Hatfield Annual Town Report 1925-1935, Part 10

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Publication date: 1925
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K. H. Stone, Treasurer, Dog Tax


279.06


K. H. Stone, Treasurer, Refund Leeds Sanatorium a/c 192.00


To Hampshire Implement Co., Highway Dept.


4.00


John Fortsch, Highway Dept. 51.90


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Water Dept, Highway Dept.


26.00


John McHugh, Highway Dept. 4.00


37.35


Town of Deerfield, Highway Dept. To Northampton Nat. Bank, Interest


180.38


To License Fees, Gasoline & Alcohol Permits


10.00


To License Fees, Slaughter Licenses


6.00


To License Fees, Bus Drivers


2.00


To License Fees, B. & M. Transportation Co. 30.00


To License Fees, Northampton St. Ry. Co.


25.00


To License Fees, Junk Dealers


64.00


To License Fees, Fruit Dealers


16.00


To License Fees, Bread Dealers


2.00


To License Fees, Pool


4.00


To License Fees, Sealer's Fees


80.56


To License Fees, Oleo license


.50


To S. M. Bourdon, Fire Dept. Pumping


3.75


D. E. Holly, Highway Dept.


12.00


W. L. Graves, Use of cement mixer


9.60


Henry Pellam, Rent Town Hall


17.00


Merrill Strong, Use of cement mixer


5.00


Alex Donnis, Use of cement mixer


18.50


M. Janos, Use of cement mixer


20.00


Penna. Fire Ins. Co., Insurance on Town Hall


500.00


Hartford Fire Ins. Co., Insurance on Town Hall


1,000.00


Great American Fire Insurance Co., Insurance on Town Hall


1,000.00


Laondon Lanc Ins. Co., Fence damage, Cronin


14.00


Standard Oil Co., Damage


5.00


Gleason Bros., Inc., Use of road roller


319.26


Fitchburg Cons. Co., Use of road roller


284.00


Town of Whately, Tuition of school children


25.00


City of Northampton, Tuition of school children


254.85


Town of Deerfield, rent of road roller


64.00


Webster Box Co., Refund on coal a/c


33.10


Mrs. Billings, tree warden


2.80


Jo. Winer, tree warden


5.00


P. Zagrodnik, tree warden


2.00


Prof. E. J. Burke, tel. tolls


.45


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E. A. Waite, library, sale old paper 1.25


E. A. Waite, library fines 3.00


Slovak Ev'l Church, sewer entrance


33.00


John Stenglein, sewer entrance


33.00


A. Skarzinski, sewer entrance Howard & Woodward, refund on Comp. policy


81.38


City of Boston, tuition school children


182.80


A. Yanginski, Highway Dept.


6.00


A. B. Kent, Fire Dept. Pumping Gas & Oil, balance


4.37


85.43


$156,592.48


Cr.


By Selectmen's Orders Paid


$97,293.20


Note No. 47


17,000.00


Note No. 48


20,000.00


Deposit to Memorial T. H. Fund


2,500.00


Deposit to Hannah W. Smith cemetery fund


12.00


County Tax, K. H. Stone, Treasurer


8,526.05


State Tax, Treasurer Commonwealth


3,825.00


State Highway Tax, Treasurer Commonwealth


708.00


Auditors, Treasurer Commonwealth


121.55


Veterans, Treasurer Commonwealth


12.28


Miscellaneous


12.12


Cash Balance on hand


6,582.28


$156,592.48


January 24, 1929


I have this day examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer of the Town of Hatfield and find them correct. Cash on hand $6,582.28.


CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor.


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33.00


SUMMARY OF TOWN ACCOUNT


Cr.


By cash on hand


$6,582.28


Uncollected Taxes, 1924


75.18


Uncollected Taxes, 1925


968.46


Uncollected Taxes, 1926


9,121.96


Uncollected Taxes, 1927


34,315.90


Uncollected Taxes, 1928


37,818.03


Account due Town from the State Smith School Tuition 330.00


Account due from State, Mothers' Aid


312.67


Wm. H. Morrisy


15.00


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., digging ditch


184.50


$79,723.98


Dr.


To Notes Outstanding :


No. 46 Due March 14, 1929


$20,000.00


No. 49 Due Feb. 18, 1929


10,000.00


No. 50 Due March 28, 1929


15,000.00


No. 51 Due July 26, 1929


5,000.00


Balance due on Street Lights


42.00


Balance due City of Northampton Public Welfare a/c


153.54


Balance due Smith School, 1928 a/c


183.75


Balance of Overlays, 1925-6


5.330.62


Miscellaneous a/c


41.40


Library a/c


43.12


Balance in favor of the town


23.929.55


$79,723.98


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Tax Collector's Report DEWEY J. RYAN, Collector


1928 POLL TAXES


To Warrants


To Interest Collected


$1,354.00 .05


$1,354.05


By Cash Paid Treasurer


$1,328.05


By Abatements


26.00


$1,354.05


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928 none


1928 PROPERTY TAX


To Warrants


To Interest Collected


$96,020.88 140.88


$96,161.76


By Cash Paid Treasurer


$55,929.65


By Abatements


2,418.08


$58,347.73


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928 $37,814.03


I have this day examined the books of Dewey J. Ryan, Tax Collector, and find them to be correct.


CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor.


Jan. 24, 1929.


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Tax Collector's Report


MYRON H. DWIGHT, Collector


1924 PROPERTY TAX


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927


$422.42


Interest Collected


36.45


$458.87


By Cash Paid Treasurer


383.69


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928 $75.18


1925 POLL TAX


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928


$110.00


1925 PROPERTY TAX


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927


$1,821.20


By Interest collected


48.23


$1,869.43


By Cash Paid Treasurer


1,010.97


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928


$858.46


1926 POLL TAX


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927


$260.00


By Cash Paid Treasurer 8.00


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928 $252.00


1926 PROPERTY TAX


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927


$15,411.68


To Interest Collected


544.93


$15,956.51


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By Cash Paid Treasurer 7,186.55


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928


$8,869.96


1927 POLL TAX


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927


$504.00


By Cash Paid Treasurer 160.00


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928 $344.00


1927 PROPERTY TAX


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927


$49,391.96


To Interest Collected 648.08


$50,040.04


By Cash Paid Treasurer


$26,059.29


By Abatements 8.78


26,068.14


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1928 $23,971.90


I have this day examined the books of Myron H. Dwight, Tax Collector and find them correct.


CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor. Jan. 24, 1929


PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS


Income 1927


Expense 1927


Balance


Fund


1927


Hannah W. Smith


$15.00


$4.00


$71.48


Augusta Wells


16.74


10.00


374.96


Oliver Warner


2.36


2.00


52.52


John H. Sanderson


4.85


4.00


108.25


Luman M. Moore


10.37


8.00


231.20


P. M. Wells


5.65


5.00


125.22


Benjamin Waite


3.69


2.00


82.95


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Abby Dickinson


4.48


3.50


99.90


Silas G. Hubbard


11.41


4.00


258.45


Levi Graves


7.15


4.00


161.01


Lucy L. Morton


13.52


4.00


307.01


Charles Smith


5.01


4.00


112.51


Lemuel B. Field


5.02


4.00


111.89


Charlotte G. Wilkie


58.75


1,350.45


Rufus H. Cowles


5.11


4.00


117.62


Charles E. Hubbard


5.33


4.00


118.90


Alpheus Cowles


4.93


4.00


109.57


James Porter


4.77


4.00


106.25


Daniel W. Allis


7.79


5.00


174.34


J. H. Howard


4.77


4.00


105.96


Fannie M. Burke


4.82


4.00


107.39


Charles S. Shattuck


4.82


4.00


107.20


Seth W. Kingsley


4.75


4.00


106.19


E. S. Warner


9.72


7.00


216.72


Reuben Belden


5.43


125.37


Theodore Porter


4.66


4.00


103.48


Charles L. Graves


4.66


4.00


103.52


Roswell Hubbard


4.64


4.00


102.92


Cooley D. Dickinson


5.81


5.00


128.82


Elijah Bardwell


15.70


4.00


357.01


Joseph D. Billing's


4.61


4.00


102.45


Memorial Town Hall, Int.


176.35


*2,500.00


6.557.94


Edward C. Billings


28.56


20.00


584.06


Augusta Beals


4.71


4.00


104.40


Anthony Douglas


1.03


56.73


Received :


J. E. Porter


5.32


4.00


101.32


Jonathan Graves


3.40


3.00


100.40


Hugh McLeod


5.72


4.00


101.72


B. M. Warner, New Account


202.25


Chester Hastings, New Account


100.00


Lucius & Stearns Curtis, New Account


258.08


Perpetual Care Funds Received


152.50


Paid out Care of Lots


152.50


V. H. KELLER. Treasurer.


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Police Report


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


The report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31st, 1928, is herewith respectfully submitted.


Total number of arrests during the year 1928 76


Drunkenness


12


Violation of Liquor Laws


6


Larceny


5


Motor Vehicle Violations


22


Assault and Battery


2


Hawking and peddling without a license


3


Disturbing the Peace


5


Vagrancy


3


Cruelty to animals


2


Begetting illegitimate child


1


Violation of school laws


2


Dogs not licensed


2


Committed to State Farm


2


Committed to State Hospital


2


Return to State Hospital


2


5


Returned to Veterans' Hospital Total


76


Total Fines, District Court $1505.00


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR R. BREOR,


Chief of Police.


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Town Clerk's Report


VITAL STATISTICS 1928 BIRTHS TO HATFIELD PARENTS BY MONTHS


Male


Female


January


1


5


February


1


4


March


0


1


April


2


0


May


3


3


June


2


4


July


3


2


August


2


1


September


3


4


October


3


1


November


0


2


December


3


4


Total


23


31-54


BIRTH PLACE OF PARENTS


Fathers


Mothers


United States


20


24


Poland


33


26


Czecho-Slovakia


1


Germany


1


Canada


2


Italy


1


-


Total


54


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BIRTHS FOR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS


1923


1924


1925


1926


1927


88


88


52


46


47


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MARRIAGES BY MONTHS


January


2


First marraige of both 28


February


2


Second of Groom 2


March 0 Youngest Groom


20


April


2


Oldest Groom


48


May


4


Youngest Bride


16


June


6


Oldest Bride


42


July


3


September


3


Birthplace


Groom


Bride


August


0


United States


26


29


October


6


Poland


2


1


November


2


Scotland


1


December


0


Austria


1


·


-


-


Total


30


Total


30


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NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED


Gore, William W.


Danforth, Anna Wells


Sawtell, Emma Kingsley


Newman, Irene M.


Harris, Burton


Osley, John


Giawski, Josephine Kociela


Liberacki, Agnes


Markowski, Stanley


Fitzgibbons, Margaret A.


Kulesza, .. ...


Wolosz, ...............


Jablonski, Joseph


Burda,


Strong, Ralph W.


Osciak, Regina


Klimczyk, Hendryk


Osciak,


Steele, John


Burke, Mary Mahoney


Krizan George


Waite, Justin Lyman


Barnard, Sarah Moore


Wickles, Alfred Francis Filipek, .....


Warner, Ella Elizabeth Fitch


Belden, William Howard


Slusaz, Walter


Webber, Emma D.


Proulx, Mary J. Harmell


Corash, John


Stenglein, Barbara D.


Haff, Luella


Age of oldest person deceased (female) 90 years.


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DOGS LICENSED


160 Male Dogs at $2.00 each


23 Female Dogs at $5.00 each


$320.00 115.00


$435.00


Less 183 fees at 20c each


36.60


$398.40


Paid County Treasurer


$398.40


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Assessors' Report


Value of Assessed Personal Estate


$426,352.00 $2,574,301.00


Value of Assessed Real Estate


Total Value of Assessed Estate


$3,000,653.00


Value of Assessed Buildings


$1,553,810.00


Value of Assessed Land


1,020,491.00


$2,574,301.00


Number of Polls Assessed


673


Residents Assessed on Property


601


Non-Residents Assessed on Property


59


Number of Persons Assessed on Property


764


For Poll Tax Only


267


Rate of Tax per $1,000.00


$32.00


Number of Horses Assessed


315


Number of Cows Assessed


271


Number of Neat Cattle Assessed


94


Number of Sheep


323


Number of Fowls


3166


Number of Dwelling Houses


463


Acres of Land


9050


State Tax


$3,825.00


State Highway Tax


$708.00


County Tax


$8,526.05


Town Tax


$109,220.00


State Audit


$121.55


Overlayings


$575.19


Estimated Receipts :


Bank and Corporation Tax


$3,150.00


Income Tax


$13,091.00


All Others


$9,430.00


Value of Property Exempt from Tax under Chap.


39


59, General Laws: Church Property Town Property


$54,700.00 $257.075.00


Respectfully submitted,


MYRON H. DWIGHT, VERNET H. KELLER, JOHN E. RAFFA,


Assessors of Hatfield.


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Water Commissioners' Report


Receipts for 1928


Balance on deposit, First National Bank,


Jan. 1, 1928


$4,885.09


Elwell & Chenet


16.00


E. W. Strong, water rents


5,870.82


Interest, bank balance


182.29


$10,954.20


Paid Out, 1928


F. M. Crittenden, water bills $13.00


B. & M. R. R. Co., Freight on pipe


127.48


U. S. Cast Iron Pipe Co., pipe


684.82


L. A. Deinlein, laying pipe


516.96


K. B. Noble Co., tools


100.00


Jos. Pollard & Co., tools


9.70


E. L. Graves, repairs


25.36


Highway Dept., labor


26.0


E. W. Strong, collector


176.08


E. W. Strong, extra work


279.70


R. A. Slocomb, supplies and labor


60.69


Northampton Mach. & Welding Co., repairs


10.50


Northampton Water Dept., supplies and labor


352.12


Norwood Engineering Co., supplies


73.20


W. H. Riley & Co., supplies


57.00


$2,512.61


Balance on deposit, First Nat. Bank


$8,441.59


$10,954.20


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Assets


Cash on deposit, First Nat. Bank


$8,441.59


One Liberty Bond,


1,000.00


Amherst Savings Bank


2,135.03


Hampshire County Trust Co., Savings Dept.


$2,186.17


First Nat. Bank, Savings Dept.


1,376.45


Northampton National Bank,


Special account


2,698.62


$17,837.86


The past year we laid a 6-inch pipe from Strong's Corner south on the state road to the David Curtis place, leaving now only one street in town without a big pipe.


On our water-shed we have been cleaning out the undesir- able timber such as gray birch, poplar and dead trees and are planning to replace wherever necessary with pines.


We are doing this to do away just so far as is possible with all FIRE HAZARDS and to give the good trees a better chance to grow.


In a few years we hope to have a forest all over our water- shed that will be worth going to see.


J. W. KILEY, R. G. BILLINGS, L. A. DEINLEIN, Water Commissioners.


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Report of Librarian


To the Trustees of the Public Library:


There were added to the Library during 1928, 404 books, 22 of these were gifts, 167 were purchased for the Juvenile de- partment. Some one has said, "Give a child a library card and you have placed the world at his feet."


The circulation of books and magazines was 15,776. This is the largest circulation in the history of this Library, being 2,311 more than last year. The circulation in. the adult depart- ment was 8,591, in the Juvenile department 7,185.


The following is a partial list of books added during 1928:


Adams Aldrich


Anonymous


Barrington, E.


Balfour


Bailey


Bojer


Burt


Cannon


Chapman


Chalmers


Christie


Cockrell


Cottrell


Curwood


Daingerfield


Darrow


Dell


Deeping Comstock


Forster


Rogues fall out A Lantern in her hand Miss Tiverton goes out The Divine Lady The Enterprising Burglar Silver Slippers The Great Hunger Cock's Feathers Red Rust The Happy Mountain April and Sally June Mystery of the Blue Train The Hinge of Heaven The Singing Gold The Plains of Abraham That Gay Nineties Murder The Figured Flame Peggy by Request Old Pybus Penelope's Web A Passage to India


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Galsworthy Gibbs Gregory


Grey


Grey


Hamsun


Hargraves


Hart


Henderson


Hurst Jackson Kelland


Kyne


Lane


Leech


Lilly


Lincoln


Locke


Lutz


Lutz


McLeod


Mccutcheon


McGrath


Marshall


Miller


Morse Nicholson


Moresby


Norris Oemler


Ostenso


Parrish, Anne


Pedler


Richmond Rinehart


Rosman


Sabatini Singmaster


Swan Song Harness Red wood and Gold Nevada Wild Horse Mesa Growth of the Soil The Cabin at the Trail's End The Bellamy Trial The Golden Bees A President is Born Beggars can choose Knuckles Tide of Empire Cindy The Feathered Nest The Seven Sisters Silas Bradford's Boy The Kingdom of Theophilus Crimson Roses The New Name Marloe Mansions Murder Blades The Changing Road The Far call Welcome Home En Garde Cavalier of Tennessee Captain Java The Foolish Virgin Sheaves The Dark Dawn All Kneeling The Bitter Heritage At the South Gate Two Flights Up The Window Trampling of the Lilies What everybody wanted


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Snaith Tarkington Turnbull Van Dine Vaughan Wentworth Wentworth


Walsh White Walpole Walling


Ward Wallace Whitlock


Wilder Willsie


Skyward


Richard Byrd


Merz


Gaylord


Andre Maurois


Harry Lauder


Will Irwin (presented)


West


Skeyhill Wright'


Fife


Clark and Quigley Quinn


Surrender


Claire Ambler The Handsome Man The Green Murder Case The Invader Anne Belinda Will o' the Wisp While rivers run David Strange Winter's moon That dinner at Bardolphs The Singing Heart The Black Abbott Big Matt The Bridge of San Luis Rey With Malice toward none Richard Byrd Skyward The Great American Band Wagon Furniture yesterday and today Disraeli Roamin' in the Gloamin' Herbert Hoover Lone Scout of the Sky Sergeant York Forgotten Ladies Lindbergh, the Lone Eagle Etiquette, Jr. Exciting Adventures of Capt. John Smith


ELLEN A. WAITE, Librarian.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


School Committee


OF THE


Town of Hatfield


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1928


School Organization


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Patrick W. Mullins, Chairman


Term expires 1929


Joseph F. Chandler


Term expires 1930


J. Henry Charlebois, Secretary


Term expires 1931


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Orion A. Morton


19 Bates St., Northampton Telephone 1088


SCHOOL PHYSICIANS


A. J. Bonneville, M.D. (Center and North Hatfield Schools) C. A. Byrnes, M.D. (Hill and West Hatfield Schools)


ATTENDANCE OFFICER Chief Arthur R. Breor


SCHOOL CENSUS October 1, 1928


Boys


Girls


Total


Between 5 and 7 years


57


66


123


Between 7 and 14


270


275


545


Between 14 and 16


65


55


120


Total


392


396


788


SCHOOL CALENDAR


Elementary and Smith Academy


First Winter Term-7 weeks


Second Winter Term-8 weeks .


Opens January 2, 1929 Closes February 15, 1929 Opens February 25, 1929 Closes April 18, 1929


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Spring Term-8 weeks


Fall Term-15 weeks


First Winter Term


Opens April 29, 1929 Closes June 21, 1929 Opens September 9, 1929 Closes December 20, 1929 Opens December 30, 1929


No school on legal holidays and Good Friday.


Schools close Wednesday noon of Thanksgiving week and reopen the following Monday.


When a legal holiday occurs on Sunday the following Mon- day is observed as a holiday.


Legal holidays in Massachusetts include January first, February twenty-second, April nineteenth, May thirtieth, July Fourth, the first Monday in September, October twelfth, Novem- ber eleventh, Thanksgiving and Christmas.


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Report of School Committee


To the Citizens of the Town of Hatfield:


The total membership in all the schools for 1926 was 739; for 1927, it was 762, or a gain of 23; for 1928, it was 766, or a gain of 4. The entering grade was 14 less than a year ago; and the second grade was 8 less. This would indicate that the crest has been reached. As the tendency is for more children to remain in school in the upper grades, the enrollment for the next five or six years is likely to remain about the same as at present.


The West room at the Bradstreet School was taken over for the upper grades after the necessary changes were made. In all probability, this room will be large enough for the upper grades for years to come.


There were two old furnaces at the Hill School. These were removed and in their place a single furnace was installed. The ventilation was improved and the coat rooms heated. This made a saving in the first cost and the present system will use less coal.


The rooms on the first floor of the Center School have been retinted and all the furniture put in good condition. It is planned to treat the second floor in a similar manner this year. This will make the interior of this building in excellent condi- tion. Such repairs have been made at the other buildings as were necessary to keep them in good condition. .


At the close of 1927, there was an unexpended balance of $1,760.55. The estimated budget for 1928 was only $150.00 less than that of 1927. However, there is an unexpended bal- ance this year of $1,712.49. As we have been able by rigid economy during the last two years to save of the estimated budget about $1,700, we are reducing the estimated budget for


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1929, $950, and trust we will be able to keep within that esti- mate. Conditions may arise which may carry the expenditure above the estimate. The two winters up to the present have been comparatively mild which gave a large saving in coal. Sev- eral teachers moved on to better salaried positions in other places. These positions have been filled in most cases at the minimum salaries. The expenditures for repairs, books and supplies have been kept at a very economical level.


As measured by Standard Tests given frequently during the year, it seems that our schools compare very favorably with other schools in this and other states.


Respectfully submitted,


PATRICK W. MULLINS, JOSEPH W. CHANDLER, J. HENRY CHARLEBOIS,


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Financial Statement


December 31, 1928


Town Appropriation


Smith-Hughes Fund


$52,900.00 378.85


$53,278.85


Expenditures


School Committee


$135.00


Supt. of Schools and Attendance Officer


2,329.36


Supervisors of Music, Drawing and Pen- manship and Health Education


2,789.96


Teachers-Academy


11,365.02


Teachers-Elementary


20,916.25


Books and supplies


2,971.76


Janitors


3,266.05


Fuel


3,757.99


Repairs


1,819.33


Miscellaneous


738.89


Transportation-Academy


1,020.00


Transportation-Elementary


456.75


$51,566.36


$1,712.49


ESTIMATED FINANCIAL BUDGET FOR 1929


School Committee


$300.00


Superintendent of Schools and


Attendance Officer 2,500.00


Supervisors of Music, Drawing and Penmanship and Health Education 2,800.00


Teachers-Academy 11,300.00


Teachers-Elementary


21,400.00


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Books and Supplies


3,400.00


Janitors and supplies


3,300.00


Fuel


4,000.00


Repairs


1,200.00


Miscellaneous


600.00


Transportation-Academy


1,000.00


Transportation-Elementary


500.00


$52,300.00


Smith-Hughes Fund


350.00


Total Budget for 1929


$51,950.00


The amount raised by the town is the above budget less estimated receipts from the State, tuition and other receipts. These amounts for 1928 were: Income Tax, $17,300.00; Tui- tion $463.15; Received from State toward salary and travelling expenses of superintendent of schools, $965.88; State reimburse- ment for vocational education, $3,666.76. A total of $22,395.79.


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Report of Supt of Schools


To the School Committee, Parents and Citizens:


The general progress of the schools during 1928 has been uniformly good. The teachers have conducted all the work on a high level of efficiency and maintained a fine spirit in the classroom and on the playground. The teachers in this Union are as pleasant, loyal, cooperative and faithful as can be found in the Commonwealth and I wish to express at the opening of this report instead of at the close, my hearty appreciation of the untiring efforts and excellent results which they have se- cured along all lines. The spirit of team work which has char- acterized the activities of the year emphasizes the truth and value of the following poem by Edgar A. Guest which recently appeared in the Pennsylvania School Journal.


Team Work


It's all very well to have courage and skill And it's fine to be counted a star,


But the single deed with its touch of thrill Doesn't tell us the man you are; For there's no lone hand in the game we play, We must work to a bigger scheme, And the thing that counts in the world today Is, How do you pull with the team?


They may sound your praise and call you great, They may single you out for fame, But you must work with your running mate Or you'll never win the game; For never the work of life is done By the man with a selfish dream, · For the battle is lost or the battle is won By the spirit of the team.


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You may think it fine to be praised for skill, But a greater thing to do Is to set your mind and set your will On the goal that's just in view; It's helping your fellowman to score When his chances hopeless seem;


It's forgetting self till the game is o'er And fighting for the team.


About three years ago, we concluded that the work in his- tory was not quite up to a satisfactory standard. The attention of all the elementary teachers above the second grades was centered upon a carefully worked out system for improvement. A readjustment of the course of study was made, methods were more carefully adapted, supplementary material secured and a complete set of historical slides purchased. The progress has been checked up from time to time and found to be steadily gaining.


The third and fourth grades have done excellent work. A Standard National Test was given in November. The fifth grades scored 5 points above the National Standard score; the sixth grades scored 3 points above ; the seventh was just stand- ard; and the eighth slightly below. As the two upper grades had greater handicaps to overcome, their real progress has been as marked as any of the other grades.


During the year National Standard Tests were given in Spelling, Arithmetic, Silent Reading, Language and English.


In spelling the total score for all the grades above the first was 10 points above the total score of the National Standards for the same grades.


In arithmetic the third, seventh and eighth grades were above standard and the fourth, fifth and sixth grades slightly below.


In silent reading the ability to comprehend the meaning of the printed page when reading rapidly had a National Stand- ard rating for thousands of children in different sections of the


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country of 62.8 points. The Hatfield children scored 58.9 points. The total National score for speed in reading was 860 points. Hatfield's total score was .799. While these marks are slightly below the standard, a comparison of the scores for the same children given last May and similar tests given in Decem- ber shows a steady gain in both comprehension and speed.


Much thought and time are given to oral English in the lower grades and both oral and written English in the upper grades. The results of this work are shown whenever a Nation- al Standard Test in English is given. The total standard score of tests given in June was 225 points. The Hatfield children in the same grades score 243 points. The total standard score for those given in December was 278. The score of the Hat- field schools was 297 points.


In nearly every report, I have emphasized the value of education. I do this to encourage our boys and girls to remain in school just as long as circumstances will permit. Since the last report, one of the most searching and thorough studies has been made by Professor Everett W. Lord whose conclusions are based on actual data. The groups studied were between twenty -. five and sixty years of age. The average high school graduate in the groups studied earned $1100 a year more than the ele- mentary school graduate. The average college graduate received $3400 per year more than the high school graduate. The aver- age for the group ofA.B. degree men was exceeded by the group of M.A. men; the Ph.D. men exceeded the M.A. men; while those college graduates with a degree in business administration were highest of all, receiving nearly double that of the other high groups. This shows that at the present time on an average the more education one receives the greater is his value to him- self, his family and his community. It also shows that "the saturation point in education has not been reached and prob- ably never will be reached, for the increasing complexity of life calls for constant educational advantages," and that "the dollar spent for education, by the public or the individual, goes out only to bring back ten."




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