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Highway Department:
Under the provisions of Chap. 81 $5,750.00
Bridges, sewers, sidewalks and snow removal. 1,500.00
Bonds of town officers . 150.00
Inspection of animals, barns and slaughtering 240.00
Tree work.
500.00
Moth work
150.00
Maintenance of Fire Department .
800.00
Insurance.
876.00
Public Welfare and equipment.
6,000.00
Interest.
1,000.00
Salaries and expenses of town officers as follows.
3,745.00
Salaries
Expenses
Moderator
$20.00
Selectmen
240.00
$100.00
Clerk of Board of Select-
men
80.00
Town Clerk
400.00
90.00
Town Accountant
60.00
20.00
Town Treasurer
480.00
50.00
Assessors .
680.00
35.00
Tax Collector
500.00
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
120.00
50.00
Election and Registration.
140.00
$3.300.00
$445.00
Employment of School Physicians
$160.00
Maintenance of Schoois
42,000.00
Care of Cemeteries. 100.00
Maintenance of Public Library
960.00
Memorial Day Services.
100.00
Tuition of students at Smith Agricultural School. . .
750.00
Police protection and equipment. 2,000.00
Reserve Fund. 500.00
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Unclassified accounts
$200.00
Attorney's fees
300.00 Care of Town Hall. '2,000.00
Soldiers' Aid and Relief 200.00
Maintenance of Water Department. 1,200.00
Interest on Town Hall notes (not in water evenue). . 586.00
Total $71,767.00
We recommend that the following sum be appropri- ated from the available water revenue.
Town Hall Note and Interest. 6,220.50
$77,987.50
The committee reserve the right to change or alter these recommendations.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN C. H. RICHARDS, FRANK A. KEMPISTY, DEWEY J. RYAN,
Finance Committee.
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Town Accountant
To the Board of Selectmen,
Hatfield, Mass.
Gentlemen:
1 submit herewith the report of your Town Accountant for the year ending December 31, 1933.
RECEIPTS
GENERAL REVENUE
Tax Levies-Previous years $41,663.11
Current year, Old Age Assistance
575.00
Current year, M. V. Excise
2,490.96
Current Year Poll.
1,150.00
Curretn Year Personal and Real.
25,489.06
$71,368.13
From the Commonwealth:
Income Taxes .
$13,441.00
Corporation .
1,202.84
Bank and Trust Co.
23.46
Gas and Electric Co.
311.40
R. R. & Tel. Co.
69.01 -
Mass. School Fund.
4,581.84
Union Superintendent
896.28
Vocational .
3,375.62
George Reed Fund.
43.65
Smith Hughes Fund
303.44
$24,248.54
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License Fees and Permits :
Pool.
$4.00
Peddler and Junk. 56.00
Gasoline and Denatured Alcohol 17.00
Malt Beverages.
800.00
Alcoholic Beverages
813.86
$1,690.86
Fines and Forfeits:
District Court and County Jail Fines
$291.25
Fofeit
1.00
$292.25
Dog Taxes from Town and County Treas .:
Town.
$338.40
County
233.19
$571.59
Northampton Water Dept. in lieu of taxes Reservoir land
42.46
Tax Collector:
Receipts from Collection Tax Ad's . . .
97.44
Fire Department:
Receipts from Card Games
49.55
Total General Revenue
$98,360.73
DEPARTMENTAL
Town Hall Rent.
$342.00
Sealer's Fees .
61.80
Fire Department Sale Old Material
25.00
Health, Hospital Bills
108.57
Town Hall, Miscellaneous
2.30
$539.67
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Highways:
Sale of Materials
$27.45
Road Machinery Earnings
81.75
Bridge Damage, etc.
163.92
$273.12
Charities :
Sale of Wood.
$188.50
From Other Towns and Cities 482.33
From State.
267.89
From State Mother's Aid
107.00
Miscellaneous
2.00
$1,047.72
Schools:
City of Boston, Tuition City Wards ..
$211.35
Telephone Tolls.
.20
$211.55
Library :
Fines. 42.26
Water Department:
Collection Water Rents, 1932
$1,229.31
Collection Water Rents, 1933.
4,933.78
$6,163.09
Cemeteries :
Sale of Lots.
$1.00
Sale of Loam
1.00
$2.00
Interest :
Taxes.
$2,595.86
Bank Balances
38.99
Cemetery Funds.
34.00
$2,668.85
Municipal Indebtedness:
Temporary Loans. $26,000.00
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Agency Trust and Investment:
P. C. New Accounts.
$200.00
Interest on P. C. Funds.
243.89
Interest on Library Fund
120.65
$564.54
Refunds :
Taxes O. A. A.
$18.00
Schools
5.46
$23.46
Woman's Relief Project:
C. W. A. Funds.
$714.00
Teachers Contributions
6,164.50
Total Receipts.
$142,775.58
Balance on Hand, January 1, 1933
5,660.66
Total
$148,436.14
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen:
Salary.
$300.00
Expenses
87.48
$387.48
Clerk of Board of Selectmen:
Salary.
$80.00
Moderator:
Salary .
$20.00
Town Treasurer:
Salary
$480.00
Expense
$134.00
$614.00
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Tax Collector :
Salary 1933 Collector
$225.00
Postage, Printing and Advertising
255.35
Deeds .
24.75
$505.10
Assessors :
Salaries
$680.00
Expense
21.47
$701.47
Attorney's Fees
$297.32
Town Clerk:
Salary .
$400.00
Expense.
78.58
$478.56
Election and Registration :
Salaries
$61.50
Ballots .
12.00
$73.50
Town Accountant:
Salary .
640.00
Expense .
9.61
$649.61
Town Hall Committee:
Payment of Piano.
$75.58
Dog License Fees :
Paid to County Treasurer by Town Treasurer . .
$336.60
Town Hall Maintenance:
Janitor Salary
$906.88
Coal 1932 Bill
289.13
Coal 1933 Bill
448.54
Light and Power
336.33
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Janitor Supplies Repairs. Miscellaneous
$49.34
77.88
.
1.50
$2,109.60
Total General Government $6,328.82
PROTECTION, PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police:
Salary for 1933
$1,600.00
Salary Previous Year
83.33
Officers .
49.00
Telephone
30.25
Garage Rent.
48.00
Gas and Oil .
103.11
Equipment and Repairs
109.78
$2,023.47
Fire:
Salary of Chief
$135.00
Firemen
240.00
Rent .
50.00
Equipment
9.25
Hose
147.00
Supplies .
53.02
Fuel and Light
45.29
Stationery
1.50
Telephone.
28.36
Gas and Oil
5.00
$714.42
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary.
$120.00
Expense
50.00
$170.00
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Forestry and Moth Work:
Tree, Salary and Wages
$363.53
Equipment Supplies
15.37
37.10
$416.00
Moth Work:
Salaries and Wages.
$149.60
Dike Project:
Teams.
$147.20
Material.
191.45
$338.65
$3,812.14
Total for Protection
$3,812.14
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Inspection :
Schools
$160.00
Animals, Meat and Barns
219.30
Expense .
20.70
Diphtheria Clinic
118.00
$518.00
$518.00
Highways:
Salary and Wages
$1,459.12
Truck and Teams.
32.00
Stone and Gravel .
101.85
Equipment and Repairs
94.68
Tar.
190.60
Lumber
307.13
Miscellaneous
98.98
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Snow and Ice Removal
$247.79
Street Signs
12.50
Light.
15.20
Gas and Oil
245.11
$2,804.96
Highway Machinery Account:
Tools and Repairs
$172.66
Street Lights, 2 months
$782.44
WELFARE
Groceries and Provisions. .
$1,034.85
Other Towns and Cities, Cash
1,230.70
Town Relief, Cash
1,076.93
Traveling expenses.
227.24
Coal and Wood.
171.50
Board and Care
374.00
State Institutions
318.73
Mother's Aid, Other Towns
93.33
Old Age Relief
40.00
Medical Aid. 81.30
Wages
19.28
Rent .
40.00
Telephone.
20.80
Miscellaneous
16.69
$4,745.35
SOLDIER'S RELIEF
Other Towns
$120.72
State.
15.36
$136.08
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SCHOOLS
General Expenses :
School Committee Salaries 1932-33.
$300.00
District Superintendent. 1,510.00
Enforcement Officer . 268.00
Stationery and Postage
21.49
Telephone.
131.65
Traveling Expenses
183.18
Census
25.00
Nurse
850.00
$3,289.32
Teacher's Salaries :
High .
$10,057.24
Elementary
19,534.52
Substitutes
204.00
Vocational
351.60
Teacher's Contributions
6,164.50
$36,311.86
Text Books and Supplies :
High, Books.
$511.45
High, Supplies
427.24
Elm, Books
348.77
Elm, Supplies . 550.01
Commercial, Books
86.50
Commercial, Supplies and Equipment
392.17
$2,316.14
Transportation
$1,950.25
Vocational :
Agricultural Supplies
$138.93
Agricultural Books.
24.00
Household Arts Supplies
63.37
$226.30
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Janitors:
High .
$600.00
Elm
2,038.49
$2,638.49
Fuel and Light:
High
638.30
Elm
2,064.65
$2,702.95
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
Janitor Supplies, High
$36.60
Janitor Supplies, Elm
30.97
Repairs, Elm.
193.20
Miscellaneous, Elm
9.55
$270.32
Graduation Exercises and Diplomas
78.35
Speaker.
16.00
$94.35
Clerical Work, High
$19.00
Athletics :
High, Supplies
$50.23
Elm, Supplies
6.25
$56.48
Total for Schools
$49,875.46
SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Tuition Hatfield Students
$1,293.75
$1,293.75
Ten students attending for year June, 1933, four students attending December 31'33-
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LIBRARY
Salaries:
Librarian
$341.33
Assistants
110.00
Janitor .
97.00
Books .
434.06
Periodicals
32.60
Binding
57.72
Fuel
61.75
Light
13.96
Postage.
.56
Supplies
43.43
$1,192.41
INSURANCE
Schools
368.00
Workmen's Compensation
385.71
Boilers, Public Buildings
111.61
Motor Equipment.
261.65
Town Clock
24.40
Burglar
40.07
$1,191.44
MEMORIAL DAY
Band.
$50.00
Flags.
20.00
Transportation
15.50
$85.50
UNCLASSIFIED
Bonds Town Officers.
$204.00
Town Reports, Printing
104.52
Town Reports, Delivering
11.06
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Salary of Elector
$10.00
Printing Project.
17.50
Care of Town Clock
25.00
Miscellaneous .
8.00
$380.08
WATER DEPARTMENT
Saiaries :
Commissioners
$150.00
Labor
540.52
Superintendent
258.60
Pipe and Fittings
77.67
Miscellaneous
9.10
$1,035.89
CEMETERIES
Labor:
Main Street Cemetery $40.00
Hill Cemetery. 119.96
WV. Hatfield Cemetery
15.00
N. Hatfield Cemetery
10.00
Bradstreet Cemetery
15.00
$199.96
INTEREST
Temporary Loans
$871.66
Prepaid Taxes.
$34.57
School House Note (Final)
90.00
Town Hall Notes
2,019.00
$3,015.23
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans
$41,000.00
Town Hall Notes 5,000.00
School House Note (Final)
2,000.00
$48,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Old Age Taxes, 1933
$706.00
State Taxes
3,690.00
Audit .
244.15
State Parks.
7.71
Bank Tax.
3.76
County Tax.
7,819.44
Interest of Library Bonds (Deposited)
120.65
Cemetery P. C. New Funds
200.00
Cemetery P. C. Interest
277.89
$13,069.60
REFUNDS
Taxes . .
$318.65
M. V. E. Tax
58.65
O. A. A. Tax.
12.00
$389.30
Total Payments. .
$139,029.07
Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1933
9,407.07
$148,436.14
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APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, BALANCES
Appropria- From tions and Reserve
Receipts
Expended
Balances
Carry overs Fund
Selectmen's Salaries
$240.00 $60.00
$300.00
Selectmen's Expense. .
100.00
87.48
$12.52R
Clerk of Board of Selectmen
80.00
80.00
Moderator.
20.00
20.00
Town Accountant .
640.00
640.00
Town Accountant expense.
20.00
9.61
10.39R
Town Treasurer. .
480.00
480.00
Town Treasurer Expense.
50.00
84.00
134.00
Collectors Salary '30-'31-'32
920.94
920.94F
Collectors Expense .
80.00
200.10
280.10
Collectors Salary 1933
640.00
225.00
415.00F
Assessors Salary . .
680.00
680.00
Assessors Expense .
35.00
21.47
13.53R
Town Clerk Salary .
400.00
400.00
Town Clerk Expense.
90.00
78.56
11.44R
Attorney's Fees .
300.00
297.32
2.68R
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Election and Registration . $60.00
$13.50
$73.50
Bonds, Town Officers.
205.00
204.00
$1.00R
Town Hall Maintenance.
2,000.00
109.60
2,109.60
Dickinson Memorial Hall.
25.00
25.00R
Police Department.
2,000.00
23.47
2,023.47
Fire Department .
800.00
714.42
85.58R
Sealer, Salary & Expense.
170.00
170.00
Moth Suppression .
150.00
149.60
40R
Tree Work .
640.00
416.00
224.00R
Inspection, Salary & Expense. . .
240.00
240.00
Highway . . .
2,000.00
E&D 1,000.00
2,804.96
195.04R
Street Lights.
783.40
782.44
.96R
Road Machinery Rep Account . .
R.M.Rev 200.00
172.66
27.34R
Charities . . .
4,000.00
E&D
750.00
4,745.35
4.65R
Soldiers' Relief .
200.00
136.08
63.92R
Schools.
43,398.09
*352.25
43,710.96
39.68R
School Physicians .
180.00
160.00
Smith Agricultural School .
1,500.00
1,293.75
206.25R
Library . . .
950.00
*Dog Fund 233.19
1,192.41
.78R
Unclassified . .
200.00
176.08
23.92R
Memorial Day .
100.00
85.50
14.50R
Insurance. .
1,400.00
1,191.44
208.56R
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Reserve Fund. .
$500.00
$490.67
$9.33R
Water Department
1,000.00
E&D $200.00
1,035.89
164.11R
Cemeteries .
200.00
199.96
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Interest .
3,109.50
3,015.23
94.27
School Debt.
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Hall Debt ..
5,000.00
5,000.00
Town Hall Committee Fund.
75.58
75.58
Diphtheria Clinic ..
E&D 118.00
118.00
Civil Works Project.
E&D 500.00
338.65F
161.35
$77,642.51 $490.67
$3,353.74
$78,559.74 Balance $2,937.18
R. to Reserve. F. Forward *Smith Hughes and Geo. Reed Fund. *Dog Fund.
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BALANCE SHEET
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash ...
$9,407.07
Protested checks .
37.03
Due from Tax Collector .
2,791.50
Accounts Receivable.
Taxes :
Levy of 1930
$108.72
Levy of 1931. .
476.37
Levy of 1932.
15,051.87
Levy of 1933.
32,924.76
48,561.72
Old Age Assistance Taxes :
Levy o1 1931. 91.00
Levy of 1932.
152.00
Levy of 1933 .
131.00
Liabilities and Reserves
Temporary Loans.
In anticipation of Revenue. . $10,000.00
Civil Works Projects. . 714.00
Special State Tax Old Age Assis- tance. . 3.00
Dog License-County
8.40
Road Machinery Reserve .. 1,317.63
Water Department - Available Surplus. . 6,220.54
Appropriation Balances.
Collector's Salaries . . . $1,335.94
Civil Works Project
No. 1 .. 161.35
1,797.29
374.00
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus . ...
1,918.26
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Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1930 $89.45
Levy of 1931. 311.75
Levy of 1932 998.32
Levy of 1933 675.06
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1930. . $108.72
Levy of 1931 476.37
Levy o: 1932 1,532.44
I.evy of 1933 2,383.00
2,074.58
Tax Titles.
4,355.31
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Departmental:
Health .
$77.57
Highways.
5.43
Public Welfare.
30.00
113.00
Water Rates .. 1,566.12
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Motor Vehicle Excise:
Tax .... $2,074.58
Tax Titles. 4,355.31
Departmental. 113.00
Water .. 1,566.12
8,109.01
Surplus Revenue .
34,991.67
$69,270.33
$69,280.33
4,500.53
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt. . . . $45,000.00
Town Hall Loan. . $45,000.00
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities .. . . $9,620.55
Hatfield Library Funds. .
$1,615.16
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds .. . .
8,005.39
$9,620.55
$9,620.55
Treasurer's Report
John R. McGrath, Treasurer, in account with
TOWN OF HATFIELD
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1933
$5,660.66
Receipts for year . 142,775.39
$148,436.05
Payments for 1933 per war- rants
$139,029.07
Special account in First Nat- ional Bank.
$714.00
First National Bank.
8,684.20
Cash in office verified 8.78
$9,406.98
$148,436.05
First National Bank
Balance December 31, 1933
$18,050.59
Balance per check book. $8,684.20
Balance per special account. 714.00
Outstanding checks December 31, 1933 per list. 8,652.39
$18,050.59
JOHN R. MCGRATH, Treasurer.
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PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS
Fund
Income 1933
Expense 1933
Balance 1933
Hannah W. Smith
· $16.25
$4.00
$136.49
Augusta Wells
14.12
10.00
404.81
Oliver Warner
1.88
2.00
53.83
John H. Sanderson
3.92
4.00
111.79
Luman M. Moore
8.51
8.00
241.85
P. M. Wells.
4.50
5.00
127.32
Benjamin Waite.
3.17
2.00
91.38
Abby Dickinson .
3.66
3.50
104.21
Silas G. Hubbard
10.24
4.00
297.14
Levi Graves.
6.15
4.00
176.90
Lucy L. Morton
12.29
4.00
357.04
Charles Smith
4.10
4.00
117.06
Lemuel B. Field.
4.10
4.00
116.27
Rufus H. Cowles
4.17
4.00
118.41
Charles E. Hubbard
4.38 3.99
4.00
113.43
James Porter.
3.58
3.58
109.51
Daniel W. Allis.
5.34
5.00
152.06
J. H. Howard
3.85
4.00
108.95
Fannie M. Burke.
3.61
3.61
110.82
Charles S. Shattuck
3.61
3.61
110.63
Seth W. Kingsley
3.58
3.58
109.45
E. S. Warner.
6.70
8.00
208.47
Reuben Belden
3.27
25.27
100.00
Theodore Porter
3.48
3.48
106.18
Charles L. Graves
3.48
3.48
106.22
Roswell Hubbard
3.71
4.00
105.23
Cooley D. Dickinson
4.66
5.00
131.73
4.00
124.95
Alpheus Cowles
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Elijah Bardwell
$14.40
$4.00
$418.79
Joseph D. Billings
3.68
4.00
104.64
Edward C. Billings
29.09
22.50
629.06
Augusta Beals.
3.51
3.51
107.29
Anthony Douglas
2.23
4.00
57.24
J. E. Porter .
3.64
4.00
103.24
Jonathan Graves
3.68
3.50
104.82
Hugh McLeod
3.66
4.00
103.70
B. M. Warner
7.31
4.00
227.24
Chester Hastings.
3.64
3.50
103.42
Lucius & Stearns Curtis
9.89
8.00
282.16
Frary & Gardner
3.54
4.00
100.51
Henry C. Batchellor
3.32
3.32
101.26
T. F. Knight & Jno Porter.
14.16
8.00
407.51
H. W. Carl
2.63
2.00
100.63
Scott & Herman Harris
5.95
5.95
200.00
Thaddeus & Solomon Graves
7.08
8.00
201.75
Perpetual Care Funds Received
240.89
Paid Out Care of Lots. . .
240.89
Hatfield Library Fund, Inter.
est on Mortgage.
122.21
215.16
NEW ACCOUNTS
J. D. Brown.
$1.50
$1.50
$100.00
Mary E. Hubbard
100.00
J. R. MCGRATH, Treasurer.
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Assessor's Report
Value of assessed buildings
$1,524,795.00
Value of assessed land
946,480.00
Value of assessed real estate.
2,471,275.00
Value of assessed personal estate.
169,570.00
Value of assessed real and personal estate
2,640,845.00
Rate of tax per $1,000.00
22.00
Number of polls assessed
705
Number of horses assessed .
274
Number of cows assessed
252
Number of neat cattle assessed
32
Number of sheep assessed
400
Number of fowl assessed
360
Number of dwelling houses assessed
468
Number of automobiles assessed .
597
Acres of land assessed
8,943
Town appropriation.
$78,050.99
State tax.
3,690.00
State audit tax
244.15
State parks tax
7.71
County tax .
7,819.44
Overlayings
2,508.73
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income tax.
$13,112.01
Corporation tax .
1,265.21
Bank tax.
28.28
Excise tax
2,300.00
Licenses
700.00
Fines
300.00
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Schools . $7,500.00
Grants State Relief
201.93
General Government .
200.00
5,800.00
Available Funds. All others.
2,815.00
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS
1 Poll at $2.00.
$2.00
1 Old Age Assistance Tax at $1.00.
1.00
Real Estate
16.50
$19.50
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION Under Chap. 59, General Laws
Church Property
$68,000.00
Town property .
339,705.00
Holy Trinity Cemetery 3,500.00
Smith Academy
66,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN R. MCGRATH, JOHN E. RAFFA, JOSEPH D. DONNIS.
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS 1933
BIRTHS TO HATFIELD PARENTS BY MONTHS
Male
Female
January
2
2
February
1
1
March.
1
2
April .
2
0
May
0
1
June
2
0
July
3
0
August.
4
3
September
0
0
October.
2
3
November
1
2
December
3
2
Total.
21
16
BIRTH PLACE OF PARENTS
Fathers
Mothers
United States
30
32
Poland .
6
4
Czecho-Slovaka
1
1
Total
37
37
BIRTHS FOR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
54
35
40
28
31
-
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MARRIAGES BY MONTHS-1933
January . 1
First marriage of both.
19
February 1 Second of Groom.
2
March
0
Second of Bride.
1
April
0
Youngest Groom
19
May 2
Oldest Groom.
51
June
3
Youngest Bride.
17
July. 2
Oldest Bride
48
August . 3
Birthplace Groom
Bride
September 4
United States 21
20
October
3
Poland 1
2
November.
. 3
Total 22
22
22
NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED
1933
Karpinski, Walter A.
Ryan, James H.
Zima, Paul
Szczepanski, Adam
Ziembicki, Joseph
Korza, Paul
Weber, Emma Lucy
Slycz, Joseph
Strong, Clara Bardwell
Wickles, Anton
Strysco, Roman
Shea, Louise
Jones, Fannie White
Staszko, Anna
Cechvala, John
Holley, Hattie M.
Belden, Oscar E.
Pease, Hattie L.
Wendolowski, Chester
Morton, Charles K.
Converse, Sarah Ann
Dwight, Silas Sadler Stenglein, John J. Arloski, Charles
Brusco, Stephen
Hilbert, Margaret P.
-
-
Boyle, Margaret H. Stoddard, Joseph E. Vishaway, Sylvia Wentworth, Alice H. Vollinger, Bernard Keating, James
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Kociela, Sophie Senkoski, Walter Kiley, Mary G. Oldest person (male) 91 years.
Meekins, Florence A. Sczych, Andrew
DOGS LICENSED 1933
130 Males at $2.00 each
$260.00
14 Females at $5.00 each .
70.00
17 Females spayed at $2.00 each.
34.00
$364.00
Less 161 fees at 20 cents each .
32.20
$337.80
Paid to Town Treasurer
337.80
V. H. KELLER, Town Clerk.
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Report of Librarian
To the Trustees of the Public Library:
During the year 1933, 298 books were added to the library. 3 were gifts and 295 were purchased. Of these 104 were for the juvenile department and 38 were non-fiction.
The circulation of books and magazines was 19,642. There are 695 borrowers.
In September, our very efficient assistant, Gertrude Boyle, left us to take a position in Hartford. Margaret Hayes is taking her place.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET A. MULLANY, Librarian.
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Tax Collector's Report
1933 POLL AND PROPERTY TAX December 31, 1933
Commitment per Warrant $57,413.09
Payments to Treasurer $26,654.27
By Abatements. 125.73
Advance Payments Refunded. 162.46
$26,942.46
Outstanding December 31, 1933 .
$30,470.63
1933 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX
Commitment per Warrant
$706.00
Payments to Treasurer $575.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933 131.00
1933 MOTOR VEHICLE TAX December 31, 1933
Commitment per Warrant $3,254.33
Payments to Treasurer $2,491.27
By Abatements. 143.94
Outstanding December 31, 1933. $619.12
JAMES L. MCGRATH, Tax Collector.
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Police Report
Hatfield, Mass., December 31, 1933.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1933, is herewith submitted.
Drunkenness.
11
Automobile Violations .
9
Breaking and Entering
5
Assault and Battery
4
Larceny .
10
Neglect of Wife.
2
Road Laws.
3
Liquor Laws
2
Vagrancy
4
Returned to Federal Hospitai
3
Committed to State Farm
3
Brought to Tewksbury .
7
Committed to State Hospital
3
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Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR R. BREOR, Chief of Police.
38
Report of the Water Commissioners
Your Water Commissioners the past year have tried to keep expenses down as much as possible.
We have had some difficulty in collecting our water rents but to date have not taken any extreme measures to make collections. There are takers who have co-operated with us to the fullest extent which we appreciate very much but un- fortunately there are others who do not seem to be making any effort to pay.
We are very much adverse to shutting off the water from any taker but unless some of the back sliders do something soon we will be obliged to resort to measures that will be un- pleasant for us all.
Do you want to go back to the old pump? If not pay your bill.
JOHN W. KILEY, LAURENCE A. DEINLEIN, ROSWELL G. BILLINGS, Water Board.
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LIST OF JURORS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMENT FOR 1934.
George Betsold
Luther A. Belden
Raymond Balise
William E. Boyle
Sidney G. Carl
William R. Cutter
William P. Connelly
George A. Deinlein
Lawrence A. Doppman
Ercent Godin
Harry E. Graves
John Fusek
Fred G. Howard
Michael Hayes
James W. Kiley
Thomas Mullaney
David Mullaney
Arthur Proulx
Stanley Rogalewski
Charles Pfiffer
Frank A. Kempesti
John F. Sheehan
Joseph Slussars
Walter Sullivan
Leo Wilkes
John M. Wentzel
Leonard Vollinger
Edward Zaskey
Alfred E. Breor
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
Town of Hatfield
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1933
·
School Organization
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Arthur C. Bardwell, Chairman. Term expires, 1935
Harold J. Morse, Secretary Term expires, 1936
J. Henry Charlebois Term expires, 1934
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
William E. Hebard 72 Ridgewood Terrace, Northampton Telephone 1088
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
A. J. Bonneville, M. D. R. C. Byrnes, M. D.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Chief Arthur F. Breor
SCHOOL CENSUS
As of October 1, 1933
Boys
Girls
Total
Between 5 and 7
34
45
79
Between 7 and 14.
203
193
396
Between 14 and 16.
76
82
158
313
320
633
There was a decrease in the census from the preceding year of 48 pupils.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1934
ALL SCHOOLS
Winter Term commences January 2, 1934.
Spring Term will close June 15th.
Sometime between those dates and about Easter, April 1st, there will be a vacation of ten days for Smith Academy and one of two weeks for the spring crop planting.
Fall Term Opens Tuesday, September 4th. Closes Friday, December 21st at noon.
HOLIDAY NOTES
There will be no sessions of school on the holidays and Good Friday.
The following are the legal holidays for this Common- wealth: '
January 1st
February 22nd
April 19th
May 30th
July 4th
Labor Day, September 4th
October 12th
November 11th
Thanksgiving and
Christmas
Schools will close at noon on the Wednesday before Thanks- giving.
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Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of Hatfield:
The principal activity of the School Committee in 1933 was an effort to make a considerable reduction in school ex- pense without lowering the standard of your schools.
These reductions were made in keeping with the appro- priation given us for the year.
1. Closing the West Hatfield School Building. This saved salaries of two Teachers, Janitor and heating the build- ing.
2. Closing the Bradstreet School room, saving salary of one Teacher and heat.
3. Discontinuing the Household Arts course at the High School.
4. Accepting a 20 per cent voluntary contribution to the Town Treasury from all Teachers from February 1 to Decem- ber 31 and a 20 per cent reduction in salary of all employees of your School Department.
The cost of bus transportation was increased some by the larger number of students being transported to the Center School.
The School Committee wish to thank all Parents, Students and Teachers for their co-operation in this readjustment of our School maintenance this year.
The committee feel that with the continued co-operation of the teaching force and school employees for the year 1934 that it will be possible to maintain our Schools at a cost in proportion to the past year's budget without in any way effecting the efficiency of our present school system.
For the expenses of schools we refer you to the Town Accountant's Report.
A. C. BARDWELL, J. HENRY CHARLEBOIS, H. J. MORSE.
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee and Citizens of Hatfield :
Herewith is my third annual report as superintendent of your schools and in accord with the economic interest it will be frankly brief.
The enrollment for the entire town at the close of schools for the recent Christmas vacation showed the following grade distribution:
I II III IV V IV VII VIII
Smith Academy
1932
49 43
56 63 71 62 70
47 155
680 616 H3'
Of the 155 in Smith Academy 58 are Freshmen, a greater num- ber than in any of the first three grades. The decrease in total enrollment was 43 from the 1932 figure and 77 less than 1931. For the next five years the size of the Academy enrollment will be in unusual proportion to the total for the town.
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