Hatfield Annual Town Report 1925-1935, Part 26

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20.00


$552.61


Woman's Relief Project : C. W. A. Funds, Teachers Contributions,


$958.45


4,812.22


Tax Title Redemptions,


3.050.31


Total Receipts, Balance on Hand, January 1, 1934,


$159,586.28


9,407.07


Total,


$168,993.35


11 PAYMENTS


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Selectmen :


Salary, Expenses,


$240.00


93.94


$333.94


Clerk of Board of Selectmen :


Salary,


$80.00


Moderator :


Salary,


$20.00


Town Treasurer :


Salary,


$480.00


Expense,


150.30


$630.30


Tax Collector :


Salary,


$425.00


Postage, Printing and Advertising,


108.01


$533.01


Assessors :


Salaries,


$680.00


Expense,


48.83


$728.83


Attorney's Fees,


$136.68


Town Clerk :


Salary, Expense,


$399.96


80.76


$480.72


12


Election and Registration : Salaries, Ballots,


$125.75 14.25


$140.00


Town Accountant :


Salary,


$640.00


Expense,


18.34


$658.34


Dog License Fees :


Paid to County Treasurer by Town Treasurer,


$254.40


Town Hall Maintenance :


Janitor, Salary,


$731.32


Coal, 1934 Bill,


573.99


Light and Power,


245.49


Janitor Supplies,


99.12


Repairs,


172.65


Miscellaneous,


2.00


$1,824.57


Total General Government,


$5,820.80


PROTECTION, PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police :


Salary for 1934,


$1,499.94


Postage,


5.88


Officers,


35.60


Telephone,


33.00


Garage Rent,


59.00


Gas and Oil,


126.62


Equipment and Repairs,


257.72


Supplies,


6.40


$2,024.16


13


Fire :


Salary of Chief,


$60.00


Firemen,


357.65


Rent,


65.00


Equipment and Repairs,


129.59


Hose;


174.90


Supplies,


59.38


Fuel and Light,


24.45


Telephone,


26.13


Gas and Oil,


32.47


$929.57


Sealer of Weights and Measures :


Salary,


$120.00


Expense,


50.00


$170.00


Forestry and Moth Work :


Tree, Salary and Wages,


$384.61


Equipment,


50.64


Supplies,


61.00


Moth Work:


Salaries and Wages,


$123.48


Supplies,


26.52


$646.25


Total for Protection,


$3,769.98


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Inspection :


Schools,


$160.00


Animals, Meat and Barns,


191.10


Expense,


48.90


$400.00


14


Highways :


General :


Salary and Wages,


$693.08


Truck and Teams,


8.75


Tar, Stone and Gravel,


Equipment and Repairs,


22.77


Lumber,


377.70


Miscellaneous,


52.61


Culverts,


60.17


Snow and Ice Removal,


1,745.07


Signal Light (Lighting),


12.00


Gas and Oil,


342.79


Advertising,


7.61


$1,745.07


Highway Machinery Account :


New Chevorlet Truck,


$450.00


Adams Road Scraper,


581.38


Repairs,


477.57


$1,508.95


Highways :


Chapter 81 :


Salary and Wages,


$3,651.91


Tar,


4,431.32


Stone,


164.88


Gravel,


600.10


Trucks,


3,503.03


Culverts,


298.76


$12,650.00


WELFARE


Groceries and Provisions,


$919.66


Other Towns and Cities, Cash,


174.89


Town Relief, Cash,


2,015.79


Traveling Expenses,


203.84


15


Coal and Wood,


181.58


Board and Care,


937.93


State Institutions,


484.00


Mother's Aid, Other Towns,


40.00


Old Age Relief,


1,104.41


Medical Aid and Care,


454.93


Wages,


100.00


Rent,


73.50


Telephone,


54.63


Miscellaneous,


23.64


Tools and Equipment,


168.5.0


Repairs, Gas and Oil,


1.25


$7,011.25


SOLDIER'S RELIEF


Other Towns,


$182.21


State,


15.20


$197.41


SCHOOLS


General Expenses :


School Committee Salaries, 1934,


$150.00


District Superintendent,


1,440.00


Enforcement Officer,


250.00


Stationery and Postage,


12.58


Telephone,


120.51


Traveling Expenses,


193.54


Census,


25.00


Nurse,


799.98


$2,991.61


Teacher's Salaries :


High,


$9,672.56


Elementary,


16,791.36


Substitutes,


252.00


Vocational and Agricultural,


353.60


27.69.54


0 90 35


16


Teacher's Contributions, Music,


4,812.22 576.35


$32,458.09


Text Books and Supplies :


High, Books,


$234.18


High, Supplies,


212.86


Elm, Books,


631.77


Elm, Supplies,


515.14


Commercial, Books and Supplies,


116.88


Commercial, Equipment,


370.00


Transportation,


Vocational :


Transportation,


$10.00


Agricultural Supplies,


182.18


Agricultural Books,


17.60


Tools,


41.56


$251.34


Janitors :


High,


$600.00


Elementary,


1,809.99


V


2


$2,409.99


Fuel and Light:


High,


$934.66


Elm,


2,329.57


$3,264.23


Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :


Janitor, Supplies, High,


$20.39


Janitor, Supplies, Elm,


217.04


Repairs, Elm,


1,187.37


Miscellaneous, Elm,


87.10


$1,511.90


$55.70


Graduation Exercises and Diplomas, Speaker, 15.00 $70.70


$2,280.83 $1,701.05


17


Athletics :


High, Supplies,


$38.40


Americanization : Salaries, ERA,


$67.70 20.00


$87.70


Total for Schools,


$47,065.34


SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL


Tuition, Hatfield Students,


$750.00


Four students attending for year, June, 1934, four students at- tending December 31, '34.


LIBRARY


Salaries :


Librarian,


$322.50


Assistants,


113.00


Janitor,


98.00


Books,


453.63


Periodicals,


31.70


Bindings,


99.01


Fuel,


77.50


Light,


10.66


Postage,


2.41


Supplies,


35.73


Repairs,


2.00


$1,246.14


INSURANCE


Schools,


$134.20


Workman's Compensation,


385.40


Insurance on Library,


170.00


Insurance on Town Machinery,


154.43


$844.03


18


MEMORIAL DAY


Band,


$50.00


Flags,


25.40


Transportation,


15.50


$90.90


UNCLASSIFIED


Bonds, Town Officers,


$150.00


Town Reports, Printing,


113.90


Town Reports, Delivering,


10.78


Care of Town Clock,


25.00


Miscellaneous,


2.26


$301.94


WATER DEPARTMENT


Salaries :


Commissioner,


$135.00


Labor,


1,479.55


Superintendent,


124.98


Pipe and Fittings,


1,246.53


Trucks,


44.00


Printing and Postage,


28.00


Traveling Mileage,


20.00


Miscellaneous,


24.85


$3,102.91


CEMETERIES


Labor :


Main Street Cemetery,


$43.60


Hill Cemetery,


6.00


W. Hatfield Cemetery,


15.00


N. Hatfield Cemetery,


10.00


Bradstreet Cemetery,


15.00


$89.60


19


INTEREST


Temporary Loans,


$726.00


Town Hall Notes,


1,806.25


$2,532.25


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


Temporary Loans,


$35,000.00 5,000.00


Town Hall Notes,


$40,000.00


AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT


State Taxes,


$4,100.00


Audit,


418.55


State Parks,


28.62


County Tax,


8,253.86


Interest on Library Bonds (Deposit),


20.00


Cemetery P. C., New Funds,


250.00


Cemetery P. C., Interest,


282.61


$13,353.64


REFUNDS


M. V. E. Tax,


52.75


Real Estate Tax,


1.40


$54.15


ERA


Sewing Project,


$1,706.83


Dike Project,


711.35


E. R. A. Sewer, Playground,


Sidewalk, etc.,


3,399.78


$5,817.96


Total Payments, Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1934,


$148,352.31


20,641.04


$168,993.35


V. H. KELLER, Town Accountant.


APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, BALANCES


Appropria- tions and Carry overs


From Reserve Fund


Receipts


Expended


Balances


Selectmen's Salaries


$240.00


$240.00


Selectmen's Expense


100.00


93.94


$6.06R


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


18.34


1.66R


Town Treasurer


480.00


480.00


Town Treasurer Expense


50.00


150.30


Collectors Salary '30-'31-'32


920.94


920.94F


Collectors Expense


100.00


8.01


108.01


Collectors Salary 1933


415.00


125.00


290.00F


Collectors Salary 1934


500.00


300.00


200.00F


Assessors Expense


35.00


13.83


48.83


Town Clerk's Salary


400.00


400.00


Town Clerk's Expense


90.00


80.76


9.24R


Attorney's Fees


300.00


136.68


163.32R


Election and Registration


140.00


140.00


Bond, Town Officers


150.00


150.00


Town Hall Maintenance


2,000.00


1,824.57


175.43R


Police Department


2,000.00


24.16


2,024.16


Fire Department


800.00


129.57


929.57


Sealer, Salary and Expense


170.00


170.00


100.30


20


Moth Suppression 150.00


150.00


Tree Work 500.00


496.25


3.75R


Insp., Salary and Expenses 240.00


240.00


Highway, General 1,750.00


1,745.07


4.93R


From


Highway, Chapter 81 5,750.00


State $6,900.00


12,650.00


Road Machinery, Rep. Acct.


R.M.Rev $1,600.00


1,508.95


91.05F


Charities


7,000.00


End 168.50


7,011.25


157.25R


Soldiers' Relief


200.00


197.41


2.59R


Schools


42,000.00


Tea. Don. 4,812.22*


352.25


47,065.34


95.09R


School Physicians


160.00


160.00


Smith Agri. School


750.00


750.00


Library


960.00


*Dog Fund $294.02


1,246.14


7.88R


Unclassified


200.00


151.94


48.06R


Memorial Day


100.00


90.90


9.10R


Insurance


876.00


844.03


31.97R


Reserve Fund


500.00


275.87


224.13R


Water Department


3,200.00


3,102.91


97.09R


Cemeteries


100.00


89.60


10.40R


Interest


2,806.50


2,532.25


274.25R


Civil Works Project


6,409.35


5,817.96


589.39F


$83,400.79


$275.87


$11,712.22


$2,414.77 $94,286.03 Bal. $3,413.58


21


R. To Revenue.


F. Forward.


*Smith Hughes, Geo Reed Fund, etc. *Dog Fund.


BALANCE SHEET


GENERAL ACCOUNTS


Assets


Cash,


$20,641.04


Due from Former Collector,


2,852.68


In anticipation of Revenue, $10,000.00


Protested Checks,


37.03


Accounts Receivable :


Taxes :


Levy of 1930,


$38.17


Levy of 1931,


321.70


Levy of 1932, 606.81


Levy of 1933,


11,309.76


Levy of 1934, 27,197.46


$39,473.90


Old Age Assistance Taxes :


Levy of 1931,


$57.00


Levy of 1932, 105.00


Levy of 1933, 64.00


Appropriation Balances : Collector's Salaries, $1,410.94 Civil Works Admin- istration Projects, 589.39


Road Machinery,


91.05


$2,091.38


$226.00 Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus, 3,042.61


22


Special State Tax, Old Age Assistance, 3.00


Road Machinery Reserve,


1,178.18


Water Department, Available Surplus, 5,617.60


Liabilities


Temporary Loans :


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :


Levy of 1930, $62.12


Levy of 1931, 201.69


Levy of 1932, 476.49


Levy of 1933, 170.56


Levy of 1933, 2,361.00


Levy of 1934,


919.04


Levy of 1934, 2,179.46


$1,829.90


$5,507.14


Tax Titles,


2,442.60


Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, $1,829.90


Departmental :


Health,


$31.14


Tax Titles,


2,442.60


Highways,


5.43


Departmental,


· 395.27


Public Welfare,


358.70


Water, 1,878.31


$6,546.08


Water Rates,


1,878.31


Surplus Revenue,


35,790.74


$69,776.73


$69,776.73


23


$395.27


Overlays, Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1930, $38.17


Levy of 1931, 321.70


Levy of 1932, 606.81


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt, $4,000.00 Town Hall Loan, $40,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities, $9,906.32 Hatfield Library Fund, $1,641.84 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds, 8,264.48


$9,906.32


$9,906.32


24


25


Treasurer's Report


John R. McGrath, Treasurer, in account with


TOWN OF HATFIELD


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1934, $9,407.07


Receipts for the year, 159,586.28


$168,993.35


Payments for 1934 per Warrants, $148,352.31


Balance December 31, 1934, 20,641.04


$168,993.35


Balance December 31, 1934, $17,865.45


Protest fees on returned check, 1.56


$17,867.01


Balance per check book, $16,603.51


Outstanding checks December 31, 1934,


1,263.50


$17,867.01


JOHN R. MCGRATH,


Treasurer.


26


PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS


Income Expense Balance


Fund


1934


1934


1934


Hannah W. Smith,


$16.30


$4.00


$148.79


Augusta Wells,


12.21


10.00


407.02


Oliver Warner,


1.61


2.00


53.44


John H. Sanderson,


3.37


4.00


111.16


Luman M. Moore,


7.30


8.00


241.15


P. M. Wells,


3.85


3.00


128.17


Benjamin Waite,


2.75


2.00


92.13


Abby Dickinson,


3.14


3.50


103.85


Silas G. Hubbard,


8.98


4.00


302.12


Levi Graves,


5.33


4.00


178.23


Lucy L. Morton,


10.79


4.00


363.83


Charles Smith,


3.53


4.00


116.59


Lemuel B. Field,


3.51


4.00


115.78


Rufus H. Cowles,


3.57


4.00


117.98


Charles E. Hubbard,


3.75


4.00


124.70


Alpheus Cowles,


3.43


4.00


112.86


James Porter,


3.31


3.31


109.51


Daniel W. Allis,


4.59


5.00


151.65


J. H. Howard,


3.27


4.00


108.22


Fannie M. Burke,


3.33


3.33


110.82


Charles S. Shattuck,


3.33


3.33


110.63


Seth W. Kingsley,


3.31


3.31


109.45


E. S. Warner,


5.84


8.00


206.31


Reuben Belden,


3.02


3.02


100.00


Theodore Porter,


3.20


3.20


106.18


Charles L. Graves,


3.20


3.20


106.22


Roswell Hubbard,


3.17


4.00


104.40


Cooley D. Dickinson,


3.97


5.00


130.70


Elijah Bardwell,


12.65


4.00


427.44


Joseph D. Billings,


3.15


4.00


103.79


27


Edward C. Billings,


28.70


22.50


635.26


Augusta Beals,


3.23


3.23


107.29


Anthony Douglas,


2.00


4.00


55.24


J. E. Porter,


3.11


4.00


102.35


Jonathan Graves,


3.15


3.50


104.47


Hugh McLeod,


3.13


4.00


102.83


B. M. Warner,


6.86


4.00


230.10


Chester Hastings,


3.11


3.50


102.83


Lucius & Stearns Curtis,


8.52


38.00


252.68


Frary & Gardner,


3.03


3.00


100.54


Henry C. Batchellor,


3.05


3.05


101.26


T. F. Knight & Jno Porter,


12.31


8.00


411.82


H. W. Carl,


3.03


2.00


101.66


Scott & Herman Harris,


4.49


4.49


200.00


Thaddeus & Solomon Graves,


6.08


6.00


201.83


Perpetual Care Funds Received,


254.70


Paid Out Care of Lots,


245.61


Hatfield Library Fund, Inter-


est on Mortgage,


26.68


241.84


J. D. Brown,


3.02


3.02


100.00


Mary E. Hubbard,


2.62


2.62


100.00


NEW ACCOUNTS


Samuel H. Field,


1.50


1.50


150.00


Lewis S. Dyer,


1.00


101.00


J. R. MCGRATH,


Treasurer.


28


Assessors' Report


Value of assessed buildings,


$1,472,825.00


Value of assessed land, 929,540.00


Value of assessed real estate,


2,402,365.00


Value of assessed personal estate,


188,722.00


Value of assessed real and personal estate,


2,591,087.00


Rate of tax per $1,000.00,


23.30


Number of polls assessed,


713


Number of horses assessed,


245


Number of cows assessed,


244


Number of neat cattle assessed,


77


Number of sheep assessed,


375


Number of fowl assessed,


850


Number of dwelling houses assessed,


467


Number of automobiles assessed,


595


Acres of land assessed,


8,943


Town appropriation,


$86,430.50


State tax,


4,100.00


State audit tax,


418.55


State parks tax,


28.62


County tax,


8,253.86


Overlayings,


2,516.17


91.747.70


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


J


Income tax,


$14,289.59


Corporation tax,


1,576.79


Bank tax,


19.70


Excise tax,


2,490.00


Licenses,


700.00


Fines,


200.00


19276.08


29


Schools, Grants State Relief, General Government Available Funds, All others,


1927608 8,000.00 71.10 200.00 10,088.50 2,317.00


39,952.68


VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION


Under Chap. 59, General Laws


Church Property, Town Property, Holy Trinity Cemetery, Smith Academy,


$68,000.00


362,555.00 3,500.00


30,000.00


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN R. MCGRATH, JOHN E. RAFFA, JOSEPH D. DONNIS.


86430,50 39,952.68


46487,82


91747.70 Ag


39952,68


2330.


[51795,02/2) 46.95


, 3 8c por Thosand. 2


30


Town Clerk's Report


VITAL STATISTICS, 1934 BIRTHS TO HATFIELD PARENTS BY MONTHS


Male


Female


January,


1


0


February,


0


2


March,


1


0


April,


5


3


May,


1


1


June,


1


0


July,


2


0


August,


2


1


September,


2


2


October,


1


0


November,


0


2


December,


2


0


Total,


18


11


BIRTH PLACE OF PARENTS


Fathers


Mothers 26


United States,


22


Poland,


5


1


Czecho-Slovaka,


0


1


Germany,


1


1


Total,


28


29


BIRTHS FOR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS


1929


1930


1931


1932


1933


35


40


28


31


37


31


MARRIAGES BY MONTHS-1934


January,


1 First marriage of both, 30


February,


2 Second of Groom,


4


March,


0 Second of Bride,


3


April, 1 Youngest Groom,


21


May,


5 Oldest Groom,


56


June,


6 Youngest Bride,


18


July,


4


Oldest Bride,


46


August,


4


Birthplace


Groom


Bride


September, 1


United States,


30


30


October, 5 Poland,


4


3


November,


3


Ireland,


0


1


December, 1


Nova Scotia,


1


1


Total,


33


NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED


1934


Zukowski, Mary B.


Wells, Jennie S.


Wentworth, George M.


Walsh, John J.


Darr, Harriett D.


Niechaj, John


Smith, Joseph


Higgins, Michael


Lemire, Mary D.


Saffer, George


Kostek, John


Kacinski, Anthony


Fahey, John


Howard, Fred G.


Merrick, John P.


Fitzgerald, Mary A.


Filipek, Kazimierz


Fitzgibbon, John T.


Boyle, Patrick T.


Powers, John T.


Raffa, Aniela K.


Gogol, Katarzina


Kingsley, George D.


Keller, Mary E. Jandzinski, Amelia *Dyer, Edward H. *Dyer, Mary E. *Kingsley, Edward P.


*Former residents brought here for burial.


32 DOGS LICENSED 1934


98 Males at $2.00 each,


$196.00


10 Females at $5.00 each,


50.00


12 Females spayed at $2.00 each,


24.00


Less 120 fees at 20 cents each,


$270.00


24.00


$246.00


Paid to Town Treasurer,


$246.00


V. H. KELLER,


Town Clerk.


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Librarian's Report


To the Trustees of the Public Library :


I herewith present my fourth annual report as libra- rian.


I regret that the registration, and that the circula- tion have been less than the past two years but about the same as in 1931.


1931 15,270


1932


1933


1934


20,412


19,642


15,274


In trying to account for this loss I find the enrollment of the elementary schools smaller, fewer tobacco shops operating, causing many of the younger people to be em- ployed eleswhere, and no branch Library in Bradstreet.


Mrs. Stanley Kacinski, the branch librarian felt she was no longer able to care for the books and I was unable to find anyone to take her place.


Miss Carrie Cutter who has had charge of the books in West Hatfield, also, feels the work is two much of a burden, and unless we can find some one to assume this responsibility, West Hatfield will have no branch library.


I shall miss their helpful cooperation.


I asked Miss E. Louise Jones of the Division of Public Libraries for the rating of our library and she reported as follows :


Our income is 53% per capita (standard $1.00) ; we spend 39% for books (standard 25%) ; 38% for sala- ries (standard 50%) ; 28% of population is registered (standard 50%) ; we have a circulation of 8 per capita (standard 10).


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We are open 6 hours (standard 18 hrs.) ; 9% of non- fiction is circulated (standard 20% ).


Cost of service 6 cents (standard 10 cents) .


She suggests that the hours open should be extended and our circulation would certainly come up to 10, though 8 is very good.


The teachers have been very helpful with suggestions and I try to work with them at all times. Many of them always have loans of books in their school rooms.


Respectfully submitted,


MARGARET A. MULLANY,,


Librarian.


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Tax Collector's Report


TAXES, 1934


Commitment per Warrant, $61,795.02


Additional Commitment, 4.00


Abatement after payment, refunded, 1.40


Re-assessment per Warrant, 1.40


$61,801.82


Payments to Treasurer,


$34,267:65


Abatements, 336.71


Outstanding December 31, 1934,


27,197.46


$61,801.82


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1935,


$27,197.46


Payments to Treasurer January 1 to January 2, 1935, $327.26


Outstanding January 2, 1935, per list, 26,870.20


$27,197.46


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES, 1934


Commitment per Warrants,


$3,368.65


Abatements after payment, Refunded, 41.69


To be Refunded, 1.85


$3,412.19


Payments to Treasurer, $2,360.76


Abatements, 130.54


Outstanding December 31, 1934 and


January 2, 1935, per list, 920.89


$3,412.19


JAMES L. MCGRATH, Tax Collector.


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Police Report


Hatfield, Mass., December 31, 1934.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


The report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1934 is herewith respectfully sub- mitted.


Total number of arrests in the Town of Hatfield,


96


Drunkness,


24


Automobile Violations,


28


Breaking and Entering,


3


Assault and Battery,


2


Assault with Dangerous Weapon,


1


Larceny,


2


Fish and Game,


4


Committed to State Farm,


2


Committed to Tewksbury,


3


Labor Laws,


16


Vagrancy,


2


Neglect of Wife,


1


Concealed Weapons,


1


Adultery,


2


Having a Bomb in Possession,


1


Intering Funeral Procession,


1


Hawking and Peddling.


1


Disturbing Peace,


2


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Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR R. BREOR, Chief of Police.


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LIST OF JURORS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN FOR 1935


Raymond Balise


Luther A. Belden


Frank L. Betsold Alex Bokina


Alfred E. Breor


William E. Boyle


William R. Cutter


William P. Connelly


Lawrence A. Doppman


Stanley Filipek John Fusek


David Fitzgerald


Ercent Godin


Harry E. Graves


Michale Hayes


James W. Kiley


Lawrence Kabot


Frank A. Kempesti


Thomas Mullaney


David Mullaney


Charles Pfeffer Joseph Pelc


Thomas Shea


Alex T. Rogalewski


Adolph Toczko Leo Wilkes


Leonard Vollinger


Edward Zaskey


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DONATIONS TO THE TOWN HALL COMMUNITY ROOMS


Donations by the Women's Monday Night Card Group Electric Stove


Christmas Tree Trimmings


Coffe-pot and cooking utensils


Spoons-6 dozen


Drinking Glasses


China


Cupboards


Six trays


Floor covering for kitchen


Carving knives


Glass curtains


Over-drapes and fixtures


Dressing room mirror


Chair seats and table rug


Playing cards


Total cost of above,


$285.00


Donated by the Girls O. J. S.


Floor lamp, 5.00


Installed by the Holy Trinity Society in the kitchen, in lieu of rent.


2 Gas stoves 1-3 Plate burner


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REPORT OF


Civil Works Administration


IN THE TOWN OF HATFIELD


Started November 29, 1933 and ended March 31, 1934


Town spent for material


Name of project and description


CWA spent


for labor


and equipment


No. 820, Dike, East Division : Started Nov. 29, 1933


Finished Feb. 15, 1934


Employed 35-40 men and 15 teams, $9,203.55 $1,050.00


No. 6242-1 6242-1A : Sewer on Elm Street 750 feet long Started March 1, 1934


· Finished March 31, 1934 Employed 25-30 men, 1,440.00 235.50


No. 6242-2 : Painting Town Hall : Inside and out Started March 1, 1934 Ended March 31, 1934 Employed 2 painters, 203.40 113.30


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No. 6242-4 : Painting 5 schools Inside and out Started March 1, 1934 Ended March 31, 1934 Employed 6-8 painters, 493.20


546.00


No. W456: Women's Division Sewing for Needy of Hatfield Started Dec. 18, 1933


Ended March 15, 1934


Employed 12-14 women, 1,885.30


25.00


Total,


$13,225.45


$1,969.80


Respectfully submitted, LOCAL ERA ADMINISTRATION, JOSEPH V. PORADA,


Administrator.


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REPORT OF Emergency Relief Administration IN THE TOWN OF HATFIELD


Started April 1, 1934, up to December 31, 1934


Name of project


ERA spent


and description


for labor


Town spent for material and equipment


No. 17130 B4-1.


1A-1B-1C-1D supp .:


Painting 5 schools


Inside and out .


Started April 1, 1934


Completed July 15, 1934


Employed 6-8 painters,


$1,503.10


CWA


No. 17130 B4-2. 2A-2B-2C supp .:


Painting Town Hall Inside and out Started April 1, 1934


Completed July 15, 1934 Employed 2 painters, 586.20 $56.15


No. 17130 B15-4. 4A supp. : Grading, loaming and seeding dike, No. 820 Started July 20, 1934 Completed Sept. 15, 1934 Employed 15 men, 5 teams, 1,245.00 469.91


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No. 17130 D1W-5. 5A-5B-5C-5D supp. : Women's Division sewing for needy of Hatfield Started Aug. 24, 1934


Up to Dec. 31, 1934, ERA Material


Employed 9 women, $544.60 1,934.40 50.00


No. 17130 B7-6 : New storm sewer Elm Street, also installed 4 catch basins Started Sept. 14, 1934


Completed Oct. 11, 1934 Employed 18-20 men, 925.00 337.50


No. 17130 B15-7 : Trimming trees on Hatfield Streets Started Sept. 21, 1934


Finished Nov. 2, 1934 Employed 6-8 men, 605.00 . . . . . . .


No. 17130 B7-8 : New surface sewer, Main Street From street to Conn. river


Started Oct. 13, 1934 Finished Nov. 15, 1934 Employed 25 men, 1,175.00 540.50


No. 17130 B11-9 : Building new playground In rear of Center School Started Nov. 9, 1934 Up to Dec. 31, 1934 Employed 35 men, 5 teams, 3,028.50 982.75


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No. 17130 B2-10 :


Removal of tar sidewalk and graveling ready for concrete Started Dec. 4, 1934 Up to Dec. 31, 1934 Employed 11 men, 272.00 36.00


No. 17130 D3-11 :


Cutting wood for Welfare


Started Nov. 30, 1934


Up to Dec. 31, 1934 Employed 7 men,


84.00


18.00


Total ERA exp.,


$11,358.20


$2,490.81


Total CWA exp.,


13,225.45


1,969.80


Grand total,


$24,583.65


$4,460.61


At the close of the year the following projects are in operation :


Playgrounds, 35 men, 5 teams.


Elm Street sidewalk, 11 men.


Cutting wood, 7 men.


Women sewing, 9 women.


Respectfully submitted, LOCAL ERA ADMINISTRATION, JOSEPH V. PORADA,


Administrator.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF


School Committee


OF THE


Town of Hatfield


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1934


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School Organization


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Arthur C. Bardwell, Chairman


Term expires, 1935


Harold J. Morse, Secretary


Term expires, 1936


Edward A. Breor


Term expires, 1937


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


William E. Hebard, 72 Ridgewood Terrace, Northampton Telephone 1088


SCHOOL PHYSICIANS A. J. Bonneville, M. D. R. C. Byrne, M. D.


SCHOOL NURSE Marian Holmes, R. N., 82 Harrison Ave., Northampton Telephone 25


ATTENDANCE OFFICER Chief Arthur R. Breor


SCHOOL CENSUS


As of October 1, 1934


Boys


Girls


Totals


Between 5 and 7


32


46


78


Between 7 and 14


178


174


352


Between 14 and 16


72


71


143


Totals for 1934


282


291


573


For rate of decrease


1933


313


320


633


Totals for


1932


356


325


681


1931


373


357


730


A decrease of 21.5 per cent in the past three years.


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School Committee's Report


Greeting to the Citizens of the Town of Hatfield :


Your school committee submits at this time their an- nual report of school activities for the past year and are glad to report that the same high standard (of scholar- ship) has been maintained by both teachers and scholars as shown by various standardized tests that have been made in various classes which shows a rating well above the average of the State.


At an early conference in the year the teachers by a generous contribution to the town made it possible to operate the schools on the budget allowance. This ex- pression of interest and cooperation on their part should be of special interest to all our taxpayers. The commit- tee wish at this time to thank the Trustees of Smith Academy for the use of their buildings, as well as ex- pense they have put into repairs the past year. No doubt few of the citizens realize what a saving is made each year to the town by the Smith Academy Trustees grant- ing the town the use of this building at a yearly rental of one dollar.


During the past year the committee has been fortu- nate in obtaining money from the CWA and ERA for im- provements in all our school buildings. Through the use of this money it has been possible to put all the school building in first class condition and this has been sub- stantiated by a very favorable comment recently given the town by the State Inspector of Public Buildings.


We feel all the citizens in the town are deeply in- terested in the progress of the new recreation field, not only from the standpoint of the school children but from


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a real need of a community recreation center, this is pro- gressing to the point where completion should be made by early spring under the able direction of John Mullins who has taken special interest in overseeing this work.


The committee wants to take this opportunity to ex- press our appreciation for the high standard of services rendered by the teachers as well as their interest and co- operation at all times during the year.


ARTHUR BARDWELL, HAROLD MORSE, EDWARD A. BREOR.


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SCHOOL CALENDAR AND NOTES


Winter Term-January 2 to February 21. Vacation of one week for all schools.




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