Hatfield Annual Town Report 1925-1935, Part 7

Author: Hatfield (Mass)
Publication date: 1925
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M. H. Dwight, Collector, 1925 Property Tax 18,187.56


M. H. Dwight, Collector, 1925 Poll Tax 20.00


M. H. Dwight, Collector, 1926 Poll Tax. 110.00


M. H. Dwight, Collector, 1926 Property Tax 31,060.88


M. H. Dwight, Collector, 1927 Property Tax 43,249.70


M. H. Dwight, Collector, 1927 Poll Tax. 788.00


K. H. Stone, County Treasurer, Dog Tax Refund. . 321.97


K. H. Stone, County Treasurer, Wild Cat Bounty. 10.00


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Smith-Hughes Fund.


371.71


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Household Arts Dept.


850.90


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Agricultural Dept ....


1,765.49


Treasurer of Commonwealth, One-half Tuition, Smith School, 1926.


511.88


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Food account, Leeds Sanatorium 87.14


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Corporation Tax.


2,962.85


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Income Tax 1925 . 116.00


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Income Tax 1926. 870.00


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Income Tax, 1927 ...


14,931.31


Treasurer of Commonwealth, National Bank Tax. . 182.64


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Trust Co. Tax 72.71


Henry Pellam, Town Hall Rents 97.00


135.00


John Kuriesiewicz, Westfield Sanatorium account. . Smith Academy


508.90


St. Joseph's Parish, Highway Dept.


24.00


City of Northampton, Tuition, Children in Hatfield School. 317.07


City of Northampton, Poor Account, Refund


96.00


Howard & Woodward, Insurance Refund 93.77


Northampton National Bank, Interest


192.08


Northampton National Bank, Refund 270.00


Sealers Fees, C. W. Wade. 96.51


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Ellen A. Waite, Library Fines $10.76


Court Fines, Police Dept .. 670.00


License Fees . 271.50


M. J. Ryan, Treasurer, Sinking Fund 6,681.57


L. A. Deinlein, Treasurer, Water Com


A. R. Breor, Bridge Damage 6,318.43


Paul Zima, Highway Dept. 19.75


Water Dept., Memo Account, Sale of Bonds


1,537.11


Greer Bros., Bridge Damage.


30.00


Chas. Zawanski, Bridge Damage. 10.00


Fogart & Hendrickson, Bridge Damage


110.00


M. Reziewicz, Fence Damage. 20.00


Main Street School, Sale, Car Tickets.


27.27


Main Street School, Telephone Tolls


1.50


Cash, Telephone Tolls. .72


Water Dept., Flood Damage account. 2,500.00


Kelliher Bros., Corp., Rent of Road Roller 390.00


Gleason Bros., Rent of Road Roller 525.00


N. Y., N. H. & H., R.R. Co., Highway Dept., Repair road and bridge at North Hatfield 105.60


John Fortsch, Highway Dept.


16.00


Mrs. McLeod, Highway Dept.


5.55


Chas. Pfiffer, Mty Bbls.


3.00


P. T. Boyle, Use Cement Mixed


25.00


Fred Jubenville, Lumber. 2.92


J. J. Stenglein, Taking down tree 7.50


10.00


Hatfield Garage, Use of Cement Mixer


10.00


D. P. Sheehan, Use of Cement Mixer and Stone 59.63


C. H. Crafts, Set Wheels from Old Fire Wagon


15.00


Poor Dept., Refund from Expense Account. 18.86


Lewis Murray, Sewer Entrance and Labor 36.68


Joseph Gowash, Sewer Entrance 33.00


L. Kabot, Sewer Entrance 33.00


S. Pelis, Sewer Entrance 33.00


E. Kraulisz, Sewer Entrance and Labor 34.50


F. Gogle, Sewer Entrance and Labor 34.50


Mrs. M. J. Proulx, Sewer Entrance and Labor 39.40


John Zapka, Sewer Entrance and Labor . 34.08


P. Zagrodnik, Sewer Entrance and Labor 35.83


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Mike Janos, Use of Cement Mixer


50.00


H. E. Graves, Pumping Out Cellar $2.50


V. H. Keller, Pumping Out Cellar 2.50


R. L. Belden, Pumping Out Cellar 5.00


J. L. Day, Pumping Out Cellar


1.25


Temporary Loans :


Note No. 37, Dated March 28-27 15,000.00


Note No. 41, Dated July 18-27 10,000.00


$172,501.61


Cr.


By Selectmens Orders Paid $93,953.84


Treasurers Orders Paid 382.90


County Tax. 11,396.56


Treasurer of Commonwealth, State Tax 6,960.00


Treasurer of Commonwealth, State Highways 708.00


Treasuer of Commonwealth, Soldiers Exemption. ..


16.79


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Bank Tax.


1.02


Treasurer of Commonwealth, Auditing Town acct ..


1,289.02


Northampton National Bank Balance of Water Bonds Outstanding


13,000.00


Bills Payable:


Note No. 33


10,000.00


Note No. 34


15,000.00


Note No. 38


9.500.00


Note No. 39, Part Payment


3,000.00


Balance on Hand . 7,293.48


$172,501.61


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SUMMARY OF TOWN ACCOUNT


Cr.


By Cash on Hand $7,293.48


Uncollected Taxes, 1924.


422.42


Uncollected Taxes 1925 469.34


Uncollected Taxes 1926


14,921.40


Uncollected Taxes 1927 49,601.89


Bills due town from State Smith School Account. 442.50


Bills Due Town from State, Mothers Aid 312.00


Bills Due Town, Gleason Bros.


362.00


Bill Due Town, Miscellaneous


82.06


$73,907.09


Dr ..


Notes Outstanding :


No. 40


$20,000.00


No. 41


10,000.00


No. 42


15,000.00


No. 43 17,000.00


Unpaid Bills, Smith School


281.25


Tax Overlays, 1924, 1925 and 1926


6,363.51


Balance in Favor of Town


5,262.33


$73,907.33


I have examined the Books and Accounts of the Treasurer of the Town of Hatfield for the year ending December 31st, 1927 and find them correct.


I find Selectmens and Treasurers orders, paid notes and receipts for one hundred sixty-five thousand two hundred eight ($165,208.13) dollars and thirteen cents with evidence of their having been paid, leaving balance on hand of $7,293.48.


CHARLES E. WARNER,


January 19, 1928.


Auditor.


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TAX COLLECTORS REPORT MYRON H. DWIGHT, Collector


1924 PROPERTY TAX 1924


Uncollected Property Tax


$422.42


$422.42


1925 POLL TAX


To Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1926. $130.00


By Cash Paid Treasurer 20.00


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927. $110.00 To Uncollected Prop Tax Dec. 31, 1926 $18,546.90


To Interest Collected 1,516.26


$20,063.16


By Cash Paid Treasurer


$18,187.56


By Abatements 54.40


$18,241.96


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927 $1,821.20


1926 POLL TAX


To Uncollected Dec. 31, 1926. $370.00


By Cash Paid Treasurer 110.00


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927 $260.00


1926 PROPERTY TAX


To Uncollected Dec. 31, 1926


$45,722.28


To Interest Collected 753.28


$46,475.56


By Cash Paid Treasurer


$31,060.88


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927 $15,414.68


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1927 POLL TAX


To Warrant.


$1,292.00


By Cash Paid Treasurer . 788.00


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927 . $504.00


1927 PROPERTY TAX


To Warrants $92,628.42


Interest Collected


31.09


$92,659.51


By Cash Paid Treasurer


$43,249.70


By Abatements


17.85


$43,267.55


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1927 .


$49,391.96


January 19, 1928.


I have this day examined the books of the Tax Collector and find the accounts payed to the Treasurer are correct.


CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor.


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PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS


Fund


Income 1927


Expense Balance 1927 1927


Hannah W. Smith


$14.54


$4.00


$60.48


Augusta Wells


16.42


10.00


368.22


Oliver Warner


2.32


2.00


52.16


John H. Sanderson


4.82


4.00


107.39


Luman M. Moore.


10.29


8.00


228.83


P. M. Wells .


5.61


5.00


124.57


Benjamin Waite


3.60


2.00


81.26


Abby Dickinson


4.43


3.50


98.92


Silas G. Hubbard


11.07


4.00


251.04


Levi Graves.


7.03


4.00


157.86


Lucy L. Morton .


13.18


4.00


297.49


Charles Smith.


5.00


4.00


111.47


Lemuel B. Field .


4.97


4.00


110.87


Charlotte G. Wilkie


56.21


1,291.70


Rufus H. Cowles


5.04


4.00


112.51


Charles E. Hubbard.


5.27


4.00


117.57


Alpheus Cowles


4.89


4.00


108.64


James Porter.


4.75


4.00


105.48


Daniel W. Allis


7.65


5.00


171.55


J. H. Howard.


4.73


4.00


105.19


Fannie M. Burke


4.79


4.00


106.57


Charles S. Shattuck .


4.79


4.00


106.38


Seth W. Kingsley


4.75


4.00


105.44


E. S. Warner .


9.61


7.00


214.00


Reuben Belden


5.20


119.94


Theodore Porter


4.64


4.00


102.82


Charles L. Graves


4.64


4.00


102.86


Roswell Hubbard


4.59


4.00


102.28


Cooley D. Dickinson


5.79


5.00


128.01


Eliiah Bardwell.


15.19


4.00


345.31


Joseph D. Billings.


4.59


4.00


101.48


Memorial Town Hall, Int.


149.95


3,843.16


Edward C. Billings


28.10


20.00


575.50


Augusta Beals


4.68


4.00


103.69


Anthony Douglas


2.52


52.70


Received :


Perpetual Care Funds Received.


$151.50


Paid out Care of Lots .


151.50


J. E. Porter, New Account.


100.00


Jonathan Graves, New Account


100.00


Hugh McLeod, New Account.


100.00


V. H. KELLER,


Treasurer.


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Police Report


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


The report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31st, 1927, is herewith respectfully submitted.


Total number of arrests during the year 1927. 84


Offences for which Arrests were made


Assault and Battery 4


Larceny


5


Trespass . 6


Contempt of Court. 1


Drunkenness 21


2


Gaming


11


Violation of Liquor Law


2


Motor Vehicle Violations


21


Committed to State Hospital


3


Returned to State Hospital. 2


Committed to Lyman School 1


3


Returned to Veterans Hospital .


1


Taking Wood on Land of Another


Breaking Glass 1


Total .84


Total Fines, District Court $1,070.00


Of this amount, $400.00 was for violation of automobile laws, leaving a balance of $670.00 returned to the Town. $220.00 was turned over to the Town by this Department for money collected for damage done to bridges and fences.


We have had a large number of minor automobile accidents this past year, not any proving fatal. There was two drownings, one young woman and one man, both taking place in the Conn- ecticut River.


There still seems to be some misunderstanding in regard to just when Dog Taxes are due. This year it was a long drawn out job to get the taxes in. Dog Taxes are due on March 31st, of each year. On July 15th, of each year the Police Officer of every town is given a warrant instructing him to kill all


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Forgery


unlicensed dogs and to summon the owner of said dog into court. No one wants their dog killed, and I don't think any one wants to be summoned to court, but dog taxes have to be paid. Your Town Clerk, on a certain day in each year has to make his return as to the number of dogs, and also taxes col- lected on same to the County.


I believe that we have been lenient in regard to these taxes. Now to make it more pleasant for yourself as well as for the officer who is given the warrant you should see that your dog taxes are paid when due, March 31st.


The owner or keeper of a dog may at any time have it licensed until the first day of April following, and a person who becomes the owner or keeper of a dog after April first which is not duly licensed and the owner or keeper of a dog which becomes three months old after March 31st in any year shall, when it is three months old, cause it to be registered, numbered, described, licensed and collared as required by law.


During this last year new signs were placed at all the schools and also at intersecting streets. These signs had not been installed but about two months and about all of them have been scratched and marked up.


Now this is done mostly by children going to school. The law is very strict on any one defaceing these warning signs, and no one wants to give any boy a court record but if this continues something will have to be done in regard to same.


Permit me to take this occasion to express my appreciation of your very real support.


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR R. BREOR, Chief of Police.


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Town Clerk's Report


VITAL STATISTICS 1927


BIRTHS


BY


MONTHS


N Jan.


- Feb.


w Mar.


₪ April


N May


N June


- July


On Aug.


~ Sept.


- Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Male


4 2 25


Female


2


1


020


1


2


5


2


3


1 3 22


Total


4 2 3 4 2 3 3 10


3 5 5 47


BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS


Male


Female


United States


10


18


Poland


29


23


Czecho-Slovakia


4


4


Germany


2


2


Canada.


2


0


47


47


BIRTHS FIVE PRECEDING YEARS


1922


1923


1924


1925


1926


83


88


88


52


46


MARRIAGES


BY MONTHS


~ Jan.


- Feb.


· Mar.


- April


· May


+ June


w July


N Aug.


+ Sept.


u1 Oct.


o Nov.


w Dec.


Total


First Marriage of Both, 29.


Second of Groom, 4.


Oldest Groom, 49.


Youngest Groom, 20.


Oldest Bride, 46.


Youngest Bride, 16.


BIRTHPLACE


Groom


Bride 32


United States


29


Poland


3


1


Germany


1


0


33


33


35


33


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NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED


Hugh McLeod


Paul Ondras


Peter J. Donovan


John A. Zawacki


Matthew J. Ryan


Clemens Ziezulewicz


Anna Chandler Bitner


Mary J. Ryan - Mielseki


William C. Machester


Alexander Bielecki


Henry G. Moore


Wladyslaw Karpinski


Mary B. Powers


Miechael Pelc


Mary R. Doppman


Ella G. Slattery Hafey


John H. Ryan


Frederick H. Bardwell


Patrick A. McGlynn


Sabina P. Ziezinlewicz


Hannah M. Powers


Catherine W. Domeroski


Jacob Geis


Anna B. Eldridge


Margaret B. Hade


Eva M. Brehm


George P. Shea


Mary O'Neill


Hannah T. Proulx


James Walsh


Age of oldest person deceased (female) 89 years.


DOGS LICENSED


136 Male Dogs at $2.00 each .


$272.00


21 Female Dogs at $5.00 each 105.00


$377.00


Less Fees 157 Dogs at 20c each.


$31.40


$345.60


Paid County Treasurer


$345.60


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Assessor's Report


1927


Value of Assessed Personal Estate


$460.148.00


Value of Assessed Real Estate 2,618,105.00


Total Value of Assessed Estate . $3,078,253.00


Value of Assessed Buildings $1,563,040.00


Value of Assessed Land 1,055.065.00


$3,078,253.00


Number of Polls Assessed 646


Residents Assessed on Property . .


598


Non-Residents Assessed on Property .


77


Number of Persons Assessed on Property


876


For Poll Tax Only . 201


Rate of Tax per $1,000.00.


$30.00


Number of Horses Assessed


319


Number of Cows Assessed.


298


Number of Neat Cattle Assessed


54


Number of Sheep


156


Number of Fowls


1,203


Number of Dwelling Houses


448


Acres of Land .


9,050


State Tax.


State Highway Tax


County Tax


$6,960.00 $708.00 $11,396.56 $96,050.08 $1,289.02


Overlayings .


$219.40


Addition to Warrant


$280.83


Estimated Receipts :


Bank and Corporation Tax


$1,800.00


Income Tax


$12,744.67


All Others :


$8,438.80


Value of Property Exempt from Tax under Chap.


59, General Laws:


Church Property


$53,700.00


Town Property


$256,375.00


Respectfully submitted, MYRON H. DWIGHT, VERNET H. KELLER, EDW. A. BREOR,


Assessors of Hatfield.


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Town Tax


State Audit


Water Commissioners' Report


The following is respectfully submitted as the 32nd annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners.


Receipts for 1927


Balance of Deposit, First National Bank. $3,241.04


M. J. Ryan, Treasurer Sinking Fund . . . 654.47 B. Fralick, Broken Hydrant. . 20.00


Sale 2 N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. Bonds


1,537.11


Town of Whately, Water Rent. 12.50


E. W. Strong, Collector Water Rents .. . 6,071.65


Int. on Bank Balance and Liberty Bond 138.41


$11,675.18


Paid Out 1927


North Hatfield Grain Co., .Cement $8.00


Filing Equipment Bureau, Cards. 15.22


W. H. Riley & Co., Labor and Supplies. 117.96 U. S. Cast Iron Pipe Co., Water Pipe .. . 1,016.46 Water Commissioners, Salaries


100.00


a


E. L. Graves, Labor and Supplies.


12.95


L. A. Deinlein, Labor, Laying Water Pipe. 855.60


Northampton Water Dept., Labor and Materials . 918.55


Town of Hatfield, for Flood Damage 2,500.00


F. I. Webster Co., Repair Parts 2.83


Joseph T. Ryan, Labor .


235.00


E. W. Strong, Collector, Salary and Cash Paid.


767.57


Northampton Engineering Co.,Hydrants 239.95


Cash Balance on Deposit First National Bank. 4,885.09


$11,675.18


Assets


Cash on Deposit in First Nat. Bank. $4,885.09


One Liberty Bond. 1,000.00


Northampton Nat. Bank, Special Acct ..


2,595.04


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First Nat. Bank, Savings Dept. $1,281.86 Amherst Savings Bank. 2,022.65


Hampshire Trust Co., Savings Dept. 2,091.01


$18,760.74


Now that the last of the water bonds have been retired we are going to be able to make some necessary improvements.to our water system that we have wanted to make for some time.


The first thing we did this year was to chart, each on an individual card all the gates on water lines leading to private houses. This is going to be of great value in locating gates particularly in the winter when the ground is covered with snow.


In addition to this we have laid 950 feet of 4-inch pipe in Tompson lot and replaced an inch pipe on the plain road going north from Frank Vollinger's corner for 900 feet, thus giving ample water and fire protection to seven more houses.


There are.still two houses in town without the water and we hope to supply one and if possible both this coming summer.


There are many other improvements which we have in view and are planning to make as soon as we get the funds. Our policy being to add a little to our reserve each year in order to be in shape to take care of any emergency and to use the balance of our income on improvements to our system.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. KILEY, LAURENCE DEINLEIN, ROSWELL G. BILLINGS, Board of Water Commissioners.


I have this day examined the books and accounts of the Water Commissioners of the Town of Hatfield and find them correct with orders on file for all payments made and a balance of $18,760.74 in the treasury.


CHARLES E. WARNER, Auditor.


January 19, 1928.


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Report of Librarian


To the Trustees of the Public Library:


The circulation of books and magazines during the past year was 7,170 in the adult department and 6,295 in the juv- enìle, making a total circulation of 13,465.


402 books have been added to the library, 390 were pur- chased, 12 were gifts, 185 were purchased for the juvenile department, 115 being for young children.


. The following is a partial list of books added.


Fiction


Ashman, Margaret Pa


Bailey, Temple,


Wallflowers Thresholds


Baldwin, Faith,


Barry, Charles,


Bartley, Nalbro,


Bindloss, Harold


Brown, Andrew C.,


Bryner, Edna,


Boyd, James


Canfield, Dorothy, Catha Willa,


Chambers, Robert,


Clarke, John Boyd


Cooke, Grace McGowan,


Crofts, Freeman W.,


Cushman, Clarissa,


Davis, Elmer,


Davis, William Stearns, Dawson, Coningsby, de la Roche, Mazo, Dell, Ethel M.,


Erskine, John, Ferber, Edna,


Fletcher, J. S.,


Fletcher, J. S.,


Fletcher, J. S., Fletcher, J. S.,


Moul's House, Mystery Bread and Jam The Dark Road Josselin Takes a Hand Andy Brandt's Ark Marching On Raw Material Death Comes for the Archbishop The Drums of Aulone . Findings is Keepings Man Behind the Mask The Cheyne Mystery The New Poor I'll Show You the Town Gilman of Redford When Is Always Jalma The Black Knight Galahad Emma McChesney Annexation Society The King versus Wargrave The Mill of Many Windows The Wolves and the Lamb


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Fielding, A., Furman, Lucy, Garland, Hamlin, Gibbs, A. Hamilton, Gibbs, Anthony, Gibbs, George, Gibbs, Sir Philip, Gibbs, Sir Philip, Gregory, Jackson,


Grey, Zane, Grey, Zane, Hull, Helen,


Johnston, William, Jordan, Elizabeth, Kilbourne, Fannie,


Kyne, Peter B.,


Le May Alan, Lincoln, Joseph,


Lutz, Grace L. Hill,


Lutz, Grace L. Hill,


Lowndes, Mrs. Belloc,


McCulley, Johnston,


Mccutcheon, George Barr,


McGowan, Alice,


Marshall, Archibald,


Marshall, Archibald,


Marshall, Edison,


Miller, Alice Duer,


Norris, Kathleen,


Paine, Elizabeth,


Parmenter, Christine,


Parrish, Anne,


Peel, Doris,


Perry, Stella,


Phillips, Charles,


Prouty, Olive,


Pedler, Margaret,


Rath, E. J.,


Rath, E. J.,


Sam


Rath, E. J.,


The Eames-Erskine Case The Lonesome Road Trail Makers of the Middle Border Labels Peter Vacuum Castle Rock Mystery The Middle of the Road The Reckless Lady Captain Cavalier Forlorn River Under Tonto Rim Islanders The Affair in Duplex 9B Black Butterflies The Horton Twins They Also Serve Painted Ponies The Aristocratic Miss Brewster Job's Niece The White Flower The Terriford Mystery A White Man's Chance The Inn of the Hawk and Raven Shaken Down The Allbrights That Island The Deadfall Instruments of Darkness Barbary Bush Hearthstones The Unknown Port Tomorrow Morning Children of the Wind The Defenders The Doctor's Warning Conflict Yesterday's Harvest The Brat -


When the Devil was Sick


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Rath, E. J., Richmond, Grace, Rinehart, Mary Roberts, Rolvaag, O. E., Sabatini, Rafael, Sabatini, Rafael, Shepherd, Eric,


Stead, Robert, Tarkington, Booth, Tilden, Freeman, Tracy, Louis,


Train, Arthur,


Von Zeikursch, Theodore,


Von Zeikursch, Theodore,


Walpole, Hugh,


Walpole, Hugh,


Wentworth, Patricia,


Wentworth, Patricia,


Walsh, Maurice,


Wharton, Edith,


White, Stewart Edward,


White, Stewart Edward, Whitlock, Brand,


Widdemer, Margaret,


White, Nelia G.,


Williams, Marguerite,


Willsie, Honore, Wodehouse, P. I.,


Wodehouse, P. I.,


Wren, Percival,


Wright, Harold Bell, Yates, Domford,


A Good Indian Lights Up Lost Ecstacy Giants in the Earth St. Martin's Summer Mistress Wilding Coming the Rose Grain The Plutocrat Wild Money The Black Cat When Tutt Meets Tutt White Trails End Where the Waters Turn Hormer John Jeremy of Crale The Amazing Chance Hue and Cry Key Avobe the Door Twilight Sleep Back of Beyond The Glory Hole Transplanted More than Wife Jen Culliton Splendid Joy Forever Free Carry on Jeeves The Small Bachelor Beau Sabreur God and the Grocery Man Blind Corners


Miscellaneous


Four Months Afootin Spain Rise of American Civilization The Glorious Adventure The Royal Road to Romance In Brightest Africa Revolt in the Desert


H. A. Franck Beard Richard Halliburton Richard Halliburton Carl Akeley T. E. Lawrence


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We, Lindbergh, the Lone Eagle,


Our Times, America Finding Herself, Trader Horn, Woodrow Wilson As I Knew Him Ask Me Another, Handmade Rugs,


The Human Body,


First Aid for Boys,


Young Folks Book of the Heavens,


Football and How to Watch It


The Secrets of Baseball,


Boys Life of Alexander Hamilton,


Boys Life of Grover Cleveland, The Mason Bees,


Davis J. H. Fabre Charles L. Pack, presented Charles L. Pack, presented presented


School Book of Forestry,


Common Trees of Massachusetts, Stammering, Its Cause and Cure, How to Make Your Will,


presented


Hood Mealsn and How to Prepare Them presented


Selected Poems,


Walter de la Mare Forbush


Juvenile


Addington, Sarah,


Alcott, Louisa M., Ames, Joseph B., Ames, Joseph B.,


Aspinwall, M., Blake, Gladys,


Blake, Gladys,


Bridgman, Ethel,


Cladwell, Frank,


Chiley, F. H., Cobb, B. and E., Bobb, B. and E., Coolidge, Susan, Corcoran, Brewer, Cross, Donzella, Cook, Frances,


Charles A. Lindbergh G. B. Fife Mark Sullivan Alfred A. Horn Tumulty Spofford and Esty Ella S. Bowles M. C. Stopes Cole and Ernst Mary Proctor P. D. Haughton M. V. Charnley


Birds of Massachusetts, Part II,


The Boy Who Lived in Addington Lane Ja's Boys Clearport Boys The Mounted Troop Gay's Year on Sunset Island At Bow View The Mysterious Tutor A Year at Miss Austin's Wolf, The Storm Leader Boy Scout Trail Blazers Allspice Dan's Boy What Kady Did Boy Scouts at Camp Lowell Music Stories Todays Stories of Yesterday


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Dix, Donahey, Mary, Driggs, L. L., Eaton, Walter P.,


Eggleston, G. C., Gollomb, Joseph, Green, Fitzhugh, Grishina, N.,


Gilson, Charles, Harris, Stanley,


James, Will,


Johnson, Hammel,


Johnson, Margaret,


Jones, Willis K.,


Kearton, Will, Latham, Harold,


Lavelle, Edith,


Lawrence, Josephine,


London, Jack, MacDonald, Marcia,


McNeile, Everett,


Mathiews, Franklin,


Pease, Harold,


Pierce, Lola,


Paine, Ralph,


Paine, Ralph,


Remy, Jeans,


Sherman, Harold,


Sienkiewicz, Henryk,


Smith, Harriet,


Turpin, Edna, White, Eliza C., White, Nelia G., Zwilgmeyer, D.,


Merrylips Marty Lu Adventure of Arnold Adair Boy Scouts of Berkshire Long Knives Working Through at Lincoln High Hold 'em Navy Shorty The Zulu Trail Playing the Game Sm9ky Prydehurst Dorothea's Double The Hammond Twins My Friend Toto Marty Lends A Hand Girls Scouts at Miss Allen's School


Elizabeth Ann's Six Cousins Brown Wolf The Honor Girl Daniel Du Luth Boy Scouts Courageous The Tattooed Man The House That Ran Away College Year First Down Kentucky Lives of the Presidents Fight 'em Big Three In Desert and Wilderness Peggy Raymond's Vacation Honey Sweet Joan Morse Mary


Inger Johanne's Lively Doings


ELLEN A. WAITE, Librarian.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


School Committee


OF THE


Town of Hatfield


.


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1927


School Organization


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Patrick W. Mullins, Chairman Term expires 1929


Cora King Graves, Secretary Term expires 1928


Joseph F. Chandler Term expires 1930


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Orion A. Morton


19 Bates Street, Northampton Telephone 1088


SCHOOL PHYSICIANS


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


ATTENDANCE OFFICER


Chief Arthur R. Breor


SCHOOL CENSUS October 1, 1927


Boys


Girls


Total


Between 5 and 7


61


60


121


Between 7 and 14.


274


269


543


Between 14 and 16.


53


49


102


Total


388


378


766


1


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SCHOOL CALENDAR Elementary and Smith Academy


First Winter Term-8 Weeks. Opens January 3, 1928 Closes February 24, 1928 Second Winter Term-7 Weeks Opens March® 5, 1928 Closes April 20, 1928 Spring Term-7 Weeks . Opens April 30, 1928 Closes June 15, 1928 Fall Term-15 Weeks Opens September 10, 1928 Closes December 21, 1928 First Winter Term Opens January 2, 1929


No school on legal holidays and Good Friday.


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


When a legal holiday occurs on Sunday the following Monday is observed as a holiday.


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


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In Memoriam


MARY B. POWERS


1871-1927 TEACHER 1889 -1927


Mrs. Powers will long be remembered by the children, the teachers, the school officials and the parents, as an individual of rare personality, optomistic vision, broad sympathies, superior qualities as a teacher, and as a big-hearted friend to all with whom she came in contact.


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Report of School Committee


To the Citizens of the Town of Hatfield:


The total membership in all the schools for 1926 was 739; for 1927, it was 762, or a gain of 23. The conditions at the Center remain about the same, but at Bradstreet there has been a steady increase in the school enrolment. In 1923, there were 57 in all grades. Now, there are 87, a gain of 30. Next Septem- ber there will be about 95. Last September, desks were in- stalled in the primary room for an additional grade thereby relieving the pressure in the other rooms. It will be necessary this year either to enlarge the room at Bradstreet or transport the 8th grade pupils to the Center School.




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