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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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$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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
- 96
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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