest paid,


I find a balance in the Treasury of Six thousand, two hundred sixty-three dollars and sixty cents,- ($6,263.60)


January 7th, 1919. CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor.


Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners


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


Haydenville Savings Bank


$1,562.91


Easthampton Savings Bank 1,405.79


Florence Savings Bank


1,493.55


Nonotuck Savings Bank


982.11


Northampton Ins. for Savings


1,245.48


Union Trust Co. Springfield


2,675.88


Springfield Ins. for Savings


1,217.13


Springfield Five Cent Savings Bank


1,235.62


Mechanics Savings Bank, Holyoke


927.18


Springfield St. Railway, Bond Boston & Maine R. R. Co. Bond


1,000.00


3,000.00


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


2,000.00


U. S. Liberty Bond


2,000.00


Town of Hatfield Water ,Bond


7,000.00


B. & M. R. R. Coupons


300.00


$28,045.65


M. J. RYAN, JOHN J. BETSOLD, Sinking Fund Commissioners.


I have this day examined the vouchers and se- curities of the Sinking Fund Commissioners and find them correct.


CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor.


Water Commissioner's Report


The following is respectfully submitted as the twenty-third annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners :


We have received the past year as follows :- Bal. of cash on hand from last years' acct., $4,242.30 Cash from collection of Water Rates, 5,089.20


Interest on Certificates of Deposits, 142.57


$9,474.07


We have paid the past year as follows:


Town of Hatfield, (from water rates) 2,900.00


Salaries Water Commissioners, 100.00


Seth W. Kingsley, for labor, 13.95


F. M. Crittenden, printing, 10.00


M. C. Bailey, pine and mill work,


4.67


Norwood Eng. Co., sup. 68.00


Joseph F. Chandler, lab. and sup. 18.10


W. H. Riley & Co. lead connections, 94.80


E. W. Strong, coll. water rates, lab. and cash paid 337.20


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E. E. Davis, surveying and maps, 183.80


Leslie W. Swift, land,


116.50


Joseph Sadoski, land,


609.00


James R. Coffey, land,


333.00


Cora H. Warner, land,


1,457.00


George A. Billings, land,


265.00


Edw. L. Shaw, deeds,


15.00


6,526.02


Balance in Treasury,


One Liberty Bond, 1,000.00


Certificate of Deposit-First Nat'l Bk .. 1,800.00


Cash on deposit,


148.05


$9,474.07


Compelled by the State Board of Health, and fears of the water consumers of danger of contamina- tion of the town's water system, your Commissioners have purchased some seven different tracts of land lying contiguous to and at the source of Running Gutter Brook, an area of 41.16 acres, at a total ex- pense of $2,979.30. A map showing exact locations can be seen on file in the Town Clerk's office.


While, no doubt, this property could have been purchased for a less figure previous to the farming


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activity in this region, (considering the cupidity of human nature) your Commissioners feel they have done fairly well.


JOHN W. KILEY, MICHAEL J. PROULX, Water Commissioners.


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 vouch- ers on file for all payments made, and a balance in the Treasury of $2,948.05.


January 7th, 1919. CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor.


Town Clerk's Report


The vital statistics of the Town of Hatfield for the year 1918 are as follows :-.


BIRTHS BY MONTHS


No.


Males Females


January


12


6


6


February


9


3


6


March


9


5


1


April


11


3


8


May


4


2


2


June


8


5


3


July


7


2


5


August


7


4


3


September


5


1


4


October


5


3


2


November


8


2)


6


December


5


2


3


-


-


-


90


38


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BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS


Father


Mother


Born in United States


15


16


Born in Poland


63


62


Born in Austro-Hungary


12


12


-


-


90


90


35


BIRTHS FOR FIVE PREVIOUS YEARS


1913


1914


1915


1916


1917


81


93


92


122


101


MARRIAGES BY MONTHS


January


2


February


0


March


0


April


1


May


3


June


0


July


2


!


August


1


September


2


October


1


November


0


December


2


14


First marriage of both parties, 11.


Second marriage of groom, first of bride, 2.


The oldest and youngest grooms were 48 and 18 years of age, respectively.


The oldest and youngest brides were 36 and 16 years of age respectively.


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BIRTHPLACE OF PERSONS MARRIED


Groom


Bride


Born in the United States


8


6


Born in Poland


6


7


Born in Ireland


0


1


-


14


14


MARRIAGES FOR FIVE PREVIOUS YEARS


1913


1914


1915


1916


1917


26


33


38


29


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DEATHS BY MONTHS


No.


Males Females


January


5


4


1


February


3


2


1


March


3


2


1


April


3


3


0


May


0


0


0


June


0


0


0


July


1


1


0


August


5


1


4


September


3


2


1


October


10


6


4


November


6


3


3


December


2


1


1


--


41


25


16


.


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No.


Males Females


Under 1 year of age


12


8


4


Between 1 and 10 yrs.


7


6


1


Between 10 and 20 yrs.


2


0


2


Between 20 and 30 yrs.


7


4


13


Between 30 and 40 yrs.


1


1


0


Between 40 and 50 yrs.


4


3


1


Between 50 and 60 yrs.


3


2


1


Between 60 and 70 yrs.


4


4


0


Between 70 and 80 yrs.


1


1


0


-


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12


Age of oldest person deceased (Male) 77 yrs. 8 mo.


NAME OF PERSONS DECEASED


John Marshall Strong


Michael Yoniec


Michael Superba


Michael Kubosiak


Joseph Murray


Charles E. Lovett


Thomas Fitzgwald


Helen McGrath


Charles S. Shattuck


Tofila Kubosiak


Michael Macchailesk


Antoni Bielecki


Thomas J. Bruman


Elisha Hubbard


Frank H. Sweatland


Alex Koolas


Gabelle Yoneic


Jessie May Field


Matilda H. Winters


Stanley Dubul


Elinor Borowski


Dorothy A. Lynch


Kate Novack Jadwega Kanpenskii


Charles R. Slattery


Marcus George Mullins Jacob Pianka


Mary Kubosiak


Stella Rice Ziewicg


Charles E. Lynch Michael Krul


Wladyslaw Bak


Joseph Lapenski Elbridge Kingsley Mary Jennie Graves Sophia Kiakoski Maria Louisa Graves


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DOG LICENSES


The number of dogs licensed during the year end- ing November 30, 1918, with the receipts and settle- ments of the account with the Treasurer, is as follows: 45 Male dogs at $2.00 each 90.00


2 Female dogs at $5.00 each 10.00


$100.00


Less fees, 47 dogs at 20 cents each


9.40


Paid to County Treasurer


$90.60


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


Assessor's Report


Value of assessed Personal Estate


$430,351


Value of assessed Real Estate


1,762,822


.


Total value of assessed estate


$2,193,173


Value of assessed buildings


943,454


Value of assessed land


819,368


$1,762,822


Number of polls assessed


674


Residents assessed on property


420


Non-Residents assessed on property


77


Number of persons assessed on property


497


For poll tax only


373


Rate of tax per $1,000


$20.00


Number of Horses assessed


450


Number of Cows assessed


.251


Number of Neat Cattle


19


Number of Fowls


160


Number of Dwelling Houses


408


Acres of land


9,246


State Tax


$4,950.00


State Highway Tax


708.00


County Tax


5,839.13


Town Tax


33,070.10


Overlayings


644.23


$45,211.46


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Estimated Bank and Corporation Tax


1,200.00


State Income Tax 2,097.90 Excise Tax 744.45


Addition to Warrant


30.20


Value of property exempt from taxation under Chapter 409, Acts of 1909 :-


Literary Institutions 72,319


Church Property 31,700


Respectfully submitted.


EDSON W. STRONG, CHARLES E. LOVETT, L. H. KINGSLEY, Assessors of Hatfield.


Report of Library Trustees


After Rev. Irving A. Flint, chairman of the board. left town the remaining trustees reorganized with R. F. Wells as chairman and Mrs. David Mullany as Sec- retary.


Miss Ellen A. Waite, whose term as librarian ex- pired Dec. 31, 1918, has been re-elected. Her report: covering in detail the work of the library during the past year, is herewith submitted.


R. F. WELLS, MRS. DAVID MULLANY, Library Trustees.


Report of Librarian


To the Trustees of the Hatfield Public Library:


During the year 1918, 255 books have been pur- chased for the Library, 117 for adults and 138 for the juvenile department.


The circulation in the juvenile department has been 3331; for the adults 3077, making a total circula- tion of 6,408 as compared with 6,411 last year. The slight decrease being due to the closing of the library during the greater part of February on account of & scarcity of coal, and during the whole of October on account of the epidemic of influenza. The circulation for December was 813.


The twenty-five books in the Polish language loaned by the Massachusetts Library Association in 1917 were returned and replaced by twenty-six new ones.


A case of books and charts on Birds for the use of the children of the public schools has been loaned to the library by the Massachusetts Audubon Society and can be kept until July.


Last spring over two hundred books contributed by the people of Hatfield were sent through the library to the soldiers' camps.


Through the kindness of Miss Laura Belden of Bradstreet, Miss Carrie Cutter of West Hatfield and


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Mr. G. H. Danforth of North Hatfield books from the library have been circulated in those districts.


The library is open on Tuesdays from 3 to 5 P. M. and Saturdays from 3 to 5 P. M. and from 7 to 9 P. M.


Mrs. Ula Dehey assists Saturday evenings. ELLEN A. WAITE, Librarian.


BOOKS PURCHASED FOR THE LIBRARY DURING 1918


Fiction


Our Square and the People in it.


!


!


Sam'l Hopkins Adams Sam'l Hopkins Adams George Rothwell Brown


The Sword Hand of Napoleon


The Second Fiddle


Cyrus Brady Phyllis Bottome


The Lure of the North


Harold Bindloss


The Gossip Shop


J. E. Buckrose J. E. Buckrose


Love in a Little Town


Minniglen


Agnes and Egerton Castle


Understood Betsey


Dorothy Canfield Elizabeth Cooper


Drusilla with a Million


Bennet Copplestone


The Lost Naval Papers Routledge Rides Alone


Will Levington Comfort Ridgwell Cullum Edna Ferber


The Triumph of John Kars Buttered Side Down


Our Admirable Betty


Jeffery Farnol The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come John Fox, Jr. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine John Fox, Jr.


Little Miss Grouch


My Country


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A Knight of the Cumberland The Golden Lamp Little Sir Galahad Betty Zane Jan and Her Job Making Her His Wife Finished


Allan and the Golden Flower The Man Next Door Clipped Wings The Hidden Spring


Shavings Cap'n Dan's Daughter


The Rough Road


The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne


The Enchanted Barn


Branded The Call of the Wild The Little Lady of the Big House The Green Jacket


Good Old Anna


Pieces of Eight Come Out of the Kitchen Sonia, Between Two Worlds Ninety-six Hours Leave The Indian Drum The Graftons Tillie, the Mennonite Maid Maggie of Virginsburg Hearts and Masks Josselyn's Wife The Story of Julia Page The Chosen People Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo The Hillman


John Fox, Jr. Phoebe Gray Phoebe Gray Zane Grey Mrs. A. L. Harker Cora Harris Rider Haggard Rider Haggard Emerson Hough Rupert Hughes Clarence Kelland Joseph Lincoln Joseph Lincoln William J. Locke William J. Locke Grace L. H. Lutz Francis Lynde Jack London Jack London Jennette Lee Mrs. Belloc Lowndes Richard LeGallienne Alice Duer Miller Stephen McKenna Stephen McKenna MacHarg and Balmer Archibald Marshall Helen R. Martin Helen R. Martin Harold MacGrath Kathleen Norris Kathleen Norris Sidney L. Nyberg E. P. Oppenheim E. P. Oppenheim


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An Amiable Charlatan The Pawns Count Suspense Oh, Money, Money A Daughter of the Land The Wire Devils


Adventures of Jimmie Dale The Star in the Window Bobbie, General Manager The Call of the Offshore Wind One Year- of Pierrot


E. P. Oppenheim E, P. Oppenheim Isabel Ostrander Eleanor Porter Gene Stratton Porter Frank L. Packard Frank L. Packard Alice Higgins Prouty Alice Higgins Prouty Ralph D. Paine


The New Mr. Howerson Opie Read The Sheriff's Son Wm. McL. Raine His Official Fiance An Amazing Interlude The Yukon Trail Berta Ruck Mary Roberts Rinehart Wm. Macleod Raine With Juliet in England A Daughter of Jehu The Long Lanes Turning North of Fifty Three The Primrose Ring The Magnificent Ambersons The Earthquake Grace S. Richmond Laura E. Richards Hallie Erminie Rives Bertrand W. Sinclair Ruth Sawyer Booth Tarkington Arthur Train Big Tremaine Marie Van Vorst Tess of the Storm Country The Prestons Grace Miller White Mary Heaton Vorse The Secret of the Storm Country Grace Miller White The Unwilling Vestal Edward Lucas White Elizabeth's Campaign Mrs. Humphrey Ward The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me


Out of the Silences


Wm. Allen White


Mary E. Walker


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Books on the War


The Land of Deepening Shadow Carry On


Out to Win


Inside the Russian Revolution


A Village in Picardy


A Treasury of War Poetry


Face to Face With Kaiserism


The Kaiser as I Knew Him


A Minstrel in France


The Eyes of Asia


My Home on the Field of Mercy


Outwitting the Hun


Private Peat


Over the Top (2d copy)


The Whistling Mother


Short Rations Madeleine Zabruskie Doty


Adventures of Arnold Adair


Lawrence L. Driggs Arthur S. Pier


The Son Decides


Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick


Over There With the Australians Knyvett


A Yankee in the Trenches


With Serbia Into Exile


R. Derby Holmes Fortier Jones


Miscellaneous


From Shakespeare to O. Henry S. P. B. Mais


Up From Slavery


Abigail Adams


Booker T. Washington Laura E. Richards


Old Homes of New Americans Francis E. Clark


With Immigrants to America


Stephen Graham


With Carrington on the Bozeman Road


Hanson Katherine Mays


The Standard Bearers


Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson


Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow


D. T. Curtin Coningsby Dawson Coningsby Dawson Rheta C. Dorr Ruth Gaines


James W. Gerard A. N. Davis Harry Lauder Rudyard Kipling F. W. Huard Lieut. Pat O'Brien Harold R. Peat Arthur Guy Empey Grace S. Richmond


The Salt of the Earth


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Poetical Works of William Wordsworth Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier Juvenile Department


Little Women


Isabel Carlton's Friends


Boy Scout Crusoes


The Spanish Chest


Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder


Polly of the Hospital


Polly of the Lady Gay Cottage


Louisa M. Alcott Margaret Ashmun Edwin C. Burritt Edna A. Brown Irving Crump Emma C. Dowd Emma C. Dowd


The Warning Girls Ellen Douglas Deland


Boy Scouts of the Wild Cat Patrol Walter P. Eaton Wideawake Girls Katharine Ruth Ellis


Wide Awake Girls in Winsted Katherine Ruth Ellis Wide Awake Girls at College Katharine Ruth Ellis Tom Slade Boy Scout Percy K. Fitzhugh


Tom Slade at Temple Camp Percy K. Fitzhugh


Tom Slade on a Transport Percy K. Fitzhugh


Tom Slade With the Colors Percy K. Fitzhugh


Tom Slade With the Boys Over There


Helen-Over-the-Wall The Short Stop Sandy Himself The Boy Electricians as Detectives Bartley, Freshman Pitcher


A Texas Blue Bonnet


Captain Polly of Annapolis The Lost Little Lady The Lucky Sixpence Peg o'the Ring Beatrice of Denewood Girls of '64 Mark Tidd


Percy K. Fitzhugh Beth B. Gilchrist Zane Grey Gardner Hunting E. J. Houston William Heyliger Caroline E. Jacobs Gabrielle Jackson E. B. and A. A. Knipe E. B. and A. A. Knipe E. B. and A. A. Knipe E. B. and A. A. Knipe E. B. and A. A. Knipe Clarence Kelland


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The Silver Cache of the Pawnee Polly's Secret


School Days of Elliot Gray


The Dutch Twins


The Japanese Twins


The Belgian Twins


The Mexican Twins


The Eskimo Twins


Sandy Sawyer, Sophomore


The Stroke Oar


From Tenderfoot to Scout


Dandelion Cottage


Bob Knights Diary on a Farm


Boy Captive in Canada


Young and Old Puritans of Hatfield


D. Lange Harriet A. Nash Colton Maynard Lucy Fitch Perkins Lucy Fitch Perkins Lucy Fitch Perkins Lucy Fitch Perkins Lucy Fitch Perkins Ralph D. Paine Ralph D. Paine A. C. Ruddy Carrol Watson Rankin Charlotte Smith Mary P. Wells Smith


Three in Camp


Five in a Ford


Four on a Farm


Their Canoe Trip


Jolly Good Summer


Mary P. Wells Smith Mary P. Wells Smith Mary P. Wells Smith Mary P. Wells Smith Mary P. Wells Smith Mary P. Wells Smith Everett Tomlinson


With Flintlock and Fife


Four Boys in the Land of Cotton Everett Tomlinson Grit A Plenty Dillon Wallace The Orcutt Girls Charlotte M. Vaile The Varmint Owen Johnson About Animals Retold from St. Nicholas Brooks


Boy Life of Napoleon


Boys' Book of Submarines


Boys' Book of Scouts


The Boy General


Frederick Collins Percy K. Fitzhugh Elizabeth N. Custer


Thomas A. Edison Francis Rolt Wheeler


Wonders of War in the Air Francis Rolt Wheeler Last of the Great Scouts, "Buffalo Bill"


H. C. Whetmore and Zane Grey


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Piers Plowman Histories, Books I, II, III and IV Little Busy Bodies


The Lion


J. Marks and J. Moody Agnes Herbert :


In Texas With Davy Crockett


E. McNeil


Tommy Tinker's Book


Bunny Rabbit's Diary


Mary Frances Blaisdell Mary Frances Blaisdell


Mother Westwind's "Where" Stories T. W. Burgess Adventures of Jimmy Skunk


T. W. Burgess Adventures of Bobby Coon T. W. Burgess Barbara and the Five Little Purrs Elizabeth L. Gould


Master Friskey's Heroism


Eugene Field Reader


Clarence Hawkes Alice S. Harris


The Little House in the Woods Clara W. Hunt


The Goody Naughty Book


Sarah Cory Rippey


The Sandman, His Songs and Rhymes


Pictures and Stories


Peter and Polly in Spring


The Tale of Peter Rabbit


Rose Lucia Beatrix Potter Katharine Pyle Johanna Spyri


Nancy Rutledge


Little Miss Grasshopper


Jumping Joan and other Mother Goose Stories


The Golden Goose and other Fairy Stories


Work-a-day Doings, 2 copies In Fable Land, 2 copies


Eva M. Tappan Emma Serl Emma Serl


Beacon Primer, 2 copies


Beacon First Reader, 2 copies


Banbury Cross Stories, 2 copies


Bender Primer, 2 copies Classic Folks, 2 copies Elson Runkel Primer, 2 copies Elson First Reader, 2 copies Easy Road Primer, 2 copies Easy Road First Reader, 2 copies Graded Poetry, Book I, 2 copies


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


AND


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


OF THE


Town of Hatfield


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1918


School Organization


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Oscar E. Belden, Term expires 1921


John F. O'Dea, Chairman,


Term expires 1920


Adam J. Smith, Secretary, Term expires 1919


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Theodore W. King, Hadley, Mass.


SCHOOL PHYSICIANS


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


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


ATTENDANCE OFFICER S. W. Kingsley


SCHOOL CALENDAR


Term opens Dec. 30, 1918, closes Mar. 28, 1919. Term opens Apr. 7, 1919, closes June 29, 1919 Term opens Sept. 8, 1919, closes Dec. 19, 1919.


Report of School Committee


The committee have given special attention to the several matters pertaining to the schools during the past year. The influenza epidemic made it neces- sary to close the schools for several weeks which hindered the work of the school but they are now on a working basis again and it is with the hope of con- tinuing with no more interruptions.


The school at Bradstreet consisted of a single school in which the teacher had an assistant but this year it was changed to separate schools consisting of a primary and a grammar department which arrange- ment proves much more satisfactory.


The resignation of the superintendent of schools made it necessary to select another superintendent.


The meeting of the Joint District Committee was held for this purpose and the present superintendent was selected for this work.


It is the desire of the committee that some action be taken at town meeting where by the committee can be relieved of further responsibility in the care of the old school building on School Street. It is not need- ed for school purposes.


The committee realize the condition of the build- ing at West Hatfield and that their report applies to day as well as a year ago.


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Financial Statement


For Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 31, 1918. RESOURCES


From State: Superintendent of Schools,


$625.00


School Fund,


790.98


$ 1415.98


Tuition :


Whately,


162.49


Northampton,


84.00


246.49


Town Appropriation,


14,500.00


16,441.85


EXPENDITURES


Salaries:


Teachers,


9,726.80


Janitors,


1,482.45


Supervisors,


408.00


Superintendent of Schools,


936.33


School Committee,


65.00


Books and supplies,


218.84


Fuel,


1739.43


Repairs,


373.52


Transportation,


184.49


Miscellaneous,


71.18


Total expenditures,


$15,206.04


Unexpended,


1,235.81


1


11,618.58


Report of the Superintendent of Schools


To the School Committee and Citizens of the Town of Hatfield:


For the purpose of considering the general con- dition and certain lines of procedure for the welfare of the schools, I hereby have the pleasure to present my first annual report.




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