Hatfield Annual Town Report 1925-1935, Part 23

Author: Hatfield (Mass)
Publication date: 1925
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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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90 50 7 2 8,7


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


·


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


29


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.


35


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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